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An Introduction to Conversations (5:58) Michael Stone listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
is a radio show hosted by Michael Stone, bringing you leading edge thinkers, authors and activists in the areas of Environmental Restoration, Social Justice, Evolutionary Cosmology and Spiritual fulfillment.

An Introduction to The Emerging Dream (16:35) Michael Stone listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
A short introduction to the creation of a new cosmological story field with Brian Swimme, Jean Houston, Emmett Miller and Barbara Marx Hubbard.

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Richard Heinberg: Peak Everything (51:16) 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. His latest book is Peak Everything: Waking up to a Century of Decline. www.richardheinberg.com

Joanna Macy: The Great Turning (19:31) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Joanna is a Buddhist Scholar, Systems Theorist, Ecologist, Teacher, and Activist. www.joannamacy.net

Sandra Ingerman and Hank Wesselman: Shamanic Journeying (51:14) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Sandra Ingerman teaches workshops internationally on shamanic journeying, healing, and reversing environmental pollution using spiritual methods. She has trained and founded an international alliance of Medicine for the Earth Teachers and shamanic teachers. Sandra is recognized for bridging ancient cross-cultural healing methods into our modern culture addressing the needs of our times. She is the author of numerous books on Shamanism. www.sandraingerman.com
Research paleoanthropologist Hank Wesselman is one of those rare cutting edge scientists who truly walks between the worlds. He has spent much of his life working among traditional tribal peoples, primarily in Africa and Polynesia. For the past 30 years, he has conducted research with an international group of scientists, exploring eastern Africa's Great Rift Valley in search of answers to the mystery of human origins. He is also a shaman in training, now in the 20th year of his apprenticeship. He is the author of many books including his latest, VISIONSEEKER. www.sharedwisdom.com

James Hoggan: Climate Cover-Up: The Crusade to Deny Global Warming
(57:33) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")James Hoggan is president of the award-winning PR firm Hoggan and Associates and a leading authority on public perceptions of environmental issues. He is chair of the David Suzuki Foundation and the Canadian chapter of Al Gore’s The Climate Project. James is the Cofounder of DeSmogBlog.com and author of Climate Cover-Up: The Crusade to Deny Global Warming. www.hoggan.com

Michael K. Stone: Smart by Nature: Schooling for Sustainability (53:11) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")Michael K. Stone is senior editor at the Center for Ecoliteracy. He is the author of Smart by Nature: Schooling for Sustainability and coeditor of Ecological Literacy: Educating Our Children for a Sustainable World. Michael was managing editor of Whole Earth Magazine and the Millennium Whole Earth Catalog. www.ecoliteracy.org

Copenhagen in Retrospect (54:06) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
JMichael Stone wraps his recent trip to Copenhagen with interviews with Bill McKibben, Vandana Shiva and George Monbiot. Along with what was accomplished out of the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference and what is ahead...
BillMcKibben, American environmentalist and writer, is the founder of 350.org, an international climate campaign. Bill frequently writes about global warming, alternative energy, and the risks associated with human genetic engineering. Beginning in the summer of 2006, he has been at the forefront of organizing and leading the largest civil demonstrations against global warming in history. It has been 3 decades since he wrote the End of Nature. www.350.org
George Monbiot is a journalist, author, academic & environmental & political activist in the United Kingdom who writes a weekly column for The Guardian newspaper. He is on the advisory board of BBC Wildlife magazine. His latest book Heat, is a must read for anyone serious about understanding Global Warming. www.monbiot.com

Vandana Shiva, is a physicist, philosopher and leader in the global agriculture movement. She is known as one of most eloquent speakers who help fight for people's rights.. She is directing an international movement on Food Rights. She also established Navdanya (a movement for biodiversity conservation and farmers' rights in India.) www.vandanashiva.org

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

Tina Stanley & Ed Bastian: Living Fully, Dying Well (53:29) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Tina Staley, MSW, is a clinical social worker and Cancer Guide with Duke University Medical Center and provides supportive self-guidance to cancer patients and their families for an enhanced quality of life through multi-dimensional care needs and courses of treatment. She helps to address concerns and feelings raised by a diagnosis of cancer. Edward W. Bastian, Ph.D., is a Buddhist scholar and teacher and was executive producer for a series of award-winning BBC and PBS programs about religion and three films about Tibetan Buddhism for the National Endowment for the Humanities. He taught classes about world religion and directed the biodiversity program at the Smithsonian Institution. He is president of the Spiritual Paths Foundation. www.spiritualpaths.net & pathfindersforcancer.org

Tom Brown Jr.: Tracking, Nature, and Wilderness Survival (56:39) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Tom Brown Jr. is a renowned outdoorsman, tracker, teacher, and author of 16 books. For ten years, from the age of 7, Tom was mentored by Stalking Wolf, in the skills of tracking, wilderness survival, and awareness. Brown's Tracking, Nature, and Wilderness Survival School is the largest school of its kind, teaching people from all over the world in all walks of life who share an interest in learning the simplicity of a natural way of living. trackerschool.com

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

Susan Campbell portrait 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

Mariana Caplan: Cultivating Discernment on the Spiritual Path
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Mariana is an author, anthropologist, and psychologist with a Ph.D. in Contemporary Spirituality. She attributes the majority of her education and inspiration to years of research and practice in the world's great mystical traditions, and to studying, living, and adventuring in villages in India, Central and South America, and Europe. Her sole passion is a love of Truth and transformation. www.realspirituality.com

Bill Twist Chris Carlsson: Nowtopia (54:52) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Chris Carlsson, executive director of the multimedia history project Shaping San Francisco, is a writer, publisher, editor, and community organizer. For the last twenty-five years his activities have focused on the underlying themes of horizontal communications, organic communities and public space. His latest book is Nowtopia. www.nowtopians.com

Raffi Cavoukian: Child Honouring and the Compassion Revolution (45:15)
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Raffi is a Singer, songwriter, musician, environmentalist who is world renowned for single-handedly revolutionizing the children's entertainment business. Raffi has become a self-styled "eco-troubadour," working with adults to promote environmental causes. Raffi believes that the fate of the earth rests on the commitment of all to protecting the environment. www.raffinews.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 - portrait 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

Jennifer Crebbin: Handwriting for Peace - Part 2 (21:30) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Jennifer Crebbin has a background in Psychology, and Certification as a Handwriting Consultant through Vimala Rodgers’ International Institute of Handwriting Studies (IIHS) Jennifer Crebbin combines her love of movement with a passion for the sacred forms of the Alphabet. Her work is to encourage the use of movements captured on paper (AKA handwriting) in ways that support our healthy soul development. www.changeyourhandwriting.com

David Crow: Herbal Medicine and Spirituality (50:14) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
David Crow is one of the world’s foremost experts and leading speakers in the field of botanical medicine, natural health and ecological sustainability. He is a master herbalist, aromatherapist and acupuncturist with over 20 years experience and is an expert in the Ayurvedic and Chinese medical systems. He is a renowned author and the founding director of Floracopeia Aromatic Treasures. www.floracopeia.com

David Cunningham: A World of Possibility (43:00) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
David Cunningham is a communication expert and has lead thousand of people in seminars and courses with Landmark Education, where more than a million people have learned to put their old baggage behind and pursue the lives they really desire to live. Learn about the technology of the Landmark Forum. landmarkeducation.com

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

Paul Dolan: Making A Difference with Wine (56:39) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Paul Dolan, Organic, Biodynamic winemaker spent 27 years at Fetzer Vineyards, 12 as president, where he led a transformation that put the company at the forefront of organic viticulture and sustainable business. As owner of Parducci and MWC, he continues to break new ground in sustainable organic and biodynamic farming. Paul’s greatest passion is winegrowing at his family-owned Dark Horse Ranch, east of the Russian River in the foothills north of Hopland. pauldolanwine.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

Gary Zukav & Linda Francis Gary Zukav and Linda Francis: Making Your Life Count (52:41) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Gary Zukav is a Harvard graduate, Vietnam Veteran, Green Beret, recovering person, spiritual wayfarer, and a favorite guest on Oprah. Gary Zukav is the author of The Dancing Wu Li Masters, The Seat of the Soul and most recently Soul Stories. He and his partner Linda Francis will be joining us to talk about expressing our soul into the world. garyzukav.wwwhubs.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

Jeffrey M. Smith - Deborah Koons Garcia: GMO's The Future Of Food (54:38)
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Jeffrey M. Smith is a leading spokesperson on the health dangers of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). Deborah Koons Garcia was the instigator and chief Creative Consultant for Grateful Dawg, a documentary about the musical friendship between her husband Jerry Garcia and David Grisman. Her documentary, The Future of Food was shown over a dozen times as a work in progress in Mendocino County, California before the March 2004 election and was the primary element in passing Measure H, which bans the planting of genetically engineered crops in the county. www.seedsofdeception.com - www.thefutureoffood.com

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/

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: Community and Sacred Activism (41:52) 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. He has taught at Oxford University, Cornell University, Hobart, and William Smith Colleges, The California Institute of Integral Studies, and the University of Creation Spirituality as well as the at various spiritual centers throughout the United States. 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 portrait on Conversations with Michael Stone 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 and Gay Hendricks 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 portrait on Conversations with Michael Stone 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

Jean Houston: Creating your own story (57:34) 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

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 Ruth van Gelder, Dot Maver 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

Patt Lind-Kyle: Heal Your Mind Rewire Your Brain (49:43) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Pat is a teacher, consultant, and innovator in the use of brain/mind research to teach people meditation and mental tools for transforming their lives and communities. She has a passion to question, explore, research and then create programs and methods that enhance the lives of others. www.healrewireyourbrain.com

Linda Lantieri: Building Emotional Intelligence (45:08) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")Joanna Macy: Buddhist Linda Lantieri is a Fulbright Scholar, keynote speaker, and internationally known expert in social and emotional learning and conflict resolution, Linda Lantieri, serves as Director of The Inner Resilience Program, co-founder of the Resolving Conflict Creatively Program (RCCP) and is one of the founding board members of the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL). www.lindalantieri.org

Gail Larsen: If You Want to Change the World, Tell a Better Story (52:15)
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Gail Larsen is a communications coach, speaker and workshop leader, group facilitator, and an award-winning entrepreneur. She founded Real Speaking in 1991 to support her clients in mining the deep well of their life experience and self-expression to become powerful platform speakers. www.realspeaking.net

Janet Larsen & Matthew Stein: Making Shift Happen (53:49) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Janet Larsen, is the Director of Research for the Earth Policy Institute, working with Lester Brown on Plan B 4.0 Mobilizing to Save Civilization. She is a co-author of The Earth Policy Reader and has written on topics ranging from natural resources availability to population growth and climate change. www.earth-policy.org
Matthew Stein is the author of the highly praised book When Technology Fails a comprehensive manual on sustainable living skills. As the owner of Stein Design & Construction, he has built hurricane resistant, energy efficient and environmentally friendly homes. www.whentechfails.com

Joanna Macy: Lessons from Rumi (48:11) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")Joanna Macy: 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. www.joannamacy.net

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

Vin Marti 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

Jason F Mclennan and Lynn Simon: Green Architecture (48:58) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Jason is a national leader in the green architecture movement and is considered a thought leader in sustainability. Jason is the CEO of the Cascadia Green Building Council based in Seattle, Washington. He began Ecotone Publishing to provide information to the design community and building industry about finding a path to a sustainable future. He is the author of The Philosophy of Sustainable Design, and the Dumb Architect’s Guide to Glazing Selection as well as a co-author of the Ecological Engineer. www.cascadiagbc.org
Lynn N. Simon, FAIA, LEED AP, is President of Simon & Associates, Inc., Green Building Consultants, which she established in 1994. Lynn is a green building pioneer. As a leading authority in the industry Lynn has been at the forefront of the sustainable design movement since 1989. www.greenbuild.com

Emmett Miller: Our Culture on the Couch Seven Steps to Global Healing (56:19)
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Dr. Miller is a physician, poet, musician, and master storyteller, whose multicultural heritage has given him a unique social, medical, and spiritual perspective. In his latest book Our Culture on the Couch, Seven Steps to Global Healing, Dr. Miller performs a thorough examination, arriving at accurate diagnoses for the serious ailments that currently threaten our civilization. www.drmiller.com

Richard Miller, PhD: Integrative Restoration for Awakening (56:26) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")Richard Miller, PhD is a clinical psychologist and contemporary spiritual teacher in the tradition of Nondual Yoga. Richard is the founding president and CEO of the Integrative Restoration Institute, co-founder of The International Association of Yoga Therapy and founding editor of the professional Journal of IAYT. He is the author of Yoga Nidra: The Meditative Heart of Yoga. www.irest.us

Michael Nagler: Search for a Nonviolent Future (54:37) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Michael Nagler is Professor emeritus of Classics and Comparative Literature at UC, Berkeley, where he co-founded the Peace and Conflict Studies Program, and the founder of the Metta Center for Nonviolence. He is the author of The Search for a Nonviolent FutureOur Spiritual Crisis: Recovering Human Wisdom in a Time of Violence, The Upanishads and other books as well as many articles on peace and spirituality. www.michaelnagler.net

Bill Plotkin: Nature and the Human Soul (56:36) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Bill Plotkin, PhD, is a depth psychologist, wilderness rites guide, and ecotherapist. As the founder of Colorado’s Animas Valley Institute, he has, since 1981, guided thousands of people through nature-based initiatory passages He is the author of Soulcraft: Crossing into the Mysteries of Nature and Psyche (New World Library, 2003) and Nature and the Human Soul: Cultivating Wholeness and Community in a Fragmented World (New World Library, 2008). www.natureandthehumansoul.com

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

Vimala Rodgers: Handwriting for Peace - Part 1 (28:14) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Vimala Rodgers is a handwriting specialist, educator, zealous pioneer in brain/hand research, and author of the bestseller, Your Handwriting Can Change Your Life. She guides persons from the ages of 3 to 103 in adopting handwriting patterns that bring to life their unique gifts, abilities, and dreams, so they can make a difference in the world doing what they love. www.alphabeticalblessings.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

Eliezer Sobel: The 99th Monkey (55:45) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
According to his latest business card, Eliezer Sobel's current job titleis "Human Being." Although, as his wife Shari Cordon points out, "He only works at it part-time." Sobel divides his time between writing, painting, playing music, performing and the life of the spiritual aspirant; suffering, seeking, striving, sitting. The sordid details of that journey are chronicled in his new book, The 99th Monkey: A Spiritual Journalist’s Misadventures with Gurus, Sex, Psycheldelics, and Other Consciousness-Raising Experiments. www.eliezersobel.com

Matthew Stein: When Technology Fails (57:34) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
Matthew Stein is an author, engineer, inventor and specializing in hurricane resistant, energy efficient and environmentally friendly homes. He is the author of When Technology Fails: A Manual for Self-Reliance, Sustainability, and Surviving the Long Emergency. www.whentechfails.com

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

Thanksgiving Day Special*: Gratitude: A practice (58:53) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
A 2 hour special with Brother David, Lynn Twist, Roshi Joan Halifax. Join Conversations Host Michael Stone for this uplifting and interactive dialogue about gratitude, gratefulness and thanks giving. (*various interview excerpts only)

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

Bill Twist: Environmental and Social Transformation in South America (53:25)
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Bill Twist is a Philanthropist, Activist, Co-Founder and Board President of the Pachamama Alliance, and the President of Champion Securities Company. Bill is a tireless worker for environmental sustainability, social justice and spiritual fulfillment. www.pachamama.org

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

David Whyte: The Three Marriages (51:59) listen (to download, right click "Save Link As" (IE "Save Target As")
David Whyte, Poet, Author, Lecturer holds a degree in Marine Zoology and has traveled extensively, including living and working as a naturalist guide in the Galapagos Islands and leading anthropological and natural history expeditions in the Andes, the Amazon and the Himalaya. He brings this wealth of experience to his poetry, lectures and workshops. www.davidwhyte.com

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