Overinformed

Overinformed is a series that explores the aspects of life you are probably already thinking about. Each episode will examine and reflect on one aspect of life, and let the story go from there. At the end of each audio journey, perhaps you might be left with a little more understanding about the world today. This series explores the factors and fascinations of the Millennial generation. Overinformed will look back and out to the horizon for where we are going and how the world has changed.

Episodes

6: What is happening to sex?

March 5, 2020 • 49 mins

Can we talk about this? Great. There is a lot going on. Women around the world who have been sexually harassed are speaking out about what happened to them and not feeling the repercussions themselves, to the point where reports of sexual violence have increased. Simultaneously, it has been observed that around the world, sexual activity has declined among young adults and teenagers. Is it Private Browsing's fault? Are men being ...

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5: What is the business of being an artist?

February 27, 2020 • 38 mins

You might think that when you're trying to be a professional creative that you can just build it and they will come? Oh no no no no. You may see many successful artists and creatives around but they where the ones that magically survived the years of nothing happening and nobody caring. So how do they get past that when now everybody cares about what they do and how they support it? Our episode is joined by artists of differen...

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Where is my home? Bonus: Pat Dolan from Institute For Lifecourse And Society, NUI Galway

February 24, 2020 • 37 mins

If you listened to the 'Where is my home' episode of Overinformed, then you know already why we have posted the full interview of Pat Dolan. It was too good to let the full interview go unpublished. Pat Dolan speaks in more detail about Lifecourse theory, the impact his institute has had on government policy, the future of work, the need for migration in Ireland, decentralising the Irish economy, and the future of living. The int...

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4: Where is my home?

February 20, 2020 • 33 mins

Oh I should have had a regular income by now? Oh I should be thinking about a mortgage right now? Oh the rent's gone up again? Oh wasn't this all supposed to happen a lot faster? Oh am I ever going to leave my parents home? Oh I'm not an adult? I've the got the age and aches but not a space in the world to call my place? Oh is any of this going to change for the better? Oh just the episode I need to listen to!

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3: Why are we so afraid of boredom?

February 13, 2020 • 34 mins

A historian, a technologist and a philosopher walk into a recording studio and talk about boredom? What do they say? Press play.

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2: What is political correctness?

February 6, 2020 • 36 mins

Political Correctness is like trying to squeeze room-temperature butter with plastic yellow kitchen gloves. Its much harder to get a grasp on than you may think and goes all over the place. You either think it entraps truthought, or acknowledges that not everyone is the same and that society should reflect that. How can a phrase have this kind of opposite meaning? We try get a handle on this rather slippery and catch-all concept.

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1: What choice do I have?

January 30, 2020 • 17 mins

As a 20/30 year old, you can become many things. These are considered the decades in a persons' life where you define yourself and the rest of your life. So how do you do it, especially when your catalogue of opportunities has grown over the past few decades? Though some choices may be more difficult than others for you, in some ways that's part of the journey. This episode will be exploring how people face this time in their live...

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Trailer: What is a Millennial?

January 14, 2020 • 2 mins

What is Overinformed? What exactly is a Millennial? Episode 1 will be out January 30th 2020

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Overinformed

Episodes

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Where is my home? Bonus: Pat Dolan from Institute For Lifecourse And Society, NUI Galway

4: Where is my home?

3: Why are we so afraid of boredom?

2: What is political correctness?

1: What choice do I have?

Trailer: What is a Millennial?

Popular Podcasts

6: What is happening to sex?

5: What is the business of being an artist?