Life And Life Only

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, please subscribe, like, share etc...   Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75   Twitter https://twitter.com/lifeonly75   Feedback to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com   Support the show at: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/antonyrotunno OR https://www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno   Antony’s website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.co Antony’s John Lennon podcast https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com   If you are interested in very affordable Life Coaching, or know someone who might be, you can contact Antony on lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com or contrafib2001@gmail.com (the LALO email occasionally gets full of spam)   episode links link to Mr Gallwey’s book https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/905.The_Inner_Game_of_Tennis    A previous LALO episode about nerves (and table tennis) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4BqdMZ3Pd4   Jan Van der Velde’s famous meltdown at the British Open in 1999 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t00AbenIkc   Jana Novotna chokes at Wimbledon in 1993 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miGEqbZkHOo   What exactly are Introverts and Extroverts? https://www.simplypsychology.org/introvert-extrovert.html   A short animated guide to Sport Psychology https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6jj2I_Kn-s

Darrell & Antony continue their discussion of W Timothy Gallwey’s book ‘The Inner Game of Tennis’, which expertly uses that sport as a context to give wider insights into the nature of performance, the mental traps we set for ourselves and how to overcome challenges and be your best self. Although not an easy thing to do, you may find that at least it’s simpler than you think, and the book (and hopefully our discussion) offers many lessons for tennis, sport and life.   We hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc...   Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75   Twitter https://twitter.com/lifeonly75   Feedback to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com   Support the show at: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/antonyrotunno OR https://www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno   Antony’s website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com   Antony’s John Lennon podcast https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com   If you are interested in very affordable Life Coaching, or know someone who might be, you can contact Antony on lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com or contrafib2001@gmail.com (the LALO email occasionally gets full of spam)   episode links link to Mr Gallwey’s book https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/905.The_Inner_Game_of_Tennis    A previous LALO episode about tennis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-BmXL_ajLc   A short animated guide to Sport Psychology https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6jj2I_Kn-s   TED talk- ‘Inside The Mind of Champion Athletes’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG7v4y_xwzQ   McEnroe-Borg: Fire and Ice (documentary) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvF5ARwXm-M

For our first podcast series of 2024, we welcome Darrell Swan to talk about some of the benefits of Life Coaching before we deep dive into the book ‘The Inner Game of Tennis’ by W Timothy Gallwey. Darrell is a former Life Coachee of Antony’s and also a tennis player with a great interest in sports psychology.   Gallwey’s book expertly uses tennis as a context to give wider insights into the nature of performance, some of the mental traps involved and how to be mindful and let your natural self perform. There are many lessons here for tennis, general sport and life.   This first part of the discussion is the Life Coaching section, some ‘outer truth’ insights and the first portion of ‘The Inner Game’.   We hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc...   Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75   Twitter https://twitter.com/lifeonly75   Feedback to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com   Support the show at: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/antonyrotunno OR https://www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno   Antony’s website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com   Antony’s John Lennon podcast https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com   If you are interested in very affordable Life Coaching, or know someone who might be, you can contact Antony on lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com or contrafib2001@gmail.com (the LALO email occasionally gets full of spam)   episode links link to Mr Gallwey’s book https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/905.The_Inner_Game_of_Tennis   The previous LALO episode on Life Coaching https://lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com/e/episode-19-life-coaching-creativity-communal-experience-mental-health/   A short animated guide to Sport Psychology https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6jj2I_Kn-s   TED talk- ‘Inside The Mind of Champion Athletes’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG7v4y_xwzQ

And so we finally reach the end of this podcast odyssey with the longest episode of the 4-part series... The main topics here are fame (linking neatly to LALO episode 40) and the interestingly similar trajectory it shares with money in terms of how its escalation affects -or doesn't affect- a person's happiness, and then the granddaddy of all topics- death. There’s also some talk about mindfulness meditation here, offering another callback to a previous LALO episode. Once again Derren Brown turns to some ancient wisdom to illustrate his points in the book, but there are also some fascinating modern takes on fame, death and a few other things. As always your humble host weighs in with his thoughts too, as well as offering a slightly unusual greeting of the season. It's hard to summarise the many possible takeaways from a 6-hour  analysis of a 500-page book, but with my life coach’s hat on I can only strongly suggest a focus on excellence and full attention to tasks, including the tricky one of living itself. We also need to understand that we are telling ourselves stories all the time, often about events that we have little or no control over and with little evidence to back up our conclusions. Life is hard but can actually be far simpler than we make it if we can limit these stories and try to relax and live with grace and compassion, both for ourselves and for others. I sincerely hope you enjoy this final episode and have enjoyed the ones before it. If so, please subscribe, like, share etc... See you in 2024!   Feedback to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter- https://twitter.com/lifeonly75   Support the show at: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/antonyrotunno OR https://www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno   Antony’s website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com Antony’s John Lennon podcast https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com   If you are interested in very affordable Life Coaching, or know someone who might be, you can contact Antony on lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com or contrafib2001@gmail.com (the LALO email occasionally gets full of spam)   episode links Rory Sutherland’s wonderfully entertaining TED talks https://www.ted.com/talks/rory_sutherland_perspective_is_everything https://www.ted.com/talks/rory_sutherland_life_lessons_from_an_ad_man Pure Heaven (story by Antony Rotunno) https://www.antonyrotunno.com/2021/07/24/pure-heaven/ Sam Harris: The Lessons of Death https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL2uFYi86kk When I Die; Lessons From The Death Zone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2eUw0CUuMc Derren Brown- Unlock The Secret Power of Your Mind! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVblCpr_qAc Groundhog Day: A Lesson In Happiness (video essay) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT2fqrMjTSQ The mind-boggling true scale of the universe! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy7NzjCmUf0 Carl Sagan: Pale Blue Dot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wupToqz1e2g The Psychology of Amy Winehouse (‘Psychology In Seattle’ podcast) https://www.spreaker.com/user/10958640/the-psychology-of-amy-winehouse-2015-rer_1 Money: Humanity’s Biggest Illusion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFO6OtnmEDo

The next part of this epic journey through Derren Brown’s book ‘Happy: Why More or Less Everything Is Absolutely Fine’ and the general topic of happiness takes us further into fate and accepting the downsides of life while finding its way back to some core themes of the book. These include our construction of narratives with little evidence, catastrophising and ‘mind-reading’ (ours, not Derren’s!). We also look at those old enemies anger, fear & guilt, with a little help from our friends the Stoics, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius and others. There’s a lot more along the way and I humble believe you will get a lot out of this if you listen with attention and an open mind and try to digest the occasionally complex but always accessible ideas in the book and the episode.   I hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc... Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter- https://twitter.com/lifeonly75 Feedback to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com Support the show at: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/antonyrotunno OR https://www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno   Antony’s website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com Antony’s John Lennon podcast https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com If you are interested in very affordable Life Coaching, or know someone who might be, you can contact Antony on lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com or contrafib2001@gmail.com (the LALO email occasionally gets full of spam)   episode links Quotes about happiness https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/happiness Types of happiness (online article) https://www.verywellmind.com/happiness-types-4173234 PDF of ‘On Anger’ by Seneca http://www.sophia-project.org/uploads/1/3/9/5/13955288/seneca_anger.pdf Derren talks about his book https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJrxrJyymG4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3DigsvZCXo Derren’s TED talk https://www.ted.com/talks/derren_brown_mentalism_mind_reading_and_the_art_of_getting_inside_your_head?autoplay=true&muted=true TED talk- ‘The Paradox of Choice’ https://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_the_paradox_of_choice?autoplay=true&muted=true  

Antony appeared on ‘Luke’s English podcast’ in April/May this year to profile Life And Life Only, and here is a compilation of the two episodes, which originally went out on video (see links below). The topics discussed by Luke and Antony are the podcast itself, Cats, Titanic, Travelling, English Teaching, Life Coaching, David Blaine, Food & Diet, Films, Conspiracy Theories (including the weaponisation of the phrase), Comedy and Happiness.   I hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc...   Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75   Twitter- https://twitter.com/lifeonly75   Feedback to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com   Support the show at https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/antonyrotunno OR https://www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno   Antony’s website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching)  https://www.antonyrotunno.com   Antony’s John Lennon podcast https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com/   Luke’s website and one of our previous collaborations https://teacherluke.co.uk/ https://teacherluke.co.uk/2022/03/16/762-meditation-learning-english-with-antony-rotunno/   If you are interested in very affordable Life Coaching, or know someone who might be, you can contact Antony on lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com or contrafib2001@gmail.com  (the LALO email occasionally gets full of spam)   episode links The video version of this podcast (2 parts) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8OPVuQTGhk&t=293s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V53J0wa41hM   The Frost Report- The Class Sketch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W34CsPPw5uM   TED-Ed guide to cats https://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-cats-act-so-weird-tony-buffington https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-history-of-the-world-according-to-cats-eva-maria-geigl   Antony’s ‘Travelling Light’ story https://www.antonyrotunno.com/2021/07/24/travelling-light/   What is Life Coaching? https://www.antonyrotunno.com/2021/07/29/what-is-life-coaching/   David Blaine with Joe Rogan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4LraPdm5YI   Morgan Spurlock food experiment (scary!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMWq26zH_sU

Inspired by the recent U.S. Open tennis tournament, here’s my take on the grand slam singles finals won by Coco Gauff and Novak Djokovic, the G.O.A.T. debate and the sport and its culture in general. From here, we look at two things that are inextricably linked to top-level tennis and sport- media and fame. There’s also discussion of a very important argument put forward in the seminal 1974 tennis/sports psychology book, ‘The Inner Game of Tennis’. As well as lauding the impressive achievements of these elite athletes, this episode also looks at the dark side of fame and touches on the cautionary tennis tales of Monica Seles, Naomi Osaka, Coco Gauff and Emma Raducanu. I wish them all a happy life, whether they’re winning titles or not!   I hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc... Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter- https://twitter.com/lifeonly75 Feedback to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com Support the show at https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/antonyrotunno OR https://www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno Antony’s website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching)  https://www.antonyrotunno.com Antony’s John Lennon podcast https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com/ If you are interested in very affordable Life Coaching, or know someone who might be, you can contact Antony on lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com or contrafib2001@gmail.com  (the LALO email occasionally gets full of spam)   episode links The Inner Game of Tennis summary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-YJePnMrGY Coco wins and celebrates! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZ0XQWWFIAo US Open on-court interviews (Coco Gauff, Daniil Medvedev, Novak Djokovic) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCo3Y6DfrVU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGZq7_s0XGw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkgSXzL7Uwk Coco and Naomi Osaka have a moment… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Al3IA1sbWE Sloane Stephens humorous truth bombs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tCu0tKrzhc What happened to Emma Raducanu? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnPitPzfjCU Andy Roddick with Jonathan Ross (funny!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j070zjfq0Uc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi5AWJ8aJ4c    

We continue our foray into the surprisingly complex world of happiness, with extracts from Derren Brown’s 2016 book ‘Happy: Why More or Less Everything Is Absolutely Fine’ to guide us through, along with host Antony’s interjections and musings. In this part, we look at a wide range of sub-topics including more on the history of happiness, a look at the Stoics and Marcus Aurelius and their influence on Cognitive-Behavioural and Life Coaching, virtue (signalling), desire, fate, judgement, the psychology of relationships and a few other things along the way. Antony also discovers his new favourite phrase- ‘psychological robustness’. Part 3 will follow next month   I hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc... Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter- https://twitter.com/lifeonly75 Feedback to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com Support the show at https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/antonyrotunno OR https://www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno Antony’s website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching)  https://www.antonyrotunno.com Antony’s John Lennon podcast https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com/ If you are interested in very affordable Life Coaching, or know someone who might be, you can contact Antony on lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com or contrafib2001@gmail.com  (the LALO email occasionally gets full of spam)   episode links Podcasts about, or influenced by, the Stoics and Stoicism https://philosophybites.libsyn.com/william-b-irvine-on-living-stoically https://dailystoic.com/Podcast/ A podcast deep dive into Marcus Aurelius and ‘Meditations’ https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9kYjc3ZGZlMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw/episode/NDdkZjQ2ZmQtMjk5Mi00ODM2LTg4OTQtYjE5ZmFlMmI4ZTlh?sa=X&ved=0CAIQuIEEahcKEwios_zo5deAAxUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ Derren Brown talks about his book https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJrxrJyymG4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3DigsvZCXo

Happiness seems to be simple to understand, but profound and lasting happiness is actually a complex business, as brilliantly illustrated by Derren Brown in his 2016 book ‘Happy: Why More or Less Everything Is Absolutely Fine’. Derren’s very readable 500-page tome forms the basis for this series of episodes on the many aspects of happiness, including its history. After musing on his recent illness and reading some quotes about happiness, Antony reads choice passages from the book and adds his own interjections. Part 2 will follow next month   I hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc... Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter- https://twitter.com/lifeonly75 Feedback to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com Support the show at https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/antonyrotunno OR https://www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno Antony’s website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching)  https://www.antonyrotunno.com Antony’s John Lennon podcast https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com/   episode links Derren Brown interviewed about the book https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJrxrJyymG4 Derren on the Joe Rogan podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFeL7XGwJTs Quotes about happiness https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/happiness Types of happiness (online article) https://www.verywellmind.com/happiness-types-4173234 Alan Watts- Music and Life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERbvKrH-GC4

This time around, Antony reads two of his short stories, referred to in the title of the episode, and muses on various things, including Chris Ryan and his ‘Tangentially Speaking’ podcast, Thai memories, a surreal Valium-fuelled overnight trip, a wonderful review from a listener, the magic of cats, normies vs truthers and a couple of other things. I don’t always have answers but I’ve got plenty of good questions…   I hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc... Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter- https://twitter.com/lifeonly75 To leave feedback or make a donation, please write to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com Support Antony's work at www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno Antony’s website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching)  https://www.antonyrotunno.com Antony’s John Lennon podcast https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com/   episode links The original ‘Travelling Light’ and ‘Pure Heaven’ blog posts https://www.antonyrotunno.com/2021/07/24/travelling-light/ https://www.antonyrotunno.com/2021/07/24/pure-heaven/ Chris Ryan's 'Tangentially Speaking' podcast https://chrisryanphd.com/category/tangentially-speaking/ TED-Ed videos about cats https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI8NsYIyQ2A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jsj-hDW9bS8 9/11 documentary (warning to normies- this will change your view of the event if you’ve only ever considered any holes in the official story to be baseless ‘conspiracy theories’) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0Q5eZhCPuc Everything Is A Remix (there have been subsequent parts- check the website below https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJPERZDfyWc https://www.everythingisaremix.info/watch-the-series/ Echoes vs 2001: A Space Odyssey (get high without drugs) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn7MmS3vazU Money As Debt (there have been sequels as well) https://watchdocumentaries.com/money-as-debt/ The Money Myth Exploded (very thought-provoking) https://www.michaeljournal.org/articles/social-credit/item/the-money-myth-exploded TED talk by Yossi Ghinsberg (Amazon survival) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3tuwNT-2rE

David Blaine is known around the world and a magician and illusionist. However, he has also had a parallel life doing endurance stunts, apparently for real without illusion (though some believe otherwise). This episode deals with my personal favourite of these stunts, when he tested the limits of human endurance, both physical and psychological, living in a plexiglass box for 44 days in London in 2003 with only water to sustain him. One of the ironic things about this stunt is that he was both alone in isolation but was also surrounded by a daily throng of visitors who kept him going as he grew weaker, and kept him entertained as he watched the world go by…   I hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc... Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter- https://twitter.com/lifeonly75 To leave feedback, please write to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com Support Antony's work at www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno Antony’s website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching)  https://www.antonyrotunno.com Antony’s John Lennon podcast https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com/   episode links The original blog post https://www.antonyrotunno.com/2021/07/24/the-many-sides-of-david-blaines-above-the-below/ Previous episodes about meditation (‘Life And Life Only’ and ‘Luke’s English Podcast’) https://lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com/e/episode-4-the-joys-and-wonders-of-meditation-part-1-of-2/ https://lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com/e/episode-5-the-joys-and-wonders-of-meditation-part-2-of-2/ https://podcasts.apple.com/lb/podcast/762-meditation-learning-english-with-antony-rotunno/id312059190?i=1000554231401 David Blaine and ‘Moonlight Sonata’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaQ9dDtiNAY Harmony Korine’s film 'Above The Below’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fCl9cgBgoQ David Blaine Street Magic/Magic Man (TV specials) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTtaKtUWQ7I David being mysterious with Eamonn Holmes in 2001 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKVbs7LL8I0 David on the Joe Rogan podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY3Zg37nIHo David Blaine- ‘How I held my breath for 17 minutes’ (TED talk) https://www.ted.com/talks/david_blaine_how_i_held_my_breath_for_17_minutes David with Larry King https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdr1Luq3PYY Derren Brown mathematical memory ‘trick’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAJHUv2JS7w John Cage’s 4.33 (not too much noise, ok?!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoAbXwr3qkg

We complete the reading of Antony's longform essay with the dramatic sinking and its aftermath. Ordinary humans of all levels of means and status fight for their lives against the slow, inevitable creep of death, and after the disaster there's equal measures of genuine humanity and ugly scapegoating   The story of R.M.S. Titanic and its unfortunate fate seems to have everything, both good and bad, in terms of how society views itself, its apparently superior relationship to nature and people’s relationships to their fellow man. This is a historical event but it’s also a story full of drama and human interest, and one that has been subject to constant revision in the 110 years since the ship sank.   I hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc...   Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75   Twitter- https://twitter.com/lifeonly75   To leave feedback, please write to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com   Support Antony's work at www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno   Antony’s website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com   episode links The essay in full https://www.antonyrotunno.com/2021/07/24/legends-and-folly-the-remarkable-story-of-r-m-s-titanic   Links to the 2 main books used as sources https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61834.A_Night_to_Remember?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=1tJWeCS3CS&rank=1 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16135197-on-a-sea-of-glass?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=EnV8nqFHO7&rank=1   2-part documentary series on the disaster ‘Death of A Dream’ and ‘The Legend Lives On’ https://archive.org/details/titanic-death-ofa-dream/titanic-death-of-a-dream-1994-part-1-in-hd-freedownloadvideo.net.mp4 https://archive.org/details/Titanic_The_Legend_Lives_On_A_And_E_WOC_1994-07-25   The 1958 film ‘A Night To Remember’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ftYho4K3FQ   Robert Ballard talks about the discovery of the Titanic in 1985 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q3eA6wYil4   Titanic wreck footage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iVYT_I1gL4    

The story of R.M.S. Titanic and its unfortunate fate seems to have everything, both good and bad, in terms of how society views itself, its apparently superior relationship to nature and people’s relationships to their fellow man. This is a historical event but it’s also a story full of drama and human interest, and one that has been subject to constant revision in the 110 years since the ship sank. Antony reads his own longform essay regarding the maiden voyage and sinking of the world's most famous ship, and there are interjections with further observations throughout. Ordinary humans of all levels of means and status fight for their lives against the slow, inevitable creep of death… I hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc... Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter- https://twitter.com/lifeonly75 To leave feedback, please write to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com Support Antony's work at www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno Antony’s website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com   episode links The essay in full https://www.antonyrotunno.com/2021/07/24/legends-and-folly-the-remarkable-story-of-r-m-s-titanic Links to the 2 main books used as sources https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61834.A_Night_to_Remember?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=1tJWeCS3CS&rank=1 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16135197-on-a-sea-of-glass?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=EnV8nqFHO7&rank=1 2-part documentary series on the disaster ‘Death of A Dream’ and ‘The Legend Lives On’ https://archive.org/details/titanic-death-ofa-dream/titanic-death-of-a-dream-1994-part-1-in-hd-freedownloadvideo.net.mp4 https://archive.org/details/Titanic_The_Legend_Lives_On_A_And_E_WOC_1994-07-25 The 1958 film ‘A Night To Remember’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ftYho4K3FQ Survivor Testimonies by Charles Lightoller https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzG4cjm5mKo A deleted wireless room scene from ‘Titanic’ (1997) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Nlc0YGjl7Y Frost Report sketch on the 3 classes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDIHrX-Jp2E

In an edited version of what was originally a video podcast (link below), Antony and Luke Thompson dissect the seminal Canadian documentary written by law professor Joel Bakan and directed by Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott. Although often run by people with decent intentions, the modern corporation, complete with its legally-determined 'rights of a person', has become a monster that seeks to devour all that stands in its own way while polluting the environment and often ruining lives. You may be shocked to hear the documentary's diagnosis of this legal monster, which we outline during the talk. Some of the talking heads (including critics of the entity, corporation CEOs and everything in between) include Noam Chomsky, Michael Moore and Naomi Klein.   I hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc... Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter- https://twitter.com/lifeonly75 To leave feedback, please write to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com Support Antony's work at www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno Antony’s website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com   The original unedited video version of this talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZgKhah2Acc Luke's podcast and website https://teacherluke.co.uk Luke's Twitter page https://twitter.com/EnglishPodcast A recent film review collaboration between Antony and Luke (Monty Python!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMtOOBpRBaA   episode links Links to the documentary itself and its 'unfortunately necessary' sequel https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPcHj... Rutger Bregman cuts through the crap at Davos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paaen3b44XY The news, sponsored by Pfizer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2LQW1TY0lY&t=45s TED talk by John Perkins, former economic hitman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btF6nKHo2i0        

Nicnac Marsh has a podcast that delves into his psyche and the challenges of the complex business of existence in an ever-changing and increasingly confusing world. I was delighted to make 2 appearances on his show around this time last year so this latest offering is a compilation of the two. Our talk goes to many different places but there is particular emphasis on creativity and also discussions on how the world might actually work beyond the propaganda and some discussion of John Lennon, which was Nicnac’s original entry point to my work. There are audio clips included to complement the conversation and also musical contributions from Nicnac, myself and others  I hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc... Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter- https://twitter.com/lifeonly75 To leave feedback, please write to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com Support Antony's work at www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno Antony’s website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com Nicnac’s podcast https://anchor.fm/nicnacmarsh   episode links The peerless Bill Hicks live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfdEN4ipoiw Life Goes On Stargate Odyssey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1u2pyBi_Xk In The Psychiatrist’s Chair- featuring R.D. Laing https://podtail.com/podcast/in-the-psychiatrist-s-chair/rd-laing/ John Lennon’s slow piano version of ‘Help!’ (1970) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh8Q6RQ8cj0

The BBC, once considered the bastion of fairness in journalism, has in recent times begun to wear its propaganda on its sleeve. Antony attempts to give a fair but critical overview of their recent 'Unvaccinated' documentary and point out both the overt and more subtle propaganda techniques used in a piece of programming whose agenda is clear from the very start.    I hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc... Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter- https://twitter.com/lifeonly75 To leave feedback, please write to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com Support Antony's work at www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno Antony’s website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com   episode links the documentary itself https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLr6mqufuNM 2 mainstream reviews of the doc (one positive, one highly critical but neither showing any vaccine hesitancy) https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/jul/20/unvaccinated-review-the-most-infuriating-tv-show-of-the-year-so-far https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/unvaccinated-review-painfully-patronising-documentary-treated/ An interview with 2 of the participants https://brandnewtube.com/watch/nazarin-veronica-speaks-on-gbnews-on-the-unvaccinated-bbc-documentary_2uCdpBk5ODJU268.html  

Yes Minister, which later became Yes Prime Minister, was a BBC sitcom that ran from the late 1970s to the late 80s. On one level it was an extremely well-scripted and funny comedy, but it also offered a very profound and only slightly exaggerated look at the very interesting but also rather dark and slightly insane way in which we and our lives are governed by those at the top of the power game. Indeed, it seems to get more and more relevant as time goes on, and this podcast explores the various levels of the show and the way in which its message seems to have been somewhat lost in the comedy aspect of it. This is mostly a solo effort from Antony but there is a coda included which includes 'spiritual brother' of this podcast Julian Charles of 'The Mind Renewed'   I hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc... Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter- https://twitter.com/lifeonly75 To leave feedback, please write to lifeandlifeonly@gmail.com Support Antony's work at www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno Antony’s website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com   episode links Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister basic details https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_Minister Some classic clips of the show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynGg8r0zfzI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilSBK6D1oYY Documentary about the show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRocvuyAMeI 'The Secret World of Whitehall' (The Real Sir Humphrey) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utDEkUWyQ8Y The Thick of It (21st Century 'Yes Minister' with far more swearing!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpT0U-KDcXM Julian Charles's website and our 'truth comedy' episode https://themindrenewed.com/ https://themindrenewed.com/episodes/2014-15/608-ep016    

On this episode, Antony discusses 'Life And Life Only' on the podcast about podcasts known as 'Pods Like Us', hosted by 'Marv' Quibell   Marv and Antony get into some LALO topics including self-coaching, self-education and conquering (and embracing) your fears, as well as some discussion of social compliance and the limitations of mainstream media. Antony talks about previous episodes of the show and there are a few tangents, including John Lennon, Nirvana and Table Tennis!   We hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc... Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter- https://twitter.com/lifeonly75 To leave feedback, please write to lifeandlifeonly@gmail.com Support Antony's work at www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno Antony’s website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com   episode links Marv's website and a link to his show https://themarvzone.org https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/pods-like-us-martin-marv-quibell-Hl1fomU6iR4/ Social compliance video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8BkzvP19v4 The Milgram experiment https://www.simplypsychology.org/milgram.html I Am The Slime (Frank Zappa song about television) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiCQcEW98OY Social Classes sketch (The Frost Report) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDIHrX-Jp2E&t=5s    

In what will hopefully be an inspiring edition of the podcast, documentarian Simon Weitzman joins Antony to talk about depression (and hope) from a variety of angles. We talk about some of our own experiences and then look at this thorny topic from the perspectives of creativity, diet, sleep, technology/social media, music, comedy and the importance of perspective itself. We also give book & other recommendations and discuss various coping mechanisms. There are a few audio clips in here to complement the conversation, featuring contributions from Stephen Fry, Matt Haig and John Lennon   We hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc... Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter- https://twitter.com/lifeonly75 To leave feedback, please write to lifeandlifeonly@gmail.com Support Antony's work at www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno Antony’s website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com   episode links Simon's upcoming film about the Beatles and fandom- https://www.beatlesdoc.com/ Matt Haig's excellent and inspiring book 'Reasons To Stay Alive' http://www.matthaig.com/reasons-to-stay-alive/ Stephen Fry's 2-part BBC documentary about bi-polar disorder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtImgnj5DN0 An overview of CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/talking-therapies-medicine-treatments/talking-therapies-and-counselling/cognitive-behavioural-therapy-cbt/overview/ Professor Green talks about depression (various talks) https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=professor+green+depression Some Tim Vince comedy skits (guaranteed to make you chuckle) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCn9lkazxjk      

Patrick Humphries wrote the first biography of Nick Drake in 1997. To celebrate the 25th anniversary, Patrick spoke to Antony about his memories of writing the book and we also discussed the many Nick Drake myths and his music, life and legacy. Patrick also talks about his latest writing project, an upcoming biography of a fairly well-known band from Liverpool… Hope you enjoy the show! If so, please subscribe, like, share etc... FB page- https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter handle- @lifeonly75 To leave feedback, please write to lifeandlifeonly@gmail.com Support Antony's work at www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno Antony’s website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com   episode links Patrick Humphries author profile https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/au... Link to Patrick’s Nick Drake biography https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nick-Drake-B... Facebook group connected to Richard Morton Jack’s upcoming authorised biography of Nick https://www.facebook.com/groups/72550... 3-part Nick Drake podcast profile https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list... Highly-recommended documentaries about Nick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roORx... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VAXi... 'Five Leaves Left' reviewed on the 'Love That Album' podcast https://lovethatalbumpodcast.blogspot...