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Episode 59- The Self-Help Delusion-: A Manifesto For Genuine Change (Part 2 of 2)
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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] episode links Peter’s book https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25593619-the-self-help-delusion What is Neuro-Linguistic Programming? https://practicalpie.com/neuro-linguistic-programming/ An introduction to Transactional Analysis and recommended book https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByUZI-DCiSM https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49176.Games_People_Play The Art of Happiness https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38210.The_Art_of_Happiness Derren Brown on hypnosis and happiness (Joe Rogan podcast) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFeL7XGwJTs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3DigsvZCXo Marlon Brando on life and acting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slU3ATbH1Vg The true scale of the universe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy7NzjCmUf0
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Episode 58: The Self-Help Delusion- A Manifesto For Genuine Change (Part 1 of 2)
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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] episode links Peter’s book https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25593619-the-self-help-delusion What is Neuro-Linguistic Programming? https://practicalpie.com/neuro-linguistic-programming/ The Artist’s Way (a spiritual guide to creativity) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/615570.The_Artist_s_Way The Power of Now animated summary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgGtNgLSCqU The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*** https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28257707-the-subtle-art-of-not-giving-a-f-ck Michael Caine on using the difficulty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAB89fOdA-I
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Episode 57: Axel Rudakubana- Explaining The Unexplainable
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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] episode links Axel Rudakubana BBC Children In Need advert 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5wc1WqGScg BBC Panorama documentary https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0027x2z Taxi ride and arrest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hI7Hx995ks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5ye387OZYM Joel Verite testimony https://news.sky.com/video/man-describes-coming-face-to-face-with-southport-knife-attacker-13187561 LBC caller on Alphonse Rudakubana https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqsaTpvp5Dc Rob Ager deep dive on the 2024 post-Southport riots https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umVQpAer1BU The Psychological Effects of Bullying on Kids & Teens https://mastersinpsychologyguide.com/articles/psychological-effects-bullying-kids-teens/ Lucy Letby Was There Ever A Crime? (podcast series) https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/bdrfd-25f224/Was-There-Ever-A-Crime-The-Trials-of-Lucy-Letby-with-John-Sweeney-Podcast Full interview with prosecution ‘star witness’ Dewi Evans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQleiz5P05k&list=PLisbmqPbVDrYRuFmluXVm5YDQhoRo5Pw2&index=3 Press conference of ‘new evidence’ conducted by Dr. Shoo Lee (Feb 2025) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT8CO15IHMs ‘According To Carl In The UK’ on Lucy Letby possible release https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6Y9iUcbLRk
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Episode 56- Advertising & Lifestyle Design (Part 2 of 2)
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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] Link to Julian’s website/podcast and our original talk in full https://www.themindrenewed.com https://www.themindrenewed.com/episodes/2014-15/717-ep020 episode links Edward Bernays: A Brief History https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdQ6HIzaSm4 ‘Company Store’ by Dissident Prophet (with lyrics) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcx3T_UoHsU Consuming Kids: The Commercialisation of Childhood (2008 doc) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMaRsR7orTk How Advertising Rewires Kids’ Brains https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGN1ZEABk_Y Neil Sanders - The Art of Creating Reality https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXIRBU0LVWI Your Lifestyle Has Already Been Designed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufeavz7d0GU A Parent’s Guide to Resisting Television Advertising https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdQYMG0JnWw Rory Sutherland’s superb TED talks ‘Perspective Is Everything’ and ‘Life Lessons of an Ad Man’ https://www.ted.com/talks/rory_sutherland_perspective_is_everything https://www.ted.com/talks/rory_sutherland_life_lessons_from_an_ad_man Stephen Fry can’t stop shopping! (go to 44.55) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECv-24Ruu-o
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Episode 55- Advertising & Lifestyle Design (Part 1 of 2)
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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] Link to Julian’s website/podcast and our original talk in full https://www.themindrenewed.com https://www.themindrenewed.com/episodes/2014-15/717-ep020 episode links What is advertising (wiki) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advertising ‘Company Store’ by Dissident Prophet (with lyrics) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcx3T_UoHsU Most common advertising techniques https://localiq.com/blog/advertising-techniques/ Cadbury’s Gorilla ad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs2z7OA3XKI Noam Chomsky- real vs created needs & wants https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CFwSQiTu3I Manufacturing Consent (book & documentary) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12617.Manufacturing_Consent https://archive.org/details/manufacturing_consent Julian Charles- Holding Things Lightly https://www.themindrenewed.com/episodes/2012-13/118-serm001
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