Life And Life Only

Feb 01 2025 55 ep. 70 mins 118

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A podcast about...life and the search for inner and outer truth, with an emphasis on Life Coaching, Psychology and Alternative media

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Episode 55- Advertising & Lifestyle Design (Part 1 of 2)

Feb 01 2025 57 mins

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 bee

Episode 54- Propaganda- Power & Persuasion (Part 3 of 3)

Dec 09 2024 69 mins

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 pr

Episode 53- Propaganda: Power & Persuasion (Part 2 of 3)

Nov 20 2024 70 mins

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 t

Episode 52- Propaganda: Power & Persuasion (Part 1 of 3)

Nov 01 2024 74 mins

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

Episode 51- Matt Le Tissier on football, society & truth

Sep 11 2024 40 mins

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

Episode 50- Thoughts (and Feelings) from Egham

Aug 16 2024 56 mins

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

Episode 49- Life & How To Survive It (Part 3 of 3)

Jul 19 2024 54 mins

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

Episode 48- Life & How To Survive It (Part 2 of 3)

Jun 18 2024 73 mins

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

Episode 47- Life & How To Survive It (Part 1 of 3)

May 21 2024 84 mins

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/la

Episode 46- Life Coaching & The Inner Game (Part 3 of 3)

Apr 04 2024 56 mins

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