Justin Sullivan (New Model Army)

The One You Feed

Eric Zimmer

Education, Self-improvement, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Buddhism, Mental Health

4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2015

⏱️ 33 minutes

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This week we talk to Justin Sullivan from New Model Army

Justin Sullivan is an English singer and songwriter. He is the frontman and lyricist of the British rock band New Model Army, which he formed in 1980 together with drummer Robert Heaton and bassist Stuart Morrow in their hometown of Bradford, Yorkshire. In the early 1980s he performed under the stage name of "Slade the Leveller". Their latest record is called Between Dog and Wold released in 2013.
The New Model Army record, Thunder and Consolation, is one of our favorite records ever. Eric says it is in his top 5 of all time.

In This Interview Justin and I Discuss...

The One You Feed parable.
Whether we really live by our values.
How money doesn't make us happy but we still chase it
That human systems mimic nature.
New Model Army songs about the weather.
Nature vs. Nurture
How much people can actually change.
How education helps make the world more interesting and enjoyable.
The inevitability of change.
How it's always the ones that want to be saved that do all of the saving.

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0:00.0	I always felt terribly sorry for pop bands or like comedians, you know, people that have to
0:03.4	go on stage and be happy and they're paid to be happy.
0:05.6	That must be hell on earth.
0:07.0	Welcome to the One You Feed.
0:16.9	Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have, quotes
0:21.6	like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true.
0:27.1	And yet for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us.
0:31.3	We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear.
0:36.0	We see what we don't have instead of what we do, we think things that hold us back and
0:40.6	dampen our spirit.
0:42.4	But it's not just about thinking, our actions matter.
0:45.8	It takes conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living.
0:50.7	This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction,
0:55.1	how they feed their good wolf.
1:09.6	In the 70s, the warehouse took over Chicago Nightlife and the club's DJ would go on to make
1:15.4	history.
1:16.4	Frankie made sure that you felt it in your soul.
1:19.8	Learn more about the rise of house music.
1:22.2	In the history of the world's greatest nightclubs, a 12-part podcast about the iconic
1:27.4	venues and people that revolutionize How We Party.
1:31.2	Listen to the history of the world's greatest nightclubs on the I Heart Radio app, Apple
1:35.4	Podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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