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Indulgently Minimal is wondering if there is a better way to navigate our current world of work and play in an environment saturated with advertising, social media, and other nudges to consume. Join us as we explore these questions; discussing tech, lifestyle, and philosophy; as we search for a balance between buying new toys and indulging in our passions, as well as reducing our wasteful behaviours and removing from our lifestyle the things that don't make us happy or contribute to healthy ...
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Conversation is our art. Season 2 premieres September 22nd!
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When we finally take vengence on the antagonist in the mirror, we only end up hurting ourselves. Join us this week as we discuss the phenomenon of 'Revenge Procrastination", and stay up way past our bedtimes to do so... www.indulgentlyminimal.com Instagram: @indulgentlyminimal Mastadon: @indulgentlyminimal Email: indulgentlyminimal@gmail.com ko-fi:…
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We're finally here, the eventuful month that gave us The Killers, Razorlight, Samurai 7, and Spider-Man 2, a fantastic month that launched so many albums, movies, and games that endure to this day. From a Guiness World record holder to a bizarre true crime story, June 2004 was a stand-out month, even for 2004. Trigger Warning: If you don't want to …
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Blobcast - Monsters of the Indulgently Minimal Cinematic Universe 2
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Spooky season is upon us once more, and again we brave the horrors of the dark to bring you the content you so crave! Join us, if you dare, as we discuss all the the monsters that are lurking in the shadows... www.indulgentlyminimal.com Instagram: @indulgentlyminimal Mastadon: @indulgentlyminimal Email: indulgentlyminimal@gmail.com ko-fi: https://k…
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Our attention has become a valuable commodity, and it is not only to advertisers that compete for it. Join us this week as we discuss how to best manage, budget, and even rebuild our attention; as well as how to put our finite pool to best use. www.indulgentlyminimal.com Instagram: @indulgentlyminimal Mastadon: @indulgentlyminimal Email: indulgentl…
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Is there always a tradeoff between convenience and effectiveness? Where do these two converge? Join us this week as we talk about how the most convenient option may, long term at least, be to our detriment. www.indulgentlyminimal.com Instagram: @indulgentlyminimal Mastadon: @indulgentlyminimal Email: indulgentlyminimal@gmail.com ko-fi: https://ko-f…
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May 04 was an eclectic month, with music from Keane, The Magnetic Fields, Bloc Party, and some from a few of our all time favourite artists. Movies range from so bad that it's good, to the truly good; Van Helsing, Troy, Shrek 2, and more all hit cinemas this month. Without even mentioning the many franchises that all began in this month, it's alrea…
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Joining us this week is a special guest; Game Developer & YouTuber Asatiir. Join us as we chat about his new project, which took a little inspiration from Indulgently Minimal. Asatiir's Links: Game Development: asatiir.itch.io Instagram: andhiswatches Youtube: Andhiswatches TikTok: andhiswatches www.indulgentlyminimal.com Instagram: @indulgentlymin…
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Sometimes it just feels good to pick up an object and enjoy it for how well it's made, how it feels in your hands, enjoying both the form and function. Join us this week as we discuss how the craftsmanship of something can justify an indulgence when it brings us joy. www.indulgentlyminimal.com Instagram: @indulgentlyminimal Mastadon: @indulgentlymi…
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Not every innovation is an improvement, and not every upgrade is worth the baggage that comes along with it. Join us this week as we discuss paper vs ebooks, virtual vs IRL, and even brave the murky audiophile waters... www.indulgentlyminimal.com Instagram: @indulgentlyminimal Mastadon: @indulgentlyminimal Email: indulgentlyminimal@gmail.com ko-fi:…
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After a summer of sun, sea, and adventure, Indulgently Minimal is back! Join us this week as we discuss our respective holidays and whether they lived up to the goals we set in the previous blobcast.By Indulgently Minimal
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There was more to April 04 than we first thought, with musical releases including Modest Mouse, Múm, MONO, Patti Smith, & a punk compilation album that we almost missed. I hope you saved room for Jello. Movies could be definied by the phrase "Cultural Juggernaut", With Kill Bill, 13 Going on 30, & Mean Girls all entering the zeitgeist in one month.…
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When it comes to indulgence there are few places that give back to us more than the 'little' joys in life. Join us this week as we discuss the small ways we can brighten our day and embrace even the smallest or often taken for granted ways a little indulgence can bring more happiness and joy into our lives. www.indulgentlyminimal.com Instagram: @in…
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What is money for? When is it time to minimise and when to indulge? Join us this week as we discuss those times when it is good to throw caution to the wind and indulge in those 'nice to haves', which can for some become closer to must haves... www.indulgentlyminimal.com Instagram: @indulgentlyminimal Mastadon: @indulgentlyminimal Email: indulgentl…
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Things really start to kick off in March 04, with a legendary collaboration between some of Hip Hop's finest seeing the release of Madvillainy, as well as the USA's top selling album of the year Confessions by Usher. The film releases also take it up a notch, with many classics releasing, including a cult british comedy from Edgar Wright & Simon Pe…
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With summer truly on the brain we set out once again to talk about all things travel. Join us this week as we discuss wanderlust, destinations, and avoid the ever dreaded BagCast. www.indulgentlyminimal.com Instagram: @indulgentlyminimal Mastadon: @indulgentlyminimal Email: indulgentlyminimal@gmail.com ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/indulgentlyminimal…
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When is Nostaligia Notstalgia? Join us this week as we discuss the different ways and even types of nostalgia, and how they can affect us in our daily lives. Is nostalgia all that it used to be? Check out this latest episode to find out.By Indulgently Minimal
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It is all too easy to see the negative and miss those small rays of hope peaking through the cracks in the pessimism. Join us this week as we discuss some of the ways all the creatives we follow and admire are fighting back against the many issues we have discussed on the show. www.indulgentlyminimal.com Instagram: @indulgentlyminimal Mastadon: @in…
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What A Year: 2004 - Episode 03 - February
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While February may be the slowest month for releases in 2004, that doesn't mean we don't have plenty to be checking out. With music releases from Scissor Sisters, Franz Ferdinant, Descendents, and The Mountain Goats we would have enough even if there wasn't a legendary Hip-Hop bootleg, several major film releases, and the Oscars to talk about... Pl…
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We often ask ourselves if we can afford something, and this can play a key role in our purchasing decisions; but have you ever asked yourself what your purchase can afford you? Join us this week as we chat about the concept of affordance, and how we can apply this mode of thinking to Indulgently Minimal. www.indulgentlyminimal.com Instagram: @indul…
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Is every change an improvement? Can a problem be solved but then cause a worse problem in it's place? Join us this week as we discuss paradoxical innovation, how we can approach new technologies and implement them into our daily lives. www.indulgentlyminimal.com Instagram: @indulgentlyminimal Mastadon: @indulgentlyminimal Email: indulgentlyminimal@…
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We have seen the expo season come and go, and are left with the question: Has Tech Become Boring? Join us this week as we discuss the hype and the reality of tech, games, and all the other new shiny we are being told we must buy.By Indulgently Minimal
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What A Year: 2004 - Episode 02 - January
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2004 gets off to maybe a slow start, but that doesn't mean we don't have plenty of things to get excited about. Join us as we check out the events and media that began 2004, including entries from Bright Eyes & Phantom Planet, the Sundance Film Festival, and a musical/anime combo that led many of to discover us a chill hop visionary. Apple Music Sp…
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We spend a lot of time talking about minimalism, mindfulness, and how we can use these tools to deal with our day to day issues. However, these are not the only tools at our disposal, so join us this week as we discuss the veritable cornucopia of options at our disposal when dealing with our problems and experiences. www.indulgentlyminimal.com Inst…
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Revisiting The Plan: Interrogating Desire
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When we first formulated the Indulgently Minimal plan the first step was to focus on the desire, and this week we decided it was high time to get desire in the hot seat for a good questioning. Join us as we explore what desire is and how we can have many reactions to it, and how our desires can often to be more than just simply wanting something. w…
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When we get a shiny new tool, the temptation is to use it on every problem we find no matter whether it is appropiate or not. Join us this week as we discuss how minimalism is perhaps just one tool in our belts, and how hammering away at every problem with it may not be the best approach. www.indulgentlyminimal.com Instagram: @indulgentlyminimal Ma…
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The search for Murdoch continues... In the meantime we wanted to share with you another show we have been working on. Join us for What a Year: 2004, a show where we geek out and get all nostalgic for all the pop culture that was released in the year 2004; since it turns out, it was a good one! Playlists: Spotify Apple Music www.indulgentlyminimal.c…
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And then we were two… With a wild Murdoch missing in action for the next week Jeff & Moggy are flying solo. Join us this week as we discuss a new project from us here at Indulgently Minimal…By Indulgently Minimal
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We all knew it would eventually come to this... an all out old man fist fight on the rooftop between brothers. Join us for this week's blobcast where we duke it out over stuff, possessions, and more stuff! www.indulgentlyminimal.com Instagram: @indulgentlyminimal Mastadon: @indulgentlyminimal Email: indulgentlyminimal@gmail.com ko-fi: https://ko-fi…
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Why are we this way? It's not just the promises objects make that are so often broken, but also the promises we may to ourselves. Join us this week as we discuss how to avoid the 'bugs in the human code' that lead to the problems we have been discussing this month. www.indulgentlyminimal.com Instagram: @indulgentlyminimal Mastadon: @indulgentlymini…
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When we succumb to the siren call of our desires it is often with a promise that the new shiny object comes with; that this will finally be the thing that solves 'that' problem or provides us with the tool to do what we have been unable to so far. Join us this week as we discuss how these promises are so often broken by both the object and ourselve…
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It's Minimalist vs Minimalism, choose your fighter! In one corner we have the sleek & simple aesthetic with the heavyweight price tag, while in the other our faithful friend who seeks simplicity and peace. Why are these two things so often in conflict while seemingly so similar? Join us this week as we discuss this and more. Diderot effect: https:/…
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This week we're unpacking one of our sign offs: Go Easy On Yourself. Join us as we discuss what that means and how you can go about it, as well as how we've been implementing some of our recent topics in our daily lives. www.indulgentlyminimal.com Instagram: @indulgentlyminimal Mastadon: @indulgentlyminimal Email: indulgentlyminimal@gmail.com ko-fi…
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Why do we fear failure when it is one of the best teachers we have at our disposal? Join us this week as we try to rehabilitate the reputation of failure, how we can use it to learn and grow, and what we can do in the face of the negative emotions that so often accompany it. www.indulgentlyminimal.com Instagram: @indulgentlyminimal Mastadon: @indul…
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As with many things you often don't appreciate something until it's gone, and this is no more apparent than with the eponymous 'Third Space'. Join us this week as we discuss this elusive place that is neither home nor work, yet is seemingly so integral to our well being, as we continue the digital vs analogue debate as well as the importance of com…
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Put away the robes and candles, because while we are discussing rituals we don’t mean quite the same thing… Join us this week as we discuss the little “Mindful Habits” which can be key moments in our days, and how these rituals help us in our day-to-day lives; as well as grounding us in difficult times. www.indulgentlyminimal.com Instagram: @indulg…
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It wouldn't be a true trilogy without a fourth part! Join us for this week's Blobcast were we discuss all the positive things we can use to fill the empty spaces left by our efforts these past three episodes. Whether it's increased creativity or just more time to spend relaxing, we've created this space so lets use it! www.indulgentlyminimal.com In…
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Leaving the digital realm we embark on a new adventure into the analogue, discussing what we can remove from our places and our lives to make space for the things we want and enjoy. Join us this week as we discuss cleaning, de-cluttering, and tactics to both avoid and remove the things that negatively impact us. www.indulgentlyminimal.com Instagram…
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Continuing our theme of Minimalism by Subtraction, this week we will be tackling the idea of subtracting from our digital lives. Join us as we discuss all things digital, whether it be cleaning our hard drives, our subscriptions, or uninstalling those apps that fill our days with distraction and negativity. www.indulgentlyminimal.com Instagram: @in…
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Space is often so important for almost everything we want to do and often the best way to create space is to remove something, what we're calling Minimalism by Subtraction. Join us this week as we discuss the different forms this subtraction can take, and how the resultant space can be used to improve our physical, digital, and even mental environm…
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For this week’s blobcast we’re kicking back with a chat about one of our favourite pastimes: music. Join us as we discuss music’s seeming immunity to some of the problems we’ve recently touched upon, as well as different ways we find new music, as well as how it helps us through many of life’s moments. You may even find a few new bands you can enjo…
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We've had a few episodes on the problems we've been facing as creators and consumers of media, so now it's time to think positively and look for solutions. Join us this week as we discuss the strategies and solutions we have to the many issues we've discussed with burnout, fatigue, and an increasingly difficult landscape for us to find the media we…
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We've talked about how the content creators we love are seemingly burning out and leaving platform, but now we are shifting the focus inwards on how we ourselves are feeling burned out by the platforms as well. Join us this week as we discuss subscription fatigue, the reasons we're struggling with the ever increasing number of subscriptions we're f…
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2024 has already seen several high-profile content creators retiring or taking a break and the repeated theme amongst them is burnout. Join us this week as we discuss this trend, reflecting both on our previous discussions on the topic as well as new thoughts prompted by the current difficulties creators are facing. www.indulgentlyminimal.com Insta…
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It's 2024 and we're back! After a holiday period of travel and indulgence, expanding our horizons and waistlines, we return to podcasting once more. Join us for the download on our travels and a relaxed chat to begin our new year's podcasting journey. Welcome Back Blobcast! We've missed you.By Indulgently Minimal
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As we approach the end of 2023 we're taking the opportunity to reflect on one year of Indulgently Minimal, our successes and changes, as well as looking forwards towards 2024 and what we hope year two of the podcast will bring. Join us this week as discuss all this, and more, while we say goodbye to the year 2023. www.indulgentlyminimal.com Instagr…
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'Tis the season and so we're all getting together for our 'office' Christmas party, and you're all invited! Join us this week as we share presents and a pot luck meal, discussing some of the best and worst parts of the year, with a few jokes and recommdations along the way. www.indulgentlyminimal.com Instagram: @indulgentlyminimal Mastadon: @indulg…
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Why join a book club when you can have a book flood! Join us this week as we discuss all things book; with thoughts and strategies to get reading again as well as some recommendations to either get into or get back in certain genres as well as reading in general. Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ Librivox: https://librivox.org/ Answers …
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There are as many opinions on this topic as there are pronunciations, but we're once again throwing caution and phonetics to the wind to get Hygge with it. Join us this week as we discuss this cosiest of Scandinavian philosophies to see what we can take with us into the winter months. www.indulgentlyminimal.com Instagram: @indulgentlyminimal Mastad…
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The gifting season is truly upon us, escaping its tinsel bonds for another year. Join us this week as we discuss how we approach gifting for those most important in our lives and how we can minimise both the anxiety of choosing as well as minimising our own avarice gremlins, and instead indulge in the best parts of the festive season. www.indulgent…
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As we reach the end of the year a new challenger approaches, what feels like the final boss fight to everything we have been talking about until now: Black Friday. Join us this week as we discuss how we are each approaching this time of flash sales and discounts with all it's tricks and temptations to indulge... www.indulgentlyminimal.com Instagram…
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