Risky Thoughts podcast with Rob and Roy

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Rob and Roy share their thoughts on ass kissing and people pleasing to make it up the corporate ladder.  We all know someone at work or in our lives that are desperate to get attention by throwing stones at someone else.  There is something that doesn't sit right with this strategy but they are aware we all do it in some capacity. 

Rob, Roy, and Zhang, are all agreeable people that then to forgo their own personal wellbeing to satisfy the group. We explore the bargaining nature of dealing with lies. 

More Likes.... We need more likes! I promise we will buy anything, do anything, say anything!..... for your external validation! Rob and Roy explore the need to be socially validated by their neighbours, friends, and family. To what extent is seeking this validation healthy and can you even recognize when it is too much?

Rob and Roy have lost their minds, talking about aliens and the possibility that we are not alone in this universe.  But, IF they are out there, the question is why are they watching us??? Rob and Roy search for the answer to this question and explore what makes us worth observing.  They try to push the limits of their consciousness in hopes of understanding why a superior sentient being would have interest in the monkeys that inhabit this planet.1

Roy apparently contracted COVID (a while back!), and Roy lives with Rob. Yes a total disaster! Roy explains his experiences and then they both deep dive right into current affairs of Cancel Culture.  Finally at the bottom of the rabbit hole they explore how the protective nature of our society is causing us a lot of stress. 

Rob and Roy are back! In this episode, they talk about all the their experiences in the last month that prevented them from recording. They cover topics an array of topics from mentorship, masculinity, and loneliness. 

With Roy still out of town, Rob and Zhang explore to concept of regret and try to understand what leads to, and can potentially resolve, this imprisoning feeling.  Although both have different stories, they each find themselves feeling nostalgic about the past and try to search for a way to focus on the present and future. *Disclaimer - The topic of suicide is mentioned

With Roy out of town undertaking his new role in his new job, and Zhang receiving the news about a job offer, Rob and Zhang explore the anxiety and uncertainty of entering a new role.  Should we fake it til we make it? Should we avoid asking questions that may risk our opportunity?  Or should we be truthful about our limitations?  Rob and Zhang dig into these questions and more while discussing their own experiences in the work world.

We've all grown up in different parts of the world.  Some more fortunate than others.  The question is, are you grateful for what it is that you have?  Rob, Roy, and Zhang explore their own personal experience growing up and living in Canada in contrast to the previous episode's guest, Shervon's experience growing up in India.  Although they realize they have been ungrateful for the benefits of Canadian life, they also explore the possibility that the system that sustains this comfortable life, is also filled with its own complications.

Many of us living in North America don't realize the advantages we have being from a developed country. Rob and Roy take the opportunity to discuss the benefits that come along with immigrating to a country like Canada with Shervon - one of the co-collaborators of the podcast! They look into comparing life in India (Shervon's home country) vs Canada and begin to realize there are endless reasons to be grateful for our little slice of nothing.

Dealing with any phobia is a like running a marathon. It is as simple, and as difficult as putting one foot in front of the other. From a place of curiosity, Rob explores Roy's past and present experience of crippling social anxiety as a method of providing mindfulness and awareness to the issue. 

Rob, Roy, and Zhang, explore a marginalized group of men within the dating sphere. The infamous "Incels" (Involuntary Celibates). Join us as we try to figure out what this group is all about and perhaps, how we as a society bring them back into the fold.

With a guest on the show, Rob, Roy, and David, explore whether knowing the truth is always the best option, or if ignorance truly is bliss. Society is comprised of people who exist in both spaces - and the discussion explores if this split of lifestyles is a necessary difference in choice. Could we survive if we all took the red pill? Could we if we chose the blue pill? 

Most of us men have spent our entire lives being told how to be the "man" and this motherf*cker Harry Styles is throwing a wrench in it. What would the world look like if we did not define things as masculine or feminine? Rob and Roy explore how this disruption could be one of many necessary social enigmas that bring growth to our identity culture and change the way we understand the world.

As proud Canadians, Rob and Roy explore what it means to be one. They consider themselves extremely fortunate to have grown up in this multi-cultural and accepting society. They try to understand how, and if, different cultures are able to harmonize and set aside their differences. With assimilation also comes turmoil and resistance between different cultures. What parts of being Canadian are open for change? And what should forever exist?

God made us in the image of himself. Unfortunately, God is judgmental as hell. Thanks, God... Rob and Roy discuss how judgement has deteriorated some of Rob's friendships over the years. As people age, their inability to deal with their own shortcomings results in a projection of judgement of those around them. We are all a culprit of this crime and Roy tries to assist Rob find a way to deal with his own experiences relating to this.

Happy New Year, Everyone! Given the current lockdowns and closures across the world due to the pandemic, we are all desperately searching for ways to preoccupy our minds. Rob and Roy explore the dangers of selecting some of the coping mechanisms that we may choose. During this episode, Rob shares a more personal experience with a method he used to cope with life's hardships in the past.  

Roy has begun his odd winter routine of running around outside without clothes on. This was a perfect opportunity to discuss where the hell he got this crazy idea, and more important how he decides what is true and what is not. Rob and Roy take a deep dive on how they both discern "truth" amongst the endless sources of information readily available to us today. This discussion is all over the place - as a conversation can sometimes be!

We are faced with dire issues in our generation. Issues such as less arable land, political turmoil, climate change, income disparity, rise in mental health issues. Our value systems are dysfunctional. AI is just on the verge of becoming something. Why should we even get up in the morning? Why should we try? Well.... Why not?