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After an absence of a couple of month's Max and Joe are back for Episode 10. We're really excited to be back!

This is a really basic episode, shorter than most others. We update you on what we've done over the past couple of months, including discussing our coursework, our push-up challenge for Cancer Research UK, and our thoughts on clubs reopening.

Towards the end, we talk a bit about the Euros, giving our thoughts as to who should be in the starting XI for England, how far we think England will go, and who we think will win it.

Joe's audio is pretty shite on this one - he's at home, so had to use some shitty normal mic!

Plenty more episodes to come :)

We really appreciate the support. Follow us on Insta @GlutenFitzPodcast, on Twitter @GlutenFitz and on Spotify by searching 'GlutenFitz' on Spotify. Also, we'd love it if you followed Max's fitness page @theglutengym and our push-up challenge page @the_grove_100_challenge. Both on Instagram.

Creds to Sophie Champion for our logo and the royalty music is Flow [Sting] from https://www.avnishparker.com/logo-intro-music

No time stamps for this one as it's a lot shorter, but for the record we start talking about the Euros just after the 22 minute mark.

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Episode 9 is something a bit different. KyZen is a first year UoN Economics student who has Crohn's disease. Due to his condition, KyZen has had to shield for much of the past year, and in the process started a hobby that come out of absolutely nowhere ... Rapping.

He released his first single, 'Isolation', a while ago, a tentative entry into the rapping world. His second single, 'Rising Star', is out TODAY, and he describes it as very much being more his style and where he wants to go with things.

KyZen's story is fascinating. Joe knew nothing about Crohn's Disease before the podcast, and Max only knew a little bit, so give this a listen for an eye-opening insight into the reality of living with such a condition.

We go onto discuss how ruined Kyzen's first year at uni has been, what sparked this rap journey, the lyrics to some of his songs, the importance of family, how Crohn's has shaped his life, and much more.

Please note that we had some real audio trouble to begin with in this one, so if things sound worse than normal that might be why. Still, it was a terrific podcast and it was awesome having KyZen on. 'Rising Star' is out on all major platforms, and the music video will be released shortly.

Follow KyZen on Instagram @kyzen_rap for all the latest updates. As for us, follow us on Insta @GlutenFitzPodcast, on Twitter @GlutenFitz and on Spotify by searching 'GlutenFitz' on Spotify.

Creds to Sophie Champion for our logo and the royalty music is Flow [Sting] from https://www.avnishparker.com/logo-intro-music

Timestamps:

00:00:15 – KyZen intro.

00:00:40 – What’s Crohn’s Disease? What does it do? Symptoms?

00:02:00 – Were you born with it?

00:04:20 – Invisible disabilities.

00:04:50 – How’s uni been affected by Crohn’s disease?

00:05:40 – Treatments.

00:09:30 – Is it genetic? Having kids.

00:11:30 – How’s it affected school? Friends? Relationships?

00:16:00 – KyZen’s first year experience.

00:19:30 – Do you regret going to uni now?

00:20:20 – Has Crohn’s Disease shaped your music?

00:21:50 – What made you choose economics?

00:23:30 – What made you come on the podcast and open up?

00:24:20 – KyZen’s message for people with Crohn’s disease.

00:25:30 – Have you struggled to connect with people at uni?

00:27:00 – Do you feel you’ve been quite lonely this year? The value of family.

00:29:30 – Are you optimistic going forward?

00:31:00 – Have you always liked rapping? Where did it start?

00:38:40 – How’s the feedback been from ‘Isolation’?

00:39:40 – Who’s your inspiration?

00:40:40 – Music and self-expression/connection.

00:42:00 – Talking about ‘Isolation’ and ‘Rising Star’

00:43:00 – Behind the lyrics.

00:47:15 – What’s ‘KyZen’s Philosophy’? What does ‘KyZen’ mean?

00:49:20 – Where do you see yourself in a year? 5 years?

00:51:15 – What’s your upcoming schedule?

00:52:30 – Feature with JungeLand??

00:55:00 – How did you discover GlutenFitz?

00:56:40 – Closing words from KyZen.

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Episode 8 is an episode particularly close to Joe's heart, as we talk about epilepsy on Purple Day, which is the annual awareness day for epilepsy. Joe was diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of 11, and is joined by Ellie Henry and John Priestman, two other epileptics. Ellie was diagnosed with epilepsy in the past few years, whilst John has had it since he was 7. It was a pleasure to have them both on.

Max asks us all various questions that you have submitted, leading to a wide ranging discussion across a range of topics. We discuss what happens when we have a seizure, what you should do if you are with someone having a seizure, our experiences with epilepsy and alcohol, SUDEP, misconceptions, positives to come out of having epilepsy (if any!) and so much more.

Please note that WE ARE NOT MEDICAL EXPERTS! So any advice we give should totally be secondary to that given by your doctor. Every epileptic is different - we just hoped that sharing our unique experiences would give those with epilepsy the reassurance that they are not alone, and would raise awareness with those who aren't epileptic and would like to learn more about it.

As mentioned, this is released to raise awareness of epilepsy in line with Purple Day. A number of great charities are helping to raise awareness on this day, and we strongly encourage you to check out their websites and social media. They include Young Epilepsy, which Ellie and I are reps for, the Epilepsy Society, Epilepsy Action, and the Purple Day website. Please support the cause and, well, wear purple!

Thank you all so much for listening, we really appreciate it! Huge thanks too to Ellie and John for coming on and talking about their conditions. Ellie has a YouTube channel called Small and Strong, and an IG page too (small_and_strong) - check it out!

Creds to Sophie Champion for our logo and the royalty music is Flow [Sting] from https://www.avnishparker.com/logo-intro-music

Timestamps:

00:00:07 – Intro, welcome to Ellie and John

00:00:50 – What is Purple Day?

00:02:00 – What type of epilepsy do we have? Our first and latest seizures.

00:08:50 – What are absence seizures? Our experiences of absence seizures.

00:15:00 – Can we drive? Alternatives to driving when you’re epileptic.

00:18:20 – How many people have epilepsy? Is epilepsy genetic?

00:20:00 – What caused our epilepsies?

00:25:50 – Epilepsy and alcohol. How does it affect going to bars/uni/clubs/social gatherings?

00:38:40 – Are there any positive things that have come out of us having epilepsy? Being a Young Epilepsy rep. The London Marathon. Max talks about celiac disease.

00:45:30 – What are the biggest misconceptions people have about epilepsy? Annoying comments that people make? Photosensitive epilepsy.

00:48:20 – Being epileptic and autistic.

00:51:40 – People being overprotective/treating us differently because we have epilepsy.

00:53:50 – Joking about epilepsy.

00:55:40 – What’s an EEG?

01:00:30 – What happens when we have a seizure? What are the effects of having a seizure? How are our seizures treated? Are we on medication? Are there any side effects from any medication we take?

01:20:20 – Has epilepsy hindered our friendships/relationships? Epilepsy and confidence. Epilepsy and dating.

01:27:50 – Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP). Cameron Boyce’s death. Raising awareness.

01:30:00 – What should you do if someone is having a seizure? General tips. How to help. When should you call an ambulance?

01:40:00 – Closing remarks, Ellie’s YouTube channel.

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Episode 7 is part 2 of our collaboration with Tom Kenyon from Kendog's Pod, covering a wild range of topics centred broadly around the theme of good and evil. This episode has already been released on Tom's YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3pXOmO0MsI&t=2102s), but we thought we'd release it here too just so that our playlist is complete for y'all.

This got quite deep and controversial in certain places. Discussed first are topics of upbringing and leadership, as we talk about how our youths shaped who we are today, and our various experiences of leadership. We then transition to a wide ranging discussion of good and evil. We cover abortion, politics, and the frightening idea that if we had lived in Germany during Nazi rule, there is a chance that we may have well been Nazis. All this and more in a wide ranging and thought provoking episode. Timestamps are below.

Special thanks to Tom for collaborating with us, it was a pleasure to speak with him. Check out his YouTube via the link above, or follow @kendogspod on Instagram for more from him.

Creds to Sophie Champion for our logo and the royalty music is Flow [Sting] from https://www.avnishparker.com/logo-intro-music

Timestamps:

00:00:10 – Intro

00:01:15 – How much does the first 16 years of your life effect your personality and who you become as a person?

00:04:55 – Do you look at yourself in school and ever wish you can intercept at a certain point in time and give yourself a nudge in a different direction?

00:07:30 – How Joe’s views have evolved since coming to uni.

00:08:50 – Tom’s uncomfortable relationship with school

00:10:40 – Differences between 6th form and earlier school

00:11:15 – The importance of purpose

00:12:00 – The pressures of leadership: power, competence and responsibility

00:15:20 – Balancing commanding respect with making yourself approachable in a leadership role

00:18:55 – University societies during COVID

00:21:44 – Do you change yourself when you lead?

00:24:20 – Can a person be inherently good or bad, or does it stem from learned behaviour?

00:25:05 – Your upbringing

00:26:44 – Cain and Abel

00:27:10 – The group you end up with at school

00:30:00 – Excusing bad behaviour by saying you have a bad upbringing and personal responsibility

00:31:40 – Who defines what is good and what is bad? Abortion.

00:32:55 – Max uses long words! Do the ends justify the means?

00:34:25 – Killing baby Hitler

00:37:05 – Peter Sutcliffe and Joker

00:38:35 – Bitterness and revenge

00:40:35 – Original Sin

00:43:30 – Social media forming good/evil narratives. Trump & Biden.

00:45:25 – Would we have been Nazis? Institutions and propaganda.

00:48:30 – Media, social media and ideological echo chambers.

00:56:30 – Different factions of Labour and Conservatives – party politics

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Episode 6 is out and covers a topic meaningful to a lot of people, in body image. This episode is also unique in that we collaborated with Tom Kenyon, who runs his own podcast Kendog's Pod (@kendogspod on Instagram) for all his details. It was great to talk to Tom about a broad range of issues, including body positivity, eating habits and disorders, calorie counting, our own really negative experiences and how we emerged from them better, fat shaming, filters, and so much more.

This was originally meant to be one episode, but we ended up talking for over 2 hours, with the second hour largely occupied with stuff away from the body image theme. Therefore, this is part 1 of 2 of our collaboration with Tom. The second part will be out some point in the week, so stay tuned!

We really thank you all for listening. This is a deep topic we only scratched the surface of in some areas, and one that we will be sure to revisit in the future guests with different perspectives.

Creds to Sophie Champion for our logo and the royalty music is Flow [Sting] from https://www.avnishparker.com/logo-intro-music

Time stamps:

00:00:16 – Hello Tom Kenyon.

00:01:15 – How has your relationship with your body changed throughout uni?

00:01:50 – Relationship with food as well.

00:04:00 – Importance of having supportive friends.

00:07:00 – Calorie counting/eating disorders.

00:10:00 – Do our insecurities come from trying to impress people we’re attracted to?

00:12:10 – How Joe impressed his ex.

00:13:00 – Differences in body positivity movements between men and women.

00:15:20 – Being intimidated at the gym and remedying that.

00:18:00 – Has a male-dominated society meant that men’s body positivity is lagging behind?

00:21:40 – The toxic pressures of social media on your body image.

00:23:25 – ‘If you’re not 6ft don’t bother’

00:25:18 – The normalisation of unhealthy body types.

00:27:50 – The differences in how skinny and plus size people are represented.

00:29:20 – How hard it is to lose weight.

00:30:35 – Fat shaming and the problems with BMI.

00:32:40 – Wii Fit.

00:34:00 – Are filters good or bad?

00:40:00 – Catfishing.

00:41:50 – Tom’s Tinder one-liners rant and discussing Tinder in general.

00:47:34 – When Tom felt lowest about his body and how he recovered from that.

00:49:20 – When Joe felt lowest about his body and how he recovered from that.

00:51:55 – How marathons affect your body image and relationship with food.

00:55:00 – Responsibility, motivation and meaning.

00:57:08 – When Max felt lowest about his body and how he recovered from that.

01:02:50 – Not believing when you look good.

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Welcome to the 5th episode of the GlutenFitz podcast, run by two uni students. Today, we are joined by Lilith Hudson and Meagan Harnett to discuss toxic masculinity and a number of gender related issues associated with it. In what is quite a deep discussion, we cover masculine aggression, homophobia, whether the differences between men and women are genetic or socially constructed, whether the dialogue around masculinity is actually detrimental to men and women, masculine archetypes, toxic femininity, and so much more. Time stamps are below.

We would like to thank Lilith and Meagan for joining us on the podcast, and thank you all for listening, we really appreciate it! Please follow us on Spotify for more podcasts, and on Instagram @GlutenFitzPodcast and on Twitter @GlutenFitz to stay up-to-date. Big love, Max and Joe.

Creds to Sophie Champion for our logo and the royalty music is Flow [Sting] from https://www.avnishparker.com/logo-intro-music

Time Stamps:

00:00:45 – How do you define toxic masculinity

00:01:52 – Using the term too loosely

00:02:50 – Why do men feel like they can’t show emotions?

00:06:40 – Archetypes of masculinity and are they changing

00:07:45 – Aggression in men

00:09:00 – “Boys will be boys”

00:10:15 – Martial arts/Boxing

00:12:40 – Girls being violent at school

00:14:00 – Sports and gender at school

00:16:30 – Being called a pussy

00:17:17 – Being a breadwinner and talking about emotions

00:21:30 – Gaslighting, vulnerability and insecurities used against you

00:27:39 – Technical difficulty LOL

00:28:10 – Differences between how girl groups and boy groups support each other

00:31:30 – Banter going too far

00:32:25 – Responsibility for behaviour

00:33:05 – Self-deprecation – coping mechanism or harmful?

00:37:30 – Homophobia – using “gay” and “pussy” as an insult?

00:42:00 – The negative narrative around masculinity and its consequences

00:44:45 – A hypermasculine counterculture – Trump and Farage

00:45:45 – The corresponding decline of men’s mental health

00:47:40 – The crisis of masculine identity in the 21st century – what does it mean to be a man in the 21st century?

00:49:00 – The influence of father figures

00:51:20 – Should we be trying to change masculinity or should we leave it as it is?

00:51:40 – Responsible masculinity and archetypes

00:53:00 – Are there biological differences between men and women’s interests, or are they socially constructed?

00:53:39 – What structural and systemic barriers have women faced in getting into STEM?

00:58:45 – Scandinavian countries and gender equality

01:01:39 – How do you remedy toxic masculinity?

01:05:30 – The world of men is changing, political countercultures

01:06:40 – Toxic femininity and what is it

01:08:20 – Double standards between the genders

01:13:40 – Society is divided, let’s focus on unity

01:14:20 – Should men pay the bill at a meal?

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Welcome to the 4th episode of the GlutenFitz podcast, run by two uni students. Today, we expose ourselves greatly by discussing dating at uni, relationships and broken hearts. We cover a range of tragedies, reflecting on our relationships, commenting on some of our most embarrassing and cringeworthy moments, sheepishly revealing what our types are, discussing deeper issues like cheating and moving on, and so much more. Time stamps are below.

Thank you all for listening, we really appreciate it! Please follow us on Spotify for more podcasts, and on Instagram @GlutenFitzPodcast and on Twitter @GlutenFitz to stay up-to-date. Big love, Max and Joe.

Creds to Sophie Champion for our logo and the royalty music is Flow [Sting] from https://www.avnishparker.com/logo-intro-music

Time Stamps:

00:00:08 – Intro/Our relationship history.

00:01:34 – Do girls and boys deal with break ups in the same way?

00:08:34 – Why did you and your girlfriend break up? What went wrong? Managing a home relationship when at university. Getting over them.

00:21:55 – Is there a pressure to play up to the single lad culture at uni? Getting with people on nights out. The rugby lad archetype.

00:27:48 – Getting rejected.

00:28:30 – Successful first moves and ways to tell them you like them.

00:33:39 – Do you kiss someone on the first date?

00:35:07 – “Do you have any pets?” “You’ve already said that.”

00:35:44 – What’s your type?

00:40:35 – Dating someone who is your friend first.

00:42:48 – What do you think of dating within friendship groups?

00:46:55 – Rank the dating apps.

00:49:17 – Good lines and Tinder bios.

00:51:13 – The Colin Firth fan account.

00:51:30 – Biggest ick.

00:52:50 – Being nice or being a dick.

00:54:20 – People should learn to be content being single – discuss.

00:57:42 – Ella Houghton.

00:59:28 – Worst dates.

00:59:55 – Blind dates.

01:00:54 – Speed dating.

01:04:50 – Best dates.

01:09:30 – Most embarrassing moment.

01:11:50 – Opinions on friends with benefits.

01:13:05 – Opinions on cheating – should you ever forgive someone?

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Welcome to the 3rd episode of the GlutenFitz podcast, run by two uni students. Today, we have a very special guest in none other than the popular owner of Nottingham’s Ocean night club, Andy Hoe! We discuss the future of Ocean, that time two students visited him in Canada, his friendship with David Hasselhoff, his favourite VK colour, and so much more. Thank you to everyone who submitted questions – sorry we couldn’t do every single one, namely because we forgot/thought we’d covered it/had to stop cos it was dinner time! Note this one went on for longer than intended, so we have put time stamps down below if people have sections they’re particularly interested in (though of course we’d much rather you listened to the whole thing!).

Thank you too Andy for coming on, we really appreciate it; follow him on Instagram @andythehoe. Please follow us on Spotify for more podcasts, and on Instagram @GlutenFitz to stay up-to-date. Big love, Max and Joe.

Creds to Sophie Champion for our logo and the royalty music is Flow [Sting] from https://www.avnishparker.com/logo-intro-music

00:00:00 Intro

00:00:50 COVID in Canada compared to here

00:02:20 Vaccine situation in Canada

00:04:29 Travelling during COVID

00:10:12 Last Ocean before lockdown

00:12:30 When that dude stole the hand sanitizer

00:14:57 Keeping Ocean afloat during the pandemic

00:18:28 Would you do sit-down sessions like at Crisis?

00:20:35 When will Ocean reopen?

00:23:20 ‘Some people hate it’ – converting people into Ocean fans

00:26:21 Is it a set playlist? ‘Would you play Lil Peep?’ – Daz

00:28:56 Origin of Baywatch/shirt swinging

00:31:04 David Hasselhoff

00:36:40 How he went from DJ to Ocean owner

00:43:17 Getting kicked off campus

00:45:05 Trent or Uni of?

00:47:52 Will you open up more than twice a week? Ocean on a Saturday? Ocean for last year’s grads?

00:49:00 When he took two students to Canada

00:58:20 Any big fights?

00:59:28 When someone pulled a knife out

01:03:14 Have we been to non-student club nights?

01:05:40 Why did you make Ocean student only?

01:09:57 Parents visiting Ocean

01:12:06 Fav VK colour?

01:12:54 The rise and fall of the VK yeet trend

01:15:04 What’s your fav Notts’ nightclub that’s not Ocean?

01:16:10 Our fav Ocean moments

01:21:19 Would you hold themed nights say once a month?

01:23:38 Do you have a fav football team?

01:24:16 Tyson or AJ?

01:26:45 Why did you move to Canada?

01:29:04 Graduocean

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Welcome to the 2nd episode of the GlutenFitz podcast, run by two uni students. Today, we talk about lockdown 3.0, with a focus on how that is affecting us as students. We look at the current rent strike at UoN, the debate around a grace period, tuition fee reductions and a safety net, and how we personally are responding to the lockdown. Note Joe is the President of the English Society so has some advice for English students based on his communications with the School of English. We hope you’re all doing okay at the moment given the new lockdown, and thank you so much for listening. Please follow our Spotify for more podcasts, and well we made an Instagram account, @GlutenFitz, so please follow us on there! Big love, Max and Joe.

DISCLAIMER Max’s mic messes up at certain bits so you can’t hear him for a few seconds sometimes, which some may consider a good thing. Creds to Sophie Champion for our logo and the royalty music is Flow [Sting] from https://www.avnishparker.com/logo-intro-music

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Welcome to the first ever episode of the GlutzenFitz podcast!

Run by 2 uni students, we talk about social, cultural and political issues that we find interesting to us. And some random things too.

This first episode is about loss. We aimed to talk about loss in several senses of the word, but in the end we had so much to say about losing people in terms of them passing away, that we dwelled on that for the whole episode.

So, in essence, this isn't a happy one!

That being said, we hope some good will come out of it. Both of us open up about the loved ones we've lost, offer very open and honest insights into how that emotional trauma has affected us, and provide some advice (we hope) on how we dealt with that trauma and were able to channel it into something good.

Please follow us on Spotify for the next one, and at our Instagram's @joe_paternoster and @maxykendall where we'll promote the podcast (until we make an actual Insta page for the podcast itself lol).

Big love,

Max and Joe (GlutenFitz)
DISCLAIMER the audio quality is very bad we know but it's our first one so please be considerate!

Credit to Sophie Champion for our logo and the royalty free intro music is Flow [Sting] from https://www.avnishparker.com/logo-intro-music

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