Today I am honoured to be joined by my friend, Jo, who has just begun palliative chemotherapy treatment for cancer. 

Jo has been deeply involved with spirituality for at least the past fifteen years. In this interview she discusses how she sees her condition in the light of this. She talks about what it’s like to be potentially facing death, whether she thinks the cancer ‘manifested’ or not, and what it’s taught her about how to live. 

Jo works as a counsellor and breathwork therapist and can be contacted at: https://onebravesoul.co.uk/

In April 1947, the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine was created to come up with a recommendation for the future of the region. This recommendation would then be voted on by the General Assembly before seeking endorsement by the Security Council. If such endorsement was granted, the Council would then have the power to impose its will, either through sanctions or direct force. That was the theory, anyway…

Notes

Zionism: Real Enemy of the Jews: The False Messiah: 1, by Alan Hart: https://tinyurl.com/r4bxftu8

Against Our Better Judgment: The hidden history of how the U.S. was used to create Israel, by Alison Weir: https://tinyurl.com/3c7bb2aa

The International Diplomacy of Israel's Founders, by John Quigley: https://api.pageplace.de/preview/DT0400.9781316540817_A26655069/preview-9781316540817_A26655069.pdf

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Tim Freke returns to the show to discuss more metaphysics - specifically his latest 'pod book' Why Your Life Really Matters. In this interview i ask Tim about how his thoughts have moved on from the Eastern (or perennial) philosophy that underpinned much of his work.

Follow Tim's work at: https://timfreke.com/

If you’ll forgive the hyperbole of the title, this episode examines efforts to document whether psychotherapeutic approaches can prolong survival time for people with cancer. What specifically interests me is why this seems like both a very easy and a very hard question to answer - depending on how it is approached.  

Notes

Radical Remission: Surviving Cancer Against All Odds, by Dr.  Kelly Turner:

https://www.radicalremission.com/

Cured: The Power of Our Immune System and the Mind-Body Connection, by Jeff Rediger:

https://amzn.eu/d/hZYSb8F

Studies by Dr. Alistair Cunningham

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10960930/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14664740/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15312263/

Studies on psychotherapy for cancer:

https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2007/07/support-groups-dont-extend-survival-of-metastatic-breast-cancer-patients-stanford-study-finds.html

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa011871

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9885092/

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‘The unfortunate Jews of Europe’s D.P. Camps are helpless hostages for whom [Israeli] statehood has been made the only ransom ... Admitting that the Jews of Europe have suffered beyond expression, why in God’s name should the fate of all these unhappy people be subordinated to the single cry of statehood?’ - Arthur Sulzberger

Notes

In the Shadow of the Holocaust: The Struggle Between Jews and Zionists in the Aftermath of World War II, by Yosef Grodzinsky:

https://archive.org/details/inshadowofholoca0000grod/mode/2up

Zionism: Real Enemy of the Jews: The False Messiah: 1, by Alan Hart: https://tinyurl.com/r4bxftu8

Palestine Hijacked: How Zionism Forged an Apartheid State from River to Sea, by Thomas Suárez: https://amzn.eu/d/7i397uA

Zionism During the Holocaust, by Tony Greenstein: https://amzn.eu/d/1rz909m

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‘If the Jews are faced with a choice between the refugee problem and rescuing Jews from concentration camps on the one hand, and aid for the national museum in Palestine on the other, the Jewish sense of pity will prevail and our people’s entire strength will be directed at aid for the refugees in the various countries. Zionism will vanish from the agenda - David Ben Gurion,

Notes

Palestine Remembered article on the Evian Conference:

https://www.palestineremembered.com/Articles/SSI/EvianConference.html

Not Accepting Refugees: The Evian Conference of 1938, Dr. Paul Bartrop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjyRxqmRTkM

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Adam Fitzgerald and James Boswell join me to discuss the recent overthrow of the Syrian Government, how US support for radical Islamists through Operation Timber Sycamore brought us to this point, the Zionist influence, and how these events affect the wider Middle East. Follow Adam’s work at:

https://www.youtube.com/@adamfitzgerald911/videos James blogs on this and many other issues at: https://wallofcontroversy.wordpress.com/

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Jon Di Luca Interviewed me about my time studying the Japanese martial art of aikido. To quote Jon:

‘To summarize what we talked about, I’d say it was mainly centered on if/how martial arts training could be used as a testing ground for spiritual concepts. Even after this conversation, the question lingers for me - how can martial arts practice, intrinsically linked to violence and conflict, be a path towards spiritual awakening? And what even is spiritual awakening?’

Follow Jon on Spotify and Substack:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3Bz8b1zdCFTSK7w45BGbfh

https://jondiluca.substack.com/p/new-podcast-episode

‘Under normal circumstances slashing car tires would be a crime. But suppose they knew the car was carrying a bomb which would devastate Manchester city centre? In that case, slashing the tires would not be a crime, it would be a responsible and public-spirited act.'

The Filton 18, at Palestine Action: https://palestineaction.org/prisoners/

Stop the use of counter-terrorism powers against pro-Palestine activists: https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-use-of-counter-terrorism-powers-against-pro-palestine-activists-0c590edc-b1f7-4fb4-bef5-6f0f2a7dde7e

They Fought Gaza Genocide. Britain Locked Them Up Like TERRORISTS, interview by Owen Jones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7H1e4teji0

Seeds of Hope - Women Disarming for Life and Justice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsslPfl3dQY

Death of a Nation, John Pilger: https://johnpilger.com/death-of-a-nation-the-timor-conspiracy/

Flying the Flag, Arming the World, John Pilger: https://johnpilger.com/flying-the-flag-arming-the-world/

Hidden Agenda, John Pilger https://johnpilger.com/hidden-agendas/

'Greater good' pair cleared of BAE criminal damage, BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-41763568

James Boswell returns to the show to discuss his coverage of the recent persecution of activists and journalists under anti-terrorism legislation, for opposing the genocide in Gaza.

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