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Delusions of Grandeur is a weirdo best friend art collective from Canada, established by Janet and Carmen in 2013. We write, we draw, we paint, we dance, we dick…around. We’ve been podcasting since 2020. The concept is simple: two bi-coastal besties, two microphones, a topic, and a little weed. War. Climate change. COVID-19. The culture wars. You will find none of that here. Delusions of Grandeur is a podcast of lighthearted philosophical banter. Join Carmen and Janet as they explore topics ...
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Capitalism and corporatism. Capitalism’s nemesis. The shift to the right as you age. The dystopian hell of Communism. Competition. The utopian myth. Capitalism equals freedom, socialism equals poverty. Freedom as a basic human right. The middle path. Universal basic income. The rat race vs. serfdom toil. Ballooning bureaucracies. Loose Larry David.…
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Acceptance over love. Old, gross, and free. The body dysmorphic days of youth. Utilitarian bodies. Has the body positive movement gone too far? Extremely extreme. The Ozempic epidemic. The obsession with skinny. Margarine, bagels, skim milk, and Jane Fonda. Hot dad bods. If Stephen Hawking had been a woman. BMI = Bogus Measurement Index. The microb…
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The exchange of information about someone who is absent. Drake’s dick. Alliances. Social bonding through talking smack. Men vs. women. Are people’s lives boring or fascinating? The water cooler. Venting about bad bosses. Shrugging off rumours. Positive gossip. Privacy as a retro phenomenon. Fighting as entertainment. Are rate your date sites ethica…
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Zero executive function. Jocko Willink. Mind control. How does discipline equal freedom? Carmen’s boner for discipline. Living for pleasure. Going Goggins. Callusing your mind. Pushing yourself past your limits. Focusing on focusing. Making excuses. Being lazy. Podcast and audiobook revolution. Doing things you don’t want to do. The slight edge. Me…
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How misunderstood narcissism is. The different types. Trauma response vs. genetic. How to spot a narcissist. The danger of lacking self-awareness. Extravagant gifts. Image obsession. Stonewalling. Gaslighting. Feeling crazy. No apologies. Who makes a good narcissistic target. Love bombing. Mirroring. Paying attention to microexpressions. Inability …
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Janet swoons over Sam Harris again. Meditation apps. Meditation misconceptions. Being present. The ten breath challenge. Dropping back into yourself. ADHD background whizzing. Simple, but difficult. Mind control. Neurological spasms. Changing the channel. Living in the now. Not in my life, not in my mind. Meditation in the schools. Meditation while…
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Janet shares some things that have helped her mental health. Sleep, stress, exercise, nutrition, blah, blah, blah. Coping with psycho feelings. When inaction is the best action. The importance of introspection. Solitude vs. isolation. Weed and rumination. Observing your thoughts. The power and paradox of meditation. Deeply breathing. Knowledge as m…
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Janet has no voice and Googles saltwater. The relativity of success. Death as your North Star. The good habit of not thinking. Doers vs. thinkers. Overdoers. The myth of the rat race. Losing joy. Five-year plans. Trying to be someone you are comfortable with. Squirelling nuts away. Mentors and role models. Being the master of your domain. Happy suc…
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Why can't you criticize religion? Atheism vs. Agnosticism. Religion as comfort. Suspending disbelief. Religion as a concept. Do people actually believe? Religion as a vintage version of science. Religion as future cringe. Do humans have religious holes? Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s recent conversion to Christianity. The Great Replacement Theory. Virtue signal…
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Holy moly, people are lonely. Feeling alone around others. The joys of solitude. Not fitting in. Sucky social mores. Not having friends. Does social media help or hinder the loneliness epidemic? Quality over quantity. Things people talk about. Being creative. Finding other freaks. People who complain all of the time. The signals you send out into t…
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Janet and Carmen are back with a new season of nonsense. In this episode, they probe each other’s brains with the most pressing questions of the day. Celebrity ringtones. Conspiracy theories. Moral quandaries. Unpopular opinions. Smells. Good advice. Pretending to have purpose. Not killing yourself. Empathy vs. intelligence. Religion. X bombs. Cryi…
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The mysterious female orgasm. An Eager Beaver addiction. Scratching Yoda behind the ears. Cleaning the pipes. Porn addiction. Watching naked people move their bodies around. Spank banks. Stoned orgasms. Horny words. A practical sleep aid. Binge jerking. Connecting with yourself. Sex enhancing. Post-nut sleepies. Proctologist treasures. Working the …
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Janet and Carmen take a trip down memory lane. Getting stuck in the generation you came of age in. Kurt is still everywhere. The evolution of telephones. Gen Z guinea pigs. Technological temptations. Gen X doesn’t give af. '90s icons. Internet ambivalence. The price of convenience. Expected instant reactions. Late technological adopters. Fried dopa…
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Carmen and Janet expand the horizon of their minds. Are plants conscious? The Case Against Reality. Eastern Philosophy. Meditation. Shared consciousness. Living in a simulation. Panpsychism. Everything is vibrating. The double slit experiment. Higher states of consciousness. Is space-time real? Lucid dreaming. Everything is energy. The tree in the …
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The sudden realization of reaching middle age. When the disappointments of midlife get to you. Internal vs. external locus of control. Denial and the stages of a midlife crisis. Carmen’s multiple mini midlife crises. Janet’s love of middle age. Stopping and reflecting. People dropping off. You doing you. Making it halfway. The midlife spiritual awa…
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Deontological vs. consequentialist ethics. The trolley problem. Societal breakdown. Solar plexus feelings. The Machiavelli delusion. Empowered victims. Protecting well-being. Moral relativism. The Bizarro World. Rationalizing cognitive dissonance. Following your gut. Aristotle’s middle path. Missing character. Admirable qualities. The comfort of de…
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UAPs are the new UFOs. Are we seriously alone? The Fermi Paradox. Being a believer vs. being skeptical. The way of the human brain. Little green men. Careful documentaries. Europa. Are we just the early birds? Thank god for Jupiter. All of us are miracles. Was human consciousness an accident? How embarrassing it would be if we were being watched? L…
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Trauma, drama and the Dalai Lama. Realizing in middle age that you had childhood trauma. What does processing trauma even mean? How do you know if you have processed trauma? Healthy vagueness. Watering down the term. Minor traumas being big traumas. The trauma spectrum. Exposure therapy. Running away from your shit. The trauma of living. Blunt forc…
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Art is the best! Is everything art? Does art have to be shared? Censorship and art. Boring art. Some favourite visual artists. The awe of the Renaissance. Dadaism. Humour and art. Bad art. Modern art. The evolution of art. Everyone is an artist. The compulsion to create. Vulnerability. Giving birth to art babies. Music as heroin. Sources of inspira…
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Carmen drills Janet about what it’s like having a child. Kids versus babies. Janet creeps out parents. Ew – kids. Real love. Baby atom bombs. The child drought. Having a shitty kid who hates your guts. How a wand up your vagina can make you emotional. Nobody looks after you when you’re old anyways. Tapping out when the adult diaper arrives. Teenage…
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Why is this ancient philosophy so popular today? What is in your control and what isn’t. Living in accordance with nature. The original Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Taking the reins of your brain. The art of reframing. Non-reactions. The Meditations. Expectations are the death of serenity. Memento mori. Self-help books as drugs. Stoicism as count…
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Daydreaming vs. night dreaming. Why are dream descriptions so boring? Practical dreams. Personal dreams. Making use of sleeping. Wet dreams. Our brains as hard drives. Recording dreams. People popping. Whoring it up in other people’s dreams. Dreams as portals through the multiverse. Sleepwalking accountability. Flight vs. freeze. Spirit animals. Do…
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Janet’s strategies for overcoming anxiety. Everyone has a big thing. Ignoring your instincts. Zooming out into the solar system. Larry David’s limp shoulders. Gaslighting yourself. Being drunk and anxious. Questioning your brain. Shutting it down. Becoming an Übermensch. Public speaking. Feed the right wolf. The bedtime anxiety monster. The hormone…
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ChatGPT. Suffering data. Where is Clippy now? The automation apocalypse. More human than human. Does less work equal more happiness? Do bots eat ass? Fuck humanity or fuck with humanity? Trans-animalism. A poetic way to go. The education crisis. The purpose problem. When virtual reality beats real reality. The fine line between dystopia and utopia.…
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Small town goths connecting and keeping in touch. Influencing Instagram. Power to the people. Pros being cons. Becoming the news. Top shelf meme lords. Reeling from reels. Globalized creative juices. Cats owning social. Not being able to pay attention to our dwindling dopamine receptors. Blue light midnight facials. Having a toxic relationship with…
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Janet and Carmen get deep. Why do great when good enough will do? Quiet quitting and doing the bare mini. To morphine or not to morphine when dying? Acid epiphanies. The meaning of life. Nihilism. Do your duty. Fate. Free will and determinism. Janet’s theory of the universe. A.I boyfriends. Why are we attracted to certain people? Is everything just…
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Fidgety fitness. Use it or lose it. Exercise trends. Drakercise. Taking it too far. Physical health=mental health. Injuries. Walking like you’re in a movie. Designer workouts. Don’t fuck with your Instagram algorithm. Busting a move. Public displays of being stoned. Hard things that look easy. Prancercise. Apps. Bear spray. Listen to the Drakercise…
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Freedom of speech in the age of the internet. Freedom to offend. When left becomes right. Hate speech. Censorship. Deplatforming martyrdom. Coward culture. Outrage archeologists. The freedom to listen. Identifying with your beliefs. The freedom of bad ideas. The University of Indoctrination. Wicked words. Corrupt corporations vs corrupt government.…
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Dating sucks! Pheromones. Pros and cons of dating apps. Ghosting. Giving up. Making up…someone in your head. Sapiosexual. Attachment styles. How to build a good profile. Love languages. Bad dates. Meeting people in real life. Dates that don’t ask questions. The mid range. Red flags. Refusing to give up and refusing to try. Dating down. (Recorded on…
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Age shame. Preparing for the worst. Near-death perspective. The secret to aging well. Becoming invisible. Letting go. Schmastic schmurgery. Botox ka-ching! Here’s to looking gross all the time. Ageism. Too much time left vs. not enough time left. Cheque, please. Never shopping at Bryan’s. Battling the grumps. The tragic adventure of life. Senior st…
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Janet and Carmen chat with their first guest! Ryan Walter Wagner talks about getting diagnosed with ADHD in adulthood. We cover how this neurodevelopment disorder manifests, how it's diagnosed, the stigma around it, the positives and negatives, and coping strategies. And Janet learns that foam is extremely tough to saw. * Fact check: Steve Jobs did…
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The evolution of a woman’s role in society. All of the waves. Patriarchy? Equalism. Madonna’s version of feminism. The pay gap. #MeToo. Has feminism gone too far? Postmodern hell. Male cuttlefish. Maude from Harold and Maude. Margaret Atwood. Camille Paglia. Aziz Ansari. Believe all women? Intersectionality. (Recorded on August 21, 2022)…
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Janet and Carmen discuss what they learned from a recent mushroom trip on Toronto Island. The transformative power of psychedelics. The phases of a trip. The oneness. Self discovery. How a trip can rearrange perspectives. Beauty overload. Gateway to your psyche. Melting anxiety. Building confidence after addiction. We’re all afraid and confused. Ha…
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A crazy, complicated relationship. Pubin' out. Body as peacock feathers. Nobody wants to hear about your diet. Forty and fabulous? Real bodies vs. photographed bodies. What are pores? Bloated and blobby. The puberty surprise. Accepting your body vs. loving it. The body positive movement. Body Mass Index. The changing of the beauty standard. Robo Ch…
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What makes something an addiction? Janet opens up about her bulimia. Is there such a thing as an addictive personality? Recovered addicts rule. Shame spirals. Smart addictions. Safe injection sites. Rock bottoms. Interventions. The recovery aha moment. Recovery as liberation. Addiction swapping. The answer is that there isn’t an answer. It’s like c…
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Shlong. What happens to the balls when riding a bicycle? What does a blowjob feel like? Does size matter? Soup can vs. pencil. The foreskin conspiracy. Balls of energy. Sprinkle of cheerleaders. Penis gremlins. The Privates Eye. * Janet mentions Bret and Heather’s book: The Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges o…
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