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1hr 7 min
The series completes itself with a look at the grandaddy of them all, Shaun Monson's 'Earthlings'. Although food has been the main focus of the series, this documentary also looks at the use of animals as pets (even that isn't always pretty), for clothes, for entertainment and finally for scientific experiments. Shaun's 2015 sequel 'Unity' is in the show notes below.
Antony also mentions a couple of Australian documentaries that are even harder to watch than 'Earthlings' (if that's even possible), and offers some final statements and some attempt at a conclusion.
General series notes
We all know it's happening. We all know it's horrific but try to tell ourselves it's not that bad and if we just buy free-range eggs we can square it with our conscience and sleep peacefully. However, research and just a small sample of the copious amounts of truly heartbreaking video footage available makes it clear that it is far, far worse than we think (note- the information in this podcast series is actually quite sanitised compared to other testimonies and footage out there).
Who is to blame? The consumer or the industry? It seems to be a chicken-and-egg situation that could be improved greatly by the average consumer deciding to invest time in discovering what is behind some of the shameful (and shameless) propaganda techniques employed by the food industry. As should be clear in the series, the animals are the biggest victims but not the only ones, which is obvious when you research the state of meat, eggs and dairy that is routinely passed as 'safe to consume'.
To gain a better industry of how and why this nasty business is allowed to happen, a recommended companion piece is the excellent documentary 'The Corporation' and indeed the previous LALO episode on it (see show notes for both). We really owe it to ourselves and the animals who largely live miserable, hellish lives before suffering painful and brutal deaths, to make the effort in the ultimate information age to inform ourselves of the real situation. Unfettered capitalism cannot be allowed to run riot without resistance.
Do I recommend watching the documentaries and other video footage available? I'm going to say yes but please proceed with caution and I would actively discourage viewing them if you feel in a vulnerable or depressive state because they have the power to make you question whether true humanity exists and how we can possibly behave in this kind of way to innocent, defenceless beings (once again, I would also include some humans in this).
As the saying goes, 'once you've seen it, you can't unsee it', and as Ed Winters aka Earthling Ed says at the end of 'Land of Hope And Glory', 'you can never again say you didn't know'. While listening, consider/research the following; normalisation, desensitisation, disassociation, cultural reinforcement, cognitive dissonance, confirmation bias, power(lessness), exploitation, deception, isolation, (relative) value of life, respect, compassion, sympathy, mercy, humanity.
We hope you find this of interest
Thanks for listening!
Feedback to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com
Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75
https://twitter.com/lifeonly75
Support the show at:
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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
Series links
Shaun Monson (maker of ‘Earthlings’)
Earthlings film (2005)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XrY2TP0ZyU
20th anniversary interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EGAFYWAwQE
Shaun’s TEDx talk (‘No Separation Based On Form)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P7eopjN92c
Unity (2015)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4cMqtiTC6k
How do you get people to watch Earthlings (2 approaches)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-Zh810bznk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J8pdru1TOc
Ed Winters aka ‘Earthling Ed’
Land of Hope and Glory (the UK ‘Earthlings’, made by Surge in 2017)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvtVkNofcq8&t=2s
Surge’s website
https://www.surgeactivism.org/ourmission
Ed’s TED talk about veganism
https://www.ted.com/talks/ed_winters_every_argument_against_veganism
An eye-opening speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3u7hXpOm58
Ed’s most recent published books
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58093554-this-is-vegan-propaganda
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/124846667-how-to-argue-with-a-meat-eater
Ed debates (schools) a dairy farmer on the BBC
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/124846667-how-to-argue-with-a-meat-eater
Jack Hancock
Jack’s film ‘The Dying Trade’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qb-9Q0YhVA
Jack’s channel
https://www.youtube.com/@HumaneHancock
The video that inspired this podcast series
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX4_fFjw3Ag
Slaughterhouse worker Tom talks to Jack (very disturbing)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSbhLL2CF9o
Gail Eisnitz
Gail’s books
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/220160974-out-of-sight
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31474.Slaughterhouse
Gail on the ‘Our Hen House’ podcast
https://www.ourhenhouse.org/ep858
Joey Carbstrong
Joey’s short film ‘Gaslit’ (what routinely happens to pigs in the UK)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql_L4JD0Fpc
Joey appears on the Jeremy Vine show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya76fJiAWU8
Joey Carbstrong exposes ‘premium turkey’ farming (please tell Jamie Oliver if you see him)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FMxd67zeXE
Hens in gas chambers (watch if you dare)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w81NRCt6Z2I
Other links
1 Vegan vs 20 Meat Eaters with Dr Jack Symes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsNBKKRXqI4
Jack talks to Joe Rogan about veganism and hunting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0mB_MStUsk
Chris Delforce’s films ‘Lucent’ and ‘Dominion’ (very graphic!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KArL5YjaL5U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQRAfJyEsko
‘Un-Australian’ activists shut down the Melbourne central business district, inspired by ‘Dominion’
https://veganrising.org.au/melbourne-city-centre-shut-down-for-animals/
Chris Delforce speaks at the Perth Vegan Expo 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ydDkUNlewU
Humanemyth.org (deconstructing the myths of animal agriculture)
Roasting the Planet (2025 report on animal agriculture and the climate)
https://foe.org/resources/heating-the-planet-big-meat-and-dairys-big-emissions/
Vegan TV ads (very effective!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psdtyJ2aizI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6PMX30PViA
Recommended books ‘Dominion’ and ’ The Jungle’
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7260.Dominion
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41681.The_Jungle
Simon Amstell’s ‘Carnage’ (2017)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfUSdrSS4ms
Activist and ex-Slaughterhouse worker talks to ‘Vegan Gaze’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4mRK1gQ_m8
The truth about supermarket eggs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KUGRLaz-2s
‘The Corporation’ film and previous LALO episode about it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhixR6h5RSI
https://lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com/e/episode-33-the-corporation/
The heartwarming story of Dolly (videos in reverse order on playlist, watch from bottom to top)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6VPBMQoGl0&list=PLKk60gBKlu0aYiHq_mKBw7ZflwCJDLUR-&index=4
The history and ending of public executions
https://capitalpunishmentuk.org/the-ending-of-public-executions-in-the-19th-century/
TED talk about the bees disappearing
https://www.ted.com/talks/marla_spivak_why_bees_are_disappearing
Jul 8, 2026
Jul 8, 2026
1hr 3 min
Continuing with this most upsetting but vitally important topic, Antony completes his look at 'Land of Hope And Glory', discusses the big myth about tradition and change and then switches to a new documentary called 'The Dying Trade'.
This film was made by Jack Hancock, who gives the issue a new spin by exploring his relationship with his father, who just happens to be a man-and-boy slaughterhouse worker (Antony avoids euphemistic words like 'abattoir' throughout this series). Along the way, Jack meets a Holocaust survivor and such legends as Temple Grandin and Gail Eisnitz.
As Upton Sinclair famously said, 'it's difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on him not understanding it'.
This second part ends with testimonies from some rather brave slaughterhouse workers, who are largely victims themselves working in a stressful and terrifying environment which is, as Shaun Monson puts it, 'both a kitchen and a toilet'.
General series notes
We all know it's happening. We all know it's horrific but try to tell ourselves it's not that bad and if we just buy free-range eggs we can square it with our conscience and sleep peacefully. However, research and just a small sample of the copious amounts of truly heartbreaking video footage available makes it clear that it is far, far worse than we think (note- the information in this podcast series is actually quite sanitised compared to other testimonies and footage out there).
Who is to blame? The consumer or the industry? It seems to be a chicken-and-egg situation that could be improved greatly by the average consumer deciding to invest time in discovering what is behind some of the shameful (and shameless) propaganda techniques employed by the food industry. As should be clear in the series, the animals are the biggest victims but not the only ones, which is obvious when you research the state of meat, eggs and dairy that is routinely passed as 'safe to consume'.
To gain a better industry of how and why this nasty business is allowed to happen, a recommended companion piece is the excellent documentary 'The Corporation' and indeed the previous LALO episode on it (see show notes for both). We really owe it to ourselves and the animals who largely live miserable, hellish lives before suffering painful and brutal deaths, to make the effort in the ultimate information age to inform ourselves of the real situation. Unfettered capitalism cannot be allowed to run riot without resistance.
Do I recommend watching the documentaries and other video footage available? I'm going to say yes but please proceed with caution and I would actively discourage viewing them if you feel in a vulnerable or depressive state because they have the power to make you question whether true humanity exists and how we can possibly behave in this kind of way to innocent, defenceless beings (once again, I would also include some humans in this).
As the saying goes, 'once you've seen it, you can't unsee it', and as Ed Winters aka Earthling Ed says at the end of 'Land of Hope And Glory', 'you can never again say you didn't know'. While listening, consider/research the following; normalisation, desensitisation, disassociation, cultural reinforcement, cognitive dissonance, confirmation bias, power(lessness), exploitation, deception, isolation, (relative) value of life, respect, compassion, sympathy, mercy, humanity.
We hope you find this of interest
Thanks for listening!
Feedback to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com
Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75
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
Series links
Shaun Monson (maker of ‘Earthlings’)
Earthlings film (2005)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XrY2TP0ZyU
20th anniversary interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EGAFYWAwQE
Shaun’s TEDx talk (‘No Separation Based On Form’)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P7eopjN92c
Unity (2015)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4cMqtiTC6k
How do you get people to watch Earthlings (2 approaches)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-Zh810bznk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J8pdru1TOc
Ed Winters aka ‘Earthling Ed’
Land of Hope and Glory (the UK ‘Earthlings’, made by Surge in 2017)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvtVkNofcq8&t=2s
Surge’s website
https://www.surgeactivism.org/ourmission
Ed’s TED talk about veganism
https://www.ted.com/talks/ed_winters_every_argument_against_veganism
An eye-opening speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3u7hXpOm58
Ed’s most recent published books
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58093554-this-is-vegan-propaganda
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/124846667-how-to-argue-with-a-meat-eater
Ed debates (schools) a dairy farmer on the BBC
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/124846667-how-to-argue-with-a-meat-eater
Jack Hancock
Jack’s film ‘The Dying Trade’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qb-9Q0YhVA
Jack’s channel
https://www.youtube.com/@HumaneHancock
The video that inspired this podcast series
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX4_fFjw3Ag
Slaughterhouse worker Tom talks to Jack (very disturbing)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSbhLL2CF9o
Gail Eisnitz
Gail’s books
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/220160974-out-of-sight
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31474.Slaughterhouse
Gail on the ‘Our Hen House’ podcast
https://www.ourhenhouse.org/ep858
Joey Carbstrong
Joey’s short film ‘Gaslit’ (what routinely happens to pigs in the UK)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql_L4JD0Fpc
Joey appears on the Jeremy Vine show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya76fJiAWU8
Joey Carbstrong exposes ‘premium turkey’ farming (please tell Jamie Oliver if you see him)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FMxd67zeXE
Hens in gas chambers (watch if you dare)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w81NRCt6Z2I
Other links
1 Vegan vs 20 Meat Eaters with Dr Jack Symes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsNBKKRXqI4
Jack talks to Joe Rogan about veganism and hunting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0mB_MStUsk
Chris Delforce’s films ‘Lucent’ and ‘Dominion’ (very graphic!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KArL5YjaL5U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQRAfJyEsko
‘Un-Australian’ activists shut down the Melbourne central business district, inspired by ‘Dominion’
https://veganrising.org.au/melbourne-city-centre-shut-down-for-animals/
Chris Delforce speaks at the Perth Vegan Expo 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ydDkUNlewU
Humanemyth.org (deconstructing the myths of animal agriculture)
Roasting the Planet (2025 report on animal agriculture and the climate)
https://foe.org/resources/heating-the-planet-big-meat-and-dairys-big-emissions/
Vegan TV ads (very effective!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psdtyJ2aizI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6PMX30PViA
Recommended books ‘Dominion’ and ’ The Jungle’
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7260.Dominion
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41681.The_Jungle
Simon Amstell’s ‘Carnage’ (2017)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfUSdrSS4ms
Activist and ex-Slaughterhouse worker talks to ‘Vegan Gaze’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4mRK1gQ_m8
The truth about supermarket eggs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KUGRLaz-2s
‘The Corporation’ film and previous LALO episode about it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhixR6h5RSI
https://lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com/e/episode-33-the-corporation/
The heartwarming story of Dolly (videos in reverse order on playlist, watch from bottom to top)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6VPBMQoGl0&list=PLKk60gBKlu0aYiHq_mKBw7ZflwCJDLUR-&index=4
The history and ending of public executions
https://capitalpunishmentuk.org/the-ending-of-public-executions-in-the-19th-century/
TED talk about the bees disappearing
https://www.ted.com/talks/marla_spivak_why_bees_are_disappearing
Jul 1, 2026
Jul 1, 2026
1hr 9 min
This is the first part of a series on a topic which could be the most important and urgent ever covered on this podcast. There's no doubt that the research, including lots of video footage, has been the most upsetting and harrowing, but there has been a strangely cathartic quality to it as well.
In this part, Antony talks about his relationship with animals, the video that was the final trigger (or final straw) for these episodes, and then begins to go through the content of the film 'Land of Hope and Glory'. This documentary is known as a UK version of the well-known animal rights/use & abuse film 'Earthlings', which will be covered later in the series.
General series notes
We all know it's happening. We all know it's horrific but try to tell ourselves it's not that bad and if we just buy free-range eggs we can square it with our conscience and sleep peacefully. However, research and just a small sample of the copious amounts of truly heartbreaking video footage available makes it clear that it is far, far worse than we think (note- the information in this podcast series is actually quite sanitised compared to other testimonies and footage out there).
Who is to blame? The consumer or the industry? It seems to be a chicken-and-egg situation that could be improved greatly by the average consumer deciding to invest time in discovering what is behind some of the shameful (and shameless) propaganda techniques employed by the food industry. As should be clear in the series, the animals are the biggest victims but not the only ones, which is obvious when you research the state of meat, eggs and dairy that is routinely passed as 'safe to consume'.
To gain a better industry of how and why this nasty business is allowed to happen, a recommended companion piece is the excellent documentary 'The Corporation' and indeed the previous LALO episode on it (see show notes for both). We really owe it to ourselves and the animals who largely live miserable, hellish lives before suffering painful and brutal deaths, to make the effort in the ultimate information age to inform ourselves of the real situation. Unfettered capitalism cannot be allowed to run riot without resistance.
Do I recommend watching the documentaries and other video footage available? I'm going to say yes but please proceed with caution and I would actively discourage viewing them if you feel in a vulnerable or depressive state because they have the power to make you question whether true humanity exists and how we can possibly behave in this kind of way to innocent, defenceless beings (once again, I would also include some humans in this).
As the saying goes, 'once you've seen it, you can't unsee it', and as Ed Winters aka Earthling Ed says at the end of 'Land of Hope And Glory', 'you can never again say you didn't know'. While listening, consider/research the following; normalisation, desensitisation, disassociation, cultural reinforcement, cognitive dissonance, confirmation bias, power(lessness), exploitation, deception, isolation, (relative) value of life, respect, compassion, sympathy, mercy, humanity.
We hope you find this of interest
Thanks for listening!
Feedback to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com
Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75
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
Series links
Shaun Monson (maker of ‘Earthlings’)
Earthlings film (2005)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XrY2TP0ZyU
20th anniversary interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EGAFYWAwQE
Shaun’s TEDx talk (‘No Separation Based On Form’)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P7eopjN92c
Unity (2015)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4cMqtiTC6k
How do you get people to watch Earthlings (2 approaches)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-Zh810bznk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J8pdru1TOc
Ed Winters aka ‘Earthling Ed’
Land of Hope and Glory (the UK ‘Earthlings’, made by Surge in 2017)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvtVkNofcq8&t=2s
Surge’s website
https://www.surgeactivism.org/ourmission
Ed’s TED talk about veganism
https://www.ted.com/talks/ed_winters_every_argument_against_veganism
An eye-opening speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3u7hXpOm58
Ed’s most recent published books
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58093554-this-is-vegan-propaganda
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/124846667-how-to-argue-with-a-meat-eater
Ed debates (schools) a dairy farmer on the BBC
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/124846667-how-to-argue-with-a-meat-eater
Jack Hancock
Jack’s film ‘The Dying Trade’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qb-9Q0YhVA
Jack’s channel
https://www.youtube.com/@HumaneHancock
The video that inspired this podcast series
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX4_fFjw3Ag
Slaughterhouse worker Tom talks to Jack (very disturbing)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSbhLL2CF9o
Gail Eisnitz
Gail’s books
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/220160974-out-of-sight
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31474.Slaughterhouse
Gail on the ‘Our Hen House’ podcast
https://www.ourhenhouse.org/ep858
Joey Carbstrong
Joey’s short film ‘Gaslit’ (what routinely happens to pigs in the UK)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql_L4JD0Fpc
Joey appears on the Jeremy Vine show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya76fJiAWU8
Joey Carbstrong exposes ‘premium turkey’ farming (please tell Jamie Oliver if you see him)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FMxd67zeXE
Hens in gas chambers (watch if you dare)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w81NRCt6Z2I
Other links
1 Vegan vs 20 Meat Eaters with Dr Jack Symes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsNBKKRXqI4
Jack talks to Joe Rogan about veganism and hunting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0mB_MStUsk
Chris Delforce’s films ‘Lucent’ and ‘Dominion’ (very graphic!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KArL5YjaL5U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQRAfJyEsko
‘Un-Australian’ activists shut down the Melbourne central business district, inspired by ‘Dominion’
https://veganrising.org.au/melbourne-city-centre-shut-down-for-animals/
Chris Delforce speaks at the Perth Vegan Expo 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ydDkUNlewU
Humanemyth.org (deconstructing the myths of animal agriculture)
Roasting the Planet (2025 report on animal agriculture and the climate)
https://foe.org/resources/heating-the-planet-big-meat-and-dairys-big-emissions/
Vegan TV ads (very effective!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psdtyJ2aizI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6PMX30PViA
Recommended books ‘Dominion’ and ’ The Jungle’
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7260.Dominion
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41681.The_Jungle
Simon Amstell’s ‘Carnage’ (2017)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfUSdrSS4ms
Activist and ex-Slaughterhouse worker talks to ‘Vegan Gaze’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4mRK1gQ_m8
The truth about supermarket eggs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KUGRLaz-2s
‘The Corporation’ film and previous LALO episode about it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhixR6h5RSI
https://lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com/e/episode-33-the-corporation/
The heartwarming story of Dolly (videos in reverse order on playlist, watch from bottom to top)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6VPBMQoGl0&list=PLKk60gBKlu0aYiHq_mKBw7ZflwCJDLUR-&index=4
The history and ending of public executions
https://capitalpunishmentuk.org/the-ending-of-public-executions-in-the-19th-century/
TED talk about the bees disappearing
https://www.ted.com/talks/marla_spivak_why_bees_are_disappearing
Jun 5, 2026
Jun 5, 2026
1hr 11 min
Acting as a ‘gentle’ introduction to what will be a very challenging upcoming series of episodes, Antony offers some observations and questions on a sprawling range of topics, mostly focused on the harsh realities of this glorious world we inhabit.
How much do we want to know about what really goes on in our name, and what we inadvertently or actively support? What do, or should, we feel about the massive inequalities of power and resources that exist, and the exploitation of powerless humans and even more powerless animals?
This is a fairly ‘safe’ episode but the next ones could be extremely emotive and distressing to some. It must be stressed right off the bat that there is no guilt-tripping in this episode or the subsequent ones
We hope you find this of interest
Feedback to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com
Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75
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
episode links
Global wealth distribution
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-global-distribution-of-wealth-shown-in-one-pyramid/
Cultural reinforcement explained
https://lifestyle.sustainability-directory.com/term/cultural-reinforcement/
Normalising the abnormal
Brainwashing through television
https://www.psychmechanics.com/how-tv-influences-your-mind-through/
Happy Egg Co, advert (this is so far from the truth you wouldn’t believe it)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20B-4TYEajE
John Pilger- War By Other Means
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoPksGjLb7Y
Dutch historian offers truth bombs at Davos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paaen3b44XY&t=160s
Gabor Mate’s ‘The Myth of Normal’
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58537332-the-myth-of-normal
‘The Corporation’ (seminal documentary)
Douglas Valentine on this podcast (2021)
Chris Ryan’s ‘Tangentially Speaking’ podcast
May 15, 2026
May 15, 2026
1hr 17 min
The encounter between Piers Morgan and Russell Brand in April was, if nothing else, compelling and revealing. Despite their very different personae, they have had strangely similar journeys through some of the darker aspects of media and come out the other side, each now positioning himself as part of ‘alternative media’, whatever that exactly means, while still in contact with the mainstream.
Antony breaks down a quite bizarre conversation, with both protagonists wrestling for control and trying to direct things into the areas they would prepare to discuss. There are a few truth bombs detonated here, which many alt. media commentators seem to have missed as they focus only on a few moments of dead air.
Did Piers and Russell simply expose one another for who & what they are? How sincere are they, or is it all a grift from people well schooled in how to capture attention and often direct it? You decide (the full interview is in the show notes)
Following this, Antony offers a book recommendation, a couple of comments on a mental health shenanigans, and a few details of an amazing athletic achievement in London a few weeks ago
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episode links
Piers vs Russell in full
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv5tXkmEMyo&t=3s
Russell Brand: In Plain Sight (Channel 4 documentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR2bHA9lq1I&rco=1
Tom Secker on the allegations and the C4 doc
https://www.spyculture.com/clandestime-special-the-russell-brand-allegations/
What would Prime Minister Brand do? (spoof)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKDKt0lh3Y0
George Carlin on who runs the world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE3sYUJASLY
Chomsky schools Marr
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLcpcytUnWU
Bill Cooper predicts 9/11?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yuei07WHb0w
Dave Smith vs Douglas Murray (2025)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj9YcCOioZE
Gabor Mate’s ‘The Myth of Normal’
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58537332-the-myth-of-normal
Gabor with Russell on damaged leaders
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2gTqgKRIwlpk1U0flTlSwx
A show about depression from the LALO archives
https://lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com/e/episode-28-an-uplifting-conversation-about-depression/
The 2026 London Marathon in full
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIB3sS1fmS4&t=9709s
Sebastian Sawe’s achievement broken down (madness!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prwDzSGfdm8&t=273s
Club runners attempting to run at sub 2-hour marathon pace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au5IVqD3Tmw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkBmYQucyMs&t=381s
Mark Lewis humiliates a 9-year-old park runner (not quite)
Dec 25, 2025
Dec 25, 2025
1hr 10 min
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
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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
Nov 12, 2025
Nov 12, 2025
2hr 1 min
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
Sep 25, 2025
Sep 25, 2025
1hr 8 min
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
Sep 22, 2025
Sep 22, 2025
1hr 11 min
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)
Aug 14, 2025
Aug 14, 2025
1hr 48 min
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