Antony Rotunno

• Blog: freethinker75 (http://contrafib.blogspot.co.uk/)
• YouTube: contrafib (http://www.youtube.com/user/contrafib)
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Previous programmes with Antony Rotunno

• TMR 095 : Truth Comedy (with Antony Rotunno & Julian Charles)
• TMR 083 : On Changing the Discourse (with Antony Rotunno & Julian Charles)
• TMR 068 : Guest Episode : Antony Rotunno : 'Conspiracy Theory' - A Powerful Phrase!

Items mentioned in (or otherwise relevant to) the conversation

• A. Rotunno, "Travelling Light", freethinker75 blog (23 November 2013)
• "Marmite History" (http://www.marmite.co.uk/marmite-history-2)
• "Our favourite ads" (http://www.marmite.co.uk/we-love-marmite)
• Cadbury's "Gorilla Advert" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWnhXzUx_2o)
• Marmite "Kiss Advert" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHbpTrFPc7Y)
• 1960s Cadbury's Flake advert (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mYr90nCFZE)
• "What cigarette do you smoke, Doctor?"
• Paco Underhill, Why We Buy : The Science of Shopping, Simon & Schuster, updated revised edn. (30 Dec. 2008)
• 528 REJUVENATE (Clustered) Water (http://www.healthyworldstore.com/528-REJUVENATE-p/528rejuvenate.htm) [JC: Not sure if this is the one, but it's close.]
• Alex Jones's petition to ban "dihydrogen monoxide" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfTUklMF9Wg)
• Charlie Veitch and Danny Shine ("The Love Police") at Canary Wharf (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuYSVCW9ILs)
• Michael Meacher, "This war on terrorism is bogus", The Guardian (6 September 2003) (http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2003/sep/06/september11.iraq)
• Edward Bernays, Propaganda, (1928) (http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/bernprop.html)
  • "The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country."
• Documentary: The Century of Self (by Adam Curtis) - (Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Century_of_the_Self)
• Bernays, "The Doctor" (!), on the David Letterman Show (1984) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6hH3roMe4w)
• Bernays interview on "Bacon & Eggs" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vFz_FgGvJI)
• Bernays interview on "Torches of Freedom" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pyyP2chM8k)
• Bernays, "The Engineering of Consent", (1947) (external PDF: http://classes.design.ucla.edu/Fall07/28/Engineering_of_consent.pdf)
• Documentary: Consuming Kids
• Documentary: The Corporation
• Neuromarketing (Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromarketing)
• Neil Sanders, The Art of Creating Reality, AV5 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaFkbq0vcTk)
• Chris Hedges on "Brand Obama" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrsnSilKnu8)
• David Cain, Your Lifestyle Has Already Been Designed
  • Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufeavz7d0GU)
  • Article (http://www.raptitude.com/2010/07/your-lifestyle-has-already-been-designed/)

Acknowledgements

Slide show image: "watching TV" by Stephen Bowler on Flickr (CC BY 2.0); cropped, resized, aspect ratio altered, brightened