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Press X to Despair is a weekly audio ritual where a slightly broken monk explains the absurdity of modern work and how to survive it with humour, confusion, and occasional enlightenment
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S1E9 This week I am cosmic moisture
The Monk becomes something vague, everywhere, and mildly inconvenient. Thoughts condense. Meaning evaporates. Events occur without asking permission. No one agrees on what cosmic moisture actually…
S1E8 This week I am a tea bag of fate
The Monk drifts through a series of moments steeped too long and taken far too seriously. Small decisions ripple. Conversations grow bitter. Someone insists this was always meant to happen. The Monk…
S1E7 This week I am a paperclip
A series of small, unnecessary incidents unfold while the Monk attempts to hold things together. Conversations bend. Tasks fail. Nothing aligns properly. He remains useful in theory only.
S1E6 This week I am a traffic cone
Ah, welcome back, persistent listeners drifting through the haze of another week. Let us once again prise open the world’s overstuffed filing cabinet and see what nonsense has been misfiled under…
S1E5 This week I am an emergency whistle
Ah, welcome back, resilient wanderers of the weekly chaos. Let us once more unfurl the scroll of global happenings, wipe away the fingerprints of incompetence, and pretend any of it makes sense.
S1E4 This week I am a decorative fern
A selection of strange moments unfold quietly while the Monk attempts to remain ornamental and unnoticed. People speak. Objects complain. Time sighs. He stands in the corner like decor you did not…
S1E3 This week I am a tiny pepper pot
Strange things occur. People behave. Objects interfere. The Monk tries to understand why the universe feels smaller and slightly perforated. He does not succeed, and neither will you, but you might…
S1E2 This week I am a disappointed cloud
Not because the episode is about weather. It isn’t. At least, not intentionally. But the mood of a cloud felt accurate: drifting aimlessly, observing chaos from above, occasionally releasing rain out…
S1E1 This week I am a bus stop
This week, I am a bus stop. Not because the episode is about buses. It isn’t. Not really. But the spirit of the bus stop felt right: patient, confused, occasionally sheltering strangers from…
S1E98 The Presence Teaser 3
Something is coming. This short teaser offers no clarity, only presence.
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Press X to Despair has published 9 episodes since January 2026, covering topics in Comedy.
Press X to Despair is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 31m.
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