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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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Saturday May 29, 2021
Saturday May 29, 2021
In this podcast we discuss Chapter 51 of Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching. This chapter deals with Lao Tzu's vast vision of the cosmos and its origins. We suggest that this vision is acquired through a particular meditation which we recommend as both useful to us collectively in our current situation and as a beautiful and sublime good in its own right for individuals. [Free. 15 minutes.]
Wednesday May 26, 2021
Wednesday May 26, 2021
This podcast gives our immediate reaction to Dominic Cummings' answers to question put to him by the Commons Committee on Health and Science. [Free. 26 minutes.]
Tuesday May 18, 2021
Tuesday May 18, 2021
This podcast deals with the current bombardment of Gaza, placing it in the context of history and geopolitics and identifies certain questions that have to be addressed if peace is to be attained and maintained. [Free. 41 minutes.]
Thursday May 06, 2021
Thursday May 06, 2021
This brief podcast tells the story of French fishermen being denied access to Jersey's waters as a result of Brexit and the ensuing French government threat to cut off Jersey's electricity supply and the intervention of the Royal Navy. I draw out some wider ramifications of this farcical tragi-comedy. [Free. 18 minutes.]
Monday May 03, 2021
Monday May 03, 2021
In this podcast, I review Peter Georghegan's recent book Democracy for Sale. This book deals with our kleptocratic politics and is well written, rigorously referenced and consequently very useful as an aid to our understanding of our situation. [Free. 29 minutes.]
Friday Apr 30, 2021
Friday Apr 30, 2021
In this podcast we ask if the current suspicions of corruption surrounding Johnson and the Tories will have any bite. We consider how changes of personnel in government leave underlying structures and systems intact and ponder the nature of news cycles. [Free. 32 minutes.]
Monday Apr 26, 2021
Monday Apr 26, 2021
This episode of our Lao Tzu series deals with Chapter 50 of The Tao Te Ching. The chapter outlines Lao Tzu's strategy for living well, particularly when it comes to preserving life in the face of the world's dangers. [Free. 19 minutes.]
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
This podcast deals with economic, military and propaganda aspects of the developing cold war with China. [Free. 1 hour 25 minutes.]
Saturday Apr 10, 2021
Saturday Apr 10, 2021
In this podcast we reflect on the recent violence in Northern Ireland from political, philosophical and psychological angles. [Free. 41 minutes.]
Monday Apr 05, 2021
Monday Apr 05, 2021
In this podcast, we consider the current state of the UK Labour Party. We ask if the party has emancipatory potential in its current incarnation and attempt to estimate the possibilities for the success of a new broad left wing party. We put forward the idea the the UK could do with a constitutional re-jig along the lines being followed in Chile. We also give an estimate of the necessity for extra-institutional activism. [Free. 37 minutes.]