Shedding Skin Podcast

Episodes

1. 16

   An OCEAN of Traits - Pod Edition

   Hi everyone, it’s been a while, Nick here. I haven’t recorded a pod ep for quite some time. But I've just written this fun research essay on personality traits and tests, so here is the audio / podcast version. So, sit back, relax and come on a journey through the many whacky and ridiculous ways...

   Sep 30, 2026

   28 min
2. 15

   S2 Ep01 - The Effort of Self Awareness with David Foster Wallace

   We’re back, baby. Season 2 launching here with some timely and timeless mental perspectives from David Foster Wallace. Nothing short of how to survive modern human life with some explorations of the effort required to consciously guide your attention to break your first person perspective. “The...

   Feb 26, 2025

   30 min
3. 14

   S1 Ep11 - Confessions of an Itchoholic

   Bonus episode of Confessions of an Itchoholic! I know you’ve been sitting around waiting for more, more, more! Do you remember Tim Shaw from the Demtel ads? “But wait there’s more”. I manage to include that clip, and more movie references galore, in this episode. You’ll have to listen to it as…

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   Nov 20, 2024

   33 min
4. 13

   S1 Ep10 - Confessions of an Itchoholic

   This is a serial podcast episode in 10 parts that you can listen to with these links: Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here, Youtube Podcasts here . Shedding Skin - Confessions of an Itchoholic Episode 10 (of 10) - Acceptance . In this episode - Hope! Healing! The meaning of life! (maybe...) .…

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   Nov 6, 2024

   58 min
5. 3

   #3 - Billionaires, Tech and the US Election (Solo Audio Essay)

   Hi all. Mini essay here sharing some content I’ve been listening to on the tech industry, billionaires, Elon’s trolling, the US election, Silicon Valley’s lurch to the right of politics and autocratic leaders and how they sway to music in front of their followers. Lovely! Plus, this one simple...

   Oct 22, 2024

   20 min
6. 11

   S1 Ep09 - Confessions of an Itchoholic

   Shedding Skin - Confessions of an Itchoholic Episode 9 (of 10) - Growing Up (Whilst Parenting) . In this episode - 2nd last ep of my episodic pod memoir mashup. Mescaline. Psychedelics. Revelations. Mental patterns. Addiction. Parenting. Reparenting. Embodiment. Spa shitting. It's all there…

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   Oct 8, 2024

   48 min
7. 2

   #2 - Addiction (Solo Audio Essay)

   Mini pod episode on addiction, dopamine, alcohol and the nervous system freedom to be found in abstinence . This podcast episode can be found on the following platforms: Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here, Youtube Podcasts here . Thanks for listening. If you would like to support my work which is...

   Sep 26, 2024

   22 min
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   #1 - OCD with Cate Gilpin (Interview)

   In this episode Nick interviews Cate Gilpin, and she talks about her experience with OCD - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. From her disrupted formative years, to the revelation and diagnosis in her 40s, to treatments and the impact this disorder has had on her life, Cate’s incredible ability to...

   Sep 18, 2024

   1 hr 9 min
9. 8

   S1 Ep08 - Confessions of an Itchoholic

   Shedding Skin - Confessions of an Itchoholic Episode 8 (out of 10) - Collapse and Rebirth Subheadings: * Firstborn * Big Babies * Electricity * Cars * Sleep * CMV * Surgery * Proper Addiction * Dark Night of the Soul In this episode - This episode tells the story of the calamitous disasters that...

   Sep 11, 2024

   58 min
10. 7

    S1 Ep07 - Confessions of an Itchoholic

    Shedding Skin - Confessions of an Itchoholic Episode 7 (out of 10) - Suppression Subheadings: * Pred * Prednisone Roller Coaster * Suppression * Service Station * Allergy Boy Attempts ‘Sensitive Man’hood * Death and Grief * Travel . In this episode - I white-knuckle steroid use to become a new...

    Sep 2, 2024

    51 min
11. 6

    S1 Ep06 - Confessions of an Itchoholic

    Shedding Skin - Confessions of an Itchoholic . Episode 6 (out of 10) - Abyss . In this episode - I’m 18 now, and enter the big wide world. It’s a disaster. I crash my car. My friend nearly dies in front of me. I am betrayed. I enter a prolonged period of intense paranoia. I see an old school…

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    Aug 22, 2024

    43 min
12. 5

    S1 Ep05 - Confessions of an Itchoholic

    Shedding Skin - Confessions of an Itchoholic . Episode 5 (out of 10) - Side Effects A.K.A High School Part 2 . In this episode Rock music! The 90’s sells us anti-authority sentiments. School camp has Stand By Me vibes. I exist in a veneer of shame. I find booze! I become a delinquent! I bend...

    Aug 14, 2024

    55 min
13. 4

    S1 Ep04 - Confessions of an Itchoholic

    Shedding Skin - Confessions of an Itchoholic . Episode 4 (out of 10) - Conspicuous (A.K.A High School p1) . In this episode - With my colourblind eyes I wade into the muddy waters of high school, awash in conspicuousness. I probably have OCD. Religious rituals assail me with repetition. I can’t...

    Aug 6, 2024

    46 min
14. 3

    S1 Ep03 - Confessions of an Itchoholic

    Shedding Skin - Confessions of an Itchoholic . Episode 3 (out of 10) - Allergies . In this episode - I am 12 now, going through a metamorphosis. I notice allergies to the cultural forces forging me – control, inauthenticity, ‘strength’ as a masculine trait, unspoken emotions. I clash with my…

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    Jul 29, 2024

    37 min
15. 2

    S1 Ep02 - Confessions of an Itchoholic

    Shedding Skin - Confessions of an Itchoholic . Episode 2 (out of 10) - Nurture . In this episode - We move to Brisbane, I turn 10. Everything ratchets up a notch – the heat, the hills, the storms. There is violence in the playground. And in my body. I give in to the instant gratification of the...

    Jul 23, 2024

    40 min
16. 1

    S1 Ep01 - Confessions of an Itchoholic

    Shedding Skin - Confessions of an Itchoholic, Episode 1 (out of 10) - Nature . Shedding Skin - Confessions of an Itchoholic is my memoir of growing up with a body that was not east to inhabit. It will be released 1 episode / chapter each week for a few months. Citing neuroscientists, philosophers...

    Jul 15, 2024

    53 min
17. Intro to Shedding Skin Podcast

    Listen on Apple Podcasts here, on Spotify here, on other Podcast apps with this RSS link: https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/1861303.rss Hi all, I’m pretty excited to to be launching this podcast project. This is a little 10 min intro ep with too many 90s movie quotes and an explainer of what...

    Jul 15, 2024

    11 min