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The series completes itself with a look at the grandaddy of them all, Shaun Monson's 'Earthlings'. Although food has been the main focus of the series, this documentary also looks at the use of animals as pets (even that isn't always pretty), for clothes, for entertainment and finally for scientific experiments. Shaun's 2015 sequel 'Unity' is in the show notes below.

Antony also mentions a couple of Australian documentaries that are even harder to watch than 'Earthlings' (if that's even possible), and offers some final statements and some attempt at a conclusion.

General series notes

We all know it's happening. We all know it's horrific but try to tell ourselves it's not that bad and if we just buy free-range eggs we can square it with our conscience and sleep peacefully. However, research and just a small sample of the copious amounts of truly heartbreaking video footage available makes it clear that it is far, far worse than we think (note- the information in this podcast series is actually quite sanitised compared to other testimonies and footage out there).

Who is to blame? The consumer or the industry? It seems to be a chicken-and-egg situation that could be improved greatly by the average consumer deciding to invest time in discovering what is behind some of the shameful (and shameless) propaganda techniques employed by the food industry. As should be clear in the series, the animals are the biggest victims but not the only ones, which is obvious when you research the state of meat, eggs and dairy that is routinely passed as 'safe to consume'.

To gain a better industry of how and why this nasty business is allowed to happen, a recommended companion piece is the excellent documentary 'The Corporation' and indeed the previous LALO episode on it (see show notes for both). We really owe it to ourselves and the animals who largely live miserable, hellish lives before suffering painful and brutal deaths, to make the effort in the ultimate information age to inform ourselves of the real situation. Unfettered capitalism cannot be allowed to run riot without resistance.

Do I recommend watching the documentaries and other video footage available? I'm going to say yes but please proceed with caution and I would actively discourage viewing them if you feel in a vulnerable or depressive state because they have the power to make you question whether true humanity exists and how we can possibly behave in this kind of way to innocent, defenceless beings (once again, I would also include some humans in this).

As the saying goes, 'once you've seen it, you can't unsee it', and as Ed Winters aka Earthling Ed says at the end of 'Land of Hope And Glory', 'you can never again say you didn't know'. While listening, consider/research the following; normalisation, desensitisation, disassociation, cultural reinforcement, cognitive dissonance, confirmation bias, power(lessness), exploitation, deception, isolation, (relative) value of life, respect, compassion, sympathy, mercy, humanity.

We hope you find this of interest

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Series links

Shaun Monson (maker of ‘Earthlings’)

Earthlings film (2005)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XrY2TP0ZyU

20th anniversary interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EGAFYWAwQE

Shaun’s TEDx talk (‘No Separation Based On Form)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P7eopjN92c

Unity (2015)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4cMqtiTC6k

How do you get people to watch Earthlings (2 approaches)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-Zh810bznk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J8pdru1TOc

Ed Winters aka ‘Earthling Ed’

Land of Hope and Glory (the UK ‘Earthlings’, made by Surge in 2017)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvtVkNofcq8&t=2s

Surge’s website

https://www.surgeactivism.org/ourmission

Ed’s TED talk about veganism

https://www.ted.com/talks/ed_winters_every_argument_against_veganism

An eye-opening speech

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3u7hXpOm58

Ed’s most recent published books

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58093554-this-is-vegan-propaganda

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/124846667-how-to-argue-with-a-meat-eater

Ed debates (schools) a dairy farmer on the BBC

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/124846667-how-to-argue-with-a-meat-eater

Jack Hancock

Jack’s film ‘The Dying Trade’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qb-9Q0YhVA

Jack’s channel

https://www.youtube.com/@HumaneHancock

The video that inspired this podcast series

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX4_fFjw3Ag

Slaughterhouse worker Tom talks to Jack (very disturbing)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSbhLL2CF9o

Gail Eisnitz

Gail’s books

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/220160974-out-of-sight

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31474.Slaughterhouse

Gail on the ‘Our Hen House’ podcast

https://www.ourhenhouse.org/ep858

Joey Carbstrong

Joey’s short film ‘Gaslit’ (what routinely happens to pigs in the UK)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql_L4JD0Fpc

Joey appears on the Jeremy Vine show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya76fJiAWU8

Joey Carbstrong exposes ‘premium turkey’ farming (please tell Jamie Oliver if you see him)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FMxd67zeXE

Hens in gas chambers (watch if you dare)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w81NRCt6Z2I

Other links

1 Vegan vs 20 Meat Eaters with Dr Jack Symes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsNBKKRXqI4

Jack talks to Joe Rogan about veganism and hunting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0mB_MStUsk

Chris Delforce’s films ‘Lucent’ and ‘Dominion’ (very graphic!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KArL5YjaL5U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQRAfJyEsko

‘Un-Australian’ activists shut down the Melbourne central business district, inspired by ‘Dominion’

https://veganrising.org.au/melbourne-city-centre-shut-down-for-animals/

Chris Delforce speaks at the Perth Vegan Expo 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ydDkUNlewU

Humanemyth.org (deconstructing the myths of animal agriculture)

https://humanemyth.org/

Roasting the Planet (2025 report on animal agriculture and the climate)

https://foe.org/resources/heating-the-planet-big-meat-and-dairys-big-emissions/

Vegan TV ads (very effective!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psdtyJ2aizI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6PMX30PViA

Recommended books ‘Dominion’ and ’ The Jungle’

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7260.Dominion

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41681.The_Jungle

Simon Amstell’s ‘Carnage’ (2017)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfUSdrSS4ms

Activist and ex-Slaughterhouse worker talks to ‘Vegan Gaze’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4mRK1gQ_m8

The truth about supermarket eggs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KUGRLaz-2s

‘The Corporation’ film and previous LALO episode about it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhixR6h5RSI

https://lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com/e/episode-33-the-corporation/

The heartwarming story of Dolly (videos in reverse order on playlist, watch from bottom to top)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6VPBMQoGl0&list=PLKk60gBKlu0aYiHq_mKBw7ZflwCJDLUR-&index=4

The history and ending of public executions

https://capitalpunishmentuk.org/the-ending-of-public-executions-in-the-19th-century/

TED talk about the bees disappearing

https://www.ted.com/talks/marla_spivak_why_bees_are_disappearing

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Acting as a ‘gentle’ introduction to what will be a very challenging upcoming series of episodes, Antony offers some observations and questions on a sprawling range of topics, mostly focused on the harsh realities of this glorious world we inhabit.

How much do we want to know about what really goes on in our name, and what we inadvertently or actively support? What do, or should, we feel about the massive inequalities of power and resources that exist, and the exploitation of powerless humans and even more powerless animals?

This is a fairly ‘safe’ episode but the next ones could be extremely emotive and distressing to some. It must be stressed right off the bat that there is no guilt-tripping in this episode or the subsequent ones

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Global wealth distribution

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-global-distribution-of-wealth-shown-in-one-pyramid/

Cultural reinforcement explained

https://lifestyle.sustainability-directory.com/term/cultural-reinforcement/

Normalising the abnormal

https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20240314-how-the-abnormal-gets-normalised-and-what-to-do-about-it

Brainwashing through television

https://www.psychmechanics.com/how-tv-influences-your-mind-through/

Happy Egg Co, advert (this is so far from the truth you wouldn’t believe it)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20B-4TYEajE

John Pilger- War By Other Means

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoPksGjLb7Y

Dutch historian offers truth bombs at Davos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paaen3b44XY&t=160s

Gabor Mate’s ‘The Myth of Normal’

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58537332-the-myth-of-normal

‘The Corporation’ (seminal documentary)

https://thecorporation.com/

Douglas Valentine on this podcast (2021)

https://lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com/e/episode-14-vietnam-the-cia-and-the-propaganda-war-with-douglas-valentine/

Chris Ryan’s ‘Tangentially Speaking’ podcast

https://chrisryan.substack.com/podcast

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The encounter between Piers Morgan and Russell Brand in April was, if nothing else, compelling and revealing. Despite their very different personae, they have had strangely similar journeys through some of the darker aspects of media and come out the other side, each now positioning himself as part of ‘alternative media’, whatever that exactly means, while still in contact with the mainstream.

Antony breaks down a quite bizarre conversation, with both protagonists wrestling for control and trying to direct things into the areas they would prepare to discuss. There are a few truth bombs detonated here, which many alt. media commentators seem to have missed as they focus only on a few moments of dead air.

Did Piers and Russell simply expose one another for who & what they are? How sincere are they, or is it all a grift from people well schooled in how to capture attention and often direct it? You decide (the full interview is in the show notes)

Following this, Antony offers a book recommendation, a couple of comments on a mental health shenanigans, and a few details of an amazing athletic achievement in London a few weeks ago

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episode links

Piers vs Russell in full

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv5tXkmEMyo&t=3s

Russell Brand: In Plain Sight (Channel 4 documentary)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR2bHA9lq1I&rco=1

Tom Secker on the allegations and the C4 doc

https://www.spyculture.com/clandestime-special-the-russell-brand-allegations/

What would Prime Minister Brand do? (spoof)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKDKt0lh3Y0

George Carlin on who runs the world

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE3sYUJASLY

Chomsky schools Marr

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLcpcytUnWU

Bill Cooper predicts 9/11?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yuei07WHb0w

Dave Smith vs Douglas Murray (2025)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj9YcCOioZE

Gabor Mate’s ‘The Myth of Normal’

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58537332-the-myth-of-normal

Gabor with Russell on damaged leaders

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2gTqgKRIwlpk1U0flTlSwx

A show about depression from the LALO archives

https://lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com/e/episode-28-an-uplifting-conversation-about-depression/

The 2026 London Marathon in full

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIB3sS1fmS4&t=9709s

Sebastian Sawe’s achievement broken down (madness!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prwDzSGfdm8&t=273s

Club runners attempting to run at sub 2-hour marathon pace

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au5IVqD3Tmw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkBmYQucyMs&t=381s

Mark Lewis humiliates a 9-year-old park runner (not quite)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKkxiLf0flM

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For our final episode of the year, we look at a yuletide classic from a philosophical and existential angle, gently challenging the fairytale ‘happy ending’ and looking at other inconsistencies within what is close to being a perfect Hollywood tale of darkness rescued by light and hope. George Bailey and the other characters are archetypes that stay just the right side of being clichés, but there may well be more going on than meets the eye…

Following this, Antony makes some other observations about life and asks a few questions (don’t expect the answers!) about our human relationship to the world around us, with further connections made to the ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ film

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Some famous scenes from ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’

The opening

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79pIurpNARs&t=9s

George and Mary fall in love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wABeIIjxmJk

‘You’re worth more dead than alive’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COAnVhYNbTI

George receives a great gift

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNQ76UyurLA

A Christmas miracle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDQVRxRlGdQ

Film Gold’s review of the film

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1o-yaBhGjY

Scott Phipps’s marvellous festive review for the ‘Stinking Pause’ podcast

https://stinkingpause.libsyn.com/webpage/2018

Is the film’s ending actually happy?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um3C3GHchZw

SNL’s alternative ending (Potter finally gets it…)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw89o0afb2A

Scrooge sees the light (1951 version)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FYV0BJJycs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPceYjVQVnw

The Beatles And A Mass of Humanity (life is people)

https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com/the-beatles-and-a-mass-of-humanity

Life

Some famous quotes about life

https://www.azquotes.com/quotes/topics/life.html

The universe is waaay bigger than you think

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy7NzjCmUf0

Recommended books

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/347852.The_Road_Less_Traveled

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16024912-fuck-it

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/197782.Rogue_State

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We complete our journey into Axel Rudakubana’s darkness with a look at some of the wealth of information uncovered by the recently-completed first phase of The Southport Inquiry, which has taken place at Liverpool Town Hall.

Special attention is given to the testimonies of Gary Poland, the unfortunate taxi driver who delivered Axel to the place of his atrocity, Axel’s brother Dion and their parents Alphonse and Laetitia.

The timeline is as imperfect as the system that sought to deal with a severe case of a ‘problem child’, as we jump around key events and try to make sense of a 5-year period in the Rudakubana family’s lives that saw an apparently well-adjusted 12 year old with a passion for acting and Doctor Who transform into a monster (as his father admits he now is).

The episode ends with some final thoughts from the Inquiry chairman as we try to build a brighter future

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Liverpool Echo Inquiry updates in full (latest at the top)

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/live-southport-inquiry-updates-32420881

News reports regarding the testimonies of Gary Poland, Dion Rudakubana and Alphonse Rudakubana

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waoIVeV-ZwY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFz7jTQeBbk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqRT1JtTB-Q

What is Trauma?

https://psychcentral.com/health/what-is-trauma

Axel’s taxi ride, police arrival and arrest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72kZoJTw5FE&t=6s

Craig Houston on the rather strange Axel arrest video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxWO6gH1Tss

Police interviews with the child killers of James Bulger

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaSq6RPqMrU

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We conclude our latest follow-up episodes on Axel Rudakubana and his darkest of deeds on a summer’s day in Southport last July. In this part Antony looks at apparent ‘events’ involving Rudakubana - and the media coverage of them in a world awash with rumours and agendas - since his sentencing hearing in January and the award of a 52-year minimum term life sentence.

Parallel to this is the extraordinary suffering and bravery of the victims’ families and a remarkably poignant day at the London Marathon in April. From there we move on to the ongoing government-commissioned Southport Inquiry, which seeks to clarify the precise events of July 29th and to try to shed light on how an apparently normal if withdrawn 12-year-old child could have been led to his monstrous actions

There will be at least one further update episode as the inquiry continues

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episode links

Original LALO episode on the case

https://lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com/e/episode-57-axel-rudakubana-explaining-the-unexplainable/

Axel’s brother speaks out

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15111537/Brother-Southport-killer-asks-officials-stopped-sibling-going-knife-rampage.html

Dion and Alphonse in the local newspaper

https://sites.google.com/view/freenewsreport/how-dion-rudakubanas-new-wheelchair-transformed-his-daily-life

https://www.southportvisiter.co.uk/sport/other-sport/alphonse-gets-wants---after-9480939

What did the parents know?

https://news.sky.com/story/southport-victims-parents-say-killers-parents-knew-and-ignored-risk-he-posed-to-public-13432889

Sergio Aguiar and David Stancombe run the London Marathon

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1k42p00wlwo

Charlie Bentley-Astor on the case

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE1p-xnmnfA&t=115s

Ross Kemp in Belmarsh (does this look cushy?)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgGf8u8Vn1Y

‘One Day In Southport’ documentary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4mR2HUeUxE&t=116s

Axel’s Taxi ride and the arrival of the police

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72kZoJTw5FE

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Following on from episode 57, we delve further into the dark world of Axel Rudakubana and the horrific attack(s) he perpetrated in sunny Southport last July. This time, Antony provides more details of the sometimes bizarre events surrounding the attack (without dwelling on the gory details), and also the media framing of the killer and the handling of this shocking ongoing ‘story’.

On this latter point, we are aided by a few paragraphs from Alain De Botton’s ‘The News: A User’s Manual’, which looks at the strange and compulsive relationship most of us have with the telling to us of the apparently most important events in a vast and complex world.

The Southport Inquiry is currently taking place in Liverpool, and part 2 will reveal more details and context from the wealth of information that the inquiry is providing on a daily basis.

As with the previous episode, there is also brief mention of the Lucy Letby case and John Lennon’s killer, Mark David Chapman.

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episode links

Previous LALO episode on the case

https://lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com/e/episode-57-axel-rudakubana-explaining-the-unexplainable/

Axel Rudakubana in a BBC Children In Need advert 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5wc1WqGScg

‘One Day In Southport’ documentary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4mR2HUeUxE&t=116s

Axel’s Taxi ride and the arrival of the police

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72kZoJTw5FE

The policemen on the scene’s testimonies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW6eFZU66wQ

Axel Rudakubana arrest video and Craig Houston’s take on it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5ye387OZYM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxWO6gH1Tss

Joel Verite testimony

https://news.sky.com/video/man-describes-coming-face-to-face-with-southport-knife-attacker-13187561

Axel restrained by classmates at school

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OaiB03ZcYo0

Alain De Botton’s ‘The News: A User’s Manual

(book link and Google talk by the author)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18282869-the-news

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4aAJrJB6h0

Media fakery? (different video to the one mentioned in the episode)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tocuyJ1Fu7U

‘Lucy Letby Analysis’ (highly recommended you tube channel)

https://www.youtube.com/@LLAnalysis/videos

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After our journey in part 1 into anxiety and depression, we follow Matt Haig’s recovery, as detailed in his fine book ‘Reasons To Stay Alive’, and talk about all the great stuff in life, both big and small, with a little help from some of Antony’s friends and family -thanks again to all contributors- as he approaches his half century (hence the title).

Along the way, we explore regrets of the dying, how a healthy attitude to death can enhance our lives, and those moments of ‘the sublime’ that we experience a lot as children but seem to ‘grow out of’ as we pass into adulthood.

Declutter your soul, travel, take some exercise, express gratitude, stroke an animal, do whatever works…

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episode links

‘Reasons To Stay Alive’ by Matt Haig

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25733573-reasons-to-stay-alive

Stephen Fry’s 2-part documentary ‘The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtImgnj5DN0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECv-24Ruu-o

Learning from ‘Regrets of the Dying’

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/cop-doc/202301/learning-from-the-top-5-regrets-of-the-dying

The benefits of spending time with animals

https://travelswithbibi.com/the-benefits-of-spending-time-with-animals

An Uplifting Conversation about depression (LALO 28)

https://lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com/e/episode-28-an-uplifting-conversation-about-depression

The link between depression and creativity

https://www.verywellmind.com/the-link-between-depression-and-creativity-5094193

Robert Greene on ‘The Sublime’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGMq4T7G0Mk

The universe is way bigger than you think

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy7NzjCmUf0

Derealisation

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/depersonalization-derealization-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20352911

How To Resist Advertising

https://www.rationalhumanbeing.com/blog/how-to-resist-advertising-even-when-you-cant-escape-it

F**k It: The Ultimate Spiritual Way

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4837266-f-k-it

Derren Brown’s book ‘Happy’

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30142270-happy

Alain De Botton on ‘The News’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4aAJrJB6h0

Bill Hicks- It’s Just A Ride

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgzQuE1pR1w

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We present the first of two episodes in the lead-up to Antony’s upcoming milestone birthday. The main part of this episode features extracts from the first two sections of Matt Haig’s excellent and popular 2015 book ‘Reasons To Stay Alive’.

This profound, readable and sometimes humorous book details Haig’s recovery from ‘a sustained bout of anxiety and depression’, and Antony interjects with (hopefully useful) observations and ideas for containment of negative feelings and emotions.

This is preceded by a look at anxiety and depression in terms of definitions, causes, symptoms and possible treatments.

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episode links

‘Reasons To Stay Alive’ by Matt Haig

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25733573-reasons-to-stay-alive

Stephen Fry’s 2-part documentary ‘The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtImgnj5DN0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECv-24Ruu-o

LALO’s previous explorations of depression (Ep 28) and Life Coaching (episodes 19 & 44)

https://lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com/e/episode-28-an-uplifting-conversation-about-depression/

https://lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com/e/episode-19-life-coaching-creativity-communal-experience-mental-health/

https://lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com/e/episode-44-life-coaching-the-inner-game-part-1-of-3/

Treatments for depression in the UK

https://mentalhealth-uk.org/help-and-information/conditions/depression/treatment/

The surprising benefits of journalling

https://www.verywellhealth.com/journaling-7498123

Robert Greene: Imagined Pain vs. Reality

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si93W7aO08U

Alain De Botton on ‘The News’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4aAJrJB6h0

F**k It: The Ultimate Spiritual Way

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4837266-f-k-it

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We conclude our conversation with Peter Seal, the author of ‘The Self-Help Delusion: A Manifesto For Genuine Change’, a self-development book that seeks to help the reader evolve their way of thinking and inspire real and long-lasting life changes.

Once again, Antony and Peter discuss a range of topics, this time including anger/fear, hypnosis, NLP (neuro-linguistic programming), narratives, roles, beliefs, love and happiness.

Are us humans really just making it all up as we go along? Listen on…

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episode links

Peter’s book

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25593619-the-self-help-delusion

What is Neuro-Linguistic Programming?

https://practicalpie.com/neuro-linguistic-programming/

An introduction to Transactional Analysis and recommended book

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByUZI-DCiSM

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49176.Games_People_Play

The Art of Happiness

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38210.The_Art_of_Happiness

Derren Brown on hypnosis and happiness (Joe Rogan podcast)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFeL7XGwJTs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3DigsvZCXo

Marlon Brando on life and acting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slU3ATbH1Vg

The true scale of the universe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy7NzjCmUf0

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After entering dark territory with the previous episode, we return to lighter material with the first of a two-part conversation with Antony’s friend Peter Seal, the author of ‘The Self-Help Delusion: A Manifesto For Genuine Change’, which is a self-development book that seeks to help the reader evolve their way of thinking and inspire real and long-lasting life changes.

In this part, Antony and Peter discuss a range of topics, including human behaviour, time, the past-present-future relationship and NLP (neuro-linguistic programming). In addition, if you want to know why the sky may not be blue, listen on…

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episode links

Peter’s book

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25593619-the-self-help-delusion

What is Neuro-Linguistic Programming?

https://practicalpie.com/neuro-linguistic-programming/

The Artist’s Way (a spiritual guide to creativity)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/615570.The_Artist_s_Way

The Power of Now animated summary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgGtNgLSCqU

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F***

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28257707-the-subtle-art-of-not-giving-a-f-ck

Michael Caine on using the difficulty

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAB89fOdA-I

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This is a rare true crime episode, trying (in vain) to understand the horrific crimes of Axel Rudakubana in Southport last summer. There is also some discussion of the Lucy Letby case and brief mention of John Lennon’s reviled killer Mark David Chapman, in terms of the psychology of crime and society's relationship to it.

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episode links

Axel Rudakubana

BBC Children In Need advert 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5wc1WqGScg

BBC Panorama documentary

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0027x2z

Taxi ride and arrest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hI7Hx995ks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5ye387OZYM

Joel Verite testimony

https://news.sky.com/video/man-describes-coming-face-to-face-with-southport-knife-attacker-13187561

LBC caller on Alphonse Rudakubana

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqsaTpvp5Dc

Rob Ager deep dive on the 2024 post-Southport riots

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umVQpAer1BU

The Psychological Effects of Bullying on Kids & Teens

https://mastersinpsychologyguide.com/articles/psychological-effects-bullying-kids-teens/

Lucy Letby

Was There Ever A Crime? (podcast series)

https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/bdrfd-25f224/Was-There-Ever-A-Crime-The-Trials-of-Lucy-Letby-with-John-Sweeney-Podcast

Full interview with prosecution ‘star witness’ Dewi Evans

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQleiz5P05k&list=PLisbmqPbVDrYRuFmluXVm5YDQhoRo5Pw2&index=3

Press conference of ‘new evidence’ conducted by Dr. Shoo Lee (Feb 2025)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT8CO15IHMs

‘According To Carl In The UK’ on Lucy Letby possible release

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6Y9iUcbLRk

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Completing our foray into advertising, mostly using Antony’s talk on Julian Charles’s excellent podcast ‘The Mind Renewed’ back in 2015, we dive deeper into Edward Bernays’s work and then segue into the darker underbelly of the craft, including the engineering of a military coup and the truly egregious and unethical snaring of innocent hearts and minds involved in advertising to children. On a lighter note we mention a few points made in Neil Sanders’s very entertaining presentation called ‘The Art of Creating Reality’ (see show notes).

From there we talk about an excellent short video called ‘Your Lifestyle Has Already Been Designed’ (see show notes again) and how we have been trapped into a certain way of life. There are a few words from Antony at the end of the talk on this subject, and Antony and Julian offer some advice for combatting the controlling force of advertising.

See you on the other side for another episode soon

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Link to Julian’s website/podcast and our original talk in full

https://www.themindrenewed.com

https://www.themindrenewed.com/episodes/2014-15/717-ep020

episode links

Edward Bernays: A Brief History

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdQ6HIzaSm4

‘Company Store’ by Dissident Prophet (with lyrics)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcx3T_UoHsU

Consuming Kids: The Commercialisation of Childhood (2008 doc)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMaRsR7orTk

How Advertising Rewires Kids’ Brains

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGN1ZEABk_Y

Neil Sanders - The Art of Creating Reality

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXIRBU0LVWI

Your Lifestyle Has Already Been Designed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufeavz7d0GU

A Parent’s Guide to Resisting Television Advertising

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdQYMG0JnWw

Rory Sutherland’s superb TED talks ‘Perspective Is Everything’ and ‘Life Lessons of an Ad Man’

https://www.ted.com/talks/rory_sutherland_perspective_is_everything

https://www.ted.com/talks/rory_sutherland_life_lessons_from_an_ad_man

Stephen Fry can’t stop shopping! (go to 44.55)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECv-24Ruu-o

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Following on from the propaganda multi-parter at the end of last year, this time we dive into a topic with quite a lot of overlap, namely advertising. The bulk of the content comes from a talk that Antony did on Julian Charles’s excellent podcast ‘The Mind Renewed’ back in 2015.

Despite the time that has passed since the talk, most of the general thrust of advertising has been in place for a long time so we are confident that the information is still relevant and hopefully useful.

In Part 1 we talk about what advertising is and some of the techniques employed by advertisers to sell products. Towards the end of this part, we begin to discuss the work of Edward Bernays, ‘the most influential man you’ve never heard of’ (more on him later).

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Link to Julian’s website/podcast and our original talk in full

https://www.themindrenewed.com

https://www.themindrenewed.com/episodes/2014-15/717-ep020

episode links

What is advertising (wiki)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advertising

‘Company Store’ by Dissident Prophet (with lyrics)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcx3T_UoHsU

Most common advertising techniques

https://localiq.com/blog/advertising-techniques/

Cadbury’s Gorilla ad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs2z7OA3XKI

Noam Chomsky- real vs created needs & wants

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CFwSQiTu3I

Manufacturing Consent (book & documentary)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12617.Manufacturing_Consent

https://archive.org/details/manufacturing_consent

Julian Charles- Holding Things Lightly

https://www.themindrenewed.com/episodes/2012-13/118-serm001

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And so we bring an end to another fine journey through a fascinating topic and indeed another year of this podcast.

Part 3 of this series looks at ‘positive propaganda’ in the field of public health, multiple examples of negative propaganda by way of the demonising (sometimes literally) of political rivals and rival nations, and finally a look at how technology has brought propaganda, along with the world, into a very new landscape in the 21st century.

If nothing else, this series should get you thinking about propaganda and whether it is all bad or simply becomes that in the wrong hands

(ref- the outro clip is Bill Hicks talking about the first Iraq War and President George H.W. Bush)

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Link to David Welch’s book ‘Propaganda: Power & Persuasion

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17674209-propaganda

What is propaganda?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda

25 powerful propaganda posters

https://www.emlii.com/25-most-powerful-propaganda-posters-that-made-all-the-difference/

episode links

Roger Stahl’s ‘Militainment Inc’ (how the 2003 Iraq War was sold to the public)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31080465/

Bill Hicks on war and weapons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRy5znLg1f8

Iraq War lies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgfzqulvhlQ

Edward Bernays and female smokers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdQ6HIzaSm4

Adam Curtis’s ‘The Power of Nightmares’ and the truth about Al Qaeda’s origins

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_Nightmares

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEjRcwDxvEY

Review of ‘Downfall’ on The Mind Renewed podcast

https://www.themindrenewed.com/episodes/2022-23/1572-ep070

‘Propaganda Watch’ on the Corbett Report website/podcast (James Corbett)

https://corbettreport.com/category/propagandawatch/

John Pilger on how to see through propaganda

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvF3d8hhoJo&t=213s

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We continue our exploration of the fascinating and contentious topic of propaganda, using as our basis David Welch’s 2013 book ‘Propaganda: Power & Persuasion.

In Part 2, we look at the propaganda of nationhood and leadership before taking a deep dive into the chapter of the book on war propaganda. Is propaganda good or bad? Or does it just depend on who’s propagating the information? Part 3 will be out in December

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Link to David Welch’s book

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17674209-propaganda

episode links

What is propaganda?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda

25 powerful propaganda posters

https://www.emlii.com/25-most-powerful-propaganda-posters-that-made-all-the-difference/

You’re not immune to propaganda

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl2fnWIlDZg

How to Get a Country to Go to War

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88Ev1gM0nt8

Frank Capra’s ‘Why We Fight’ film series (war propaganda)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_We_Fight

Country Joe & The Fish at Woodstock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ft0vkKCadgk

‘Propaganda Watch’ on the Corbett Report website/podcast (James Corbett)

https://corbettreport.com/category/propagandawatch/

John Pilger on how to see through propaganda

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvF3d8hhoJo&t=213s

Noam Chomsky propaganda lecture

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9shpeKIXCMc&t=1181s

Theaters of War (Hollywood propaganda)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theaters_of_War

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To round off the year, we present another multi-part series, this time on a fascinating topic that I have come to see as something of an art form. The main material being used is David Welch’s very accessible and even-handed book ‘Propaganda: Power & Persuasion, which accompanied an exhibition on the topic at the British Library in 2013.

Is propaganda good or bad? Or does it just depend on who’s propagating the information? In Part 1, we look at definitions of propaganda, some of the history of it, and we begin to build up a picture of its place in our society. Part 2 will be on its way soon

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Link to David Welch’s book

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17674209-propaganda

episode links

What is propaganda?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda

Edward Bernays’s seminal book

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/493212.Propaganda

25 powerful propaganda posters

https://www.emlii.com/25-most-powerful-propaganda-posters-that-made-all-the-difference/

Noam Chomsky propaganda lecture

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9shpeKIXCMc&t=1181s

Theaters of War (Hollywood propaganda)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theaters_of_War

Top Gun’s crude/clever propaganda

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9XqeE21bAU

Rory Sutherland’s superb TED talks on advertising

https://www.ted.com/talks/rory_sutherland_perspective_is_everything

https://www.ted.com/talks/rory_sutherland_life_lessons_from_an_ad_man

Muhammad Ali on the black/white issue in culture (1971)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI6X386lc9A&t=9s

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We’ve got a special episode for you this time as Antony is joined by 1990s football legend and truth-seeker Matt Le Tissier. The conversation hits on a few topics such as the recent Euro 2024 tournament and some of the problems with the mentality of English football. Antony and Matt then discuss media narratives and the wider agenda regarding sport, especially its propagandistic relationship with national identity.

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episode links

The problem with England (football team)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6Jd1IacEwE

Why people love watching football

https://breakingthelines.com/opinion/the-psychology-behind-why-we-love-watching-football/

Matt’s Twitter feed

https://x.com/mattletiss7

Matt on ‘The Mind Renewed’ podcast

https://www.themindrenewed.com/interviews/2022/22-interviewnotes/1533-int-209n

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Matt’s top 10 goals (spectacular!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8_dVekpn70

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To mark Life And Life Only’s half-century, I drove back to my original home town on the day I celebrated another journey round the sun, to share a few personal reminiscences and also muse on nostalgia, memories, socio-economic status and a few other things…

There’s a nice bit of relaxing music to finish today’s episode and an announcement of a rather special guest coming up for LALO 51

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episode links

The good and bad of nostalgia (Psychology Today)

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-everyday-unconscious/202009/why-nostalgia-the-amazing-power-of-reminiscing

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-everyday-unconscious/202009/the-dark-side-of-nostalgia

John Lennon And Me (Glass Onion: On John Lennon Episode 98- includes ‘The Blind Goalscorer’ story)

https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com/episode-98-john-lennon-and-me

A walk through Egham town centre

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc1TxjwLJ7o&t=297s

A video about the JFK memorial in Runnymede

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g2AWLJfAY0

Bill Hicks plays Egham (no local material included!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gGcI0hxSuo&list=PL97DFD641E4A2A440&index=1&t=43s

Matt Le Tissier on ‘The Mind Renewed’ podcast

https://www.themindrenewed.com/interviews/2022/1532-int-209

Some of ‘Le God’’s amazing goals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8_dVekpn70

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And so we bring to an end another podcast series as we conclude our whistle-stop journey through some of the highlights of John Cleese and Robin Skynner’s very readable, entertaining and insightful book ‘Life & How To Survive It’, which is presented as an ongoing dialogue between the doctor and the intelligent layman.

The topics and sub-topics this time include spiritual experiences and the various ways of achieving them, being fully alive and awake, death, mortality & aging and the difficulty of change.

As you listen, perhaps you could ponder these questions:

-Are we really living our lives or actually dreaming our way through them?

-Why not devote the rest of your life , starting now, to improving your wellbeing and working on your development and happiness

As is the usual format, Antony picks parts from the book, reads them out and then expands on some of the points made.

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episode links

John and Robin’s 2 books

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20582.Families_and_How_To_Survive_Them

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1518412.Life_and_How_To_Survive_It

Derren Brown’s ‘Happy’ book

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30142270-happy

Bill Hicks on drugs and God

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFywGDAU3ik

Rupert Sheldrake banned TED talk (The Science Delusion)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKHUaNAxsTg

Rupert with Russell Brand on the ‘Under The Skin’ podcast (Science vs God)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAS-QzWvj8g

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’s 5 stages of grief

https://www.cruse.org.uk/understanding-grief/effects-of-grief/five-stages-of-grief/

Monty Python’s ‘Dead Parrot’ sketch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vuW6tQ0218&t=202s

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We continue our sprawling but hopefully enlightening trawl through John Cleese and Robin Skynner’s very readable, entertaining and insightful book ‘Life & How To Survive It’, which is presented as an ongoing dialogue between the doctor and the intelligent layman. One of the many strengths of the book is how it takes concepts and ideas and shows how they can be adapted to various contexts.

Among the topics and sub-topics touched upon in this episode are politics, society and its many forms, the continuing quest for the keys to happiness and mental clarity, the differences between British, American and Japanese culture, myths & reality, and the relationship between religion and mental health.

As is the usual format, Antony picks some interesting parts from the book, reads them out and then expands on some of the points made.

Part 3 will be on its merry way soon

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episode links

John and Robin’s 2 books

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20582.Families_and_How_To_Survive_Them

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1518412.Life_and_How_To_Survive_It

The Id, Ego, Superego concept

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id,_ego_and_superego

Waldorf Salad (Fawlty Towers episode) clips

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZoUH43nI4w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIVGX-IkVy8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_uDB-0iBR8

The Secret Life of Brian documentary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdU_6jUQI9s

Chris Ryan interview on ‘Civilised To Death

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdThkFaQ4fQ

Review of Matt Taibbi’s ‘Hate Inc.’ (recommended book about the current political climate)

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1077699020965190

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As the podcast nears its half century, we venture into another multi-parter, this time on John Cleese and Robin Skynner’s very readable, entertaining and insightful book ‘Life & How To Survive It’, the sequel to their ‘Families & How To Survive Them’. As with ‘Families’, this book is presented as an ongoing dialogue between the doctor/expert and the patient/layman.

As is the usual format, Antony picks some interesting parts from the book, reads them out and then expands on some of the points made. Part 1 starts with looking at good, bad and average mental health among individuals, families and companies. Along the way, there is discussion of generosity, work, humour, dependence, neurosis and defences and a few other things

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episode links

John and Robin’s 2 books

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20582.Families_and_How_To_Survive_Them

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1518412.Life_and_How_To_Survive_It

The Id, Ego, Superego concept

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id,_ego_and_superego

John Cleese’s eulogy to Graham Chapman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH3rIMI-pAg

Indian laughter yoga (try not to laugh!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N60nBD-_Mc

Glass Onion: On John Lennon Episode 99.5 (released on April 1st)

https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com/episode-995-paul-is-dead-0

A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j31jauLZovc

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We conclude our discussion centred on W Timothy Gallwey’s book ‘The Inner Game of Tennis’ by talking about nerves, including citing some famous cases of ‘choking’ in sport, and then engaging in a little fun speculation as to who might win the remaining tennis Grand Slams of this year and beyond, in both the men’s and women’s tours.

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episode links

link to Mr Gallwey’s book

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/905.The_Inner_Game_of_Tennis

A previous LALO episode about nerves (and table tennis)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4BqdMZ3Pd4

Jan Van der Velde’s famous meltdown at the British Open in 1999

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t00AbenIkc

Jana Novotna chokes at Wimbledon in 1993

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miGEqbZkHOo

What exactly are Introverts and Extroverts?

https://www.simplypsychology.org/introvert-extrovert.html

A short animated guide to Sport Psychology

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6jj2I_Kn-s

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Darrell & Antony continue their discussion of W Timothy Gallwey’s book ‘The Inner Game of Tennis’, which expertly uses that sport as a context to give wider insights into the nature of performance, the mental traps we set for ourselves and how to overcome challenges and be your best self.

Although not an easy thing to do, you may find that at least it’s simpler than you think, and the book (and hopefully our discussion) offers many lessons for tennis, sport and life.

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episode links

link to Mr Gallwey’s book

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/905.The_Inner_Game_of_Tennis

A previous LALO episode about tennis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-BmXL_ajLc

A short animated guide to Sport Psychology

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6jj2I_Kn-s

TED talk- ‘Inside The Mind of Champion Athletes’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG7v4y_xwzQ

McEnroe-Borg: Fire and Ice (documentary)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvF5ARwXm-M

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For our first podcast series of 2024, we welcome Darrell Swan to talk about some of the benefits of Life Coaching before we deep dive into the book ‘The Inner Game of Tennis’ by W Timothy Gallwey. Darrell is a former Life Coachee of Antony’s and also a tennis player with a great interest in sports psychology.

Gallwey’s book expertly uses tennis as a context to give wider insights into the nature of performance, some of the mental traps involved and how to be mindful and let your natural self perform. There are many lessons here for tennis, general sport and life.

This first part of the discussion is the Life Coaching section, some ‘outer truth’ insights and the first portion of ‘The Inner Game’.

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episode links

link to Mr Gallwey’s book

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/905.The_Inner_Game_of_Tennis

The previous LALO episode on Life Coaching

https://lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com/e/episode-19-life-coaching-creativity-communal-experience-mental-health/

A short animated guide to Sport Psychology

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6jj2I_Kn-s

TED talk- ‘Inside The Mind of Champion Athletes’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG7v4y_xwzQ

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And so we finally reach the end of this podcast odyssey with the longest episode of the 4-part series...

The main topics here are fame (linking neatly to LALO episode 40) and the interestingly similar trajectory it shares with money in terms of how its escalation affects -or doesn't affect- a person's happiness, and then the granddaddy of all topics- death. There’s also some talk about mindfulness meditation here, offering another callback to a previous LALO episode.

Once again Derren Brown turns to some ancient wisdom to illustrate his points in the book, but there are also some fascinating modern takes on fame, death and a few other things. As always your humble host weighs in with his thoughts too, as well as offering a slightly unusual greeting of the season.

It's hard to summarise the many possible takeaways from a 6-hour analysis of a 500-page book, but with my life coach’s hat on I can only strongly suggest a focus on excellence and full attention to tasks, including the tricky one of living itself.

We also need to understand that we are telling ourselves stories all the time, often about events that we have little or no control over and with little evidence to back up our conclusions. Life is hard but can actually be far simpler than we make it if we can limit these stories and try to relax and live with grace and compassion, both for ourselves and for others.

I sincerely hope you enjoy this final episode and have enjoyed the ones before it. If so, please subscribe, like, share etc...

See you in 2024!

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episode links

Rory Sutherland’s wonderfully entertaining TED talks

https://www.ted.com/talks/rory_sutherland_perspective_is_everything

https://www.ted.com/talks/rory_sutherland_life_lessons_from_an_ad_man

Pure Heaven (story by Antony Rotunno)

https://www.antonyrotunno.com/2021/07/24/pure-heaven/

Sam Harris: The Lessons of Death

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL2uFYi86kk

When I Die; Lessons From The Death Zone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2eUw0CUuMc

Derren Brown- Unlock The Secret Power of Your Mind!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVblCpr_qAc

Groundhog Day: A Lesson In Happiness (video essay)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT2fqrMjTSQ

The mind-boggling true scale of the universe!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy7NzjCmUf0

Carl Sagan: Pale Blue Dot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wupToqz1e2g

The Psychology of Amy Winehouse (‘Psychology In Seattle’ podcast)

https://www.spreaker.com/user/10958640/the-psychology-of-amy-winehouse-2015-rer_1

Money: Humanity’s Biggest Illusion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFO6OtnmEDo

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The next part of this epic journey through Derren Brown’s book ‘Happy: Why More or Less Everything Is Absolutely Fine’ and the general topic of happiness takes us further into fate and accepting the downsides of life while finding its way back to some core themes of the book. These include our construction of narratives with little evidence, catastrophising and ‘mind-reading’ (ours, not Derren’s!).

We also look at those old enemies anger, fear & guilt, with a little help from our friends the Stoics, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius and others. There’s a lot more along the way and I humble believe you will get a lot out of this if you listen with attention and an open mind and try to digest the occasionally complex but always accessible ideas in the book and the episode.

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episode links

Quotes about happiness

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/happiness

Types of happiness (online article) https://www.verywellmind.com/happiness-types-4173234

PDF of ‘On Anger’ by Seneca

http://www.sophia-project.org/uploads/1/3/9/5/13955288/seneca_anger.pdf

Derren talks about his book

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJrxrJyymG4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3DigsvZCXo

Derren’s TED talk

https://www.ted.com/talks/derren_brown_mentalism_mind_reading_and_the_art_of_getting_inside_your_head?autoplay=true&muted=true

TED talk- ‘The Paradox of Choice’

https://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_the_paradox_of_choice?autoplay=true&muted=true

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Antony appeared on ‘Luke’s English podcast’ in April/May this year to profile Life And Life Only, and here is a compilation of the two episodes, which originally went out on video (see links below).

The topics discussed by Luke and Antony are the podcast itself, Cats, Titanic, Travelling, English Teaching, Life Coaching, David Blaine, Food & Diet, Films, Conspiracy Theories (including the weaponisation of the phrase), Comedy and Happiness.

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Luke’s website and one of our previous collaborations

https://teacherluke.co.uk/

https://teacherluke.co.uk/2022/03/16/762-meditation-learning-english-with-antony-rotunno/

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episode links

The video version of this podcast (2 parts)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8OPVuQTGhk&t=293s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V53J0wa41hM

The Frost Report- The Class Sketch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W34CsPPw5uM

TED-Ed guide to cats

https://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-cats-act-so-weird-tony-buffington

https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-history-of-the-world-according-to-cats-eva-maria-geigl

Antony’s ‘Travelling Light’ story

https://www.antonyrotunno.com/2021/07/24/travelling-light/

What is Life Coaching?

https://www.antonyrotunno.com/2021/07/29/what-is-life-coaching/

David Blaine with Joe Rogan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4LraPdm5YI

Morgan Spurlock food experiment (scary!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMWq26zH_sU

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Inspired by the recent U.S. Open tennis tournament, here’s my take on the grand slam singles finals won by Coco Gauff and Novak Djokovic, the G.O.A.T. debate and the sport and its culture in general. From here, we look at two things that are inextricably linked to top-level tennis and sport- media and fame. There’s also discussion of a very important argument put forward in the seminal 1974 tennis/sports psychology book, ‘The Inner Game of Tennis’.

As well as lauding the impressive achievements of these elite athletes, this episode also looks at the dark side of fame and touches on the cautionary tennis tales of Monica Seles, Naomi Osaka, Coco Gauff and Emma Raducanu.

I wish them all a happy life, whether they’re winning titles or not!

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episode links

The Inner Game of Tennis summary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-YJePnMrGY

Coco wins and celebrates!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZ0XQWWFIAo

US Open on-court interviews (Coco Gauff, Daniil Medvedev, Novak Djokovic)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCo3Y6DfrVU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGZq7_s0XGw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkgSXzL7Uwk

Coco and Naomi Osaka have a moment…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Al3IA1sbWE

Sloane Stephens humorous truth bombs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tCu0tKrzhc

What happened to Emma Raducanu?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnPitPzfjCU

Andy Roddick with Jonathan Ross (funny!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j070zjfq0Uc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi5AWJ8aJ4c

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We continue our foray into the surprisingly complex world of happiness, with extracts from Derren Brown’s 2016 book ‘Happy: Why More or Less Everything Is Absolutely Fine’ to guide us through, along with host Antony’s interjections and musings.

In this part, we look at a wide range of sub-topics including more on the history of happiness, a look at the Stoics and Marcus Aurelius and their influence on Cognitive-Behavioural and Life Coaching, virtue (signalling), desire, fate, judgement, the psychology of relationships and a few other things along the way. Antony also discovers his new favourite phrase- ‘psychological robustness’.

Part 3 will follow next month

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episode links

Podcasts about, or influenced by, the Stoics and Stoicism

https://philosophybites.libsyn.com/william-b-irvine-on-living-stoically

https://dailystoic.com/Podcast/

A podcast deep dive into Marcus Aurelius and ‘Meditations’

https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9kYjc3ZGZlMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw/episode/NDdkZjQ2ZmQtMjk5Mi00ODM2LTg4OTQtYjE5ZmFlMmI4ZTlh?sa=X&ved=0CAIQuIEEahcKEwios_zo5deAAxUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ

Derren Brown talks about his book

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJrxrJyymG4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3DigsvZCXo

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Happiness seems to be simple to understand, but profound and lasting happiness is actually a complex business, as brilliantly illustrated by Derren Brown in his 2016 book ‘Happy: Why More or Less Everything Is Absolutely Fine’. Derren’s 500-page very readable tome forms the basis for this series of episodes on the many aspects of happiness, including its history.

After musing on his recent illness and reading some quotes about happiness, Antony reads choice passages from the book and adds his own interjections.

Part 2 will follow next month

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episode links

Derren Brown interviewed about the book

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJrxrJyymG4

Derren on the Joe Rogan podcast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFeL7XGwJTs

Quotes about happiness

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/happiness

Types of happiness (online article)

https://www.verywellmind.com/happiness-types-4173234

Alan Watts- Music and Life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERbvKrH-GC4

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This time around, Antony reads two of his short stories, referred to in the title of the episode, and muses on various things, including Chris Ryan and his ‘Tangentially Speaking’ podcast, Thai memories, a surreal Valium-fuelled overnight trip, a wonderful review from a listener, the magic of cats, normies vs truthers and a couple of other things. I don’t always have answers but I’ve got plenty of good questions…

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Antony’s website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching)

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episode links

The original ‘Travelling Light’ and ‘Pure Heaven’ blog posts

https://www.antonyrotunno.com/2021/07/24/travelling-light/

https://www.antonyrotunno.com/2021/07/24/pure-heaven/

Chris Ryan's 'Tangentially Speaking' podcast

https://chrisryanphd.com/category/tangentially-speaking/

TED-Ed videos about cats

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI8NsYIyQ2A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jsj-hDW9bS8

9/11 documentary (warning to normies- this will change your view of the event if you’ve only ever considered any holes in the official story to be baseless ‘conspiracy theories’)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0Q5eZhCPuc

Everything Is A Remix (there have been subsequent parts- check the website below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJPERZDfyWc

https://www.everythingisaremix.info/watch-the-series/

Echoes vs 2001: A Space Odyssey (get high without drugs)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn7MmS3vazU

Money As Debt (there have been sequels as well)

https://watchdocumentaries.com/money-as-debt/

The Money Myth Exploded (very thought-provoking)

https://www.michaeljournal.org/articles/social-credit/item/the-money-myth-exploded

TED talk by Yossi Ghinsberg (Amazon survival)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3tuwNT-2rE

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David Blaine is known around the world and a magician and illusionist. However, he has also had a parallel life doing endurance stunts, apparently for real without illusion (though some believe otherwise).

This episode deals with my personal favourite of these stunts, when he tested the limits of human endurance, both physical and psychological, living in a plexiglass box for 44 days in London in 2003 with only water to sustain him.

One of the ironic things about this stunt is that he was both alone in isolation but was also surrounded by a daily throng of visitors who kept him going as he grew weaker, and kept him entertained as he watched the world go by…

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Antony’s John Lennon podcast

https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com/

episode links

The original blog post

https://www.antonyrotunno.com/2021/07/24/the-many-sides-of-david-blaines-above-the-below/

Previous episodes about meditation (‘Life And Life Only’ and ‘Luke’s English Podcast’)

https://lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com/e/episode-4-the-joys-and-wonders-of-meditation-part-1-of-2/

https://lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com/e/episode-5-the-joys-and-wonders-of-meditation-part-2-of-2/

https://podcasts.apple.com/lb/podcast/762-meditation-learning-english-with-antony-rotunno/id312059190?i=1000554231401

David Blaine and ‘Moonlight Sonata’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaQ9dDtiNAY

David Blaine Street Magic/Magic Man (TV specials)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTtaKtUWQ7I

David being mysterious with Eamonn Holmes in 2001

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKVbs7LL8I0

David on the Joe Rogan podcast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY3Zg37nIHo

David Blaine- ‘How I held my breath for 17 minutes’ (TED talk)

https://www.ted.com/talks/david_blaine_how_i_held_my_breath_for_17_minutes

David with Larry King

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdr1Luq3PYY

Harmony Korine’s film of ‘Above The Below’

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374601/

Derren Brown mathematical memory ‘trick’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAJHUv2JS7w

John Cage’s 4.33 (not too much noise, ok?!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoAbXwr3qkg

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We complete the reading of Antony's longform essay with the dramatic sinking and its overmath. Ordinary humans of all levels of means and status fight for their lives against the slow, inevitable creep of death, and after the disaster there's equal measures of genuine humanity and ugly scapegoating

The story of R.M.S. Titanic and its unfortunate fate seems to have everything, both good and bad, in terms of how society views itself, its apparently superior relationship to nature and people’s relationships to their fellow man. This is a historical event but it’s also a story full of drama and human interest, and one that has been subject to constant revision in the 110 years since the ship sank.

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episode links

The essay in full

https://www.antonyrotunno.com/2021/07/24/legends-and-folly-the-remarkable-story-of-r-m-s-titanic

Links to the 2 main books used as sources

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61834.A_Night_to_Remember?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=1tJWeCS3CS&rank=1

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16135197-on-a-sea-of-glass?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=EnV8nqFHO7&rank=1

2-part documentary series on the disaster ‘Death of A Dream’ and ‘The Legend Lives On’

https://archive.org/details/titanic-death-ofa-dream/titanic-death-of-a-dream-1994-part-1-in-hd-freedownloadvideo.net.mp4

https://archive.org/details/Titanic_The_Legend_Lives_On_A_And_E_WOC_1994-07-25

The 1958 film ‘A Night To Remember’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ftYho4K3FQ

Robert Ballard talks about the discovery of the Titanic in 1985

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q3eA6wYil4

Titanic wreck footage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iVYT_I1gL4

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The story of R.M.S. Titanic and its unfortunate fate seems to have everything, both good and bad, in terms of how society views itself, its apparently superior relationship to nature and people’s relationships to their fellow man. This is a historical event but it’s also a story full of drama and human interest, and one that has been subject to constant revision in the 110 years since the ship sank.

Antony reads his own longform essay regarding the maiden voyage and sinking of the world's most famous ship, and there are interjections with further observations throughout.

Ordinary humans of all levels of means and status fight for their lives against the slow, inevitable creep of death…

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episode links

The essay in full

https://www.antonyrotunno.com/2021/07/24/legends-and-folly-the-remarkable-story-of-r-m-s-titanic

Links to the 2 main books used as sources

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61834.A_Night_to_Remember?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=1tJWeCS3CS&rank=1

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16135197-on-a-sea-of-glass?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=EnV8nqFHO7&rank=1

2-part documentary series on the disaster ‘Death of A Dream’ and ‘The Legend Lives On’

https://archive.org/details/titanic-death-ofa-dream/titanic-death-of-a-dream-1994-part-1-in-hd-freedownloadvideo.net.mp4

https://archive.org/details/Titanic_The_Legend_Lives_On_A_And_E_WOC_1994-07-25

The 1958 film ‘A Night To Remember’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ftYho4K3FQ

Survivor Testimonies by Charles Lightoller

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzG4cjm5mKo

A deleted wireless room scene from ‘Titanic’ (1997)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Nlc0YGjl7Y

Frost Report sketch on the 3 classes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDIHrX-Jp2E

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In an edited version of what was originally a video podcast (link below), Antony and Luke Thompson dissect the seminal Canadian documentary written by law professor Joel Bakan and directed by Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott.

Although often run by people with decent intentions, the modern corporation, complete with its legally-determined 'rights of a person', has become a monster that seeks to devour all that stands in its own way while polluting the environment and often ruining lives. You may be shocked to hear the documentary's diagnosis of this legal monster, which we outline during the talk.

Some of the talking heads (including critics of the entity, corporation CEOs and everything in between) include Noam Chomsky, Michael Moore and Naomi Klein.

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The original unedited video version of this talk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZgKhah2Acc

Luke's podcast and website

https://teacherluke.co.uk

Luke's Twitter page

https://twitter.com/EnglishPodcast

A recent film review collaboration between Antony and Luke (Monty Python!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMtOOBpRBaA

episode links

Links to the documentary itself and its 'unfortunately necessary' sequel https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPcHj...

Rutger Bregman cuts through the crap at Davos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paaen3b44XY

The news, sponsored by Pfizer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2LQW1TY0lY&t=45s

TED talk by John Perkins, former economic hitman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btF6nKHo2i0

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Nicnac Marsh has a podcast that delves into his psyche and the challenges of the complex business of existence in an ever-changing and increasingly confusing world. I was delighted to make 2 appearances on his show around this time last year so this latest offering is a compilation of the two.

Our talk goes to many different places but there is particular emphasis on creativity and also discussions on how the world might actually work beyond the propaganda and some discussion of John Lennon, which was Nicnac’s original entry point to my work.

There are audio clips included to complement the conversation and also musical contributions from Nicnac, myself and others

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https://anchor.fm/nicnacmarsh

episode links

The peerless Bill Hicks live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfdEN4ipoiw

Life Goes On Stargate Odyssey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1u2pyBi_Xk

In The Psychiatrist’s Chair- featuring R.D. Laing

https://podtail.com/podcast/in-the-psychiatrist-s-chair/rd-laing/

John Lennon’s slow piano version of ‘Help!’ (1970)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh8Q6RQ8cj0

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The BBC, once considered the bastion of fairness in journalism, has in recent times begun to wear its propaganda on its sleeve. Antony attempts to give a fair but critical overview of their recent 'Unvaccinated' documentary and point out both the overt and more subtle propaganda techniques used in a piece of programming whose agenda is clear from the very start.

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episode links

the documentary itself

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLr6mqufuNM

2 mainstream reviews of the doc (one positive, one highly critical but neither showing any vaccine hesitancy)

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/jul/20/unvaccinated-review-the-most-infuriating-tv-show-of-the-year-so-far

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/unvaccinated-review-painfully-patronising-documentary-treated/

An interview with 2 of the participants

https://brandnewtube.com/watch/nazarin-veronica-speaks-on-gbnews-on-the-unvaccinated-bbc-documentary_2uCdpBk5ODJU268.html

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Yes Minister, which later became Yes Prime Minister, was a BBC sitcom that ran from the late 1970s to the late 80s. On one level it was an extremely well-scripted and funny comedy, but it also offered a very profound and only slightly exaggerated look at the very interesting but also rather dark and slightly insane way in which we and our lives are governed by those at the top of the power game.

Indeed, it seems to get more and more relevant as time goes on, and this podcast explores the various levels of the show and the way in which its message seems to have been somewhat lost in the comedy aspect of it.

This is mostly a solo effort from Antony but there is a coda included which includes 'spiritual brother' of this podcast Julian Charles of 'The Mind Renewed'

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episode links

Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister basic details

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_Minister

Some classic clips of the show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynGg8r0zfzI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilSBK6D1oYY

Documentary about the show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRocvuyAMeI

'The Secret World of Whitehall' (The Real Sir Humphrey)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utDEkUWyQ8Y

The Thick of It (21st Century 'Yes Minister' with far more swearing!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpT0U-KDcXM

Julian Charles's website and our 'truth comedy' episode

https://themindrenewed.com/

https://themindrenewed.com/episodes/2014-15/608-ep016

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On this episode, Antony discusses 'Life And Life Only' on the podcast about podcasts known as 'Pods Like Us', hosted by 'Marv' Quibell

Marv and Antony get into some LALO topics including self-coaching, self-education and conquering (and embracing) your fears, as well as some discussion of social compliance and the limitations of mainstream media. Antony talks about previous episodes of the show and there are a few tangents, including John Lennon, Nirvana and Table Tennis!

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episode links

Marv's website and a link to his show

https://themarvzone.org

https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/pods-like-us-martin-marv-quibell-Hl1fomU6iR4/

Social compliance video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8BkzvP19v4

The Milgram experiment

https://www.simplypsychology.org/milgram.html

I Am The Slime (Frank Zappa song about television)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiCQcEW98OY

Social Classes sketch (The Frost Report)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDIHrX-Jp2E&t=5s

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In what will hopefully be an inspiring edition of the podcast, documentarian Simon Weitzman joins Antony to talk about depression (and hope) from a variety of angles. We talk about some of our own experiences and then look at this thorny topic from the perspectives of creativity, diet, sleep, technology/social media, music, comedy and the importance of perspective itself. We also give book & other recommendations and discuss various coping mechanisms. There are a few audio clips in here to complement the conversation, featuring contributions from Stephen Fry, Matt Haig and John Lennon

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episode links

Simon's upcoming film about the Beatles and fandom-

https://www.beatlesdoc.com/

Matt Haig's excellent and inspiring book 'Reasons To Stay Alive'

http://www.matthaig.com/reasons-to-stay-alive/

Stephen Fry's 2-part BBC documentary about bi-polar disorder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtImgnj5DN0

An overview of CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy)

https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/talking-therapies-medicine-treatments/talking-therapies-and-counselling/cognitive-behavioural-therapy-cbt/overview/

Professor Green talks about depression (various talks)

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=professor+green+depression

Some Tim Vince comedy skits (guaranteed to make you chuckle)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCn9lkazxjk

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Patrick Humphries wrote the first biography of Nick Drake in 1997. To celebrate the 25th anniversary, Patrick spoke to Antony about his memories of writing the book and we also discussed the many Nick Drake myths and his music, life and legacy. Patrick also talks about his latest writing project, an upcoming biography of a fairly well-known band from Liverpool…

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episode links

Patrick Humphries author profile https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/au...

Link to Patrick’s Nick Drake biography https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nick-Drake-B...

Facebook group connected to Richard Morton Jack’s upcoming authorised biography of Nick https://www.facebook.com/groups/72550...

3-part Nick Drake podcast profile https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

Highly-recommended documentaries about Nick

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roORx...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VAXi...

'Five Leaves Left' reviewed on the 'Love That Album' podcast https://lovethatalbumpodcast.blogspot...

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In this final part of our look at the highly-recommended 1998 book, Antony reads extracts related to bringing about change in a realistic way, dealing with anger & anxiety, building self-esteem, mindfulness/meditation, and the basic spiritual values that can lead to a truly spiritual life (with no necessity to move to Tibet and become a monk!)

East meets West as Tensin Gyatso, better known as 'The Dalai Lama' (in fact the 14th Dalai Lama), and American psychiatrist Howard Culter exchange ideas on what constitutes happiness and how we can train our minds and alter the human outlook that shapes our perceptions of events and the world itself.

Both the book and this podcast series are full of impactful and easy-to-use ideas to enrich our life experience and indeed that of others, and Antony adds comments on the text and some of his own insights based on his life experiences

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Life Coaching page (free consultation to start)

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