Meaningless Problems

#52 Hope for the Worst

Sun, 25 Feb 2024 08:00:09 +0000

When Poppy announces she wants to kill herself, her playwright husband employs a peculiar coping technique.

Something to consider when reading/listening:

To what extent does negative visualisation make you grateful for what you have?

Comedy - Philosophy - Stoicism

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to https://www.fairobserver.com/author/doe-wilmann/

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman

Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads

Sam Harris’ ‘Making Sense’ podcast

Alan Watts

Fiction that makes you think

Philosophical fiction

Speculative fiction

Plays

The Shard

Hoping for the worst

Contemplating the meaning of life

Any form of philosophical enquiry

Let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast as a whole at doewilmann@outlook.com

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@meaninglessproblems)

I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) account dedicated to the podcast.

Website:

Meaninglessproblems.com

Thanks for listening

Credits:

Written and performed by Doe Wilmann

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media (Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

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#51 What Was the Point?

Sun, 18 Feb 2024 00:25:00 +0000

Having spent a year writing short stories for a podcast, the writer wonders what was the point.

Something to consider when reading/listening:

What was the point of this short story podcast?

Comedy - Philosophy - Plumbing

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to https://www.fairobserver.com/author/doe-wilmann/

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman

The ‘Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal’ podcast

Sam Harris’ ‘Making Sense’ podcast

‘The Panpsycast Philosophy Podcast’

Alan Watts

Fiction that makes you think

Philosophical fiction

Speculative fiction

Artificial intelligence

The afterlife

Simulations

Narcissism

Contemplating the meaning of life

Any form of philosophical enquiry

Episode #3 of this podcast

Episode #13 of this podcast

Episode #44 of this podcast

Speaking/listening to plumbers

Let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast as a whole at doewilmann@outlook.com

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@meaninglessproblems)

I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) account dedicated to the podcast.

Website:

Meaninglessproblems.com

Thanks for listening

Credits:

Written and performed by Doe Wilmann

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media (Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

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#50 What Do You Do?

Sun, 11 Feb 2024 00:25:00 +0000

Lost in thought at a funeral, our narrator sets out a compelling case for why we should never ask anyone what they do for a living.

Something to consider when reading/listening:

To what extent does your job define who you are?

What Do You Do is an original short story by Doe Wilmann

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to https://www.fairobserver.com/author/doe-wilmann/

For information about upcoming stories and live performances of my stage plays, go to meaninglessproblems.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast.

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman

Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads

A History of the World in Ten and a Half Chapters by Julian Barnes

Spirituality

Fiction that makes you think

Short stories with a twist

Philosophical fiction

Speculative fiction

Graveyards

Headstones

Not talking about work

Contemplating the meaning of life

Any form of philosophical enquiry

Let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast as a whole at doewilmann@outlook.com

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@meaninglessproblems)

I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) account dedicated to the podcast.

Website:

Meaninglessproblems.com

Thanks for listening

Credits:

Written and performed by Doe Wilmann

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media (Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

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#49 It Might as Well Be

Sun, 04 Feb 2024 00:25:00 +0000

Businessman Nathan Norrie calls upon a spiritual guide to help improve the atmosphere among his work colleagues. The guide offers three peals of wisdom.

Something to consider when reading/listening:

If a message is true, does it matter if the messenger is dishonest?

It Might as Well Be is an original short story by Doe Wilmann

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to https://www.fairobserver.com/author/doe-wilmann/

For information about upcoming stories and live performances of my stage plays, go to meaninglessproblems.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast.

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman

A History of the World in Ten and a Half Chapters by Julian Barnes

Spirituality

Fiction that makes you think

Short stories with a twist

Philosophical fiction

Speculative fiction

Corporate retreats

Mansions

Instant hot water

Maseratis

Cinema rooms

Teamwork

Contemplating the meaning of life

Any form of philosophical enquiry

Let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast as a whole at doewilmann@outlook.com

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@meaninglessproblems)

I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) account dedicated to the podcast.

Website:

Meaninglessproblems.com

Thanks for listening

Credits:

Written and performed by Doe Wilmann

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media (Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

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#48 The Meaning of Work

Sun, 28 Jan 2024 00:25:00 +0000

The prime minister is facing the biggest strike in British history. But the strikers are the last people she’d expect to strike. And their reason for striking is even more surprising.

Something to consider when reading/listening:

Can you truly be rich if your life lacks meaning?

The Meaning of Work is an original short story by Doe Wilmann

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to https://www.fairobserver.com/author/doe-wilmann/

For information about upcoming stories and live performances of my stage plays, go to meaninglessproblems.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast.

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Yes, Prime Minister

The Twilight Zone

Philosophical fiction

Episode #25 of this podcast

Episode #42 of this podcast

Prime ministers

Politics

Meaning

Jobs

Jugglers

Clowns

Contemplating the nature of existence

Contemplating the meaning of life

Any form of philosophical enquiry

Let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast as a whole at doewilmann@outlook.com

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@meaninglessproblems)

I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) account dedicated to the podcast.

Website:

Meaninglessproblems.com

Thanks for listening

Credits:

Written and performed by Doe Wilmann

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media (Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

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#47 Tony’s Vibe

Sun, 21 Jan 2024 00:25:00 +0000

Tony’s tried everything to make himself more employable, more dateable, more popular. He’s tried life coaches, elocution coaches, therapists, personal trainers but he’s looking in the wrong place. He’s not the problem. I am. I am Tony’s vibe.

Something to consider when reading/listening:

To what extent can a person be aware of their own vibe?

Comedy - Philosophy - Politics

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to https://www.fairobserver.com/author/doe-wilmann/

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads

Dramatic monologues

Comedic monologues

Politics

Vibes

Introspection

Jobs

Dates

Rejections

Tiger Woods’ trustworthiness

Lindsay Lohan’s innocence

Russell Brand’s sex appeal

Contemplating the meaning of life

Any form of philosophical enquiry

Let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast as a whole at doewilmann@outlook.com

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@meaninglessproblems)

I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) account dedicated to the podcast.

Website:

Meaninglessproblems.com

Thanks for listening

Credits:

Written and performed by Doe Wilmann

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media (Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

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#46 Culling Cobras

Sun, 14 Jan 2024 00:25:00 +0000

Member of Parliament Lawrence Sitwell is frustrated by the failure of his political career. A conversation with an old friend causes him to rethink everything.

Something to consider when reading/listening:

When politicians try to make something better, are they more likely to make it worse?

Comedy - Philosophy - Politics

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to https://www.fairobserver.com/author/doe-wilmann/

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads

Dramatic monologues

Comedic monologues

Politics

Intentions v outcomes

Contemplating the meaning of life

Any form of philosophical enquiry

Plays

Pubs

Snakes

Politicians

Let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast as a whole at doewilmann@outlook.com

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@meaninglessproblems)

I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) account dedicated to the podcast.

Website:

Meaninglessproblems.com

Thanks for listening

Credits:

Written and performed by Doe Wilmann

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media (Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

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#45 The Weight of Achievement

Sun, 07 Jan 2024 00:25:00 +0000

In Bernard’s local pub, everyone carries their life’s achievements with them in a big black bag.

Philosophy - Spirituality - Absurdism

The Weight of Achievement is an original short story by Doe Wilmann

Something to consider when reading/listening:

If you were never allowed to tell anyone about your successes, which of your current goals would you continue to pursue?

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to meaninglessproblems.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast.

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman

A History of the World in Ten and a Half Chapters by Julian Barnes

Spirituality

Fiction that makes you think

Short stories with a twist

Philosophical fiction

Speculative fiction

Pubs

Pints of Bitter

Achievements

Contemplating the meaning of life

Any form of philosophical enquiry

Let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast as a whole at doewilmann@outlook.com

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@meaninglessproblems)

I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) account dedicated to the podcast.

Website:

Meaninglessproblems.com

Thanks for listening

Credits:

Written and performed by Doe Wilmann

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media (Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

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#44 Futility

Sun, 31 Dec 2023 00:05:00 +0000

A writer is slightly concerned about his short story podcast. He shares these concerns with a plumber and is surprised by his response.

Something to consider when reading/listening:

How do you know for certain that you are not a fictional creation dreamt up by somebody else?

Comedy - Philosophy - Plumbing

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to https://www.fairobserver.com/author/doe-wilmann/

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman

The ‘Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal’ podcast

Sam Harris’ ‘Making Sense’ podcast

‘The Panpsycast Philosophy Podcast’

Alan Watts

Fiction that makes you think

Philosophical fiction

Speculative fiction

Alternate universes

The Titanic

Morgan Robertson

Contemplating the meaning of life

Any form of philosophical enquiry

Episode #3 of this podcast

Episode #13 of this podcast

Speaking/listening to plumbers

Let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast as a whole at doewilmann@outlook.com

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@meaninglessproblems)

I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) account dedicated to the podcast.

Website:

Meaninglessproblems.com

Thanks for listening

Credits:

Written and performed by Doe Wilmann

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media (Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

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BONUS EPISODE: Best of 2023

Fri, 29 Dec 2023 00:05:00 +0000

The top five short stories from 2023. If you’re new to Meaningless Problems, this might be a good place to start.

These are the stories with the timestamps for each:

It Wasn’t Me - 1.30 - Kimi is delighted with Su-Z, a new personal assistant software that can send and respond to emails on her behalf. But her delight is punctured when her boyfriend receives a message from one of her email contacts claiming that he and Kimi have fallen in love. Will Kimi’s boyfriend believe her when she pins the blame on Su-Z? And what exactly has her personal assistant been saying in those messages?
The Guru - 17.10 - After many years searching for a guru, the narrator finally finds one in an unexpected place.
Skipping Through Life - 23.51 - Faced with the prospect of making half his workforce redundant, Mr Pomeroy is offered the chance to skip the experience by travelling twelve hours into his own future. He accepts the offer and, twelve hours later, finds he still has all the memories of having experienced the day. So how is ‘time skipping’ any different from living?
Plonker - 37.37 - On the verge of becoming a grandparent for the first time, Irene reflects on her relationship with her husband aka ‘Plonker’.
They’ll Have to Kill Me - 48.33 - The prime minister wakes up in his country residence to find that everyone thinks he’s gone completely mad. So did he really speak to those men in black raincoats who told him he needs to follow their orders? Who can you trust when you can no longer trust the voice in your own head?

If you’d like to read the script of these episodes go to https://www.fairobserver.com/author/doe-wilmann/

For information about upcoming stories and live performances of my stage plays, go to meaninglessproblems.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast.

Let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast as a whole at doewilmann@outlook.com

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@meaninglessproblems)

I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) account dedicated to the podcast.

Website:

Meaninglessproblems.com

Thanks for listening

Credits:

Written and performed by Doe Wilmann

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media (Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

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#43 A Wise Man (Christmas story)

Sun, 24 Dec 2023 00:25:00 +0000

A silly story, especially for Christmas. Working the early-turn Christmas Eve shift, Sergeant Rod just wants to finish at five, collect his daughter’s bizarre choice of present and go home. But his boss, the local drug lord and south London’s canine population have other ideas.

Something to consider when reading/listening:

Are you feeling Christmassy?

Comedy - Family - Christmas

A Wise Man is an original short story by Doe Wilmann

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to https://www.fairobserver.com/author/doe-wilmann/

For information about upcoming stories and live performances of my stage plays, go to meaninglessproblems.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast.

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads

Comedic Monologues

Silly stories

Tom Sharpe

PG Wodehouse

Police

Dogs

Police dogs

Criminals

Gluten-free, fat-free, sugar-free brownies

Christmas

Let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast as a whole at doewilmann@outlook.com

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@meaninglessproblems)

I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) account dedicated to the podcast.

Website:

Meaninglessproblems.com

Thanks for listening

Credits:

Written and performed by Doe Wilmann

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media (Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

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#42 Prime Minister’s Questions

Sun, 17 Dec 2023 00:05:00 +0000

Thanks to developments in AI and VR, every voter now has the right to meet their political candidates one-on-one. These hyper-realistic chat bots look and sound exactly like their real-life equivalents and they answer questions with 99.9% accuracy. So what happens when the British primer minister’s chat bot starts making some very provocative statements?

Something to consider when reading/listening:

Would this type of hyper realistic chatbot enhance our elections?

Prime Minister’s Questions is an original short story by Doe Wilmann

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to https://www.fairobserver.com/author/doe-wilmann/

For information about upcoming stories and live performances of my stage plays, go to meaninglessproblems.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast.

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror

Sci-fi

The Twilight Zone

Philosophical fiction

Episode #25 of this podcast

Prime ministers

Politics

War

France

War with France

Technology

Contemplating the nature of existence

Contemplating the meaning of life

Any form of philosophical enquiry

Let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast as a whole at doewilmann@outlook.com

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@meaninglessproblems)

I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) account dedicated to the podcast.

Website:

Meaninglessproblems.com

Thanks for listening

Credits:

Written and performed by Doe Wilmann

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media (Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

Meaningless Problems with Doe Wilmann

#41 No Words

Sun, 10 Dec 2023 00:25:00 +0000

A new medical procedure will remove anxiety and allow you to live perfectly in the moment. The only downside? You have to give up your ability to comprehend language.

Something to consider when reading/listening:

What would you be prepared to give up in exchange for perfect peace of mind?

No Words is an original short story by Doe Wilmann

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to https://www.fairobserver.com/author/doe-wilmann/

For information about upcoming stories and live performances of my stage plays, go to meaninglessproblems.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast.

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror

Sci-fi

The Twilight Zone

Philosophical fiction

Episode #2 of this podcast

Episode #7 of this podcast

Episode #28 of this podcast

Episode #37 of this podcast

Episode #40 of this podcast

Words

Silence

Family

Technology

Contemplating the nature of existence

Contemplating the meaning of life

Any form of philosophical enquiry

Let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast as a whole at doewilmann@outlook.com

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@meaninglessproblems)

I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) account dedicated to the podcast.

Website:

Meaninglessproblems.com

Thanks for listening

Credits:

Written and performed by Doe Wilmann

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media (Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

Meaningless Problems with Doe Wilmann

#40 The Meaning of Love

Sun, 03 Dec 2023 00:25:00 +0000

Like most of his friends, Burt hates his job and lives for the weekend. And when his friends start installing modules into their brains that make them enjoy their work, Burt is furious with them. What’s the point of escapism if there’s nothing to escape?

Something to consider when reading/listening:

Could you live a good life if you enjoyed every part of it?

The Meaning of Love is an original short story by Doe Wilmann

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to https://www.fairobserver.com/author/doe-wilmann/

For information about upcoming stories and live performances of my stage plays, go to meaninglessproblems.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast.

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror

Sci-fi

The Twilight Zone

Philosophical fiction

Episode #2 of this podcast

Episode #7 of this podcast

Episode #28 of this podcast

Episode #37 of this podcast

Work

Weekends

Relationships

Contemplating the nature of existence

Contemplating the meaning of life

Any form of philosophical enquiry

Let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast as a whole at doewilmann@outlook.com

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@meaninglessproblems)

I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) account dedicated to the podcast.

Website:

Meaninglessproblems.com

Thanks for listening

Credits:

Written and performed by Doe Wilmann

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media (Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

Meaningless Problems with Doe Wilmann

#39 Losing the Plot

Sun, 26 Nov 2023 00:25:00 +0000

After a mental breakdown, Michael reconsiders his entire perception of the world.

Something to consider when reading/listening:

Are there any narratives in your own life that you’d be better off without?

Losing the Plot is an original short story by Doe Wilmann

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to https://www.fairobserver.com/author/doe-wilmann/

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads

Non Duality

Spirituality

Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman

Alan Watts

Fiction that makes you think

Narratives

Plots

Brexit

Philosophical fiction

Speculative fiction

Contemplating the meaning of life

Any form of philosophical enquiry

Let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast as a whole at doewilmann@outlook.com

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@meaninglessproblems)

I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) account dedicated to the podcast.

Website:

Meaninglessproblems.com

Thanks for listening

Credits:

Written and performed by Doe Wilmann

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media (Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

Meaningless Problems with Doe Wilmann

#38 Your Final Ambition

Sun, 19 Nov 2023 00:25:00 +0000

On your deathbed, in agonising pain, you are given the chance to reduce your suffering. But in order to do so, you must reduce your worldly success by the same amount.

Something to consider when reading/listening:

Would you sacrifice the present for the sake of the past?

Your Final Ambition is an original short story by Doe Wilmann

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to https://www.fairobserver.com/author/doe-wilmann/

For information about upcoming stories and live performances of my stage plays, go to meaninglessproblems.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast.

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads

The Twilight Zone

Philosophical fiction

Episode #2 of this podcast

Episode #7 of this podcast

Episode #28 of this podcast

Episode #36 of this podcast

Deathbeds

Nurses

Contemplating the nature of existence

Contemplating the meaning of life

Any form of philosophical enquiry

Let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast as a whole at doewilmann@outlook.com

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@meaninglessproblems)

I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) account dedicated to the podcast.

Website:

Meaninglessproblems.com

Thanks for listening

Credits:

Written and performed by Doe Wilmann

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media (Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

Meaningless Problems with Doe Wilmann

#37 Don’t Blame the Children

Sun, 12 Nov 2023 00:25:00 +0000

In the near future, virtual reality allows couples to meet their potential children before they’ve been conceived.

Something to consider when reading/listening:

Does having more options make us more free?

Don’t Blame The Children is an original short story by Doe Wilmann

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to https://www.fairobserver.com/author/doe-wilmann/

For information about upcoming stories and live performances of my stage plays, go to meaninglessproblems.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast.

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror

The podcast 'Modern Wisdom'

Sci-fi

VR technology

The Twilight Zone

Philosophical fiction

Episode #2 of this podcast

Episode #7 of this podcast

Episode #28 of this podcast

Babies

Breaking Up

Contemplating the nature of existence

Contemplating the meaning of life

Any form of philosophical enquiry

Let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast as a whole at doewilmann@outlook.com

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@meaninglessproblems)

I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) account dedicated to the podcast.

Website:

Meaninglessproblems.com

Thanks for listening

Credits:

Written and performed by Doe Wilmann

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media (Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

Meaningless Problems with Doe Wilmann

#36 Iguana

Sun, 05 Nov 2023 00:25:00 +0000

A therapist is tasked with convincing a very clever eleven year old that there is a difference between fact and fiction.

Something to consider when reading/listening:

If all of your experiences take place in your mind, how can you be certain anything is real?

Iguana is an original short story by Doe Wilmann

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to https://www.fairobserver.com/author/doe-wilmann/

For information about upcoming stories and live performances of my stage plays, go to meaninglessproblems.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast.

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads

The Twilight Zone

Philosophical fiction

Episode #2 of this podcast

Episode #7 of this podcast

Episode #28 of this podcast

Iguanas

The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

Fish tanks

Contemplating the nature of existence

Contemplating the meaning of life

Any form of philosophical enquiry

Let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast as a whole at doewilmann@outlook.com

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@meaninglessproblems)

I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) account dedicated to the podcast.

Website:

Meaninglessproblems.com

Thanks for listening

Credits:

Written and performed by Doe Wilmann

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media (Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

Meaningless Problems with Doe Wilmann

#35 Just Like Her

Sun, 29 Oct 2023 00:25:00 +0100

A widower uses an AR filter to make his new girlfriend look exactly like his ex wife.

Something to consider when reading/listening:

Is it possible to have a truthful relationship with someone if your perception of them is totally different to how they perceive themselves?

Sc-fi - Augmented Reality - Family

Just Like Her is an original short story by Doe Wilmann

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to https://www.fairobserver.com/author/doe-wilmann/

For information about upcoming stories and live performances of my stage plays, go to meaninglessproblems.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast.

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror

Sci-fi

Technology

Memory

Fiction that makes you think

Philosophical fiction

Speculative fiction

Augmented Reality

Episode #26 of this podcast

Contemplating the future

Contemplating the meaning of life

Any form of philosophical enquiry

Let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast as a whole at doewilmann@outlook.com

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@meaninglessproblems)

I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) account dedicated to the podcast.

Website:

Meaninglessproblems.com

Thanks for listening

Credits:

Written and performed by Doe Wilmann

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media (Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

Meaningless Problems with Doe Wilmann

#34 Inside Voices (performed by Tamsin Dowsett)

Sun, 22 Oct 2023 09:17:27 +0100

Casting director Lydia has invited an actress along to a family meet-up so that the actress can model her next character on Lydia’s twin sister Tania. But Lydia soon realises that one Tania is quite enough.

Something to consider when reading/listening:

To what extent are we all actors playing characters?

Dramatic Monologue - Comedy - Family

Inside Voices is an original short story by Doe Wilmann

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to https://www.fairobserver.com/author/doe-wilmann/

For information about upcoming stories and live performances of my stage plays, go to meaninglessproblems.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast.

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads

Dramatic Monologues

Comedic Monologues

Fiction that makes you think

Psychological fiction

Philosophical fiction

Parks

Prosecco

Running

Episode #5 of this podcast (’Silly Old Trick’)

Episode #10 of this podcast (‘Plonker’)

Episode #30 of this podcast (‘Cheek Biter’)

Episode #33 of this podcast (‘A Bench in West London)

Contemplating the meaning of life

Any form of philosophical enquiry

Let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast as a whole at doewilmann@outlook.com

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@meaninglessproblems)

I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) account dedicated to the podcast.

Website:

Meaninglessproblems.com

Thanks for listening

Credits:

Written by Doe Wilmann

Performed by Tamsin Dowsett

Edited by Sebsatian Brown

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media (Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

Meaningless Problems with Doe Wilmann

#33 A Bench in West London (performed by Thea Collings)

Sun, 15 Oct 2023 00:25:00 +0100

Tania’s twin sister Lydia has bought a memorial bench for their mum in the family’s local park. There’s just one problem: their mum is still very much alive (Lydia was unaware that memorial benches are exclusively for the dead). Cue a series of tributes from people who want to pay their respects, including a man whose connection to Tania and Lydia’s mum threatens to completely undermine who they thought she was.

Something to consider when reading/listening:

How fragile is our understanding of ourselves and those close to us? Are we only ever one discovery away from reconsidering everything?

Dramatic Monologue - Comedy - Family

A Bench in West London is an original short story by Doe Wilmann

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to https://www.fairobserver.com/author/doe-wilmann/

For information about upcoming stories and live performances of my stage plays, go to meaninglessproblems.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast.

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads

Dramatic Monologues

Comedic Monologues

Fiction that makes you think

Philosophical fiction

Parks

Benches

Episode #5 of this podcast (’Silly Old Trick’)

Episode #10 of this podcast (‘Plonker’)

Episode #30 of this podcast (‘Cheek Biter’)

Contemplating the meaning of life

Any form of philosophical enquiry

Let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast as a whole at doewilmann@outlook.com

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@meaninglessproblems)

I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) account dedicated to the podcast.

Website:

Meaninglessproblems.com

Thanks for listening

Credits:

Written and performed by Doe Wilmann

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media (Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

Meaningless Problems with Doe Wilmann

#32 As It Should Be

Sun, 08 Oct 2023 00:25:00 +0100

A married man purchases a memory of himself having sex with another woman. His wife finds out and kicks him out. He returns to the memory shop to try and put things right.

Something to consider when reading/listening:

Picture something you’ve always wanted to do. Would you rather do it and have no memory of having done so, or not do it but have a false memory of having done so?

Sc-fi - Memory - Family

As It Should Be is an original short story by Doe Wilmann

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to https://www.fairobserver.com/author/doe-wilmann/

For information about upcoming stories and live performances of my stage plays, go to meaninglessproblems.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast.

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror

Sci-fi

Technology

Memory

Fiction that makes you think

Philosophical fiction

Speculative fiction

Episode #31 of the podcast

Episode #29 of this podcast

Episode #21 of this podcast

Episode #16 of this podcast

Episode #5 of this podcast

Contemplating the future

Contemplating the meaning of life

Any form of philosophical enquiry

Let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast as a whole at doewilmann@outlook.com

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@meaninglessproblems)

I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) account dedicated to the podcast.

Website:

Meaninglessproblems.com

Thanks for listening

Credits:

Written and performed by Doe Wilmann

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media (Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

Meaningless Problems with Doe Wilmann

#31 Tell Her I Was Kind

Sun, 01 Oct 2023 00:25:00 +0100

A father with a terminal illness has the chance to spare his young daughter from the pain of his death by erasing her memories of the times they’ve spent together.

Something to consider when reading/listening:

How far would you go to save someone you love from grief?

Sc-fi - Memory - Family

Tell Her I Was Kind is an original short story by Doe Wilmann

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to https://www.fairobserver.com/author/doe-wilmann/

For information about upcoming stories and live performances of my stage plays, go to meaninglessproblems.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast.

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror

Sci-fi

Technology

Memory

Fiction that makes you think

Philosophical fiction

Speculative fiction

Episode #29 of this podcast

Episode #21 of this podcast

Episode #16 of this podcast

Episode #5 of this podcast

Contemplating the future

Contemplating the meaning of life

Any form of philosophical enquiry

Let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast as a whole at doewilmann@outlook.com

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@meaninglessproblems)

I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) account dedicated to the podcast.

Website:

Meaninglessproblems.com

Thanks for listening

Credits:

Written and performed by Doe Wilmann

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media (Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

Meaningless Problems with Doe Wilmann

#30 Cheek Biter (performed by Sebastian Brown)

Sun, 24 Sep 2023 00:05:00 +0100

An offhand remark from his dentist makes Mark question his entire existence.

Something to consider when reading/listening:

To what extent does our identity depend on other people's perceptions? Who are we when no one is looking?

Dramatic Monologue - Psychological - Relationships

Cheek Biter is an original short story by Doe Wilmann, performed by Sebastian Brown (sbvoices.co.uk)

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to https://www.fairobserver.com/author/doe-wilmann/

For information about upcoming stories and live performances of my stage plays, go to meaninglessproblems.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast.

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads

Dramatic Monologues

Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman

Fiction that makes you think

Psychological fiction

Philosophical fiction

Sebastian Brown

Dentists

Cheeks

Biting

Episode #10 of this podcast (‘Plonker’)

Contemplating the meaning of life

Any form of philosophical enquiry

Let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast as a whole at doewilmann @ outlook .com

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@meaninglessproblems)

I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) account dedicated to the podcast.

Website:

Meaninglessproblems.com

Thanks for listening

Credits:

Written by Doe Wilmann

Performed by Sebastian Brown

Edited by Sebastian Brown

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media (Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

Meaningless Problems with Doe Wilmann

#29 A Backup

Sun, 17 Sep 2023 00:05:00 +0100

Gina has a fantastic relationship with her seven-year-old son, James. The trouble is James is actually an adult and this seven-year-old is simply a perfect VR simulation of how he used to be. And adult James isn’t willing to share his mummy with anyone - even himself.

Something to consider when reading/listening:

If someone created a perfect VR simulation of you as a child, would you be happy for it to interact with your loved ones?

Sc-fi - Absurdism - Family

A Backup is an original short story by Doe Wilmann

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to https://www.fairobserver.com/author/doe-wilmann/

For information about upcoming stories and live performances of my stage plays, go to meaninglessproblems.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast.

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror

Sci-fi

VR technology

Fiction that makes you think

Philosophical fiction

Speculative fiction

Contemplating the future

Contemplating the meaning of life

Any form of philosophical enquiry

Let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast as a whole at doewilmann@outlook.com

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@meaninglessproblems)

I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) account dedicated to the podcast.

Website:

Meaninglessproblems.com

Thanks for listening

Credits:

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media (Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

Meaningless Problems with Doe Wilmann

#28 Skipping Through Life

Sun, 10 Sep 2023 00:25:00 +0100

Faced with the prospect of making half his workforce redundant, Mr Pomeroy is offered the chance to skip the experience by travelling twelve hours into his own future. He accepts the offer and, twelve hours later, finds he still has all the memories of having experienced the day. So how is ‘time skipping’ any different from our normal experience of life?

Something to consider when reading/listening:

How do you know your past isn’t simply a series of implanted memories? And would it make any difference if it were?

Philosophy - Time - Memory

Skipping Through Life is an original short story by Doe Wilmann

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to https://www.fairobserver.com/author/doe-wilmann/

For information about upcoming stories and live performances of my stage plays, go to meaninglessproblems.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast.

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman

A History of the World in Ten and a Half Chapters by Julian Barnes

Time

Skipping

Fancy ties

Fiction that makes you think

Philosophical fiction

Speculative fiction

Contemplating the meaning of life

Any form of philosophical enquiry

Let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast as a whole at doewilmann@outlook.com

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@meaninglessproblems)

I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) account dedicated to the podcast.

Website:

Meaninglessproblems.com

Thanks for listening

Credits:

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media (Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

Meaningless Problems with Doe Wilmann

#27 Dreams and Memories

Sun, 03 Sep 2023 00:05:00 +0100

An old man is troubled by the fact that his late wife spent her final years reminiscing about memories that never actually took place. A doctor visits him with some unorthodox advice.

Philosophy - Spirituality - Memory

Dreams and Memories is an original short story by Doe Wilmann

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to meaninglessproblems.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast.

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman

A History of the World in Ten and a Half Chapters by Julian Barnes

Dreams

Memories

Travelling

Aberdeen

New Zealand

Typhoid

Fiction that makes you think

Short stories with a twist

Philosophical fiction

Speculative fiction

Contemplating the meaning of life

Any form of philosophical enquiry

A question to consider when listening:

If something happened that only you know about, in what sense is it more real than a dream?

Let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast as a whole at doewilmann@outlook.com

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@meaninglessproblems)

I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) account dedicated to the podcast.

Website:

Meaninglessproblems.com

Thanks for listening

Credits:

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media (Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

Meaningless Problems with Doe Wilmann

#26 The World’s Ugliest Person

Sun, 27 Aug 2023 00:05:00 +0100

A new augmented reality app allows everyone to look beautiful. This makes Gary, who refuses to use any form of AR, the ugliest person in the world. He’s never been a particularly bad-looking bloke so how will he adapt to his new reality?

Sc-fi - Comedy - Dating

The World’s Ugliest Person is an original short story by Doe Wilmann

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to meaninglessproblems.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast.

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror

Sci-fi

Augmented Reality

Dating Apps

Men called Gary

Fiction that makes you think

Philosophical fiction

Speculative fiction

Contemplating the future

Contemplating the meaning of life

Any form of philosophical enquiry

Things to consider when listening:

In a world where everyone was beautiful, would we be more or less shallow than we are now? Would you sign up to the Fitter AR app? (Shut up, of course you bloody well would!) What’s the highest number of people you can share this podcast with?

Let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast as a whole at doewilmann@outlook.com

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@meaninglessproblems)

I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) account dedicated to the podcast.

Website:

Meaninglessproblems.com

Thanks for listening

Credits:

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media (Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

Meaningless Problems with Doe Wilmann

#25 It Wasn’t Me

Sun, 20 Aug 2023 00:25:00 +0100

Kimi is delighted with Su-Z, a new personal assistant software that can send and respond to emails on her behalf. But her delight is punctured when her boyfriend receives a message from one of her email contacts claiming that he and Kimi have fallen in love. Will Kimi’s boyfriend believe her when she pins the blame on Su-Z? And what exactly has her personal assistant been saying in those messages?

Sc-fi - Comedy - Relationships

It Wasn’t Me is an original short story by Doe Wilmann

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to meaninglessproblems.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast.

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror

The Twilight Zone

Episode 21 of this podcast

Sci-fi

Personal Assistant Software

Fiction that makes you think

Philosophical fiction

Speculative fiction

Contemplating the future

Contemplating the meaning of life

Any form of philosophical enquiry

Things to consider when listening:

If an AI was perfectly modelled on your brain, would you have to accept culpability for its actions? Would you use a Su-Z in your place of work? What’s the highest number of people you can share this podcast with?

Let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast as a whole at doewilmann@outlook.com

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@meaninglessproblems)

I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) account dedicated to the podcast.

Website:

Meaninglessproblems.com

Thanks for listening

Credits:

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media (Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

Meaningless Problems with Doe Wilmann

#24 The Light Without The Filter

Sun, 13 Aug 2023 00:25:00 +0100

Lee has a strong memory of his dad’s last moments on this earth. Only it’s not his memory, it’s his dad’s. Somehow he can picture, with perfect clarity, the final thing his dad saw before he passed away. Is this just a trick of Lee’s imagination or is it pointing towards something deeper?

Philosophy - Spirituality - Non-Duality

The Light Without The Filter is an original short story by Doe Wilmann

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to meaninglessproblems.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast.

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Non Duality

Spirituality

Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman

Talking Heads by Alan Bennett

Alan Watts

Fiction that makes you think

Short stories with a twist

Lights

Filters

Philosophical fiction

Speculative fiction

Contemplating the meaning of life

Any form of philosophical enquiry

Things to consider when listening:

Do you find Lee’s ‘discovery’ convincing? If not, what is your understanding of consciousness? And do you really believe you wouldn’t be having any form of conscious experience if one specific sperm hadn’t fertilised one specific egg? What’s the highest number of people you can share this podcast with?

Let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast as a whole at doewilmann@outlook.com

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@meaninglessproblems)

I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) account dedicated to the podcast.

Website:

Meaninglessproblems.com

Thanks for listening

Credits:

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media ((Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

Meaningless Problems with Doe Wilmann

#23 Starmix and The Runaway Table

Sun, 06 Aug 2023 00:25:00 +0100

Harry Bow (aka Starmix), a part-time waiter and full-time life coach, has discovered the secret of the universe. Namely, that every living being shares the same consciousness. And now it is his mission to correct the bad behaviour of everyone he meets.

Philosophy - Spirituality - Comedy

Starmix and The Runaway Table is an original short story by Doe Wilmann

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to meaninglessproblems.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast.

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

PG Wodehouse

Tom Sharpe

Spirituality

Absurdism

Non Duality

Restaurants

Neck Tattoos

Fiction that makes you think

Philosophical fiction

Contemplating the meaning of life

Any form of philosophical enquiry

Things to consider when listening:

How would you change your behaviour if it was proven that all human beings shared a single consciousness? What is it about your consciousness that makes you think it is unique to you? What’s the highest number of people you can share this podcast with?

Let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast as a whole at doewilmann@outlook.com

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@meaninglessproblems)

I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) account dedicated to the podcast.

Website:

Meaninglessproblems.com

Thanks for listening

Credits:

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media ((Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

Meaningless Problems with Doe Wilmann

#22 Making You Feel Better

Sun, 30 Jul 2023 00:05:00 +0100

There’s a secret that may well blow your entire world apart. ‘You wouldn’t recognise me but you have seen me,’ says the narrator of this story. ‘You’ve seen me many times. The day your partner left you. When you were fired from your job. The time you felt like you couldn’t go on…’ So who are they? And what is their secret?

Philosophy - Spirituality - Absurdism

Making You Feel Better is an original short story by Doe Wilmann

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to meaninglessproblems.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast.

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman

A History of the World in Ten and a Half Chapters by Julian Barnes

Spirituality

Reincarnation

Fiction that makes you think

Short stories with a twist

Philosophical fiction

Speculative fiction

Contemplating the meaning of life

Any form of philosophical enquiry

Things to consider when listening:

Does the misfortune of others ever make you feel better? If not, what do you mean when you say ‘well it could be worse’? Would you rather live in a world where everyone was happier than you or a world where you were happier than everyone else? What’s the highest number of people you can share this podcast with?

Let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast as a whole at doewilmann@outlook.com

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@piecesofdoe)

I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) and Twitter (@piecesofdoe) account but I can’t promise I’ll use them.

Website:

Piecesofdoe.com or Meaninglessproblems.com

Thanks for listening

Credits:

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media ((Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

Meaningless Problems with Doe Wilmann

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#21 Instant Connect (performed by Taj Atwal)

Sun, 23 Jul 2023 00:25:00 +0100

There’s a new dating app that cuts out the dating. It connects two compatible people and implants a love story into their memories, while removing any recollection of ever having signed up to the service. As far as the two lovers are concerned, they met and fell in love in a totally normal, natural way. So when Selina’s best friend suddenly announces she’s getting married to a woman Selina has never heard of before, you can understand why she might be suspicious.

Taj Atwal is a Bafta-nominated actress best known for her roles in Hullraisers, Memory, In The Club and Line of Duty.

Sc-fi - Comedy - Relationships

Instant Connect is an original short story by Doe Wilmann

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to meaninglessproblems.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast.

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror

Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads

Taj Atwal

Dating Apps

Fiction that makes you think

Philosophical fiction

Speculative fiction

Contemplating the meaning of life

Any form of philosophical enquiry

Things to consider when listening:

If someone changed your memory, would you still be you? What if they replaced your memories in their entirety with someone else’s? What do you mean by ‘you’? What’s the highest number of people you can share this podcast with?

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

And if you’re a writer, maybe this will inspire you to take on a similar challenge yourself. In which case, let me know about it via email. doewilmann @ outlook.com

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@piecesofdoe)

I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) and Twitter (@piecesofdoe) account but I can’t promise I’ll use them.

Website:

Piecesofdoe.com or Meaninglessproblems.com

Thanks for listening

Credits:

Written by Doe Wilmann Performed by Taj Atwal

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media ((Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

Meaningless Problems with Doe Wilmann

#20 Failing Our Son

Sat, 15 Jul 2023 00:25:00 +0100

When her teenage son experiences failure, Gina is annoyed by her husband’s indifference. But did Martin secretly hope their son would fail all along?

Philosophy - Comedy - Domesticity

Failing Our Son is an original short story by Doe Wilmann

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to meaninglessproblems.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast.

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Fiction that makes you think

Philosophical fiction

Rugby

Fruit Bowls

Contemplating the meaning of life

Any form of philosophical enquiry

Things to consider when listening:

How can failure be beneficial? Is it wrong to tell your child they can achieve great things? What’s the highest number of people you can share this podcast with?

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

And if you’re a writer, maybe this will inspire you to take on a similar challenge yourself. In which case, let me know about it via email. doewilmann @ outlook.com

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@piecesofdoe)

I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) and Twitter (@piecesofdoe) account but I can’t promise I’ll use them.

Website:

Piecesofdoe.com or Meaninglessproblems.com

Thanks for listening

Credits:

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media ((Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

Meaningless Problems with Doe Wilmann

#19 The Loop

Sun, 09 Jul 2023 00:25:00 +0100

When we die, we come back as the person to whom we’ve caused the most harm. At least that’s what the plumber says…

Philosophy - Spirituality - Absurdism

The Loop is an original short story by Doe Wilmann

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to meaninglessproblems.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast.

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman

A History of the World in Ten and a Half Chapters by Julian Barnes

Reincarnation

Fiction that makes you think

Short stories with a twist

Philosophical fiction

Speculative fiction

Contemplating the meaning of life

Any form of philosophical enquiry

Things to consider when listening:

Who is the person to whom you have caused the most harm? What do you think happens after you die? What if you’re wrong? What’s the highest number of people you can share this podcast with?

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

And if you’re a writer, maybe this will inspire you to take on a similar challenge yourself. In which case, let me know about it via email. doewilmann @ outlook.com

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@piecesofdoe)

I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) and Twitter (@piecesofdoe) account but I can’t promise I’ll use them.

Website:

Piecesofdoe.com or Meaninglessproblems.com

Thanks for listening

Credits:

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media ((Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

Meaningless Problems with Doe Wilmann

#18 The World’s Happiest Person

Fri, 30 Jun 2023 11:49:00 +0100

A woman knocks on Bernard’s door and tells him he’s won an award.

Philosophy - Comedy - Absurdism

The World’s Happiest Person is an original short story by Doe Wilmann

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to meaninglessproblems.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast.

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Being Happy

Gardening

Bingo

Fiction that makes you think

Short stories with a twist

Philosophical fiction

Contemplating the meaning of life

Any form of philosophical enquiry

Things to consider when listening:

Can we measure happiness? Would we want to? Would you want to know how happy you are relative to other people? What’s the highest number of people you can share this podcast with?

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

And if you’re a writer, maybe this will inspire you to take on a similar challenge yourself. In which case, let me know about it via email. doewilmann @ outlook.com

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@piecesofdoe)

I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) and Twitter (@piecesofdoe) account but I can’t promise I’ll use them.

Website:

Piecesofdoe.com or Meaninglessproblems.com

Thanks for listening

Credits:

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media ((Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

Meaningless Problems with Doe Wilmann

#17 The Guru

Sun, 25 Jun 2023 00:25:00 +0100

After many years searching for a guru, the narrator finally finds one in an unexpected place.

Philosophy - Spirituality - Non-Duality

The Guru is an original short story by Doe Wilmann

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to meaninglessproblems.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast.

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Non Duality

Meditation

Spirituality

Alan Watts

Fiction that makes you think

Short stories with a twist

Philosophical fiction

Speculative fiction

Contemplating the meaning of life

Any form of philosophical enquiry

Things to consider when listening:

What is the understanding that the guru in this story embodies? Can this understanding be learnt or acquired? What’s the highest number of people you can share this podcast with?

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

And if you’re a writer, maybe this will inspire you to take on a similar challenge yourself. In which case, let me know about it via email. doewilmann @ outlook.com

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@piecesofdoe)

I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) and Twitter (@piecesofdoe) account but I can’t promise I’ll use them.

Website:

Piecesofdoe.com or Meaninglessproblems.com

Thanks for listening

Credits:

Thanks to Katie Empett for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media ((Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

Meaningless Problems with Doe Wilmann

#16 Why You’ll Never Be Dead (performed by Dot Major)

Sun, 18 Jun 2023 00:25:00 +0100

As a plane experiences turbulence, one passenger lays out five reasons why we’ll never be dead. This episode is performed by London Grammar’s Dot Major.

Dot Major is a multi award-winning musician best known for being one third of the band London Grammar, whose albums have been number one in the UK charts and across the world. Dot has also just embarked on a solo career in electronic music.

Philosophy - Comedy - Life and Death

Why You’ll Never Be Dead is an original short story by Doe Wilmann

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to meaninglessproblems.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast.

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman

A History of the World in Ten and a Half Chapters by Julian Barnes

The ‘Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal’ podcast

Sam Harris’ ‘Making Sense’ podcast

‘The Panpsycast Philosophy Podcast’

London Grammar

The WeCroak app

Non Duality

Alan Watts

Fiction that makes you think

Philosophical fiction

The afterlife

Contemplating the meaning of life

Any form of philosophical enquiry

Things to consider when listening:

Do you find any of the narrator’s five reasons compelling? What do you think happens after you die? What if you’re wrong? What’s the highest number of people you can share this podcast with?

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

And if you’re a writer, maybe this will inspire you to take on a similar challenge yourself. In which case, let me know about it via email. doewilmann @ outlook.com

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@piecesofdoe)

I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) and Twitter (@piecesofdoe) account but I can’t promise I’ll use them.

Website:

Piecesofdoe.com or Meaninglessproblems.com

Thanks for listening

Credits:

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media ((Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

Meaningless Problems with Doe Wilmann

#15 They’ll Have to Kill Me

Sun, 11 Jun 2023 00:25:00 +0100

The prime minister wakes up in his country residence to find that everyone thinks he’s gone completely mad. So did he really speak to those men in black raincoats who told him he needs to follow their orders? Or did he imagine it? Who can you trust when you can no longer trust the voice in your own head?

Psychological Thriller - Suspense - Political

They’ll Have to Kill Me is an original short story by Doe Wilmann

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to meaninglessproblems.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast.

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads

Fiction that makes you think

Psychological fiction

Contemplating the nature of the self

Politics

Prime ministers

Country residences

Ignoring the voice in your head

Things to consider when listening:

What would happen if a world leader legitimately went mad - would we find out or would it be covered up? Would you still trust your own memories if everyone around you was discrediting them? Who is that voice inside your head - is it you? What’s the highest number of people you can share this podcast with?

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

And if you’re a writer, maybe this will inspire you to take on a similar challenge yourself. In which case, let me know about it via email. doewilmann @ outlook.com

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@piecesofdoe)

I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) and Twitter (@piecesofdoe) account but I can’t promise I’ll use them.

Website:

Piecesofdoe.com or Meaninglessproblems.com

Thanks for listening

Credits:

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media ((Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

Meaningless Problems with Doe Wilmann

#14 I Am

Sun, 04 Jun 2023 00:25:00 +0100

An atheist wakes up in heaven.

Philosophy - Comedy - Technology

I Am is an original short story by Doe Wilmann

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to meaninglessproblems.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast.

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman

A History of the World in Ten and a Half Chapters by Julian Barnes

The ‘Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal’ podcast

Sam Harris’ ‘Making Sense’ podcast

‘The Panpsycast Philosophy Podcast’

Alan Watts

Fiction that makes you think

Philosophical fiction

Speculative fiction

The afterlife

Simulations

Religion

Contemplating the meaning of life

Any form of philosophical enquiry

Episode #12 of this podcast

Episode #13 of this podcast

Things to consider when listening:

What happens after you die? What if you’re wrong? What’s the highest number of people you can share this podcast with?

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

And if you’re a writer, maybe this will inspire you to take on a similar challenge yourself. In which case, let me know about it via email. doewilmann @ outlook.com

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@piecesofdoe)

I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) and Twitter (@piecesofdoe) account but I can’t promise I’ll use them.

Website:

Piecesofdoe.com or Meaninglessproblems.com

Thanks for listening

Credits:

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media ((Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

Meaningless Problems with Doe Wilmann

#13 What if I’m Not?

Sun, 28 May 2023 00:25:00 +0100

A writer is slightly concerned about the most recent episode of his short story podcast. He shares these concerns with a plumber and is surprised by his response.

Comedy - Philosophy - Plumbing

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to meaninglessproblems.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast.

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman

The ‘Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal’ podcast

Sam Harris’ ‘Making Sense’ podcast

‘The Panpsycast Philosophy Podcast’

Alan Watts

Fiction that makes you think

Philosophical fiction

Speculative fiction

Artificial intelligence

The afterlife

Simulations

Narcissism

Contemplating the meaning of life

Any form of philosophical enquiry

Episode #3 of this podcast

Episode #12 of this podcast

Speaking/listening to plumbers

Things to consider when listening:

Do you ever wonder if you’re the only person who truly exists? How do you know other people are having an experience given that you have no way of accessing this experience? Is it possible that the world is a simulation? What’s the highest number of people you can share this podcast with?

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

And if you’re a writer, maybe this will inspire you to take on a similar challenge yourself. In which case, let me know about it via email. doewilmann @ outlook.com

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@piecesofdoe)

I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) and Twitter (@piecesofdoe) account but I can’t promise I’ll use them.

Website:

Piecesofdoe.com or Meaninglessproblems.com

Thanks for listening

Credits:

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media ((Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

Meaningless Problems with Doe Wilmann

#12 Fake World, Equal World

Sun, 21 May 2023 00:25:00 +0100

When an egotistical writer dies, he wakes up to discover his entire life was a simulation.

Fake World, Equal World is an original short story by Doe Wilmann

Sc-fi - Philosophy - Technology

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to meaninglessproblems.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast.

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman

Philip K Dick

Fiction that makes you think

Philosophical fiction

Speculative fiction

Artificial intelligence

The afterlife

Simulations

Narcissism

Things to consider when listening:

Do you ever wonder if you’re the only person who truly exists? How do you know other people are having an experience given that you have no way of accessing this experience? Is it possible that the world is a simulation? What’s the highest number of people you can share this podcast with?

#11 Protest at the Theatre

Sun, 14 May 2023 00:25:00 +0100

When a play is disrupted by protests, it does wonders for ticket sales.

Protest at the Theatre is an original short story by Doe Wilmann

Comedy - Theatre - Corruption

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to meaninglessproblems.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast.

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads

Tom Sharpe

PG Wodehouse

Fawlty Towers

Episode 4 of this podcast

Theatre Funding

Protests

Plays about hairdressing

Things to consider when listening:

Is it wrong for theatre companies to take funding from companies they deem immoral? Is it ok for a protest group to disrupt a theatrical performance? Are some protests more likely to backfire than succeed? What’s the highest number of people you can share this podcast with?

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

And if you’re a writer, maybe this will inspire you to take on a similar challenge yourself. In which case, let me know about it via email. doewilmann @ outlook.com

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@piecesofdoe)

I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) and Twitter (@piecesofdoe) account but I can’t promise I’ll use them.

Website:

Piecesofdoe.com or Meaninglessproblems.com

Thanks for listening

Credits:

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media ((Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

Meaningless Problems with Doe Wilmann

#10 Plonker (performed by Mary Tillett)

Sun, 07 May 2023 00:25:00 +0100

On the verge of becoming a grandparent for the first time, Irene reflects on her relationship with her husband aka ‘Plonker’.

Plonker is an original short story by Doe Wilmann

Dramatic Monologue - Psychological - Relationships

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to meaninglessproblems.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast.

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads

Dramatic Monologues

Fiction that makes you think

Psychological fiction

The apparent unfairness of life

Concorde

Hospitals

Grandchildren

UB40

Hugh Laurie

Gordon Ramsay

Episode 5 of this Podcast

Things to consider when listening:

Does life really pass quickly or is this just our memories playing tricks on us? Are memories a sufficient consolation for ageing? When you’re doing something fun, what matters more: the activity or the person/s you’re doing it with? What’s the highest number of people you can share this podcast with? (Why did I used persons in the question before last and people in the last one?)

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

And if you’re a writer, maybe this will inspire you to take on a similar challenge yourself. In which case, let me know about it via email. doewilmann @ outlook.com

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@piecesofdoe)

I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) and Twitter (@piecesofdoe) account but I can’t promise I’ll use them.

Website:

Piecesofdoe.com or Meaninglessproblems.com

Thanks for listening

Credits:

Performed by Mary Tillett

Recorded and edited by Sebastian Brown

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media ((Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

Meaningless Problems with Doe Wilmann

#9 Consuming Content

Sun, 30 Apr 2023 00:25:00 +0100

A writer from 2043 laments being replaced by the AI chat bot ChatGPT. But are there some upsides?

Consuming Content is an original short story by Doe Wilmann

Sc-fi - Philosophy - Technology

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to meaninglessproblems.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast.

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman

Philip K Dick

Fiction that makes you think

Philosophical fiction

Speculative fiction

ChatGPT

Artificial intelligence

Considering Creativity

The idea of writers being replaced

Things to consider when listening:

Do you need to produce the art in order for it to belong to you? Where does creativity come from? Will AI make humans more creative or less? Does everyone have a form of creative genius hidden within? What’s the highest number of people you can share this podcast with?

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

And if you’re a writer, maybe this will inspire you to take on a similar challenge yourself. In which case, let me know about it via email. doewilmann @ outlook.com

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@piecesofdoe)

I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) and Twitter (@piecesofdoe) account but I can’t promise I’ll use them.

Website:

Piecesofdoe.com or Meaninglessproblems.com

Thanks for listening

Credits:

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media ((Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

Meaningless Problems with Doe Wilmann

#8 A Fantastic Government Initiative

Sun, 23 Apr 2023 00:25:00 +0100

On the day the UK government tests out its new emergency alerts system, there are some unexpected consequences for writer Alvin Rikard (first seen in ep4) and prisoner-in-his-own-home Kevin (first seen in ep1).

A Fantastic Government Initiative is an original short story by Doe Wilmann

Comedy - Farce - Relationships

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to meaninglessproblems.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast.

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads

Tom Sharpe

PG Wodehouse

Fawlty Towers

Fiction inspired by true events

Contemplating the nature of the self

Complaining about your partner

Emergency alerts

Government initiatives

Ignoring the voice in your head

Things to consider when listening:

Is it pointless having a wide audience if they won’t remember what you’ve written? Would you rather produce beautiful art for a small audience or forgettable art for a large one? Would an incoming ballistic missile change how you felt towards those around you? What’s the highest number of people you can share this podcast with?

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

And if you’re a writer, maybe this will inspire you to take on a similar challenge yourself. In which case, let me know about it via email. doewilmann @ outlook.com

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@piecesofdoe)

I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) and Twitter (@piecesofdoe) account but I can’t promise I’ll use them.

Website:

Piecesofdoe.com or Meaninglessproblems.com

Thanks for listening

Credits:

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media ((Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

Meaningless Problems with Doe Wilmann

#7 My True Self

Sun, 16 Apr 2023 00:25:00 +0100

The person who wakes up in Mike’s body isn’t Mike. He or she has swapped bodies with Mike overnight and now they need to swap back. The trouble is, Mike’s body includes Mike’s mind, which means they have all of Mike’s thoughts and all of Mike’s memories too, and none of their own. How can you get back to your true self if you don’t know who or what that is?

My True Self is an original short story by Doe Wilmann

Absurdist - Comedy - Philosophy

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to meaninglessproblems.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast.

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads

Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected

The Fly

Non duality

Albert Camus

René Descartes

Fiction that makes you think

Psychological fiction

Philosophical fiction

Contemplating the nature of the self

Freaky Friday

Being John Malkovich

The Change-Up

Body Swap stories

Skiving work

Things to consider when listening:

Who/what is your true self? If you were to swap bodies and minds with another person, would you still be you? But don’t you have an almost entirely different body and mind than you did when you were a child? What do you mean by ‘you’? What’s the highest number of people you can share this podcast with?

#6 Your Opinion Matters

Sun, 09 Apr 2023 00:25:00 +0100

After sixteen years working in a bank, Emma still loves her job and still loves serving her customers. You might think this is great. But I’m the voice in Emma’s head and, for me, it’s a living nightmare.

Your Opinion Matters is an original short story by Doe Wilmann

Comedy - Suspense - Psychological

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to meaninglessproblems.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast.

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads

Dramatic Monologues

Fiction that makes you think

Psychological fiction

Contemplating the nature of the self

Banks

‘I Got You Babe’ by Sonny and Cher

Episode 1 of this podcast

Good customer service

Ignoring the voice in your head

Things to consider when listening:

Who is that voice in your head who makes you do things you don’t want to do? Can a mundane job be enjoyable if you approach it with the right attitude? Do you prefer to stand in line or sit and wait? What’s the highest number of people you can share this podcast with?

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

And if you’re a writer, maybe this will inspire you to take on a similar challenge yourself. In which case, let me know about it via email. doewilmann @ outlook.com

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@piecesofdoe)

I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) and Twitter (@piecesofdoe) account but I can’t promise I’ll use them.

Website:

Piecesofdoe.com or Meaninglessproblems.com

Thanks for listening

Credits:

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media ((Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

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#5 Silly Old Trick (performed by Maison Sawyer)

Sun, 02 Apr 2023 05:25:00 +0100

Scared that his whole life might pass him by, Edward devises a trick to help him appreciate his youth.

Silly Old Trick - an original short story by Doe Wilmann, performed by Maison Sawyer

Psychological - Suspense - Drama

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to meaninglessproblems.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast.

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads

Dramatic Monologues

Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman

Fiction that makes you think

Psychological fiction

Contemplating the nature of the self

Tricks

Anaglypta wallpaper

Shortbread biscuits

Things to consider when listening:

Does life really pass in the blink of an eye? Are memories a sufficient consolation for ageing? What’s the highest number of people you can share this podcast with?

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

And if you’re a writer, maybe this will inspire you to take on a similar challenge yourself. In which case, let me know about it via email. doewilmann @ outlook.com

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@piecesofdoe)

I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) and Twitter (@piecesofdoe) account but I can’t promise I’ll use them.

Website:

Piecesofdoe.com or Meaninglessproblems.com

Thanks for listening

Credits:

Written by Doe Wilmann

Performed by Maison Sawyer

Recorded & Edited by Sebastian Brown

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media ((Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

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#4 About Hairdressing

Sun, 26 Mar 2023 05:25:00 +0100

When Alvin Rikard says he’s writing a play about hairdressing, his best friend’s wife Natalia invites him to visit her salon. Alvin is delighted to accept. But are his motives entirely professional?

About Hairdressing is an original short story by Doe Wilmann

Comedy - Theatre - Sexual Tension

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to meaninglessproblems.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast.

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Noel Coward

PG Wodehouse

Tom Sharpe

Silly short stories

Haircuts

Salons

Hairdressers from Poland

Things to consider when listening:

Is Alvin doing anything wrong? Have you ever found yourself in a similar situation? (I’ll be honest, it’s not the deepest of episodes so there’s not too much to think about here) Do you know any decent hairdressers? What’s the highest number of people you can share this podcast with?

Credits:

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media ((Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

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#3 The End Product

Sun, 19 Mar 2023 05:25:00 +0000

When a writer tells a plumber about his theory of the world, he is surprised by the plumber’s response.

The End Product is an original short story by Doe Wilmann

Comedy - Philosophy - Plumbing

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to meaninglessproblems.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast.

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

The ‘Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal’ podcast

Sam Harris’ ‘Making Sense’ podcast

‘The Panpsycast Philosophy Podcast’

Alan Watts

Why I Write by George Orwell

Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman

Tales of the Unexpected by Roald Dahl

Contemplating the meaning of life

Any form of philosophical enquiry

Speaking/listening to plumbers

Things to consider when listening:

What is the meaning of life? If the whole world is a factory, what are we creating? Is it necessary to have a purpose in life? Do you know any good plumbers? What’s the highest number of people you can share this podcast with?

Credits:

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media ((Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

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www.meaninglessproblems.com

#2 Groundhog Day

Sun, 12 Mar 2023 05:25:00 +0000

Jake has just seen his dad for the last time. Or has he? Their relationship has strained over the last ten years but the one thing the father and son have left is their love for the iconic Bill Murray movie, Groundhog Day. So when Jake flies back home to see his dad one last time, he wonders if he’ll end up reliving this day over and over again.

Groundhog Day is an original short story by Doe Wilmann

Drama - Family - Philosophy

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to piecesofdoe.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast.

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Groundhog Day

Bill Murray

The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli

Albert Einstein

Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman

Fiction with philosophical undertones

Contemplating the nature of the self

Complaining about long flights

Oasis

Carmen Electra

Things to consider when listening:

What would you do differently if you could live an important day of your life over again? Do you believe there is anything special about ‘now’ or might all times exist simultaneously? What is your favourite Bill Murray movie? What’s the highest number of people you can share this podcast with?

Credits:

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media ((Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

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#1 My Home is a Prison

Sun, 05 Mar 2023 05:25:00 +0000

After thirty four years of marriage, Kevin feels like a prisoner in his own home. His religious faith means he is unable to divorce his wife. So is there another way he could bring their relationship to an end?

My Home is a Prison is an original short story by Doe Wilmann

True Crime - Comedy - Relationships

(Yes, I’m doing that annoying Netflix thing where it gives you three buzzwords for each show. But it should help you if you’re scrolling through episodes)

If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to piecesofdoe.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast.

You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Tom Sharpe

PG Wodehouse

Fawlty Towers

Fiction inspired by true events

Contemplating the nature of the self

‘I Got You Babe’ by Sonny and Cher

Complaining about your partner

Robbing banks

Sitting in a shed

Ignoring the voice in your head

Things to consider when listening:

Should we be confined by the commitments made by our past selves? Who is the voice in your head? Is freedom a place or a state of mind? What’s the highest number of people you can share this podcast with?

And the true story that inspired ‘My Home is a Prison’:

It’s not quite as frivolous as the tale of Kevin and Barbara, but…

(contains spoilers)…

https://shortest.link/iG0F

Acknowledgements:

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes.

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5.

A license to use the media ((Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein.

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TRAILER: Meaningless Problems with Doe Wilmann

Wed, 22 Feb 2023 12:19:43 +0000

Launching on 5th March 2023. Subscribe now to get a Meaningless Problem in your life every single week.

I wanted a platform where I could communicate directly with all the people who like my writing. And yes, I could have invited both of them out for a coffee but they don’t get on. So I’m doing a podcast instead.

Will I keep it up? Will anyone listen? Does it matter either way?

A mix of styles, genre and quality. Some will be comedies, some will be dramas, some will be sci-fi, and some will be rubbish.

Common topics/ themes:

The absurd

Consciousness

Free will

Artificial intelligence

God

The Afterlife

Non Duality

Eternalism

Haircuts

Benches

Sheds

You’ll like this if you like….

Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror

Sum: Tales of the Afterlife by David Eagleman

Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads

Julian Barnes

Kazuo Ishiguro (I realise I’m now just listing writers I like…)

Margaret Atwood

Oscar Wilde

Anton Chekhov

George Orwell

This is my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends.

And if you’re a writer, maybe this will inspire you to take on a similar challenge yourself. In which case, let me know about it via email. doewilmann @ outlook.com

For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok.

I also have an Instagram and Twitter account but I can’t promise I’ll use them.

@piecesofdoe for all three.

Website:

Piecesofdoe.com

Thanks for listening