Off The Lead

Ss5Ep#38 'People Who've Influenced Me'.

27 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is called, "People Who've Influenced Me'.This is not a list of people I like, people I admire, people I wish there were more of in the wo...

Ss5Ep#37 'Biological Determinism Vs Free Will'.

26 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ever have the feeling that you weren't completely in control of your own actions? That in some perverse way, you just did something, and didn't really...

Ss5Ep#36 'Changing A Bad Habit To A Good Habit'.

25 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What does 'electroconvulsive therapy', 'fad diets' and 'psychedelics' have in common?Whatever it is I think it could be what's between changing a bad ...

Ss5Ep#35 'Being Pissed Off With Yourself'.

24 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was inspired by someone texting me on Owe Eight Nine 60,47,888.It's related to beating yourself up over not achieving the level of which ...

Ss5Ep#34 'How Do You Define Yourself?'

21 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Inspired by starting solo season 6 I found myself asking, what am I? I don't feel comfortable with conservative, liberal, progressive, anarchist, left...

Ss5Ep#33 'Aligning Short Term And Long Term Goals'.

20 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today I reiterate some of what I've said about adding structure to life.I also outline plans for, "The Frano Mc Keown Show" (name suggestions welcome)...

Ss5Ep#32 'The Benefit Of Structure'

19 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

I may have packed even more analogies into this episode than usual, but hopefully that's a sign that I'm onto something and not just rambling!I compar...

Ss6Ep#1 'Mood/Weather Analogy'.

18 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This is the first of a new season whereby I pose questions.If weather is climate in the short term, what is the long term version of mood?Thoughts, qu...

Ss5Ep31 'Time Poverty'

18 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Speaking with PGAFOTS Christy McQuillan last week has me thinking of the distribution of wealth. And what can be done to alleviate the suffering of th...

Ss5Ep#30 'Mood'.

17 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

I've added a bit of order to how I record the podcast and if nothing else it's added some structure to how I do what I've been doing with Off The Lead...

Ss5Ep#29 'The Innateness Of Fairness'.

14 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Having spoken briefly about Capitalism Vs Socialism it's led me to think about fairness. And in particular, how so few can have so much. But more spec...

Ss5Ep#28 'Socialism Vs Capitalism'.

13 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

I've spoken a good bit about conservatism and liberalism but not so much about how they manifest themselves in our social structure.This is very much ...

Ss5Ep#27 'What's the story with the yellow fields?'

12 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"Glyphosphate" is the active chemical in "Roundup". It's essentially weed killer.And it's an integral part of modern agriculture. "Modern agriculture"...

Ep#39 Christy McQuillan

11 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Christy is a retired trade union official but has continued his activism throughout his retirement. Having spoken to him I get the impression that you...

Ss5Ep#26 'Psychology Is A Religion'.

11 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Here's one for you, is psychology our best attempt to marry science and religion? "NO!!!" shouted every holy person and every scientist at the same ti...

Ss5Ep#25 Giving 'Off The Lead' A Break.

10 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Haven't uploaded anything in a while, mostly because I couldn't have been arsed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ss5Ep#24 'Exterminate All The Brutes'

04 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

There's a HBO documentary on Sky at the minute called, "Externimate All The Brutes" which is essentially about the origins of white supremacy. I'd hig...

Ss5Ep#23 'Parroting Vs Being Authentic'.

30 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"Potatoes have a full amino acid profile".....I've no idea what this means, sounds cool though!How much of what we say and think is like the above? So...

Ss5Ep#22 'Different Types of People'

30 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today's the last day of my carnivore diet (thank f**k). And on reflection it was as much a psychological experiment as it was a physiological one. Som...

Ss5Ep#21 'Mining Your Own Data'

29 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

I've spoken before about putting data in order, putting it in formation, and then converting that data to 'information'.I've also spoken before about ...

Ss5Ep#19 'Planetary Formation And Billionaire Bully's'.

29 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Edit; At around 14 minutes in I confuse the Mariana Trench and the Mid Atlantic Ridge. Easy mistake to make,* ones a trench and ones a mountain range....

Ss5Ep#18 'We Are Living In An Explosion'.

29 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Gut microbiome, numerics and time travel, oh my!The thread throughout this recording is essentially about having a reference point. We always seem to ...

Ss5Ep#18 'Camaraderie'.

28 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

I started talking about social media feeds and ended up talking about camaraderie. And that's the beauty of talking extemporaneously, you just never k...

'Ss5Ep#17 'Conspiracy Theories Part 1'

27 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today I open Pandoras box and delve into the world of conspiracy theories.This will be the first of a mini series, the idea being that I try and do th...

Ss5Ep#16 'Eating A Cows Heart'

27 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We all have aversions to certain things. For example, most people know you shouldn't support Manchester United because they're pricks. Conversely, peo...

Ss5Ep#15 'Psychological Weight Loss'

26 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In keeping with the whole 'getting your ego out of the way' thing, this episode is an effort to try and figure out my thoughts on 'Psychological weigh...

Ss5Ep#14 'Carnivore Diet Update Day 26'

26 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

4 days to go! It hasn't been easy but hardship is what I was after, hardship/penance/sacrifice I really feel like I've earned the right to enjoy my fo...

Ss5Ep#13 'The Meath Chronicle Article'

20 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On the assumption that the article in the local paper might draw in a few new listeners, I recorded this episode which just generally outlines what th...

Ss5Ep#12 'Bastardisations'.

20 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

I love a good list and this is one that I'm most likely going to work on, I'm hoping to add to it to the extent that it can become something in and of...

Ss5Ep#11 'Advice'.

20 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Advice can be a tricky one. You want something to be as good as it can be but you also want it to be your own, to be original.People who give advice a...

Ss4Ep#38 'Do You Believe In God?'.

15 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Well, do you?I'm intrigued to know what people make of this episode. To me it's all very straight forward and not at all controversial but I'm not sur...

Ss5Ep#10 'Why I'm Only Eating Meat During April'.

14 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As I explain at the start, a mate of mine questioned me regarding the whole only eating meat 'thing', he doesn't listen so I had to explain it to him ...

Ss5Ep#9 Clothes Dryers And Loops.

14 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today I try and give a real life example of how a little bit of knowledge goes a long way. Whenever something like this happens I'm always left wonder...

Ss5Ep#8 Creating The Conditions For Success.

13 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It's one thing saying, "you should create the conditions for success" and quite another to give a real life example. In this episode I'm giving 2, and...

Ss5Ep#7 Carnivore Diet Update Day9

09 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Carnivore Diet Update - Day 9 is online.I'm onto my 9th day of eating nothing but Meat (and eggs) and salt.So far (I'm conscious of getting ahead of m...

Ep#38 Ivor McQuillan 4

06 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As the title suggests, this is the 4th time Ivor has joined me on the podcast. You'd think we'd be running out of things to talk about but obviously n...

Ep#37 Graham Macken 2

02 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It's been over 3 years since Grahams first appearance but it's safe to say he's still an absolute lunatic.We talk about everything from his diet, his ...

Ss5Ep#6 Tiny islands and your internal 'external locus of evaluation'.

31 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Just a heads up to anyone who's interested, I'm loving the way season 5 is going. If you're not, don't worry, I've season 6 to start, a pine marten to...