A Couple of Things by Lade Tawak
A Couple Of Things is a bite sized podcast about various aspects of life and work.
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Written and produced by Lade Tawak.
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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 12 minutes
- Episodes
- 380
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2024
S02E306 - Our Father in heaven
In this episode, I explore the opening lines of what we now refer to as The Lord's Prayer. The next couple of episodes are about how Jesus taught His disciples to pray and how we can look at "The Lor…
S02E305 - Things I’m looking forward to as the year ends
In this episode, I share a few things I'm looking forward to as the year comes to an end, especially in the new month of November. Happy new month!
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S02E304 - Things I’ve been surprised to learn about myself
In this episode, I talk about three things I've recently learnt about myself that surprised me.
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S02E303 - Big alcohol is ruining my social life
In this episode, I talk about how our social lives are strongly shaped around the drinking alcohol and the world is built around alcohol drinking. I suspect big alcohol.
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S02E302 - Doing new things
In this episode, I do some more birthday reflecting. Now more on the gifts I received and what they reveal about me and my current interests and what people associate with me.
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S02E301 - When two worlds collide
In this episode, I talk about how when we come from different backgrounds and a bit about how it shows up in relationships
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S02E300 - Happy birthday to me
In this episode, I reflect a bit more about my birthday and some things that I re-realised today
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S02E299 - The times of our lives
In this episode, I reflect on my annual birthday review / reflection and the realisation that timing is everything.
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S02E298 - Salience and prevalence in your relationships
In this episode, I talk about the concepts of salience and prevalence and why and how it matters for your relationships, whether romantic, platonic, or familial.
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S02E297 - The illusion of explanatory depth and other overconfidence biases
In this episode, I talk about 3 psychological biases including the illusion of explanatory depth, the planning fallacy, and the pro innovation bias. These show up in different ways in our lives and b…
S02E296 - The biblically accurate way to handle offence
In this episode, I follow on yesterday's episode on forgiveness to talk about what the bible says about how we should handle offences
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S02E295 - The call to forgive
In this episode, I talk about the biblical view of forgiveness and the demand that Christ has placed on us to forgive.
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S02E294 - Using the right treatment
In this episode, I talk about why even when you can correctly name a situation, it's important to treat it correctly and one of the best ways to do this is by seeking help, not just doing what you fe…
S02E293 - Always being on alert
In this episode, I talk about how you always need to do quality control and be on alert because technology can fail and mess you up.
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S02E292 - Answering random internet questions IV
In this episode, I answer random questions about various topics including what I'd title my autobiography, my life motto, and what I'd do if I won the lottery, amongst others
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S02E291 - On locking in (with Eniola)
In this episode, I chat with Eniola about locking in to close the year strong, what it means for both of us, and why we should cut ourselves some slack even as we lock in
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S02E290 - Why do bad things happen?
In this episode, I talk a bit about why bad things happen (and why good things happen). And what it means for us from a biblical view point.
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S02E289 - Going down my digital memory lane
In this episode, I reflect a bit about some random things I noticed when I went down a rabbit hole of my Chrome bookmarks.
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S02E288 - Tracking my digital footsteps for 48 hours
In this episode, I share a bit about a project I had to do in school where I tracked my digital footprint for 48 hours and reflect on it. I talk about my phone use, the way tools constrain us, and mo…
S02E287 - 4 more things I learnt from baking
In this episode, I continue the conversation I started yesterday and I share 4 things I've observed since I started baking
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