In this episode Dara argues that at a certain moment in autumn, the whole season starts to feel like a Sunday night, and not in a good way! The shortening days, the lengthening nights, it all combines to create a sense of nature closing in to usher us into a dark resting place. And isn't that what Mondays can feel like?

Warming to the theme, Dara once again finds himself advocating for more contact with nature and less contact with tech. He wonders if we're not completely losing touch with our instincts as we become ever more subsumed by the numberless conveniences and relentless stimulation of the modern moment. For him it raises the question of knowledge. What do we believe we know? What do we use to inform our existential navigation system?

To make the show a bit more high-falutin', Dara sources a handful of autumn poems, including a couple of classics from Dante Gabriel Rosetti and Mary Oliver. Watch out for the falling leaves!

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