Staying afloat - 009

About this episode

The episode discusses various ways to cope with life's challenges, including swimming and solo cinema trips.

It feels like life is pulling many of us down at the moment — so we asked each other: what do you do to stay afloat? We discuss swimming, solo cinema trips, birds and well-stocked food cupboards. The queer future starts here? -Adam + Tash Listen to ad-free episodes by supporting the show on Patreon . Aunt Nell:  Newsletter | Instagram | YouTube | website The Log Books is hosted and produced by Tash Walker and Adam Zmith The assistant producer is Mia Campbell Music from Soundstripe Original artwork by Natalie Doto Thanks to the dreamboats at Acast For the story of the helpline Switchboard and untold stories from Britain's LGBTQ+ history: listen to Seasons 1-3, co-produced with Shivani Dave. For interviews from the research for our book , published by Faber & Faber: listen to Season 4. KI7FHCTLCUOCNJZ9 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thelogbooks . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Tash Walker, Adam Zmith

Topics covered

• mental health
• queer culture
• self-care
• LGBTQ+ history
• community support

Keywords

• mental health
• queer future
• self-care
• LGBTQ+
• community

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Acast, Faber & Faber, Switchboard

Books & works: The Log Books

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