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EPISODE · Aug 23, 2025 · 1H 13M

#59 The Forced (performed by Kirsten Callaghan)

from Meaningless Problems · host Doe Wilmann

What happens when every married woman on earth wakes up with the desire to divorce her husband?    Something to consider when reading/listening:    Where do your desires come from?    You might enjoy this episode if you like:   Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman  Fiction that makes you think  Philosophical fiction  Speculative fiction  John Wyndham  Spur of the moment decisions Marriages Divorces  Talking about free will Contemplating the meaning of life  Any form of philosophical enquiry  Thank you to Kirsten Callaghan for performing the episode. Kirsten is an actor, writer and musician best known for playing the lead role in award-winning feature film Vindication Swim which is currently available on Prime Video. You can follow Kirsten on Instagram at kirstenscallaghan  Thanks very much for listening! Don’t forget to follow/subscribe in your podcast app.   And you can join the mailing list here: meaninglessproblems.substack.com    Let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast as a whole at [email protected] (My real name is Craig Wilmann, Doe is a nickname I apparently gave myself when I was was two)     Website:   Meaninglessproblems.com / Loveyourwork.uk    Credits:   Written by Doe Wilmann   Performed by Kirsten Callaghan and Doe Wilmann    Thanks to Katie Empett and Kirsten Callaghan for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.    Artwork by Katie Empett   Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.    A license to use the media (Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.    Meaningless Problems with Doe Wilmann (C) 2025

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