PAUL ENGLISH LIVE #140 · With Kali Spell, Helen and Blackbird9

PAUL ENGLISH LIVE #140 · With Eric Von Essex, Robin Hood and Monika Schaefer

Broadcasts live every Thursday at 8:00p.m. uk time on Radio Soapbox: http://radiosoapbox.com [http://radiosoapbox.com] A lively, good-humoured night in the shed turned into one of our most thought‑provoking shows yet. We kicked off with heatwaves, wigs, doors hanging on a single hinge and a barrage of dad jokes, before diving into the fast-moving world of AI: how to ask better questions, “steelmanning” opposing views, on‑device models, image understanding for medical second opinions, and why prompts are quickly becoming the ultimate skill. In hour two, Robin Hood joined us to outline his case that most modern courts act as tribunals trading on presumption, and to explain why jurisdiction, proper warrants and signed orders matter if you ever find yourself facing bailiffs or police powers. We then welcomed back Monica Schaefer, fresh from a spell of fiddle-playing and community dancing, for a serious segment on Canada’s MAID policy and a personal account of legacy‑media attacks on her late father’s medical work in the North. We examined how atrocity narratives gain traction, why verification matters (from Kamloops to hospital myths), and why reclaiming culture, community and clear thinking is every bit as important as critiquing the system. * 'Food For Thought Radio': https://fftradio.com [https://fftradio.com] * 'Paul English Live': https://paulenglishlive.com [https://paulenglishlive.com] * 'Rumble': https://rumble.com [https://rumble.com] * 'YouTube': https://www.youtube.com [https://www.youtube.com] * 'Mark Andreessen (a16z bio)': https://a16z.com/author/mark-andreessen/ [https://a16z.com/author/mark-andreessen/] * 'Netscape Navigator (overview)': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscape_Navigator [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscape_Navigator] * 'The Joe Rogan Experience (Spotify)': https://open.spotify.com/show/4rOoJ6Egrf8K2IrywzwOMk [https://open.spotify.com/show/4rOoJ6Egrf8K2IrywzwOMk] * 'Steelmanning (concept)': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steelmanning [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steelmanning] * 'Cognitive behavioural therapy (NHS)': https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/talking-therapies-medicine-treatments/talking-therapies-and-counselling/cognitive-behavioural-therapy-cbt/ [https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/talking-therapies-medicine-treatments/talking-therapies-and-counselling/cognitive-behavioural-therapy-cbt/] * 'Westworld (1973 film)': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westworld_(1973_film) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westworld_(1973_film)] * 'Yul Brynner': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yul_Brynner [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yul_Brynner] * 'College of Policing (UK)': https://www.college.police.uk [https://www.college.police.uk] * 'Civil Procedure Rules (England & Wales)': https://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/civil [https://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/civil] * 'Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (UK legislation)': https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/43/contents [https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/43/contents] * 'Senior Courts Act 1981 (UK legislation)': https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/54/contents [https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/54/contents] * 'Fraud Act 2006 (UK legislation)': https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/35/contents [https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/35/contents] * 'Interpretation Act 1978 (UK legislation)': https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/30/contents [https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/30/contents] * 'Bill of Rights 1689 (UK legislation)': https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/WillandMarSess2/1/2 [https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/WillandMarSess2/1/2] * 'Companies Act 2006 (UK legislation)': https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/46/contents [https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/46/contents] * 'Digital Economy Act 2017 (UK legislation)': https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2017/30/contents [https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2017/30/contents] * 'The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955 TV series)': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Robin_Hood_(TV_series) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Robin_Hood_(TV_series)] * 'Medical Assistance in Dying (Canada)': https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/medical-assistance-dying.html [https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/medical-assistance-dying.html] * 'Kamloops Indian Residential School (background)': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamloops_Indian_Residential_School [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamloops_Indian_Residential_School] * 'Free Speech Monica (Monica Schaefer)': https://freespeechmonica.com [https://freespeechmonica.com]

PAUL ENGLISH LIVE #140 · With Kali Spell, Helen and Blackbird9

Broadcasts live every Thursday at 8:00p.m. uk time on Radio Soapbox: http://radiosoapbox.com [http://radiosoapbox.com] We went fully live on FFT Radio for Episode 140 after some stubborn relay gremlins scuppered the YouTube and Rumble feeds. Once we settled in, I welcomed Kali Spell (host of Kali’s Breakfast Spell on FFT) for a spirited first hour that ranged from midwifery history and “portals” to the nuts‑and‑bolts of law versus legislation, juries, and why plain‑spoken teaching matters if we want more people standing with us. Hour two took us to southern Brazil with Helen Basinger, “the emotional cleaning lady,” who unpacked her Emotional Alchemy method for clearing trauma, raising personal frequency, and manifesting from a clearer place—plus a slice of small‑farm life with bananas, coffee plants and chickens. In hour three, Frederick (Blackbird9) joined us from stormy North Carolina to chew over US primary politics, money in elections, plasma/ether ideas from Robert Temple’s A New Science of Heaven, and why recovering older knowledge isn’t antiquarian—it’s practical. Between the tech hiccups and music interludes (Bonzo Dog Doo‑Dah Band got an outing), the thread was constant: decentralise, learn, organise in small cells, and keep speaking freely. If you missed the live stream, the full podcast is here and the FFT chat is always open. * 'FFT Radio (Food For Thought Radio)': https://fftradio.com/ [https://fftradio.com/] * 'FFT Radio – Public Telegram Chat': https://t.me/fftradio [https://t.me/fftradio] * 'Paul English Live (show hub)': https://paulenglishlive.com/ [https://paulenglishlive.com/] * 'Kali’s Breakfast Spell (Callie Spell on FFT Radio)': https://fftradio.com/ [https://fftradio.com/] * 'Helen Basinger – Emotional Alchemy (official site)': https://helenbasinger.com/ [https://helenbasinger.com/] * 'Emotional Alchemy: The Architecture of Inner Transformation (book information)': https://books.google.com/books?id=M3ij0QEACAAJ [https://books.google.com/books?id=M3ij0QEACAAJ] * 'Blackbird9’s Trading Posts (podcast/site)': https://www.blackbird9tradingposts.org/ [https://www.blackbird9tradingposts.org/] * 'The Realm(e) of England (lawful/constitutional resources)': https://www.therealmeofengland.com/ [https://www.therealmeofengland.com/] * 'Cestui Que Vie Act 1666 (UK legislation)': https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Cha2/18-19/11 [https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Cha2/18-19/11] * 'Catherine Austin Fitts – The Solari Report (official site)': https://solari.com/ [https://solari.com/] * 'A New Science of Heaven – Robert Temple (publisher page)': https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/robert-temple/a-new-science-of-heaven/9781473623750/ [https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/robert-temple/a-new-science-of-heaven/9781473623750/] * 'Robert Temple – Official site (books and background)': https://robert-temple.com/books2.html [https://robert-temple.com/books2.html] * 'The Tolkien Estate (reference for The Lord of the Rings mentions)': https://www.tolkienestate.com/ [https://www.tolkienestate.com/] * 'Chatham House (Royal Institute of International Affairs)': https://www.chathamhouse.org/ [https://www.chathamhouse.org/] * 'Fabian Society (official site/info)': https://fabians.org.uk/ [https://fabians.org.uk/] * 'London School of Economics (LSE)': https://www.lse.ac.uk/ [https://www.lse.ac.uk/] * 'Bonzo Dog Doo‑Dah Band (reference)': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonzo_Dog_Doo-Dah_Band [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonzo_Dog_Doo-Dah_Band]

PAUL ENGLISH LIVE #139 · Slugs, Signals and Sacred Cows: From Garden Hacks to “Mr Global”

Broadcasts live every Thursday at 8:00p.m. uk time on Radio Soapbox: http://radiosoapbox.com [http://radiosoapbox.com] I open the show with some quintessentially British weather chat, gardening gripes (slugs and compost hacks included), and a quick tech note on multi‑streaming the programme via Streamster while keeping an eye on lively chats across Rumble, YouTube and fftradio.com. From there we veer into a spirited discussion on politics, media narratives and civilisational drift, before refocusing on practical, local action and community‑minded solutions. Hour two features Jeff Roberts of ArmReg, discussing the research and publication of the Holocaust Encyclopedia, historical method, and why free inquiry meets so much resistance. In hour three, Etta Vogt joins from Chicago: we explore spiritual warfare, Catherine Austin Fitts’s “Mr Global” framing, the uneasy convergence of AI and biology (organoid intelligence), and cultural signals from books and films to changing currents in Silicon Valley. It’s an eclectic, challenging journey—equal parts hard questions, dark humour and stubborn optimism.   * 'FFT Radio (Food For Thought Radio)': https://fftradio.com [https://fftradio.com] * 'Rumble': https://rumble.com [https://rumble.com] * 'YouTube': https://www.youtube.com [https://www.youtube.com] * 'Streamster (multistreaming software)': https://streamster.io [https://streamster.io] * 'The Jolly Heretic (Edward Dutton)': https://www.edwarddutton.com [https://www.edwarddutton.com] * 'Mike Graham (TalkTV)': https://www.talk.tv/hosts/mike-graham [https://www.talk.tv/hosts/mike-graham] * 'Keir Starmer': https://www.keirstarmer.com [https://www.keirstarmer.com] * 'Ed Miliband': https://www.edmiliband.org [https://www.edmiliband.org] * 'King Charles III (The Royal Family official site)': https://www.royal.uk/the-king [https://www.royal.uk/the-king] * 'Miles Johnston – The Bases Project': https://thebasesproject.org [https://thebasesproject.org] * 'Republic Broadcasting Network (RBN)': https://republicbroadcasting.org [https://republicbroadcasting.org] * 'ArmReg (publisher of the Holocaust Encyclopedia)': https://armreg.co.uk [https://armreg.co.uk] * 'Katyn massacre (overview)': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katyn_massacre [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katyn_massacre] * 'Aspidistra transmitter (Crowborough WWII site)': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspidistra_(transmitter) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspidistra_(transmitter)] * 'David Irving (author)': https://irvingbooks.com [https://irvingbooks.com] * 'Bishop Richard Williamson (biographical overview)': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Williamson_(bishop) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Williamson_(bishop)] * 'Robert Faurisson (biographical overview)': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Faurisson [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Faurisson] * 'Augustus II the Strong (biographical overview)': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_II_the_Strong [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_II_the_Strong] * 'Sobhuza II (biographical overview)': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobhuza_II [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobhuza_II] * 'Sultan Ibrahim Njoya, Kingdom of Bamum': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_Njoya [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_Njoya] * 'King Saud (biographical overview)': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saud_of_Saudi_Arabia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saud_of_Saudi_Arabia] * 'Buzz Aldrin (official)': https://www.buzzaldrin.com [https://www.buzzaldrin.com] * 'Catherine Austin Fitts – The Solari Report': https://home.solari.com [https://home.solari.com] * 'Nick Redfern – Final Events (Anomalist Books)': https://www.anomalistbooks.com/book.cfm?id=64 [https://www.anomalistbooks.com/book.cfm?id=64] * 'Collins Elite (background overview)': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collins_Elite [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collins_Elite] * 'Robert Temple – A New Science of Heaven (Simon & Schuster UK)': https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/A-New-Science-of-Heaven/Robert-Temple/9781398503857 [https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/A-New-Science-of-Heaven/Robert-Temple/9781398503857] * 'Peter Thiel (Thiel Capital)': https://www.thielcapital.com [https://www.thielcapital.com] * 'Y Combinator': https://www.ycombinator.com [https://www.ycombinator.com] * 'Cortical Labs (organoid intelligence)': https://www.corticallabs.com [https://www.corticallabs.com] * 'Pong (video game overview)': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pong [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pong] * 'Doom (1993 video game overview)': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_(1993_video_game) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_(1993_video_game)] * 'Nefarious (2023 film)': https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14537248/ [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14537248/] * 'Helena Blavatsky (biographical overview)': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena_Blavatsky [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena_Blavatsky] * 'Tupper Saussy – Rulers of Evil (overview)': https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/182733.Rulers_of_Evil [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/182733.Rulers_of_Evil] * 'Rick Beato (music/production analysis channel)': https://www.youtube.com/@RickBeato [https://www.youtube.com/@RickBeato] * 'Gemini (Google AI)': https://gemini.google.com [https://gemini.google.com] * 'ChatGPT (OpenAI)': https://chat.openai.com [https://chat.openai.com] * 'Claude (Anthropic)': https://claude.ai [https://claude.ai]

PAUL ENGLISH LIVE #138· From Pirate Airwaves to Hidden Histories: A Night with Miles Johnston and Eli James

Broadcasts live every Thursday at 8:00p.m. uk time on Radio Soapbox: http://radiosoapbox.com [http://radiosoapbox.com] We battled a few gremlins at the top of the show and compared notes on recent streaming hiccups between Rumble and YouTube before settling back into our usual rhythm. I talked through possible schedule tweaks for this programme and the growing FFT Radio line-up, then welcomed Eric Von Essex to chew over the week: elections, tech tantrums, garden fences and the strange comfort of bell-ringing and early-morning radio. Hour two featured broadcaster and researcher Miles Johnston, who traced a vivid, first-hand history of Ireland’s pirate radio era—Big D, Sunshine, Radio Nova—and how that creative wave, engineering craft and “Optimod” sound shaped broadcasting across these islands. From there we ventured into his current interests: frequency and field effects, the Bell, megaliths and interdimensional ideas, plus why so much of official history feels curated. In hour three, Eli James joined from Arkansas to discuss media capture, lawfare around groups like SPLC/ADL, demographic engineering, and the spiritual and cultural stamina required to build alternatives. A lively, occasionally provocative tour across radio past, contested present and possible futures—all with you alongside in the chat. * 'Rumble': https://rumble.com [https://rumble.com] * 'YouTube': https://www.youtube.com [https://www.youtube.com] * 'FFT Radio' (Food For Thought Radio): https://fftradio.com [https://fftradio.com] * 'StreamYard' (live streaming studio): https://streamyard.com [https://streamyard.com] * 'The Bases Project' (Miles Johnston): https://thebasesproject.org [https://thebasesproject.org] * 'Radio Caroline' (official site): https://www.radiocaroline.co.uk [https://www.radiocaroline.co.uk] * 'Q107 Toronto' (CILQ‑FM): https://q107.com [https://q107.com] * 'CHUM‑FM Toronto': https://www.iheartradio.ca/chum [https://www.iheartradio.ca/chum] * 'SPLC — Southern Poverty Law Center': https://www.splcenter.org [https://www.splcenter.org] * 'ADL — Anti‑Defamation League': https://www.adl.org [https://www.adl.org] * 'Oxford University Press': https://global.oup.com [https://global.oup.com] * 'Rick Beato (music educator) YouTube channel': https://www.youtube.com/@RickBeato [https://www.youtube.com/@RickBeato] * 'Patrick Moore — The Sky at Night' (BBC): https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mk7h [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mk7h] * 'Richard Vobes (presenter/filmmaker)': https://www.richardvobes.com [https://www.richardvobes.com] * 'Mark Devlin (author/broadcaster)': https://www.markdevlin.co.uk [https://www.markdevlin.co.uk] * 'Ford Motor Company': https://www.ford.com [https://www.ford.com] * 'Prime Minister of Israel — Official': https://www.gov.il/en/departments/prime_minister [https://www.gov.il/en/departments/prime_minister] * 'Saturn Death Cult (Troy McLachlan)': https://saturniandeathcult.com [https://saturniandeathcult.com]

PAUL ENGLISH LIVE #137· Chickens, Compost, and Free Speech: Building the Good Life from the Ground Up

Broadcasts live every Thursday at 8:00p.m. uk time on Radio Soapbox: http://radiosoapbox.com [http://radiosoapbox.com] A lively, three-hour ramble that starts with some unavoidable streaming gremlins (now tamed) and an invite to listen direct via fftradio.com. I catch up with Eric Von Essex on everything from thrift, real-food swaps and the resurgence of practical living, to over‑complicated technology, surveillance creep and why simple, repairable kit still matters. In hour two, farmer Mark drops in with a brilliant chicken run debrief (six birds, one operatic cockerel) and no‑nonsense growing tips you can act on this weekend: potatoes in buckets, quick wins like lettuce and radish, beans up a fence, compost that actually works (yes to eggshells, nettles, comfrey and diluted urine), cheap and kind slug traps, plus using mulch and woodchip wisely. We also talk food security, group buying with local farmers and schools being nudged back into beds, fruit trees and hens. Hour three pivots to Canada with Monica Schafer: AI, age‑gating and the drive toward digital ID; the Tumbler Ridge shooting and a class action aimed at an AI firm; and campus culture at the University of Lethbridge, free inquiry versus mob theatrics, and how the long march through institutions shows up in real life. We close on solutions: rebuild local culture, grow food, dance, and choose optimism one practical step at a time. * FFT Radio (listen live and chat): https://fftradio.com [https://fftradio.com] * Paul English Live (show hub/player): https://paulenglishlive.com [https://paulenglishlive.com] * Rumble (live streams): https://rumble.com [https://rumble.com] * YouTube (live streams): https://www.youtube.com [https://www.youtube.com] * Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF): https://www.eff.org [https://www.eff.org] * “A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace” (John Perry Barlow, EFF): https://www.eff.org/cyberspace-independence [https://www.eff.org/cyberspace-independence] * B&Q (tools, garden and materials): https://www.diy.com [https://www.diy.com] * Lidl Great Britain (food shopping): https://www.lidl.co.uk [https://www.lidl.co.uk] * Iceland Foods (food shopping): https://www.iceland.co.uk [https://www.iceland.co.uk] * University of Lethbridge (context for the campus discussion): https://www.ulethbridge.ca [https://www.ulethbridge.ca] * District of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia (context for news reference): https://www.tumblerridge.ca [https://www.tumblerridge.ca] * Harrogate Spring Flower Show: https://www.flowershow.org.uk [https://www.flowershow.org.uk]