Best The Nofap Community Podcasts (2024)

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Ep 12 - Wedding Shaming 1:11:37

4+ y ago1:11:37

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Wedding shaming is our new favourite internet-based hobby.On two huge Facebook groups, tens of thousands of people regularly insult, laugh at, and argue about dodgy cakes, ill-fitting dresses, and themed engagement shoots. Their content frequently goes viral, whether they want it to or not.Why are people really in these groups, and how harmful can …

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Ep 11 - Workism 1:00:01

5y ago1:00:01

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The big work question used to be "Do you live to work, or work to live?" Now, it's "Can you ever work hard enough?"In February 2019, Atlantic staff writer Derek Thompson wrote a viral article about workism - that "work has morphed into a religious identity—promising transcendence and community, but failing to deliver."How widespread and cult-like h…

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Ep 10 - Law of Attraction 55:52

5y ago55:52

55:52

Speak it into existence. Stay positive. Create the life you want.The Law of Attraction might sound straightforward, but it's anything but. We've all heard of The Secret, but the Law of Attraction remains a bit of a cosmic mystery to most. Helen hears the diverse perspectives of people who use it, and finds out if we need to understand it to believe…

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Ep 9 - Influencers 47:39

5y ago47:39

47:39

The social media influencer industry has exploded so much, we can't scroll through our timelines without bumping into them. We've gone from seeing them as a relatively harmless novelty, to criticising and regulating them, in just a few years. Are they misunderstood artists and curators, or too busy flogging their diet products to care about anythin…

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Ep 8 - Motivational speaking 49:55

5+ y ago49:55

49:55

If there's something missing in your life, or you're struggling to achieve your goals, you could always spend a lot of money on a very loud motivational seminar. That should get you going.The motivation industry is huge, but like the diet industry, it sells a big dream.What do the motivational junkies who've tried it all actually think? And can we …

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Ep 7 - Pick-up artists 46:51

5+ y ago46:51

46:51

What do women want? According to pick-up, they want someone dominant and assertive who’ll come up to them in the street and ask for their number outright. Pick-up clearly has a flawed methodology. That hasn’t stopped some ‘gurus’ making a fortune out of it, and attracting hundreds of thousands of followers. Does evolutionary science really support …

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Ep 6 - Fandoms 47:13

6y ago47:13

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Star Wars. Sherlock. Supernatural. Their fans are many and - even if you don’t realise it - powerful.In episode 6, Helen finds out how a BBC TV show can inspire an online witch hunt, what’s really going on with all this Star Wars drama, and why fanfiction should never be underestimated.Written and edited by: Helen McCarthy twitter.com/helenlmccarth…

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Ep 5 - Anti & Pro Vaccination 39:43

6y ago39:43

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Anti-vaxxers are some of the most hated people on the internet - depending on who you talk to. They don't like vaccinations, and they're pretty adamant about it. Pro-vaxxers don't like anti-vaxxers, and they're pretty adamant about it too. Are pro-vaxxers always the 'good guys', peddling sound science and common sense? Or do both sides of this pola…

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Ep 4 - Clean eating 38:36

6y ago38:36

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BEFORE YOU LISTEN: Clean eating, diets, food restriction, and eating disorders are mentioned throughout. Please don’t listen to this episode if you find these topics difficult. It’s got 36 million mentions on Instagram, and it’s got us cutting out dairy and gluten as if they’re poisonous. Clean eating has been fighting off the criticism it regularl…

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Ep 3 - NoFap 38:31

6+ y ago38:31

38:31

There's a group of (mainly) men on the internet who try and go for as long as possible without masturbating or watching porn. It's called NoFap, and for many, it's a form of profound self-improvement.Are they deluded and too quick to self-diagnose? Or more progressive than the rest of us? This episode obviously features conversations about some fai…

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Ep 2 - MLM Schemes 52:10

6+ y ago52:10

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Scroll through your Facebook timeline and you're sure to find them - people you vaguely know, promising an easy income from home. All you have to do is join their team and sell these "amazing products". Is MLM always a scam and the recruiters master manipulators? Helen looks for the grey area in direct selling and network marketing.Written and edit…

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Ep 1 - Childfree 41:40

6+ y ago41:40

41:40

Some people just don't want kids, and often find they're questioned, mistrusted, or even hated for it. The childfree subreddit has become a digital home for 142,000 of them.Can the internet be a place of respite for people being pestered by their broody parents? Or are they longing for a childfree, separatist world that isolates and misunderstands…

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Imagine life without porn 4:59

6+ y ago4:59

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Imagine not being obsessed with pornography. Think about all of the things you could have done with all of that wasted time. What if you could live a life without urges.