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Talking With Friends, Sharing the Load Podcast

Some of my richest insights into ageing, health, love and grief, come from conversations with friends. This podcast is the audio version of those reports from the friend front, from the technology front, and from the reluctantly encountered shittiness epidemic. Topics include love, sex, technology, money, and very little politics. joannapiros.substack.com

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8:49

A Bot Named Sylvia

Talking With Friends, Sharing the Load Podcast ·

2025/11/05

What the screen grab doesn’t reveal is that Sylvia joined my Zoom room at 2:10 a.m. local time, slipping through unseen doors while I slept. I hadn’t summoned her to that meeting, my calendar bore no trace, nor do I know Sylvia.Perhaps you’ve had similar messages and, as I did, promptly undertook a hurried search of online wisdom into “unknown entries into Zoom room”. The consensus seems to be that it’s random “doorknob rattling” to see which room will open, along with the usual advice to use a

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8:49

A Bot Named Sylvia

Talking With Friends, Sharing the Load Podcast ·

2025/11/05

Some people like to try joining your zoom room early, and that’s totally fine if I’m all ready for them. Sylvia, on the other hand, tried to join in the middle of the night and that’s not okay. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit joannapiros.substack.com/subscribe

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6:37

Trip, and Fall

Talking With Friends, Sharing the Load Podcast ·

2025/10/31

If you drive through this province in the fall you will experience every season but one in the space of 402 miles/647 kilometres. At the higher elevations it will be snowing and -4 C, then slippery in the shady bits as you round corners on the descent. There might be slushy rain on the windshield.On the downslope the skies clear, the bighorn sheep appear, grazing in the roadside ditches even though they have an entire mountain range at their disposal, as if they’ve been hired to attract the tourists

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6:37

Trip and Fall

Talking With Friends, Sharing the Load Podcast ·

2025/10/30

Although you are more than welcome to listen to this episode, the photos attached to the text blog post are what makes it. Pix and thoughts from a recent trip…in the fall. Get it? I knew you would. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit joannapiros.substack.com/subscribe

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7:20

The Joy of Skipping Out

Talking With Friends, Sharing the Load Podcast ·

2025/10/15

I meant to go to yoga this morning. I adjusted my schedule to accommodate, I had every intention of attending, the mat was already in the car… but when my eyes opened and my brain engaged, my body took over the agenda, burrowing deeper into the covers and saying, Naaaah.As I lay there, effectively checking out on commitments only I knew I was breaking, I got that faint taste in my mouth, that sweet hint of forbidden fruit. Maybe you’re not like this but I’m part shark: if I’m not moving, I’m dying

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7:20

The Joy of Skipping Out

Talking With Friends, Sharing the Load Podcast ·

2025/10/15

Yes, I fully intended to do my regular morning yoga today, like most days but something in me stamped its little foot and refused to cooperate. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit joannapiros.substack.com/subscribe

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9:33

Are LAWYERS going to save the USA?

Talking With Friends, Sharing the Load Podcast ·

2025/10/08

“The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.” This line, from Act 4, Scene 2 of Henry VI, is often quoted, usually as an expression of contempt for the profession, an exhortation or a suggested solution. In reality, the context of the quote in Shakespeare’s work, is to remind us that lawyers uphold the law and are the first line of defense against chaos and subversion.As I pick my way through the minefield of my subscriptions, trying to keep abreast of developments without sinking like a

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9:33

Will LAWYERS Save the USA?

Talking With Friends, Sharing the Load Podcast ·

2025/10/08

Shakespeare’s Henry VI is often quoted as advice on who to shoot first, i.e. lawyers, but that’s not the way Shakespeare intended it. This was, in fact, a reminder that lawyers are the first line of defense against tyranny. Sound familiar? There are quite a number of lawyers doing the heavy work of resistance, right here on Substack. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit joannapiros.substack.com/subscribe

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7:58

Warszawa, Moja Warszawa

Talking With Friends, Sharing the Load Podcast ·

2025/10/01

There’s a fierce battle in my heart today, feeling the tug of “home” from Poland, fearing the future for those who live there, and a vague sense of guilt that I have another, safer, home, thousand of miles away. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit joannapiros.substack.com/subscribe

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10:15

Laying Concrete

Talking With Friends, Sharing the Load Podcast ·

2025/08/14

What goes on in the minds of men and why don’t I have better access to it? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit joannapiros.substack.com/subscribe

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9:05

Another Vestigial Organ?

Talking With Friends, Sharing the Load Podcast ·

2025/07/29

I remember losing my tonsils when I was 5 or 6, and how sad I was to not be able to eat the chocolate cake slide my mom brought me to the hospital. In those days you had to be tough enough to stay by yourself, put up with the pain, and chew Asper-gum whose appeal faded with alarming speed.Then there’s the appendix. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit joannapiros.substack.com/subscribe

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12:18

Music and Lyrics

Talking With Friends, Sharing the Load Podcast ·

2025/07/02

It started as a challenge amongst friends but turned out so rich in memories that I had to share with all of you in hopes you’ll launch your own version! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit joannapiros.substack.com/subscribe

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4:58

Four Thousand Mondays

Talking With Friends, Sharing the Load Podcast ·

2025/06/26

Do you have a favourite number, colour, day of the week? If I had to guess, the vast majority of you wouldn’t pick Monday. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit joannapiros.substack.com/subscribe

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5:41

Live, from the Sunshine Coast!

Talking With Friends, Sharing the Load Podcast ·

2025/06/18

This summer, Canadians are staycationing like mad so I have an iconic spot to suggest for your itinerary. Let’s do the time-warp again. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit joannapiros.substack.com/subscribe

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9:40

The Darkness of Youth

Talking With Friends, Sharing the Load Podcast ·

2025/06/04

Sometimes events in the public eye are so personally gripping that you mull them and turn them over and over, attemptingto make sense of them. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit joannapiros.substack.com/subscribe

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14:03

When Should You Retire

Talking With Friends, Sharing the Load Podcast ·

2025/05/07

If your work brings you joy, why should you ever quit doing it? All the people I spoke to in this piece are enjoying what they do, as do I. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit joannapiros.substack.com/subscribe

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10:08

On the Beach

Talking With Friends, Sharing the Load Podcast ·

2025/05/02

Just because you take a mindless vacay, doesn’t mean your brain isn’t processing the lassitude around you and coming up with theories about virtually everything. Or is that just me? Let’s go to Mexico and find out. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit joannapiros.substack.com/subscribe

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9:41

How They Met - Part 6

Talking With Friends, Sharing the Load Podcast ·

2025/04/09

I would love to hear a story about a significant meeting in your life. Message me for the deets! Standing by for more. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit joannapiros.substack.com/subscribe

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5:28

My First Time in Auschwitz

Talking With Friends, Sharing the Load Podcast ·

2025/04/02

There are lots of scary things in the world right now, which I won’t bother enumerating because you all know what they are. One new bogeyman, whose head has recently crested my horizon, is all too familiar. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit joannapiros.substack.com/subscribe

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8:14

One Universal Truth to Save Your Sanity

Talking With Friends, Sharing the Load Podcast ·

2025/03/26

It is probably universally true that almost everyone on the planet can honestly say, Today I received a text from a friend. Those lucky billions! Get full access to Talking With Friends, Sharing the Load at joannapiros.substack.com/subscribe

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