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Midlifing

Written by: Lee Miller and Simon Ellis
  • Summary

  • Two friends Lee and Simon have serious conversations about silly things, and silly conversations about serious things. Together they dig into the pleasures, absurdities and imperfections of being human.

    © 2024 Midlifing
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Episodes
  • 184: Mainlining pizza
    Jun 12 2024

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    A minisode: Lee shaves off his beard and Simon doesn't make it.

    Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net.

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    8 mins
  • 183: You are a cult beauty
    Jun 5 2024

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    Lee and Simon talk about perfume and where to put it.

    Some other details from the episode: being overwelcomed, being taken out for dinner, saying thank you and please so much, Lee's shock collar to stop him saying bad words, language being amazing, Lee's Cult Beauty notifications, Lee wearing perfume (in layers), Simon not wearing perfume, half-chubs, more and more about perfumes and where to put them, Simon's summer scent: DEET; Ffern, the rigour of Lee's perfume profile, aluminium under your arms, Lee being a ledger member of Ffern, Men's Health, ketosis, Simon not having a very strong bodily smell, not going near underpants, brands of underpants, Brown Stitch (clothing repairs in Coventry), little holes in merino clothing, being comfortable, WATC studio and their blank t-shirts, Simon's t-shirt size and no one is listening anymore because this podcast is just us chatting, Susan (Ellis) the content queen, Lee's new chest of drawers, not having a sense of smell, Lee's colleagues telling him he smells good, touching on consent, and consent before touching.

    Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net.

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    28 mins
  • 182: Join me in the middle it's amazing here
    May 29 2024

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    Lee and Simon had a real meeting for work before Simon had to sneak off for tooth hurty where he discovers he may not be happy with his smile. A conversation about intimacy and being turned on.

    Some other details from the episode: Simon is impressed by Lee during a real meeting they had together for work, feeling fraudulent at work, expressing not knowing, professorial training, Logan's Run, teeth issues for Simon and the difference between not paying and paying for dentistry, having one's smile fixed, an attractive dentist who showed a lot of interest in Simon, Florence Nightinghale, Lee not yet having graduated to TikTok, living with a dog, humans are such simple animals, flirting with men, being turned on by women more than men, male dentists, Lee being dead from the neck down, having more testosterone, Corbetron sweating testosterone, Simon assuming women were/are not interested in him, the stories men are told (e.g. Say Anything, The Breakfast Club), John Hughes, Molly Ringwold, complementing colleagues, teeth grinding as a teenager, a tooth that has decided to die.

    Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net.

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    27 mins

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