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Offline Thoughts

The online world is great for so many things. It’s great for making you laugh, it’s great for entertainment. And every now and again you come across people or ideas that literally blows your mind.But I still think some of our best thinking happens offline. So, join me, Nessa, on Offline Thoughts as I chat about some of the things I think about when I’m not online. Your feedback, thoughts and comments would be really appreciated! Send them to offlinethoughts.podcast@gmail.com.

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57:06

Imposter Syndrome - silencing the inner critic

Offline Thoughts ·

2024/09/16

Imposter Syndrome is that nagging feeling that you don’t deserve your achievements—that you’re a fraud, only succeeding due to luck, charm, or being the "best of a bad bunch". For women, people of colour, and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds, this can be a natural consequence of working in hostile environments with deeply entrenched systemic biases. Either way, the net effect is feeling out of place, second-guessing yourself, and downplaying your contributions. This episode discusses

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77:24

Toxic generosity and people pleasing - how to give...

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2024/09/08

The myth persists that the way to get the love or friendship you desire is by pouring into the person you care about - whether that be energy, emotions or financial resources. Nothing could be further from the truth - it is the giver that becomes entangled in the relationship the more they give, making it near impossible for them to walk away as they fall prey to sunk cost fallacy. Meanwhile, because of the law of diminishing returns, the recipient appreciates the giver less with each act of care

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54:10

Worshipping white Jesus and its psychological effects

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2024/09/02

Jesus, the central figure of the Christian faith was over the course of centuries, white-washed from what he would have looked like - a Middle-Eastern, brown skinned, dark-haired and likely bearded man - to the white Jesus with light hair and light eyes that we know today. This transformation has not been by accident and its effects have not been without deep consequences on the psyche of all Christians and the material reality of people of colour. Please send your thoughts to

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70:45

The Occult- astrology, witchcraft, and other mysticisms

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2024/08/26

The occult is experiencing a resurgence - as it always does following periods of social, political and economic instability. People, feeling out of control and desperate for an order to the chaos and hope for the future turn to astrology, fortune tellers, mediums and a whole host of other 'alternative' spiritual practices to fill the void. Whilst on the surface these may seem harmless - that is not the case. We pay a price for their salve. Please send your thoughts to

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68:02

We are all sexist - the patriarchy within & how we...

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2024/08/18

Sexism is pervasive and infiltrates every aspect of our lives—from language and social norms to the structural infrastructure of our political and legal systems. The ugly truth is that all men are sexist - and that women are complicit in maintaining the sexist order in various ways.Please send your thoughts to offlinethoughts.podcast@gmail.com.SHOW NOTESArticles:Gender study finds 90% of people are biased against women, BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-51751915Human Rights by Council of Europe:

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42:30

The Southport tragedy - UK race riots and the far-right

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2024/08/11

Following the horrific events on the 29th of July 2024 in Southport where a 17-year-old boy stabbed and killed three girls– a wave of unprecedented xenophobic violence against Muslim people and other people of colour took place. So far, 800 rioters have been arrested and 350 charged. Amid the chao two things are clear – (1) the spread of misinformation (including by figures like Elon Musk, Tommy Robinson and Nigel Farage) played a central role in inciting the violence and (2) the rioters used this

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51:16

Unmasking Bill Gates - Epstein ties, health lies and...

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2024/08/05

Bill Gates is a man with many personas. He is the boy wonder that co-founded Microsoft despite being a college dropout. As the head of Microsoft he destroyed the competition, but eventually had to answer to congress over Microsoft's antitrust and monopolistic practices. Like a chameleon, he reinvented himself as a the world’s most generous man until the late 2010s when his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was exposed. This was just the tip of the iceberg. Whether global

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45:31

Police killing of Sonya Massey

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2024/07/29

Sonya Massey thought there was an intruder in her home and did what any person would do - she called the police for help. Shortly thereafter, after a benign and positive interaction in which Sonya was polite, sweet, had told them 'I love y'all' and thanked them for their service - Sean Grayson, one of the attending police officers, had shot her in the face and killed her while she crouched fearfully uttering 'I'm sorry' multiple times. Listeners' discretion is advised for this episode. Please send

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42:30

Broke college graduates – is university overrated?

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2024/07/22

There is a great myth that is sold to young people that tells them that university education will be their guarantee to wealth and financial independence. Millions of graduates out there can attest that is a lie - they are broke despite having undergraduate (and sometimes even postgraduate) qualifications. Does that mean university is overrated? I'd love to hear your thoughts and comments - please email offlinethoughts.podcast@gmail.com to let me know what you thought of the episode.

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52:41

Drake vs Kendrick - reaping what you sow

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2024/07/15

The Drake vs Kendrick rap beef dominated the music industry news cycle for weeks, with fans on both sides egging on the beef for our entertainment. It is clear that Kendrick won this battle. Kendrick won by showcasing the fundamental ingredient that Drake lacks - authenticity.

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42:49

Conspiracy to make us fat

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2024/07/08

There's a conspiracy to make us fat - whether it is through predatory advertising, mass production of addictive junk food or through the intentional spread of misinformation - the food industry needs us to eat to excess. This episode is about how and why the keeps us overweight.

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40:32

Sweating the small stuff

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2024/07/01

We may not be able to control the big stuff like where we are born, who we are born to, how we look and a million other things. But there ARE things we do control. Whether that is being on time, doing what we said we were going to do or not betraying our beliefs - these things have an outsized effect on our self-identity, our self-esteem, our sense of agency and how we show up in the world.

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49:01

Stockholm syndrome - it’s just a job

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2024/06/23

There are two realities. The first is that most of us work because we need money to live. The second reality is that no matter what they say - employers will always put profits over us, the people. Whether that means replacing workers with checkout tills, relocating production overseas to exploit workers in poor countries or pushing for zero hours contracts that give employees no guaranteed minimum income - employers show us time and time again how little we matter to them. Despite this - many of us

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42:18

Self-inflicted wounds: straddling two identities

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2024/06/16

People of colour that are born and raised in European countries face an identity crisis that arises from straddling two identities - they are doomed to neither ever be European enough or to fit in with their origin countries. Is this is a self-inflicted wound? What would it mean to relinquish the desperate desire to be absorbed into European culture and instead embrace our true identities? Please send your thoughts and comments to offlinethoughts.podcast@gmail.com.

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41:58

European Union as neo colonisation

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2024/06/09

The formation of the European Union is an epic of good and evil, of conquest, of power, and of empire. Is it a coincidence that the richest 10 countries in the EU are nearly all former colonial powers? Is it a coincidence that the poorest countries globally were formerly colonised? No, these legacies are testaments to the resounding success of colonisation - and that (neo) colonisation has been preserved and continued by the EU.

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40:39

Marijuana - loss of objective reality

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2024/05/27

Marijuana is one of the only drugs that has the widespread perception of being harmless. After all, it is natural and unlike "real" drugs like heroin or cocaine - it is not addictive. Whilst it may not have the same physiological and biological impact as hard drugs - it does have real consequences to users. The biggest is that is distorts the perception of time and causes users to lose their grasp on objective reality. Over time it becomes clear that chronic users are at a standstill - watching

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44:08

The magic of self deception (depersonalisation,...

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2024/05/20

Sometimes you have massaged the truth so much that you begin to lie even to yourself. You minimise the things that have happened to you and the things you have done. In some cases it is to protect yourself from confronting who you truly are and in others it is to preserve more pleasant illusions of your experiences and the people in your life. The problem is that you can't run from yourself forever.

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56:41

Andrew Tate - pimping boys, men and women

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2024/03/11

Andrew Tate is a god-like figure to his legion of fans. He teaches them how to ‘escape The Matrix’, how to make money and how to have unlimited access to women and sex. To the rest of us - he’s a predator charged with human trafficking, forming a criminal organisation and sexual assault by the Romanian authorities. Currently under house arrest but enjoying a following of nearly 9 million followers on X (formerly known as Twitter), Tate is still radicalising a generation of boys and men. Tune in to

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43:41

Pornography - the bad and the ugly

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2024/03/05

It’s the nation’s most hidden little secret. In the era of sex positivity and destigmatisation of sex in general - is pornography the last taboo? Tune in to this week’s episode to delve into all things pornography. Send any questions and comments to offlinethoughts.podcast@gmail.com and they will addressed in a future episode.

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41:20

Solidarity with Palestine

Offline Thoughts ·

2024/02/27

Israel’s attack against the Palestinians since the 7 October 2023 attack by Hamas has left over 15,000 Palestinians dead and many more displaced. Israel’s attacks against defenceless Palestinians civilians has drawn protests and demonstrations globally, with increasing scrutiny on US foreign policy that continues to provide Israel with the military aid it uses to kill Palestinians. Tune in to discuss how we as global observers can stand with Palestine.Please send me your thoughts and comments at

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