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For our final episode of the year, we look at a yuletide classic from a philosophical and existential angle, gently challenging the fairytale ‘happy ending’ and looking at other inconsistencies within what is close to being a perfect Hollywood tale of darkness rescued by light and hope. George Bailey and the other characters are archetypes that stay just the right side of being clichés, but there may well be more going on than meets the eye…
Following this, Antony makes some other observations about life and asks a few questions (don’t expect the answers!) about our human relationship to the world around us, with further connections made to the ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ film
Enjoy!
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episode links
Some famous scenes from ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’
The opening
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79pIurpNARs&t=9s
George and Mary fall in love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wABeIIjxmJk
‘You’re worth more dead than alive’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COAnVhYNbTI
George receives a great gift
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNQ76UyurLA
A Christmas miracle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDQVRxRlGdQ
Film Gold’s review of the film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1o-yaBhGjY
Scott Phipps’s marvellous festive review for the ‘Stinking Pause’ podcast
https://stinkingpause.libsyn.com/webpage/2018
Is the film’s ending actually happy?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um3C3GHchZw
SNL’s alternative ending (Potter finally gets it…)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw89o0afb2A
Scrooge sees the light (1951 version)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FYV0BJJycs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPceYjVQVnw
The Beatles And A Mass of Humanity (life is people)
https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com/the-beatles-and-a-mass-of-humanity
Life
Some famous quotes about life
https://www.azquotes.com/quotes/topics/life.html
The universe is waaay bigger than you think
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy7NzjCmUf0
Recommended books
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/347852.The_Road_Less_Traveled
Wednesday Nov 12, 2025
Wednesday Nov 12, 2025
We complete our journey into Axel Rudakubana’s darkness with a look at some of the wealth of information uncovered by the recently-completed first phase of The Southport Inquiry, which has taken place at Liverpool Town Hall.
Special attention is given to the testimonies of Gary Poland, the unfortunate taxi driver who delivered Axel to the place of his atrocity, Axel’s brother Dion and their parents Alphonse and Laetitia.
The timeline is as imperfect as the system that sought to deal with a severe case of a ‘problem child’, as we jump around key events and try to make sense of a 5-year period in the Rudakubana family’s lives that saw an apparently well-adjusted 12 year old with a passion for acting and Doctor Who transform into a monster (as his father admits he now is).
The episode ends with some final thoughts from the Inquiry chairman as we try to build a brighter future
Thanks for listening and see you in December!
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episode links
Liverpool Echo Inquiry updates in full (latest at the top)
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/live-southport-inquiry-updates-32420881
News reports regarding the testimonies of Gary Poland, Dion Rudakubana and Alphonse Rudakubana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waoIVeV-ZwY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFz7jTQeBbk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqRT1JtTB-Q
What is Trauma?
https://psychcentral.com/health/what-is-trauma
Axel’s taxi ride, police arrival and arrest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72kZoJTw5FE&t=6s
Craig Houston on the rather strange Axel arrest video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxWO6gH1Tss
Police interviews with the child killers of James Bulger
Thursday Sep 25, 2025
Thursday Sep 25, 2025
We conclude our latest follow-up episodes on Axel Rudakubana and his darkest of deeds on a summer’s day in Southport last July. In this part Antony looks at apparent ‘events’ involving Rudakubana - and the media coverage of them in a world awash with rumours and agendas - since his sentencing hearing in January and the award of a 52-year minimum term life sentence.
Parallel to this is the extraordinary suffering and bravery of the victims’ families and a remarkably poignant day at the London Marathon in April. From there we move on to the ongoing government-commissioned Southport Inquiry, which seeks to clarify the precise events of July 29th and to try to shed light on how an apparently normal if withdrawn 12-year-old child could have been led to his monstrous actions
There will be at least one further update episode as the inquiry continues
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episode links
Original LALO episode on the case
https://lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com/e/episode-57-axel-rudakubana-explaining-the-unexplainable/
Axel’s brother speaks out
Dion and Alphonse in the local newspaper
https://www.southportvisiter.co.uk/sport/other-sport/alphonse-gets-wants---after-9480939
What did the parents know?
Sergio Aguiar and David Stancombe run the London Marathon
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1k42p00wlwo
Charlie Bentley-Astor on the case
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE1p-xnmnfA&t=115s
Ross Kemp in Belmarsh (does this look cushy?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgGf8u8Vn1Y
‘One Day In Southport’ documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4mR2HUeUxE&t=116s
Axel’s Taxi ride and the arrival of the police
Monday Sep 22, 2025
Monday Sep 22, 2025
Following on from episode 57, we delve further into the dark world of Axel Rudakubana and the horrific attack(s) he perpetrated in sunny Southport last July. This time, Antony provides more details of the sometimes bizarre events surrounding the attack (without dwelling on the gory details), and also the media framing of the killer and the handling of this shocking ongoing ‘story’.
On this latter point, we are aided by a few paragraphs from Alain De Botton’s ‘The News: A User’s Manual’, which looks at the strange and compulsive relationship most of us have with the telling to us of the apparently most important events in a vast and complex world.
The Southport Inquiry is currently taking place in Liverpool, and part 2 will reveal more details and context from the wealth of information that the inquiry is providing on a daily basis.
As with the previous episode, there is also brief mention of the Lucy Letby case and John Lennon’s killer, Mark David Chapman.
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episode links
Previous LALO episode on the case
https://lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com/e/episode-57-axel-rudakubana-explaining-the-unexplainable/
Axel Rudakubana in a BBC Children In Need advert 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5wc1WqGScg
‘One Day In Southport’ documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4mR2HUeUxE&t=116s
Axel’s Taxi ride and the arrival of the police
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72kZoJTw5FE
The policemen on the scene’s testimonies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW6eFZU66wQ
Axel Rudakubana arrest video and Craig Houston’s take on it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5ye387OZYM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxWO6gH1Tss
Joel Verite testimony
https://news.sky.com/video/man-describes-coming-face-to-face-with-southport-knife-attacker-13187561
Axel restrained by classmates at school
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OaiB03ZcYo0
Alain De Botton’s ‘The News: A User’s Manual
(book link and Google talk by the author)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18282869-the-news
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4aAJrJB6h0
Media fakery? (different video to the one mentioned in the episode)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tocuyJ1Fu7U
‘Lucy Letby Analysis’ (highly recommended you tube channel)
Thursday Aug 14, 2025
Thursday Aug 14, 2025
After our journey in part 1 into anxiety and depression, we follow Matt Haig’s recovery, as detailed in his fine book ‘Reasons To Stay Alive’, and talk about all the great stuff in life, both big and small, with a little help from some of Antony’s friends and family -thanks again to all contributors- as he approaches his half century (hence the title).
Along the way, we explore regrets of the dying, how a healthy attitude to death can enhance our lives, and those moments of ‘the sublime’ that we experience a lot as children but seem to ‘grow out of’ as we pass into adulthood.
Declutter your soul, travel, take some exercise, express gratitude, stroke an animal, do whatever works…
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episode links
‘Reasons To Stay Alive’ by Matt Haig
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25733573-reasons-to-stay-alive
Stephen Fry’s 2-part documentary ‘The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtImgnj5DN0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECv-24Ruu-o
Learning from ‘Regrets of the Dying’
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/cop-doc/202301/learning-from-the-top-5-regrets-of-the-dying
The benefits of spending time with animals
https://travelswithbibi.com/the-benefits-of-spending-time-with-animals
An Uplifting Conversation about depression (LALO 28)
https://lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com/e/episode-28-an-uplifting-conversation-about-depression
The link between depression and creativity
https://www.verywellmind.com/the-link-between-depression-and-creativity-5094193
Robert Greene on ‘The Sublime’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGMq4T7G0Mk
The universe is way bigger than you think
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy7NzjCmUf0
Derealisation
How To Resist Advertising
https://www.rationalhumanbeing.com/blog/how-to-resist-advertising-even-when-you-cant-escape-it
F**k It: The Ultimate Spiritual Way
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4837266-f-k-it
Derren Brown’s book ‘Happy’
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30142270-happy
Alain De Botton on ‘The News’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4aAJrJB6h0
Bill Hicks- It’s Just A Ride
Thursday Jul 24, 2025
Thursday Jul 24, 2025
We present the first of two episodes in the lead-up to Antony’s upcoming milestone birthday. The main part of this episode features extracts from the first two sections of Matt Haig’s excellent and popular 2015 book ‘Reasons To Stay Alive’.
This profound, readable and sometimes humorous book details Haig’s recovery from ‘a sustained bout of anxiety and depression’, and Antony interjects with (hopefully useful) observations and ideas for containment of negative feelings and emotions.
This is preceded by a look at anxiety and depression in terms of definitions, causes, symptoms and possible treatments.
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If you are interested in very affordable Life Coaching, or know someone who might be, you can contact Antony on lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com
episode links
‘Reasons To Stay Alive’ by Matt Haig
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25733573-reasons-to-stay-alive
Stephen Fry’s 2-part documentary ‘The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtImgnj5DN0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECv-24Ruu-o
LALO’s previous explorations of depression (Ep 28) and Life Coaching (episodes 19 & 44)
https://lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com/e/episode-28-an-uplifting-conversation-about-depression/
https://lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com/e/episode-44-life-coaching-the-inner-game-part-1-of-3/
Treatments for depression in the UK
https://mentalhealth-uk.org/help-and-information/conditions/depression/treatment/
The surprising benefits of journalling
https://www.verywellhealth.com/journaling-7498123
Robert Greene: Imagined Pain vs. Reality
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si93W7aO08U
Alain De Botton on ‘The News’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4aAJrJB6h0
F**k It: The Ultimate Spiritual Way
Monday May 05, 2025
Monday May 05, 2025
We conclude our conversation with Peter Seal, the author of ‘The Self-Help Delusion: A Manifesto For Genuine Change’, a self-development book that seeks to help the reader evolve their way of thinking and inspire real and long-lasting life changes.
Once again, Antony and Peter discuss a range of topics, this time including anger/fear, hypnosis, NLP (neuro-linguistic programming), narratives, roles, beliefs, love and happiness.
Are us humans really just making it all up as we go along? Listen on…
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episode links
Peter’s book
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25593619-the-self-help-delusion
What is Neuro-Linguistic Programming?
https://practicalpie.com/neuro-linguistic-programming/
An introduction to Transactional Analysis and recommended book
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByUZI-DCiSM
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49176.Games_People_Play
The Art of Happiness
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38210.The_Art_of_Happiness
Derren Brown on hypnosis and happiness (Joe Rogan podcast)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFeL7XGwJTs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3DigsvZCXo
Marlon Brando on life and acting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slU3ATbH1Vg
The true scale of the universe
Monday Apr 14, 2025
Monday Apr 14, 2025
After entering dark territory with the previous episode, we return to lighter material with the first of a two-part conversation with Antony’s friend Peter Seal, the author of ‘The Self-Help Delusion: A Manifesto For Genuine Change’, which is a self-development book that seeks to help the reader evolve their way of thinking and inspire real and long-lasting life changes.
In this part, Antony and Peter discuss a range of topics, including human behaviour, time, the past-present-future relationship and NLP (neuro-linguistic programming). In addition, if you want to know why the sky may not be blue, listen on…
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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
episode links
Peter’s book
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25593619-the-self-help-delusion
What is Neuro-Linguistic Programming?
https://practicalpie.com/neuro-linguistic-programming/
The Artist’s Way (a spiritual guide to creativity)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/615570.The_Artist_s_Way
The Power of Now animated summary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgGtNgLSCqU
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F***
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28257707-the-subtle-art-of-not-giving-a-f-ck
Michael Caine on using the difficulty
Friday Mar 14, 2025
Friday Mar 14, 2025
This is a rare true crime episode, trying (in vain) to understand the horrific crimes of Axel Rudakubana in Southport last summer. There is also some discussion of the Lucy Letby case and brief mention of John Lennon’s reviled killer Mark David Chapman, in terms of the psychology of crime and society's relationship to it.
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If you are interested in very affordable Life Coaching, or know someone who might be, you can contact Antony on lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com
episode links
Axel Rudakubana
BBC Children In Need advert 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5wc1WqGScg
BBC Panorama documentary
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0027x2z
Taxi ride and arrest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hI7Hx995ks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5ye387OZYM
Joel Verite testimony
https://news.sky.com/video/man-describes-coming-face-to-face-with-southport-knife-attacker-13187561
LBC caller on Alphonse Rudakubana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqsaTpvp5Dc
Rob Ager deep dive on the 2024 post-Southport riots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umVQpAer1BU
The Psychological Effects of Bullying on Kids & Teens
https://mastersinpsychologyguide.com/articles/psychological-effects-bullying-kids-teens/
Lucy Letby
Was There Ever A Crime? (podcast series)
Full interview with prosecution ‘star witness’ Dewi Evans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQleiz5P05k&list=PLisbmqPbVDrYRuFmluXVm5YDQhoRo5Pw2&index=3
Press conference of ‘new evidence’ conducted by Dr. Shoo Lee (Feb 2025)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT8CO15IHMs
‘According To Carl In The UK’ on Lucy Letby possible release
Thursday Feb 27, 2025
Thursday Feb 27, 2025
Completing our foray into advertising, mostly using Antony’s talk on Julian Charles’s excellent podcast ‘The Mind Renewed’ back in 2015, we dive deeper into Edward Bernays’s work and then segue into the darker underbelly of the craft, including the engineering of a military coup and the truly egregious and unethical snaring of innocent hearts and minds involved in advertising to children. On a lighter note we mention a few points made in Neil Sanders’s very entertaining presentation called ‘The Art of Creating Reality’ (see show notes).
From there we talk about an excellent short video called ‘Your Lifestyle Has Already Been Designed’ (see show notes again) and how we have been trapped into a certain way of life. There are a few words from Antony at the end of the talk on this subject, and Antony and Julian offer some advice for combatting the controlling force of advertising.
See you on the other side for another episode soon
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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
Link to Julian’s website/podcast and our original talk in full
https://www.themindrenewed.com
https://www.themindrenewed.com/episodes/2014-15/717-ep020
episode links
Edward Bernays: A Brief History
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdQ6HIzaSm4
‘Company Store’ by Dissident Prophet (with lyrics)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcx3T_UoHsU
Consuming Kids: The Commercialisation of Childhood (2008 doc)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMaRsR7orTk
How Advertising Rewires Kids’ Brains
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGN1ZEABk_Y
Neil Sanders - The Art of Creating Reality
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXIRBU0LVWI
Your Lifestyle Has Already Been Designed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufeavz7d0GU
A Parent’s Guide to Resisting Television Advertising
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdQYMG0JnWw
Rory Sutherland’s superb TED talks ‘Perspective Is Everything’ and ‘Life Lessons of an Ad Man’
https://www.ted.com/talks/rory_sutherland_perspective_is_everything
https://www.ted.com/talks/rory_sutherland_life_lessons_from_an_ad_man
Stephen Fry can’t stop shopping! (go to 44.55)