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The ClearOut

Welcome to the turbulence!Join Dara Clear, a domesticated Irishman who is trying to work out the best ways to cope with what life throws at him.Husband, father, actor, writer, teacher, karate instructor and sea swimmer, Dara wants to take the wuss out of wellness.Mixing storytelling, philosophy, humour, psychology, and emotional honesty as a recipe for increased wellness, positivity, and resilience.Become a Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:03:16

It's Autumn - Get Your A** in a Cave!

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2025/10/22

In this episode Dara argues that at a certain moment in autumn, the whole season starts to feel like a Sunday night, and not in a good way! The shortening days, the lengthening nights, it all combines to create a sense of nature closing in to usher us into a dark resting place. And isn't that what Mondays can feel like?Warming to the theme, Dara once again finds himself advocating for more contact with nature and less contact with tech. He wonders if we're not completely losing touch with our

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59:53

The Wisdom of Humanising the Enemy

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2025/10/15

In this episode, Dara is wondering who the enemy is. Finding himself symbolically shaking his fist at the clouds, he tries to work out who exactly he was angry with, and why. His wife used Jedi mind powers to flip the script which only stoked his fire further. The two choices available to him were obvious, and one was certainly not going to end well...Reflecting on bad behaviour gets Dara thinking about accountability and personal responsibility - integrity is not possible without accountability

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1:13:15

AI Love Connections - The Charm of Asymmetric Ones...

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2025/10/08

Who needs women when you've got AI? That seems to be the position of AI porn providers who seem pretty confident of their feminist credentials. How could they not be when they're taking the messiness out of porn consumption. And while men are licking their lips over their fembot fantasy, female customers are enjoying committed relationships with AI partners. Welcome to love and sex in the 21st century!Dara tries to get his head around this landscape without losing sight of the underpinning human

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1:01:06

PTA - One Brilliant Film After Another!

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2025/10/01

This week's episode couldn't be simpler - it's an hour of Paul Thomas Anderson adulation. More specifically, it is sixty minutes dedicated to his new film, One Battle After Another. A propulsive story of revolution and retreat, of obsession and resignation, of manipulation and resistance. With stellar performances throughout a typically brilliant Anderson cast, it offers new and vivid highs for Leonardo DiCaprio, Benicio Del Toro and Sean Penn. They are more than matched by Teyana Taylor and Chase

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58:42

Charlie Kirk, Christian Insulation, and a Lethal...

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2025/09/24

In this episode, Dara is reflecting on the killing of the prominent Christian Right thought leader, Charlie Kirk. Hailed by his followers as their Martin Luther King Jr i.e. a spiritual martyr and presumably, man of peace, it seems irresponsible not to discuss the tensions and contradictions that arise from the comparison. Kirk's documented racism, homophobia, transphobia and misogyny seem to fly in the face of Christian values, but that is allegedly what he represented.Dara tries to figure out why

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53:17

Robert Redford - The Meeting Point of Hot and Cold

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2025/09/17

In this very straightforward episode, Dara marks the passing of Hollywood icon Robert Redford by revisiting his career as an actor and director. From his true arrival as a Hollywood A-lister in 1969's Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, all the way to his last leading role in The Old Man and the Gun (2018), Redford held the screen with an effortless charisma and presence, only enhanced by his matinee idol good looks.The high points of his career came in the 70s, after which he made his much-lauded

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50:37

What Are We Looking For? Warm Blood and Sensory...

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2025/09/10

Embattled by consecutive migraines, Dara is reckoning with a system under pressure. He attempts to own the state he's in while advocating for a deeper connection with what lies beneath all the turbulence. This line of enquiry leads to thoughts on observing a month's mind for Pepper, the family dog. A phrase used by the Venerable Bede in relation to that tradition inspired a new poem, which is shared.Dara wonders if we know what should and shouldn't be prioritised. He argues that only by doing our

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1:02:21

Leaving the Room - Cheating Death, Solving Life, and...

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2025/09/03

In this episode, Dara is thinking about what comes next. Prompted by an article about Irish people signing up for their bodies to be preserved at death in the hope of waking up in the distant future, he finds himself perplexed by the desire to outlive a natural lifespan. While it is tempting to dismiss the participants as deluded fantasists, he recognises that something deeply anxious lurks beneath the aspirant futurism.This type of scientific pioneering nestles very closely to conceptions not just

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59:48

Reaching for the Tourniquet, or How to Stop the Bleeding

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2025/08/27

In this episode, Dara admits to being a bit exhausted after moving house for the fifth time since the pandemic. It is not the most fun he has ever had and the ongoing grief ripples over Pepper the dog are adding to the load. However, the glass is (probably) half-full and at least the nickname for the new home has come very quickly and easily.Dara found considerable solace from four different podcasts that he is happy to recommend - two movie-related, one about the psychology of grief, and the last

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1:06:43

Surprised by Beauty, or The Art of Piercing Armour

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2025/08/20

In this episode Dara is reflecting on masculinity for a couple of reasons. One is the continuing aftershock of the death of Pepper the dog, the other is because of the continuing presentation of a narrow version of masculinity that seems somewhat inadequate for purpose.Dara thought he was coping reasonably well on his grief journey, but he shares two unexpected moments that completely opened him up. It makes him think about the depth of feeling within all of us that can so easily be untapped. Jason

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37:53

Puppy Love - A Good Time, Not a Long Time

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2025/08/13

In this episode Dara is stepping carefully as he negotiates a painfully recent family tragedy - the sudden death of Pepper, the beloved family dog. Still too soon to fully unpack the depth of his grief, he nonetheless attempts to convey Pepper's importance and unique brand of loveliness. Refusing to wallow in the horror of how she died, nor wanting to indulge maudlin reminiscing, Dara instead reads 'Hilary', a short story he wrote 12 years ago about saying farewell to a loyal companion. Naturally,

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1:06:24

The Selling of Women's Bits, or Sydney Sweeney's...

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2025/08/06

In this episode, Dara is looking at women's bits and how they continue to exert such a hold on so many onlookers, many with cash in hand, some holding other things. If the names Sydney Sweeney and Bonnie Blue are not instantly familiar to you, you have not been keeping abreast of things topical and pertinent this week. Sweeney is a Hollywood hot property who has made no bones about her need to make money to keep the show on the road. Blue is an English porn star who has just been the focus of a

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1:08:52

It's Emma Thompson, Stupid! (She's a Dame, Don't You...

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2025/07/30

This episode is as on the nose as a John Lee Hancock film! No ambiguity, no grey areas, it's a celebration of the career of Emma Thompson. After recently rewatching 1995's Sense and Sensibility, Dara was reminded of how much he has always admired Emma Thompson. So he decided to dedicate an hour to her (almost) entire filmography.He goes through a selective history of her most prominent roles, identifying some personal favourites and some missed opportunities, including a relatively recent film that

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1:08:58

The Assumption of Imperfection, or Where Are the...

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2025/07/23

This week's episode is all about men and their flawed humanity. Reflecting on his childhood and adolescence, Dara is struck by the fact that he cannot identify a single serious, or substantial man. He wonders if this is a reflection of his unrealistic idealism or whether it is an indication that men embrace a certain model of infantilisation that is tantamount to self-sabotage.Is there an argument that men are given too much room to be unserious and fallible, and that's what encourages their errant

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53:01

Out of Sight, Out of Mind - The Cruelty and Arrogance...

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2025/07/16

In this episode, Dara has historical wrongs on his mind. He went to see In Plain Sight at the weekend, a striking and confronting piece of site-specific documentary theatre that addressed the history and legacy of the Mother and Baby homes in 20th century Ireland. He watched it with his wife and with his sister, who was born in one of the homes featured in the work. To say it was a powerful experience would be a gross understatement.Having recently watched a couple of 80s comedies with his young

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1:12:28

I Am Not my Thoughts and Emotions! Or Maybe That's...

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2025/07/09

In this episode, Dara picks up a point from last week and wonders if we can simultaneously be and not be our thoughts and emotions. He asks of what use our emotions are to others. Are we just being self-indulgent when we unload on others or is there room for more self-regulation? He also offers a way into better understanding relational estrangements and resentments.The shocking death of footballer Diogo Jota last week brought expressions of sympathy well beyond the clubs and country he played for

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1:05:53

The Comfort of the Familiar, or Your Brain Would Like...

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2025/07/02

In this episode Dara is trying to disembed some of his thinking in an attempt to do better. The well-worn pathways in his brain contribute to narratives that he can't stop regurgitating and which are no longer serving him. Time for change - but that's easier said than done.He explains why understanding is so central to his concept of wellness. He argues that it is a counter to anxiety and opens the door to greater calm. He also believes that it encourages more successful alignment between the

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1:03:29

Stop Laughing at Me, I'm a Very Important Person!

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2025/06/25

In this episode, Dara is concerned about egos getting out of control, and he has two specific case studies in mind - one playing out presently in the Middle East, and one that played out a long time ago on a little Japanese island.He talks about lessons in humility from the world of martial arts and learning how not to take things personally. He also lays out a simple way to think about conflict and what one's particular disposition might be in that area. He imagines a fanciful scenario where Israel

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1:02:30

The Intimacy of Male Connection, or What Do Men Need...

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2025/06/18

Dara kicks off this episode celebrating the extraordinary story of Tina Turner and how she overcame the worst adversity to reinvent herself as an iconic figure of 80s and 90s popular music. Having recently seen the astonishing stage musical based on her life, he has renewed enthusiasm for Tina's inspirational girl power narrative.After that, it is all about men and Dara's experience, both historical and very recent, of men talking. He challenges the stereotype of the non-communicative male because

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1:01:20

Fathers's Day Episode - Stopping the Rot and Staying...

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2025/06/11

In this week's show, Dara talks about his experience of fatherhood and his ever-evolving relationship with his daughter. He continues to fall at the same hurdle on a regular basis - will he, or can he change? He shares a personal father moment that made him cry and wonders why it can be so difficult to cry for oneself.After laying out some movie role models for his daughter, Dara turns his attention to his own father and reads a short piece he wrote about his father's embodiment of a type of

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