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LAO TZU 43

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.]

DON’T LOOK UP - OUR THOUGHTS [2ND EDITION]

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.]

DON’T LOOK UP - MORE THOUGHTS

This podcast offers some more reflections on the recent film Don't Look Up. [Free. 38 minutes.]

PARYTYGATE - INTERESTING TIMES 48

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]

LOOKING BACK OVER 2021 AND FORWARD TO 2022 - INTERESTING TIMES 47

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.]

TORY BY- ELECTION TROUNCING - INTERESTING TIMES 46

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.]

VACCINE PASSPORTS? - INTERESTING TIMES 45

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.]

SCHRODINGER‘S PARTY - INTERESTING TIMES 44

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.]

LAO TZU 42

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.]

TORIES ON THE ROPES? - INTERESTING TIMES 43

In the light of the MPs second jobs scandal, we ask, 'How much more will the public put up with?' This leads to questions about the nature of ideology, and the contradictory class consciousness of Tories who make light of in-work poverty and the cutting of Universal Credit on the one hand, and then, on the other hand, plead that MPs need second jobs because they can't discharge their familial duty on £82 per annum! We underscore the point that this current scandal isn't anything fundamentally new, but a symptom of the profound and toxic entanglement of corporate and state power in the UK. [Free. 44 minutes.]