Paul English Live

Broadcasts live every Thursday at 8:00p.m. uk time on Radio Soapbox: http://radiosoapbox.comLive on Thursday, 9 April 2026, Eric (heroically croaky) and I opened with a wide‑ranging hour that ran from crop‑circle “plans” and free‑energy folklore to the practical question of how you’d actually release a breakthrough safely—open source, decentralised, and everywhere at once—rather than letting it be buried. That flowed into a bigger theme: taking back agency in everyday life, from transport and tools to status, law, and the creeping bureaucracy that gags common sense. We also played a short Lord Monckton clip to kick the energy-policy hornet’s nest and revisited cultural touchpoints (Chris Rea, the Doobie Brothers, and that chilling monologue from My Dinner with André) as mirrors for the moment.Hour two featured former NHS midwife and whistleblower Victoria Rixon, who set out—plainly and bravely—what she witnessed on the wards: chronic understaffing, policy over care, and the trauma that followed. She made the case for restoring true midwifery and normalising home birth, and we discussed how families can rebuild confidence outside rigid pathways. In hour three, Etta Vogt joined from Chicago to talk data centres, digital IDs, prepping, architecture, and why local, human‑scale solutions beat managed dependency. A spirited, sometimes sobering, always human conversation about power—who holds it, and how we take it back.'Paul English Live': https://paulenglishlive.com'Food for Thought Radio': https://fftradio.com'The Slingshot Channel (Jörg Sprave)': https://www.youtube.com/@JoergSprave'Chris Rea (official)': https://www.chrisrea.com'The Doobie Brothers (official)': https://thedoobiebrothers.com'My Dinner with André' (film page): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082783/'Findhorn Foundation': https://www.findhorn.org

Broadcasts live every Thursday at 8:00p.m. uk time on Radio Soapbox: http://radiosoapbox.comIn tonight’s wide‑ranging live show we eased in with blue‑skies-and-shorts weather chat before diving into flying lore and “the right stuff” — from test pilots and Chuck Yeager to Tom Wolfe’s classic and its 1983 film. We pulled on the daylight saving thread (Hannah Fry’s case against clock changes, Franklin’s satire, and William Willett’s campaign), weighed up preparedness and simple food stores, and swapped practical foraging tips (nettles, dandelions, cleavers) and old‑school sundials. In hour two, my friend Helen joined us from southern Brazil to describe building Terra Nova — a small, self‑reliant hamlet of orchards, beans, fish ponds and flocks — and her therapeutic work tackling trauma and (as she frames it) demonic attachments. We closed with Graham Linehan’s “werewolf” game analogy for informed minorities, a nudge toward peaceful non‑compliance and community action, and a pair of musical palate cleansers: Slim Gaillard’s Selling Out from Absolute Beginners and a fresh cut from Manchester’s David Rybka. As ever, we skipped the sponsor guff and kept it practical: skills, food, gardens, and the right people around you. If you’ve views on binning the clock change or want to share your best five long‑life pantry staples, drop them in for next week.'The Right Stuff' (book) by Tom Wolfe — Penguin UK: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/331187/the-right-stuff-by-tom-wolfe/9781784873714'The Right Stuff' (1983 film) — Warner Bros official page: https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/right-stuffChuck Yeager — official U.S. Air Force biography (Air University AFEHRI): https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/AFEHRI/documents/WallofAchievers/Yeager.pdfUK military low‑flying (incl. Mach Loop area context) — GOV.UK guidance: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/military-low-flyingWilliam Willett’s pamphlet ‘The Waste of Daylight’ (full text): https://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/willett.htmlBenjamin Franklin’s ‘An Economical Project’ (1784) — full text: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Works_of_the_late_Doctor_Benjamin_Franklin/An_economical_ProjectFood for Free (50th anniversary edition) — overview via Penguin (Richard Mabey reading guide): https://www.penguin.co.uk/discover/articles/richard-mabey-reading-guide-books-orderThe Victorian Kitchen Garden (BBC Two, 1987) — series information: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482150/Absolute Beginners (1986 film) — overview (Britannica): https://www.britannica.com/topic/Absolute-BeginnersAbsolute Beginners — soundtrack personnel incl. Slim Gaillard ‘Selling Out’ (Library of Congress jazz filmography excerpt): https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/master/music/jots/200028017/0001.pdfTRIGGERnometry — official YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@triggerpodMafia/Werewolf (party game) — background on the informed‑minority vs uninformed‑majority mechanic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mafia_(party_game)David Rybka — official Bandcamp page: https://davidrybkamusic.bandcamp.com/

Broadcasts live every Thursday at 8:00p.m. uk time on Radio Soapbox: http://radiosoapbox.comIn this lively three-hour edition I open with the clocks-about-to-change chaos and a bit of studio mayhem, before settling in with Eric for a wide-ranging, cheeky catch‑up that swerves from timekeeping and sneezes to surveillance-laden insurance apps, older vs newer cars, and the slow hollowing‑out of our high streets. We also touch on online creators and free speech workarounds (Cockney rhyming slang, anyone?), and the perennial question of how to speak plainly without getting throttled by censors. Hour two welcomes Thomas Anderson from Germany. We dig into his Repair Café work, practical skills across generations, and the structural squeeze on farmers—subsidies to leave land idle, supermarket leverage, and how communities might rebuild local food systems (from allotments to direct farmer–household contracts). We explore grow‑at‑home ideas like chufa and sunchokes, and the case for indoor growing. In hour three, Monica Schaefer joins to wrestle with self‑censorship, how to reach different audiences, “learned helplessness,” and why clear, courageous speech plus real‑world action matter if we’re to repair not just toasters—but our food, towns, and culture. 'Rumble (show simulcast platform)': https://rumble.com'YouTube (show simulcast platform)': https://www.youtube.com'Repair Café Foundation (community repair movement Thomas mentioned)': https://www.repaircafe.org/en/'Girlguiding UK (policy discussions referenced)': https://www.girlguiding.org.uk'Club of Rome (context for environmental policy debates)': https://www.clubofrome.org'Bayer (parent company of the former Monsanto)': https://www.bayer.com'Starlink (rural connectivity noted in the episode)': https://www.starlink.com'Leo Kottke (artist briefly featured/mentioned)': https://www.leokottke.com'The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (context in music discussion)': https://www.thebeatles.com'Chufa / Tiger Nut (crop referenced)': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyperus_esculentus'Sunchoke / Jerusalem Artichoke (crop referenced)': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helianthus_tuberosus'Aquaponics (method referenced)': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquaponics'Cooper Alan (song referenced)': https://www.cooperalanmusic.com 

Broadcasts live every Thursday at 8:00p.m. uk time on Radio Soapbox: http://radiosoapbox.comIt’s Thursday, 19 March, and we’re back live with an hour of weather chit‑chat, bike‑ride oddities and a spirited detour into politics, history and first principles. Eric Von Essex drops in with tales from Cheshunt to the Lee Valley (including National Nutter Day contenders), DIY fixes for foggy headlamps, and his very serious Fockem Poll—where Lassie and Skippy are neck‑and‑neck for “prime monster”. From there we pivot to the bigger stuff: what leadership should look like, a withering read‑aloud on Keir Starmer’s temperament, and why so many of us sense something missing in modern public life. In hour two, Steve James (Occult Academy) joins us for a deep, clear tour of natural law, moral relativism, and militarism—drawing on his own service experience to argue why authority without morality devours freedom. We range from Hastings and the Domesday Book to Smedley Butler’s “War is a Racket,” Adam Curtis on public relations and desire, and how to reclaim agency without sliding into nihilism. It’s lively, occasionally daft, and firmly pointed at the same North Star: do no harm, take no nonsense, and build something better—locally, practically, together.'Rumble (platform)': https://rumble.com'YouTube (platform)': https://www.youtube.com'WD‑40 (product)': https://www.wd40.com'Viz (magazine)': https://viz.co.uk'The Sooty Show (official site)': https://www.thesootyshow.co.uk'English Heritage: 1066 and the Battle of Hastings': https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/battle-abbey-and-battlefield/history-and-stories/1066-battle-of-hastings/'UK National Archives: Domesday Book': https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/domesday-book/'Smedley D. Butler – “War Is a Racket” (Internet Archive)': https://archive.org/details/WarIsARacket'U.S. Marine Corps History Division – MajGen Smedley D. Butler (biography)': https://www.usmcu.edu/Research/Marine-Corps-History-Division/Information-for-Researchers/Biography-Directory/Major-General-Smedley-Darlington-Butler/'BBC – Adam Curtis: The Century of the Self (programme page)': https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00ghgvd'It’s a Gift (1934) – W.C. Fields film with the grocery/kumquat scene (IMDb)': https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025456/

Broadcasts live every Thursday at 8:00p.m. uk time on Radio Soapbox: http://radiosoapbox.comA lively, free‑wheeling late‑start show that meanders from UFOs and British TV nostalgia to oil myths, bikes, and the soul of sport, before landing on AI’s future and how decentralisation could put real power back in local hands. I share why Rick Beato’s video on open‑source, on‑device AI lit a fire under me, how home‑run models might mirror the way music left big studios, and why community tools, local trade, and even analogue crafts could thrive again. Along the way we riff on nicotine lozenges vs. brain fog, the strange comfort of cycling pain, the danger and glory of the Isle of Man TT, and the need to rebuild family, food, and finance from the ground up — including thorny topics like inheritance and birth certificates, and the launch plans for Food For Thought Radio. It’s a mate‑in‑the‑pub kind of episode: laughs, tangents, a couple of tunes, and a serious undercurrent — how to live better, more locally and independently, while the official world grows ever more daft. If you want to pitch in with FFT Radio or keep the conversation going, you know where to find me.'Rick Beato (YouTube channel)': https://www.youtube.com/@RickBeato'Napster (official site)': https://www.napster.com'Pink Floyd (official site)': https://www.pinkfloyd.com'David Gilmour (official site)': https://www.davidgilmour.com'Microsoft Windows (official)': https://www.microsoft.com/windows'Linux kernel (official)': https://www.kernel.org'Isle of Man TT (official information hub)': https://www.iomttraces.com/tt-information/'Indianapolis 500 (official site)': https://www.indy500.com'South Downs Way (National Trail official)': https://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/en_GB/trails/south-downs-way/'Sturmey‑Archer (official site)': https://www.sturmey-archer.com'Brooks England Saddles (official site)': https://www.brooksengland.com'Chuck Brodsky (official site)': https://www.chuckbrodsky.com'JD McPherson (official site)': https://www.jdmcpherson.com'Deuteronomy 21:15–17 (Bible Gateway)': https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy%2021%3A15-17&version=KJV'YouTube (platform)': https://www.youtube.com'Rumble (platform)': https://rumble.com'Paul English Live (site mentioned)': https://paulenglishlive.com'Food For Thought Radio (site mentioned)': https://fftradio.com

Broadcasts live every Thursday at 8:00p.m. uk time on Radio Soapbox: http://radiosoapbox.comEpisode 129 took the usual meandering pub‑style route before locking onto a theme: All wars are bankers’ wars. We opened with light relief—gardening chat, fuchsias, chickens finally laying in the sunshine, the great organic vs supermarket egg debate, frying tips, and Saturday‑morning pancakes—before the tone sharpened into media scepticism and how manufactured narratives shape public consent. From there we welcomed our guest “the f in farmer,” who gave a grounded view from the fields: why local food matters, how farmers are squeezed, and how peer‑to‑peer digital cash (Bitcoin SV) could let producers sell eggs, beef and veg directly to listeners without middlemen or punitive fees. We dug into practicalities (wallets, on/off‑ramps, transaction costs) and the case for building a parallel marketplace that actually buys real goods (yes, wonky carrots) rather than just speculating. Along the way we touched Michael Rivero’s All Wars Are Bankers’ Wars, Godfrey Bloom’s central‑bank critique, a Thomas Massie clip on perpetual war budgets, and spun a Divine Comedy track—Infernal Machines—as a wry nod to how tech may upend “work” next. The takeaway: stop waiting for institutions to fix themselves; start transacting with one another, locally and directly, and starve the system of the consent—and the fees—it feeds on.Paul English Live (show hub): https://paulenglishlive.com/Bitcoin SV (BSV) – official blockchain site: https://www.bitcoinsv.com/HandCash (BSV wallet): https://handcash.io/ElectrumSV (desktop BSV wallet): https://electrumsv.io/Orange Gateway (fiat on/off‑ramp for BSV): https://www.orangegateway.com/Michael Rivero – All Wars Are Bankers’ Wars (video): https://rumble.com/v5hkl6p-all-wars-are-bankers-wars.htmlGodfrey Bloom – European Parliament speeches and banking critique: https://godfreybloom.uk/videos/Rep. Thomas Massie (official site): https://massie.house.gov/Signal (private messenger referenced for group chats): https://signal.org/Rumble (alternative video platform): https://rumble.com/BitChute (alternative video platform): https://www.bitchute.com/The Divine Comedy (band) – official site (track played: “Infernal Machines”): https://thedivinecomedy.com/The 5th Kind (channel mentioned): https://the5thkind.com/Richplanet (Richard D. Hall) – official site: https://www.richplanet.net/

Broadcasts live every Thursday at 8:00p.m. uk time on Radio Soapbox: http://radiosoapbox.comA lively, freewheeling show—after a gloriously bumpy tech start—ranging from sodden sheds and stubborn doors to square dancing plans and why laughter is “biological warfare” against anxiety. I’m joined first by Eric Von Essex for wry observations on rain-soaked Britain, sheds, and the creeping bureaucratic state, before we veer into reading, resilience and why analogue hi‑fi still sings. We pick apart institutionally induced stress, touch on BAFTA’s Tourette’s kerfuffle, and celebrate politeness and humour as cultural superpowers.Hour two welcomes Monica Schaefer from snowy Canada for a candid update and a spirited defence of community, courtesy, and doing more of the things that lift us—books, music, and even a good square dance. In hour three, Eli James drops in to talk media narratives, censorship, history, money, and why more people are finally questioning the “official” stories. It’s eclectic, opinionated, and—once the gremlins are tamed—great fun to ride along with.'BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts)': https://www.bafta.org'YouTube': https://www.youtube.com'Rumble': https://rumble.com'Telegram': https://telegram.org'Sainsbury’s': https://www.sainsburys.co.uk'Fender (Princeton Reverb amplifiers)': https://www.fender.com'Sennheiser': https://www.sennheiser.com'Dual (turntables)': https://www.dual.de'Cambridge Audio': https://www.cambridgeaudio.com'Tommy James ("Draggin’ the Line")': https://www.tommyjames.com'Ray Bradbury (Fahrenheit 451)': https://www.raybradbury.com'The Brothers Karamazov (Project Gutenberg edition)': https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28054'The Orwell Foundation (George Orwell/1984)': https://www.orwellfoundation.com'Radio Soapbox': https://radiosoapbox.com'Republic Broadcasting Network (RBN)': https://republicbroadcasting.org

Broadcasts live every Thursday at 8:00p.m. uk time on Radio Soapbox: http://radiosoapbox.comIn this wide‑ranging live show, I kick off with lighter nights, AI artwork and a hot‑air detour before settling into a spirited hour with Eric Von Essex and returning guest Gary Glendale. We trade stories from airships to “dropping a clanger,” the madness of modern bureaucracy and subscription cars, and the week’s polls on government and global threats. We also wade into difficult territory: media distractions, the Epstein files, child protection failures, and how fear and propaganda fracture communities. Hour two turns to money, power and food sovereignty. Gary unpacks the difference between money and currency, why usury and debt underpin control, and how a practical, low‑fee, peer‑to‑peer payments rail can help farmers and locals trade directly—my “wonky carrots” test. We touch on gold myths, WWII history, and play thought‑provoking clips (Michael Hudson, The International, Godfrey Bloom). The upshot: organise locally, build parallel exchange, and keep your sense of humour while we do it.

Broadcasts live every Thursday at 8:00p.m. uk time on Radio Soapbox: http://radiosoapbox.comA lively, free‑wheeling show that starts with Valentine’s banter and studio shenanigans before settling into a wide‑ranging discussion on witches, wise women and the hostile takeover of folk medicine. We explore how church and state persecution, the Malleus Maleficarum and later medical industrialisation sidelined community healers, and contrast that with practical, home‑based care: herbalism, midwifery, and everyday remedies. Guests Nathan and Holly join to share hands‑on wisdom: the “thieves” essential‑oil blend story, foraging (wild garlic, dandelion, cleavers), apple‑cider vinegar, fermented foods, onions and garlic, plus supportive nutrients such as zinc, NAC and glutathione. We also touch on oral health hacks (coconut oil and turmeric), nicotine lozenges, and the broader cultural myths that shape how we think about health, power and history—rounded off with a nod to Monty Python and classic telly nostalgia.A lively, wide‑ranging show that began with a bit of studio sound wrangling and Valentine’s Day banter soon turned into a deep dive on folk healing, “witch hunts” and the politics of medicine. I set the scene with Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English’s Witches, Midwives, & Nurses and the Malleus Maleficarum, then welcomed Nathan Lucius and Holly for a practical tour of village herbalism: thieves‑blend lore, why onions, garlic, ferments and apple‑cider vinegar still earn their keep, and when nicotine (taken cleanly) can be useful. We contrasted communal, women‑led care traditions with top‑down institutions, touched Codex Alimentarius and psychopathy research, and swapped tips from kitchen to hedgerow—candid, hands‑on, and very human.Along the way we roamed cultural touchstones and curios: UK Column and Jerm Warfare interviews, Dustin Nemos’ long‑form chat, Erich von Däniken and Graham Hancock on deep history, the Oera Linda debate, Playford’s country‑dance tunes and Steeleye Span, plus Bewitched and Monsters, Inc. for a wink at pop portrayals of “witches” and fear. A spirited, sometimes provocative pub‑table ramble—rooted in curiosity, care, and keeping our wits about us.'Witches, Midwives, & Nurses' (Barbara Ehrenreich & Deirdre English), Feminist Press: https://www.feministpress.org/books-n-z/witches-midwives-nurses-second-editionMalleus Maleficarum (full text, public domain): https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Malleus_MaleficarumUK Column (independent news): https://www.ukcolumn.org/Jerm Warfare (podcast site): https://www.jermwarfare.com/podcast/Dustin Nemos (site): https://www.dustinnemos.com/Graham Hancock (official website): https://grahamhancock.com/Erich von Däniken (official website/estate notice): https://daniken.com/Oera Linda Book (overview): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oera_Linda_BookJohn Playford – The Dancing Master (1686 edition, online): https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Dancing_Master_(1686)Steeleye Span (official): https://steeleyespan.org.uk/Bewitched (series overview): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BewitchedMonsters, Inc. (official Disney page): https://movies.disney.com/monsters-incOpera Browser (official): https://www.opera.com/Robert D. Hare – Without Conscience (psychopathy research): https://www.hare.org/Codex Alimentarius – U.S. Codex Office (official): https://www.usda.gov/trade-and-markets/policies-and-procedures/us-codex-officeBohemian Grove (overview of rituals and symbolism): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian_GrovePaul English Live (show hub): https://paulenglishlive.com/Nicotonic (clean nicotine lozenges referenced): https://nicotonic.com/