Latest Episodes

Closure Optional Ep. 67 – The Fckwit In Our Heads

In this episode I’m talking about the construction of a Fuckwit inside our heads (I only know for sure about mine, but I’ve met a few of yours too) through stories we tell ourselves about ourselves, other people, and the world. This is an extension on an idea that I talked briefly about in the […]

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Closure Optional Ep. 66 – Shannon “Chucka” Friedrich

This is a bloody wonderful and intense conversation about some full-on stuff. We discuss drug addiction and the long dark road back from it, facing Cancer, beating it, and then learning how to re-navigate life after everything you’ve learned. Though it’s intense, we uncover some very beautiful little ideas on how to take better care […]

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Closure Optional Ep. 65 – Oliver Twist, Comedian

Oliver is a Comedian, currently based in Sydney, but luckily we had a chance to chat while he’s up here to perform his solo show, “Love” for the Bris Funny Fest (Thursday, 21st of August at Heya Bar). This is a great conversation about Oliver’s life both in Africa and in Australia, how our decisions […]

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Closure Optional Ep. 63 – Nick Sun 2, Writer, Future Youtuber and Psychonaut

Nick is back to talk some more about Creativity, Philosophy, Psychedelics, and Cumming in people’s faces. This is a very silly conversation about the nature of being that we recorded while laying the in the grass of a lovely meadow at sundown. Sounds romantic, but Nick forgot his Tazer so nothing kinky happened… To find […]

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Closure Optional Ep. 62 – Paul George, Musician – Tijuana Cartel

Ah man what a great conversation! Paul is the singer and guitarist for Tijuana Cartel, a Gold Coast band that he created with Carey O’sullivan. This is a wonderfully tangential conversation about the nature of music, creativity, and how to create and destroy yourself all at once. If you’d like to check out more of […]

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Closure Optional Ep. 61 – Susan Kennedy, Psychic Medium

Well this is different, but certainly not unexpected for the ol’ Closure Optional Podcast… Susan is a Psychic Medium who helps people see the best versions of themselves in order to help them get out of their own way, and she also sometimes sees dead people. Who knows what’s going on here, but Susan is […]

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Closure Optional Ep. 60 – Truuune, the Authenticity Problem

In this episode I discuss some of the real life bullshit that gets in the way of “being authentic” whatever that means. I discuss the psychology of skirting the truth, and how I came to the realisation that basically everything I’ve done up to this point is an attempt to fill an insatiable blackhole of […]

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Closure Optional Ep. 59 – Angel and Basanos, Shibari Rope Bondage

Oooooooh sexy, this week’s episode is all about rope bondage, sex stuff, and polyamory. Angel and Basanos performed a very beautiful rope show when I went to the BDSM Party a few episodes back, and I was very happy to have them in the studio to talk about all the in’s and outs, ups and […]

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