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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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