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Hi, everyone. This is a short promotional trailer for season two of
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Two Old Psychologists Talking About Stuff, with me, Richard Bennett,
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and me, Ray Owen. So, Ray, just in case there are people
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listening to this who are new to the show, here's a challenge. Don't describe the
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podcast in, like, no more than two or three sentences.
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So it's two friends who've known each other for a while talking about the
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kind of stuff any two friends might normally talk about.
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I guess the difference is we're trying to talk about it from
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a psychological point of view,
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saying, does psychology have anything particular to say
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about that topic? So, in short, it does what it says on the tin.
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It's Two Old Psychologists Talking about stuff. We spent
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most of our first season in increasingly tenuous ways, it has to be said,
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going through the title of our podcast. So we looked
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at connection, we looked at ageing, we looked at psychology,
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we talked about how humans make sense of stuff in
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terms of the verbal language and the impact that that has on
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their behaviour. Taking a psychological angle on a variety of things.
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We had a Christmas party and then we took a
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little bit of a break, so we're planning to come back very soon. And so,
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Ray, what have you got planned for us? What do you want us to talk
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about? Well, I guess some of the stuff I want us to talk about are
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things as varied as being a fan.
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You know, what does it mean to be a fan of something and what the
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joys and the sorrows of being a fan of a particular
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sports team or type of movie or whatever.
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So, you know, that's at one end of the spectrum. And I guess the other
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end, for me, of the spectrum is as a psychologist who's
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specialised in problems of physical health, of cancer,
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of hospice care, I'd kind of like us to take some time to think
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about less cheerful stuff around mortality,
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end of life, things like that. I think I would like to talk about
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recent developments. There's quite a lot going on
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in the world at the moment, so I think to take a bit of a
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psychological perspective on some of that would be important.
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One thing we've sort of promised listeners all throughout
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season one was an episode on Free Will.
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Although I'm kind of torn. Cause I think, do you remember when
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I was growing up, There were those 70s TV
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sitcoms and it seemed to be a staple of those, that there was always a
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character who was never seen, you know, like Captain Mannering's wife,
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Dad's Army, Ms. Cathcart in Heidi. Hi,
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Mrs. Slocum's pussy all of those things that you heard about
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but you never actually saw. I do wonder whether free will
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could be our Ms. Cathcot. Something to keep people guessing. So we may or we
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may not do that. We also talked about other
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things that are impacting the world. So identity
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politics, cancel culture, the rise
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of populist politics,
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religion. We talked about, yeah. The impending population
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crisis. So there's a whole bunch of things that we could talk about that
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are, that are current. And I think it would also be useful for us to
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make sure that we stick to the original remit and we
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discuss some sort of squarely psychological issues. So one thing I'd be interested
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in talking about is mindfulness, the concept of values and
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some of that basic psychology stuff we learned as undergraduates.
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Absolutely. And I think also maybe we take a look at the idea of the
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rules that we live by that we create for ourselves or that others create for
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us. So. So we've got a bunch of ideas. It's gonna, we're gonna mix it
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up slightly. It's gonna be a little bit of a departure from season one,
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so a mix of sort of current affairs, I suppose, taking a psychological
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perspective on those and then more sort of squarely psychological
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concepts and throwing those around and bringing those to people's attention. We are gonna be
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back within the next few weeks, let's say. Yeah. And for those
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of you who like a sort of constant digest of
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up to the minute reactions, this show is
67
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not for you. This is a slow news kind
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of situation. We are aiming to put podcasts out
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at a rate of about one a month. Careful considered as
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befits our advancing years. That's the kind of pace we're aiming for.
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And there's plenty of other places to go if you want immediate reactions to.
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Stuff and excitement and stuff like that. Yeah. If you want slow
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plodding, theoretical.
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Metaphorical, or in my case, literal beard scratching conversations,
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we are your guys. So thank you for spending a few minutes in our company
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and we look forward to you joining us for season two of
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two. Old psychologists talking about stuff.
00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:15,976
Hi, everyone. This is a short promotional trailer for season two of
2
00:00:16,048 --> 00:00:19,992
Two Old Psychologists Talking About Stuff, with me, Richard Bennett,
3
00:00:20,056 --> 00:00:23,592
and me, Ray Owen. So, Ray, just in case there are people
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00:00:23,616 --> 00:00:27,372
listening to this who are new to the show, here's a challenge. Don't describe the
5
00:00:27,396 --> 00:00:30,620
podcast in, like, no more than two or three sentences.
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00:00:30,780 --> 00:00:34,332
So it's two friends who've known each other for a while talking about the
7
00:00:34,356 --> 00:00:37,724
kind of stuff any two friends might normally talk about.
8
00:00:37,812 --> 00:00:41,740
I guess the difference is we're trying to talk about it from
9
00:00:41,780 --> 00:00:44,796
a psychological point of view,
10
00:00:44,868 --> 00:00:48,172
saying, does psychology have anything particular to say
11
00:00:48,196 --> 00:00:51,580
about that topic? So, in short, it does what it says on the tin.
12
00:00:51,660 --> 00:00:55,576
It's Two Old Psychologists Talking about stuff. We spent
13
00:00:55,608 --> 00:00:58,840
most of our first season in increasingly tenuous ways, it has to be said,
14
00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:02,248
going through the title of our podcast. So we looked
15
00:01:02,264 --> 00:01:05,976
at connection, we looked at ageing, we looked at psychology,
16
00:01:06,088 --> 00:01:10,072
we talked about how humans make sense of stuff in
17
00:01:10,096 --> 00:01:13,592
terms of the verbal language and the impact that that has on
18
00:01:13,616 --> 00:01:17,768
their behaviour. Taking a psychological angle on a variety of things.
19
00:01:17,904 --> 00:01:21,024
We had a Christmas party and then we took a
20
00:01:21,032 --> 00:01:25,120
little bit of a break, so we're planning to come back very soon. And so,
21
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Ray, what have you got planned for us? What do you want us to talk
22
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about? Well, I guess some of the stuff I want us to talk about are
23
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things as varied as being a fan.
24
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You know, what does it mean to be a fan of something and what the
25
00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:43,152
joys and the sorrows of being a fan of a particular
26
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sports team or type of movie or whatever.
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So, you know, that's at one end of the spectrum. And I guess the other
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end, for me, of the spectrum is as a psychologist who's
29
00:01:54,270 --> 00:01:57,774
specialised in problems of physical health, of cancer,
30
00:01:57,822 --> 00:02:01,438
of hospice care, I'd kind of like us to take some time to think
31
00:02:01,494 --> 00:02:04,766
about less cheerful stuff around mortality,
32
00:02:04,878 --> 00:02:08,894
end of life, things like that. I think I would like to talk about
33
00:02:09,062 --> 00:02:12,222
recent developments. There's quite a lot going on
34
00:02:12,246 --> 00:02:14,622
in the world at the moment, so I think to take a bit of a
35
00:02:14,646 --> 00:02:17,210
psychological perspective on some of that would be important.
36
00:02:18,060 --> 00:02:21,556
One thing we've sort of promised listeners all throughout
37
00:02:21,668 --> 00:02:24,804
season one was an episode on Free Will.
38
00:02:24,972 --> 00:02:28,052
Although I'm kind of torn. Cause I think, do you remember when
39
00:02:28,076 --> 00:02:31,428
I was growing up, There were those 70s TV
40
00:02:31,524 --> 00:02:34,532
sitcoms and it seemed to be a staple of those, that there was always a
41
00:02:34,556 --> 00:02:38,052
character who was never seen, you know, like Captain Mannering's wife,
42
00:02:38,196 --> 00:02:40,916
Dad's Army, Ms. Cathcart in Heidi. Hi,
43
00:02:41,028 --> 00:02:44,788
Mrs. Slocum's pussy all of those things that you heard about
44
00:02:44,844 --> 00:02:48,200
but you never actually saw. I do wonder whether free will
45
00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:51,912
could be our Ms. Cathcot. Something to keep people guessing. So we may or we
46
00:02:51,936 --> 00:02:55,128
may not do that. We also talked about other
47
00:02:55,184 --> 00:02:59,032
things that are impacting the world. So identity
48
00:02:59,096 --> 00:03:03,144
politics, cancel culture, the rise
49
00:03:03,192 --> 00:03:06,040
of populist politics,
50
00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:10,584
religion. We talked about, yeah. The impending population
51
00:03:10,712 --> 00:03:14,162
crisis. So there's a whole bunch of things that we could talk about that
52
00:03:14,186 --> 00:03:17,714
are, that are current. And I think it would also be useful for us to
53
00:03:17,802 --> 00:03:21,362
make sure that we stick to the original remit and we
54
00:03:21,386 --> 00:03:24,898
discuss some sort of squarely psychological issues. So one thing I'd be interested
55
00:03:24,914 --> 00:03:28,946
in talking about is mindfulness, the concept of values and
56
00:03:29,018 --> 00:03:31,938
some of that basic psychology stuff we learned as undergraduates.
57
00:03:32,034 --> 00:03:35,522
Absolutely. And I think also maybe we take a look at the idea of the
58
00:03:35,546 --> 00:03:39,042
rules that we live by that we create for ourselves or that others create for
59
00:03:39,066 --> 00:03:42,012
us. So. So we've got a bunch of ideas. It's gonna, we're gonna mix it
60
00:03:42,036 --> 00:03:45,116
up slightly. It's gonna be a little bit of a departure from season one,
61
00:03:45,268 --> 00:03:49,116
so a mix of sort of current affairs, I suppose, taking a psychological
62
00:03:49,148 --> 00:03:52,892
perspective on those and then more sort of squarely psychological
63
00:03:52,956 --> 00:03:56,972
concepts and throwing those around and bringing those to people's attention. We are gonna be
64
00:03:56,996 --> 00:04:00,780
back within the next few weeks, let's say. Yeah. And for those
65
00:04:00,820 --> 00:04:04,440
of you who like a sort of constant digest of
66
00:04:04,740 --> 00:04:07,972
up to the minute reactions, this show is
67
00:04:07,996 --> 00:04:11,780
not for you. This is a slow news kind
68
00:04:11,820 --> 00:04:15,172
of situation. We are aiming to put podcasts out
69
00:04:15,196 --> 00:04:18,772
at a rate of about one a month. Careful considered as
70
00:04:18,796 --> 00:04:22,084
befits our advancing years. That's the kind of pace we're aiming for.
71
00:04:22,172 --> 00:04:25,412
And there's plenty of other places to go if you want immediate reactions to.
72
00:04:25,436 --> 00:04:29,012
Stuff and excitement and stuff like that. Yeah. If you want slow
73
00:04:29,156 --> 00:04:31,320
plodding, theoretical.
74
00:04:33,500 --> 00:04:37,992
Metaphorical, or in my case, literal beard scratching conversations,
75
00:04:38,116 --> 00:04:41,024
we are your guys. So thank you for spending a few minutes in our company
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00:04:41,112 --> 00:04:44,768
and we look forward to you joining us for season two of
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00:04:44,824 --> 00:04:46,880
two. Old psychologists talking about stuff.
