Conversations With Remarkable Minds

Achterberg, Jeanne - Mind-Body Healing - 07.09.06

"Lightning At The Gate" A Discussion of healing, transpersonal medicine

Dr Jeanne Achterberg is a scientist, author & educator, recognized internationally for her pioneering work in medicine & psychology, including the use of imagery in healing, psychoimmunology and behavioral strategies for the reduction of pain & anxiety, A faculty member for 11 years at Southwestern Medical School, she is a Professor of Psychology at Saybrook Institute, San Francisco. "Lightning At The Gate" describes her own healing journey. Mind-Body healing.

Avnery, Uri - Middle East Human Rights - 10.06.01

Peace activism, human rights in the Middle East; recent events in Gaza,

Uri Avnery is perhaps Israel’s most prominent and vocal peace activist, outspoken critic of Israel’s militarism and treatment of Palestinians, as well as a poet and author. He is the founder of Gush Shalom peace movement . In the late 1930s, Uri was a member of the Zionist paramilitary group, Irgun, later departing the militant organization out of disgust towards their tactics. He was owner of the Israeli news magazine Ha-Olam Ha-Zeh until it folded in 1993, and was a member of Knesset from 1965 to 1981. He was a founding member of the Israeli Council for Israel-Palestinian Peace. www.gush-shalom.org Discussing issues in the Middle East.

Bache, Christopher - Consciousness Spirituality - 08.12.12

“The Living Classroom: Teaching and the Collective Consciousness.” “Dark Night, Early Dawn: Steps to a Deep Ecology of Mind” What value do the world religions hold in the world today?

Prof. Christopher Bache has been a professor of religious studies and transpersonal psychology at Youngstown State University in Ohio for thirty years, adjunct professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies & former Director of Transformative Learning at the Institute of Noetic Sciences. His research and writing focus on the philosophical implications of non-ordinary states of consciousness and the dynamics of collective consciousness. He has collaborated with many great spiritual theorists such as Drs. Erwin Laszlo and Rupert Sheldrake for developing new models for education based on the interior dynamics that occur between teacher and student and between students themselves to facilitate learning. “The Living Classroom: Teaching and the Collective Consciousness.” “Dark Night, Early Dawn: Steps to a Deep Ecology of Mind”

 

Bagley, Bruce - Globalization Drugs - 12.02.06

"Drug Control Policies In The United States: What Works and What Doesn’t?" ""Globalization And Transnational Organized Crime" Global politics; America’s war on drugs – a failure for domestic policies & international relations.

Prof. Bruce Bagley is the professor of political science at the Univ. of Miami’s Dept.of International Studies. Over the years, Bruce has specialized in globalization, the war on drugs & drug trafficking, Latin American politics, and security issues. He is also co-editor of the Journal of Inter-American Studies and World Affairs. He serves as an adjunct professor at the Instituto Colombiano de Estudios Superiores in Colombia. "Drug Trafficking, Political Violence And U.S. Policy In Colombia In The 1990s" "Drug Control Policies In The United States: What Works and What Doesn’t?" "Globalization And Transnational Organized Crime: The Russian Mafia In Latin America And The Caribbean" America’s War on Drugs – a failure for domestic policies & international relations. globalization. trans-national crime,drug trafficking.

Bair, Purin - Consciousness Meditation Mind-Body - 07.09.07

"Living From the Heart" "Energize Your Heart in Four Dimensions" Meditations for the heart; how meditation benefits our heart & well being.

Puran Bair is the co-founder (with his wife Susanna) of IAM Heart and the IAM University of the Heart. He is an American mystic, meditation teacher, and a pioneer in bringing-heart-based meditation to the public. He designed the curriculum of the IAM University of the Heart to apply authentic spiritual teachings to health, relationships, and accomplishments; he pioneered the teaching of meditation in online courses. Puran has worked with leading researchers to measure the effects of meditation on heart rhythm, brain waves, light emission, and electromagnetism, demonstrating mastery of both transcendent and heart-centered meditation techniques. He has led meditation workshops and retreats since 1971. He is the co-author (with Susanna), of “Living from the Heart”, “Follow Your Heart”, and “Energize Your Heart”.

Bakan, Joel - Economy Corporations Children - 08.12.30

“The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power” “Childhood Under Seige: How Big Business Targets Children” The pathological personality of corporations; how they target children and other 'markets' for profit & power without restraint or conscious.

Prof. Joel Bakan is a lawyer and professor of constitutional & economic law and an internationally recognized legal scholar at the University of British Columbia. He was the author of the best selling book that turned into a documentary, “The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power,” which won 23 international awards, including the Sundance Cinema-Documentary Award. “Childhood Under Seige: How Big Business Targets Children” investigates the widespread exploitation of children by profit-seeking firms and our government’s & society’s failure to protect them.

Barlow, Maude - Environment Oceans Water - 08.03.17

“Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water.” The global water crisis, dead zones in the oceans.

Maude Barlow is the national chairperson for the Council of Canadians– an advocacy organization focusing on environmental issues. She is a co-founder of the Blue Planet Project, an international project to challenge corporations’ taking private control of fresh water resources. She also holds leadership positions with Food and Water Watch, the International Forum on Globalization, & the World Future Council. Maude has received ten honorary doctorates, the Right Livelihood Award, and the 2009 Earth Day Outstanding Enviornmental Achievement Award. In 2008 & 2009 she was the Senior Advisor on Water for the UN General Assembly. “Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water.”

Barlow, Maude - Environment Oceans Water - 10.11.16

“Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water.” The global water crisis. Continuing the discussion.

Maude Barlow is the national chairperson for the Council of Canadians– an advocacy organization focusing on environmental issues. She is a co-founder of the Blue Planet Project, an international project to challenge corporations’ taking private control of fresh water resources. She also holds leadership positions with Food and Water Watch, the International Forum on Globalization, & the World Future Council. Maude has received ten honorary doctorates, the Right Livelihood Award, and the 2009 Earth Day Outstanding Enviornmental Achievement Award. In 2008 & 2009 she was the Senior Advisor on Water for the UN General Assembly. “Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water.”

Beresford-Kroeger, Diana - Environment Forests Trees - 10.05.21

"The Global Forest: 40 Ways the Trees Can Save Us" the biological mysteries of our global forests, the threats they face and the future of our trees & forests.

Diana Beresford-Kroeger is an Irish-Canadian researcher, scientist & nature mystic who perhaps knows more about trees & forests than anyone in North America. She is an expert botanist & medical biochemist who has written extensively on the molecular biology of trees, their medicinal properties, the social interactions between trees & other life forms in our forests, sustainable forestry, & the traditional wisdom trees hold for healing. Her scientific work has appeared in The American Heart Journal & the Journal of Microscopy. She has held science posts at the Canadian Dept of Agriculture & the Univ of Ottawa School of Medicine. Diana’s own research gardens outside Ottawa, open to the public, include rare plants from Turkey, Iran, China, & one hundred rare types of trees from the northern forests & other countries, many that are endangered. “The Global Forest”

Beresford-Kroeger, Diana - Environment Forests Trees - 11.12.28

"The Global Forest: 40 Ways the Trees Can Save Us" The biological mysteries of our global forests, the threats they face, and the future of our trees & forests. Continuing the discussion.

Diana Beresford-Kroeger is an Irish-Canadian researcher, scientist & nature mystic who perhaps knows more about trees & forests than anyone in North America. She is an expert botanist & medical biochemist who has written extensively on the molecular biology of trees, their medicinal properties, the social interactions between trees & other life forms in our forests, sustainable forestry, & the traditional wisdom trees hold for healing. Her scientific work has appeared in The American Heart Journal & the Journal of Microscopy. She has held science posts at the Canadian Dept of Agriculture & the Univ of Ottawa School of Medicine. Diana’s own research gardens outside Ottawa, open to the public, include rare plants from Turkey, Iran, China, & one hundred rare types of trees from the northern forests & other countries, many that are endangered. “The Global Forest”