Stuck in the car with Steve https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com After years of musing, thinking, dreaming, and exploring I’ve ended up with a head full of thoughts, questions, ideas, and philosophy that might be of interest to others. On a solo road-trip from North QLD to Victoria and back again, I took the opportunity to record an exploration of some of the things that bounce around in my head and underpin the work that I do. This is what you get when you’re stuck in a car with me. BYO snacks! The episodes were released in the order they were recorded, so although each episode explores a separate idea, and it is not essential to listen to them in order they DO follow a line of thought, as it were, from start to finish. There are callbacks and references to prior episodes throughout all of it and what I personally thought was a really satisfying conclusion to it all. Up to you how you listen to it! *** Important Disclaimer *** These thoughts are in no way fact-checked or reference cited. None of this should be taken as advice, inspiration, or truth. This podcast is purely for entertainment purposes only. The musings of a lonely person at the wheel after too many coffees and too many days on the road should NEVER be taken seriously. Wed, 05 Nov 2025 19:46:24 +1000 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en au Copyright 2024 All rights reserved. Society & Culture:Philosophy 1440 episodic Steven Gill Steven Gill No false https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/19549881/stuck_with_steve_pic_a46kx3.jpg Stuck in the car with Steve https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com 144 144 Burn it down Burn it down https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/burn-it-down/ https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/burn-it-down/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2025 19:46:24 +1000 stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/4c473e5e-a991-34d8-b7c1-674ca67a2252 This isn't an episode, just a song that I recorded one time when I was bored. It ended up becoming a really meaningful song for me, and I've used it in shows and all sorts of things. I thought it deserved to be up here just for good measure.

]]> This isn't an episode, just a song that I recorded one time when I was bored. It ended up becoming a really meaningful song for me, and I've used it in shows and all sorts of things. I thought it deserved to be up here just for good measure.

]]> Steven Gill false No 330 25 full 24. Conclusion; Our complicated relationship with death 24. Conclusion; Our complicated relationship with death https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/conclusion-our-complicated-relationship-with-death/ https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/conclusion-our-complicated-relationship-with-death/#comments Sat, 26 Oct 2024 16:57:22 +1000 stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/22c165b9-a563-3932-9146-2fda0f3b57fa In this final episode of the series, many of the ideas explored come together somewhat synergistically, to offer something of a moment of clarity. When I started recording these explorations of my own ideas I thought it would be a simple re-treading of my own well-explored philosophical musings, but this final day of driving and recording offered me a new way of combining these thoughts and a reinvigorated approach to my thoughts and my work.

I don't know if any of these recordings will mean much to anybody, but the process of exploring them sequentially, and this final moment of clarity, has been particularly cathartic for me. Thank you for coming along for the journey!

]]> In this final episode of the series, many of the ideas explored come together somewhat synergistically, to offer something of a moment of clarity. When I started recording these explorations of my own ideas I thought it would be a simple re-treading of my own well-explored philosophical musings, but this final day of driving and recording offered me a new way of combining these thoughts and a reinvigorated approach to my thoughts and my work.

I don't know if any of these recordings will mean much to anybody, but the process of exploring them sequentially, and this final moment of clarity, has been particularly cathartic for me. Thank you for coming along for the journey!

]]> Steven Gill false No 2027 24 full 23. Our complicated relationship with death Part 2 23. Our complicated relationship with death Part 2 https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/part-2-our-complicated-relationship-with-death/ https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/part-2-our-complicated-relationship-with-death/#comments Sat, 26 Oct 2024 11:08:41 +1000 stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/6e60821a-5cfe-34af-9406-ec20adbd9d20 This second part of exploring our relationship with death deals predominantly with thoughts around social attitudes toward the loss of others in our lives.

]]> This second part of exploring our relationship with death deals predominantly with thoughts around social attitudes toward the loss of others in our lives.

]]> Steven Gill false No 1658 23 full 22. Our complicated relationship with death Part 1 22. Our complicated relationship with death Part 1 https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/part-1-our-complicated-relationship-with-death/ https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/part-1-our-complicated-relationship-with-death/#comments Sat, 26 Oct 2024 11:03:54 +1000 stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/2b626376-f988-31e2-939b-0f63b435fd91 A longer episode, and the first of three (it was a long stretch of road!) exploring our complicated relationship with death. Primarily this episode explores ideas around the personal death of an individual, and where that sits in modern society...

]]> A longer episode, and the first of three (it was a long stretch of road!) exploring our complicated relationship with death. Primarily this episode explores ideas around the personal death of an individual, and where that sits in modern society...

]]> Steven Gill false No 1681 22 full 21. What good is a patriarchy? 21. What good is a patriarchy? https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/what-good-is-a-patriarchy/ https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/what-good-is-a-patriarchy/#comments Fri, 25 Oct 2024 13:12:03 +1000 stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/f7c93877-849d-3ae6-a752-fce5feadaf9b As a father with a daughter, I've spent more time in the last five years questioning the idea of the patriarchy than ever before. I never thought it was a good idea, but there's so many more layers to it now that I'm trying to raise a strong, healthy young woman.

]]> As a father with a daughter, I've spent more time in the last five years questioning the idea of the patriarchy than ever before. I never thought it was a good idea, but there's so many more layers to it now that I'm trying to raise a strong, healthy young woman.

]]> Steven Gill false No 1292 21 full 20. Parenting and storytelling 20. Parenting and storytelling https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/parenting-and-storytelling/ https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/parenting-and-storytelling/#comments Fri, 25 Oct 2024 13:09:43 +1000 stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/650816c6-d461-3b99-bda3-07bda6ffd4ea Having a kid wasn't an easy decision for me, and I think it's becoming more complicated for many others too, but this is why I came around...

]]> Having a kid wasn't an easy decision for me, and I think it's becoming more complicated for many others too, but this is why I came around...

]]> Steven Gill false No 1138 20 full 19. Sexual dimorphism and parenting 19. Sexual dimorphism and parenting https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/sexual-dimorphism-and-parenting/ https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/sexual-dimorphism-and-parenting/#comments Fri, 25 Oct 2024 12:42:29 +1000 stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/a7bc1590-802e-32f1-9b25-f9c9c14cfd3d Sexual dimorphism is the condition where sexes of the same species exhibit different morphological characteristics. They don't always present as directly related to reproduction but often influence reproductive selection or behaviour in some way. What might the differences between the sexes teach us about ourselves?

]]> Sexual dimorphism is the condition where sexes of the same species exhibit different morphological characteristics. They don't always present as directly related to reproduction but often influence reproductive selection or behaviour in some way. What might the differences between the sexes teach us about ourselves?

]]> Steven Gill false No 881 19 full 18. Zoobiquity, rats, and heroin 18. Zoobiquity, rats, and heroin https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/zoobiquity-rats-and-heroin/ https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/zoobiquity-rats-and-heroin/#comments Sun, 20 Oct 2024 10:49:00 +1000 stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/781ab31c-da89-3ed1-a732-9fc47e6f3a91 A bit of an exploration into the similarities we share with the natural world...

]]> A bit of an exploration into the similarities we share with the natural world...

]]> Steven Gill false No 922 18 full 17. The value of self doubt 17. The value of self doubt https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/the-value-of-self-doubt/ https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/the-value-of-self-doubt/#comments Sun, 20 Oct 2024 09:45:59 +1000 stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/0839c7f7-fe99-3097-abc9-b725c4807d4b I have a tendency to not believe in myself. Sometimes it sucks and sometimes it hurts, but maybe it's also a good thing?

]]> I have a tendency to not believe in myself. Sometimes it sucks and sometimes it hurts, but maybe it's also a good thing?

]]> Steven Gill false No 740 17 full 16. From Nihilism to Absurdism 16. From Nihilism to Absurdism https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/from-nihilism-to-absurdism/ https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/from-nihilism-to-absurdism/#comments Sun, 20 Oct 2024 09:20:48 +1000 stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/7e599b7a-ad3f-374a-86cf-9cf22b2edbb7 Another introspective personal ramble, this time musing over my internal philosophy, and how it has changed over time.

]]> Another introspective personal ramble, this time musing over my internal philosophy, and how it has changed over time.

]]> Steven Gill false No 1296 16 full 15. What is love? 15. What is love? https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/what-is-love/ https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/what-is-love/#comments Sat, 19 Oct 2024 20:33:17 +1000 stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/63c2de74-30d5-38cf-a018-f4eaadfeeb53 This one is a little long, and rambly, and personal, but that seems to be well within the wheelhouse for a discussion about the idea of love and what it can mean to a person. There's no answers here, of course, only questions and a bit of personal reflection.

]]> This one is a little long, and rambly, and personal, but that seems to be well within the wheelhouse for a discussion about the idea of love and what it can mean to a person. There's no answers here, of course, only questions and a bit of personal reflection.

]]> Steven Gill false No 1018 15 full 14. Storytelling and happily never afters 14. Storytelling and happily never afters https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/storytelling-and-happily-never-afters/ https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/storytelling-and-happily-never-afters/#comments Sat, 19 Oct 2024 18:52:02 +1000 stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/5bd60704-a10d-3222-a0d2-e9999075b511 Storytelling has been essential to human history. The quest of a hero, the besting of a challenge, the happy ever after... Has our love for stories given us a false understanding of how life is supposed to work?

]]> Storytelling has been essential to human history. The quest of a hero, the besting of a challenge, the happy ever after... Has our love for stories given us a false understanding of how life is supposed to work?

]]> Steven Gill false No 1081 14 full 13. Subjective memory, and the complicated value thereof 13. Subjective memory, and the complicated value thereof https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/subjective-memory-and-the-complicated-value-thereof/ https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/subjective-memory-and-the-complicated-value-thereof/#comments Sat, 19 Oct 2024 16:59:14 +1000 stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/98786d27-8720-389f-9f6c-1844c502b661 Perspective, opinion, experience, memory... they're a complicated and unreliable platform to build an identity on...

]]> Perspective, opinion, experience, memory... they're a complicated and unreliable platform to build an identity on...

]]> Steven Gill false No 751 13 full 12. Wicked problems and binary solutions 12. Wicked problems and binary solutions https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/wicked-problems-and-binary-solutions/ https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/wicked-problems-and-binary-solutions/#comments Sat, 19 Oct 2024 16:31:38 +1000 stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/04508ac3-5584-3572-b753-d12bed347c77 It's a complicated one, this one. The core idea here is one of polarizing complicated issues and believing they can be solved with simple solutions, but this short rant runs through a mess of complicated issues to look at it.

]]> It's a complicated one, this one. The core idea here is one of polarizing complicated issues and believing they can be solved with simple solutions, but this short rant runs through a mess of complicated issues to look at it.

]]> Steven Gill false No 998 12 full 11. Cultural obstinacy, pollinators, and agriculture 11. Cultural obstinacy, pollinators, and agriculture https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/cultural-obstinacy-pollinators-and-agriculture/ https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/cultural-obstinacy-pollinators-and-agriculture/#comments Sat, 19 Oct 2024 07:35:46 +1000 stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/ee0cdbb7-a394-3915-b4c7-9cd3a71b3610 A tangled mix of thoughts about pollination, food production, and a very human unwillingness to accept change...

]]> A tangled mix of thoughts about pollination, food production, and a very human unwillingness to accept change...

]]> Steven Gill false No 1488 11 full 10. Climate change and the idea of permanence 10. Climate change and the idea of permanence https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/climate-change-and-the-idea-of-permanence/ https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/climate-change-and-the-idea-of-permanence/#comments Fri, 18 Oct 2024 20:35:16 +1000 stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/d50a94ab-a73e-36b4-99d4-0157b9971a2a As nervous as it makes me putting up a podcast about something that's been so vigorously denied by so many for so long, I'm not claiming to be a climate scientist here. This is more about the idea of change, especially as it relates to shifting environmental conditions...

]]> As nervous as it makes me putting up a podcast about something that's been so vigorously denied by so many for so long, I'm not claiming to be a climate scientist here. This is more about the idea of change, especially as it relates to shifting environmental conditions...

]]> Steven Gill false No 1186 10 full 9. Hope and Despair 9. Hope and Despair https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/hope-and-despair/ https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/hope-and-despair/#comments Fri, 18 Oct 2024 20:02:18 +1000 stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/2bc7a4f2-0487-3fb4-b145-2760e04b3d49 Environmental issues often raise the same discussion as many others... centred around hope and despair and whether or not it's worth fighting at all. 

]]> Environmental issues often raise the same discussion as many others... centred around hope and despair and whether or not it's worth fighting at all. 

]]> Steven Gill false No 962 9 full 8. Tailgating, and the tragedy of the commons 8. Tailgating, and the tragedy of the commons https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/tailgating-and-the-tragedy-of-the-commons/ https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/tailgating-and-the-tragedy-of-the-commons/#comments Wed, 16 Oct 2024 21:19:20 +1000 stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/a7e817d6-a971-3972-b453-8d3392addd25 A thought about human behaviour and the subconscious urges that drive it. Are those urges good for us? Can we change them?

]]> A thought about human behaviour and the subconscious urges that drive it. Are those urges good for us? Can we change them?

]]> Steven Gill false No 673 8 full 7. Wealth and ignorance 7. Wealth and ignorance https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/wealth-and-ignorance/ https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/wealth-and-ignorance/#comments Wed, 16 Oct 2024 20:09:08 +1000 stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/5da3f15a-c9d3-368b-a0b2-14576f9da97f After a thoughtful question about why the wealthy don't do much to alleviate social suffering, I had a couple of ideas bouncing around in my head to share...

]]> After a thoughtful question about why the wealthy don't do much to alleviate social suffering, I had a couple of ideas bouncing around in my head to share...

]]> Steven Gill false No 395 7 full 6. Survival of the fittest in the economy 6. Survival of the fittest in the economy https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/survival-of-the-fittest-in-the-economy/ https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/survival-of-the-fittest-in-the-economy/#comments Wed, 16 Oct 2024 20:06:18 +1000 stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/873f5aab-3793-3eb6-a7eb-ad2f8411d39e Attrition within a given set of circumstances will eventually favour things that are designed for success within those conditions... what kind of contributing factors can impact on that?

]]> Attrition within a given set of circumstances will eventually favour things that are designed for success within those conditions... what kind of contributing factors can impact on that?

]]> Steven Gill false No 1293 6 full 5. Ethics 5. Ethics https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/ethics/ https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/ethics/#comments Wed, 16 Oct 2024 19:58:44 +1000 stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/52da482c-77e8-342d-b815-8552680a237f It's a sticky subject and I don't have any answers for you, but here's some thoughts on it all the same...

]]> It's a sticky subject and I don't have any answers for you, but here's some thoughts on it all the same...

]]> Steven Gill false No 596 5 full 4. A disconnect with the natural world 4. A disconnect with the natural world https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/a-disconnect-with-the-natural-world/ https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/a-disconnect-with-the-natural-world/#comments Tue, 08 Oct 2024 08:05:07 +1000 stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/af6dc2f9-1e1e-34e2-8322-e67263294355 I think it's possible that we have lost touch with the natural world, despite knowing more about it than ever before. Where could misunderstanding the system within which we live lead us?

]]> I think it's possible that we have lost touch with the natural world, despite knowing more about it than ever before. Where could misunderstanding the system within which we live lead us?

]]> Steven Gill false No 1624 4 full 3. The fish that changed me 3. The fish that changed me https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/the-fish-that-changed-me/ https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/the-fish-that-changed-me/#comments Mon, 07 Oct 2024 20:00:08 +1000 stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/c8a40add-e29a-3c9d-846b-5d97d6f0f1f7 I wasn't always so intent on rambling about nature. This is actually a new thing for me. I spent most of my life oblivious to the kinds of things that fascinate me now, so in this episode I rummage around in the event that pushed me onto the path I'm on now.

]]> I wasn't always so intent on rambling about nature. This is actually a new thing for me. I spent most of my life oblivious to the kinds of things that fascinate me now, so in this episode I rummage around in the event that pushed me onto the path I'm on now.

]]> Steven Gill false No 1136 3 full 2. Generational ignorance 2. Generational ignorance https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/generational-ignorance/ https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/generational-ignorance/#comments Sun, 06 Oct 2024 09:46:50 +1000 stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/27c4cb62-225d-3b7a-ada0-67ee9f092868 A prevalent theme in many of my musings, generational ignorance stems from the idea that we gain our understanding of the world from previous generations who also gained their knowledge of the world from previous generations... While this ability has been critical to the success of human culture, it also has the ability to put modern scientific discoveries in direct competition with deeply cherished belief systems which no longer serve us well...

]]> A prevalent theme in many of my musings, generational ignorance stems from the idea that we gain our understanding of the world from previous generations who also gained their knowledge of the world from previous generations... While this ability has been critical to the success of human culture, it also has the ability to put modern scientific discoveries in direct competition with deeply cherished belief systems which no longer serve us well...

]]> Steven Gill false No 1128 2 full 1. Anthropocentrism 1. Anthropocentrism https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/anthropocentrism/ https://stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/e/anthropocentrism/#comments Sun, 06 Oct 2024 09:33:49 +1000 stuckinacarwithsteve.podbean.com/5895ad9d-f124-336d-ad6e-72cea7dc9820 Exploring the idea of anthropocentrism and the repercussions it has throughout ideology, philosophy, and human society. Or maybe just rambling... The value is definitely subjective!

]]> Exploring the idea of anthropocentrism and the repercussions it has throughout ideology, philosophy, and human society. Or maybe just rambling... The value is definitely subjective!

]]> Steven Gill false No 1382 1 full