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WATCH: https://londonrealacademy.com/episodes/dr-carl-hart-debunking-drug-myths/ You're being lied to. It's often as simple as that. For almost a century now the UK and, more zealously, the United States have waged a war on drugs. The cost? Hundreds of billions in taxpayer money and countless lives wasted and families' social mobility hurt by criminal convictions. Governments have a lot invested in the line that drugs are bad, horror stories fill the newspapers and substances get the blame for all kinds of social illness. As far as the White House and Westminster are concerned, the debate is settled.  Of course, the real world is not so black and white. The only enemy to progressive conversation is disinformation and misinformation. The War on Drugs, like any war, has been a dirty conflict of myth casting and scaremongering. In the past, the public could be forgiven for having been sold lies and propaganda, but the relentless and roaring digital modernity we live in won't tolerate it one bit. The t

WATCH: https://londonrealacademy.com/episodes/rory-sutherland-mad-men/ Without thinking you can hum the McDonald's jingle. Instantly you recognise the Apple logo. I say Starbucks, you see that little New York mermaid. I say London Real and you say, "it's about the journey" right? Branding is everywhere. It's identity, it's product and it's experience. For perfectly crafted, think of last Christmas and the Sainsbury's World War advert - human experience, emotion and connection. The fact that it went viral is proof that it hit bullseye. You'll not be surprised when I tell you that it's not accidental…   Filled with the sharpest minds and creatives, agencies devise the writing, images and video that drive the consumer machine forward. They tap into our psychology and passion, raise our adrenaline, navigate what makes us human and sell us the product.   Our guest this week, Rory Sutherland, is one of the minds behind the work. With a career spanning almost almost 30 years at one the world's most r

WATCH: https://londonrealacademy.com/episodes/joe-de-sena-spartan-race/ SUCCESS SECRETS: https://londonrealacademy.com/success-secrets/joe-de-sena-success-secrets/   Barbed wire, sandbags, rope climbing, a spear throw and lots of mud are just some of the challenges you'll face when you sign up for the Spartan Race – the toughest competitive obstacle race in the word. But it's founder, Joe De Sena, believes that shaking off the sleep of comfort or complacency, then exchanging it for the warrior spirit and pushing yourself to the limits, will revolutionise how you see yourself. Joe wanted help people realise their potential by pushing themselves beyond what they realised they were capable of. He named the race, quite appropriately, after an ancient civilisation – Sparta. The Spartans, nearly 3 millennia after their city-state disappeared, are still recognised as the hardest and most resilient armies in the history. If you're familiar with the movie 300, you may be surprised to know that the movi

WATCH: https://londonrealacademy.com/episodes/chris-eubank-english/ SUCCESS SECRETS: https://londonrealacademy.com/success-secrets/chris-eubank-success-secrets/ This Sunday morning, Brian steps into the ring with the one and only Christopher Livingstone Eubanks. In what is to be one of the best episodes in London Real history, we get an uncompromising portrait of the great icon and legend of British boxing. There are no half-measures in boxing. In a sport that pushes the human body to it's absolute peak, it's all or nothing every day. Eubank is a man that has experienced high performance on a scale few of us could dream, on Sunday we hear the story from both inside the ring and outside it. Eubank is a gentleman, as sharp and as vivid a storyteller as there is, sharing with signature poetic eloquence a biography forged in blood, sweat and perseverance. From poverty and trouble in school, to the top of his game his story is one of greatness. In his first 10 years as a professional boxer Eubank went u

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WATCH ON THE ACADEMY: https://londonrealacademy.com/full-episodes/joe-cross-fat-sick-nearly-dead/ If you've missed the juicing phenomenon that took the health world by storm this year, then allow us to introduce you to one of it's patron saints - Mr Joe Cross. Joe, who was suffering from a serious autoimmune disease, was 310lbs and on steroids had had enough and knew that a change of lifestyle was in order. His aim was simply to abandon the conventional medications and pills, which were taking their toll on his health overall, and to only drink fresh fruit and juiced vegetables. It was a drastic bid to regain control of his life and his body - and it paid off! His journey was recorded in a feature length documentary (which is available on Netflix) called 'Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead'. It traces his complete passage from depressed and overweight to revitalised and, as he likes to say, "rebooted". Since the movie it's been his aim to share the knowledge and encourage others to abandon the junk food of restau

Watch the Full Episode for Free in The London Real Academy.  Amanda Feilding is not only a recognised artist and scientist but also carries the title, Countess of Wemyss and March. Born into a family of rich aristocratic heritage she seems an unlikely advocate for psychedelic drug policy reform, but she is leading one of the most informed and rational conversations with the donation funded Beckley Foundation - of which she is the founder and Director. The Beckley Foundation is a UK-based think-tank that, since its establishment in 1998, has been at the forefront of global drug policy reform and scientific research into the potential medical benefits of psychoactive substances, with a particular focus on cannabis and the psychedelics. The Foundation's Scientific Programme collaborates with leading experts and institutions on a wide range of projects investigating the neurophysiology, pharmacology and subjective effects of meditation and psychoactive substances. This pioneering research has shed much ligh

David Allen - Getting Things Done. FREE FULL EPISODE: http://londonrealacademy.com/episodes/david-allen-getting-things-done/ David Allen had 35 jobs by the time he was aged 35. What could appear as an erratic career path has seen him work as a performing magician, travel agent and even vitamin salesman. It was in the 80s, though, that David developed his model for increasing productivity and efficiency, one that can be applied on personal and corporate scales. Since then he's become a leading thinker and author in the field, publishing the bestseller 'Getting Things Done' in 2001. David has also invested and founded other businesses, such as Auctioneer and the David Allen Company. It's the David Allen Company that present seminars across the world on productivity and time management. Aside from being an internationally known management consultant and bestselling writer, David Allen has a keen interest in transcendental meditation and the importance of spiritual practices. In the flurry that is the modern bus

Daniel Priestley - Key Person Of Influence. FULL EPISODE: https://londonrealacademy.com/full-episodes/daniel-priestley-key-person-of-influence/ SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/SubscribeToLondonReal GO VIP: http://bit.ly/LondonRealVIP LONDON REAL ACADEMY: http://bit.ly/BuildTheBestYou Daniel Priestley is the mastermind behind Entrevo, an organisation that calls itself 'an entrepreneur growth accelerator'. It's aim? To help key people of influence get connected and get creating. This week, he appears on London Real to share some of the valuable insight that he has gained from his own entrepreneurial experience. Daniel is about promoting knowledge and has written best-selling books as well as toured as an international speaker. A believer in what he calls the 'entrepreneur revolution', Daniel himself abandoned the  standard career route from the young age of 21. Within 5 years he had launched his own event marketing and management business worth millions. The model and appetite for creating business and building

For Magnus Walker an obsession with the Porsche 911 started back in 1977 at the Earl's Court Motor Show. Since, he's become the world's most prolific collector, film location scout and clothes designer with his flowing dreadlocks, beanie hat and powerful beard. Now based in Los Angeles, Walker was born in Yorkshire. Drawn to an American Dream of sorts he leapt at the opportunity to work at Camp America outside Detroit in 1986. He quickly abandoned Detroit for the west coast, making his way to LA, looking for work. It was there that his career took an unexpected turn. After being able to make a quick profit selling a pair of PVC trousers to a punk rocker, who in turn asked for eight more pairs, he knew America could deliver on it's promise of prosperity in the accidental career choice of clothes design. By the 90s Walker had his own brand, Serious Clothing, championed by the likes of Madonna and Alice Cooper. His other business venture, a film location company, started in a similar way in 2011. After a busines

Marc Goodman is a thinker, writer and global strategist exploring what criminality and terrorism could look like in the close future. With technology advancing at exponential rates, it becomes an open opportunity platform for those within our international society that would seek to threaten others. All are realistic threats, from global crime networks stealing your identity to hidden terror cells 3D printing AK-47 rifle and drones. Marc is asking the questions out loud, and bringing some answers. How open are these amazing breakthrough technologies, robotics, AI, social data, synthetic biology to manipulation? It's a hot topic and Marc's book, Future Crimes, shot straight up the New York Times bestseller list after it's release two months ago. But Marc, of course, isn't just another journalist. He's writing from experience working for Interpol in France. While training police forces from around the world he realised the rising threat of cybercrime and terror - a trend that would only continue as the internet

Acting coach and writer Ivana Chubbuck has become one of Hollywood's most important one-to-one teachers. Over the course of a 30 year career, she has worked with some of the most famous A-list film stars. Instructing them in her own acting theory, the Chubbuck Technique, it's her aim to empower students to remain creatively strong in an industry as intense as the movies. Ivana's methods have been so revolutionary that her students are annually nominated for Academy Awards, Emmys and Golden Globes. Ivana's book, The Power of the Actor, was an instant bestseller. It outlines The Chubbuck Technique. The technique itself draws on real psychology and human behaviour as a basis for creating authentic characters and engage with the story. It's a 12 step program that helps actors immerse in their role, bringing scripts to life. There are hundreds of different coaches with hundreds of theories and techniques to choose from, but Ivana's masterclass is simple and extremely effective with the results to prove it. Actors

Ex-British Army soldier, Championship Natural Bodybuilder, top UK fitness model and leading body transformation coach Jamie Alderton joins us in the studio today. His experience in diet and non-gym training regimes is rare and gets some serious results - if you've got it in you to take up the challenge. Jamie is passionate about training and nutrition habits as a means of invigorating your overall lifestyle. This straight talking motivator will seriously get you mentally and physically on game. Get on it. WATCH IT : http://www.londonreal.tv/episodes/jamie-alderton-transform-your-body

Today's guest, Julia Hardy is a games journalist and presenter who's worked for the likes of Radio One, Sky News and SBTV. She's a champion for the cause in a world that often doesn't give gaming the credit it deserves as the future of entertainment. She's also a passionate voice for respect within the gaming industry. She's animated, honest and, most of all, real about some of the challenges facing her both career wise and in her personal life. This is one of the best, tune in and enjoy!

Few people have been to edge of death and come bounced back to full recovery - especially those with cancer. Anita Moorjani has though, and this week she's telling her story on London Real. After fighting cancer for four years, it looked like Anita was about to succumb to the disease. Slipping into a coma on February 2nd 2006, doctors informed her husband that this was the end but, in this case, it definitely was not. With fascinating descriptions of her own near death experience, sensations of meaning and a straight notion of how to return to the land of the living, Anita set herself to recover. Today she's a New York Times bestselling author, a fellow TEDx speaker and ambassador to the possibility that there's more to this life but you must choose. She'll confound the sceptics, shock the complacent and spare some knowledge to all those willing to listen. Ladies and gentlemen, don't miss this.

Hannah Witton - The Truth About Sex GO VIP: http://www.londonreal.tv/subscribe I met Hannah at on-stage at the TEDx conference when I was delivering my own talk. At the time she was giving a talk on sex education - which, is somewhat her expertise. As a Youtuber Hannah has carved for herself a following of almost 120,000 subscribers. Her weekly videos deal with all topics ranging from sex and contraception to gender and pornography. Often controversial, but dealing with topics everyone needs to get to grips with, Hannah doesn't shy away from the details. The positive message about sex, sexuality and gender has been recognised by MTV and Durex, with multiple awards for the effectiveness her work. Informative and funny, Hannah's a fantastic guest. Prepare for an essential interview that will deal with some big issues. This one is an instant London Real classic. https://www.youtube.com/user/hannahgirasol

Aubrey de Grey is a true frontiersman, daring to push out against what seems the most natural and unstoppable forces of nature - ageing. He's not just another voice though, he's a scientist and identifies ageing as a disease, one that can be cured with the right medicine. His work calls for serious scientific exploration of what causes tissue to age and to then find solutions to those components - what he calls the roadmap to defeat biological ageing. In fact, he believes that the first humans who will live to be 1,000 years old are already alive today! Ageing, and indeed death, are some of the most colossal challenges to humanity biologically and philosophically. De Grey himself, of course, has caused plenty of controversy with his views. Despite, however, a $20,000 prize to disprove the worthiness of de Grey's studies (put up by himself and MIT and de Grey's own foundation) his work still stands, capturing the imagination of molecular biologists and the public alike. We're excited this week to welcome him t

Tai Lopez is no stranger to the London Real hot seat. He believes that most of the success issues that people have, as well as most social issues the world has, could find some solution in getting away from chewing gum entertainment and upping the consumption of history's genius. To recap on who exactly Tai is - for those who may have missed him first time round - he's an investor, entrepreneur, author and renaissance man. As a self-made millionaire by his 20s, he has started and overseen the foundation of 20 multi-million dollar companies. He's formed a business mentorship program and is perhaps best known for his '67 Steps To The Good Life' - a distilled and compact course that explores the finest lessons on success, drawn from 8000 years of human thought. Tai also runs the world's second biggest book club, only to Oprah's, from his home in the Hollywood Hills. On his search for the Good Life, he's come to seek knowledge from ancient and modern minds - reading one book a day! At last count his personal libr

London born Hayley Quinn was a shy and anxious kid growing up but is now a high earning dating guru, bringing advice to men and women alike. Coaching people in their relationships, Haley would help clients understand their partner but, more importantly, understand themselves. In an industry where many claim to be 'experts' in seduction and dating, Haley brings her knowledge of gender, language and psychology to the table. These methods are calculated from science and dynamically empathetic to how people work. She was out to break down the bullshit 'pick up artist' industry, one of snake oil salesmen and cowboys, to replace it with something real and ethical. Since then, Hayley's business as gone from strength to strength. Call it the result of science backed coaching but the methods and knowledge has not only helped thousands of clients, it has featured in authoritative mainstream media outlets. Channel 4, Men's Health, leading universities and now, of course, London Real. Don't miss on this episode because o

Matthew Pritchard is one of the founders and faces of Dirty Sanchez, a daredevil show where members of the Sanchez gang would compete and out do one another in serious and risky pranks and stunts - not unlike the infamous American show Jackass. There really wasn't a limit to what the Sanchez boys would do. Reaching national fame extremely quickly resulted in a spiralling push in crazier stunts and erratic behaviour, even off-camera. A keen skateboarder from the age of 15, Matthew and Dirty Sanchez co-founder Lee Dainton first got together to record bootleg skating videos which often featured pranks. This formed a basis for what would become the TV show, launched by MTV. In a time when there were other shows pushing accepted boundaries one critic said of Dirty Sanchez, "…they make Jackass look like the Royal Shakespeare Company". While the Sanchez boys have in fact always enjoyed a good relationship with Jackass, this success pushed them for four seasons, spin offs and a movie deal. It was the rockstar life to