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John Lee made his first million by the age of 27 after investment in real estate. Now, he's a motivational speaker and trainer who's shared stage space with Bill Clinton, Richard Branson and Alan Sugar. It hasn't always been this way though.Growing up the child of first generation immigrants who ran a humble takeaway restaurant, Lee's story is extremely relatable. He has pushed beyond the familiar disillusion of post-university, out of the discontentment and banality of the 9 to 5 and into a place where he could accumulate wealth for himself. Now, as CEO and founder of Wealth Dragon he's interested in leading others to financial and personal freedom.

James Cosmo is a Scottish Actor known for his film appearances in Highlander, Braveheart, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion , The Witch & The Wardrobe, Trainspotting and Troy. His Television appearances as the Irish priest is Sons of Anarchy and as Lord Comander of the Night's Watch in game of Thrones are also major fan favourites.

Jamie Bartlett is the Author of "The Dark Net: Inside the Digital Underworld" and Director of the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media at the think tank Demos. FREE FULL EPISODE: https://londonrealacademy.com/episodes/jamesbartlett/ He heads the Violence and Extremism Programme which researches a range of terrorist and extremist groups. To research the book he immersed himself in the dark net buying marijuana from the Silk Road, watching the production of internet porn, and meeting with British neo-nazis. Chapters: 00:00 Trailer. 01:02 Brian's thoughts on the episode. 07:30 Brian's introduction 08:03 Getting right into the shocking, hidden, obscured subcultures online. 09:10 Discovering the human element of the two dimensional people seen on the online world. 10:56 Facebook's role in prevention of lone wolf terrorism as in murder of Lee Rigby. 13:47 Rise of the lone wolf terrorist attack. 14:29 Security is the basis from which all our other liberties ultimately flow. 16:22 Use of modern technology by Jihadist and English far right parties. 20:42 Revelations from a study of Facebook supporters of anti-establishment far right parties. 23:31 Neo Nazi Paul playing to the audience, having a separate online and offline persona. 28:24 Tor and the Silk Road online market place pros and cons. 35:26 Problem of controlling an anonymous market place where anything can be bought and sold. 36:59 Surprised to learn of the power of the market to act in the interest of the consumer. 38:53 Jamie wouldn't be surprised by a Silk Road app in the future. 40:24 Pornography online, research all in the interests of writing a book. 49:30 Pro-ana sites seemingly supportive communities, but dangerously destructive or deadly. 52:49 Ease of becoming sucked into online communities when searching for knowledge and support. 54:08 The journey most people make into child pornography. 58:50 Consequence of lowering barriers to entry of pornographic or drug access sites. 1:01:11 Jamie's warning that people need to be aware of increasing normalisation of bad things. 1:02:25 Technology addiction awareness increasing. 1:04:09 Conclusions drawn upon coming to the end of writing the book. 1:07:43 Vilification issues for politicians communicating via the internet. 1:10:09 The future for everyone's digital footprint. 1:12:43 Future society inequality of intelligent users of the internet and others addicted to its harmful effects. 1:14:34 Jamie's digital tombstone will show that he just wanted to get people thinking. 1:16:06 Phone call to the 20 year old Jamie Bartlett. 1:17:31 Best advice Jamie has ever received. 1:19:02 Advice to the 20 year olds around the world who want to change the world. 1:20:56 How to access Jamie's book. 1:25:04 Brian's summing up. Show Notes: Jamie Bartlett on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Bartlett_(journalist) Jamie Bartlett website http://www.jamiebartlett.org/ Jamie Bartlett on Twitter https://twitter.com/JamieJBartlett?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Jamie Bartlett Ted Talk https://www.ted.com/speakers/jamie_bartlett Centre for the Analysis of Social Media (CASM) http://www.demos.co.uk/research-area/centre-for-analysis-of-social-media/ Jamie Bartlett's Book: The Dark Net https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dark-Net-Jamie-Bartlett/dp/0099592029 Topics discussed: The Men Who Stare at Goats https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Men_Who_Stare_at_Goats Frank https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_(film) Murder of Lee Rigby https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Lee_Rigby Tor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(anonymity_network) Silk Road https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Road_(marketplace) Bitcoin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin People mentioned in this episode: Jon Ronson https://londonrealacademy.com/episodes/jon-ronson-gonzo-journalist/ James Cosmo https://londonrealacademy.com/episodes/james-cosmo-the-pyramid-texts/ Howard Marks https://londonrealacademy.com/episodes/howard-marks-meeting-mr-nice-redux/ Professor David Nutt https://londonrealacademy.com/episodes/professor-david-nutt-the-truth-about-drugs/ FULL SHOW NOTES: https://londonrealacademy.com/episodes/jamesbartlett/ Music "Cut & Run" & "The Complex" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Afrika Bambaataa is the Godfather of Hip-Hop and creator of the Universal Zulu Nation.

Anthony Anaxagorou is a 31 yr old Poet, writer, performer and educator of Cypriot origin from North LondonAnthony began writing at the age of 14 influenced by both hip-hop and folk music and at 17 won the London Mayors Poetry Slam and LATER went on to perform on the BBC many times

Ben Greenfield is an ex-bodybuilder, Ironman triathlete, Spartan racer, coach, speaker and author of the New York Times Bestseller "Beyond Training: Mastering Endurance, Health and Life" In 2008, Ben was voted as NSCA's Personal Trainer of the year and in 2013 was named as one of the top 100 Most Influential People In Health And Fitness.

As the high speed train wound its way up the English coast and onto the seas of Scotland I passed the hours by studying the man whom I would soon meet again, Dan Peña. I perused his full dossier: biography, newsletters, videos, and speeches looking for something that would tell me more about the man that I could not yet fully understand. But was I studying my enemy or my future mentor?Six months earlier I had the dubious honour of welcoming the "50 Billion Dollar Man" into my studio in Shoreditch in East London for a two hour interview where I was both repulsed and fascinated by his many accomplishments and accolades. I declared on camera that the London Realers would either "Love him or Hate him" and the subsequent 50,000 views racked up on YouTube quickly answered my question. They loved Dan Peña.

The Hip Hop Preacher Eric Thomas sat down in May 2013 with Spoken Word Artist Suli Breaks and Brian Rose to talk about his viral video "When you want to Succeed as Bad as you want to Breathe", why he thinks that each one of the 86,400 seconds in a day is worth pursuing for excellence, how he hates "average" and loathes "good", and how he would like to be remembered when he's gone.

They say that if you live ong enough, sooner or later you get to see a little bit of everything and this week you get to see something I never expected, but what the hell we made it happen, and that's me. Brian Rose in the hot seat, in the guest chair at London Real, having to answer pretty much anything that is being asked of me. It was a very unique episode and I hope you enjoy it; I have a funny feeling you are either going to love it or hate it. I was brutally honest about many things about my past, some of my shortcomings, probably more about my shortcomings than any successes I have had because that's more my style. I talked about my move to London, the creation of the show, what happened with Nic, whether this is avibale business etc. It's London Real so if I can't sit here an be real I have no business producing the show every week. I was very fortunate to have my good friend Suli Breaks interview me and that was important, it couldn't just have been me talking to the camera or talking to someone I didn't give a shit about, I needed to tell the story to a person. Suli was a good interviewer, he was really curious and is a lot younger than me. He asked me some questions about when I was on Wall Street and what I was doing, why I was so obsessed with making money...really good questions, I am really glad he was there. It's really funny being in the guest chair, all those lights down, it's very intimate. You can go in thinking you might talk about certain things and not others but once you get going its almost out of your control. I finally have empathy with my guests, some of them have sat down with me and told me of their worry of saying something they didn't want to but at the time I dismissed it. It's actually not that easy, once you get flowing in the conversation and people ask you questions it's hard not to answer. Much sympathy and empathy with any of my former guests who answered things that maybe they didn't want to. You'll either love me or hate me more after this, and that's ok. It's all about the realness and the expression and there is something beautiful about the Truth

On my first meeting with Ayah Marar I got such a warm embrace of positive, maternal energy it felt like my mother, my sister, and Suzy the shaman all rolled up in one!My expectations of the singer/songwriter who tours with the world famous Calvin Harris were quickly dashed and I felt like I was hanging out with a long-time friend. She is humble, honest and real....all the right ingredients for the best episodes of London Real. Moving from Jordan to London at age 18 she quickly got involved in the London music scene and met a very young Calvin Harris whom she would later go on to collaborate with. She tours relentlessly and released her first album "The Real" on her own label, Hustle Girl. Ayah is a woman wise beyond her years and has a maternal energy I rarely see these days. I could quote her for days: "London is the place where anybody can come to start." "If something is real, you'll know it, you'll feel it." "It's the tiniest of things about us that are so important." "If I could live my life on stage, I would." "When you get to the top there is nowhere else to go, so why are you in a rush?" Please join me in welcoming Ayah Marar to the London Real family.