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Aug 5, 2026
Claire North: The Ethics Of World Building
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Claire NorthGUEST
So the thing which you're going to get bored of me saying, but I think holds the big truth in it, is you always have to ask, what is your intention? So, for example, with ancient Greece, a few years ago, there was a massive flurry of Greek retellings led by people like Madeleine Miller and Jennifer Sait.

Claire NorthGUEST
And then Christopher Nolan injected a $3 million marketing budget into it, thanking our Lord and Saviour, Sir Chris.

Claire NorthGUEST
And everyone who got into that world, I think, got in with very different intentions.
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21:53Chris GregoryHOST
But what about for a fictional world? Do you grapple with the ethics of defining a fictional world where you can't go and look at ancient maps and trawl through Google? Yeah.
Training And Life Partners Claire And Pete North
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3:21speaker_1HOST
How did you connect in the first days of long distance? Would you kind of remotely work out with each other in some ways? I

Claire NorthGUEST
So he'd always be asking me about what I was training that day and what I was working towards.

Claire NorthGUEST
And I remember he supported me virtually through my first strongman competition.
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How do you both kind of support each other through those physique changes? And I guess, Claire, especially thinking for you, dealing with those changes, having Pete as your coach, so pushing you to meet different goals and also being your romantic partner.