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An Introduction to Conversations (5:58) Michael Stone listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")

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Beth Greer: Super Natural Home (43:25) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Beth Greer, Super Natural Mom, is an award-winning journalist and holistic health advocate. She has helped thousands of people see possibilities and feel empowered to make changes in their lives through her role as the former President and co-owner of The Learning Annex, the largest private alternative adult education company in America. supernaturalmom.com

Colin Tipping: Radical Forgiveness (52:30) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As") Colin Tipping is the creator of Radical Forgiveness, one the most powerful leading-edge technologies for personal and spiritual growth available today. His book, “Radical Forgiveness: Making Room for the Miracle,” has become an international best-seller, leading to the healing of individuals, families, races, corporations and communities. Tipping has authored other books, including his latest, Getting to Heaven on a Harley: and has many online programs to help people apply the Radical Forgiveness Technology to their lives. www.radicalforgiveness.com

Brother David: Grateful Living (56:03) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Brother David, a Benedictine monk, is probably the world’s leading scholar on gratefulness. He co-founded the Center for Spiritual Studies in 1968 and together with Thomas Merton, Brother David helped launch a global renewal of religious life. He has authored numerous books on gratefulness, belonging and Buddhist and Christian Practices. Brother David has brought spiritual depth into the lives of countless people whom he touches through his lectures, his workshops, and his writings. www.gratefulness.org

Vinn Marti: Soul Motion (55:12) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Award winning performer, choreographer, and designer of the dance practice, Soul Motion™, Vinn Martí served as co-director of Portland Oregon's innovative movement arts studio, Body Moves for 18 years. Vinn now leads workshops and seminars internationally teaching Soul Motion™, a movement ministry of conscious dance as a design for experiencing movement as meditation. www.soulmotion.com

Robert Biswas-Diener: Happiness (56:15) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Widely known as the "Indiana Jones of Positive Psychology" because his research on subjective well-being has taken him to such far flung destinations as Greenland, Kenya, and India. He is best known for his research on the quality of life of people living in poverty. Robert is Programme Director for Education and Learning at the Centre for Applied Positive Psychology and has co-authored with his father, the book "Happiness: Unlocking the Mysteries of Psychological Wealth." www.intentionalhappiness.com

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Ray Anderson (48:46) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
The Founder of Interface, Inc. is recognized as one of the world’s most environmentally progressive chief executives. For the last decade, he has committed himself to making Interface a profitable yet sustainable enterprise with a Mission Zero promise to eliminate any negative impact the company may have on the environment by 2020. www.interfaceglobal.com

Angeles Arrien: (42:47) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Cultural anthropologist, author, educator, storyteller and corporate consultant. Her research and teaching focus on the integration and application of multi-cultural wisdoms in contemporary settings. Her programs are designed to increase our respect for nature and each other and enhance our ability to work cooperatively angelesarrien.com

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Lester Brown: Plan for an Earth-Based Future (48:22) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Author, futurist, farmer, described by the Washington Post as one of the world's most influential thinkers. He is the founder and president Earth Policy Institute. The purpose of the Earth Policy Institute is to provide a vision of an environmentally sustainable economy, a roadmap of how to get from here to there. For more go to www.earth-policy.org

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Dr. Susan Campbell: Relationship as spiritual practice (47:58) listen (to download, right click and "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Psychologist Susan Campbell has worked as a professional speaker and a dating and relationship coach for over 35 years. She is author of numerous books, including her ground-breaking The Couples Journey which introduced the idea into the mainstream of using intimate relationships as a spiritual practice. Her work has been featured in many popular magazines.
www.susancampbell.com

Andrew Cohen: Living Enlightenment (43:03) listen (to download, right click and "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
An author, speaker, and philosopher who is an American spiritual teacher and visionary thinker widely recognized for his original contribution to the emerging field of evolutionary spirituality.
andrewcohen.org

Alexandra Cousteau: Our Blue Legacy (44:01) listen (to download, right click and "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Alexandra is the daughter of Philippe Cousteau and the granddaughter of world famous French explorer and filmmaker Jacques-Yves Cousteau. A dedicated environmentalist, Cousteau advocates the importance of conservation, restoration and sustainable management of water resources for a healthy planet and productive societies. www.alexandracousteau.org

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Brother David: Grateful Living (56:03) listen (to download, right click and "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Brother David, a Benedictine monk, is probably the world’s leading scholar on gratefulness. He co-founded the Center for Spiritual Studies in 1968 and together with Thomas Merton, Brother David helped launch a global renewal of religious life. He has authored numerous books on gratefulness, belonging and Buddhist and Christian Practices. Brother David has brought spiritual depth into the lives of countless people whom he touches through his lectures, his workshops, and his writings. www.gratefulness.org

Drew Dellinger: Poets for Global Justice (47:53) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Drew Dellinger is a spoken word poet, professor, activist and founder of Poets for Global Justice. He has inspired minds and hearts at hundreds of events in many countries, performing poetry and keynoting on justice, ecology, cosmology, activism and human compassion. drewdellinger.org

Her Holiness Sai Maa Lakshmi Devi: Love and Service (52:00) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Sai Maa is recognized as a dynamic visionary and spiritual master. She regularly teaches transformational workshops in the US and abroad, often with popular authors and speakers. Sai Maa¹s teachings focus on service to humanity. humanityinunity.org

Her Holiness Sai Maa Lakshmi Devi: From Shadow to Light (56:29) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Sai Maa is recognized as a dynamic visionary and spiritual master. She regularly teaches transformational workshops in the US and abroad, often with popular authors and speakers. Sai Maa¹s teachings focus on service to humanity. humanityinunity.org

Robert Biswas-Diener: Happiness (56:15) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Widely known as the "Indiana Jones of Positive Psychology" because his research on subjective well-being has taken him to such far flung destinations as Greenland, Kenya, and India. He is best known for his research on the quality of life of people living in poverty. Robert is Programme Director for Education and Learning at the Centre for Applied Positive Psychology and has co-authored with his father, the book "Happiness: Unlocking the Mysteries of Psychological Wealth." www.intentionalhappiness.com

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Duane Elgin: A Vision of Hope & Action for Humanity(48:01) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Duane Elgin is an author, speaker, educator, consultant, and media activist. For more than three decades, he has defined the cutting edge in consciousness research, in the ecology movement, and in future studies. He pioneered the “Voluntary Simplicity” movement with his now classic first book, titled by the same name, published in the 1980s.
See: www.ourmediavoice.org

Duane Elgin and Dhar Jamail: Taking Back the Media (45:39) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Duane Elgin is an author, speaker, educator, consultant, and media activist. For more than three decades, he has defined the cutting edge in consciousness research, in the ecology movement, and in future studies. www.awakeningearth.org

Dhar Jamail is an American journalist who is best known as one of the few unembedded journalists to report extensively from Iraq during the 2003 Iraq War. Jamail writes for the Inter Press Service news agency, among other outlets. He has been a frequent guest on Democracy Now! Jamail is the recipient of the 2008 The Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism
dahrjamailiraq.com

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Gangaji: That Which is Eternal (40:00) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Gangaji, an American born teacher and author, has traveled the globe since 1990, speaking with spiritual seekers from all walks of life. Her message is powerful in its clarity and simplicity: True peace and lasting fulfillment are not only our birthright, they are the essential nature of our being. For more go to www.gangaji.org

John Gray: Coping with Stress in Relationships (45:42) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
John Gray, Ph.D., is the author of 16 best-selling books, including Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, the number one best-selling book of the last decade. An expert in the field of communication, Dr. Gray’s focus is to help men and women understand, respect and appreciate their differences in both personal and professional relationships.
For more go to www.johngray.com

Beth Greer: Super Natural Home (43:25) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Beth Greer, Super Natural Mom, is an award-winning journalist and holistic health advocate. She has helped thousands of people see possibilities and feel empowered to make changes in their lives through her role as the former President and co-owner of The Learning Annex, the largest private alternative adult education company in America. supernaturalmom.com

Palden Gyatso: Fire Under The Snow(39:20) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Palden Gyatso, a Tibetan Monk was arrested by Chinese officials after the Tibetan uprising in 1959. He spent the following 33 years in different Chinese prisons and labor camps. He was forced to participate in barbarous reeducation classes and was brutally tortured, leading to irreversible physical damage. During this time, he continued to abide by the Dharma (Buddha's teachings). 1992 Palden Gyatso was released and escaped to Dharamsala India, the place of the Tibetan exile government. There he wrote his autobiography Fire Under The Snow which has been translated in many other languages and just released as a feature film. http://www.fireunderthesnow.com/

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Andrew Harvey: Sacred Activism (59:08) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Andrew Harvey is a renowned and distinguished mystical scholar, Rumi translator and explicator, poet, novelist, spiritual teacher and writer, and architect of Sacred Activism. His latest book is The Direct Path: Creating a Personal Journey to the Divine Using the World's Spiritual Traditions. andrewharvey.net

Andrew Harvey: Exploring the Shadow (47:57) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Andrew Harvey is a renowned and distinguished mystical scholar, Rumi translator and explicator, poet, novelist, spiritual teacher and writer, and architect of Sacred Activism. His latest book is The Direct Path: Creating a Personal Journey to the Divine Using the World's Spiritual Traditions. andrewharvey.net

Hazel Henderson: (48:20) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Author, world-wide syndicated columnist and consultant on sustainable development, Hazel is also the creator of Ethical Markets, the first TV financial lifestyle magazine series reporting on new definitions of success.
www.hazelhenderson.com

Richard Heinberg: Peak Everything (52:00) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Richard Heinberg is one of the world's foremost Peak Oil educators. He is the author of eight books, journalist, editor, lecturer, a Core Faculty member of New College of California where he teaches a program on "Culture, Ecology and Sustainable Community," and a Research Fellow of the Post Carbon Institute. For more go to www.richardheinberg.com

Kathlyn & Gay Hendricks, Ph.D: Conscious Loving (48:29) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
They have been pioneers in the field of body-mind integration for over thirty years. Kathlyn and Gay have worked with over thirty thousand individuals and three thousand couples in developing their method of body-centered and relationship transformation. Together they have authored numerous books on Conscious Loving. www.hendricks.com

Dwight Hopkins (46:05) September 2, 2008 listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
An author, teacher and constructive theologian working in the areas of contemporary models of theology, black theology, and liberation theologies. He is interested in multidisciplinary approaches to the academic study of religious thought, especially cultural, political, economic, and interpretive methods. His latest works is Being Human: Race, Culture, and Religion. http://divinity.uchicago.edu/faculty/hopkins.shtml

Jean Houston: (57:43) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Dr. Jean Houston, scholar, philosopher and researcher in human capacities, is one of the foremost visionary thinkers and doers of our time, one of the principal founders of the Human Potential Movement. A powerful and dynamic speaker, she holds conferences and seminars with social leaders, educational institutions and business organizations worldwide. She has written 26 books and is the founder of The Mystery School which is dedicated to training people in recognizing and remembering the great mystery that dwells within each of us... www.jeanhouston.org

Barbara Marx Hubbard: Co-Creating a New Future (40:53) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Futurist, author, public speaker, social innovator, and president of the Foundation for Conscious Evolution. She is offering programs to enhance the developmental path toward the next stages of human evolution. Dr. Hubbard is working to understand and catalyze the actions needed to navigate a quantum change to avoid global collapse. For more go to www.barbaramarxhubbard.com

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Van Jones (43:36) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
A social activist and co-founded of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, which promotes positive alternatives to violence and incarceration. As an advocate for the toughest urban constituencies and causes Van is working to combine solutions to America's two biggest problems: social inequality and environmental destruction. Van is an advocate for the toughest urban constituencies and causes. http://www.vanjones.net

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Dr. David C. Korten: The Great Turning (46:23) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Author, teacher, publisher and lecturer, David Korten has over thirty-five years of experience in preeminent business, academic, and international development institutions. He is a major contributor to the report of the International Forum on Globalization on Alternatives to Economic Globalization. His most recent book is The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community. For more go to www.davidkorten.org

David Korten, Sarah Van Gelder and Dot Maver: Global Peace, a Possibility (1:29:24)
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Dr. David C. Korten is an author, teacher, publisher and lecturer, David has over thirty-five years of experience in preeminent business, academic, and international development institutions. His most recent book is The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community. www.davidkorten.org
Sarah Ruth van Gelder is co-founder and executive editor of YES! A Journal of Positive Futures, which explore possibilities and practical steps towards a more just, sustainable and compassionate world.
Dr. Dot Maver is the president and CEO of Peace Partnership International, which works to forge alliances with government, business and civil society to co-create a culture of peace. Dot served as the National Campaign Manager for the 2004 Dennis Kucinich for President campaign. www.peacepartintl.org

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Joanna Macy: World As Lover, World As Self (42:17) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Buddhist Scholar, Systems Theorist, Ecologist, Teacher, and Activist. Joanna addresses the reasons for the grief, fear, sadness, uncertainty, and numbness that prevail in modern life and keeps bringing attention back to what is sacred and true: the wondrously interconnected and intelligent web of life. For more go to www.joannamacy.net

Vinn Marti: Soul Motion (55:12) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Award winning performer, choreographer, and designer of the dance practice, Soul Motion™, Vinn Martí served as co-director of Portland Oregon's innovative movement arts studio, Body Moves for 18 years. Vinn now leads workshops and seminars internationally teaching Soul Motion™, a movement ministry of conscious dance as a design for experiencing movement as meditation. www.soulmotion.com

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Carolyn Raffensperger: The Precautionary Prinicpal (44:47) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Author, activist, archaeologist and Executive Director of the Science and Environmental Health Network. As an environmental lawyer she specializes in the fundamental changes in law and policy necessary for the protection and restoration of public health and the environment. For more go to www.sehn.org

Gary Malkin and Freddie Ravel: Making a Difference with the Arts (57.04)
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Gary Malkin is an award-winning composer/producer and performer dedicated to making a difference in the world by participating in projects that inspire the heart and catalyze social change. Freddie Ravel’s talent took him from child prodigy to a GRAMMY nominated Composer, Pianist, #1 Recording Artist, and Speaker. wisdomoftheworld.com freddieravel.com

Gabrielle Roth: Transformation and the Arts (43:31) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Known as the "urban shaman”, Gabrielle is a recording and performing artist, author, teacher, director and creator of the 5Rhythms school of moving meditation and ecstatic dance. www.gabrielleroth.com

Gabrielle Roth: Dancing with Chaos (44:25) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Known as the "urban shaman", Gabrielle is a recording and performing artist, author, teacher, director and creator of the 5Rhythms school of moving meditation and ecstatic dance. www.gabrielleroth.com

Peter Russell (38:29) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Physicist, psychologist, eco-philosopher, teacher, lecturer and author of numerous books and videos. His principal interest is the deeper, spiritual significance of the times we are passing through. www.peterrussell.com

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Scott Seydel: Cradle to Cradle in Action (55.59) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Scott Seydel is founder and CEO of The Seydel Companies which have earned national recognition for their recycling and resource conservation research. They have contributed to significant reductions in packaging wastes, energy use, greenhouse gasses, and nonrenewable resources, while stimulating resource recycling and environmental stewardship. seydel.com

Nina Simons: UnReasonable Women for the Earth (49:17) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
A social entrepreneur, producer and communicator who has applied an innovative approach to developing successful not-for-profit and for-profit ventures over the past twenty years. She is currently co-executive director of Bioneers/ Collective Heritage Institute. bioneers.org

Brian Swimme: The Unfolding Story of the Earth (45:41) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As") An author, teacher, and contemporary philosopher, Brian is a mathematical cosmologist on the graduate faculty of the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. He brings a unique perspective to the understanding of the 13.7-billion-year trajectory of cosmic genesis, viewing humanity as having evolved out of, and being an integral part of, the universe as a whole. www.brianswimme.org

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Ed Tick: War and the Soul (48:37) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Edward Tick, Ph.D., is an expert on post-traumatic stress disorder. A practicing psychotherapist for more than 25 years, he is a nationally recognized authority on the psychological, spiritual, historical, and cultural aspects of war in the healing of PTSD. For more go to soldiersheart.net

Colin Tipping: Radical Forgiveness (52:30) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Colin Tipping is the creator of Radical Forgiveness, one the most powerful leading-edge technologies for personal and spiritual growth available today. His book, “Radical Forgiveness: Making Room for the Miracle,” has become an international best-seller, leading to the healing of individuals, families, races, corporations and communities. Tipping has authored other books, including his latest, Getting to Heaven on a Harley: and has many online programs to help people apply the Radical Forgiveness Technology to their lives. www.radicalforgiveness.com

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Judy Wicks: Inside the White Dog Cafe (48:31) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Judy Wicks is owner and founder of Philadelphia’s 25-year-old White Dog Cafe, and a national leader in the local, living economies movement. In 2004, Inc magazine named Judy one of America's 25 most fascinating entrepreneurs, "because she's put in place more progressive business practices per square foot than any other entrepreneur." Judy is also co-founder and chair of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) and of the Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia (SBA). www.judywicks.com

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