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What Was That?
by Jessica Goodfellow
An intense enquiry into the bizarre life of Jessica Goodfellow (the host). In this comedic podcast, Jessica relentlessly interrogates social scenarios, uncomfortable taboos and the people she admires (aka guests). Jessica cares about articulating the absolute truth and penetrating the realm. She believes that curiosity is the antidote to suffering, and encourages you to consider the same. jessicagoodfellow.substack.com
Episodes
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The Perversions Of Urge - Cubby Phillips
Me and my buddy Cubby Phillips discuss some of our current fascinations. Urges, hoarding resources, obsession, poison, focus, useless energy, and the relationship with yourself as you create. I highly recommend Cubby’s Substack. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with…
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Variety Show Energy
Today I discuss Cirque de Soleil and cave spelunking. An audience member offers an intimate sharing, as a response to the Operating Thetans question have you ever hid an object? I then answer an audience question on how to restore heart energy restoration and how to purge guilt and shame. Thanks...
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On Puppets - Brett
Welcome, my dear friend BRETT. This guy needs no introduction. He is a fascinating person with an incredibly unique perspective. The first time we ever talked it actually fried my brain and I needed to lie down. Today I pick at his worldview on systems of good and evil, life and death, basic...
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Me and Mister Sgrunkles
What the heckory happened in the last few months? What sparked my absence? TIME TO KIKI! ALL VISUALS ARE NOW UNLISTED. THEY ARE ABOLISHED. I BAN THEM! I’m back now. For good. For real! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus...
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The Only Wizard I Trust - Nathan King
Today I'm interviewing Nathan King, the founder of an epic program called Euphoriam. Nathan is a self made multi millionaire with a really interesting story and a seriously advanced understanding of the quantum, or what you might call 'spirituality'. I particularly respect his grounded and no BS...
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Lost In Translation
In today's episode I talk about this crazy thing that happened with Mario my local security guard that I can't believe. Then I talk about a death threat letter going around my Ecuadorian town and my hair mishap and my take on God, what I think God is and how I feel about God. Crude imagery today...
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Silvio And The Dog
Welcome to S2 Episode 3. Today I tell a truly pointless story that is so funny to me. The most pointless episode so far, definitely, but rich in wine and enjoyment for you I hope. Story involves Silvio and his cafe, sanduch and a street dog that I know. This is a public episode. If you would like...
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Maria, My Therapist!
Please welcome my first ever guest to What Was That, Maria Spathis! My therapist! Maria is a Transpersonal Psychotherapist and an absolute legend. Today we have a very candid conversation about therapy, psychology, the heart, the thymus, death and spirituality. We dive into a live therapy session...
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Authenticity
A meandering swim through concepts of identity that never really gets there. Quite fitting. Today I discuss a bed to bathroom success, waitressing, my fascination with Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain, and what I would do if given a trillion dollars. The mission of my podcast is to alchemise…
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Mistakes Are Gifts
A goose meditation on how absurd moments expose the identities we slowly accept without choosing. How shame, habit, and visibility ultimately govern who we become if we don't intervene.It's the season finale! Today I reflect on what has been left unsaid across the series. I discuss a meeting with…
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Bunnings
A recount of a mounting moment of exhaustion, shame, and truth, and how curiosity can eventually bring repair.In today’s episode I speak about my confrontation with death energy and a kind of near death experience I had. While this moment was something like an annihilation, it was also the…
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Stand Up
An honest exploration of what happens when competence collapses, control stops working, and action becomes the only path back to healing, connection, and self-trust.The themes of proving and performance have followed me around for yonks. After arriving in Brisbane it came time to confront them....
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My Brother, My Sister, My Doll
A tender exploration of attachment, grief, and meaning-making through the story of a childhood doll; tracing how unexpressed loss, family silence, and care displaced onto objects shape who we become. I have perpetually wrangled with the meaning of my Cabbage Patch Doll, Bubby, who I was gifted…
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The Trojan Horse
A darkly funny, unsettling meditation on avoidance, indecision, and truth-withheld. Tracing how unclear endings, symbolic attachments, and inherited identity fractures shape the way we belong, love, and speak.Today I venture into the uncomfortable tale of how I ended up with a tattoo on my arm…
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The People You Meet
A reflection on how small, unexpected human encounters can quietly alter a life’s trajectory and how kindness, seen late, can reframe years of hardship. In today’s episode I discuss my early days in Barcelona, getting bullied by Spaniards and other inconvenient karmas. I focus on the unexpected...
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Heartbreak Warfare
A humorous account of an unbelievable seven-year high school love saga. Tracing how anxiety, fantasy, and half-presence can wire lifelong relational patterns, and how the body signals truth long before the mind can name it.Today we trot into the hills to explore an unbelievable experience I…
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Kissed By A Rose
A reflective elegy for a childhood friendship that ended without drama. Tracing how comparison, difference, and unspoken resentment can slowly erode intimacy, and what it takes to forgive both yourself and the past. Today I venture into my childhood to explore a close friendship that came to an...
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The Noggin Hostage
A light-hearted recounting of a 10-day silent meditation retreat gone awry in Scotland, where a mix of overhydration, rebellion, and eccentric fellow meditators led to a series of comically surreal and oddly formative experiences.Today I tell the tale of the ten day silent retreat where I nearly...
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This Is What Dreams Are Made Of
In today's episode I tell you about the dream that changed my life, the time I got my dream job and the reason I lost it. I also expel the most remarkable accidental sound from my human body that you have to hear to believe. After recording this episode I had an epiphany that the dream I'd had…
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A Tale As Old As Time
Today we go donut dumpster diving and I tell you an utterly wackadoo story involving two wizard brothers: one good and one, well... strange. Not all turning points are tragic, some are just 'tarded. I'd like to thank old mate and the homie for catalysing my mythic initiation. I wouldn't be here...
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A Tricky Situation
Welcome to my first episode of the series. Today I am discussing, in frank terms, the story of how my gay best friend r*ped me. In my early years my infinite exploration for identity bounds left me socially awkward and obsessed with self-accountability. Eventually, life drew the line for me. This...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
An intense enquiry into the bizarre life of Jessica Goodfellow (the host). In this comedic podcast, Jessica relentlessly interrogates social scenarios, uncomfortable taboos and the people she admires (aka guests). Jessica cares about articulating the absolute truth and penetrating the realm. She believes that curiosity is the antidote to suffering, and encourages you to consider the same.
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An intense enquiry into the bizarre life of Jessica Goodfellow (the host). In this comedic podcast, Jessica relentlessly interrogates social scenarios, uncomfortable taboos and the people she admires (aka guests). Jessica cares about articulating the absolute truth and penetrating the realm. She...
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