Paul English Live 022626,,Analog Souls in a Digital Storm: Monica, Eli, and the Art of Holding Fast

What a night. We kicked off with a full-on studio crash, recovered on-air, and rolled straight into an unscripted, big-hearted conversation about everyday life, laughter as “biological warfare” against anxiety, and the curious joys and miseries of sodden sheds, swollen doors, and stubborn bike gates. From there, we dug into the state of our institutions, the bureaucratic grind (hello, probate purgatory), and the wisdom of reading—and laughing—our way through it. We also swapped stories about tech go-slows, analog hi‑fi bliss, and why vinyl and a well-set stylus can still beat pristine digital. Hour two welcomed Monica Schaefer for a candid look at speech, culture, and community, including a recent Canadian doxxing saga and the value of local arts and simple courtesies. We detoured into BAFTA’s Tourette’s kerfuffle, why politeness and humor disarm fear, Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov, Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, and the transportive art of Gustave Doré—before Monica dashed off to square dance. In hour three, Eli James joined to range across censorship, media narratives, Epstein-file awakenings, fiat vs. sound money, silver squeezes, and why rebuilding resilient, neighborly networks (and maybe brewing the right kind of beer) might matter more than ever.'YouTube (platform referenced for show chat and clips)': https://www.youtube.com'Rumble (platform referenced for show chat)': https://rumble.com'Telegram (messaging platform referenced)': https://telegram.org'BAFTA (official site; discussed incident and statement)': https://www.bafta.org'Tourette Association of America (background on Tourette syndrome)': https://tourette.org'Sainsbury’s (UK grocer referenced in discussion)': https://www.sainsburys.co.uk'Gustave Doré (overview of the illustrator)': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_Dor%C3%A9'Orlando Furioso (the epic associated with the featured Doré plate)': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_Furioso'The Brothers Karamazov (overview of the novel)': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brothers_Karamazov'Ray Bradbury official site (author of Fahrenheit 451)': https://www.raybradbury.com'Play Misty for Me (film mentioned in passing)': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Play_Misty_for_Me