Judith Lucy - Overwhelmed & Dying

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Comedian Judith Lucy is totally overwhelmed by the state of the world and her own life. This podcast is her attempt at trying to work out how to feel less overwhelmed. She's going to solve her problems and yours in a mere eight episodes. This is going to get deep.

  • 56 seconds
    BONUS | Get more Judith Lucy on ABC Listen

    Hope you enjoyed the series but if you need more Judith Lucy head to the ABC Listen app.

    You can hear three exclusive extended interviews. Jenny Odell, the writer who taught us how to do nothing, Jeff Sparrow on why guilt is being manipulated by polluters and Chris Johnstone, the doctor and co-founder of Active Hope, a practice that helps you deal with deal with climate related stress. 

    13 December 2022, 1:00 pm
  • 34 minutes
    S2 06 | Are we just completely screwed

    Is the future quite so bleak? Maybe we won't all be living in bunkers and doing chin-ups.

    You can hear more from Jenny Odell, the writer of How to do Nothing, Chris Johnstone, doctor and the co-founder of Active Hope & Jeff Sparrow, who talks about who's really to blame for the climate emergency.

    13 December 2022, 1:00 pm
  • 33 minutes 17 seconds
    S2 05 | What if we changed everything

    Time to go tiny!  

    Judith moves into a tiny house, with, er, mixed results.

    And she learns more about how food is produced and how to practise active hope in a time of existential dread.

    Written and performed by Judith Lucy

    Producer Beth Atkinson-Quinton

    Sound engineer David Le May

    Executive Producer Tom Wright

    29 November 2022, 1:00 pm
  • 35 minutes 19 seconds
    S2 04 | People have the power

    Time to get ourselves glued to something, people!

    Despite sorting out her own place and helping out locally, Judith wants to do more.

    She talks to a teen who sued the Environment Minister and is inspired to go on an Extinction Rebellion protest.

    Who knows, the next episode might be coming from jail cell?

    22 November 2022, 1:00 pm
  • 35 minutes 38 seconds
    S2 03 | Maybe I don't hate everyone?

    Doing stuff alone can only get you so far and Judith, for once, enjoys being part of a team.

    Judith helps out her in local area. She writes letters to her MP, plants trees at her local beach and learns about her area's indigenous history. 

    15 November 2022, 1:30 pm
  • 36 minutes 8 seconds
    S2 02 | Absolutely everything is my fault!

    If we want to change, start small.

    So Judith gets tips on how to grow a garden, make her place more eco-friendly and even has a Masterchef finalist cook her (a vegan lunch).

    Despite all this she still feels guilty about the planet.

    People are to blame and we can't do anything, right?! Wrong! 

    8 November 2022, 1:30 pm
  • 37 minutes 48 seconds
    S2 01 | A life that doesn't suck

    Did you make a promise to change things during lockdown? 

    COVID made Judith take a look at how she was living and didn't like what she saw.

    Is she capable of change and can that change help not just her, but the planet?

    Find out over the next six episodes.

    Written and performed by Judith Lucy

    Producer Beth Atkinson-Quinton

    Sound engineer David Le May

    Executive Producer Tom Wright

    1 November 2022, 1:15 pm
  • 55 seconds
    INTRODUCING | Judith Lucy - Overwhelmed and Living

    After lockdown Judith is still asking the big questions. She’s out to change her life and yours for the better in six episodes...

    21 October 2022, 1:15 pm
  • 29 minutes 26 seconds
    08 | Tying all this crap together

    In the series finale, Judith goes back to her home state of Western Australia to try and connect with family, nature in all its glory and the Australian author Tim Winton.

    Will she feel better, happier and somehow tie all this crap together?

    WARNING: This episode contains strong language

    You can read a statement from Subsea 7 about their planned Learmonth Pipeline Fabrication Facility here.

    23 April 2020, 7:45 pm
  • 35 minutes 47 seconds
    07 | Seriously, WTF!? | Judith Lucy - Overwhelmed & Dying

    Judith confronts some big questions like, why are we here? Can we ever truly prepare understand death?

    And why did she became one of those insufferable people who started ‘searching’?

    WARNING: This episode contains strong language

    15 April 2020, 8:00 pm
  • 28 minutes 36 seconds
    06 | Tree, can I eat your leaves? | Judith Lucy - Overwhelmed & Dying

    Who doesn’t read the news and feel like bursting into tears?

    How do you counter being overwhelmed by the state of the world right now?

    Judith’s answer is to go on a date with a tree.

    WARNING: This episode contains strong language

    8 April 2020, 8:00 pm
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