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Wide-ranging talks on all things relating to spirituality, meditation, yoga, current affairs, politics and philosophy. contact me via info AT peteyates.uk.
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Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
In this podcast, we consider the possibility of civil unrest in the UK as the consequences of inflation reduce the standard of living for many people. We consider the roles of strikes, mass refusals and information technology in the developing chaos. [Free. 31 minutes.]
Tuesday Feb 01, 2022
Tuesday Feb 01, 2022
In this podcast we discuss Chapter 57 of Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching. In this chapter, Lao Tzu extols the virtues of wu wei, non-doing, when it is employed by sage leaders. The question of the tendency for all governments to do things which are inimical to the flourishing of the people haunts this discourse and we tease out the resonances this has with a wide variety political philosophies. [Free. 23 minutes.]
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.]