NorthWestern Exposure is a weekly sixty minute radio interview program featuring discussions about holistic (whole systems)approaches to issues affecting the quality of life in Seattle and other communities in the Pacific Northwest and the industrial world.

The show airs on the following stations.

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Subject: Dealing With Difficult Darkness
Guest: Catherine Keir
Length: 22:00
Contact: catherinekeir@excelonline.com or (206) 264-5061
Date Aired: 12/31/00
Summary: Catherine Keir, a registered counselor in the State of Washington is a Voice Dialogue facilitator and serves on the faculty of the Institute of Structural Medicine. She discussed her own path to healing work and a brush with death that helped her deal with her own Difficult Darkness.

Subject: Dealing With Difficult Darkness
Guest: Catherine Keir
Length: 22:00
Contact: catherinekeir@excelonline.com or (206) 264-5061
Date Aired: 12/31/00
Summary: Registered counselor Catherine Keir is a Voice Dialogue facilitator and serves on the faculty of the Institute of Structural Medicine. She discussed the notion of how we each have separate and distinct selves and how the Voice Dialogue technique works to help lessen our need to fall back on those selves that developed out of survival.

Subject: Teaching Children about Prayer
Guest: Gregory Wolfe
Length: 22:00
Contact: Circle of Grace
Date Aired: 12/24/00
Summary: Gregory Wolfe is Writer-in-Residence at Seattle Pacific University, Editor/Publisher of Image: A Journal of the Arts & Religion and co-author of: Circle of Grace: Praying With and For Your Children. He discussed the inspiration for the book and the difficulties of initiating a practice of prayer in a very secular society.

Subject: Teaching Children about Prayer
Guest: Gregory Wolfe
Length: 22:00
Contact: Circle of Grace
Date Aired: 12/24/00
Summary: Gregory Wolfe is co-author of: Circle of Grace: Praying With and For Your Children. He continued his discussion of the ways in which families can initiate a practice of prayer and the common obstacles they sometimes face.

Subject: The Market Economy and Income Inequality
Guest: Tom Frank, Ph.D.
Length: 22:00
Contact: The Baffler
Date Aired: 12/17/00
Summary: Thomas Frank Ph.D., author of: One Market Under God, discussed the language obfuscation or doublespeak that has allowed the inequitable labor practices to help fuel the recent bull market & other issues.

Subject: Indian Prophecy
Guest: Brooke Medicine Eagle
Length: 22:00
Contact: Medicine Eagle.com
Date Aired: 12/10/00
Summary: Brooke Medicine Eagle is a respected Native American metis teachers and author of: The Last Ghost Dance: A Guide for Earth Mages. She discussed her recent vision, the Native prophecies that suggest we are living in the end times and what we can do to prepare for living a path with heart.

Subject: More on The Last Ghost Dance
Guest: Brooke Medicine Eagle
Length: 22:00
Contact: Medicine Eagle.com
Date Aired: 12/10/00
Summary: Brooke Medicine Eagle is a respected Native American metis teachers and author of: The Last Ghost Dance: A Guide for Earth Mages. She continued her discussion of the Native prophecies that suggest we are living in the end times and what we can do to prepare for living a path with heart.

Subject: The Gentle Wind Project
Guest: Mary Miller, M.S.W.
Length: 22:00
Contact: gentlewindproject or 800-545-7847
Date Aired: 12/3/00
Summary: Mary "Mo" Miller, M.S.W. is the Co-Founder, Researcher and Spokeswoman for the Gentle Wind Project. She discussed the project, the healing devices they manufacture and distribute and the way these devices heal the non-physical or energetic bodies of people who use them at no cost.

Subject: More Energy Medicine
Guest: Mary "Mo" Miller
Length: 22:00
Contact: gentlewindproject or 800-545-7847
Date Aired: 12/3/00
Summary: Mary "Mo" Miller, M.S.W. is the Co-Founder, Researcher and Spokeswoman for the Gentle Wind Project. She continued her discussion of the healing devices they distribute and the stories of battered women and cancer patients who have had success based on the use of these instruments.

Subject: Writing as Feedback System to Aid Individuation
Guest: Wanda Coleman
Length: 22:00
Contact: blacksparrowpress.com
Date Aired: 11/26/00
Summary: Wanda Coleman, award-winning poet, author and former script-writer discussed how she use the riotous energies in Los Angeles after the 1965 Watts rebellion to enhance her own individuation and other aspects of her writing career, including her process.

Subject: More with Wanda Coleman
Guest: Wanda Coleman
Length: 22:00
Contact: blacksparrowpress.com
Date Aired: 11/26/00
Summary: Award-winning poet Wanda Coleman, who has also written a novel and many scripts for television discussed her influences, including Robert Duncan and Walt Whitman, as well as her feeling that this country is upside down when it comes to the treatment of artists and art funding.

Subject: More on Cultural Creatives - An Emerging American Subculture
Guests: Paul Ray & Sherry Ruth Anderson
Length: 22:00
Contact: www.culturalcreatives.org
Date Aired: 11/19/00
Summary: Paul Ray is a macrosociologist and Sherry Ruth Anderson a psychologist. They continued their discussion based on thirteen years of research on an emerging subculture called The Cultural Creatives. They defined this emerging subculture and talked about the potential coalitions with the predominant Modern and Traditionalist subcultures.

Subject: One Last look at the Cultural Creatives Subculture
Guests: Paul Ray & Sherry Ruth Anderson
Length: 22:00
Contact: www.culturalcreatives.org
Date Aired: 11/19/00
Summary: Macrosociologist Paul Ray and psychologist Sherry Ruth Anderson a psychologist continued their discussion of their 13 year research project which culminated in: "The Cultural Creatives: How 50 Million People are Changing the World," by discussing the major ramifications of their emergence.

Subject: An Emerging American Subculture - Cultural Creatives
Guests: Paul Ray & Sherry Ruth Anderson
Length: 22:00
Contact: www.culturalcreatives.org
Date Aired: 11/12/00
Summary: Paul Ray is a macrosociologist and Sherry Ruth Anderson a psychologist. After thirteen years of research they co-wrote: "The Cultural Creatives: How 50 Million People are Changing the World." They defined this emerging subculture and contrasted it with the prevailing Modern and Traditionalist subcultures.

Subject: More on Cultural Creatives
Guests: Paul Ray & Sherry Ruth Anderson
Length: 22:00
Contact: www.culturalcreatives.org
Date Aired: 11/12/00
Summary: Paul Ray is a macrosociologist and Sherry Ruth Anderson a psychologist. They continued their discussion of their 13 year research project which has culminated in: "The Cultural Creatives: How 50 Million People are Changing the World." They discussed how this subculture emerged from different social movements of the 20th century and some ramifications of their emergence.

Subject: The Power of Prayer
Guests: Pastor Mike Hursh and Debbie Christian
Length: 22:00
Contact: (253) 833-8252
Date Aired: 11/5/00
Summary: Mike Hursh is an Associate Pastor at Calvary Temple in Auburn, Washington. Debbie Christian is Finance Supervisor. They discussed the recent effort of their Church's Prayer Chain which was activated when a certain radio host was missing in the Olympic National Park.

Subject: Developing Intuition
Guest: Shakti Gawain
Length: 22:00
Contact: www.shaktigawain.com
Date Aired: 11/5/00
Summary: Best-Selling author Shakti Gawain discussed her new book: Developing Intuition: Practical Guidance for Daily Life and gave examples from her personal life as well as thoughts about intuition-development exercises.

Subject: Candidates Forum
Guests: Adam Smith, Chris Vance and Dr. Jonathan Wright
Length: 22:00
Contacts: www.electadamsmith.com/ www.chrisvance.com/ www.drwright.org/
Date Aired: 10/29/00
Summary: Democratic Incumbent Adam Smith, Republican challenger and King County Councilmember Chris Vance and maverick Libertarian Dr. Jonathan Wright participated in a candidates forum for the 9th Congressional District in the state of Washington and addressed Education & Low-Power FM.

Subject: Candidates Forum continued
Guests: Adam Smith, Chris Vance and Dr. Jonathan Wright
Length: 22:00
Contacts: www.electadamsmith.com/ www.chrisvance.com/ www.drwright.org/
Date Aired: 10/29/00
Summary: Democratic Incumbent Adam Smith, Republican challenger and King County Councilmember Chris Vance and maverick Libertarian Dr. Jonathan Wright participated in a candidates forum for the 9th Congressional District in the state of Washington and addressed the public's right to know about Genetically-Modified food, logging subsidies and other issues.

Subject: More Partnering
Guests: Hal and Sidra Stone
Length: 22:00
Contact: http://www.delos-inc.com
Date Aired: 3/26/00
Summary: Hal & Sidra Stone are both licensed clinical psychologists with many years of experience as psychotherapists. They discussed their new book: Partnering: A New Kind of Relationship  and their theory of how we have ingrained patterns they consider selves  and how challenges seek us out like a heat-seeking missile.

Subject: One More Look at Partnering
Guests: Hal and Sidra Stone
Length: 22:00
Contact: http://www.delos-inc.com
Date Aired: 10/22/00
Summary: Hal & Sidra Stone discussed their new book: Partnering: A New Kind of Relationship,  their theory of ingrained patterns they consider selves  as compared to multiple personalities and how judgements of others reflect unresolved issues of our own.

Subject: Contrasting Mexican & U.S. Culture
Guest: Maria Amparo Escandon
Length: 22:00
Contact: http://www.esperanzasboxofsaints.com
Date Aired: 10/15/00
Summary: Maria Amparo Escandon was born in Mexico, lives in L.A. & teaches writing through the UCLA Extension service. She discussed the school of art known as magic realism & the differences between U.S. and Mexican culture as seen through her novel Esperanza's Box of Saints.

Subject: Contemporary Mexican Spirituality
Guest: Maria Amparo Escandon
Length: 22:00
Contact: http://www.esperanzasboxofsaints.com
Date Aired: 10/15/00
Summary: Maria Amparo Escandon was born in Mexico, lives in L.A. & teaches writing through the UCLA Extension service. She discussed contemporary Mexican spirituality as seen through her novel Esperanza's Box of Saints.

Subject: Search & Rescue in Olympic National Park
Guests: Dan Pontbriand & Barb Maynes
Length: 22:00
Contact: http://www.nps.gov/olym/home.htm or (360) 452-0300
Date Aired: 10/8/00
Summary: Dan Pontbriand is a Lake District Ranger at Olympic National Park in the far Northwest corner of the lower 48 United States. Barb Maynes is the park's Public Information Officer. They discussed Olympic National Park, their experience working there, their favorite spots and the story recent rescue of a certain radio interview host.

Subject: More on Search & Rescue in Olympic National Park
Guests: Dan Pontbriand & Barb Maynes
Length: 22:00
Contact: http://www.nps.gov/olym/home.htm or (360) 452-0300
Date Aired: 10/8/00
Summary: Dan Pontbriand is a Lake District Ranger at Olympic National Park in the far Northwest corner of the lower 48 United States. Barb Maynes is the park's Public Information Officer. They discussed the story recent rescue of a certain radio interview host and provided tips on how to survive getting lost in the wilderness.

Subject: Issues Affecting Native Americans
Guests: Russ Lehman & Brian Cladoosby
Length: 22:00
Contact: http://www.first-americans.net
Date Aired: 10/1/00
Summary: Russ Lehman is the Director of the First American Education Project. Brian Cladoosby is the Chair of the Swinomish Tribe in Northwest Washington. They discussed the mission of the First American Education Project and issues affecting Native Americans like rampant unemployment.

Subject: More Issues Affecting Native Americans
Guests: Russ Lehman & Brian Cladoosby
Length: 22:00
Contact: http://www.first-americans.net
Date Aired: 10/1/00
Summary: Russ Lehman is the Director of the First American Education Project. Brian Cladoosby is the Chair of the Swinomish Tribe in Northwest Washington. They discussed the plight of Native Americans and the politicians who are blatantly Anti-Indian.

Subject: The Failing of the Roman Catholic Church
Guest: John Hogue
Length: 22:00
Contact: http://www.hogueprophecy.com
Date Aired: 9/24/00
Summary: John Hogue is a rogue scholar, international authority on millennium prediction & author of: "The Last Pope: The Decline & Fall of the Church of Rome" He talked about historic anti-Semitism and other failings of the Roman Catholic Church.

Subject: More on the Prophecies of St. Malachy
Guest: John Hogue
Length: 22:00
Contact: http://www.hogueprophecy.com
Date Aired: 9/24/00
Summary: John Hogue is a rogue scholar, international authority on millennium prediction & author of: "The Last Pope: The Decline & Fall of the Church of Rome" He talked the predictions of St. Malachy & the historic failings of the Roman Catholic Church.

Subject: Messiahs in History & Second Coming Syndrome
Guest: John Hogue
Length: 22:00
Contact: http://www.hogueprophecy.com
Date Aired: 9/17/00
Summary: John Hogue is a rogue scholar, international authority on millennium prediction & author of: "Messiahs: The Vision and Prophecy for the Second Coming" He talked about famous and not-so famous messiahs based on his 30 year study of prophecies.

Subject: More on Messiahs & Second Coming Syndrome
Guest: John Hogue
Length: 22:00
Contact: http://www.hogueprophecy.com
Date Aired: 9/17/00
Summary: John Hogue is a rogue scholar, international authority on millennium prediction & author of: "Messiahs: The Vision and Prophecy for the Second Coming" He continued his discussion of historical messiahs and his theory that the messiah will return as a consciousness.

Subject: The Craft of Writing
Guest: John Olson
Length: 22:00
Contact: (206) 284-99856
Date Aired: 9/10/00
Summary: John Olson is the author of several books of poetry. His work has been published in numerous journals, his criticism has been in the AMERICAN BOOK REVIEW and THE STRANGER and his short stories have appeared in ETCETERA, DIRIGIBLE and FIRST INTENSITY. He discussed his work, his influences and shared some of his poems.

Subject: The Importance of Writing to a Civil Society
Guest: John Olson
Length: 22:00
Contact: (206) 284-99856
Date Aired: 9/10/00
Summary: John Olson is the author of several books of poetry. His work has been published in numerous journals, his criticism has been in the AMERICAN BOOK REVIEW and THE STRANGER and his short stories have appeared in ETCETERA, DIRIGIBLE and FIRST INTENSITY. He discussed his work, shared some of his poems and discussed the importance of writing and aesthetic appreciation to a civil society.

Subject: A Suburban Californian's Spiritual Quest to India
Guest: Bhagavan Das
Length: 21:00
Contact: N.A.
Date Aired: 9/3/00
Summary: The man born Michael Riggs is suburban California discussed his epiphany regarding the homogeneity of suburban life, his spiritual quest and initiation in India as a professional mystic, how he got his name Bhagavan Das and other stories from his spiritual memoir: It s Here Now, Are You? 

Subject: The Kali Yuga and other Signs of the Times.
Guest: Bhagavan Das
Length: 21:00
Contact: N.A.
Date Aired: 9/3/00
Summary: In the second part of a two part interview, author Bhagavan Das discussed the times we live in, known in the Hindu tradition as the Kali Yuga, the world changes that are manifesting as prophesied and other thoughts from his new spiritual memoir.

Subject: Source of Patriarchy: The Conflict between Word and Image, Part One
Guest: Leonard Shlain, M.D.
Length: 22:00
Contact: lshlain@aol.com
Date Aired: 10/31/99
Summary: Leonard Shlain, M.D. discusssed his book "The Alphabet vs. The Goddess: the conflict between Word and Image" and the theory that patriarchy and the fall of feminine values are a direct result of the introduction of alphabetic literacy into a culture.

Subject: Source of Patriarchy: The Conflict between Word and Image, Part Two
Guest: Leonard Shlain, M.D.
Length: 22:00
Contact: lshlain@aol.com
Date Aired: 10/31/99
Summary: Leonard Shlain, M.D. continued his discusssion of "The Alphabet vs. The Goddess: the conflict between Word and Image" and the theory that patriarchy and the fall of feminine values are a direct result of the introduction of alphabetic literacy into a culture.

Subject: Being A Spiritual Tourist
Guest: Elaine Childs Gowell, ARNP, Ph.D.
Length: 21:00
Contact: (206) 781-0839 http://www.nwlink.com/~gdgrief/
Date Aired: 8/20/00
Summary: Dr. Elaine Childs Gowell is a psychiatric nurse, anthropologist and author. Her new manuscript is The Passionate Pilgrim: A Shaman's Journey (Advice for the Spiritual Tourist). She discussed her theory that travelling can be an life-changing initiation and gave tips on how to fully access potential for self-change through travel.

Subject: More Advice For the Spiritual Tourist
Guest: Elaine Childs Gowell, ARNP, Ph.D.
Length: 21:00
Contact: (206) 781-0839 http://www.nwlink.com/~gdgrief/
Date Aired: 8/20/00
Summary: Dr. Elaine Childs Gowell is a psychiatric nurse, anthropologist and author continued her discussion of The Passionate Pilgrim: A Shaman's Journey (Advice for the Spiritual Tourist). She discussed her theory that travelling can be an life-changing initiation, gave tips on how to fully access potential for self-change through travel and explained the scientific basis for her theories.

Subject: Helping Low-Income Youth Gear Up for College
Guests: Carla Dietsch, Ph.D. and Kate Fernandez
Length: 22:00
Contact: (206) 616-6245 & http://gearup.washington.edu/
Date Aired: 8/13/00
Summary: Dr. Dietsch and Ms. Fernandez are, respectively, the Program Director and a student mentor for the GEAR UP program, or Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs. They discussed the gap between college enrollment for low-income and high income youth and the history of their program's attempt to rectify that inequity.

Subject: Helping Low-Income Youth Gear Up for College, Part 2
Guests: Carla Dietsch, Ph.D. and Kate Fernandez
Length: 22:00
Contact: (206) 616-6245 & http://gearup.washington.edu/
Date Aired: 8/13/00
Summary: Dr. Dietsch and Ms. Fernandez are, respectively, the Program Director and a student mentor for the GEAR UP program, or Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs. They discussed the program and it's impact on the host site, the University of Washington.

Subject: The Buddhist-Christian Dialogue for Global Healing
Guests: Paul Ingram, Ph.D. and Paul Houle
Length: 22:00
Length: (253) 535-7319, (253) 661-0077 or http://www.sgi-usa.org
Date Aired: 8/6/00
Summary: The 6th International Conference of the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies was discussed by Paul Ingram, Professor of Religion at Pacific Lutheran University and Paul Houle, the Pacific Northwest Public Relations Director for the Soka Gakkai International-USA society. They also discussed the similarities of the two religions and the need to seek common ground.

Subject: More of the Buddhist-Christian Dialogue for Global Healing
Guests: Paul Ingram, Ph.D. and Paul Houle
Length: (253) 535-7319, (253) 661-0077 or http://www.sgi-usa.org
Date Aired: 8/6/00
Summary: The 6th International Conference of the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies was discussed by Paul Ingram, Professor of Religion at Pacific Lutheran University and Paul Houle, the Pacific Northwest Public Relations Director for the Soka Gakkai International-USA society. They also talked more about the similarities of the two religions and the need to seek common ground.

Subject: The Scientific Basis for Understanding Animal Telepathy
Guest: Rupert Sheldrake, Ph.D.
Length: 22:00
Contact: http://www.sheldrake.org
Date Aired: 7/30/00
Summary: Rupert Sheldrake, Ph.D. is a renowned scientist who studied natural sciences at Cambridge and philosophy at Harvard. He holds a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Cambridge and was a Fellow at Clare College, Cambridge. He is the author of several books, including "Dogs That Know When Their Owners are Coming Home: and other unexplained powers of animals." He discussed his research into the phenomenon of animal telepathy.

Subject: More of The Scientific Basis for Understanding Animal Telepathy
Guest: Rupert Sheldrake, Ph.D.
Length: 22:00
Contact: http://www.sheldrake.org
Date Aired: 7/30/00
Summary: Rupert Sheldrake, Ph.D. is a renowned scientist who studied natural sciences at Cambridge and philosophy at Harvard. He holds a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Cambridge and was a Fellow at Clare College, Cambridge. He is the author of several books, including "Dogs That Know When Their Owners are Coming Home: and other unexplained powers of animals." He discussed his research into the phenomenon of animal telepathy and his theory of how it is done through morphic fields.

Subject: Non-Local Mind and the New Era in Medicine
Guest: Larry Dossey, M.D.
Length: 22:00
Contact: http://www.dosseydossey.com http://www.issc-taste.org/
Date Aired: 7/23/00
Summary: Dr. Larry Dossey graduated with honors from the U of Texas at Austin, earned his medical degree at Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, was decorated for valor for his service as a battalion surgeon in Vietnam and is author of: "Reinventing Medicine: Beyond Mind-Body to a New Era in Healing." He discussed the new era and the prime component, non-local mind, the notion that the mind is not restricted to the brain or body it resides in.

Subject: Non-Local Mind and the New Era in Medicine, Part Two
Guest: Larry Dossey, M.D.
Length: 22:00
Contact: http://www.dosseydossey.com http://www.issc-taste.org/
Date Aired: 7/23/00
Summary: Dr. Larry Dossey graduated with honors from the U of Texas at Austin, earned his medical degree at Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, was decorated for valor for his service as a battalion surgeon in Vietnam and is author of: "Reinventing Medicine: Beyond Mind-Body to a New Era in Healing." He discussed the new era, the notion of non-local mind and his vision of a National Dream Team, a team of people proficient in dreaming who would help find solutions for national concerns.

Northwestern Exposure #271a for 7/16/00 - Archived from Sept '99 - 56:00

Subject: Social Activism in Cynical Times
Guest: Paul Rogat Loeb
Length: 22:00
Contact: http://www.soulofacitizen.org
Date Aired: 7/16/00
Summary: Paul is an associated scholar at Seattle s Center for Ethical Leadership, has spent 30 years writing about citizen responsibility and empowerment and has lectured at over 200 colleges and universities around the U.S. Author of: Soul of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in a Cynical Time,  he discussed the reasons why Americans are so cynical and the activities of some social activists who aren t

Subject: More Social Activism in Cynical Times
Guest: Paul Rogat Loeb
Length: 22:00
Contact: http://www.soulofacitizen.org
Date Aired: 7/16/00
Summary: Paul is an associated scholar at Seattle s Center for Ethical Leadership, has spent 30 years writing about citizen responsibility and empowerment and has lectured at over 200 colleges and universities around the U.S. Author of: Soul of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in a Cynical Time,  he discussed more of the stories of social activism from the book.

Subject: Our Time of Whole System Transition
Guest: Jean Houston
Length: 22:00
Contact: http://www.jeanhouston.org
Date Aired: 7/9/00
Summary: Jean Houston, best-selling author, internationally-renowned scholar, philosopher & teacher, is the Co-Director of the Foundation for Mind Research in Ashland, Oregon. A consultant to UNICEF & other international agencies, she discussed Jump Time: Shaping our Future in a World of Radical Change, the time of transition we live in and how the tide is turning toward a feminine, whole-systems model to life.

Subject: More on Jump Time, Whole System Transition
Guest: Jean Houston
Length: 22:00
Contact: http://www.jeanhouston.org
Date Aired: 7/9/00
Summary: Jean Houston, best-selling author, internationally-renowned scholar, philosopher & teacher, is Co-Director of the Foundation for Mind Research in Ashland, Oregon. She continued her discussion of Jump Time: Shaping our Future in a World of Radical Change, touting the evidence suggesting a cultural paradigm shift is in full gear with examples including the new trend toward "interiority" created by Internet use.

Subject: A Drug Law Reform Initiative
Guest: Robert Lunday
Length: 22:00
Contact: http://www.reasonablepeople.org or (206) 417-5088 or even http://www.sentencingproject.org
Date Aired: 7/2/00
Summary: Robert Lunday is the Campaign Manager for Initiative 746, the Reasonable People s Initiative. I-746 would sentence people found guilty of drug possession with treatment rather than imprisonment. He discussed his work in previous drug reform initiatives, the genesis of I-746 and the savings to taxpayers which the initiative would produce.

Subject: A Drug Law Reform Initiative, Pt. 2
Guest: Robert Lunday
Length 22:00
Contact: http://www.reasonablepeople.org or (206) 417-5088 or even http://www.sentencingproject.org
Date Aired: 7/2/00
Summary: Robert Lunday is the Campaign Manager for Initiative 746, the Reasonable People s Initiative. I-746 would sentence people found guilty of drug possession with treatment rather than imprisonment. He discussed the initiative & how it is challenging the way signatures are gathered to include the Internet.

Subject: The World s Most Misunderstood Religion
Guest: Sallie Ann Glassman
Length: 22:00
Contact: http://www.vodou.net or (504) 948-9961
Date Aired: 6/25/00
Summary: Sallie Ann Glassman is a Manbo, or Vodou Priestess. Author of: Vodou Visions: An Encounter with Divine Mystery, she discussed Vodou, its history as a religion created by African slaves, its power and the myths which give it a bad name in her view.

Subject: More Vodou
Guest: Sallie Ann Glassman
Length: 22:00
Contact: http://www.vodou.net or (504) 948-9961
Date Aired: 6/25/00
Summary: Sallie Ann Glassman is a Manbo, or Vodou Priestess. Author of: Vodou Visions: An Encounter with Divine Mystery, she discussed the religion of Vodou, its power as an experiential religion and deities or Lwas such as Ogou and the Bawon.

Subject: Integrating Conventional and Natural Medicines for Cancer
Guest: Dan Labriola, N.D.
Length: 22:00
Contact: http://www.primahealth.com or (206) 784-9111
Date Aired: 6/18/00
Summary: Dr. Dan Labriola is a Naturopathic Doctor who consultants hospitals, bone marrow transplantation centers & cancer treatment facilities worldwide & is also author of: Complimentary Cancer Therapies: Combining Traditional and Alternative Approaches for the Best Possible Outcome.  He discussed the integration of conventional and natural medicines in treating cancer.

Subject: Integrating Conventional and Natural Medicines for Cancer, pt. 2
Guest: Dan Labriola, N.D.
Length: 22:00
Contact: http://www.primahealth.com or (206) 784-9111
Date Aired: 6/18/00
Summary: Dr. Dan Labriola is a Naturopathic Doctor who is author of: Complimentary Cancer Therapies: Combining Traditional and Alternative Approaches for the Best Possible Outcome.  He continued his discussion of the integration of conventional and natural medicines to treat cancer patients.

Subject: What Kids Say about Youth Violence, Part 1
Guest: David Horn
Length: 22:00
Contact: http://www.wa.gov/ago/pubs/bruised_inside041000.pdf
Date Aired: 6/11/00
Summary: David Horn is an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Washington. He discussed: Bruised Inside: What Our Children Say About Youth Violence. A report produced by the National Association of Attorneys General. He discussed the report, how the home climate of students is the main cause of youth violence and how parents can prevent violence by their kids.

Subject: What Kids Say about Youth Violence, Part 2
Guest: David Horn
Length: 22:00
Contact: http://www.wa.gov/ago/pubs/bruised_inside041000.pdf
Date Aired: 6/18/00
Summary: David Horn is an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Washington. He discussed: Bruised Inside: What Our Children Say About Youth Violence. A report produced by the National Association of Attorneys General. He discussed the report, what kids thought of violent media and how stopping domestic violence would prevent most youth violence.

Subject: The Source of Teen Violence
Guest: Gloria DeGaetano
Length: 23:00
Contact: (206) 654-2994 or http://www.growsmartbrains.com
Date Aired: 6/4/00 (First Broadcast in December '99.)
Summary: Gloria DeGaetano is a former teacher and current media literacy activist and author. Her new book is entitled; Stop Teaching Our Kids To Kill: A Call to Action Against TV, Movie and Video Game Violence.  By citing numerous studies, she discussed TV s de-evolution through the violence formula  of attracting viewers and how children are affected and how some eventually become violent.

Subject: The Source of Teen Violence
Guest: Gloria DeGaetano
Length: 22:00
Contact: (206) 654-2994 or http://www.growsmartbrains.com
Date Aired: 6/4/00 (First Broadcast in December '99.)
Summary: Gloria DeGaetano is a former teacher and current media literacy activist and author. Her new book is entitled; Stop Teaching Our Kids To Kill: A Call to Action Against TV, Movie and Video Game Violence.  By citing numerous studies, she continued her discussed of how violence on TV and violent video games prepare children to act out violently and how literacy is the antidote.

Subject: The Institute of Cultural Affairs
Guests: John Burbidge and Gordon Harper
Length: 22:00
Contact: (206) 323-2100 or http://www.ica-usa.org
Date Aired: 5/28/00
Summary: John Burbidge and Gordon Harper represent the Institute of Cultural Affairs, a world-wide organization that for 35 years has probed culture to help groups & individuals work creatively & minimize potential for conflict. They discussed their organization, its work and their definition of culture.

Subject: The Institute of Cultural Affairs
Guests: John Burbidge and Gordon Harper
Length: 22:00
Contact: (206) 323-2100 or http://www.ica-usa.org
Date Aired: 5/28/00
Summary: John Burbidge and Gordon Harper represent the Institute of Cultural Affairs, a world-wide organization that helps groups & individuals work creatively & minimize potential for conflict. They continued their discussion of their organization and its work and the end of unjust hierarchical systems.

Subject Rage Free Kids
Guests: Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman, N.D. and Robert Ullman, N.D.
Length: 22:00
Contact: (425) 774-5599 or http://www.healthy.net/jrru
Date Aired: 5/21/00
Summary: Robert and Judith Reichenberg-Ullman, M.S.W. are two naturopathic doctors, homeopaths and authors. They discussed their latest book: Rage Free Kids: Homeopathic Medicine for Defiant, Aggressive and Violent Children. 

Subject: Alternatives to Ritalin, Part 2
Guests: Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman, N.D. and Robert Ullman, N.D.
Length: 22:00
Contact: (425) 774-5599 or http://www.healthy.net/jrru
Date Aired: 5/21/00
Summary: Doctors Reichenberg-Ullman and Ullman are naturopathic doctors and licensed homeopaths. They are also authors of a book entitled: Ritalin Free Kids Safe and Effective Homeopathic Medicine for ADD and Other Behavioral and Learning Problems.  They discussed the Ritalin epidemic & drug-free alternatives. (Last of a two part interview, 1st aired in May 97.)

Subject: The Poetry Legacy of Allen Ginsberg
Guest: Ed Sanders
Length: 22:00
Contact: http://www.blacksparrowpress.com
Date Aired: 5/7/00
Summary: Ed Sanders is a poet, novelist, former rock star and newspaper publisher. He was the Visiting Poet at the Northwest SPokenword LAB in April 2000 and discussed the legacy of his friend Allen Ginsberg, as well as how Ginsberg s work changed his life.

Subject: Investigative Poetry
Guest: Ed Sanders
Length: 22:00
Contact: http://www.blacksparrowpress.com
Date Aired: 5/7/00
Summary: Ed Sanders is a poet, novelist, former rock star and newspaper publisher. He was the Visiting Poet at the Northwest SPokenword LAB in April 2000 and discussed Investigative Poetry, or the notion that poets ought to reclaim their role as the chroniclers of culture.

Subject: A Direct Path of Spirituality
Guest: Andrew Harvey
Length: 22:00
Contact: www.broadwaybooks.com
Date Aired: 5/7/00
Summary: Andrew Harvey is a world-renowned religious scholar, teacher, mystic and author of: The Direct Path: Creating a Journey to the Divine using the World s Mystical Traditions.  He discussed the evolution of HIS direct path, how WE may accomplish our own and other thoughts from his new book.

Subject: A Direct Path of Spirituality, Part 2
Guest: Andrew Harvey
Length: 22:00
Contact: www.broadwaybooks.com
Date Aired: 5/7/00
Summary: Andrew Harvey, world-renowned religious scholar, teacher, mystic and author of: The Direct Path: Creating a Journey to the Divine using the World s Mystical Traditions  discussed the evolution of spirituality from organization-based to how WE may accomplish our own direct path.

Subject: The Suburb and Smart Urban Design
Guest: Daniel Williams
Length: 22:00
Contact: (206) 624-5702 or http://www.cnu.org
Date Aired: 4/30/00
Summary: Daniel Williams is an architect with the Seattle firm Jones & Jones, a fellow in the American Institute of Architects and Chair of the Task Force on the Environment and Energy for the Congress for the New Urbanism. He discussed the New Urbanism, the evolution of the American suburb and the need for saving resources through smart urban design that aids livability.

Subject: The Suburb and Smart Urban Design
Guest: Daniel Williams
Length: 22:00
Contact: (206) 624-5702 or http://www.cnu.org
Date Aired: 4/30/00
Summary: Daniel Williams is an architect with the Seattle firm Jones & Jones, a fellow in the American Institute of Architects and Chair of the Task Force on the Environment and Energy for the Congress for the New Urbanism. He discussed the organization and the need for incorporating sound biology into urban design.

Subject: Causes of Global Warming
Guest: Patrick Mazza
Length: 22:00
Contact: http://www.climatesolutions.org or (360) 352-1763
Date Aired: 4/23/00
Summary: Patrick Mazza is the Senior Writer/Researcher for Climate Solutions, a group based in Olympia, Washington working to make the region a global leader in climate change response. He discussed the organization, the facts of global warming as accepted by a critical mass of scientists and the tax breaks for oil companies that help maintain our dependence on fossil fuels.

Subject: Causes of Global Warming
Guest: Patrick Mazza
Length: 22:00
Contact: http://www.climatesolutions.org or (360) 352-1763
Date Aired: 4/23/00
Summary: Patrick Mazza is the Senior Writer/Researcher for Climate Solutions, a group based in Olympia, Washington working to make the region a global leader in climate change response. He discussed the organization, the emerging technologies that will replace fossil fuels and his vision of how our energy grid system is becoming decentralized.

Subject: Reducing Youth Violence through Initiation
Guests: Stan Crow and Scott Brooks
Length: 22:00
Contact: http://www.icajourneys.org or (425) 486-5164
Date Aired: 4/16/00
Summary: Stan Crow is a group facilitator, religious educator and director of ICA Rite of Passage programs for youth and adults. Scott Brooks is coordinator of the Mayor of Seattle s office of Intergenerational programs and also helps facilitate ICA journeys for youth. They discussed the importance of youth initiation and the history of the Institute of Cultural Affairs.

Subject: More on Youth Initiation
Guests: Stan Crow and Scott Brooks
Length: 22:00
Contact: http://www.icajourneys.org or (425) 486-5164
Date Aired: 4/16/00
Summary: Stan Crow is a group facilitator, religious educator and director of ICA Rite of Passage programs for youth and adults. Scott Brooks is coordinator of the Mayor of Seattle s office of Intergenerational programs and also helps facilitate ICA journeys for youth. They discussed youth initiations, how they conduct them and how they are related to the rites of many cultures.

Subject: Vox Novus - Involving Youth in the 2000 Elections
Guests: Liz Vivian and Naria Kim
Length: 22:00
Contact: http://www.seattleyouth.org (206) 325-7922 and http://www.ethicalleadership.org (206) 328-3020
Date Aired: 4/9/00
Summary: Liz Vivian represent s the Seattle Youth Involvement Network and Naria Kim the Center for Ethical Leadership. They discussed Vox Novus, the collaboration designed to get youth more interested in the political process in this election year by using the Internet, among other means.

Subject: An Update on the Effort to Label Genetically-Engineered Foods
Guest: Craig Winters
Length: 22:00
Contact: http://www.thecampaign.org
Date Aired: 4/9/00
Summary: Craig Winters, the Executive Director for the Campaign to Label Genetically-Engineered Foods discusses this new food technology, the growing opposition in American and abroad and the effort to pass legislation through Congress to mandate labeling of products containing such organisms.

Subject: The Case for Legal Rights for Animals
Guest: Steven M. Wise
Length: 22:00
Contact: http://www.perseuspublishing.com/books/rattling
Date Aired: 4/2/00
Summary: Steven M. Wise is an animal protection lawyer who teaches Animal Rights Law at the Harvard, Vermont and John Marshall Schools of Law. He is also author of: Rattling the Cage: Toward Legal Rights for Animals.  He discussed the events that led him into this field and his legal case for animal rights

Subject: More of the Case for Legal Rights for Animals
Guest: Steven M. Wise
Length: 22:00
Contact: http://www.perseuspublishing.com/books/rattling
Date Aired: 4/2/00
Summary: Steven M. Wise is an animal protection lawyer who teaches Animal Rights Law at the Harvard, Vermont and John Marshall Schools of Law. He is also author of: Rattling the Cage: Toward Legal Rights for Animals.  He discussed the rights he believes chimpanzees and pygmy chimps should be granted and the ramifications for research and other aspects of life as we know it.

Subject: More Partnering
Guests: Hal and Sidra Stone
Length: 22:00
Contact: http://www.delos-inc.com
Date Aired: 3/26/00
Summary: Hal & Sidra Stone are both licensed clinical psychologists with many years of experience as psychotherapists. They discussed their new book: Partnering: A New Kind of Relationship  and their theory of how we have ingrained patterns they consider selves  and how challenges seek us out like a heat-seeking missile.

Subject: One More Look at Partnering
Guests: Hal and Sidra Stone
Length: 22:00
Contact: http://www.delos-inc.com
Date Aired: 3/26/00
Summary: Hal & Sidra Stone discussed their new book: Partnering: A New Kind of Relationship,  their theory of ingrained patterns they consider selves  as compared to multiple personalities and how judgements of others reflect unresolved issues of our own.

Subject: Integrative Couples Therapy
Guest: Dr. Andrew Christensen
Length: 22:00
Contact: http://www.guilford.com
Date Aired: 3/19/00
Summary: Andrew Christensen, Ph.D. is a UCLA researcher, psychologist and co-author of: Reconcilable Differences.  He discussed his research, funded by the National Institutes of Mental Health, which helped develop Integrative Couples Therapy as an approach to help couples prevent domestic violence.

Subject: Partnering
Guests: Hal and Sidra Stone
Length: 22:00
Contact: http://www.delos-inc.com
Date Aired: 3/19/00
Summary: Hal & Sidra Stone are both licensed clinical psychologists with many years of experience as psychotherapists. They discussed their new book: Partnering: A New Kind of Relationship  and concepts from it such as how illness can be a golden opportunity for our own growth in relationships.

Subject: The State of Theater in the U.S. and The Beard
Guests: Joe Pesce and Kerry Weddle
Length: 22:00
Contact: (206) 322-2018 or info@riverside-ensemble.com or http://www.seattlefringe.org
Date Aired: 3/12/00
Summary Two members of the Riverside Theater Ensemble from Albuquerque discussed the state of theater in America and their production of The Beard, a witty and obscene play first staged in the 1960 s and written by Beat Poet Michael McClure. They also perform (a radio appropriate) segment.

Subject: The Beard, Profanity and Divinity
Guests: Joe Pesce and Kerry Weddle
Length: 22:00
Contact: (206) 322-2018 or info@riverside-ensemble.com or http://www.seattlefringe.org
Date Aired: 3/12/00
Summary: Two members of the Riverside Theater Ensemble discussed their production of The Beard, a witty and obscene play first staged in the 1960 s and written by Beat Poet Michael McClure and the deeper themes of choice and divinity that may have been obscured by the obscene language.

Subject: Cultural Exchange with Cuba
Guests: Michael Olson and Tom Russell
Length: 20:00
Contact: (360) 786-8257 or http://www.obrador.org
Date Aired: 3/5/00
Summary: Two members of the Olympia musical ensemble Obrador discussed the history of their band, their commitment to social justice and their recent trip to Cuba to perform at a music school in the Guanabacoa municipality.

Subject: Helping Young Musicians in Cuba
Guests: Michael Olson and Tom Russell
Length: 20:00
Contact: (360) 786-8257 or http://www.obrador.org
Date Aired: 3/5/00
Summary: Two members of the Olympia musical ensemble Obrador discussed their recent trip to Cuba, their effort to help provide musical instruments to impoverished students there, the seriousness with which Cubans take art and the respect Cuban youth have for elders.

Subject: Writing as Healing Activity
Guest: Sharon Doubiago
Length: 22:00
Contact: (415) 386-0139
Date Aired: 2/27/00
Summary: Sharon Doubiago is a poet and writer who holds an M.A. in English, holds the Oregon Book Award for poetry and has taught, or has been writer-in-residence at The Naropa Institute, Austin Peay State University and many other institutions. She discussed her work, how the act of writing poetry has positively impacted her life and also shared some of her work, including the poem: How to Make Love to a Man. 

Subject: Finding Faith as a Religious Pilgrim
Guest: Nicholas Shrady
Length: 22:30
Contact: http://www.harpercollins.com
Date Aired: 2/27/00
Summary: Nicholas is an author who visited many of the world s sacred religious places and wrote about them in a book entitled: Sacred Roads: Adventures from the Pilgrimage Trail.  He discussed his travels, the difficulties he encountered with accommodations and his experiences with people of differing belief systems and how his own faith was affected by his journeys.

Subject: The Current State of Poetry
Guests: Jack & Adelle Foley
Length: 22:00
Contact: JASFoley@aol.com or http://www.alsopreview.com
Date Aired: 2/20/00
Summary: Jack Foley is a is an accomplished poet, critic and essayist who, with his wife Adelle, performs throughout the San Francisco Bay area. They discussed the current state of poetry, their own response, the multiple intelligences that they attempt to activate when they perform and the multi-media situation that poetry finds itself in at this time.

Subject: More of the Current State of Poetry
Guests: Jack & Adelle Foley
Length: 22:00
Contact: JASFoley@aol.com or http://www.alsopreview.com
Date Aired: 2/20/00
Summary: Jack Foley is a is an accomplished poet, critic and essayist who, with his wife Adelle, performs throughout the San Francisco Bay area. They discussed the current state of poetry, their own response the effect of Charles Olson s essay Projective Verse 50 years after its first publication and they shared their work.

Subject: A Bahai Prespective on Death
Guest: Pattabi Raman, Ph.D. Ed.D.
Length: 24:00
Contact: (253) 939-7576
Date Aired: 2/13/00
Summary: Dr. Raman, a member of the Bahai Faith for over 30 years discussed the passing of David Francis, the Bahai perspective on death and how contemplation of death and the other great mysteries of life is critical to mental health.

Subject: Good Grief Rituals
Guest: Elaine Childs-Gowell
Length: 21:20
Contact: (206) 781-0839
Date Aired: 2/13/00
Summary: Dr. Childs-Gowell is a Seattle-based nurse, anthropologist, Shaman and author. She discussed grief, how unprocessed grief manifests in disease and rituals to help come to terms with loss. The interview originally aired in June of 1996.

Subject: War Prevention in the Balkans
Guest: Terry Moyemont
Length: 21:00
Contact: (206) 780-9690 or http://www.lehnherr.com/lightbrigade
Date Aired: 2/6/00
Summary: Terry Moyemont has been a film producer for nearly 40 years. He went to Macedonia in the Balkans to document the efforts of the United Nations Preventive Deployment force before the war in Kosovo. He discussed the access he had into the peacekeeping forces of the U.S. and of Finland, his film: On Tour with the Blue Berets  and the costs of prevention as opposed to the costs (in dollars and human suffering) of war.

Subject: The U.N. Preventive Deployment Force and violence on TV
Guest: Terry Moyemont
Length: 21:00
Contact: (206) 780-9690 or http://www.lehnherr.com/lightbrigade
Date Aired: 2/6/00
Summary: Terry Moyemont has been a film producer for nearly 40 years. He went to Macedonia in the Balkans to document the efforts of the United Nations Preventive Deployment force before the war in Kosovo. He discussed his film: On Tour with the Blue Berets  and the ignorance of TV news executives that he encountered in his efforts to get his documentary on TV.

Subject: The Re-Integration of Arts and Social Services
Guest: Marc Weinblatt
Length: 21:00
Contact: marco59@aol.com or (360) 297-5059
Date Aired: 1/30/00
Summary: Marc Weinblatt, formerly of the Seattle Public Theater, is the founder of the Mandala Center for Awareness, Transformation and Action. He discussed the use of theater as a healing modality in a process created by Augusto Boal called: Theater of the Oppressed and how he applies it in his work.

Subject: More of The Re-Integration of Arts and Social Services
Guest: Marc Weinblatt
Length: 21:00
Contact: marco59@aol.com or (360) 297-5059
Date Aired: 1/30/00
Summary: Marc Weinblatt, formerly of the Seattle Public Theater, is the founder of the Mandala Center for Awareness, Transformation and Action. He continued his discussion the use of theater as a healing modality in a process created by Auguston Boal called: Theater of the Oppressed and how he applies it in his work.

Subject: Changing Paradigms, Part One
Guest: John David Ebert
Length: 21:00
Contact: Council Oak Books
Date Aired: 1/23/00
Summary: John David Ebert was an editor with the Joseph Campbell Foundation for 6 years and has lectured extensively on the relevance of mythology to contemporary society. He is also the author of a collection of interviews with cutting-edge scientists entitled: Twilight of the Clockwork God: Conversations on Science and Spirituality at the End of an Age.  He discussed the current mechanistic  world view and the emerging organismic  paradigm foreseen by Jung, Einstein and other great thinkers.

Subject: Changing Paradigms, Part Two
Guest: John David Ebert
Length: 21:00
Contact: Council Oak Books
Date Aired: 1/23/00
Summary: John David Ebert was an editor with the Joseph Campbell Foundation for 6 years and has lectured extensively on the relevance of mythology to contemporary society. He is also the author of a collection of interviews with cutting-edge scientists entitled: Twilight of the Clockwork God: Conversations on Science and Spirituality at the End of an Age.  He discussed how Western Science is validating the notions of Eastern mystics and indigenous shamen and other concepts covered in the book.

Subject: Trapeze as Metaphor for Living, Part 1
Guest: Sam Keen
Length: 21:00
Contact: Sonoma Trapeze Troupe - 16331 Norrbum Rd. Sonoma, CA 95476
Date Aired: 1/16/00
Summary: Sam Keen is a graduate of Harvard Divinity School, former consulting editor of Psychology Today and author of 12 books, including "Learning to Fly: Trapeze - Reflections on Fear, Trust and the Joy of Letting Go." He spent over 5 years learning the flying trapeze, and he related that the lessons he learned show how trapeze can be a metaphor for life and how people can transcend lifelong barriers through this art.

Subject: Trapeze as Metaphor for Living, Part 2
Guest: Sam Keen
Length: 21:00
Contact: Sonoma Trapeze Troupe - 16331 Norrbum Rd. Sonoma, CA 95476
Date Aired: 1/16/00
Summary: Sam Keen is a graduate of Harvard Divinity School, former consulting editor of Psychology Today and author of 12 books, including "Learning to Fly: Trapeze - Reflections on Fear, Trust and the Joy of Letting Go." He spent over 5 years learning the flying trapeze, and he related that the lessons he learned show how trapeze can be a metaphor for life and how people can transcend lifelong barriers through this art.

Subject: Awakening Intuition, Part 1
Guest: Mona Lisa Schultz, M.D., Ph.D.
Length: 21:00
Contact: http://www.randomhouse.com
Date Aired: 1/9/00
Summary: Dr. Schultz is a neuropsychiatrist and neuroscientist and has worked as a medical intuitive for more than ten years. She is also the author of "Awakening Intuition: Using Your Mind-Body Network for Insight and Healing." She defined intuition, talked about how it is related to wellness and how certain diseases are linked to certain energy centers in the body.

Subject: Awakening Intuition, Part 2
Guest: Mona Lisa Schultz, M.D., Ph.D.
Length: 21:00
Contact: http://www.randomhouse.com
Date Aired: 1/9/00
Summary: Dr. Schultz is a neuropsychiatrist and neuroscientist and has worked as a medical intuitive for more than ten years. She is also the author of "Awakening Intuition: Using Your Mind-Body Network for Insight and Healing." She discussed nations from her book, including how certain diseases are linked to certain energy centers in the body and how cancer is linked to loss of a loved one or sense of security.

Subject: On-Line Non-Profit Fundraising
Guest: Kerry Kozlowski
Length: 22:00
Contact: http://www.thegivingnetwork.com
Date Aired: 1/2/00
Summary: Kerry Kozlowski, founder of the Giving Network, an on-line non-profit organization referral service. She discussed the Giving Network, her financial background and how she has applied that background to help create awareness of non-profit organizations in the Pacific Northwest through the Giving Network.

Subject: Skinner Releasing Technique
Guest: Stephanie Skura
Length: 25:00
Contact: http://www.skinnerreleasing.org and http://www.cranky.org or (206) 365-9096
Date Aired: 1/2/00
Summary: Stephanie Skura is an internationally-known post-modern choreographer who has moved into the healing arts to facilitate a modality known as Skinner Releasing Technique. She discussed the technique, likening it to a movement form of homeopathy in the sense that the facilitator provides just a hint of imagery to allow participants to soften areas where they may be experiencing blockages. She also discussed Joan Skinner, the woman who developed the technique as well the dance background of herself and Joan.

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