Category: The good life

FAFO: EpisodesFAFO: Episodes

FAFO brings together live conversations, real-world events and Copilot-powered analysis across sport, music and culture — with expert guests, questionable predictions and a healthy willingness to follow the interesting bit

What is FAFO?What is FAFO?

FAFO isn’t content. It’s conversation. Live. FAFO is two things – Live streams from real events: sports, music, culture and technology, from wherever and whenever the atmosphere is doing its thing.

FAFO: Le Tour Daily – Tour de France 2026FAFO: Le Tour Daily – Tour de France 2026

Daily coverage of the Tour de France, combining Copilot-powered forecasting and analysis with expert voices from inside cycling to explore performance, strategy, culture and the business of the sport. 2026

A student of mine inspires me with a great answerA student of mine inspires me with a great answer

Yesterday I asked my ESL class this: ‘What’s your dream?’ And one of my Saudi Arabian students spoke up. He had every right to come up with something like: to

Was Machiavelli a cunt?Was Machiavelli a cunt?

machiavelli

There’s this beautiful series of 20 books called ‘Great Ideas’ published by Penguin. These are the two I have: And one of the others in the series is The Prince by

The philosophy of: Bliss n EsoThe philosophy of: Bliss n Eso

Bliss

Seems like a good day for this, since these guys play up here on the Sunshine Coast tonight. They’re kind of doing their own thing and aren’t like any other artists.

The Philosophy of: IllyThe Philosophy of: Illy

Illy

Illy’s a rapper (is he though?) but you’ll never hear an Illy song about bangin’ bitches, pimpin’ rides or makin’ it rain. He also doesn’t crap on about fame, fortune, status, success

What lights up your eyes? Life’s less about the ‘Meh’s and more about the ‘Fuck yeah!’sWhat lights up your eyes? Life’s less about the ‘Meh’s and more about the ‘Fuck yeah!’s

life

I have a friend who used to volunteer at an old folks home. And sometimes she’d ask the residents: ‘What’s something you wished you had’ve done more of in your

The Philosophy of: Bill S. Preston Esq. & Ted Theodore LoganThe Philosophy of: Bill S. Preston Esq. & Ted Theodore Logan

excellent

There’s so much first-rate philosophy fanned out across both Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure and Bogus Journey, but theirs comes down to this: The first part… just. Works. Be excellent

Winning isn’t important. Learning is.Winning isn’t important. Learning is.

winning

Even possibly the greatest thinker in history, Socrates, never thought he was right. And neither did he care about  convincing others he was, or about winning the argument. His was

Are you invincible? If you think it, you are.Are you invincible? If you think it, you are.

invincible

If you think to yourself ‘I’m invincible’, what’s to say it’s not true? Whatever you think about yourself, it’s true. But I’m not saying in terms of the physical you. Because

This blog is called ‘Why You Do It’, not ‘Why You Did It’ or ‘Why You’re Going to Do It’This blog is called ‘Why You Do It’, not ‘Why You Did It’ or ‘Why You’re Going to Do It’

The present simple grammar form is actually crucial here. You and I are constantly changing so what you did yesterday or even an hour ago (and most importantly, why) can