07/08/12 Podcast
Written on July 11th, 2012 |
(1) KAREN THOMPSON WALKER,
author, THE AGE OF MIRACLES
Rolling Stone, “next big female novelist” WSJ, “big debut”
theageofmiraclesbook.com
(2) NORA BATESON
writer/director, AN ECOLOGY OF MIND:
A Daughter’s Portrait of Gregory Bateson
“The major problems in the world result from the difference
between how nature works and how people think.”
anecologyofmind.com
Q&A: NORA BATESON – Director, AN ECOLOGY OF MIND: A Daughter’s Portrait of Gregory Bateson
Written on July 11th, 2012 |
Aired 07/08/12
My guest will be NORA BATESON, and we’ll talk about AN ECOLOGY OF MIND, the wonderful documentary she’s made about her father, the late anthropologist GREGORY BATESON. He saw reality as made up of relationships and systems and had a big impact on a lot of people’s worldview in the late 60s and early 70s, myself included.
NORA BATESON is a media producer and educator. Her work includes documentaries, multimedia productions, magazine columns, and developing curriculum for elementary and high school students. Central to all her pursuits is the idea of utilizing media and storytelling to encourage cultural understanding, social justice, and environmental awareness.
Q&A: KAREN THOMPSON WALKER – Author, THE AGE OF MIRACLES
Written on July 10th, 2012 |
Aired 07/08/12
I seldom interview writers of fiction, but the debut novel THE AGE OF MIRACLES got my attention. It’s being heavily promoted as one of THE books of the summer. Enough so that I read the first couple of pages and I really like the writing. It’s about how one family in Southern California responds to a global crisis, the slowing of the earth, and the lengthening of days and nights. The writer, KAREN THOMPSON WALKER joins me for a delightful interview.
http://www.theageofmiraclesbook.com/
Q&A: David DeGraw – Occupy/99%
Written on June 20th, 2012 |
Aired 06/17/12
DAVID DeGRAW, who a year ago was among a handful who called for the 99% to rise up. On June 14th, Flag Day, last year, Anonymous and the 99% Movement launched a collaborative effort to announce the birth of a “decentralized non-violent resistance movement to end the system of political bribery and break up the big banks centered at the Federal Reserve.” This morphed into Occupy Wall Street, and we will talk about one of the newest incarnations of that effort.
DAVID DeGRAW. David is founder and editor of http://ampedstatus.com/, formerly editorial director of http://mediachannel.org/, and author of The Economic Elite Vs The People of the United States. He is one of the early leaders of the the Occupy/99% movement and one of the founders of http://moneyoutpack.org/
Q&A: NOAM CHOMSKY – Scholar, Activist, Author, OCCUPY
Written on June 19th, 2012 |
Aired 06/17/12
This week’s show will deal with the Occupy/99% movement from two different perspectives. For most of the hour I’ll be joined by renowned scholar and activist, NOAM CHOMSKY. His newest book, a collection of interviews and speeches on the movement, is entitled simply OCCUPY.
NOAM CHOMSKY is Professor of Linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where has taught for over 50 years. He is also a renowned political activist and writer. His scores of books on linguistics, human rights, economics and politics, include Manufacturing Consent, Necessary Illusions, Hegemony or Survival, 9/11, and his latest, OCCUPY.
