Urban Mind Podcast

hosted by Nick Gilpin

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Urban Mind Pod hosted by Nick Gilpin - elder millennial dad raised on the Simpsons and grunge music - talks mental health, addiction/drugs/psychedelics, psychology, parenting and transformative experiences urbanmind.substack.com

Sep 30

An OCEAN of Traits - Pod Edition

Hi everyone, it’s been a while, Nick here. I haven’t recorded a pod ep for quite some time. But I've just written this fun research essay on personality traits and tests, so here is the audio / podcast version. So, sit back, relax and come on a journey through the many whacky and ridiculous ways humans have measured personality traits in the past. It get a bit wild! Here's a list of what I look into: Astrology & Star Signs (Mystical / Cosmic Beginnings) The Four Humours (Check the Body Era) Phrenology (Check the Body Era) Somatotypes (Check the Body Era) Ayurvedic Doshas (Check the Body Era) Freud’s Structural Model (The Unconscious Mind) The Rorschach Inkblot Test (The Unconscious Mind) Human Design (The Return of the New Age) The Enneagram (The Return of the New Age) Myers-Briggs Type Indicator / MBTI (Pop-Psych & Corporate Frameworks) The DISC Assessment (Pop-Psych & Corporate Frameworks) AI-Generated / LLM Tests (Modern Pop-Psychology) The Big Five / OCEAN (The Current Gold Standard) Here is a link to the written version of this essay if you prefer to read x This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit urbanmind.substack.com
02/26/2025

S2 Ep01 - The Effort of Self Awareness with David Foster Wallace

We’re back, baby. Season 2 launching here with some timely and timeless mental perspectives from David Foster Wallace. Nothing short of how to survive modern human life with some explorations of the effort required to consciously guide your attention to break your first person perspective. “The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness, and discipline, and effort, and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for them over and over in myriad petty, unsexy ways every day." DFW, 2005 . If you would like to support my content which is free to access, you can donate here at Buy Me a Coffee Find me at sheddingskin.substack.com Twitter/X @nick_gilpin_ Threads @nickgilpin BlueSky @nickgilpin.bsky.social. . Links and References This is Water Youtube Link here This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit urbanmind.substack.com
11/20/2024

S1 Ep11 - Confessions of an Itchoholic

Bonus episode of Confessions of an Itchoholic! I know you’ve been sitting around waiting for more, more, more! Do you remember Tim Shaw from the Demtel ads? “But wait there’s more”. I manage to include that clip, and more movie references galore, in this episode. You’ll have to listen to it as I’m not posting the words here, they were kind of all over the place, so audio only. . Enjoy, and thanks for listening to episode 11 (out of 10!) . If you would like to support my work which is free to access, you can donate here at Buy Me a Coffee . Find me at sheddingskin.substack.com Twitter/X @nick_gilpin_ Threads @nickgilpin BlueSky @nickgilpin.bsky.social . Links and References https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiATDMHU7gc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nG7aix-VO4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCmYN6TLd8A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6-i-VOTpb0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4flyOiDt6s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddt6RJqyJ8I https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/e4f2944a-dc25-463d-9cb2-9d3bc9f4c6e4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub747pprmJ8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2oaQ3Qv7pQ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit urbanmind.substack.com
11/06/2024

S1 Ep10 - Confessions of an Itchoholic

This is a serial podcast episode in 10 parts that you can listen to with these links: Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here, Youtube Podcasts here . Shedding Skin - Confessions of an Itchoholic Episode 10 (of 10) - Acceptance . In this episode - Hope! Healing! The meaning of life! (maybe...) . Shedding Skin - Confessions of an Itchoholic is my memoir of growing up with a body that was not east to inhabit. It will be released an episode each week for a few months. Citing neuroscientists, philosophers and modern-day poets (rockstars) and exploring the 90s popular culture that shaped me (its music, movies and video games), Shedding Skin is a rollicking, humorous ride of self-analysis about the confusion and alienation of growing up with chronic health battles, the disorientating effects of coping mechanisms (like alcohol and drug dependencies), and my eventual flailing attempts to understand how to live a deep life whilst struggling with new parenthood. It is recommended that it is listened to in order like an audiobook. . Subheadings: 1 Answers 2 Covid Calamities 3 Chronic Again 4 Ill Health and Suffering 5 Scar Tissue 6 War 7 Gratitude 8 Don’t Wish Your Body Away 9 Veneer One Last Time 10 Altered States and Spirituality 11 Parenting One Last Time 12 Co-dependency 13 Self Honestly and Shedding . Thanks for listening to episode 10 / 10. If you would like to support my work which is free to access, you can donate here at Buy Me a Coffee Find me at sheddingskin.substack.com and on Twitter/X @nick_gilpin_ . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit urbanmind.substack.com
10/22/2024

#3 - Billionaires, Tech and the US Election (Solo Audio Essay)

Hi all. Mini essay here sharing some content I’ve been listening to on the tech industry, billionaires, Elon’s trolling, the US election, Silicon Valley’s lurch to the right of politics and autocratic leaders and how they sway to music in front of their followers. Lovely! Plus, this one simple trick to get $4 grand out of the US government if you’re Jeff Bezos…. . Links to content in this episode: Search Engine Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/why-is-it-so-hard-to-tax-billionaires-part-1/id1614253637?i=1000673551508 Elon Musk $1 Million F*****y https://www.reuters.com/world/us/elon-musk-promises-award-1-mln-each-day-signer-his-petition-2024-10-20/ The Bulwark Podcast – Tim Miller https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bulwark-podcast/id1447684472 Tech Won’t Save Us https://techwontsave.us/ Better Offline – Ed Zitron https://www.betteroffline.com/ Gary Marcus https://twitter.com/GaryMarcus https://garymarcus.substack.com/ Eric Schmidt’s Risky Bet https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/eric-schmidts-risky-bet-on-ai-and Autocracy, Inc - Anne Applebaum https://www.penguin.com.au/books/autocracy-inc-9780241627891 Autocracy in America Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/autocracy-in-america/id1763234285 Balaji Tech Fascism https://www.thenation.com/podcast/society/twsu-052324-tech-zionism/ https://newrepublic.com/article/180487/balaji-srinivasan-network-state-plutocrat Conspirituality Podcast – Matthew Remski - Trump Temple Playlist https://www.conspirituality.net/episodes/brief-trump-temple-playlist . If you would like to support my content which is free to access, you can donate here at Buy Me a Coffee Find me here: Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here, Youtube Podcasts here And sheddingskin.substack.com and on Twitter/X @nick_gilpin_ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit urbanmind.substack.com
10/08/2024

S1 Ep09 - Confessions of an Itchoholic

Shedding Skin - Confessions of an Itchoholic Episode 9 (of 10) - Growing Up (Whilst Parenting) . In this episode - 2nd last ep of my episodic pod memoir mashup. Mescaline. Psychedelics. Revelations. Mental patterns. Addiction. Parenting. Reparenting. Embodiment. Spa shitting. It's all there 🌵🚸💩 . Subheadings: * Psychedelics * Shedding * Revelations * Booze Again * 'Alternate' Therapies * Parenting and re-parenting * Powerlessness and Control * Shit in Your Own Spa . Thanks for listening. If you would like to support my work which is free to access, you can donate here at Buy Me a Coffee Find me at sheddingskin.substack.com and on Twitter/X @nick_gilpin_ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit urbanmind.substack.com
09/26/2024

#2 - Addiction (Solo Audio Essay)

Mini pod episode on addiction, dopamine, alcohol and the nervous system freedom to be found in abstinence . This podcast episode can be found on the following platforms: Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here, Youtube Podcasts here . Thanks for listening. If you would like to support my work which is free to access, you can donate here at Buy Me a Coffee Find me at sheddingskin.substack.com and on Twitter/X @nick_gilpin_ . Links Original ‘Addiction’ post can be read here with references and links at the bottom: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit urbanmind.substack.com
09/18/2024

#1 - OCD with Cate Gilpin (Interview)

In this episode Nick interviews Cate Gilpin, and she talks about her experience with OCD - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. From her disrupted formative years, to the revelation and diagnosis in her 40s, to treatments and the impact this disorder has had on her life, Cate’s incredible ability to articulate her experience, to bravely share her journey of mental health, and the immense gratitude she has found for her life since better understanding OCD is inspiring. Also, but less importantly, Cate happens to be married to Nick (the host of this podcast!) This episode explores mental health challenges, obsessive thoughts and suicidalty, so if anything here brings up mental health difficulties for you please seek help or contact Lifeline or Beyond Blue, links below Links: Link 1 Imperfects Podcast with actor Rick Davies Link 2 Imperfects Podcast with Penny Moodie 2020 Link 3 Book - The Joy Thief by Penny Moodie Link 4 Swinburne University Research on OCD Link 5 University of NSW OCD Paper Link 6 Qld Brain Institute - UQ, OCD Facts Link 7 Lifeline - 24 Hour crisis support Link 8 Beyond Blue - Mental Health Support Link 9 Australian Mental Health Treatment Plan Information from Healthline Topics covered: Introduction (elder Millennials drinking coffee) Early experiences of obsessive thoughts Time travel to Cate's OCD revelation as an adult The Joy Thief - Penny Moodie's book on OCD Example of Cate’s OCD Anxiety versus ego dystonic thoughts Compulsions (actions) versus obsessions (thoughts) and ‘Pure O’ ‘Control’ during covid Reassurance as a compulsion Mental illness versus mental ill health Generational understanding of mental health Cultural conditioning around masculinity Parenting and reparenting CBT and ERP therapy “What other people think of you” Frame breaking events Gratitude Advice for people with OCD Cate meets Penny Bravery and honesty Shedding Skin Podcast can be found on Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here, Youtube Podcasts here If you would like to support my content which is free to access and has no advertising, you can donate here at Buy Me a Coffee Find me at sheddingskin.substack.com or Twitter/X @nick_gilpin_ or Threads @nickgilpin Thanks for listening. Leave a comment or reach out if you have anything to share, I’d love to hear from you ❤️ Nick This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit urbanmind.substack.com

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hosted by Nick Gilpin
Years Active

2024 - 2026
Episodes

17
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Explicit
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Urban Mind Podcast

Urban Mind Podcast

Episodes

An OCEAN of Traits - Pod Edition

S2 Ep01 - The Effort of Self Awareness with David Foster Wallace

S1 Ep11 - Confessions of an Itchoholic

S1 Ep10 - Confessions of an Itchoholic

#3 - Billionaires, Tech and the US Election (Solo Audio Essay)

S1 Ep09 - Confessions of an Itchoholic

#2 - Addiction (Solo Audio Essay)

#1 - OCD with Cate Gilpin (Interview)

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