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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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/
David Blaine and ‘Moonlight Sonata’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaQ9dDtiNAY
Harmony Korine’s film 'Above The Below’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fCl9cgBgoQ
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
Derren Brown mathematical memory ‘trick’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAJHUv2JS7w
John Cage’s 4.33 (not too much noise, ok?!)
We complete the reading of Antony's longform essay with the dramatic sinking and its aftermath. 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
2-part documentary series on the disaster ‘Death of A Dream’ and ‘The Legend Lives On’
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
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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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
2-part documentary series on the disaster ‘Death of A Dream’ and ‘The Legend Lives On’
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
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
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
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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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)
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.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/unvaccinated-review-painfully-patronising-documentary-treated/
An interview with 2 of the participants
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/episodes/2014-15/608-ep016
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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Marv's website and a link to his show
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
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-
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)
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
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...
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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related links
Animated summary of 'The Art of Happiness'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGQwTALSL6U
The Dalai Lama interviewed on the BBC (2019)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXSlpy7Ku9c
Antony continues to read multiple extracts from the seminal 1998 book 'The Art of Happiness', with particular attention given to the role of compassion, suffering and pain in our lives.
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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Animated summary of 'The Art of Happiness'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGQwTALSL6U
John & Yoko 1971 interview extract (episode-relevant section starts at 3.50)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfIhYtCPnPY
The first of a 3-parter in which Antony reads multiple extracts from the seminal 1998 book 'The Art of Happiness'. 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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Episode links
Noam Chomsky on 'what we really want' (propaganda vs 'human nature')
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CFwSQiTu3I
Life Coaching page (free consultation to start)
Nick Drake was an English singer-songwriter whose work was only fully recognised long after his tragic, untimely death in 1974 at the age of 26. This podcast is a 2-part reading of an essay about Nick written by your humble host, and between the two parts Antony talks to master guitarist Kester Jones about Nick Drake's music and guitar technique, with Kester also providing demonstrations of songs using the legendary alternate tunings. There are also full interpretations of a couple of Nick's songs by Antony, Kester and Melanie Lawrence
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The 'Glass Onion; On John Lennon' podcast
https://soundcloud.com/glassonionjlpod/tracks
links
Antony's recent appearance reviewing 'Five Leaves Left' on the 'Love That Album' podcast
https://lovethatalbumpodcast.blogspot.com/2021/11/love-that-album-podcast-episode-152.html
Highly-recommended documentaries about Nick
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roORx0DJ4rk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VAXiSlIraA
As the title suggests, today's episode looks at the methods of (often very subtle) suggestion used fairly openly by the powers-that-be to 'nudge' the public towards following certain policies in this most surreal of eras, which has been dominated by an unseen enemy and much public discussion about how to cope with it. There is some initial discussion of what propaganda actually means, as it has different strands and slightly differing definitions, depending on who you ask. Julian Charles and Antony navigate these choppy waters with a myriad of references, observations and ideas.
Julian's website is
https://www.themindrenewed.com/
and his version of this episode contains a multitude of links for further perusal
https://www.themindrenewed.com/episodes/2020-21/14-episodenotes/1468-ep061n
The music for the TMR podcast is Moment of Green by Antony Raijekov from the Jazz U compilation.
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This episode is a follow-up to the conspiracy theory discussion of the previous episode as I mop up a few of the things that weren't covered or not covered sufficiently
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episode links
Ian R Crane- Conspiracy Theory vs Deep Geopolitics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mpGY7aR1oo
Peter Joseph's podcast 'Revolution Now'
https://www.revolutionnow.live
Dr Dentith on 'The Mind Renewed' podcast (2 parts)
https://www.themindrenewed.com/interviews/2021/971-int-192
https://www.themindrenewed.com/interviews/2021/1422-int-193
James Corbett's website
Review of 'The U.S. vs John Lennon' (Antony & James video version)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXBuj4wkSuc
9/11 Press For Truth documentary (no loony theories)
https://topdocumentaryfilms.com/911-press-for-truth/
'Conspiracy theory', as previously discussed on the show, has become a weaponised term and often used sweepingly to discredit alternative viewpoints. At the same time there are plenty of wild theories that have no basis in fact. Ricky Green of the University of Kent joins Antony for a friendly debate/discussion about what is often a semantic and informational minefield. When does sceptical mean paranoid? Is reasonable and trusting actually naive and innocent? You can decide!
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'Zeitgeist Moving Forward' documentary
https://documentaryheaven.com/zeitgeist-moving-forward
Dr Dentith on 'Taking Conspiracy Theories Seriously' ('The Mind Renewed' podcast, Part 1 of 2)
https://themindrenewed.com/interviews/2021/971-int-192
Karen Douglas at a conspiracy Theories conference in 2011, followed by conspiracy researcher Ian R Crane's rebuttal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Yx3E1G9IMc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mpGY7aR1oo
Life Coaching is a modern and somewhat misunderstood concept and so Antony takes the time to explain and also offer his credentials as a potential coach before reading his essay about creativity and how it can uplift and positively affect mental health, especially with others involved
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Antony's Life Coaching page
https://www.fiverr.com/lifecoach1975?up_rollout=true
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the original essay on creativity
https://www.antonyrotunno.com/2021/07/24/creativity-communal-experience-and-mental-health/
A lighthearted entry in the LALO canon as I read a story I wrote in 2013 about a rather surreal night in the world of Table Tennis, a fine sport that I played a lot as a youth. There is also some discussion of nerves and why they can sometimes crack on the big occasion.
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This episode is a reading of the short but powerful 1935 book 'War Is A Racket', written not by a conspiracy theorist living in his parents' basement (admittedly, they didn't really exist in 1935!) but by a highly-decorated Marine Corps Major General. I intersperse it with a few comments of my own and the reading is followed by Mark Twain's 'The War Prayer' and Antony's song 'Lessons of War'
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https://www.fiverr.com/lifecoach1975?up_rollout=true
Antony’s most recent album, including the ‘Lessons of War’ song
https://antonyrotunno.bandcamp.com/album/through-life
‘Addicted To War’ illustrated expose
https://www.addictedtowar.com/about-atw
‘They Shall Not Grow Old’ film by Peter Jackson
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7905466
‘John Brown’ by Bob Dylan (anti-war song)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTjSQFqGYPQ
I'm joined by Harry from the 'Harry's Moving Media' you tube channel to discuss in depth our collective favourite episode of the classic Charlie Brooker-conceived 'Black Mirror'. Since 'Nosedive' was created, we've seen China introduce a social ratings system but could it happen in the West? (or has it already?). We go more or less scene by scene to dissect the obvious and subtle elements contained within and then offer some advice as to how we could all prevent a 'Nosedive' reality (links to Harry's work below).
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Harry's you tube channel and original 'Nosedive' analysis video
https://www.youtube.com/user/HarrysMovingCastle (Twitter- '@harrys_moving')
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8tX9zjO698
clip from Charlie Brooker's AntiViral Wipe (Covid )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOLRBnXLBEE
Julian Charles of 'The Mind Renewed' (link below) hosts a talk we did on his podcast in 2017. Music has always been a powerful tool for dispensing truths, and this discussion looks at this from both the inner and outer perspective. As mentioned in the intro, there are links to both my original blog post on this topic and also to many of the songs we discuss. I hope that the combination of the songs and our commentary will be an interesting and enlightening journey
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links
Julian's website
https://www.themindrenewed.com
The blog post that inspired the conversation
https://contrafib.blogspot.com/2016/12/blue-suede-truth-cursory-guide-to-music.html
featured songs (get ready for this!)
'Old Man Atom'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wk-c-mHNBi4
'Universal Soldier'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A50lVLtSQik
'I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_p1JC3z2kU
'The Star Spangled Banner' (Jimi)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFLy8eGtSYo
'Us And Them'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDbeqj-1XOo
'I'm The Slime'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiCQcEW98OY
'California Dreaming' (with war footage)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHViWm78Ut8
'Piano And String Quartet'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41tt7MXSMYg
'2001 Stargate Sequence' (Ligety music)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DNbkKBW0K8
'Freedom Highway'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7_b_jyRVRc
'Alabama' (Coltrane)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd5R0susntk
'What Did You Learn In School?'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VucczIg98Gw
'It's Alright Ma, I'm Only Bleeding'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBNWkCsmqAY
4'33 (John Cage)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoAbXwr3qkg
'Revolution 9'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNdcFPjGsm8
'Company Store'
https://dissidentprophet.bandcamp.com/track/company-store-2
'I Killed Osama Bin Laden' (songify)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdZmG-Gb628
'When The President Talks To God'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E7rvJgdXIE
'Initial Thoughts On Iraq' (The George W Bush Singers)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5yUzHsG6ZI
'Cassetteboy vs The Snoopers Charter'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2fSXp6N-vs
'Bradley Manning'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugUSe_bBd6I
Douglas Valentine is an author, investigator, journalist and poet and also a perfect L.A.L.O. (Life And Life Only) guest since his work and life are a combination of seeking the truth about potentially dark areas of life while promoting self-development and a spiritual centre through his poetry. In this information-packed conversation, we mostly focus on Vietnam and the C.I.A, the latter being the subject of Doug's latest book, but there is a wider discussion about propaganda methods used and honed through the ages and up to the present day. The conversation is top-and-tailed with clips from two comedy legends with insights on how the world really works. A link to Doug's website can be found below
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links
Doug's main website
http://www.douglasvalentine.com
Carl Bernstein's famous essay on the C.I.A.'s influence on the media
http://carlbernstein.com/magazine_cia_and_media.php
George Carlin- 'The Owners of the Country' (extended version)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG4vvFwyYWQ
Bill Hicks- 'It's Just A Ride'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgzQuE1pR1w
The final part of our look at Daniel Goleman's seminal 1995 book which seeks to uncover and explain the importance of the skills beyond the traditional IQ measurement of intelligence. Your host Antony reads extracts from the book and offers a few thoughts of his own. The book contains valuable insights and practical information as well as steps that can be taken for better emotional wellbeing and success in that trickiest of games, life...
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links
Gabor Mate TED talk on addiction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66cYcSak6nE
Daniel Goleman on EQ skills for success
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjBftKme3Ng
Recommended podcast
https://chrisryanphd.com/category/tangentially-speaking
George Carlin on PTSD and euphemisms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYE_unBFxuU
Antony continues to read extracts from Daniel Goleman's seminal 1995 book which seeks to uncover and explain the importance of the skills beyond the traditional IQ measurement of intelligence. There are lots of valuable insights and practical information as well as steps that can be taken for better emotional wellbeing and success in that trickiest of games, life...
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An animated summary of the book
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6MRsGwyMuQ
Goleman outlines some strategies for better relationships
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt74vK9pgIA
The first of a 3-parter in which Antony reads some extracts from Daniel Goleman's seminal 1995 book which seeks to uncover and explain the importance of the skills beyond the traditional IQ measurement of intelligence. The book, and hopefully this podcast, is chock full of insights as well as practical information and steps for better emotional wellbeing and success in that trickiest of games, life...
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links
Ken Robinson's wonderful TED talks
https://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_do_schools_kill_creativity
https://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_how_to_escape_education_s_death_valley
Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences
https://www.simplypsychology.org/multiple-intelligences.html
The conclusion of a discussion hosted by Antony about the famous '10 Rillington Place' murder case of the 1940s and 1950s and the shocking events in what was then the run-down area of Notting Hill in West London.
We end this part of the discussion with our considered opinions on the responsibility or otherwise of John Christie and Timothy Evans for the tragic and much-debated deaths of Beryl and Geraldine Evans.
Lending their expertise and insights are Jonathan Oates, the author of 'John Christie: Biography of a Serial Killer', True Crime historian Lindsay Siviter and John Curnow, writer of ‘The Murders, Myths and Reality of 10 Rillington Place’, details of which are on his website https://www.10-rillington-place.co.uk.
Further links to our work:
A link to Jonathan's Christie biography https://www.amazon.co.uk/John-Christi... Lindsay's Tour Guide profile https://www.jack-the-ripper-tour.com/...
Antony and Jonathan's 2013 unofficial commentary on the 1970 film '10 Rillington Place' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s28zi...
you tube version of this talk
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In a sinister change of pace for the podcast, Antony hosts a discussion of the famous '10 Rillington Place' murder case, which includes critiques of the various books and film and television representations of the shocking events in this tiny house in a run-down area of West London in the 1940s and 1950s, as well as speculation on who really was responsible for the tragic and much-debated deaths of Beryl and Geraldine Evans Lending their expertise and insights are Jonathan Oates, the author of 'John Christie: Biography of a Serial Killer', True Crime historian Lindsay Siviter and John Curnow, writer of ‘The Murders, Myths and Reality of 10 Rillington Place’, details of which are on his website https://www.10-rillington-place.co.uk.
Further links to our work:
A link to Jonathan's Christie biography https://www.amazon.co.uk/John-Christi... Lindsay's Tour Guide profile https://www.jack-the-ripper-tour.com/...
Antony and Jonathan's 2013 unofficial commentary on the 1970 film '10 Rillington Place' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s28zi...
you tube version of this talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgYxSMGLBUk&t=116s
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Antony reads an essay of his about the power of this phrase to shut down debate and avoid difficult questions. It was originally written in 2014 but the main points hold true and there are intermittent comments that bring things up to date
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links
Huxley vs Orwell comparison
https://highexistence.com/amusing-ourselves-to-death-huxley-vs-orwell
Examples of true conspiracies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO5oJM8GjWA
James Corbett of the Corbett Report joins me to discuss a number of topics around the theme of alternative information and how to combat the propaganda, both intentional and in some cases unintentional, that is all around us. We discuss how we came to have non-mainstream worldviews, how a global conspiracy can and provably has happened, our experiences in Asia and how we can all change the world in our own way every day. After all that, we end the talk with a few minutes of talk about a band we're both rather fond of!
James's extensive work over the last 14 years can be found at
https://www.corbettreport.com
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links
'The Quigley Formula' lecture
James's appearance on 'The Mind Renewed' in 2013 about the global government structure
https://www.themindrenewed.com/interviews/2013/117-int009
Rob Ager on how we can all 'vote' with our everyday actions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7vGKg3Vwv4
Austen Moore is a Life Coach and Business Coach and he has also just become Life And Life Only's first guest. Austen and Antony discuss the power of psychology across a range of topics including NLP, self-development, social compliance, the education system and the media coverage of Covid in the past 12 months.
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link to Austen's website
Social Conformity Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8BkzvP19v4
Antony completes his look at meditation with more passages from (and comments on) Eric Harrison’s wonderful book 'Teach Yourself To Meditate'
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link to Eric Harrison's book
Beginner’s Guide To Meditation video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQOAVZew5l8
As the title suggests, this episode offers information on a still-misunderstood but simple and hugely effective practice.
Antony shares some experiences from meditation retreats in Thailand and reads passages from 'Teach Yourself To Meditate' by Eric Harrison
The readings went longer than expected, hence why the episode is in 2 parts. Part 2 will be on its way very soon
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link to Eric Harrison's book
https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=22518075925&searchurl=ds%3D20%26kn%3Deric%2Bharrison%26sortby%3D17&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title1
Some riffing on the subject of truth, including some quotes on the subject, dreams and reality, Marlon Brando truth bombs, cognitive dissonance, how bad can be good and my rendition of a famous John Lennon song
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clips
Noam Chomsky media filters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34LGPIXvU5M&t=171s
Marlon Brando with Dick Cavett interview clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tvca0FcuSs
Robert Greene discusses 'The Laws of Human Nature'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAZuRgv5Dig
In this episode, I podcast about not podcasting and then read selections of a short essay about how cynicism is sometimes positive and excessive positivity can in fact be toxic to the betterment of independent thought
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video about the vastness of the universe (can't verify the exact stats but you get the idea)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy7NzjCmUf0
As the title suggests, I spend a bit of time introducing both myself and the podcast and giving an idea of what future episodes will bring.
Welcome to the podcast!
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