Why did they agree with him so quickly? Neither of them even blanched at it. Did they have a chat beforehand and he was like, by the way I'm going to push this line.

These are all excellent candidates for giving humans a stern talking to right now.

Your friend may not need further advice. They might need repeated chances to air it and to have someone recognise it's draining and worrying, and that there's very little escape and few solutions. They may 'just' need to be heard and validated in that context.

Thank you

An Affair to Forget

Might be on ACE's Illuminate dashboard of audience figures?

He's now part of the circle of life though, so other songs are available.