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Paul English Live 092426,,- From Motown to Money Power: Stories, Swindles, and State Force
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- Sep 24, 2026
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Summary
I opened this first autumn show in full curmudgeonly mode, talking about the season, old memories, and a moving memorial I’d just attended for a former colleague and bandmate, David. That led us into stories about music, friendship, Motown, Martha Reeves, comic art, and the strange way time seems to speed up as the years stack up. It was one of those episodes that wandered from the personal to the cultural before settling into the big themes that keep returning here: history, power, and the stories we’re told about both. The heart of the show was my conversation with John Briggs about banking, debt creation, usury, and his book Alice and the Money Tree. We talked about why the money system is so hard to explain to people, why simple stories and illustrations may work better than heavyweight economics texts, and why this issue sits underneath so many others. In the final hour, Monica Schaefer joined us with a grave update on her brother Alfred’s case in Germany, using it as a wider reflection on political prisoners, free speech, psychological warfare, and the costs of dissent. Across both conversations, the thread was the same: if we want change, we have to understand the structure beneath the surface and find better ways to communicate it clearly and courageously. Paul English Live: https://paulenglishlive.com/ Paul English on Food For Thought Radio: https://www.fftradio.com/djs/paul-english/ Paul English Live on Rumble: https://rumble.com/PaulEnglishLive Food For Thought Radio: https://www.fftradio.com/ FFT Schedule (including Fockham Hall / The People's Lawyer Reality Check): https://www.fftradio.com/schedule/ The Global Voice: https://www.theglobalvoice.info/ Euro Folk Radio: https://eurofolkradio.com/radio/ UK Column: https://www.ukcolumn.org/ Alice and the Money T…