Life And Life Only

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…   We hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc...   Feedback to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com   Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75   Twitter https://twitter.com/lifeonly75   Support the show at: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/antonyrotunno OR https://www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno   Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching)  https://www.antonyrotunno.com   Antony's John Lennon podcast https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com   If you are interested in very affordable Life Coaching, or know someone who might be, you can contact Antony on lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com   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

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…   We hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc...   Feedback to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com   Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75   Twitter https://twitter.com/lifeonly75   Support the show at: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/antonyrotunno OR https://www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno   Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching)  https://www.antonyrotunno.com   Antony's John Lennon podcast https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com   If you are interested in very affordable Life Coaching, or know someone who might be, you can contact Antony on lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com   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

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.    We hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc...   Feedback to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com   Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75   Twitter https://twitter.com/lifeonly75   Support the show at: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/antonyrotunno OR https://www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno   Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching)  https://www.antonyrotunno.com   Antony's John Lennon podcast https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com   If you are interested in very affordable Life Coaching, or know someone who might be, you can contact Antony on lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com   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

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   We hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc...    Feedback to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com   Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75   Twitter https://twitter.com/lifeonly75   Support the show at: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/antonyrotunno OR https://www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno   Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching)  https://www.antonyrotunno.com   Antony's John Lennon podcast https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com   If you are interested in very affordable Life Coaching, or know someone who might be, you can contact Antony on lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com   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

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).   We hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc...    Feedback to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com   Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75   Twitter https://twitter.com/lifeonly75   Support the show at: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/antonyrotunno OR https://www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno   Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching)  https://www.antonyrotunno.com   Antony's John Lennon podcast https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com   If you are interested in very affordable Life Coaching, or know someone who might be, you can contact Antony on lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com   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

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)     We sincerely hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc...   See you in 2025!   Feedback to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com   Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75   Twitter https://twitter.com/lifeonly75   Support the show at: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/antonyrotunno OR https://www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno   Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching)  https://www.antonyrotunno.com   Antony's John Lennon podcast https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com   If you are interested in very affordable Life Coaching, or know someone who might be, you can contact Antony on lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com   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

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   We sincerely hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc...   Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75   Twitter https://twitter.com/lifeonly75   Feedback to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com   Support the show at: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/antonyrotunno OR https://www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno   Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com   Antony's John Lennon podcast https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com   If you are interested in very affordable Life Coaching, or know someone who might be, you can contact Antony on lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com   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

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   We sincerely hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc...   Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75   Twitter https://twitter.com/lifeonly75   Feedback to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com   Support the show at: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/antonyrotunno OR https://www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno   Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com   Antony's John Lennon podcast https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com   If you are interested in very affordable Life Coaching, or know someone who might be, you can contact Antony on lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com   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

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.   We sincerely hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc...   Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75   Twitter https://twitter.com/lifeonly75   Feedback to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com   Support the show at: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/antonyrotunno OR https://www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno   Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com   Antony's John Lennon podcast https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com   If you are interested in very affordable Life Coaching, or know someone who might be, you can contact Antony on lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com   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   CBD products (use the code Tiss40 at checkout for 40% off any product ) https://supremecbd.uk/   Matt's top 10 goals (spectacular!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8_dVekpn70

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   I sincerely hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc...   Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75   Twitter https://twitter.com/lifeonly75   Feedback to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com   Support the show at: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/antonyrotunno OR https://www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno   Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com   Antony's John Lennon podcast https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com   If you are interested in very affordable Life Coaching, or know someone who might be, you can contact Antony on lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com or contrafib2001@gmail.com (the LALO email occasionally gets full of spam)   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

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. We sincerely hope you enjoy this show and have enjoyed this recent series of episodes If so, please subscribe, like, share etc...   Support the show at: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/antonyrotunno OR https://www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno   Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75   Twitter https://twitter.com/lifeonly75   Feedback to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com   Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com   Antony's John Lennon podcast https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com   If you are interested in very affordable Life Coaching, or know someone who might be, you can contact Antony on lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com or contrafib2001@gmail.com (the LALO email occasionally gets full of spam)   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

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 We hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc...   Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75   Twitter https://twitter.com/lifeonly75   Feedback to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com   Support the show at: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/antonyrotunno OR https://www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno   Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com   Antony's John Lennon podcast https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com If you are interested in very affordable Life Coaching, or know someone who might be, you can contact Antony on lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com or contrafib2001@gmail.com (the LALO email occasionally gets full of spam)   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

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   Part 2 will be on its merry way soon   We hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc...   Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75   Twitter https://twitter.com/lifeonly75   Feedback to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com   Support the show at: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/antonyrotunno OR https://www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno   Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com   Antony's John Lennon podcast https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com If you are interested in very affordable Life Coaching, or know someone who might be, you can contact Antony on lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com or contrafib2001@gmail.com (the LALO email occasionally gets full of spam)   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

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.    We hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc...   Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75   Twitter https://twitter.com/lifeonly75   Feedback to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com   Support the show at: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/antonyrotunno OR https://www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno   Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.co Antony's John Lennon podcast https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com   If you are interested in very affordable Life Coaching, or know someone who might be, you can contact Antony on lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com or contrafib2001@gmail.com (the LALO email occasionally gets full of spam)   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

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.   We hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc...   Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75   Twitter https://twitter.com/lifeonly75   Feedback to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com   Support the show at: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/antonyrotunno OR https://www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno   Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com   Antony's John Lennon podcast https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com   If you are interested in very affordable Life Coaching, or know someone who might be, you can contact Antony on lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com or contrafib2001@gmail.com (the LALO email occasionally gets full of spam)   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

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'.   We hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc...   Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75   Twitter https://twitter.com/lifeonly75   Feedback to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com   Support the show at: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/antonyrotunno OR https://www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno   Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com   Antony's John Lennon podcast https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com   If you are interested in very affordable Life Coaching, or know someone who might be, you can contact Antony on lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com or contrafib2001@gmail.com (the LALO email occasionally gets full of spam)   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

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!   Feedback to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter- https://twitter.com/lifeonly75   Support the show at: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/antonyrotunno OR https://www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno   Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com Antony's John Lennon podcast https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com   If you are interested in very affordable Life Coaching, or know someone who might be, you can contact Antony on lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com or contrafib2001@gmail.com (the LALO email occasionally gets full of spam)   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

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.   I hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc... Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter- https://twitter.com/lifeonly75 Feedback to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com Support the show at: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/antonyrotunno OR https://www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno   Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com Antony's John Lennon podcast https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com If you are interested in very affordable Life Coaching, or know someone who might be, you can contact Antony on lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com or contrafib2001@gmail.com (the LALO email occasionally gets full of spam)   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  

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.   I hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc...   Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75   Twitter- https://twitter.com/lifeonly75   Feedback to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com   Support the show at https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/antonyrotunno OR https://www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno   Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching)  https://www.antonyrotunno.com   Antony's John Lennon podcast https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com/   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/   If you are interested in very affordable Life Coaching, or know someone who might be, you can contact Antony on lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com or contrafib2001@gmail.com  (the LALO email occasionally gets full of spam)   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

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!   I hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc... Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter- https://twitter.com/lifeonly75 Feedback to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com Support the show at https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/antonyrotunno OR https://www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching)  https://www.antonyrotunno.com Antony's John Lennon podcast https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com/ If you are interested in very affordable Life Coaching, or know someone who might be, you can contact Antony on lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com or contrafib2001@gmail.com  (the LALO email occasionally gets full of spam)   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    

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   I hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc... Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter- https://twitter.com/lifeonly75 Feedback to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com Support the show at https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/antonyrotunno OR https://www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching)  https://www.antonyrotunno.com Antony's John Lennon podcast https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com/ If you are interested in very affordable Life Coaching, or know someone who might be, you can contact Antony on lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com or contrafib2001@gmail.com  (the LALO email occasionally gets full of spam)   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

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 very readable 500-page 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   I hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc... Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter- https://twitter.com/lifeonly75 Feedback to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com Support the show at https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/antonyrotunno OR https://www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching)  https://www.antonyrotunno.com Antony's John Lennon podcast https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com/   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

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…   I hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc... Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter- https://twitter.com/lifeonly75 To leave feedback or make a donation, please write to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com Support Antony's work at www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching)  https://www.antonyrotunno.com Antony's John Lennon podcast https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com/   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

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…   I hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc... Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter- https://twitter.com/lifeonly75 To leave feedback, please write to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com Support Antony's work at www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching)  https://www.antonyrotunno.com 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 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?!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoAbXwr3qkg

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.   I hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc...   Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75   Twitter- https://twitter.com/lifeonly75   To leave feedback, please write to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com   Support Antony's work at www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno   Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com   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    

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… I hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc... Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter- https://twitter.com/lifeonly75 To leave feedback, please write to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com Support Antony's work at www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com   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

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.   I hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc... Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter- https://twitter.com/lifeonly75 To leave feedback, please write to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com Support Antony's work at www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com   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        

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  I hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc... Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter- https://twitter.com/lifeonly75 To leave feedback, please write to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com Support Antony's work at www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com Nicnac's podcast 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

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.    I hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc... Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter- https://twitter.com/lifeonly75 To leave feedback, please write to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com Support Antony's work at www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com   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  

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'   I hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc... Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter- https://twitter.com/lifeonly75 To leave feedback, please write to lifeandlifeonly@gmail.com Support Antony's work at www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com   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    

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!   We hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc... Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter- https://twitter.com/lifeonly75 To leave feedback, please write to lifeandlifeonly@gmail.com Support Antony's work at www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com   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    

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   We hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc... Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter- https://twitter.com/lifeonly75 To leave feedback, please write to lifeandlifeonly@gmail.com Support Antony's work at www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com   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      

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… Hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc... FB page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter handle- @lifeonly75 To leave feedback, please write to lifeandlifeonly@gmail.com Support Antony's work at www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com   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 Hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc... FB page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter handle- @lifeonly75 To leave feedback, please write to lifeandlifeonly@gmail.com  Support the show at www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com Life Coaching page (free consultation to start) https://www.fiverr.com/lifecoach1975/give-you-sympathetic-realistic-and-inspiring-life-coaching-sessions   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 Hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc... FB page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter handle- @lifeonly75 To leave feedback, please write to lifeandlifeonly@gmail.com  Support the show at www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com Life Coaching page (free consultation to start) https://www.fiverr.com/lifecoach1975/give-you-sympathetic-realistic-and-inspiring-life-coaching-sessions   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 Hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc... FB page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter handle- @lifeonly75 To leave feedback, please write to lifeandlifeonly@gmail.com  Support the show at www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com   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) https://www.fiverr.com/lifecoach1975/give-you-sympathetic-realistic-and-inspiring-life-coaching-sessions    

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   Hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc... FB page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter handle- @lifeonly75 To leave feedback, please write to lifeandlifeonly@gmail.com  Support the show at www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com 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.   Hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc... FB page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter handle- @lifeonly75 To leave feedback, please write to lifeandlifeonly@gmail.com  Support the show at www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com The 'Glass Onion; On John Lennon' podcast https://soundcloud.com/glassonionjlpod/tracks    

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 Hope you enjoy it! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc... FB page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter handle- @lifeonly75 To leave feedback, please write to lifeandlifeonly@gmail.com  Support the show at www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com The 'Glass Onion; On John Lennon' podcast https://soundcloud.com/glassonionjlpod/tracks   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 https://www.corbettreport.com 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! Hope you enjoy it! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc... FB page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter handle- @lifeonly75 To leave feedback, please write to lifeandlifeonly@gmail.com  Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com   episode links '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 Hope you enjoy it! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc... links Antony's Life Coaching page https://www.fiverr.com/lifecoach1975?up_rollout=true FB page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter handle- @lifeonly75 To leave feedback, please write to lifeandlifeonly@gmail.com  Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com 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. If you like what you hear, please subscribe, like, share etc... FB page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter handle- @lifeonly75 To leave feedback, please write to lifeandlifeonly@gmail.com  Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com Antony's Life Coaching page https://www.fiverr.com/lifecoach1975?up_rollout=true

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' If you like what you hear, please subscribe, like, share etc... FB page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter handle- @lifeonly75 To leave feedback, please write to lifeandlifeonly@gmail.com  Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com Antony's Life Coaching page 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). If you like what you hear, please subscribe, like, share etc... FB page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter handle- @lifeonly75 To leave feedback, please write to lifeandlifeonly@gmail.com  Antony's Life Coaching page https://www.fiverr.com/lifecoach1975?up_rollout=true   Episode links 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 If you like what you hear, please subscribe, like, share etc... FB page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter handle- @lifeonly75 To leave feedback or discuss a life coaching consultation, please write to lifeandlifeonly@gmail.com  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 If you like what you hear, please subscribe, like, share etc... FB page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter handle- @lifeonly75 To leave feedback or discuss a life coaching consultation, please write to lifeandlifeonly@gmail.com  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... If you like what you hear, please subscribe, like, share etc... FB page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter handle- @lifeonly75 To leave feedback or discuss a life coaching consultation, please write to lifeandlifeonly@gmail.com  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... If you like what you hear, please subscribe, like, share etc... FB page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter handle- @lifeonly75 To leave feedback or discuss a life coaching consultation, please write to lifeandlifeonly@gmail.com  links 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... If you like what you hear, please subscribe, like, share etc... FB page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter handle- @lifeonly75 To leave feedback or discuss a life coaching consultation, please write to lifeandlifeonly@gmail.com  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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEynYuioDwg If you like what you hear, please subscribe, like, share etc... FB page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter handle- @lifeonly75 Feedback to lifeandlifeonly@gmail.com 

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 If you like what you hear, please subscribe, like, share etc... FB page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter handle- @lifeonly75 Feedback to lifeandlifeonly@gmail.com