Podcasts about lotus eaters

This is the final week Islander VI will be on sale! Buy yours before it's gone. Harry, Connor and Firas discuss potential war with Russia, how the establishment right lost young men, and the continuing crisis in Ceuta.

This is the final week Islander VI will be on sale! Buy yours before it's gone. Stelios, Beau, and Nate discuss the weakening of the German firewall, the Save Europe Act, and France's National Rally.

This is the final week Islander VI will be on sale! Buy yours before it's gone. Carl and Luca are joined by Peter C. Barnes to discuss Reform being accidentally right-wing, the coolest thing ever, and why Labour are beating Reform.

 Stelios and Luca discuss how the government admits that multiculturalism is a trainwreck, Albertan independence, and the woke 1 vs. woke 2 controversy.

Islander #6 magazine is now on sale. Buy it here! Stelios, Luca, and Nick discuss the invasion of Portugal, the DEI mob trying to destroy Nathan Cofnas, and the death of journalism.

Islander #6 magazine is now on sale. Buy it here! Carl and Firas are joined by Ann Coulter to discuss the canonisation of Jason Arday, how everyone is wrong about JD Vance, and how Trump has actually done well on immigration.

Islander #6 magazine is now on sale. Buy it here! Dan, Harry, and Connor discuss Reform making their ideological base even smaller, how Vickrum Digwa and Axel Rudakubana are getting away with it, and how brain rot might actually rot your brain.

Islander #6 magazine is now one sale. Buy it here! Josh and Harry discuss Andy Burnham's plans to sweep the decline under the rug, the feminist response to child murder, and how Pakistan refuses to take back their rapists.

Islander #6 magazine is now one sale. Buy it here! Stelios, Luca, and Firas discuss the death of Jason Arday, the second Siege of Ceuta, and how to make enemies and turn away friends.

Emotional maturity takes the long way home, and Homer's Odyssey has been quietly saying so for 2,800 years. Underneath Christopher Nolan's new adaptation sits a poem that Tony thinks is one of the best pieces of therapy literature ever written, and almost nobody reads it that way. The monsters aren't the point — they're the muse. Every obstacle Odysseus meets is asking whether he's willing to become somebody different, and if you've been away too long from your sense of self, from the marriage you thought you'd have, from the body you used to trust, from the faith that used to hand you certainty, or from the person you were sure you'd be by now, this one tends to land. In this episode: Meet the Lotus Eaters as experiential avoidance — coping that doesn't start as self-sabotage, it starts because it works, and then it quietly moves the destination Borrow a rule from Tony's ultra-running days, beware of the chair, and notice how many races end beside a space heater rather than on a cliff Tie yourself to the mast with a Ulysses contract, the decision your calm Tuesday afternoon self makes on behalf of your 11 p.m. Friday night self Watch the Cyclops moment show up in a marriage, when "See, I told you so" reaches back and drags a conflict you'd already escaped into your future Sit with David Schnarch's differentiation, and the difference between other-validated and self-validated intimacy Tony Overbay is a licensed marriage and family therapist who has spent over twenty years watching people discover they didn't know what they didn't know. This is part one — part two takes on Schnarch's four points of balance. If the poem stirred something up for you, send it Tony's way and it may end up in the next episode. Please follow Tony on Instagram @virtual.couch on Tiktok @virtualcouch on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/tonyoverbaylmft and on Substack https://thevirtualcouch.substack.com/ You can reach out to Tony through his website tonyoverbay.com or by emailing contact @ tonyoverbay.com

Emotional maturity takes the long way home, and Homer's Odyssey has been quietly showing the way for 2,800 years. Underneath Christopher Nolan's new adaptation sits a poem that Tony Overbay, LMFT, thinks is one of the best pieces of therapy literature ever written, yet almost nobody reads it that way. The monsters aren't the point — they're the muse. Every obstacle Odysseus meets is asking whether he's willing to become somebody different, and if you've been away too long from your sense of self, from the marriage you thought you'd have, from the body you used to trust, from the faith that used to hand you certainty, or from the person you were sure you'd be by now, this one tends to land. In this episode: Meet the Lotus Eaters as experiential avoidance — coping that doesn't start as self-sabotage, it starts because it works, and then it quietly moves the destination Borrow a rule from Tony's ultra-running days, beware of the chair, and notice how many races end beside a space heater rather than on a cliff Tie yourself to the mast with a Ulysses contract, the decision your calm Tuesday afternoon self makes on behalf of your 11 p.m. Friday night self Watch the Cyclops moment show up in a marriage, when "See, I told you so" reaches back and drags a conflict you'd already escaped into your future Sit with David Schnarch's differentiation, and the difference between other-validated and self-validated intimacy Tony Overbay is a licensed marriage and family therapist who has spent over twenty years watching people discover they didn't know what they didn't know. This is part one — part two takes on Schnarch's four points of balance. If the poem stirred something up for you, send it Tony's way and it may end up in the next episode. Please follow Tony on Instagram @virtual.couch on Tiktok @virtualcouch on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/tonyoverbaylmft and on Substack https://thevirtualcouch.substack.com/ You can reach out to Tony through his website tonyoverbay.com or by emailing contact @ tonyoverbay.com

Islander #6 magazine is now one sale. Buy it here!  Harry, Connor, and Nick discuss Burnham's migrant plans to destroy the countryside, how life comes at you fast, and the Clacton circus is over and Nigel Farage won, what a shock.

Islander #6 magazine is now one sale. Buy it here! Harry, Luca and Firas discuss attacks on Christians, the collapse of Hollywood, and the sorry state of the gaming industry.

Harry, Beau and Elizabeth Heverin discuss the partial eclipse of the Sun taking place today, the evil AI company that is acquiring rare books and destroying them, and Mr Burnham's impending war on highstreet slop. Islander #6 magazine is now one sale. Buy it here!

Islander #6 magazine is now one sale. Buy it here! Dan, Connor, and Stelios discuss how The Telegraph has lost it, what's caused it, and why Jason Arday should receive the benefit of the doubt.

Islander #6 magazine is now one sale. Buy it here! Luca, Firas and Nate discuss Reform's response to Restore's reconciliation offer, the Save Europe Act, and Turd-Worldification.

Islander #6 magazine is now one sale. Buy it here! Carl, Josh, and Nick discuss Dominic Cummings verdict on Farage and Kemi, why The Telegraph has declared war on Restore Britain, and Restore Britain's plan to fix the economy.

Islander #6 magazine is now one sale. Buy it here! Calvin Robinson joins us to discuss Hollywood's ultimatum, the great Arab welfare scam, and Jon Bernthal's concept of "dog racism".

Beau, Harry and Stelios discuss the early release travesty, the many crimes of Francesca Hong, and why America has returned to the time-honoured tradition of discriminating against the Irish.

 Dan Harry, The Stelios and Byron Shepherd discuss if there is a deal that could unite the right, Canada's new founding myth, and whether the west can survive South Africanisation.

Luca and Firas are joined by Elizabeth Heverin to discuss whether the Right will unite, how experimenting on children is evil, and how Britain has a food and water problem.

Carl and Nick are joined by Dominic Frisby to discuss the invasion of Ceutes, Allison Pearson's win for free speech, and how we are just a market now.

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Beau, Nate and Harry discuss Polanskigate, Gary's Economics quitting, and how RAM prices are making Samson homeless.

Islander #6 magazine is now one sale. Buy it here! Luca, Stelios and Josh discuss why we can't have nice things, whether there is still hope for New Zealand, and the Cambridge University ‘DEI hire' plagiarism controversy.

Islander #6 magazine is now one sale. Buy it here! Carl, Luca and Firas discuss the terror attack at Berlin's Pride march, Elon vs The Economist, and why the Gimp Party is stalling.

Stelios, Josh, and Nick discuss Britain's DEI police, Third-world America, and the South Africanisation of the West. 

Islander #6 magazine is now one sale. Buy it here! Carl, Luca and Firas discuss the garden party being on fire, Restoring Manchester, and how you are born in debt.

In this episode, I explore the timeless wisdom found in Homer's The Odyssey through a secular Buddhist lens, drawing parallels between Odysseus's arduous journey home and our own human experiences. I highlight key lessons such as the danger of numbing ourselves with comfort, akin to the Lotus Eaters, and the peril of clinging to a fixed sense of self, as seen when Odysseus identifies himself after blinding the Cyclops. I also discuss the importance of facing cravings, like the crew opening the bag of winds, the power of awareness in overcoming unexamined appetites, and the wisdom gained from confronting difficult realities, such as navigating the land of the dead or choosing between two bad options. Furthermore, I touch upon the practice of skillful patience, exemplified by Penelope, the realization that true homecoming means embracing the present rather than returning to the past, and the profound lesson of carrying our burdens, like Odysseus's oar, until they can be transformed into something useful.Explore more at eightfoldpath.com: full transcripts, guided meditations, courses, and Noah AI, an AI you can chat with about any episode or teaching. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Islander #6 magazine is now one sale. Buy it here! Dan, Beau, and Connor discuss the Hope Not Hate activists in Andy Burnham's government, the 7 million people immigrating to Britain, and how Trump goes ballistic.

Islander #6 magazine is now one sale. Buy it here!  Dan, Luca and Stelios discuss Burnham's new cabinet picks, New Zealand's fight for identity, and how bad philosophy destroys cinema.

Ghost sits down with geopolitical analyst Firas Modad of the Lotus Eaters for a sprawling, two hour conversation that covers an enormous amount of ground. They dig into the stalemate in Iran, the shifting alliance between Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, and why Israel keeps finding itself on the outside looking in. From there the discussion turns philosophical, touching on multipolarity, the nature of empire, Christianity's place in the West, and some genuinely spicy disagreements about Zionism, Qasim Soleimani, and whether economic entanglement actually prevents war. The two do not agree on everything, and that is the point. Expect sharp historical detail on the Astana process, the fall of Assad, and Saudi Arabia's oil dependent trust fund politics, all wrapped in a conversation Ghost himself admits could have gone another hour. A dense, opinionated, occasionally combative watch for anyone who likes their geopolitics served with real pushback.

Stelios, Firas, and Nate discuss Nolan's odyssey to infinity wokeness, the police's attempt to deflect from Ann Widdecombe's murder, and David Lammy's effort to cover up migrant crime.

Featuring Cyclopes, Lotus-Eaters and goddesses that turn men into pigs, the Odyssey reads like a fantastical adventure story. Yet, argues this Long Read written by Daisy Dunn, Homer's epic poem – now a Hollywood blockbuster – offers a fascinating lens onto the reality of life in Bronze Age Greece. Today's feature originally appeared in the August 2026 issue of HistoryExtra magazine, and has been voiced in partnership with the RNIB. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Carl and Nick are joined by Kai Stephens to speak the unspeakable, read some banned books, and watch British politics fall apart in the most embarrassing fashion.

Islander #6 magazine is now one sale. Buy it here! Harry, Luca and Firas discuss how everyone gets a visa, how they're really backing Binface, and one of the games of all time.

Islander #6 magazine is now one sale. Buy it here! Harry is joined by Mr. H Reviews and Josh to discuss the dire situation in Britain, Keir Starmer's shocking face turn, and the new BBC tax.

Islander #6 magazine is now one sale. Buy it here! Dan, Luca and Stelios discuss the police's undeniable partisanship, how the old paradigm is dying, and how the EU wants to keep spying.

Carl, Firas, and Beau discuss the strange details of the murder of Ann Widdecombe, how the pro-Israel position is ending, and whether Burnham can save Labour.

Dan, Beau and Nate discuss Tard maxxing for more tax, infinity benefits and beyond and if we should unite the right.

69 MinutesPG-13Firas Modad is a Middle East and geopolitical risk analyst and host on The Lotus Eaters. John Fieldhouse is a former Army officer. Firas joins Pete to talk about the cause of the Iran War.Firas' SubstackThe Lotus EatersFiras on TwitterPete and Thomas777 'At the Movies'Support Pete on His WebsitePete's PatreonPete's SubstackPete's SubscribestarPete's GUMROADPete's VenmoPete's Buy Me a CoffeePete on FacebookPete on TwitterBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-pete-quinones-show--6071361/support.

Carl, Luca, and Firas discuss the stupidity of the Clacton by-election, how our politics are corrupt, and Japan's food xenophobia.

Harry and Connor discuss Nigel Farage's resignation gambit, the trial of Tyler Robinson, and whether the US is facing financial collapse.

Carl, Dan, and Beau discuss whether we should continue to use prisons, how the fate of Marine Le Pen hangs in the balance, and how people are being psyopped against themselves. Support us by signing up to our website for as little as £5 a month and access our entire Premium catalogue.

Harry, Luca and Firas discuss the questionable finances of Nigel Farage, Pope Leo XIV's trip to Lampedusa, and 250 years of America.

Nate, Nick and Firas discuss Europe's hatred for itself and what to do about it, the state of Britain's police and Restore's plan to fix it, and the war over defining postliberal Britain between Farage and Burnham.

Harry, Dan and Luca discuss ‘Conservative' media striking again, asylum seekers arriving forever, and why everything fails.

Harry and Carl are joined by Elizabeth Heverin to discuss how your children are American but just don't know it yet, the thrilling subject of stats and data collection, and the explosion in youth unemployment in the YooKay.

Carl, Dan and Connor discuss two movies with the same mission, the tiresome anti-racists tropes on display at the World Cup and how the Scotland stabbings show things are escalating fast.

Beau, Luca and Firas discuss the King's latest betrayal, the great ensh*tification, and Andy Burnham's plans for power.