Life scraps: the podcast
OK OK OK I know it’s getting a bit ridiculous here. I now have 2 newsletters, 2 podcasts, 2 jobs, 2 pillows on my bed, and 2 testicles. Coincidence? I think not!
But yes, I started another podcast. I wanted a space where I could be more me: say things a little more unfiltered, insert a little more humour, broaden the horizon beyond just health to also include kulture. The thing about being a health practitioner, a coach, using the name Doctor Michael Hobbs is that I have agreed to a certain code of ethics. Unfortunately, and perhaps controversially? (at least to me), these codes of ethics don’t stop applying once the client session is over.
And quite frankly, I don’t trust you, the Internet, to be able to take a joke. We’re not very good people to each other online. We certainly don’t appreciate context. I’m not even sure people who want to hire me as a coach are interested in me being funny; in fact, I’m fairly certain that too much humour is counterproductive to me bringing in the dollar bills. Work is serious! [cue Trump squint], and, while I like being funny, I also like drinking flat whites.
Thus, Dr Michael Hobbs will continue to be cast as someone deep and wise, serious yet personable, a good listener, that can hold space for you to talk, and this podcast- under my artist name, Mickey Bourne- will exist here as it’s antithesis: all me me me. Not listening, but talking. With inflection. Namaste that, bitches.
I have lovers, colleagues, clients and Mum (hi Mum!) all tuning in here. Here, on the Internet, where the performance never ends and the audience never sleeps. I’m talking to everyone at once. Not only that, I’m also talking inter-temporally: things I said 10 years ago will come back to haunt me. Generations of my podcast listeners may not even be born yet (hi baby listener! Remember this is for adults only, OK?). What, then, is the best kind of language to address this strange constellation?
This podcast pillow talk is full of jokes. Full of ‘em. If you don’t know how to laugh at yourself, please don’t listen. I also swear, and talk about sex. If that’s not your jam, please, don’t jam it! How about a nice serving of Huberman butter instead? (If you don’t know who Andrew Huberman is, well, I can’t help with that. But seriously, congratulations- you’ve probably saved yourself a lot of money on infrared saunas, unnecessary supplements, and vision boards).
One last thing: if you enjoyed this podcast, please do leave it a review. Share it with your friends; write me an email and let me know! What I learnt from podcast #1 is that having listeners isn’t actually as fun as having community, and you may or may not know this, but partly the reason anyone makes a podcast is because they’re looking to have certain kinds of conversations. They want to ‘connect with their tribe’, to quote a CrossFit gym. Scrappies (what I’m gonna call you guys unless you can come up with a better name), this could be our very own Comedy CrossFit box, but with less carpal tunnel syndrome. So don’t be a stranger!
Let’s see where this thing goes. To infinity,
Mickey xo
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