This week's questioner has that age-old dilemma - how to take a friendship and heave it over the line like a sack of metaphorical relationship potatoes into a relationship where there may or may not be potatoes. Complicating things: nerves, the internet, us.We will fix it though, you can be damn sure of that.
Read MoreEpisode 45: So Near, Sofa
Oversized furniture, hoarding, parental obligation and sentimentality collide in the form of a much-loved but unwanted sofa (or couch - hi, America!). We look at three ways to deal with the emotional fallout of a bizarrely universal experience.
Read MoreEpisode 44: Three's Some Company
This week's questioner wants to expand their sexual horizons, and they're not too fussy whether that's multiple partners or in serial. Someone else is gettin' doinked is what we're saying here.
But how to do this and maintain the existing relationship? Is it possible to keep people from being hurt? And how exactly does one fit all this doinking into a busy modern life?
We will fix it.
Read MoreEpisode 43: All The Rage
Our questioner suffers from occasional bouts of furious anger, and would like very much to keep them under control before they end up screaming, covered in kestrel blood on a roundabout. We'd like to avoid that too, so for you, dear listeners, and for the kestrels, we will fix it.
Read MoreEpisode 42: The Fall
Autumn is here, and with it comes the sadness, at least in this week's questioner. Surely we can't fix an entire season? Oh, you poor poor things. We will FIGHT a season. For you. To fix it.
Read MoreEpisode 41: Reach Out
If you're the go-to support for a friend's problems, it can be hard to know what to do and how to weather the emotional labour required. Luckily, we're the experts here and we've got ideas.
Read MoreEpisode 40: Family Matters
This week's questioner has a testy relationship with their parents, and seeks our advice on how to deal with the dreaded filial responsibilities when they pop by for a visit. It's emotionally fraught, and that's before you even get to some very strong opinions about cake.
Episode 39: Feelin' Hot
Sometimes it can be warm. Not often, but it can. If you struggle with this sort of thing, what are some options to cool off? Not air conditioning or that sort of thing. Nothing so simple. Join us on a journey into the HUMAN MIND and also some slightly better advice about fans.
Read MoreEpisode 38 - Talk Talk
Our listener is presented with a dilemma - in order to effectively Do A Business, it is incumbent upon them to chat in a casual and carefree manner with colleagues. Alas, the vomiting blood and the fear sweats get in the way. What succour can we, as fixers, provide?
Read MoreEpisode 37: Ambient Anger
This week's asker suffers anxiety from anxiety brought on by a co-worker's apparently ceaseless fury at everybody and everything. Can we help? Of course we can, and our advice ranges from the gently vengeful to the needlessly biological. As ever, it is extremely helpful.
Read MoreEpisode 36: School Reunion
Our questioner has a school reunion coming up, one they'd like to spice up with some shenanigans. But how to balance fun and emotional well-being? With our boundless wells of both creativity and compassion, we will fix it.
Read MoreEpisode 35: Caring for the uncaring
Sooner or later, everybody dies. But some people have been real dicks along the way. This week, we look at the knotty problem of getting stiffed with end-of-life care for relatives you just don't like all that much. We ask who owes what to who (spoilers: nobody, nowt, nobody) and how you can either stay functional, or make your peace with walking away.
Podcast 34: Pickled crotch-fruit
Do you want children? No, of course not. But this week's questioner does, so how might we help them stay off the sauce for long enough to gestate? How do they ease out of a pub-centric social life, and give up alcohol for nine long, dull, dry months of maternity? How, in short, do they fire forth their crotch-fruit unpickled?
Episode 33: Last Resort
This week's questioner wants to learn to love the cockroaches they find themselves suddenly living with and asks us: how? How to love the cockroach? Asking why might also have been a good idea.
Read MoreEpisode 32: It's a Drag
In which our heroes fight normalising social pressure in order to discover when it's OK to feminise men for money. It's a minefield of gender theory and good intentions, and we intend to cross it with most of our limbs intact.
Read MoreEpisode 31: Identity Crisis
Our questioner finds themselves torn between two countries, unable to fully integrate into either. How to adapt, or at least, how to make it work? Can we parlay our totally dissimilar experiences into useful advice? Probably not, but just try and stop us.
Read MoreEpisode 30: It's Still Probably Just You
This week we're continuing our journey into those little peculiarities, those oddnesses that you're not sure you share with the world at large. We'll give you a strong yes or no and put you at ease, as we are wont to do.
Read MoreEpisode 29: Is It Just Me, Or Does Everybody...?
Do you have something that you believe sets you apart from other people, but never found the courage to check? Not to worry, dear probable-freak. We will tell you, en masse, whether it's just you.
Read MoreEpisode 28: Imitating Life
Today's questioner struggles with people copying their style, manner and turn of phrase. These imitators are causing no small consternation, so let's see if we can thwart their designs, shall we?
Read MoreEpisode 27: Do An Art
Our questioner wants to do an art, but in the absence of a wealthy patron or fascinating amphetamine addiction, just struggles to find the time. We can help. Plus: what is art? How do you know if you've done enough art? Will our crude daubings on the walls of this grain silo be enough to secure us a legacy that ratles through the aeons? Let's find out - together.
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