Delusions of Grandeur: The Podcast
Delusions of Grandeur is a weirdo best friend art collective from Canada, established by Janet and Carmen in 2013. We write, we draw, we paint, we dance, we dick…around. We’ve been podcasting since 2020. The concept is simple: two bi-coastal besties, two microphones, a topic, and a little weed. War. Climate change. COVID-19. The culture wars. You will find none of that here. Delusions of Grandeur is a podcast of lighthearted philosophical banter. Join Carmen and Janet as they explore topics in unprecedented depth. They aren’t afraid to ask the important questions and piss their pants laughing while doing it. Take a break from the tragedy of living and come laugh with us! Theme music written and performed by Dave Buschemeyer. (Thanks, buddy!) delusionsofgrandeur.co Instagram: @delusionsofgrandeur.co Twitter: @Delusions_Grand
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Episodes
Monday Mar 20, 2023
Monday Mar 20, 2023
Why is this ancient philosophy so popular today? What is in your control and what isn’t. Living in accordance with nature. The original Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Taking the reins of your brain. The art of reframing. Non-reactions. The Meditations. Expectations are the death of serenity. Memento mori. Self-help books as drugs. Stoicism as counter culture. The character drought. Personality privilege. Following the herd sometimes pays off. Accepting the cringe doesn’t mean encouraging the cringe. Integrating the shadow. The freedom of not needing to belong.
(Recorded on March 5, 2023)
Monday Mar 06, 2023
Monday Mar 06, 2023
Daydreaming vs. night dreaming. Why are dream descriptions so boring? Practical dreams. Personal dreams. Making use of sleeping. Wet dreams. Our brains as hard drives. Recording dreams. People popping. Whoring it up in other people’s dreams. Dreams as portals through the multiverse. Sleepwalking accountability. Flight vs. freeze. Spirit animals. Do dreams mean anything? Instadreams. Dream streaming.
(Recorded on February 22, 2023)
Monday Feb 20, 2023
Monday Feb 20, 2023
Janet’s strategies for overcoming anxiety. Everyone has a big thing. Ignoring your instincts. Zooming out into the solar system. Larry David’s limp shoulders. Gaslighting yourself. Being drunk and anxious. Questioning your brain. Shutting it down. Becoming an Übermensch. Public speaking. Feed the right wolf. The bedtime anxiety monster. The hormone roller coaster. Dissociating on stage. 30, 60 or 90 percent of people don’t have Bob Fosse as their internal monologue.
(Recorded on February 5, 2023)
Monday Feb 06, 2023
Monday Feb 06, 2023
ChatGPT. Suffering data. Where is Clippy now? The automation apocalypse. More human than human. Does less work equal more happiness? Do bots eat ass? Fuck humanity or fuck with humanity? Trans-animalism. A poetic way to go. The education crisis. The purpose problem. When virtual reality beats real reality. The fine line between dystopia and utopia. Human-made certification stickers. Toxic empathy. The great equalizer. Conscious A.I. People panic over innovation. A.I-generated cults. Technology tradeoffs. ADHD bomb hunter-gatherers. The pagan pacifier. Scientific certainty.
(Recorded on January 28, 2023)
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Small town goths connecting and keeping in touch. Influencing Instagram. Power to the people. Pros being cons. Becoming the news. Top shelf meme lords. Reeling from reels. Globalized creative juices. Cats owning social. Not being able to pay attention to our dwindling dopamine receptors. Blue light midnight facials. Having a toxic relationship with the algorithm. Sensory stupidity overload. More wasted time or simply an updated way to waste time? Personal commercials. Is it ever ok to scroll the 'gram in the presence of others? When people used to poke. Zooming out is far out.
(Recorded on January 10, 2023)
Monday Jan 09, 2023
Monday Jan 09, 2023
Janet and Carmen get deep. Why do great when good enough will do? Quiet quitting and doing the bare mini. To morphine or not to morphine when dying? Acid epiphanies. The meaning of life. Nihilism. Do your duty. Fate. Free will and determinism. Janet’s theory of the universe. A.I boyfriends. Why are we attracted to certain people? Is everything just pheromones? Still crushin' on Dr. Huberman in your eighties. Are crushes fun or not fun? We all die alone. Be your own best friend.
(Recorded on November 27, 2022)
Monday Dec 05, 2022
Monday Dec 05, 2022
Janet and Carmen mansplain the value of men. Why there wasn’t a feminist movement in antiquity? Toxic masculinity. Yin and yang. Manspreading. Male privilege. Dicks. Messy men. Male masturbation. Male strength. Male simplicity.
(Recorded on November 8, 2022)
Monday Nov 21, 2022
Monday Nov 21, 2022
Fidgety fitness. Use it or lose it. Exercise trends. Drakercise. Taking it too far. Physical health=mental health. Injuries. Walking like you’re in a movie. Designer workouts. Don’t fuck with your Instagram algorithm. Busting a move. Public displays of being stoned. Hard things that look easy. Prancercise. Apps. Bear spray.
Listen to the Drakercise playlist
(Recorded on November 1, 2022)
Monday Nov 07, 2022
Monday Nov 07, 2022
Freedom of speech in the age of the internet. Freedom to offend. When left becomes right. Hate speech. Censorship. Deplatforming martyrdom. Coward culture. Outrage archeologists. The freedom to listen. Identifying with your beliefs. The freedom of bad ideas. The University of Indoctrination. Wicked words. Corrupt corporations vs corrupt government. Tribal for our survival.
(Recorded on October 16, 2022)
* The latest cancellation that moved Janet to tears was that of Meg Smaker’s film formerly known as Jihad Rehab. You can hear her full story on Sam Harris’s podcast, Making Sense.
Monday Oct 24, 2022
Monday Oct 24, 2022
Dating sucks! Pheromones. Pros and cons of dating apps. Ghosting. Giving up. Making up…someone in your head. Sapiosexual. Attachment styles. How to build a good profile. Love languages. Bad dates. Meeting people in real life. Dates that don’t ask questions. The mid range. Red flags. Refusing to give up and refusing to try. Dating down.
(Recorded on October 10, 2022)