Unanswered

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   Unanswered 26: The Cinema Experience

   Steev and Nick discuss their experiences with the cinema and ask whether the magic of the place has been diminished by the way the industry has treated itself, or whether your hosts are just too jaded to take it on its own, rejigged terms. In a time where we can have a big enough screen at home,...

   Sep 10, 2014
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   Unanswered 25: Money

   In our twenty-fifth show we expand our horizons beyond amateur philosophy by also trying our hands at amateur history and amateur economics, to really drive home how little we know about the stuff we try to talk about. Gasp you will as we wonder how the idea of money started, who drew the notes,...

   Aug 7, 2014
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   Unanswered 24: A conversation that should’ve been about Loneliness and Solitude

   Communication breakdown on several fronts lead to this episode of Unanswered. The show was intended to be a discussion on the differences between loneliness and solitude, and the upsides to be found in the latter. Somehow the conversation stuck around an aside about introverts and extroverts....

   Jul 11, 2014
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   Unanswered 23: Euro Vision Throng Context

   Recorded in a month all about Europe, Steev and Nick freewheel into a conversation about the UK’s political climate, and in particular the debate around immigration. Captured before the European Parliament elections and released after the dust had settled, this episode is as much a snapshot of a...

   Jun 4, 2014
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   Unanswered 22: When Is It OK To Be Naked?

   Naked as the day you were born is the only true day you were naked as the day you were born. Before long, however, it’s clear we’ve got to cover up: first for warmth and to stop our untrained selves from defecating where we stand; and later, because as much as our egos don’t want to hear it, the...

   May 8, 2014
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   Unanswered 21: Empathy v. Sympathy

   Empathy in a world of sympathy must feel like an apologist in a room full of outrage, whilst sympathy in a world of empathy must feel like a narcissist in a room without a reflective surface. It’s just as well the world is much larger than a four metre squared patch of carpet otherwise the...

   Apr 2, 2014
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   Unanswered 20: Procrastination

   It took Steev and Nick thirteen months to record their first podcast after deciding they would make one together. Twenty episodes of Unanswered later they get around to tackling procrastination as a topic. They are well suited to discuss it. Is procrastination a manifestation of boredom,...

   Mar 5, 2014
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   Unanswered 19: Home

   Returning from a month's hiatus turns out to be a tricky thing, thanks to the disruptive power of moving home. Steev’s moving moving experience is the starting point for a discussion on what home means to us. We look at the various places we call home, and try to figure out what turns a…

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   Feb 6, 2014
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   Unanswered 18: Happiness

   We are all prone to bouts of wondering what it is we’re supposed to do with our lives, and it seems one of the most popular answers is to be happy. Our governments and corporations wish for us to be happy as much as our nearest and dearest do. Whilst all this goodwill is lovingly received, can we...

   Dec 4, 2013
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    Unanswered 17: Spoilers

    “You don’t get a second chance to make a first impression” so the infamous phrase goes, and whilst you often have it told to you before a job interview or going on a date, it also applies to a good book or this year’s must-watch box-set TV show. Inspired in part by the fuss whipped up around the...

    Nov 6, 2013
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    Unanswered 16: Jobsworth!

    Despite themselves and their often inflated sense of self-importance, humans do a relatively good job of all getting along. That is, unless one of their contemporaries is proving to be an obstacle purely by performing the duties their employer has bestowed upon said ghastly hurdle. Surely it is…

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    Oct 2, 2013
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    Unanswered 15: Privacy

    Everybody’s business is their own until it becomes somebody else’s. The question is: who gets to decide to make it somebody else’s business? Steev and Nick address privacy: where it exists in real life, and how online life has eroded our boundaries and highlighted the breadcrumb trail we leave,...

    Sep 4, 2013
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    Unanswered 14: Changes

    With only days to go before the birth of his first child, Nick is in the mood to talk about some of the big changes in life and how we come to make them. Specifically, we discuss the milestones we pass in our relationships, why the decision to pass them seems like a big deal at the time, and why...

    Aug 7, 2013
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    Unanswered 13: Luck

    The neighbourhood, let alone the world or the universe, is a pretty large place compared to a single solitary human being who would struggle to put a dent in anything most days. If we are so powerless to affect change wouldn’t it be more comforting to know that someone or something is making the...

    Jul 3, 2013
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    Unanswered 12: Offence

    When a person finds themselves offended it is described as them ‘taking offence’. We should be thankful for this grammatical distinction for offence, like beauty, lies in the eye of the beholder. This episode explores the modern malaise of militant indignation where the simple act of getting the...

    Jun 5, 2013
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    Unanswered 11: Being a Fan

    When a like turns into a devotion and becomes a part of your emotional well-being, it’s possible you have become a fan. You enjoy, support and loyally follow an individual or group making something entertaining, or succeeding or failing in a sport. And that’s OK because you’re allowed to enjoy…

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    May 1, 2013
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    Unanswered 10: Notebooks and Romance

    Nick has taken a look through his many swanky notebooks full of ideas, thoughts and observations. Starting along the path of youthful exuberance, and whilst the tenth episode started with the intention to be a bit of a round robin, we ended up focusing on affairs of the heart. We dissect the...

    Apr 3, 2013
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    Unanswered 9: Cities

    Cities: Hulking great machines keeping its populace in sportswear and takeaway coffees, hiring people to sell sportswear and takeaway coffees. With our attention so divided between threats, opportunities and more bus stop ads than you could shake Adam Sandler at, are we able to focus on anything...

    Mar 6, 2013
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    Unanswered 8: Trolling

    Once only residing in Nordic legend, trolls have rampantly multiplied and found new, fertile ground along the Information Superhighway. As the world started to connect, and as technologies and services grew to house it, the human race re-encountered behaviours that the rigours of meatspace had...

    Feb 21, 2013
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    Unanswered 7: Llamas and Storytelling

    Nick takes us back to his formative years to share a story about a llama, and relates it to the type of true stories told on The Moth podcast. This leads us to examine whether his tale could cut the mustard on the stage. We also ponder whether anecdotes or verbal vignettes, which don’t always...

    Feb 6, 2013
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    Unanswered 6: I Don’t Think That Means What You Think It Means

    Sometimes we can be wrong without even knowing we’re wrong, because the meaning we thought we knew turns out not the be the meaning at all. Whilst this could lead to potentially disastrous effects, Nick and Steev instead prefer to focus mainly on songs. That is when they do actually focus on the...

    Jan 23, 2013
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    Unanswered 5: Perception of Time

    Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, Nick and Steev are back; and this time it’s time to talk about time. Predictable chunks of time such as minutes, evenings and weeks can find a way of either running away from us or conversely wear out their welcome. For example: the long and...

    Jan 9, 2013
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    Unanswered 4: Versions of Self

    Who we are as a person can depend on where we are, both in time and location. While we are busy adapting to our ever-changing environment is it possible to ever really be our true self? We look at the times and places that influence us and try to discover why we have subsets of our personality.…

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    Dec 31, 2012
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    Unanswered 3: Christmas obligations

    Christmas is coming and for those who choose to observe the seasonal celebrations, there’s a lot to do. There are lists to write, gifts to buy, cards to send, people to please and white lies to tell—so it’s just as well it happens but once a year. Everything and everyone is telling us what a…

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    Dec 12, 2012
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    Unanswered 2: Fear of Flying

    Nick recalls his first experience flying on a small aeroplane, noting it can be quite different from long-haul journeys on much larger jets. This kicks off a conversation about the fear of flying or, more to the point, the myriad fears and issues captured within. In addition we discuss dreams,...

    Nov 28, 2012
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    Unanswered 1: Opinions

    In the debut episode, we tackle the slippery subject of opinions in a rip-roaring display of low self-awareness as if Unanswered is in any way qualified to define what opinions are and who gets permission to express them. Marvel at our abuse of science and religion. Gasp as we wrangle Godwin’s…

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    Nov 21, 2012
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    Unanswered 0: The Things You Own Own You

    In our pilot episode we talk about how objects that are owned have a curious way of becoming far more than objects, representing and reflecting aspects of our personality, and digging in their hooks way beyond the point of their usefulness. Mugs, comic books, VHS cassettes, vinyl records and…

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    Nov 15, 2012