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Rocket Surgery (Deep Thought for Dummies)
by A GC Production
When Gary learned his childhood mate and business partner, Chris, was diagnosed with brain cancer, he hit record to capture Chris’s wit, wisdom, and unique perspective on life. A tradesman with a philosophical twist, Chris turns everyday moments into powerful life lessons. Join these two Gen X blokes as they navigate life, love, and the big questions with humour, heart, and plenty of banter. Rocket Surgery is philosophy for people—real, raw, and full of laughs. If you have listened, and want to leave us some feedback, go here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SJ8KXYN
Episodes
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S1E29 Unwanted Progression
This week we chat mostly about the progression of the cancer, and the side-effects of the treatments on the rest of Chris' body and mind.
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S1E28 Turbulence
We are back! After both of us had a busy few weeks, we finally caught up Thursday last week. We've been asking Chris for a while to recite some poetry; he can't recall things like he used to so was a bit reluctant, but we manage to get him to recite most of 2 of his favourite poems. Enjoy.
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E27 Are the Jews really the baddies
This week, we talk about: the Tale of Two Heads a commentary on Israel progress on helping the Peace of Mind Foundation
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S1 E26 The Tale of Two Heads
We're back!! A combination of being away, and some busyness with that pesky work thing, has kept us from getting together for the last few weeks. This week we are really just doing "The Tale of Two Heads" as we rabbited on a bit long.
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S1E25 Mastery vs Competency
Yah. Pod loaded by Saturday this week. This week we review the federal election, and Chris is surprisingly ok with the result, and can see some positives. we also talk about mastery vs competency, particularly in a business situation, and the usual review of our f&&ed up heads. Oh, and I tell the...
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S1E24 Brain Cancer Awareness Month
We recorded this one last Friday however one of us had a problem with our brain function which prevented it being published till today (following Wednesday) apologies to the rusted ons for the lack weekend listening material. This week we discuss Brain Cancer Awareness month. We also wade into…
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S1E23 Anzac Day Special
This week we pay our respect to all those who have fought, and some who have died, to give us the freedoms we enjoy. We also discuss what a meat chicken is, and get a little political. Enjoy
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S1E22 Mental head giving mental health advice
This week we discuss mental health in more detail; particularly in light of some sobering news about how Arnie is refusing to do as he is told at present.
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S1E21 Advice for those dating your 18yr old daughter
Edit.....posting originally Friday evening but we had some extra audio bits in it that shouldn't have been there.....took these out so if you are seeing this Saturday onwards, you won't hear this. This week's title may be a bit misleading; we did have it as a topic, but as the conversation paned...
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Bonus - Teenage homophobe Ep20 feedback loop
For those who tried listening to this previously, I uploaded the Part 1 version against this one.....sorry.....this one is the one I should have posted. After Ep20 we were provided some feedback on our opinions. Rather than be worried about what people think, we are excited that this may be...
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S1E20 I was a teenage homophobe, and that's ok
Scheduling issues meant we didn't see each other till this morning, so its another late drop....apologies. This week we wade into water that could get both of us in trouble, however we think this is a conversation that many of us should be having across generations. Its really saying just because...
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S1E19 A little bit f%&#ed in the head
A tough week for Chris, meant we didn't do a specific topic this week. We simply chose to have a chat and see where that landed. Today was about the worst day in the chemo cycle; thankfully he should start to feel better over the next week.
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S1E18 The dick bites back
This week we are joined by our very first guest, the dick himself, Woody. (hehe) We get into the importance of not being a pushover pussy, and have a bit of fun examining Chris' trials and tribulations with the fairer sex. Enjoy.
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S1E17 How to eat an elephant, figuratively!
This week we revisited our original notes from prior to starting the podcast. We bundled up a number of Chris' weird and wonderful thoughts on the world into one ep.We also find out that his brain can connect any topic to a blow job! And he tells us about Buddha's most famous saying which, by the...
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S1E16 Kids TV Part 2
After last week's F&%# up we return with a good sized chat about mainly TV shows we loved growing up, but also a bit of chat about movies as well.
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S1E15 Kids TV - Part 1
This week we recorded about an hour of conversation about TV shows we loved as kids and the shows our kids watched (and we loved just as much as them). Unfortunately, the technology gods decided that there was way too much perfect gold in what we were saying so they decided to "lose" half the...
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S1E14 Resilience or Harden the F up
This week we take the gloves off, and put a challenge to people to show a little more resilience, but more important ensure your children have it in spades. We also respond to some unkind feedback from a couple of regular listeners, who have suggested that we may have gone a little too PC in the...
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S1E13 The worst system of Government, apart from all the others that have been tried.
We decided that there isn't enough places where people can get information on how our system of government works. So this week we go through this. You will be surprised to hear that 90% of it is fairly non-partisan (a big feat for Chris) but he does manage to get the odd political view in there....
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S1E12 The Seinfeld Episode #1
The episode that we knew was coming, but hoped we might avoid on this journey. It's been a tough week for Chris. His chemo treatment has started to impact on him more, and so he really couldn't engage his brain this week to a specific topic. So we nearly decided to give this week a miss, but in…
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S1E11 Stoic Philosophy
Didn't they just do this one? No, Stoic Philosophy is not Socratic Philosophy. One is the teachings of Socrates in particular, however Stoic philosophy is more targeted on you personally. For the most part, Chris explains the concept in detail, while Gary just tries to keep up and make it look…
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S1E10 The Grip of the Grape
This week the boys delve into the topic of alcohol, and how it has had a grip on both of them at different times of their lives. There's a few sad stories, but also a few laughs about it as well.
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S1E9 Christmas - Our Thoughts on the Season
This week we recorded on the 27th, just 2 days after Christmas. So we took the opportunity to consider what Christmas means to us, and the culture that exists around its traditions.
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S1E8 Business Growth equals Personal Growth
This week we discuss how running a successful business is interlinked completely with your development as a person and a leader. We delve into our own business journeys and the realisation that we are much %$^@ smarter at this stuff now than when we started.......aaahhhhh why can't the universe...
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S1E7 - Socratic Philosophy - A irreverent look at the ancient Greeks
Subtitle: Socrates and other smart blokes. This week, Chris shares his love of history, and wants to remind us all that history is a great teacher and mentor for us all. Meanwhile, Gary just tries to follow along. Enjoy.
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S1E6 Sexy Time - The Changing Nature of Sexual Relations
This week the boys delve into the evolution of sexuality in their lifetime; tell a few embarrassing stories of working it out; and try to remind young blokes that the things they see on porn videos is unlikely to be the way to approach their first sexy time session with a new date. It sounds like…
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S1E5 Conversations with God and other thoughts about religion
This week the boys give their thoughts on religion and faith.
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S1E4 - Don't let your kids grow up to be someone you wouldn't like
This week the boys discuss their thoughts on good parenting, and raising kids that are good people.
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S1E3 - The Multiplier Effect of Great Mentoring
The boys discuss their passion for mentoring others, be that in the workplace, on the cricket field, or just in the general journey of life. Positive mentoring makes significant impacts on the lives of those that receive it, and we hope this chat will encourage you to become a better mentor, or...
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BONUS - School Days Part 1
Suddenly they think they are media tarts!!! This one is a bit self indulgent, and will likely only appeal to those who went to school in the 80s with the boys. Potentially their loosest pod yet; perhaps their mums should steer clear of this one. (and a few of their mate's mums also)
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S1E2 - Stop whinging, things have never been better....
This week, we tee off on the doomsayers who tell us everything is stuffed and the world will end soon because some bloke with orange skin just won an election. This is the greatest time in human history to be alive, and we only have to venture back to the past 50-100 years, to the time of our...
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S1E1 - Our Dads - the good, the bad, the way it was.
We talk mainly about our own Dads on this chat; and delve into the things that we have taken from their dad journey. We were originally thinking we could do one ep on dads, but decided there was enough to chat about just talking about our own....we will revisit this topic no doubt in a later ep.…
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S1E0 - The Test One - Lets start talking and see if this works
Why the f%&* are we doing this? Why now? What can people expect to hear in the week's to come. probably now for kid consumption, a bit of swearing and we do delve into topics that are perhaps best left for grown ups
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
When Gary learned his childhood mate and business partner, Chris, was diagnosed with brain cancer, he hit record to capture Chris’s wit, wisdom, and unique perspective on life. A tradesman with a philosophical twist, Chris turns everyday moments into powerful life lessons. Join these two Gen X blokes as they navigate life, love, and the big questions with humour, heart, and plenty of banter. Rocket Surgery is philosophy for people—real, raw, and full of laughs. If you have listened, and want to leave us some feedback, go here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SJ8KXYN
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A GC Production
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