Oh, hello, humans. Welcome back to Modern Wisdom.

I've been looking forward to this episode for ages.

One of my very good, very old-time friends, Christoph has joined me today.

I'm talking about the world of mental health and the realities of being a

world star international DJ. Christoph is supporting Eric Prids on New Year's Eve

gigs. He's playing all around the world, multiple international shows, festivals,

creamfields, headlines, slot support slots for the world's biggest DJs, and he

also had one of the biggest tracks of the last 12 months, which was breathe,

featuring Kamau Fat and Gem Cook. But the reality of this lifestyle is actually

a little bit different, and today we get to hear the other side of the story.

Hearing about what it feels like to be an international DJ who lives in

airplanes, airports, and hotels, essentially an isolation until they're then

thrusting this incredibly energetic, higher adrenaline, high-paced environment

where there's alcohol everywhere. It's chaotic, they've got to play this music,

and then they need to get themselves back around, sorted, ready for the next

flight to go to some new time zone. It's pretty eye-opening. It's all well

in good saying that some people have it worse, but I challenge anyone to go

without sleep for a few days, be in and out of planes, deal with a bunch of

hangovers, and try not to semi-loose their mind. And today we really get to hear

some very personal stories from Kristoff about some times where he's not a rock

bottom, but I mean, well, he hit the toiletries aisle of Azda, and you'll find out

what I mean by that later on. I found it very encouraging to hear someone who

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