Floss from Gimli, Manitoba, Canada set the first of two listener questions in today’s episode

“Do either of you feel you have guardian angels?”

Stuart and William come at Floss’s question in two very unique ways, which reflects how different they are from each other.

William refuses to believe in literal guardian angels, as he feels you need to believe in actual angels. He does however acknowledge how the presence of important people in his life could be like having a guardian angel.

Stuart believes that he has certain people from his past "on his shoulder", informing his thinking, and that he has felt their physical presence at periods in his life. He feels that he has at least two guardian angels.

Stuart puts an environmental spin on this question, with a question of his own: How can humans be guardian angels of planet Earth?

The second listener question comes from Paula in Norfolk, England.

“Anything currently annoying you with the use of modern language?”

Off the back of Paula’s question, Stuart shares his dislike for fashionable phrases that are essentially meaningless filler. William agrees. He has a particular dislike of the overuse of “bro” and "super". Both do acknowledge however that they might just be "old and cranky".

The big takeaway from this discussion is that Stuart and William advocate for using a varied vocabulary and not to rely on the same words, repeatedly, and most importantly, for communication to be genuine. Listen to yourself and others, use varied vocabulary, fill sentences with value rather than filler words.

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