This week’s episode is a prerecorded one — because sometimes life gets busy, sometimes you have a rough week, and sometimes the dentist leaves half your face numb.

I’m talking about Slipknot, how I went from not understanding them at all to becoming completely hooked, and why certain bands end up becoming part of who we are.

We get into Vol. 3, Corey Taylor’s voice, Paul Gray, Joey Jordison, the chaos and musicianship behind the band, and why heavy music can somehow make you feel calmer rather than angrier.

Then it drifts into my own years playing music, touring, recording, MySpace, the changing music industry, and the strange way music attaches itself to particular periods of our lives.

Even if Slipknot aren’t your thing, this one is really about connection, identity, memory and the stuff we love without needing to justify it.

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Have a great week. Stay true to yourself.

What if the Titanic had changed course by five degrees?

This week I’m thinking about the small things that can change everything — fate, James Cameron being an absolute lunatic, my auntie’s permanently unlocked front door. Explore kindness, cheap Slipknot records and somehow, Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag.

No grand answers. Just a few things I’ve been thinking about.

Sometimes five degrees is all it takes.

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I tried to make a podcast about getting out of my own way. Somehow we ended up with Sisyphus, Spider-Man, a shoplifter with half a grand's worth of Lego, the mysterious history of a Morrisons bag and a potentially magnificent diorama in somebody's loft. Somewhere amongst all that, there's a conversation about the rocks we create for ourselves, anger, judgement, knowing when not to get involved, and learning to enjoy the process rather than constantly fighting it. This is The Chaplin Sessions. No experts. No gurus. Just curiosity, observations and whatever happens when I sit behind a microphone and follow a thought. New episodes every Wednesday. Grab a tea, and chill for 20. You've earned it. Thanks for checking this episode out. Chaplin 7 Hope Studio: www.7hopestudio.co.uk Independent clothing, creativity and other things made in North Cornwall.

00:00 Cold Open Banter

00:09 Why Podcasting Spun Me Out

01:05 Creativity vs Inner Critic

01:47 Younger Me Had No Limits

02:55 Listening Back and Doubting

06:20 Authenticity vs Algorithms

08:30 Perfectionism and the Boulder

10:04 Spider Man 4DX Family Day

10:52 Unclosed Windows in the Mind

13:55 Toy Store Theft and Anger

16:36 Making Sense of Stealing

17:58 Trading Cards and Sundays Back

18:41 Toys R Us and Comic Shop Nostalgia

20:25 Final Thoughts and Sign Off

How to know when you are the problem | Sour Grapes & Warm Milk

What happens when life hands you a bad hand versus when you sabotage yourself? This week, I’m breaking down a personal analogy:

Sour Grapes: The painful, random events outside our control. The key is how we respond without letting fear stop us from doing what we love.

Warm Milk: The problems we actively create through choices we can change. It’s about addressing the root cause rather than repeating self-sabotaging patterns.

At the end of the day, it's about staying true to yourself—even when the days feel heavier.

You've got this.

Chaplin. x

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - The Reality of Sour Grapes

5:00 - Are You Leaving Your Milk Out?

12:00 - How to Stop Self-Sabotage

18:30 - Staying True When Days Get Heavy

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This week I speak about the great Led Zeppelin and the beast of a song: When the Levee Breaks. I learn't a bit about this track when doing my research for this episode. Its history spanning almost a hundred years.

Turning to the personal... What happens when our levee breaks? and is there a way to prevent our levee from bursting? Speaking from experience, I explore the possibility that there may be a better way.

This is a new podcast from a Brummie in Cornwall with a dream to bring a little light in this online space.

We've got this.

Chaplin.

A chill spot, a place to check in and put the bags of life down. Candid conversations on life, philosophy, mental health, and whatever strikes a chord this week.

Who the f!#k is Chaplin?

This isn't a slick podcast production. This is just a microphone turned on live on the floor of our combined print studio and coffee house in Bude, North Cornwall. I’m Chaplin, and this first session is just a raw check-in. It’s an open door to put down the heavy bags of life you’ve been carrying around all week and just breathe for twenty minutes.

No fake gurus, no structured scripts, and no polished lectures. Just the unfiltered reality of what it actually looks like to survive a complete personal crisis, battle through Complex PTSD, anchor down into three months of hard-fought sobriety, and manually rebuild a life from the floorboards up entirely on your own terms.

A little introduction to The Chaplin Sessions. Fresh, new & covered in rust... Every journey starts somewhere. This is the start of my humble podcasting journey.

Thanks for listening,

Chaplin.