E2: Mania and Depression; S8: I'm CERTAIN those are both CERTAINty

Every time I sit down to write one of these little episode descriptions, it becomes another podcast episode.So I’m not doing that.This is the post.The episode starts with about five minutes that many people will instinctively skip.Good.Then some of you won’t hear what the episode is actually doing.Also good.The episode eventually turns into two songs. Along the way it wanders through certainty, artificial intelligence, gambling, youth work, candles in cars, depression, mania, and whether any of us have nearly as much control over our own nervous systems as we’d like to believe.Or maybe it’s just a guy walking home from work talking into a wireless microphone.I honestly don’t know anymore.If you’re listening on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Substack, or somewhere else, I’d appreciate it if you’d go find me in one or two of the other places as well.Apparently that’s how the internet works.Subscribe.Follow.Whatever the local ritual sacrifice is.And ratings matter, too.My favourite advice about reviews came from someone—I think Ian Bremmer, though if I’m wrong let’s all just confidently misremember together:If you’re not going to give me five stars… don’t bother rating me or subscribing. Just get fucking lost!I support this entirely reasonable scientific standard.Anyway.Here’s Episode 3. It comes before Episode 2… so I have obviously stopped caring. Or pretending that I cared. As if I could ever care about a title or a number. If you’re the fucking Queen of Prince Edward Island of Epstein.You know the song I really like? “Queen of Denmark” sung by Sinead O’Connor.So, if you hate this episode… or me, you probably shouldn’t leave a review.If you like it……you know what to do.And, you do know how MUCH I would LOVE you to take issue with something I’ve said or done. Show a little life and personality. I mean, you could even leave a comment and see what happens.I’ll give you a suggestion:Hey Dog! This episode really made me bark. And chew on a tree until my mouth was full of bark… because we are both dogs, apparently.And boy are you going to be surprised by how serious this episode is.This description/post and the introduction are both over-the-top. Maybe I’m just not very good at practicing sarcastic ninja skills while I’m walking home from work.I guess I could try. That might make an interesting episode.---No real people were scratched by blackberry bushes to “make” this “photo” of “me” “making this episode.” It’s safe to subscribe.Aren’t I adorable?!? If this was only me! I received no payment from RODE for product placement.