PAUL ENGLISH LIVE #156 · David Adelman The People’s Lawyer & Etta Volk

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NOTE: we had an Issue connecting David to hence the slightly shorter show.

I kicked off episode 156 with Eric Von Essex for one of our gloriously daft shed reports before we veered into the far less amusing business of war rhetoric, conscription chatter and the increasingly absurd language coming out of politics. The main guest was David Adelman, better known as The People’s Lawyer, who joined me after a bout of technical gremlins and gave a fascinating account of how he moved from law into education, public speaking and rights-based work. We talked about his book School - No Place for Children, the failures of modern schooling, the Prussian roots of compliance culture, the misuse of language in legal settings, and why he believes people need to understand the roles and assumptions the system quietly persuades them to accept.

In the final stretch, Etta Volk joined us from Chicago for a transatlantic catch-up on the state of the media, political theatre, social pressure, migration and the mood among ordinary people in both the UK and the US. We also got into the collapse of public trust, generational shifts, and whether younger people may end up dismantling broken institutions simply by refusing to submit to them. Add in harmonicas, fruit crumble, a few scandalously British food references and the usual late-night mischief, and it turned into a lively, wide-ranging show with more than a few unexpected turns.Paul English Live: https://paulenglishlive.com/Paul English Live on Rumble: https://rumble.com/PaulEnglishLiveFood For Thought Radio (FFT Radio): https://www.fftradio.com/The People’s Lawyer: https://thepeopleslawyeruk.com/School - No Place For Children by David Adelman: https://www.hatchards.co.uk/book/school-no-place-for-children/david-adelman/9781978370036University of Cambridge: https://www.cam.ac.uk/English Bridge Union: https://www.ebu.co.uk/The Glastonbury Symposium: https://glastonburysymposium.co.uk/Word Magic: The Powers & Occult Definitions of Words by Pao Chang: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35171666-word-magicSir Ken Robinson on TED: https://www.ted.com/speakers/sir_ken_robinsonThe Deliberate Dumbing Down of America by Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt: https://deliberatedumbingdown.com/ddd/deliberate-dumbing-down/Mary Rodwell official website: https://www.maryrodwell.com.au/The New Human by Mary Rodwell: https://www.maryrodwell.com.au/shopThe Mark Attwood Show: https://themarkattwoodshow.com/Lorraine Bowen official website: https://lorrainebowen.co.uk/The Crumble Song by Lorraine Bowen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GSMCsBdCSABritain’s Got Talent: https://www.itv.com/britainsgottalent10 Abilities the Book of Enoch Says Humans Lost And Who Took Them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMEIPH0KWGoThe Book of Enoch online text: https://www.bookofenoch.org/