Episode Details

Broadcasts live every Thursday at 8:00p.m. uk time on Radio Soapbox: http://radiosoapbox.com

Host Paul ushers in a wintry Thursday, 22 January 2026, with a wry look at the gloom-and-boom of the new year, joined first by Eric Von Essex and later by Frederick “Blackbird9” Blackburn and Nathan. We roam from mood, diet, tea and rooibos to nostalgia for pirate radio, tennis commentary and Japan, before digging into propaganda, WWII myths, and how media narratives shape public emotion. The conversation then turns to fourth‑generation warfare, campus ideologies in Appalachia, ICE protests, the World Economic Forum, and creeping speech controls—set against reminders to build local resilience. Hour two and three lean practical: decentralising from captured institutions, rekindling village life, and rebuilding food networks; reading more and doomscrolling less; choosing creation over commentary. We close with an invite to keep the chat going and to watch for the quiet launch of Food for Thought Radio via PaulEnglishLive.com, while keeping spirits up, feet on the ground, and eyes on what we can actually build next.

• 'Paul English Live (show hub)': https://paulenglishlive.com
• 'Tesla Optimus (company page)': https://www.tesla.com/optimus
• 'U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)': https://www.ice.gov
• 'World Economic Forum (official site)': https://www.weforum.org
• 'Federal Reserve (Board of Governors)': https://www.federalreserve.gov
• 'Appalachian State University (official site)': https://www.appstate.edu
• 'Watauga Democrat (local newspaper)': https://www.wataugademocrat.com
• 'Adams Publishing Group (owner of local papers)': https://adamspg.com
• 'The King Center (Martin Luther King Jr.)': https://thekingcenter.org
• 'CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)': https://www.cia.gov
• 'Radio Caroline (official site)': https://www.radiocaroline.co.uk
• 'Tony Blackburn (official site)': https://www.tonyblackburn.co.uk
• 'Reverse Speech by David John Oates (official site)': https://www.reversespeech.com
• 'Godfrey Bloom (official YouTube channel)': https://www.youtube.com/@GoddersBloom
• 'Rumble (video platform)': https://rumble.com
• 'YouTube (video platform)': https://www.youtube.com