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Well… This Is Weird

46 min · 9. juni 2026
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What happens when the dream you were taught to want no longer fits? In this episode of Home of Misfits, Stuart Jaffe joins Sabine Mann, PhD for a conversation about identity, performance, fiction, reality… and the strange feeling that modern life has gotten a little too artificial. Thoughtful. Sarcastic. A little existential. Very Gen X. Connect with Stuart Jaffe stuartjaffe.com [https://www.stuartjaffe.com/] author@stuartjaffe.com [author@stuartjaffe.com] Connect with Dr. Sabine https://mattersofperspective.com [https://mattersofperspective.com] https://homeofmisfits.com [https://homeofmisfits.com]

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