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Flights of Fancy
From Tom Wright | 42:53
Come with Tom Wright from Australia to Great Britain over 11,000 miles and nine time zones & hear tales of flying from the Outback, Indonesia, India, Russia, Poland and more.
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Flying from Australia to Europe has become mundane, the experience of squeezing into our seats to bad food and sleep upright has made us forget how remarkable an experience it is. Come with Tom Wright on a flight of fancy from Tullamarine to Heathrow, over 15,000 kms and nine time zones. You'll hear tales of flying from the places you pass over; The Kimberley, Indonesia, India, Russia, Poland and more.
Readings are from Alain De Botton 'A Week at the Airport' and Ryszard Kapucinski Travels With Herodotus.
In Defence of Boredom
From Tom Wright | 21:27
Like cigarettes or leaded petrol, it seems boredom is gradually being phased out. The mobile phones we carry everywhere allow for an infinite variety of distractions—but is that a good thing? What if we need to stop thinking to activate our creativity? Tom Wright goes in to bat for boredom.
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Boredom: "Bleurgh!" is most peoples’ reaction to what they recall, as a child, was a painful emotion ... that awkward, annoying, claustrophobic feeling seemingly always experienced on a Sunday afternoon.
But could boredom actually be a good, or important thing? Life involves endless input these days. Fear of 'missing out' drives us to search ever more frequently for information and diversion via technology and, notably, our phones. Boredom, like smoking and leaded petrol, seems to belong to another age. But turns out, boredom may play a vital role in our mental health. So, if you’re reading this on a phone or tablet, listen to the show and then give it a break, stare out the window, and start getting your head around that fact that being bored is good for you.