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Northwestern Exposure #214A for 12/27/98 - 54:00 Archived from October '97

Subject: Romancing The Shadow
Guest: Connie Zweig, Ph.D.
Length: 22:00
Contact: 800-484-9962 (hear tone, press 3104)http://www.myshadow.com and czweig@myshadow.com
Date Aired: 12/27/98
Summary: Connie Zweig is a Jungian Therapist who specializes in shadow work, as well as the founder of the Institute for Shadow Work and Spiritual Psychology and the co-author of: "Romancing The Shadow: Illuminating the Dark Side of the Soul. She discussed the Jungian concept of the shadow, (the often secret part of our lives or background) the way it has been exposed in the media through Marv Albert and how we can work with our own shadow issues by noticing certain behaviors and acting to stop them. 

Subject: The Internet as Learning Tool 
Guests: Andy Smallman, Deb Schaak
Length: 22:00
Contact: (425) 455-7617 or http://www.pscs.org
Date Aired: 12/27/98
Summary: Andy Smallman is the Director of Puget Sound Community School and Deb Schaak is the PSCS Tutorial Program Coordinator. They discussed this "school without walls," the school's use of the Internet as learning tool and some of the on-line courses offered by the school.



Northwestern Exposure #218A for 12/20/98 - 54:00 Archived from November '97

Subject: Golf as Self-Growth (Part 1 of 2)
Guest: Michael Murphy
Length: 21:00 
Contact: www.golfweb.com/shivaslives or P.O. Box 222339 Carmel, CA 93922-2339
Date Aired: 11/20/98
Summary: Michael Murphy is the co-founder of the famed Esalen retreat on the Northern California coast. The author of the best-seller "Golf in the Kingdom" and the new "The Kingdom of Shivas Irons" discussed the mythological aspects of golf and its power as a medium for self-knowledge and evolution, as well as the scientific, psychological and esoteric basis for his fiction. 

Subject: Golf as Self-Growth (Part 2 of 2)
Guest: Michael Murphy
Length: 21:00 
Contact: www.golfweb.com/shivaslives or P.O. Box 222339 Carmel, CA 93922-2339
Date Aired: 12/20/98
Summary: Michael Murphy is the co-founder of the famed Esalen retreat on the Northern California coast. The author of the best-seller "Golf in the Kingdom" and the new "The Kingdom of Shivas Irons" continued his discussion about the scientific, psychological and esoteric basis for his fiction.



Northwestern Exposure #212A for 12/13/98 - 54:00 Archived from September '97

Subject: Herbs and Health Empowerment
Guest: Eric Pollard
Length: 22:00
Contact: (206) 623-9837 http://www.tenzing.com
Date Aired: 12/13/98 
Summary: Eric Pollard is a trained herbalist and the co-owner of Tenzing Momo, the oldest, continuously-operating herbal apothecary on the west coast, located in Seattle's historic Pike Place Market. He discussed the apothecary, the new popularity of certain herbs like St. Johnswort and the notion that increasingly, people seek empowerment for their own health and wellness, rather than giving up that responsibility to a doctor. 

Subject: The Legend of Jack Kerouac
Guests: Vince Ballestri, Brian Kent
Length: 22:00
Contact: (206) 624-8477
Date Aired: 12/13/98
Summary: Vince Ballestri is an acclaimed actor and is the writer/producer/performer in "Kerouac: The Essence of Jack. A Jazz Play." He discussed his interest in Kerouac, how he continued to be inspired to perform the same basic play night after night and Kerouac's literary reputation. He also read some Kerouac with Brian's sax accompaniment.



Northwestern Exposure #219A for 12/6/98 - 56:00 Archived from November '97

Subject: A Suburban Californian's Spiritual Quest to India
Guest: Bhagavan Das
Length: 21:00 
Contact: N.A.
Date Aired: 12/6/98
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: 12/6/98
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.



Northwestern Exposure #225A for 11/29/98 - 55:00 Archived from February '97

Subject: The Northwest s Marine Ecosystem
Guest: Dave Bliss
Length: 22:00
Contact: divrdav@i-link-2.net
Date Aired: 11/29/98 
Summary: Dave Bliss is a Dive Instructor and owner of the White Pass Sports Hut in Packwood, Washington, as well as author of: Northwest Boat Dives: 60 Ultimate Dives in Puget Sound and Hood Canal.  He discussed his underwater experiences in the Pacific Northwest, the effects of population growth on those ecosystems, the best places to go scuba-diving in the Northwest and the steps that can be done to protect the marine ecosystem for our children s children. 

Subject: Marijuana Myths and Facts
Guests: Lynn Zimmer, Ph.D. and John Morgan, M.D.
Length: 22:00
Contact: (800) 444-2524
Date Aired: 11/29/98 
Summary: Lynn Zimmer is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Queens College, City University of New York and Dr. John Morgan is a Professor of Pharmacology at City University Medical School. They are the authors of: Marijuana Myths: Marijuana Facts.  They discussed studies in the past 100 years, including the Shafer Commission report, commissioned by the Nixon Administration, that suggest the penalties for being caught possessing marijuana are more injurious than occasional use of the drug itself.



Northwestern Exposure #246 for 11/22/98 - 54:30

Subject: The Indigenous Puerto Rican Spoken Word Heritage 
Guest: Victor Hernandez Cruz 
Length: 22:00
Contact: Coffee House Press (612) 338-0125
Date Aired: 11/22/98 
Summary: Mr. Cruz is the author of Red Beans, Mainland, Tropilicazation, By Lingual Wholes, Rhythm Content and Flavor and his latest: Panoramas, was featured on Bill Moyers' "Language of Life" series on PBS. Cruz has won numerous awards including the Guggenheim Fellowship and the New York Poetry Foundation Award. He discussed Puerto Rico, his exposure to the "areyto" or oral tradition and the recent problems with hurricanes.

Subject: The Poetic Inspirations of Victor Hernandez Cruz
Guest: Victor Hernandez Cruz
Length: 23:00
Contact: Coffee House Press (612) 338-0125
Date Aired: 11/22/98 
Summary: Mr. Cruz , the author of Red Beans, Mainland, Tropilicazation, By Lingual Wholes, Rhythm Content and Flavor and his latest: Panoramas, discussed the life and work William Carlos Williams as well as other inspirations including Miles Davis and the role of poetry in a society that has largely marginalized itself.



Northwestern Exposure #203A for 11/15/98 - 55:30 Archived from July '97

Subject: Preventing Domestic Violence 
Guests: Lynn Gordon and Seth Ellner
Length: 22:00
Contact: (206) 205-5555 for recorded message, or (206) 632-1870
Date Aired: 11/15/98 
Summary: Ms. Gordon is the King County Domestic Violence Program Manager. Seth Ellner is a counselor who facilitates perpetrator treatment groups. They discussed the Love Shouldn t Hurt domestic violence public education campaign, the symptoms of Domestic Violence and how perpetrators can get help for their abusive tendencies. 

Subject: Preventing Teen Suicide
Guests: Sara Owens and Kelsie Nelson
Length: 22:00
Contact: (206) 461-4922
Date Aired: 11/15/98 
Summary: Sara Owens is the Coordinator of the Teen Link Line. Kelsie Nelson is a volunteer with the program. They discussed the line, the problem of Teen Suicide, the early signs someone may be considering suicide and how the line is an effective prevention method.



Northwestern Exposure #206A for 11/8/98 - 54:30 Archived from August '97

Subject: Teaching Values and Morality through Classic Literature
Guest: Herb Kohl
Length: 22:00
Contact: N.A.
Date Aired: 11/8/98
Summary: Mr. Kohl is an award-winning author and educator who has edited his second book to help people understand the complexity in moral decisions. His new effort is entitled: The Plain Truth of Things: The Role of Values in a Complex World.  He discussed the book, the effort to show William Bennett (author of the Book of Virtues) that moral decisions are not black and white and he read some of the work of Muriel Rukeyser and Victor Hernandez Cruz. 

Subject: Protecting Your Kids from Internet Predators
Guest: Dennis Small 
Length: 22:00
Contact: dsmall@inspire.ospi.wednet.edu http://www.ospi.wednet.edu
Date Aired: 11/8/98
Summary: Dennis Small is the Educational Telecommunications Specialist with the Washington State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. He discussed his thoughts about the Internet, shared anecdotes about the positive aspects for education and offered some tips for parents to prevent their web-surfing kids from being taken advantage of by Internet users with less than good intent.



Northwestern Exposure #246A for 11/1/98 - 53:00 Archived from Spring '96

Subject: Brain Chemistry & Total Wellness
Guest: Joel Robertson M.D.
Length: 22:00 
Contact: P.O. Box 887 Grand Haven, MI 49417
Date Aired: 11/1/98 
Summary: Dr. Robertson is an internationally-known clinician, lecturer, author and founder of: The Robertson Institute. He discussed brain chemistry, the two basic types brain chemistry breakdowns of people and how what you eat, smoke, snort and watch affects your brain chemistry. 

Subject: A Course in Love
Guest: Reverend Joan Gattuso
Length: 22:00 
Contact: 1-800 2 LOVE U 2
Date Aired: 11/1/98 
Summary: Reverend Gattuso is a Unity Minister and author of: "A Course in Love: Powerful Teachings on Love, Sex and Personal Fulfillment." She discussed how removing the personal blocks we have to love is more effective than looking for the perfect partner. She also discussed how judgement interferes with our own development.



Northwestern Exposure #162A for 10/25/98 - 58:00 Archived from 10.6.96

Subject: The Healing Power of Story, Part Two
Guest: Erica Helm Meade
Length: 21:30
Contact: (206) 463-9387
Date Aired: 10/25/98
Summary: Ms. Meade is a therapist, author and story-teller. She discussed the healing power of story, how to incorporate lessons from stories and experiences into one's life and she also shared a story. 

Subject: Grass Roots Activism
Guest: George Lakey
Length: 22:00
Contact: N.A.
Date Aired: 10/25/98
Summary: Mr. Lakey is an activist, teacher, workshop facilitator and co-author of: "Grass Roots and Non-Profit Leadership: A Guide for Organizations in Changing Times." He discussed his book, his personal activism, the work of non-profit organizations and common obstacles to success for such organizations.



Northwestern Exposure #162A for 10/18/98 - 58:00 Archived from 10.6.96

Subject: Learning from Kids Culture, part 1
Guest: Douglass Rushkoff
Length: 23:00
Contact: N.A.
Date Aired: 10/18/98
Summary: Mr. Rushkoff, an author, media philosopher and modern day Marshall McLuhan discussed our age of chaos, the fear associated with the changes inherent in that chaos and how we can learn from, and be assured by, the reaction of young people to that chaos. (They surf it!) His new book is "Playing the Future:How Kids Culture can Teach us to Thrive in an Age of Chaos."

Subject: Learning from Kids Culture, part 2
Guest: Douglass Rushkoff
Length: 23:00
Contact: N.A.
Date Aired: 10/18/98
Summary: Mr. Rushkoff, an author, media philosopher and modern day Marshall McLuhan discussed our age of chaos, the fear associated with the changes inherent in that chaos (as evidenced by fundamentalists of all denominations)and how we can learn from, and be assured by, the reaction of young people to that chaos.



Northwestern Exposure #245a for 10/11/98 - 58:00

Subject: The Boldt Decision and Prejudice Against Native Americans
Guest: Beaver Chief
Length: 22:00 
Contact: (206) 782-5781, http://www.inpeoria.org/pages/BC/BC-index.html or P.O. Box 19737, Seattle, WA 98109-6737.
Date Aired: 10/11/98
Summary: Beaver Chief is an Indian Doctor, indigenous to the Seattle area. He discussed the hatred toward Indians in the wake of the Boldt decision, his feelings about the Federal Government and their treatment of Native people and his thoughts about the inherent spirituality of Seattle.

Subject: The Sacred Path of One Northwest Native American
Guest: Beaver Chief
Length: 22:00 
Contact: (206) 782-5781, http://www.inpeoria.org/pages/BC/BC-index.html or P.O. Box 19737, Seattle, WA 98109-6737.
Date Aired: 10/11/98
Summary: Beaver Chief is an Indian Doctor, indigenous to the Seattle area. He discussed his path from self-described "gangster" in trouble with the law, to that of an Indian Doctor, the tradition in his family. He discussed some of the native spiritual traditions and mythology and his own initiation.



Northwestern Exposure #158A for 10/4/98 - 58:00 Archived from 10.6.96

Subject: The Making of a Post-Denominational Priest
Guest: Father Matthew Fox
Length: 22:00
Contact: (510) 835-4UCS
Date Aired: 10/4/98
Summary: Father Fox is an Episcopal Priest, scholar and author of many books. He discussed his silencing by the Vatican in 1989, his formal dismissal from the Dominican Order in 1993, as wellas his thoughts on Creation Spirituality, the re-invention of liturgy and his rites of passage experienced in the Pacific Northwest.

Subject: Fundamentalism, Fear and Re-Inventing Education
Guest: Father Matthew Fox
Length: 22:00
Contact: (510) 835-4UCS
Date Aired: 10/4/98
Summary: Father Matthew Fox is an Episcopal Priest, scholar of ancient Christian Mystics and author of many books, including "Confessions: The Making of a Post-Denominational Priest. He continued his discussion of the paradigm shift to an organismic cosmology, the rise of fundamentalism, the role of imagination in solving society's problems and his attempt to re-invent higher education at the University of Creation Spirituality in Oakland, California.



Northwestern Exposure #160A for 9/27/98 - 58:00 Archived from June 9, 1996

Subject: Paul Hunter's Poetry
Guest: Paul Hunter
Length: 22:00
Contact: (206) 633-5647
Date Aired: 9/27/98
Summary: Paul Hunter is a published Seattle poet, publisher and playwrite. He discussed his development as a poet, the history of Red Sky Poetry Theater and gave some tips for aspiring writers. He also read two of his poems: "Same Damn Boat" and "Standing True."


Subject: Landscapes of the Interior
Guest: Don Gayton
Length: 22:00
Contact: (604) 247-9737
Date Aired: 9/27/98
Summary: Don Gayton is a scientist, range ecologist and author of: "Landscapes of the Interior: Re-Explorations of Nature and the Human Spirit." He discussed the anthropocentric nature of the word "landscape," his theory of the notion of a "primal landscape," and how he believes the developer mentality owes its existence to the essential unknowability of nature.



Northwestern Exposure #242A for 9/20/98 - 58:00 Archived from June 21, 1998

Subject: Individual Responsibility in the Population Explosion
Guest: Bill McKibben
Length: 21:00
Contact: N.A.
Date Aired: 9/20/98
Summary: Bill McKibben is a respected author who's new book is entitled: "Maybe One: A Personal & Environmental Argument for Single-Child Families." In it he debunks the myth that being a single child is a disease it itself. He discussed the global population, projected growth rates and the individual's responsibility to procreate and consume less to preserve the planet for future generations.

Subject: North American Conservation Assessment
Guest: Dominick Dellasala, Ph.D.
Length: 22:00
Contact: http://www.worldwildilfe.org or 202-293-4800
Date Aired: 9/20/98
Summary: Dr. Dellasala is the World Wildlife Fund's Manager of the Klamath/Siskiyou Ecosystem Campaign. He discussed the organization's history and mission, the North American Conservation Assessment, the precarious state that many of the continent's biological treasures and preservation efforts.



Northwestern Exposure #239A for 9/13/98 - 58:00 Archived from May 31, 1998

Subject: The Makah Whaling Controversy, Part One
Guests: Brenda Peterson & Will Anderson 
Length: 22:00
Contact: (206) 787-2500 x 890 http://www.paws.org/whalesinperil or http://www.oceanmammalinstitute.com or http://www.dreamweaving.com
Date Aired: 9/13/98
Summary: Brenda Peterson is an environmental writer, journalist and co-editor of: "Intimate Nature: The Bond Between Women and Animals." Will Anderson is with PAWS, the Progressive Animal Welfare Society. They discussed the renewed effort by the Makah Tribal Council to hunt whales off the Northwest Coast of Washington, the opposition in the environmental and animal rights communities and the history of the tribal connection to the Gray whales.

Subject: The Makah Whaling Controversy, Part Two
Guests: Brenda Peterson & Will Anderson
Length: 22:00
Contact: (206) 787-2500 x 890 http://www.paws.org/whalesinperilor http://www.oceanmammalinstitute.com or http://www.dreamweaving.com
Date Aired: 9/13/98
Summary: Brenda Peterson is an environmental writer, journalist and co-editor of: "Intimate Nature: The Bond Between Women and Animals." Will Anderson is with PAWS, the Progressive Animal Welfare Society. In the last part of a two part interview they discussed the renewed effort by the Makah Tribal Council to hunt whales off the Northwest Coast of Washington, the intelligence of whales and other sea mammals and the protest that will happen off the Northwest Coast if the tribe does attempt to renew whaling.



Northwestern Exposure #240A for 9/6/98 - 56:30 Archived from June '98

Subject: The Future of the Web - Interactive TV & Radio
Guest: Ethan Borg
Length: 22:00
Contact: (206) 706-0579 or http://www.beconn.net/tsw or http://www.eflash.com
Date Aired: 9/6/98
Summary: Ethan Borg is a software developer, entrepreneur and President of TSW, a small Seattle Software Development firm. He discussed his company, the joys and pitfalls of being an entrepreneur and the future of the Internet - Interactive TV & Radio.

Subject: Organizing High Tech Workers
Guests: Mike Blain & Marcus Courtney
Length: 23:00
Contact: http://www.washtech.org
Date Aired: 9/6/98
Summary: Mike Blain and Marcus Courtney are two principals in WashTech, a labor organizing effort that seeks to better conditions for "permatemps," the long-term temporary employees working for Microsoft and other local software firms. They discussed the origins on WashTech in an unfavorable Department of Labor and Industries ruling, the lack of benefits for permatemps and the effort to educate technology workers about the benefits of organizing.



Northwestern Exposure #237A for 8/30/98 - 58:00 Archived from May 17, 1998

Subject: A Moral Protest Against the School of the Americas
Guest: Reverend William Bichsel
Length: 22:00
Contact: (253) 627-4347
Date Aired: 8/30/98
Summary: Reverend William Bichsel, is a Jesuit Priest from Tacoma. He has been arrested and convicted for his role in a protest against the U.S. Army's "School of the Americas," an institution responsible for training Manuel Noriega, Anastasio Somoza and other human rights violators in Central and South America. He discusses the school, the legislative efforts to close it down and his civil disobedience as a moral protest.

Subject: Creating a Life Worth Living
Guest: Carol Lloyd
Length: 22:00
Contact: parlor@igc.org
Date Aired: 8/30/98
Summary: Carol Lloyd is a writer, performer and entrepreneur. She is the founder of The Writing Parlor, a San Francisco literary arts center and for the past seven years has led "Life Worth Living" workshops to help people attain their creative dreams. That workshop experience is now available in the form of a book entitled: "Creating a Life Worth Living." She talked about the workshop, the book and the struggles people face when trying to drop out of the 9-to-5 routine.



Northwestern Exposure #236A for 8/23/98 - 60:00 Archived from May '98

Subject: True Work
Guests: Michael and Justine Toms
Length: 23:00
Contact: (707) 468-5215 or http://www.newdimensions.org/
Date Aired: 8/23/98
Summary: Michael and Justine Toms are the co-founders of: New Dimensions Broadcasting Network, an organization dedicated to exploration of the social, political, scientific, environmental and spiritual frontiers, through radio and television interviews, with many of today's foremost social innovators, thinkers, scientists and creative artists. They discussed their work and their new book called: "True Work."

Subject: The Tibetan Buddhist Path
Guest: Robert Thurman, Ph.D.
Length: 23:00
Contact: 212-807-0563 or http://www.tibethouse.org
Date Aired: 8/23/98
Summary: Dr. Thurman, a college professor and writer for thirty years, holds the first endowed chair in Indo-Tibetan Buddhist studies in America. He is author of: "Inner Revolution: Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Real Happiness." He discussed his path to Tibetan Buddhism, the "inner science" of that tradition and the four noble truths of Buddhism.



Northwestern Exposure #229A for 8/16/98 - 58:00 Archived from March '98

Subject: Movement as Spiritual Practice, Part one.
Guest: Gabrielle Roth
Length: 22:00
Contact: (973) 642-7942 or http://ravenrecording.com/
Date Aired: 8/16/98
Summary: Gabrielle Roth considers herself to be an urban shaman. An early proponent of "movement therapy," Gabrielle is an internationally-renowned theater director, dance teacher and recording artist, as well as author of: "Sweat Your Prayers: Movement as Spiritual Practice." She discussed her background as a dancer, her job as a musical director and the five universal rhythms, which she feels are the key to healing. 

Subject: Movement as Spiritual Practice, Part two.
Guest: Gabrielle Roth
Length: 22:00
Contact: (973) 642-7942 or http://ravenrecording.com/
Date Aired: 8/16/98
Summary: Gabrielle Roth considers herself to be an urban shaman. An early proponent of "movement therapy," Gabrielle is an internationally-renowned theater director, dance teacher and recording artist, as well as author of: "Sweat Your Prayers: Movement as Spiritual Practice." She continued her discussion of the five universal rhythms, which she feels are the key to healing.



Northwestern Exposure #245 for 8/9/98 - 58:00

Subject: The Boldt Decision and Prejudice Against Native Americans
Guest: Beaver Chief
Length: 22:00
Contact: (206) 782-5781, http://www.inpeoria.org/pages/BC/BC-index.html or P.O. Box 19737, Seattle, WA 98109-6737.
Date Aired: 8/9/98
Summary: Beaver Chief is an Indian Doctor, indigenous to the Seattle area. He discussed the hatred toward Indians in the wake of the Boldt decision, his feelings about the Federal Government and their treatment of Native people and his thoughts about the inherent spirituality of Seattle.

Subject: The Sacred Path of One Northwest Native American
Guest: Beaver Chief
Length: 22:00
Contact: (206) 782-5781, http://www.inpeoria.org/pages/BC/BC-index.html or P.O. Box 19737, Seattle, WA 98109-6737.
Date Aired: 8/9/98
Summary: Beaver Chief is an Indian Doctor, indigenous to the Seattle area. He discussed his path from self-described "gangster" in trouble with the law, to that of an Indian Doctor, the tradition in his family. He discussed some of the native spiritual traditions and mythology and his own initiation.



Northwestern Exposure #234a for 8/2/98 Archived from April 1998 - 58:00

Subject: Shadow Dancing and the New Paradigm in Healing
Guest: Roger Easterbrooks, M.B.A.
Length: 22:00
Contact: blessroger@seanet.com or (206) 346-2268
Date Aired: 8/2/98
Summary: Roger Easterbrooks holds an M.B.A., but is a also a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, is registered as a Movement Therapist, Counselor and Neuro-Developmental Therapist. He also calls himself a Shadow-Dancer, and he discussed the new paradigm in healing as practiced by him.

Subject: Helping Ultra-Senstive People with Natural Therapies
Guest: Roger Easterbrooks, M.B.A.
Length: 22:00
Contact: blessroger@seanet.com or (206) 346-2268
Date Aired: 8/2/98
Summary: Roger Easterbrooks discussed a 20 hour intensive workshop he facilitates called: "Heart of the Samurai Training." This is based on the work of Dan Millman, author of: "Way of the Peaceful Warrior." He also discussed his work with ultra-sensitive people.



Northwestern Exposure #164a for 7/26/98 - Archived from August 1996 - 57:00

Subject: Big "C' Creativity
Guest: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Length: 21:00
Contact: N.A.
Date Aired: 7/26/98
Summary: Mr. Csikszentmihalyi is a Professor and former Chair of the Psychology Department at the University of Chicago. He discussed the findings from his multi-year study of creativity people, including artists, poets, corporate heads and Nobel Prize winners.

Subject: Good Grief Rituals
Guest: Elaine Childs-Gowell
Length: 21:20
Contact: (206) 781-0839
Date Aired: 7/26/98
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.



Northwestern Exposure #218A for 7/19/98- Archived from November 1997 - 57:00

Subject: Golf as Self-Growth (Part 1 of 2)
Guest: Michael Murphy
Length: 21:00
Contact: http://www.golfweb.com/shivaslives or P.O. Box 222339 Carmel, CA 93922-2339
Date Aired: 7/19/98
Summary: Michael Murphy is the co-founder of the famed Esalen retreat on the Northern California coast. The author of the best-seller "Golf in the Kingdom" and the new "The Kingdom of Shivas Irons" discussed the mythological aspects of golf and its power as a medium for self-knowledge and evolution, as well as the scientific, psychological and esoteric basis for his fiction.

Subject: Golf as Self-Growth (Part 2 of 2)
Guest: Michael Murphy
Length: 21:00
Contact: http://www.golfweb.com/shivaslives or P.O. Box 222339 Carmel, CA 93922-2339
Date Aired: 7/19/98
Summary: Michael Murphy is the co-founder of the famed Esalen retreat on the Northern California coast. The author of the best-seller "Golf in the Kingdom" and the new "The Kingdom of Shivas Irons" continued his discussion about the scientific, psychological and esoteric basis for his fiction.



Northwestern Exposure #244 for 7/12/98 - 59:00

Subject: Spiritual Politics
Guests: Corrine McLaughlin & Gordon Davidson
Length: 24:00 
Contact: (301) 441-3809 or (413) 259-1252 for the Sirius Community
Date Aired: 7/12/98
Summary: Ms McLaughlin and Mr. Davidson are former political activists who have co-written a book entitled: "Spiritual Politics." They discussed the book, its concept and the need to move away from divisive, polarizing politics to an inclusive, whole-system design.

Subject: Puget Sound Farm Trust
Guest: Melinda McBride
Length: 21:00
Contact: (206) 767-7334 mac@eskimo.com or P.O. Box 47436, Seattle, WA 98146
Date Aired: 7/12/98
Summary: Melinda McBride is President of the Puget Sound Farm Trust, an organization with a mission to preserve farmland, to keep it in active farming and to support sustainable methods of agriculture. She discussed the organization, the nation of Community Supported Agriculture or Subscription Farms and the effort to prevent farmland in the Puget Sound and Willamette Valley region from the sprawl of suburban development.



Northwestern Exposure #169A for 7/5/98 - 59:00

Subject: The Second Wave of the Beat Generation
Guest: Danika Dinsmore, MFA
Length: 23:00
Contact: ddd@splab.org
Date Aired: 7/5/98
Summary: Ms. Dinsmore is a Seattle poet, a graduate of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado, Executive Director of the Northwest SPokenword LAB in Auburn, Washington and the author of: "Traffic." She discussed the Beat Generation literary movement, some of its tenets and her work in continuing and refining that writing school.

Subject: Re-Discovering Nature Myths
Guest: Gary Ferguson
Length: 22:00
Contact: (800) 208-BOOK
Date Aired: 7/5/98
Summary: Mr. Ferguson is a free-lance journalist and author of several books, including: "The World's Great Nature Myths." He discussed his initial creative flash and other facets of his book writing process, the lack of mystery in the machine world and read two of the myths from the book.



Northwestern Exposure #243 for 6/28/98 - 59:00

Subject: The Paradigm Shift to a Partnership Culture, Part 1
Guest: Riane Eisler
Length: 24:00
Contact: Center for Partnership Studies, P.O. Box 51936, Pacific Grove, CA 93923
Date Aired: 6/28/98
Summary: Riane Eisler is a cultural historian, lecturer, author and co-director of the Center for Partnership Studies in Pacific Grove, California. In the first part of a two part interview she discussed the difference between a partnership culture and a dominator culture and her Cultural Transformation Theory which suggests a powerful shift from a dominator culture back to a partnership culture is emerging in contemporary society. 

Subject: The Paradigm Shift to a Partnership Culture, Part 2
Guest: Riane Eisler
Length: 24:00
Contact: Center for Partnership Studies, P.O. Box 51936, Pacific Grove, CA 93923
Date Aired: 6/28/98
Summary: Riane Eisler is a cultural historian, lecturer, author and co-director of the Center for Partnership Studies in Pacific Grove, California. In the last part of a two part interview she discussed the difference between a partnership culture and a dominator culture, her Cultural Transformation Theory and other topics from her book: "Sacred Pleasure: Sex, Myth & the Politics of the Body."



Northwestern Exposure #242 for 6/21/98 - 58:00

Subject: Individual Responsibility in the Population Explosion
Guest: Bill McKibben
Length: 21:00
Contact: N.A.
Date Aired: 6/21/98
Summary: Bill McKibben is a respected author who's new book is entitled: "Maybe One: A Personal & Environmental Argument for Single-Child Families." In it he debunks the myth that being a single child is a disease it itself. He discussed the global population, projected growth rates and the individual's responsibility to procreate and consume less to preserve the planet for future generations.

Subject: North American Conservation Assessment
Guest: Dominick Dellasala, Ph.D.
Length: 22:00
Contact: http://www.worldwildilfe.org or 202-293-4800
Date Aired: 6/21/98
Summary: Dr. Dellasala is the World Wildlife Fund's Manager of the Klamath/Siskiyou Ecosystem Campaign. He discussed the organization's history and mission, the North American Conservation Assessment, the precarious state that many of the continent's biological treasures and preservation efforts.



Northwestern Exposure #241 for 6/14/98 - 56:30

Subject: Preserving Nez Perce Culture
Guests: Margo Aragon and Gary Stroutsos
Length: 22:00
Contact: (206) 706-0579
Date Aired: 6/14/98
Summary: Margo Aragon is the host of a bilingual TV show in Lewiston, Idaho that uses English and the Nez Perce languages. She is also co-author of a book on Horace Axtell and the Nez Perce tradition. Gary Stroutsos is a flutist who plays in a Native American-influenced style. They both talked about the Nez Perce culture and efforts to preserve it. Gary also played his flute.

Subject: Tibetan Rights Campaign
Guests: Chime Yuthok and David Stearns
Length: 23:00
Contact: http://www.scn.org/activism/amnesty http://www.tibet.com http://www.amnesty-usa.org or (206) 521-0622 and (206) 720-6339
Date Aired: 6/14/98
Summary: Chime Yuthok is a Tibetan and Seattle resident with the Tibetan Rights Campaign. Davis Stearns is the Washington State Field Organizer for Amnesty International. They discussed the continued Chinese occupation of Tibet, the work of the two organizations in creating awareness of the issue and the action concerned people can take to right this human rights atrocity.



Northwestern Exposure #240 for 6/7/98 - 56:30

Subject: The Future of the Web - Interactive TV & Radio
Guest: Ethan Borg
Length: 22:00
Contact: (206) 706-0579 or http://www.beconn.net/tsw or http://www.eflash.com 
Date Aired: 6/7/98
Summary: Ethan Borg is a software developer, entrepreneur and President of TSW, a small Seattle Software Development firm. He discussed his company, the joys and pitfalls of being an entrepreneur and the future of the Internet - Interactive TV & Radio.

Subject: Organizing High Tech Workers
Guests: Mike Blain & Marcus Courtney
Length: 23:00
Contact: http://www.washtech.org
Date Aired: 6/7/98
Summary: Mike Blain and Marcus Courtney are two principals in WashTech, a labor organizing effort that seeks to better conditions for "permatemps," the long-term temporary employees working for Microsoft and other local software firms. They discussed the origins on WashTech in an unfavorable Department of Labor and Industries ruling, the lack of benefits for permatemps and the effort to educate technology workers about the benefits of organizing.



Northwestern Exposure #239 for 5/31/98 - 58:00

Subject: The Makah Whaling Controversy, Part One
Guests: Brenda Peterson & Will Anderson
Length: 22:00
Contact: (206) 787-2500 x 890 http://www.paws.org/whalesinperil or http://www.oceanmammalinstitute.com or http://www.dreamweaving.com
Date Aired: 5/31/98
Summary: Brenda Peterson is an environmental writer, journalist and co-editor of: "Intimate Nature: The Bond Between Women and Animals." Will Anderson is with PAWS, the Progressive Animal Welfare Society. They discussed the renewed effort by the Makah Tribal Council to hunt whales off the Northwest Coast of Washington, the opposition in the environmental and animal rights communities and the history of the tribal connection to the Gray whales.

Subject: The Makah Whaling Controversy, Part Two
Guests: Brenda Peterson & Will Anderson
Length: 22:00
Contact: (206) 787-2500 x 890 http://www.paws.org/whalesinperilor http://www.oceanmammalinstitute.com or http://www.dreamweaving.com
Date Aired: 5/31/98
Summary: Brenda Peterson is an environmental writer, journalist and co-editor of: "Intimate Nature: The Bond Between Women and Animals." Will Anderson is with PAWS, the Progressive Animal Welfare Society. In the last part of a two part interview they discussed the renewed effort by the Makah Tribal Council to hunt whales off the Northwest Coast of Washington, the intelligence of whales and other sea mammals and the protest that will happen off the Northwest Coast if the tribe does attempt to renew whaling.



Northwestern Exposure #238 for 5/24/98 - 58:00

Subject: Rehabilitating Prisoners with Vipassana Meditation
Guests: Rick Crutcher and Lucia Meijer
Length: 22:00
Contact: (206) 296-6826 for the jail or (360) 978-5434 or http://www.dhamma.org for the Vipassana Center
Date Aired: 5/24/98
Summary: Rick Crutcher is a teacher of Vipassana meditation and Lucia Meijer is the Administrator of the North Seattle Rehabilitation Facility of the King County Jail System. They discussed the use of Vipassana meditation to rehabilitate criminals and how history has shown that criminals do NOT become productive human beings out of fear of punishment.

Subject: The Poetry of Joanne Kyger
Guest: Joanne Kyger
Length: 22:00
Contact: N.A.
Date Aired: 5/24/98
Summary: Joanne Kyger is an internationally-known author and a teacher at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at the Naropa Institute. She discussed her work, poetry, the life of Madame Blavatsky (the founder of Theosophy), the life of her friend Allen Ginsberg and she also read some poems.



Northwestern Exposure #237 for 5/17/98 - 58:00

Subject: A Moral Protest Against the School of the Americas
Guest: Reverend William Bichsel
Length: 22:00
Contact: (253) 627-4347
Date Aired: 5/17/98
Summary: Reverend William Bichsel, is a Jesuit Priest from Tacoma. He has been arrested and convicted for his role in a protest against the U.S. Army's "School of the Americas," an institution responsible for training Manuel Noriega, Anastasio Somoza and other human rights violators in Central and South America. He discusses the school, the legislative efforts to close it down and his civil disobedience as a moral protest.

Subject: Creating a Life Worth Living
Guest: Carol Lloyd
Length: 22:00
Contact: parlor@igc.org
Date Aired: 5/17/98
Summary: Carol Lloyd is a writer, performer and entrepreneur. She is the founder of The Writing Parlor, a San Francisco literary arts center and for the past seven years has led "Life Worth Living" workshops to help people attain their creative dreams. That workshop experience is now available in the form of a book entitled: "Creating a Life Worth Living." She talked about the workshop, the book and the struggles people face when trying to drop out of the 9-to-5 routine.



Northwestern Exposure #236 for 5/10/98 - 60:00

Subject: True Work
Guests: Michael and Justine Toms
Length: 23:00
Contact: (707) 468-5215 or http://www.newdimensions.org/
Date Aired: 5/10/98
Summary: Michael and Justine Toms are the co-founders of: New Dimensions Broadcasting Network, an organization dedicated to exploration of the social, political, scientific, environmental and spiritual frontiers, through radio and television interviews, with many of today's foremost social innovators, thinkers, scientists and creative artists. They discussed their work and their new book called: "True Work."

Subject: The Tibetan Buddhist Path
Guest: Robert Thurman, Ph.D.
Length: 23:00
Contact: 212-807-0563 or http://www.tibethouse.org
Date Aired: 5/10/98
Summary: Dr. Thurman, a college professor and writer for thirty years, holds the first endowed chair in Indo-Tibetan Buddhist studies in America. He is author of: "Inner Revolution: Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Real Happiness." He discussed his path to Tibetan Buddhism, the "inner science" of that tradition and the four noble truths of Buddhism.



Northwestern Exposure #235 for 5/3/98 - 58:00

Subject: Ending Domestic Violence, Pt. 1
Guest: Neil Jacobson, Ph.D.
Length: 22:00
Contact: N.A.
Date Aired: 5/3/98
Summary: Dr. Jacobson, along with Dr. John Gottman, are the lead researchers of a breakthrough study at the University of Washington on the nature of Domestic Violence. They are also co-authors of: "When Men Batter Women: New Insights into Ending Abusive Relationships. He discussed why he has dedicated so much of his life to this project, the definition of "battering" as used in the study and the study itself.

Subject: Ending Domestic Violence, Pt. 2
Guest: Neil Jacobson, Ph.D.
Length: 22:00
Contact: N.A.
Date Aired: 5/3/98
Summary: Dr. Jacobson, along with Dr. John Gottman, are the lead researchers of a breakthrough study at the University of Washington on the nature of Domestic Violence. They are also co-authors of: "When Men Batter Women: New Insights into Ending Abusive Relationships. In part two of a two part interview, he discussed the two basic types of batterers, Cobras and Pit Bulls and the emotional abuse that often forces women to leave their abusive partners.



Northwestern Exposure #234 for 4/26/98 - 58:00

Subject: Shadow Dancing and the New Paradigm in Healing
Guest: Roger Easterbrooks, M.B.A.
Length: 22:00
Contact: blessroger@seanet.com or (206) 346-2268
Date Aired: 4/26/98
Summary: Roger Easterbrooks holds an M.B.A., but is a also a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, is registered as a Movement Therapist, Counselor and Neuro-Developmental Therapist. He also calls himself a Shadow-Dancer, and he discussed the new paradigm in healing as practiced by him.

Subject: Helping Ultra-Senstive People with Natural Therapies
Guest: Roger Easterbrooks, M.B.A.
Length: 22:00
Contact: blessroger@seanet.com or (206) 346-2268
Date Aired: 4/26/98
Summary: Roger Easterbrooks discussed a 20 hour intensive workshop he facilitates called: "Heart of the Samurai Training." This is based on the work of Dan Millman, author of: "Way of the Peaceful Warrior." He also discussed his work with ultra-sensitive people.



Northwestern Exposure #233 for 4/19/98 - 58:00

Subject: Pulsing Magnetic Fields to Benefit Multiple Sclerosis Patients
Guest: Juan Acosta-Urquidi, Ph.D.
Length: 22:00
Contact: jacostau@u.washington.edu
Date Aired: 4/19/98
Summary: A study was recently completed at the University of Washington Medical Center. The use of pulsing magnetic fields to benefit Multiple Sclerosis patients was the subject of the double-blind study. Dr. Juan Acosta-Urquidi was part of the team that conducted the study and he discussed the study and the changing paradigm in medicine.

Subject: Subtle Energy Medicine
Guest: Juan Acosta-Urquidi, Ph.D.
Length: 22:00
Contact: jacostau@u.washington.edu
Date Aired: 4/19/98
Summary: Dr. Juan Acosta is a neural physiologist, who discussed subtle energy medicine and the empirical proof that is now being created to support the validity of healing modalities such as Reiki, Shamanic Healing and Healing Touch.



Northwestern Exposure #185A for 4/12/98 - 58:00

Subject: Voluntary Simplicity
Guest: Cecile Andrews
Length: 21:00
Contact: (Phinney Neighborhood Association (206) 464-4800)
Date Aired: 4/12/98
Summary: Cecile Andrews is a columnist for the Seattle Times and an expert on Voluntary Simplicity. She discussed the concept of Voluntary Simplicity, the complicated and unrewarding nature of the modern American lifestyle and the need to simplify. 

Subject: Creating a Simpler Lifestyle
Guest: Cecile Andrews
Length: 22:00
Contact: Phinney Neighborhood Association (206) 464-4800
Date Aired: 4/12/98
Summary: Cecile Andrews, the Voluntary Simplicity columnist for the Seattle Times discussed the concept of Voluntary Simplicity, her new book: "The Circle of Simplicity: Return to the Good Life," and offered some tips on how to simplify one's life.



Northwestern Exposure #218A for 4/5/98 - 57:00

Subject: Golf as Self-Growth (Part 1 of 2)
Guest: Michael Murphy
Length: 21:00
Contact: http://www.golfweb.com/shivaslives or P.O. Box 222339 Carmel,CA 93922-2339
Date Aired: 4/5/98
Summary: Michael Murphy is the co-founder of the famed Esalen retreat on the Northern California coast. The author of the best-seller "Golf in the Kingdom" and the new "The Kingdom of Shivas Irons" discussed the mythological aspects of golf and its power as a medium for self-knowledge and evolution, as well as the scientific, psychological and esoteric basis for his fiction.

Subject: Golf as Self-Growth (Part 2 of 2)
Guest: Michael Murphy
Length: 21:00
Contact: http://www.golfweb.com/shivaslives or P.O. Box 222339 Carmel,CA 93922-2339
Date Aired: 4/5/98
Summary: Michael Murphy is the co-founder of the famed Esalen retreat on the Northern California coast. The author of the best-seller "Golf in the Kingdom" and the new "The Kingdom of Shivas Irons" continued his discussion about the scientific, psychological and esoteric basis for his fiction.



Northwestern Exposure #232 for 3/29/98 - 57:00

Subject: Poetry as Therapy
Guest: Vicky Edmonds
Length: 22:00
Contact: (206) 937-0700 or 408-655-3007 for Angela Yokota and Conference Info.
Date Aired: 3/29/98
Summary: Vicky Edmonds is a poet and teacher who uses the written and spokenword as an inroad to healing and as an alternative to acting out. She discussed the National Association of Poetry Therapy, how teachers become certified poetry therapists and the upcoming conference facilitated by the Association.

Subject: Helping Homeless Youth
Guest: Greg McCormack
Length: 22:00
Contact: (206) 283-3300
Date Aired: 3/29/98
Summary: Greg McCormack is the Director of the Street Links program, which helps provide food, resources and referrals for homeless youth. he discussed the plight of homeless youth in Seattle, how the vast majority of kids have been sexually or physicall abused in the homes that they fled and how Street Links helps them.



Northwestern Exposure #231 for 3/22/98 - 58:00

Subject: Communing With Nature
Guest: Ruth Baetz, M.S.W.
Length: 22:00
Contact: (800) 328-9000
Date Aired: 3/22/98
Summary: Ruth Baetz is a therapist in private practice who holds a Masters in Social Work from the University of Washington, and author of: "Wild Communion: Experiencing Peace in Nature." She described her experience in the Canadian Rockies that led her to a better appreciation of the healing benefits of nature, her favorite communing spots in the Northwest and other thoughts from her recent book.

Subject: Celtic Wisdom
Guest: John O'Donohue
Length: 24:00
Contact: N.A.
Date Aired: 3/22/98 (Originally aired in October, '97)
Summary: John O'Donohue is a poet and author of: "Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom." He discussed the revival of ancient spiritual traditions, how the Celtic tradition has been able to maintain a connection to the natural world and divine feminine and the concept of "soul friend" which is what Anam Cara translates to from Gaelic.



Northwestern Exposure #230 for 3/15/98 - 58:00

Subject: A Holistic Health Center
Guest: Jessica Montgomery Ramsey
Length: 22:00 
Contact: (503) 854-3340 or http://www.breitenbush.com/
Date Aired: 3/15/98
Summary: Jessica Montgomery Ramsey is an artist, ceremonialist, and Programs Director and newsletter editor for Breitenbush Hot Springs Retreat Center in the Oregon Cascades. She discussed the holistic health approach at Breitenbush, the incorporation of mythology and ceremony in a complete wellness plan and a recent Imbolc ceremony.

Subject: The Mania of Global Economics and the Effect on the Pacific Northwest
Guest: William Greider
Length: 21:00
Contact: http://www.simonsays.com
Date Aired: 3/15/98 (Originally aired in January 1997)
Summary: The Political Editor of Rolling Stone magazine, Bill Greider, discussed his new book: "One World, Ready or Not: The Manic Logic of Global Capitalism. " He discussed the mania of the global economy, its effect on the Northwest, the likelihood of an economic crash or disaster and the need to close the loop in manufacturing (as well as create full employment) through the concept of the "inverse factory."



Northwestern Exposure #229 for 3/8/98 - 58:00

Subject: Movement as Spiritual Practice, Part one.
Guest: Gabrielle Roth
Length: 22:00 
Contact: (973) 642-7942 or http://ravenrecording.com/
Date Aired: 3/8/98
Summary: Gabrielle Roth considers herself to be an urban shaman. An early proponent of "movement therapy," Gabrielle is an internationally-renowned theater director, dance teacher and recording artist, as well as author of: "Sweat Your Prayers: Movement as Spiritual Practice." She discussed her background as a dancer, her job as a musical director and the five universal rhythms, which she feels are the key to healing. 

Subject: Movement as Spiritual Practice, Part two.
Guest: Gabrielle Roth
Length: 22:00 
Contact: (973) 642-7942 or http://ravenrecording.com/
Date Aired:3/8/98
Summary: Gabrielle Roth considers herself to be an urban shaman. An early proponent of "movement therapy," Gabrielle is an internationally-renowned theater director, dance teacher and recording artist, as well as author of: "Sweat Your Prayers: Movement as Spiritual Practice." She continued her discussion of the five universal rhythms, which she feels are the key to healing.



Northwestern Exposure #228 for 3/1/98 - 56:00

Subject: Bedtime Literature
Guest: June Cotner
Length: 22:00
Contact: P.O. Box 2765, Poulsbo, WA 98370
Date Aired: 3/1/98
Summary: Poulsbo, Washington resident June Cotner is a writer and editor of: "Bedside Prayers: Poems and Prayers for When You Rise & Go To Sleep." She discussed her interest in traditional inspirational poetry of people like Emily Dickenson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Pierre Telihard de Chardin and others included in her new anthology.

Subject: On-Line Organizing for the Environment 
Guests: Steve Albertson, Denise Joines 
Length: 21:00 
Contact: (206) 448-1008 or http://www.onenw.org
Date Aired: 3/1/98 (Archive interview originally aired 2/97.)
Summary: Steve Albertson, the Director and Denise Joines, the Training Manager of One Northwest, (on-line organizing for the Environment) discussed their organization's history and mission, the work being done to create instant on-line documentation of the damage inflicted on forests by clear-cutting and the aid they give environmental groups
organizing on-line for effective lobbying.



Northwestern Exposure #227 for 2/22/98 - 56:00

Subject: Friends For Life (Holistic services and programs for people with life-challenging illnesses.)
Guests: Stuart Cohn and Tony Radovich
Length: 22:00
Contact: (206) 233-8444 or http://www.friends-for-life.org
Date Aired: 2/22/98
Summary: Stuart and Tony are two HIV positive men and the co-founders of "Friends For Life," an organization that provides free holistic services for people with life-challenging illnesses. They discussed the organization, the nature of our allopathic medicine health care system and living with HIV, among other things.

Subject: Services for People with Life-Challenging Illnesses
Guests: Stuart Cohn and Laura Yon-Brooks
Length: 22:00
Contact: (206) 233-8444 or http://www.friends-for-life.org
Date Aired: 2/22/98
Summary: Stuart Cohn, the co-founder of "Friends For Life" and Laura Yon-Brooks, the Program Coordinator for the group discussed their Nurturing Yoga program for the clients served by Friends For Life and other programs facilitated by the organization.



Northwestern Exposure #226 for 2/15/98 - 57:00

Subject: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Guest: Jeffery Schwartz, M.D.
Length: 21:00
Contact: N.A.
Date Aired: 2/15/98 (originally aired in May, 1997) 
Summary: Dr. Schwartz is a psychiatrist with the OCD Research Group at UCLA and the author of: "Brainlock: Free Yourself from Obsessive Compulsive Behavior." He discussed Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, some extreme examples and the ancient art of mindfulness that helps to combat OCD. 

Subject: Literary Art as Crime Prevention and Community Wellness
Guest: Danika Dinsmore, M.F.A.
Length: 22:00
Contact: (888) 735-6328 or ddd@splab.org & http://www.splab.org
Date Aired:2/15/98
Summary: Danika Dinsmore is the Executive Director of the Northwest SPokenword LAB in Auburn, Washington, an intergenerational, Spokenword performance, resource and outreach center. She discussed the SPLAB on their one year anniversary, discussed the manner in which literary art helps build community wellness and prevents teen crime and suicide and the highlights of the SPLAB in its first year of existence.



Northwestern Exposure #225 for 2/8/98 - 56:00 

Subject: The Northwest's Marine Ecosystem
Guest: Dave Bliss
Length: 22:00
Contact: divrdav@i-link-2.net
Date Aired: 2/8/98
Summary: Dave Bliss is a Dive Instructor and owner of the White Pass Sports Hut in Packwood, Washington, as well as author of: "Northwest Boat Dives: 60 Ultimate Dives in Puget Sound and Hood Canal." He discussed his underwater experiences in the Pacific Northwest, the effects of population growth on those ecosystems, the best places to go scuba-diving in the Northwest and the steps that can be done to protect the marine ecosystem for our children's children.

Subject: Marijuana Myths and Facts
Guests: Lynn Zimmer, Ph.D. and John Morgan, M.D.
Length: 22:00
Contact: (800) 444-2524
Date Aired: 2/8/98 (originally aired in September 1997)
Summary: Lynn Zimmer is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Queens College, City University of New York and Dr. John Morgan is a Professor of Pharmacology at City University Medical School. They are the authors of: "Marijuana Myths: Marijuana Facts." They discussed studies in the past 100 years, including the Shafer Commission report, commissioned by the Nixon Administration, that suggest the penalties for being caught possessing marijuana are more injurious than occasional use of the drug itself.



Northwestern Exposure #224 for 2/1/98 - 58:00 

Subject: Living Simply, with Meaning
Guest: Janet Luhrs
Length: 22:00
Contact:jluhrs@juno.com
Date Aired: 2/1/98
Summary: Janet Luhrs gave up a law career to practice Voluntary Simplicity and she is now a journalist and editor & publisher of: "Simple Living: The Journal of Voluntary Simplicity," as well as author of "The Simple Living Guide: A Sourcebook for Less Stressful, More Joyful Living." She discussed ways in which people can simplify their lives and get back to an emphasis on meaning and being over buying and doing through cooking, housing and other methods.

Subject: The Seattle Poetry Festival
Guest: Stephen Thomas
Length: 22:00
Contact: (206) 346-0180 or http://www.speakeasy.org/eleven/
Date Aired: 2/1/98
Summary: Steven Thomas serves on the Steering Committee of the Seattle Poetry Festival, is poetry editor of "Point No Point: a Blue Moon reader, is a teacher and poet in his own right with a new collection entitled: "Journeyman." He discussed the festival's genesis, the spoken word renaissance, the literary merits of performance poetry and shared some of his own work.



Northwestern Exposure #219a for 1/25/98 - 58:00 Archive Edition from November '97

Subject: A Suburban Californian's Spiritual Quest to India
Guest: Bhagavan Das
Length: 21:00
Contact: N.A.
Date Aired: 1/25/98
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: 1/25/98
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.



Northwestern Exposure #223 for 1/18/98 - 57:00

Subject: Langston Hughes and African-American Literature
Guest: Ethelbert Miller
Length: 22:00
Contact: (202) 806-7242
Date Aired: 1/18/98
Summary: Ethelbert Miller is the Director of the African-American Resource Center at Howard University in Washington D.C. He discussed his work as a Literary Activist, the three major periods in African-American Literature in the 20th Century and the importance of Langston Hughes.

Subject: How to Get a Literary Career Flying
Guest: Ethelbert Miller
Length: 22:00
Contact: (202) 806-7242
Date Aired: 1/18/98
Summary: In part two of a two part interview, Ethelbert Miller, the Director of the African-American Resource Center at Howard University in Washington D.C. talks about the social conscience of Rap artists and how one can get their literary career off the ground.



Northwestern Exposure #212a for 1/11/98 - 57:00 Archive Edition from 9/97

Subject: Herbs and Health Empowerment
Guest: Eric Pollard
Length: 22:00
Contact: (206) 623-9837 http://www.tenzing.com
Date Aired: 1/11/98
Summary: Eric Pollard is a trained herbalist and the co-owner of Tenzing Momo, the oldest, continuously-operating herbal apothecary on the west coast, located in Seattle's historic Pike Place Market. He discussed the apothecary, the new popularity of certain herbs like St. Johnswort and the notion that increasingly, people seek empowerment for their own health and wellness, rather than giving up that responsibility to a doctor. 

Subject: The Legend of Jack Kerouac
Guests: Vince Ballestri, Brian Kent
Length: 22:00
Contact: (206) 624-8477
Date Aired: 1/11/98
Summary: Vince Ballestri is an acclaimed actor and is the writer/producer/performer in "Kerouac: The Essence of Jack. A Jazz Play." He discussed his interest in Kerouac, how he continued to be inspired to perform the same basic play night after night and Kerouac's literary reputation. He also read some Kerouac with Brian's sax accompaniment.



Northwestern Exposure #222 for 1/4/98 - 55:00

Subject: Writing and the Fabric of Community
Guests: Frances McCue, Linda Jaech
Length: 21:00;
Contact: (206) 322-7030
Date Aired: 1/4/98
Summary: Frances McCue and Linda Jaech are co-founders of the Richard Hugo House, a literary center on Seattle's Capitol Hill. They discussed the inspiration for the center, poet Richard Hugo and how writing helps strengthen the fabric of community, especially in a democracy.

Subject: Magnetic Poetry and the Poetry Renaissance
Guest: Dave Kapell
Length: 23:00
Contact: (800) 370-7697 or magpo@bitstream.net
Date Aired: 1/4/98
Summary: Dave Capell is a songwriter/musician and founder of Magnetic Poetry, the poetry magnet kits that have sold in the millions and have been translated into many other languages. He discussed the inspiration for the kits, the way they have been used, some of the poems created with the kits and the poetry renaissance the kits popularity denotes.


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