Delusions of Grandeur: The Podcast

Episode 36: Q&A No. 3

Janet and Carmen are back with a new season of nonsense. In this episode, they probe each other’s brains with the most pressing questions of the day. Celebrity ringtones. Conspiracy theories. Moral quandaries. Unpopular opinions. Smells. Good advice. Pretending to have purpose. Not killing yourself. Empathy vs. intelligence. Religion. X bombs. Crying on Mondays. The superior sense. Is love still real if it goes away? Stiff and awkward hugs.
 
(Recorded October 29, 2023)

Episode 35: Masturbation

The mysterious female orgasm. An Eager Beaver addiction. Scratching Yoda behind the ears. Cleaning the pipes. Porn addiction. Watching naked people move their bodies around. Spank banks. Stoned orgasms. Horny words. A practical sleep aid. Binge jerking. Connecting with yourself. Sex enhancing. Post-nut sleepies. Proctologist treasures. Working the jets. Being sensitive inside and out. Mutual masturbation. Hot, sexy brains. Fantasies not coming true. Rubbing the lip. Faking it. The right headspace. Prince Charming. The horny spectrum.
(Recorded on July 23, 2023)

Episode 34: The ’90s

Janet and Carmen take a trip down memory lane. Getting stuck in the generation you came of age in. Kurt is still everywhere. The evolution of telephones. Gen Z guinea pigs. Technological temptations. Gen X doesn’t give af. '90s icons. Internet ambivalence. The price of convenience. Expected instant reactions. Late technological adopters. Fried dopamine receptors. The slow creep of fast change. Being repulsed by your own creation. Dad dicks. Mortifying google searches. Nose hairs. The illusion of time. The diffusion of mainstream culture. Fast fashion islands.
(Recorded on July 14, 2023)

Episode 33: Consciousness

Carmen and Janet expand the horizon of their minds. Are plants conscious? The Case Against Reality. Eastern Philosophy. Meditation. Shared consciousness. Living in a simulation. Panpsychism. Everything is vibrating. The double slit experiment. Higher states of consciousness. Is space-time real? Lucid dreaming. Everything is energy. The tree in the forest. Carmen’s witchiness. The subjective nature of reality. Locked-in syndrome. Animal consciousness. The life force. Quantum mechanics. The ego. Spreading love. Emotional apes. We are all light and love. Idiocracy. We’re like beavers with sticks.
(Recorded on June 12, 2023)

Episode 32: Midlife Crisis

The sudden realization of reaching middle age. When the disappointments of midlife get to you. Internal vs. external locus of control. Denial and the stages of a midlife crisis. Carmen’s multiple mini midlife crises. Janet’s love of middle age. Stopping and reflecting. People dropping off. You doing you. Making it halfway. The midlife spiritual awakening. The bummers of midlife. The importance of good lighting. Sexy insides. Aging ungracefully. The delicate body. Birthday inventories. Death denial. Surprise hair sprouts. Bless those Boomers. Being invisible. The wise whys. Busting out of the box.
(Recorded on May 28, 2023)

Episode 31: Morality

Deontological vs. consequentialist ethics. The trolley problem. Societal breakdown. Solar plexus feelings. The Machiavelli delusion. Empowered victims. Protecting well-being. Moral relativism. The Bizarro World. Rationalizing cognitive dissonance. Following your gut. Aristotle’s middle path. Missing character. Admirable qualities. The comfort of deluded little bubbles. Moral slips. Reaching for the fresh fruit in the back. Secrets.
(Recorded on May 16, 2023)

Episode 30: Aliens

UAPs are the new UFOs. Are we seriously alone? The Fermi Paradox. Being a believer vs. being skeptical. The way of the human brain. Little green men. Careful documentaries. Europa. Are we just the early birds? Thank god for Jupiter. All of us are miracles. Was human consciousness an accident? How embarrassing it would be if we were being watched? Life as an alien game. The Earth ant farm. We need an alien invasion. Being an alien on earth. Listening but not believing. What the heck does it all mean? Beam me up at 75. Feeling kinda meh about A.I. Naked aliens. Intelligent dinosaurs. Are flat earthers for real? Transhuman. The alien aesthetic. Peeing while you go with the flow.
(Recorded on May 1, 2023)

Episode 29: Trauma

Trauma, drama and the Dalai Lama. Realizing in middle age that you had childhood trauma. What does processing trauma even mean? How do you know if you have processed trauma? Healthy vagueness. Watering down the term. Minor traumas being big traumas. The trauma spectrum. Exposure therapy. Running away from your shit. The trauma of living. Blunt force trauma. Family trauma. Toxic relationship trauma. Sometimes a slap in the face is what you need. The importance of reframing. Being a destructive teenager. How traumatic events can burn into your memory. Fucking around with therapists. Adversity vs. trauma. Can words cause trauma? Remembering every insult. The trauma of being born. Teen drama.
(Recorded on April 22, 2023)

Episode 28: Art

Art is the best! Is everything art? Does art have to be shared? Censorship and art. Boring art. Some favourite visual artists. The awe of the Renaissance. Dadaism. Humour and art. Bad art. Modern art. The evolution of art. Everyone is an artist. The compulsion to create. Vulnerability. Giving birth to art babies. Music as heroin. Sources of inspiration. Living for ideas. Art as a commodity. Digitized starry night. Mental illness and artists.
(Recorded on April 3, 2023)

Episode 27: Kids

Carmen drills Janet about what it’s like having a child. Kids versus babies. Janet creeps out parents. Ew – kids. Real love. Baby atom bombs. The child drought. Having a shitty kid who hates your guts. How a wand up your vagina can make you emotional. Nobody looks after you when you’re old anyways. Tapping out when the adult diaper arrives. Teenagers are mean. All the shockers of becoming a parent. How little control you have over how your child is. Generational parenting. Having the opposite. Salt and Pepper kids. Giving birth in a dumpster that’s on fire. Rad aunties. Dog utopia. Big baby productions. Having a life as a parent.
(Recorded on March 27, 2023)