The New Nomos

This episode is an engaging discussion with Luqman Muller, an addiction counsellor and intellectual based in Stuttgart, Germany. The conversation delves into the complexities of the German identity while examining the impact of the World Wars on the country and how it has effected the country's collective mindset. Luqman sheds light on the connection between anger, addiction, and the pervasive und...

How the bankers got so much power. It begins with a technique called 'fractional reserve banking.' It may sound complicated, but it is really very simple and in all other contexts it would be called fraud.  Here's a little story about how a group of jewellers took over world finance...enjoy

What was Short #1 really about? The layer will be exposed...keep listening...it will all make sense.

A heist took place over the 20th Century that affects every single person on the planet. It makes Money Heist and Lift look like pocket change. This is a series of shorts sharing my musings on our current state of affairs and how we got here. It begins on the plains of South Africa, stay tuned for part 2.

Explore the world of Lucid Dreaming with Abdallah and Dave Green, a London-based artist who “creates” drawings in his lucid dreams. Dave has been a lucid dreamer from a young age. First he used it as a tool to deal with recurring nightmares, now, as an adult, he has shifted his focus to lucid dream art and portraits.  This episode explores the intersection between imagination, perception, spiritua...

What does it mean to be a man? How do we define ourselves as males? What should we be striving towards as men? How do we slot into the 21st Century? And where do we find ourselves as Muslims? Join us for a thought-provoking and insightful discussion as Abdallah engages in a candid conversation with Ishaq Vadillo – a dynamic personal trainer, entrepreneur, and a young man with a profound understand...

I'm excited to announce that Season 2 of The New Nomos podcast will be coming soon.  In the meantime, you can keep up to date with my latest content by signing up for my upcoming FREE online webinar on 24th May 2023 at 8pm South Africa time by clicking on the link below: http://courses.aydutton.com/home The webinar will be covering the main themes and ideas that I explore in my upcoming online cou...

This episode explores the language and philosophy of Western Classical Music with Dr Maria Vraka.  Dr Maria is a music researcher and educator, teacher, pianist and life coach passionate about developing human potential.  From a life engrossed in music and musicology she has developed an acute relationship with sound, frequency and vibration, an expertise that she brings into her life coaching, de...

Kofi Ofosu is a self-taught freelance character designer and visual story teller from Ghana. His fascination with comic books and cartoons as a child led to a love affair with the art form that eventually inspired his decision to become a working professional in the art industry. Instead of the usual route through art school, pressured by his parents to complete a business science degree at univer...

Inspired by the themes in Lubomir Arsov's short film In Shadow (from Episode 35) and his depiction of hope for the future of society, this episode explores the state of children today with Tazeen Dutton. Are our children whole? How is our stress affecting them? And how do we go about raising children of light, love and wholeness? Tazeen Dutton is an expert in Early Childhood Development with three...

Lubomir Arsov is a storyboard artist, character artist and an innovative original animator.  He is the creator and director of IN-SHADOW A Modern Odyssey an animated short film that takes the viewer on a journey through the fragmented unconscious of the West, the degraded condition of our epoch and the need for the emergence of a new man and woman. This episode explores the themes in IN SHADOW as...

Exploring the life and work of W.B Yeats with Edward Chessun, an english teacher, writer and lover of poetry. From the conversation emerges the Nietzschean theme of 'Tragic Joy,' the social importance of theatre, the love of one's destiny and the source of freedom.   Books mentioned in the episode: Madhouse at the End of the Earth - by Julian Sancton The Ten Symphonies of Gorka Konig - by Ian Dall...

Continuing on from Episode 32 with Ahmed Bilal Masoet, this conversation explores the life of Robert Devereux 2nd Earl of Essex through the lens of the theme of Nobility and how Lord Essex's represented the last true upholder of the Chivalric Order in its entirety.  Buy the Interim is Mine by Dr Ian Dallas   For one on one coaching with Abdallah, please click the link below: https://aydutton.com/o...

Ahmed Masoet is a cinematographer and budding screenwriter from Cape Town. He is researching the topic of nobility and the life and times of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, to flesh out the characters of a screenplay he is actively writing and approached Abdallah for a broader understanding of the subject matter.  It was decided that the conversation would be recorded as an episode of the podc...

Muhammad Elkateb is a serial entrepreneur born and raised in the United Kingdom to Egyptian parents forced to leave a life of wealth and abundance in Egypt in the wake of the political upheavals of Gamal Abdel Nasser.  After finishing university, disillusioned by a system that didn't seem to make sense to him, Muhammad began a career in sales by flogging perfumes door to door. He eventually transi...

This chapter marks a year since this podcast publicly released its first episode. It truly has been a journey of discovery and I, Abdallah Dutton, would like to personally thank everyone that has tuned in and supported me on this project.  This episode is a statement to understand the time we live in. It draws on my understanding of the work of the ancient Greek historian Polybius and what he outl...

A look into the life and works of Rumi with Feraidoon Mojadedi. Feraidoon Mojadedi is a community leader, lecturer, and entrepreneur in the Bay Area – California. Born in Herat, Afghanistan, he grew up in a household with a deep love and reverence for poetry. At the age of five he began to memorize poems by Rumi and other great poets. This love of poetry continued to grow and developed into a pass...

Given the events happening around us I went back to this piece I wrote a few years ago.  It highlights that the moment we find ourselves in, is not some seemingly spontaneous cataclysm of events, but is rather a product of centuries of injustice. An injustice that on the face of it seems so engrained into modern society that there is no way out. But the reality of it, is not so. And the way forwar...

To conquer outwardly should you first conquer inwardly? Or is conquer simply the wrong word? This episode starts with the above question. Drawing from examples from the life of the Great Mughal Emperor Zahir-ud-Din Muhammad Babur the term 'conquest' is re-examined with Life Coach Rishad Ahmed reframing the question and the labels attached to it. 

Exploring the theme of courage with Lena Chauhan and how her understanding of the term changed through her experiences on various adventures through life.   This is a fun conversation that speaks many truths. It all leads to the question of whether the greatest courage needed today is to truly look in the mirror.   Qawwali - Dekh Le Shakl Meri Kis Ka Ainaa Hu Men - https://aydutton.com/dekh/

Hip Hop, Chess, Stoicism, Philosophy, Zen, Sufism and Jiu Jitsu are all discussed in this conversation with Adisa Banjoko. Adisa is a podcaster hosting “ Bishop Chronicles ” ( @bishopchronicles ) which looks at the intersection of Hip-Hop, health, and fitness trends. As a pioneer Hip-Hop journalist, he was one of the first people to interview artists like Eazy E, Tupac Shakur, and Master P. He wen...

Frustrated from 3 months of lockdown, Nabil De Castro set out on a spontaneous journey that would take him across four continents - all during a time when travelling the world seemed impossible to most people. In this episode he recounts adventures from his travels, key experiences along the way and the kind of unique insights that can only be gained through traversing such a journey.  To follow N...

Dr Ian Dallas was a Scottish writer, philosopher, leader and one of the great polymaths of our era. Hosting guests was a major part of his daily life which centered around his table. Chef Yusuf Perez (Instagram handle: @chef_josep_perez ) was Dr Dallas' personal chef for over 16 years. During his time in Dr Dallas' kitchen he went from being a cook's hand to becoming master of the kitchen. In this...

How are the life and philosophy of the Roman statesman Cicero relevant to us in the 21st Century and what does it teach us about how we should understand our present situation? In this episode Ahmad Dutton condenses the key events of Cicero's life, how they refined his political philosophy, how the inward has to reflect the outward and why tyranny cannot exist in a community of truly free individu...

Ahmed Abdullah, a music lover and aficionado, explains how Western Classical music can be used as a tool to nurture spontaneity and instil in the heart a yearning for the divine.  The conversation reveals how the great composers communicate a timeless message through their compositions; calling us to fulfil our destinies, reach our highest possibilities and yearn to be free.   Music sampled in the...