Episodes
Monday Jan 24, 2022
TRIALS OF A NIETZSCHEAN SOCIALIST IN NEW NEW LABOUR
Monday Jan 24, 2022
Monday Jan 24, 2022
This podcast is a ramble/rant in which we relate the current configuration of the UK Labour Party , the necessarily pro-status quo nature of centrism, the Nietzschean concepts of active and reactive will to power, analysis focussing on economic class, all to each other. [Free. 44 minutes.]
Wednesday Jan 19, 2022
LAO TZU 43
Wednesday Jan 19, 2022
Wednesday Jan 19, 2022
In this podcast, we discuss Chapter 56 of The Tao Te Ching in which Lao Tzu advises us of our orientation to life, advising quietly recognising our connectedness with others. [Free. 9 minutes.]
Tuesday Jan 18, 2022
DON’T LOOK UP - OUR THOUGHTS [2ND EDITION]
Tuesday Jan 18, 2022
Tuesday Jan 18, 2022
This podcast is our original take on the recent film, Don't Look Up. [Discard the previous version which had the wrong file! Apologies. Free. 38 minutes.]
Monday Jan 17, 2022
DON’T LOOK UP - MORE THOUGHTS
Monday Jan 17, 2022
Monday Jan 17, 2022
This podcast offers some more reflections on the recent film Don't Look Up. [Free. 38 minutes.]
Thursday Jan 13, 2022
PARYTYGATE - INTERESTING TIMES 48
Thursday Jan 13, 2022
Thursday Jan 13, 2022
This podcast is a stream of consciousness stimulated by the current discomfort of the Tory Party and its leader in the wake of partygate. [Free. 22 minutes]
Saturday Jan 01, 2022
LOOKING BACK OVER 2021 AND FORWARD TO 2022 - INTERESTING TIMES 47
Saturday Jan 01, 2022
Saturday Jan 01, 2022
In this podcast, we cast an eye back over 2021 and forward onto 2022. In passing, we appraise last year's similar effort at crystal-ball gazing. [Free. 1 hour 15 minutes.]
Friday Dec 17, 2021
TORY BY- ELECTION TROUNCING - INTERESTING TIMES 46
Friday Dec 17, 2021
Friday Dec 17, 2021
In this podcast, we discuss the various ramifications of the Tory loss of a 23k majority in a seat they have held since 1832 in yesterday's by-election brought about by the resignation of Owen Patterson. [Patterson's resignation is described and analysed in our podcast Interesting Times 41.] We enjoy a little Schadenfreude as we proceed. [Free. 30 minutes.]
Thursday Dec 16, 2021
VACCINE PASSPORTS? - INTERESTING TIMES 45
Thursday Dec 16, 2021
Thursday Dec 16, 2021
In this podcast, we reflect on the rebellion of 99 Tory MPs in the Commons against the Government's 'Plan B' measures against the emergence and rapid spread of the omicron variant of the COVID19 virus, the vehement repudiation of the so-called 'vaccine passports' by Tory MP Marcus Fysh in a bizarre interview with the BBC, and the partial and contradictory character of right wing 'libertarianism'. [Free. 48 minutes.]
Thursday Dec 09, 2021
SCHRODINGER‘S PARTY - INTERESTING TIMES 44
Thursday Dec 09, 2021
Thursday Dec 09, 2021
In this podcast we consider the infamous party which both happened and didn't happen at the same time at 10 Downing Street on December 18th 2020. If it did happen [even though it didn't], a number of government ministers are ready to reassure the public that no COVID19 lock-down rules were broken with comical results. We examine the context of this spooky event in a cabal of government-right wing press connections, in the leaking of a video of the PM's press spokeswoman rehearsing how she might spin awkward questions about the event, in Johnson's apology to the Commons, and in the general propaganda system within which our ruling elites operate. We appraise the possibility that this shit storm may have cut through to the public consciousness. [Free. 43 minutes.]
Tuesday Dec 07, 2021
LAO TZU 42
Tuesday Dec 07, 2021
Tuesday Dec 07, 2021
In this podcast, we consider Chapter 55 of Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching in which the cognitive innocence and perceptual freshness of the child is evaluated and lauded. [Free. 17 minutes.]