Episode 151 - The Don's Top 20 Countdown - 14 Dave Richeson

A Pint With Seaniebee

THE DON: I have a low tolerance for a lot of that mindfulness, Kumbaya bollocks but this was an intelligent conversation. A lot of philosophy I think could be useful at the moment. Right now is a good time to be thinking of the meaning of life. ALSO IN THIS EPISODE: How we all need to be thinking about what the world can be moving forward in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic. How might major industries like sport and advertising make significant changes when the capitalist tap is turned back on? Covid19 disproportionately affecting African American community: https://tinyurl.com/srgl2xw *********************************** Dave Richeson has a pint with Seaniebee (Interview begins @42minutes) When Dave Richeson was eleven-years-old, he was accosted and almost shot dead by eight cops when leaving his Dallas hotel room to go to the swimming pool. He has been at police gunpoint twice since, for no other reason than the color of his skin. Today, he spends a lot of his time intelligently and powerfully advocating against America's still-deeply-ingrained racism; promoting Black Lives Matter and railing against the continued senseless killing of blacks by law enforcement officials. Recorded prior to this week that saw two more slayings in Minnesota and Louisiana, and culminated in the murder of five police officers in Dallas; we discuss the way race relations is getting worse and examine what needs to be done to fix implicit racial bias in the country. Dave is also a former money trader who chucked a high-powered job to set up a theatre company and pursue acting and creative writing. He currently works in PR and is a member of The Institute of Hermetic Philosophy. Set up 50 years ago by Chilean philosopher, Dario Salas Sommer, it is an educational program that believes in promoting the power of consciousness in today’s society. Throughout our lives we are programmed and conditioned to believe certain things which tend to cloud our interpretation of reality. Becoming ‘more conscious’ involves removing all this coagulated mental ‘gunk’; experiencing life and nature with a greater sense of truth and self-awareness; and eventually finding what it is you’re supposed to be doing with your life. “The Stellar Man” that changed Dave’s life is here on amazon: tinyurl.com/gqswta6 And here’s the website for The Institute: www.ihpusa.org/ *************************************************** Release date: April 15th 2020 Runtime: 85m Recorded: Dublin (New York)