A Pint With Seaniebee

David Hayes began his ad career on October 4th 1982 and now runs the media company, Wavemaker in Dublin. One of Seaniebee’s oldest pals, he sits down to discuss existentialism: from the future of the creative industries; to his own (following a recent brush with prostate cancer); and, in a table-turning-judo-move, quizzes Seaniebee on how he sees his own life working out going forward. The concept of “Stop Pedaling” and “Optimistic Nihilism” are also discussed.

LINKS

Buy Doug Stanhope stuff here:

https://www.dougstanhope.com/store

Or book a ticket on his current US, Canada and Australia tour:

https://www.dougstanhope.com/tour-dates

BBH: Audi compilation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upVQ1gEyT9Y

BBH: Levis compilation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DK7RsSt1Q0

Release date: October 4th 2022

Runtime: 69m

Recorded: The Grand Hotel, Bordeaux

CORRECTIONS:

Firstly, it’s episode 188 (not 189 as Seaniebee stupidly thought).

Secondly, there are 3.6m truckers in the US (not 300k as Seaniebee dumbly pronounced).

And thirdly, the Wright brothers first flew in 1903 (not “1906 or 1909” as Seaniebee lazily guessed).

The world lost one of its larger-than-life good guys on July 26th.

Anthony Pavoni, was a tremendous raconteur; kind, soft-spoken and generous of spirit; and a guy you would have any day in the trenches with you fighting whatever good battle needed to be fought.

Sincere condolences to his wife Jane, and daughters, Kelly and Tara.

May he rest in peace.

Obituary: https://tinyurl.com/pjux6uew

Release date: September 2nd 2022

Runtime: 80m

Recorded: Dublin/Charleston

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Tony Pavoni is a first-generation Italian American who grew up during the middle of the last century in Rochester (New York). He contributed to the family income as a nine-year-old caddy; eventually becoming an accomplished golfer and college footballer in his teens. In 1964 he joined the Marine Corps, and led an amphibious brigade unit into Vietnam during the Tet Offensive. He shares his thoughts on the war and the difficulties he faced returning home and assimilating back into society. In 1996, a heart attack forced him to reevaluate everything and he immediately decided to get out of the corporate world. He believes in always having a clear focus; learning from mistakes; and constantly striving for betterment as one journeys through life.

A Pint With Seaniebee

Voted Top 12 Best New Podcast Series of 2016: tinyurl.com/gps9tn5

Top 50 Best Podcast Episodes of 2016: tinyurl.com/hp83rnw

Release date: April 20th 2017

Runtime: 42m

Recorded: Charleston

Returning to the pod for the fourth time, our resident future-thinker, Richard Watson, arrives in fine fettle to guide us through the global mayhem that confronts us all at every turn these days.

Richard is a thoughtful, questioning, truth seeking, self-obsessed, neurotic, contrarian writer that, due to luck more than anything else, has ended up being labelled a futurist (NB: correct term is futurologist).

Most days he manages to make a good living telling people that everything will turn out OK despite the fact he’s not sure himself sometimes.

He enjoys thinking about artificial intelligence and what (if anything) makes us human and especially likes drawing ‘maps’ that provoke conversation and debate. When he’s not doing all this, he can normally be found gardening, trying to book flights to Greece, drinking wine, arguing with his lawn mower, smoking cigars, or pulling dead mice out of his old sports car (they’re cute, but they eat the wiring, especially over winter).

Oh yeah, and somehow, he has managed to get five books published and blagged his way into both the Technology Foresight Practice at Imperial College London and the Judge School at Cambridge. Not bad for someone that got a ‘B’ in English language O-level and failed maths twice. Go figure.

Two of his best books are Digital Vs Human (2017), and Future Files (2007).

Links & other interesting stuff:

Buy books and explore the future at Richard’s website: www.nowandnext.com

One of Richard’s time maps from 2020 - https://nowandnext.com/PDF/trends_and_technology_timeline_2010.pdf

New York’s psychics admit it’s all a scam: https://tinyurl.com/ur3k9uyw

Extraordinary interview with Elon Musk: https://tinyurl.com/3ndmyhb6

Michael Sandel - They Tyranny of Merit https://tinyurl.com/ykzf43kk

Review of David Chalmers book on simulation: https://tinyurl.com/yckb983e

Richard's previous appearances on a pint with Seaniebee:

https://tinyurl.com/4azbkcw4

https://tinyurl.com/bdh93n9u

https://tinyurl.com/4fwtyzvv

Midjourney - the software that kills advertising: https://tinyurl.com/bpcnr3cr

Idiocracy trailer: https://tinyurl.com/bdeky7w8

Daniel Pink - The Power of Regret: https://tinyurl.com/2mf5293m

Release date: July 29th 2022

Runtime: 59m

Recorded: Dublin/Wordsworth-land

HOW TO REACT TO ROE V WADE?

The Don (aka, the activist Repeal O'Neill) unpacks last week's Supreme Court reversal of Roe V Wade and offers a unique perspective on how activists in the US might respond in kind.

The fun continues with a dig down into the wider fragmentation of the US and society in general, and our continued doom-loop into a kind of psychotic tribalism.

But never fear, there are some fun things towards the end, including a review of glorious Toulouse, Mick Lynch, Stewart Lee and speculation on when exactly (wo)man(tran) first decided to wipe her/his/their arses.

Released: June 27th 2022

Runtime: 86m

Recorded: Dublin

Having come close to reigniting the Balkan conflict with their last pod, The Don & Seaniebee return to pick over the detritus that is the world today and how best one can navigate it.

They discuss why world governments appear terrified of driving critical legislation to curb capitalism’s global emissions: instead preferring to persist with the usual puffery that all of us have to play a part at a micro level if we are to achieve climate goals. Four sample creative macro solutions are unveiled across aviation, agriculture, telephony and energy that could begin to move the world in the right direction but will likely never be tabled until it's too late (if ever). And, if it is becoming clear that we, a species, are going to collectively fail in our climate endeavours, what are the ethics of hypocrisy surrounding eating as many burgers and flying as often as you like in the meantime?

Were the "good old days" pf the 70s and 80s really any better for kids or are we destroying them today with our own narcissistic selfishness, cosseted infantilization, borderline-abusive medicalization, and un-checked digitalization?

And is it finally time to just abandon the USA for the utterly broken #shitholecountry it really is, following its latest repugnant response to the latest gun massacre of terrified schoolchildren in Texas?

They also talk the sudden preponderance of Doireanns; the low-down on Frankfurt; more bollocks from Ryanair, the airline that wrecks everything; were Scrabble right to ban the “N” word and why our inbuilt penchant for hatred and conflict means it’s likely that we’ll never fully eradicate such words designed to belittle and demean other races and nationalities.

Links:

Bill Hicks, “Just a Ride” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgzQuE1pR1w

Please subscribe a few bob (if you got it to spare)here: www.patreon.com/seaniebee

Runtime: 72m

Release date: May 31st 2022

Recorded: Dublin

The madness continues, as Seaniebee & The Don report back from their recent trip to Liverpool. They unpick what may be behind the latest craze for women of all ages and sizes to run around showing off their growlers in see-through leggings; what might have happened if Putin had instead invaded Serbia; the joys of flying Ryanair; and the origins of "420" and why the devil's lettuce caused the pod to be a day late; all that and much, much more...

Release date: April 22 2022 at 2:22:22PM

Runtime: 81m

Recorded: Dublin

Your favourite podmongers are back for the International Day of Happiness, despite there being very little happiness in the world right now. The usual trigger warnings abound.

Links:

The Doug Stanhope Store - https://www.dougstanhope.com/store

The Dying of a Last Breed full show: https://tinyurl.com/2p9vrzsk

https://www.dayofhappiness.net/

Release date: March 21st 2022

Runtime: 85m

Recorded: Dublin

Enough is enough...following the tragic and brutal murder of Ashling Murphy, The Don pulls no punches in expressing the anger today's misogyny deserves. Your favourite podmongers also discuss tips on how to give up smoking; how to nab your man in 2022 (especially if you live in Austria); Ireland's comical version of Weekend at Bernie's; Joe Rogan, censorship and the latest on the disease whose name shall not be mentioned; plus Irish fishermen turn the Russian Navy and we want to hear from you if you live in The Azores...

Links:

www.womensaid.ie

www.childline.ie

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Release date: February 1st 2022

Runtime: 54m

Recorded: Dublin

Join The Don & Seaniebee as they unleash 2022 on an unsuspecting world. There's India, conspiracies, Covid, Trump, 911, The Beatles, sitars, emojis, metaverse, Syrian (not Siberian) hamsters, "people of pallor" and (probably) much, much more. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Links:

Sam Harris Making Sense Podcast - episode 270 with Nicholas Christakis...find it where you find your podcasts.

Release date: January 1st 2022

Runtime: 84mins

Recorded: Dublin

For the penultimate show of the year, your favourite podmongers return to discuss the recent emergence of the Omicron Variant that currently has the globe in a lather. They review a new documentary – The COVID Chronicles – by former guest, Donal O’Neill and ask why so many people around the world are taken in by conspiracy theories with regards to the pandemic and the often nefarious, ulterior motives behind the people promoting them. They also ponder whether base-line stupidity is what really drives the human race; what it would be like to actually work in the Gestapo; adult breastfeeding; and why Garth Brooks is an utter gobshite (and Ed Sheeran, isn’t).

Links

“Vaccine” documentary trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6mTAJ08aUI

Donal O’Neill, previously on A Pint With Seaniebee:

https://soundcloud.com/seaniebee/episode-101-donal-oneill-has-a-pint-with-seaniebee

Donal’s new documentary https://covidchroniclesmovie.com/

Release date: November 29th 2021

Runtime: 56m

Recorded: Dublin