Coping

The podcast about why life feels like this. Each week, we rethink the stories we've been sold and the ones we tell ourselves with the context that makes everything finally click.

Coping is a society podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 19 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts Coping, a society show with 19 episodes published.

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  Coping

  Coping With Boredom

  Aug 17, 202635 min

  Boredom has gone from something we avoid to something we curate – a new metric in the self‑care economy to measure ourselves by. From 'rawdogging boredom' challenges to the obsession with performing “slow creativity,” we’re told stillness is a portal to a better, more imaginative self. But the research is messy, and our lived experiences even more so. This week, Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson dig into the neuroscience of boredom, the rise of the serial hobbyist, the existential itches that keep us chasing novelty, and the cultural urge to make boredom meaningful – even when the moments in between fail to deliver us anything profound. ☆ Are you a creative looking for support? Visit the ⁠Support Act Creative Industries Hub⁠ or call the Support Act Wellbeing Helpline on 1800 959 500 for a free and confidential chat (and remember, you don't have to be in crisis to call). Sometimes you just need to talk to someone who actually gets it and can hear you out. ☆ Want to support our show? We'd be so grateful if you hit 'follow' or left us a 5-star review so we can bring you more Coping content. Plus, you can follow along with us on ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠ ⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , and ⁠⁠ ⁠Pinterest⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Find out more about what we're up to (and how you can get involved) at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠copinginc.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠. They Want To Influence You To Do… Nothing by Alexander Nazaryan, The New York Times Boredom, Sustained Attention and The Default Mode Network by James Danckert and Colleen Merrifield You Need To Be Bored, Here’s Why by Arthur Brooks, Harvard Business Review The Association Between Boredom And Creativity In Educational Contexts’ by Anke Zeißig, Julia Kansok-Dusche, Saskia M. Fischer, Julia Moeller, Ludwig Bilz Boredom, A Lively History by Peter Toohey Just Think: The Challenges Of The Disengaged Mind by Timothy D. Wilson, David A. Reinhard, Erin C. Westgate, Daniel T. Gilbert, Nicole Ellerbeck, Cheryl Hahn, Casey L. Brown, and Adi Shaked in Science What Does Boredom Do To Us And For Us? by Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker ⁠Quit Romanticising Boredom⁠ by Anna North, The Cut

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  Episode #18

  Coping With Doomsday

  Aug 10, 202634 min

  Doomsday prepping has gone mainstream. What was once a fringe fixation tucked away on conspiracy forums has morphed into a booming industry, with everyday people stockpiling, strategising, and spending (a lot) in the name of “being prepared.” This week, Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson sit with the existential threats uniquely shaping our generation, the preppers taking that fear to its furthest extreme, the brands that saw an opportunity to sell safety, and ultimately ask whether a state of hypervigilance actually soothes our anxiety or just feeds it. After all, what’s worse: the apocalypse (and the world’s least satisfying “I told you so”), or realising you spent your life waiting for it? Prepper Used To Be A Dirty Word. But These 'Ordinary' People Think It's Just Sensible Now by Alexandra Koster, SBS Australia What Doomsday Preppers And Survivalists Can Teach The Rest Of Us , by Anna Levy and Rebecca Cushway, ABC The ‘Panic Industry’ Boom by Coralie Kraft, The New York Times The cognitive avoidance theory of worry , Sibrava, N. and Borkovec, T in APA PsycInfo Blast From The Past Pandemic Practice: Horror Fans And Morbidly Curious Individuals Are More Psychologically Resilient During The COVID-19 Pandemic , by Scrivner, Johnson, Kjeldgaard-Christiansen and Clasen, ScienceDaily ‘All Of His Guns Will Do Nothing For Him’: Lefty Preppers Are Taking A Different Approach To Doomsday by Aaron Gell, The Guardian OpenAI Model Hacks Startup After Going Rogue During Testing , ABC No Worries? Australian Attitudes To National Security, Risk And Resilience , Prof Rory Medcalf AM FAIIA and Tim Wilford, Australian National University Kennedy, Rockefeller, and Civil Defense by Naomi Kroll Hassebroek, NPS ☆ Are you a creative looking for support? Visit the Support Act Creative Industries Hub or call the Support Act Wellbeing Helpline on 1800 959 500 for a free and confidential chat (and remember, you don't have to be in crisis to call). Sometimes you just need to talk to someone who actually gets it and can hear you out. ☆ Want to support our show? We'd be so grateful if you hit 'follow' or left us a 5-star review so we can bring you more Coping content. Plus, you can follow along with us on ⁠ ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠ ⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , and ⁠ ⁠Pinterest⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Find out more about what we're up to (and how you can get involved) at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠copinginc.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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  Episode #17

  Coping With Closure

  Aug 3, 202634 min

  We’re taught to crave closure – the tidy explanation, the perfectly heartfelt apology, the moment where we SEE Idris Elba push the button (or not… idk go watch ‘A House of Dynamite’ and tell us your take). This week, Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson explore our obsession with resolution: where it comes from, whether it’s even possible, and why some of us need a definitive finish while others move through life more content with the grey. And how are we supposed to cope if closure never shows up?? ☆ Are you a creative looking for support? Visit the ⁠ Support Act Creative Industries Hub⁠ or call the Support Act Wellbeing Helpline on 1800 959 500 for a free and confidential chat (and remember, you don't have to be in crisis to call). Sometimes you just need to talk to someone who actually gets it and can hear you out. ☆ Want to support our show? We'd be so grateful if you hit 'follow' or left us a 5-star review so we can bring you more Coping content. Plus, you can follow along with us on ⁠ ⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , and ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pinterest⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Find out more about what we're up to (and how you can get involved) at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠copinginc.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠. A House Of Dynamite , Netflix The Writer Of Netflix’s ‘A House of Dynamite’ Explains Its Ambiguous Ending by Noah Oppenheim, LA Times Do You Really Need Closure? by Christina Caron, The New York Times How To Know If You Really Need Closure Or If It’s Just An Excuse To Talk To Them , by Jolie Price, Fashion Journal Individual Differences In Need For Cognitive Closure, by Donna Webster & Arie Kruglanski, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology There’s Not Always ‘Closure’ In The Never-ending Story Of Grief , by Michael Bull, The Conversation Beyond Dogmatism: The Need For Closure As Related To Religion , by Vassilis Saroglou Closure: The Rush to End Grief and What It Costs Us , by Nancy Berns Does Time Really Heal All Wounds? by Leah Royden, Psychology Today This Too Shall Pass: Temporal Distance and the Regulation of Emotional Distress , by Emma Bruehlman-Senecal and Ozlem Ayduk, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology The Widow’s Guide To Dead Bastards by Jessica Waite Requiem For A Nun by William Faulkner ☆ Are you a creative looking for support? Visit the ⁠Support Act Creative Industries Hub⁠ or call the Support Act Wellbeing Helpline on 1800 959 500 for a free and confidential chat (and remember, you don't have to be in crisis to call). Sometimes you just need to talk to someone who actually gets it and can hear you out. ☆ Want to support our show? We'd be so grateful if you hit 'follow' or left us a 5-star review so we can bring you more Coping content. Plus, you can follow along with us on ⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , and Pinterest⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Find out more about what we're up to (and how you can get involved) at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠copinginc.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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  Episode #16

  Coping With Crashing Out

  Jul 27, 202631 min

  After decades of being sold the idea, especially as women, that the regulated self is the healthy self, we’re collectively hitting breaking point. This week, Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson are onboard to analyse the shift – all stations to crash out central. We cover the big‑feelings energy of Gracie Abrams’ new Look At My Life music vid, the unsettled debate between catharsis and suppression, the reality tv blow-ups that raised us, and the 72‑part internet dramas that are maybe a little too much (even for us). ☆ Flavour up your Dry July with ⁠⁠⁠Angostura Bitters⁠⁠⁠⁠ . We’ll see you at the bar this month with a lemon lime n Angostura bitters in hand, our go-to non-alc choice (it’s a literal Aussie icon). ☆ Look At My Life music video by Gracie Abrams Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn What Does 'Crashing Out' Mean? By Becca Wood, TODAY Gen Z is ‘Crashing Out’ – but experts warn it’s an unhealthy way to regulate emotions , by Fabiana Buontempo, New York Post Crashing Out: The Psychology Behind Gen Z’s Term For Losing It , Simply Psychology Stop Venting! It Doesn’t Work by Vail Cornwall and Juli Fraga, Slate Venting Doesn't Reduce Anger, But Something Else Does by Russell McLendon, Science Alert Whatever Happened to Primal Therapy? by Stephen Ornes, Discover Magazine Gemma Collins crashing out On Celebrity Big Brother Real Housewives of Beverley Hills Amsterdam dinner scene What Happened In The 'Cozy Grocery NYC Roommate Drama'? The Viral TikTok Story And Controversy Explained , K.J. Genualdo, Yahoo Entertainment The Woman In Me , Britney Spears Want to support our show? We'd be so grateful if you hit 'follow' or left us a 5-star review so we can bring you more Coping content. Plus, you can follow along with us on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , and ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pinterest⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Find out more about what we're up to (and how you can get involved) at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠copinginc.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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  Episode #15

  Coping With Sleep

  Jul 20, 202631 min

  We now know soooo much about sleep – how much we should be getting, how much we actually aren’t, the “multivolume fright compendium” of risks attached to not enough sleep, and the booming optimisation industry promising to fix it all. And yet the more we chase the perfect eight hours with all the right tools, the further away it seems to drift. This week, Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson pull apart our collective obsession with “fixing” sleep. We get into the viral TikTok bedtime routines engineered for peak rest, sleep as the latest optimisation frontier for the hustlers among us, and the people who simply can’t sleep – from chronic insomnia to the genetics of true short sleepers. If you don’t hear from us next week? Idk we’re probably sleeping. ☆ Flavour up your Dry July with ⁠ ⁠Angostura Bitters⁠⁠ ⁠ . We’ll see you at the bar this month with a lemon lime n Angostura bitters in hand, our go-to non-alc choice (it’s a literal Aussie icon). ☆ ⁠ Emily’s (@gildedwhim) viral wind-down routine ⁠ on TikTok ⁠ Your Quest For Perfect Sleep Is Keeping You Awake ⁠ by Stacey Colino, Time ⁠ Why Some People Thrive on Four Hours Of Sleep ⁠ by Shayla Love, The New Yorker ⁠ Why Can’t Americans Sleep? ⁠ by Jennifer Senior, The Atlantic ⁠ Franz Kafka's Insomnia Haunted Him, But It Also Fueled His Creativity ⁠ , Antonia Perciaccante interview, Huffpost Want to support our show? We'd be so grateful if you hit 'follow' or left us a 5-star review so we can bring you more Coping content. Plus, you can follow along with us on ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ , ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ , and ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pinterest⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ . Find out more about what we're up to (and how you can get involved) at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠copinginc.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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