Was University Worth It?

Lucy Lord joins James Smith for a wide-ranging conversation that starts with the air fryer sitting unused on 70% of UK kitchen counters and ends up tearing apart everything from protein marketing scams to the slow death of the British night out. A best-selling cookbook author and the woman behind Supper Club, Lucy is back with her third book, Love Your Air Fryer, and makes the case that cooking your own food is the most underrated act of self-care left in the modern world.

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She explains:

◼️ Why the air fryer is the most underutilised tool in your kitchen

◼️ How cooking is the lowest-hanging fruit for looking and feeling better

◼️ The protein con quietly corrupting your supermarket shop

◼️ Why "increasing your surface area for luck" works in dating, business and life

◼️ How "touching your future" rewires what you think you're capable of

Chapters:

00:00 Intro

01:00 The Air Fryer Problem No One Talks About

03:50 Why Cooking Is the Most Underrated Form of Self-Care

06:37 Air Fryer vs Oven — Why the Oven Is Becoming Obsolete

11:19 The Apple vs Probiotic Soda Con

12:54 Skipping the Foundations and Chasing the Trends

15:33 The Protein Ball Scam Exposed

19:23 Protein Water, Huel and the Death of the Real Meal

22:05 Why Britain's Grab-and-Go Culture Is Broken

23:15 James's Brutally Honest Review of Japan

27:44 Karoshi — Japan's Death From Overwork Crisis

29:09 The Birth Rate Collapse Hitting the Western World

32:11 Hustle Culture Is Stealing Men's Best Years

34:35 The 200 Dates That Led James to Tay

37:11 Lucy on Whether She Actually Wants Kids

39:01 Increasing Your Surface Area for Luck

39:45 Volume vs Intensity — The Dating Strategy That Works

43:52 GLP-1s, Smartphones and the Death of the Night Out

45:55 The Quiet Crisis of Men Disappearing From University

47:03 The Mumps, the Missed Lectures and James's Year of Chaos

50:21 Is a University Degree Even Worth It Anymore?

53:13 Inside Lucy's New Book — Love Your Air Fryer

58:39 Why James Is Forcing Lucy Onto YouTube

01:04:02 The Random Idea That Sold 3,500 Hats

01:06:28 How to Start a YouTube Channel With Just an iPhone

01:10:18 The Advice You Give Is the Advice You Need

01:10:33 Why James Avoids Gratitude

01:12:18 The Car as Forced Gratitude

01:13:04 Touching Your Future — The Concept That Changed Everything

01:17:46 Where to Find the Book, the Hats and Supper Club

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