Tonglen is a Tibetan Buddhist meditation that helps us process and let go of difficult emotions. I find it very helpful in dealing with anxiety. Try it and see how it works for you.

We compare the latest Halloween movie to the original, which it’s billed as a direct sequel to, discussing the slasher movie genre in general. We also review ‘He won’t get far on foot’ starring Joaquin Phoenix and Jonah Hill, as well as looking back on the director’s Gus Van Zandt’s career overall. With my friends Chris Cullen and Dave Horgan.

This is a body scan and loving-kindness meditation guided by your host John Horan. It’s a type of meditation that’s given me a lot of healing over the years, so I hope it may help some others. Loving kindness is where you practice sending compassion to people you love, yourself and finally all people and living beings. I add two new parts to the end where you send love to first God and then your own shadow. If you haven’t tried it before, it’s designed to fill you up with a feeling of healing love. The more compassionate your mind becomes, the loving the world begins to seem to you. May you be happy, may you be well!

Neo-liberalism vs Social Democracy vs Climate Change. A big picture examination of neo-liberalism, has it worked, can it work? If not, is social democracy the answer? Are either enough to meet the challenges posed by Climate Change? Is a debt/growth based economic model viable anymore?

Here’s how many Americans have nothing at all in savings

Double digit increases in Irish rental sector

The wealth of America’s three richest families grew by 6,000% since 1982

US wealth inequality – top 0.1% worth as much as the bottom 90%

World economy projected to triple in size by 2050

Extreme weather events have increased 6 times since 1980

What is neo-liberalism?

What is social democracy?

We Just Used Up All of Earth’s Resources For The Year, And It’s Only August

 

Featuring MGMT’s latest album plus Illuminati Hotties’ debut ‘Kiss Yr Frenemies’, a look back at the cult classic soul album by Swamp Dogg – ‘Have You Heard This Story?’, a reappraisal of Suede’s debut album plus the merits of Melody Maker and the 90’s English music press, Dance music ephemera vs Indie rock lore and a modern overlooked classic by John Andrews And The Yawns – ‘Bad Posture’. Find a playlist of the music on youtube here

Welcome to the third episode with my friends Chris Cullen and Dave Horgan. Today we talk about Black Mirror’s new interactive show Bandersnatch and Sandra Bullock’s new horror movie Birdbox. Both are out on Netflix now.Warning: this episode contains spoilers.