The Deep State Consciousness Podcast

Ending Poverty, with Antony Sammeroff

Antony Sammeroff returns to the show to talk about his new book, Universal Basic Income – For and Against. We only touch lightly on the subject of UBI, instead we delve into the books central question – 'Why after 250 year of unprecedented economic growth do we still have poverty?' Antony then explains the ways the economy is rigged to perpetuate poverty and what we can do about this.

Download the book for free

Buy on Amazon (US) (UK)

 

Antony's presentations on - 

The National Health Service

Occupational Licensing

Trauma Recovery in the Community, with Graham Clucas

Psychotherapist Graham Clucas is a founder of the Isle of Man based charity 'Quing' – meaning, 'to yoke together'. In this interview Graham talks through his own journey of trauma and recovery and what inspired him to found a charity. He explains Quing's community based approach to supporting mental well-being and how that's radically different from current models.

https://www.facebook.com/quingcommunity/

Hadephobia - Facing the Fear of Hell, with Simon Small

Simon Small returns to the podcast to discuss hadephobia, or the fear of Hell. Simon draws on his experience as both a Priest and Contemplative to speak to what for some people can be a crippling fear – either that they might end up in Hell themselves, or even worse they have a loved one who's there already.

http://deepstateconsciousness.com/content

Link to Simon's ConsciousTV interview

Peace Monitoring in Palestine, with Phil Craine

In this interview I talk with Phil Craine about his peace monitoring work in the West Bank. Phil recounts the injustices he witnessed and I ask him what that was like for him and what inner resources he drew on to keep calm in such situations.

Watch Phil's presentation 'A Grimm and Brutal Occupation'

Music by Naseer Shamma

Talking with the Enemy - Peace Groups in Northern Ireland, with John Harding

After relocating to Ireland at the turn of the century, Reverend John Harding started running groups that brought people from different sides of the divide together to hear each others stories. John drew on his experience both in the church and as a creative writer in developing ways participants could really feel heard. In this interview he shares his experience of that work.

http://deepstateconsciousness.com/content

Investigating 9/11, with Adam Fitzgerald

Adam Fitzgerald has spent the last twelve years doing in-depth research into the events of 9/11. This has led him to become deeply cynical of many of the conspiracies that have grown up around 9/11, as well as the US government's 'official' account.

His research has focused on the geopolitics of 9/11 and in this interview he explains the deeper web of connections that exists beyond the superficial story of nineteen hijackers.

Follow Adam on Facebook at - https://www.facebook.com/AdamFitz1969

Adam's YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_P75FsKQocF-NBt6-jRcgw?view_as=subscriberhttps://www.youtube.com/user/Killer0fTheSun/featured

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Escaping the Buddhafield Cult - Holy Hell, with Chris Johnston

Chris Johnston is a former member of the Buddhafield cult, the subject of the 2016 documentary film, 'Holy Hell'. After leaving, Chris went on to study cults and religious movements, attempting to make sense of what he'd been through. In this interview he sheds light on what happened at Buddhafield and what factors caused him to be drawn into an abusive relationship with a man proclaiming to be a guru.

 

Chris' insights are valuable for anyone seeking to better understand the phenomenon of cults and appeal of authoritarian leaders. They are also invaluable in addressing the question of how do we move beyond these types of relationships in our personal lives, spiritual groups and wider society.

 

Holy Hell website

Facebook Page

Amazon UK

Amazon US

Netflix

iTunes

 

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Discourse in the 9/11 Truth Movement, with Dr. Richard Ellefritz

Dr. Richard Ellefritz is an assistant professor of sociology who completed his PhD researching the 9/11 Truth movement. He did this from a position of being within the movement himself. In this interview I ask ask him about how his own position on 9/11 formed and how it can be that different groups in society can interpret this pivotal day in history in such radically different ways – leaving us living in very different world from each other.

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Notes

Short video of WTC7 collapse

Documentary architects and engineers speaking out

Michael Parenti

Lies, War, and Empire

The Gangster Nature of the State

Lance deHaven-Smith

Conspiracy Theory in America

Understanding Deep Politics Conference

Wexler and Haver's article, "Conspiracy: A Dramaturgical Explanation" 

My doctoral dissertation, Discourse of the Truthers and Deniers of 9/11

Resource on the CIA "conspiracy" Dispatch

Where are the whistleblowers?

 

 

Emotional Embodiment Meditation, with Nicole Schnackenberg

Nicole's guided meditation from the August Unbreaking the Mirror group.

This Being Human, Addiction with Ronnie Aaronson

 

Ronnie Aaronson is a psychotherapist specialising in the treatment of addiction, focusing particularly on alcoholism. She is the author of Addiction, This Being Human, a book she was inspired to write by societies dehumanisation and 'othering' of people struggling with certain 'unacceptable' addictions.

Ronnie is also a founder of The Swan Project, a charity set up in Bristol to help people struggling with alcoholism. The charity utilises the skills of trainee therapists to provide low cost treatment to an incredible number of people. What makes this model particularly fascinating is that it's replicable anywhere.