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Our weekly sixty minute radio interview program featured discussions about holistic (whole systems)approaches to issues affecting the quality of life in Seattle and other communities in the Pacific Northwest and the industrial world. Recordings are available for a suggested donation of $15.00.Pay securely online via PayPal.

Program Details

Subject: A Seattle Healing Arts Education Center
Guests: Michael and Ronn Bennett
Length: 21:00
Contact: (206) 524-0965
Date Aired: 12/29/96
Summary: Michael and Ronn Bennett are the two principles involved in the creation of the Mesmeric Institute, a healing arts education center in the Greenlake area of Seattle. They discussed the institute, the emphasis on education and empowerment at the institute and the therapies taught there, including hypnosis and Neuro-Linguistic Programming.

Subject: Learning from Kids Culture, part 1
Guest: Douglass Rushkoff
Length: 23:00
Contact: N.A.
Date Aired: 12/29/96
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."

NorthWestern Exposure #179 for 12/22/96 53:00

Subject: A Day in the Life of Cyberspace
Guest: Rick Smolan
Length: 21:00
Contact: ricksmolan@aol.com
Date Aired: 12/22/96
Summary: Mr. Smolan is the creator of: 24 Hours in Cyberspace: Painting on the Walls of the Digital Cave, a book and CD Rom project that will be in the Smithsonian in January. He discussed his pictorial time capsule of the Internet, and issues surrounding the Net such as censorship attempts and the availability of pornography.

Subject: Real Change for Homeless People
Guests: Anitra Freeman and Dr. Wes Browning
Length: 21:00
Contact: http://www.speakeasy.org/~wes
http://www.speakeasy.org/~anitra or (206) 441-3247
Date Aired: 12/22/96
Summary: Wes and Anitra are two homeless activists (Wes currently is homeless for political reasons) who are active in the Real Change newspaper, a paper sold by homeless and poor folk. They discussed their stories of homelessness, their print activities and their web sites.

NorthWestern Exposure #178 for 12/15/96 52:00

Subject: A Poetic Benefit for Pediatric Aids
Guest: Eric Slocum
Length: 21:00
Contact: KOMO-TV, Seattle
Date Aired: 12/15/96
Summary: Eric Slocum, a weekend anchor at KOMO-TV in Seattle, discussed his poetry benefit book project: "New Words" and how the benefit was able to give one hundred percent of proceeds to pediatric Aids. Eric also discussed and read a few of his poems.

Subject: Conscious Dying
Guest: Joseph Sharp
Length: 21:00
Contact: N.A.
Date Aired: 12/15/96 Summary: Mr. Sharp, an HIV+ former intern chaplain at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas, is the author of: "Living Our Dying." He discussed his perspectives on conscious dying, how we equate death with failure in our society and other thoughts from his book.

NorthWestern Exposure #177 for 12/8/96 57:00

Subject: Honoring Ordinary Youth for Being Extraordinary
Guests: Larry Sagen and Gil Lopez
Length: 21:00
Contact: (800) 889-5797
Date Aired: 12/8/96
Summary: Larry Sagen, the Founder and Director of the Youth Hall of Fame International and high school Senior Gil Lopez, the YHFI Senior Board Member, Seattle Chapter, discussed the Youth Hall of Fame International, their practice of honoring ordinary kids being extraordinary and their recent honoring ceremony in Seattle.

Subject: The Corruption of Language and Communication - Doublespeak
Guest: William Lutz
Length: 22:00
Contact: wlutz@crab.rutgers.edu
Date Aired: 12/8/96
Summary: Bill Lutz, a Professor of English at Rutgers University and author of "The New Doublespeak: Why No One Knows What Anyone is Saying Anymore," discussed the corruption of the language by government bureaucrats, politicians and corporations, and the result toll on sincere communication in our society.

NorthWestern Exposure #176 for 12/1/96 57:00

Subject: The Nation's First Publicly Funded Natural Health Clinic
Guest: Merrily Manthey
Length: 21:00
Contact: (206) 718-3334
Date Aired: 12/1/96
Summary: Merrily Manthey is a counselor, business consultant, community activist and Project Chair of the Kent Natural Medicine Project. She discussed the King County Natural Medicine Clinic, how it came to be and American attitudes toward Natural Healing.

Subject: Community Crime Prevention
Guest: Deanna Brieze
Length: 20:00
Contact: 206-639-3439
Date Aired: 12/1/96
Summary: Ms. Brieze is the Drug Elimination Grant Coordinator for the King County Housing Authority. She helps coordinate the "Working Together" program. She discussed the program, the efficacy of the Community-Oriented Policing used at King County Housing "communities" and the paradigm shift in crime prevention.

NorthWestern Exposure #175 for 11/24/96 56:00

Subject: American Corporate Greed
Guest: Michael Moore
Length: 21:00
Contact: mmflint@aol.com or mail to P.O. Box 831, NY NY 10101-0831
Date Aired: 11/24/96
Summary: Michael Moore is an award-winning TV producer (TV Nation) and the director of the largest grossing documentary in history, "Roger & Me." He discussed American corporate greed, signs of the times like Manpower surpassing General Motors as the country's biggest employer and other facts from his first book: "Downsize This! Random Threats from an Unarmed American."

Subject: Building Community
Guests: Lee Valenta and Janice Berk Nelson
Length: 22:00
Contact: 206-735-1553
Date Aired: 11/24/96
Summary: Lee Valenta is a community activist with a 30 year background in working for people with disabilities. Janice Berk Nelson is a community organizer for Trillium, a firm that helps to find employment for people with disabilities. They discussed the upcoming Uniquely Auburn event, the genesis of the idea and their efforts at helping people with disabilities and people in general strengthen the sense of community in this south Puget Sound town.

NorthWestern Exposure #174 for 11/17/96 54:00

Subject: A Northwest Chronicle of Holism
Guest: Sarah Van Gelder
Length: 21:00
Contact: (206) 842-0216
Date Aired: 11/17/96
Summary: Sarah Van Gelder is the Editor and Director of: "Yes! A Journal of Positive Futures," a Bainbridge Island (WA) based magazine that documents holistic approaches being implemented to positively affect issues in communities around the country. She discussed the trend of "downshifting" and the increasing desire by many Americans to slow the pace of their lives and spend more time with their kids.

Subject: A Seattle Community Poetry Anthology and the History of Red Sky Poetry Theater
Guests: Marion Kimes and Paul Hunter
Length: 22:00
Contact: (206) 323-3749
Date Aired: 11/17/96
Summary: Marion and Paul are two principals involved in the Red Sky Poetry Theater, Seattle's oldest continuously running poetry open mic venue. They discussed the history of Red Sky, the workshop atmosphere of the event and the new anthology they have published entitled: Nobody's Orphan Child."

NorthWestern Exposure #173 for 11/10/96 54:00

Subject: Time and Consciousness as a Field and Applications to Human Healing
Guest: Graywolf Swinney
Length: 21:00
Contact: (541) 476-0492
Date Aired: 11/10/96
Summary: Graywolf Swinney, B.Sc, Ph.D. is a shaman, healer and Founder/Director of Education for the Institute for Applied Consciousness Science. He discussed cutting-edge scientific theories of time as a field (and not a linear construct) and consciousness as a field, similar to the gravitational field. He tied in these new scientific theories with scientific chaos theory and the correlation's to healing in human organisms.

Subject: The Elwha Dam Removal Effort
Guests: Yvon Yochon, Ph.D. and William Mitchell, N.D.
Program: Green Report
Length: 21:20
Contact: P.O. Box 20519, Seatle, WA 98102-9998 or call (206) 731-8488
Date Aired: 11/10/96
Summary: Mister Rochon is the President and Mr. Mitchell the Chairman of the Elwha Dams Removal Fund. They discussed the dams on the Olympic Penninsula, the effort to remove them and the once mighty native salmon run they hope to restore and keep from extinction.

NorthWestern Exposure #172 for 11/3/96 54:00

Subject: Chaos and Community
Guest: Rhea Miller
Length: 21:00
Contact: (360) 378-2898, or 350 Court Street, #1, Friday Harbor, WA 98250
Date Aired: 11/3/96
Summary: Rhea Miller is a San Juan County Commissioner and author of: "Cloudhand/Clenched Fist: Chaos, Crisis and the Emergence of Community." She discussed her view of the need to transcend the Newtonian paradigm to encompass an organismic world view and how that new paradigm translates into an emphasis on community.

SUBJECT: The Healing Capabilities of Nature and Chaos in Natural Healing
GUEST: Graywolf Swinney
LENGTH: 22:00
CONTACT: 541-476-0492
DATE AIRED: 11/3/96
SUMMARY: Graywolf Swinney, B.Sc, Ph.D. is a shaman, healer and Founder/Director of Education for the Institute for Applied Consciousness Science. He discussed how one can learn about one's self from nature, how the chaos of nature is evident in humans and how we can use that to find the root cause of disease.

NorthWestern Exposure #171 for 10/27/96 53:00

Subject: Small Publishing in the Northwest
Guests: David Horowitz and Victoria Ford
Length: 21:00
Contact: (206) 633-2725
Date Aired: 10/27/96
Summary: David Horowitz is the publisher of Rose Alley Press. Victoria Ford is a teacher at Seattle Central Community College and a poet with a new title on Rose Alley called: "Rain Psalm." David and Vicky discussed their work, the need for poetry in a chaotic world and David talked about his motivation for being a small publisher.

SUBJECT: Banning Jet Skis and the Scope of Local Control
GUEST: Rhea Miller
LENGTH: 20:00
CONTACT: 360-378-2898, or 350 Court Street, Friday Harbor, WA 90250
DATE AIRED: 10/27/96
SUMMARY: Ms. Miller is an author and San Juan County Commissioner. She discussed the county's controversial ordinance banning personal watercraft within the county, the public's support for the ban and the issue of local control by small governments.

NorthWestern Exposure #170 for 10/20/96

Subject: Helping Organic Farmers
Guest: David Lee
Length: 21:00
Contact: (206) 545-4194
Date Aired: 10/20/96
Summary: David Lee is the Executive Chef of Essential Foods. He discussed the firm's history and mission, their emphasis on organic, locally grown, vegetarian fast-food, and their community-building efforts including the support of the Cascade Bicycle Club and the Tibetan Rights Campaign.

SUBJECT: Death Row Inmates and Teen Crime Prevention
GUEST: Tim Moxley
LENGTH: 20:20
CONTACT: P.O. Box 20654, Seattle, WA 98122
DATE AIRED: 10/20/96
SUMMARY: Mr. Moxley is a Seattle writer and poet. He is involved in a project he has named: "The Human Zoo," a collection of poems from Death Row inmates in prisons around the country. He discussed his effort, the reaction from some of the prison officials, his readings of the material to juvenile offenders and his hope that his work may discourage teens from a life of crime.

NorthWestern Exposure #158 for 10/13/96

SUBJECT: The Making of a Post-Denominational Priest
GUEST: Father Matthew Fox
LENGTH: 24:00
CONTACT: (510) 835-4UCS
DATE AIRED: 10/13/96
SUMMARY: Father Fox is an Episcopal Priest, scholar and author of many books. He discussed the Vatican's silencing of him in 1989 and his formal dismissal from the Dominican Order in 1993, as well as his thoughts on Creation Spirituality, re-inventing liturgy and his rites of passage experiences in the Pacific Northwest.

SUBJECT: Fndamentalism, Fear and Re-Inventing Education
GUEST: Father Matthew Fox
LENGTH: 21:00
PHONE: (510) 835-4UCS
DATE AIRED: 10/13/96
SUMMARY: Father Fox is an Episcopal Priest, a scholar of ancient Christian Mystics and the 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, fundamentalism, the role of imagination in solving society's problems and his attempt to re-invent higher education at the University of Creation Spirituality.

NorthWestern Exposure #169 for 10/06/96

SUBJECT: The Second Wave of the Beat Generation
GUEST: Danika Dinsmore, MFA
LENGTH: 23:00
CONTACT: (206) 880-4074 or email davidj@aa.net
DATE AIRED: 10/06/96
SUMMARY: Ms. Dinsmore is a Seattle poet and a graduate of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado. 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: 10/06/96
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 #168 for 9/29/96

SUBJECT: The Healing Power of Prayer
GUEST: Larry Dossey, M.D.
LENGTH: 21:00
CONTACT: N.A.
DATE AIRED: 9/29/96
SUMMARY: Dr. Dossey is a physician of internal medicine, a former Chief of Staff of Medical City Dallas Hospital. He is also the author of: "Prayer is Good Medicine." He discussed the scientific research into the healing power of prayer.

SUBJECT: Teen Crime Prevention through Writing (The Seattle Young Writers Workshop)
GUEST: Andrew Epstein
LENGTH: 22:00
CONTACT: (206) 932-7901
DATE AIRED: 9/29/96
SUMMARY: Andrew Epstein is the Program Director for the Seattle Summer Young Writers Workshop. He discussed the program, its history and mission and their efforts to channel teens into pro-social behavior and away from crime and gang activity.

NorthWestern Exposure #168 for 9/22/96

SUBJECT: The Healing Power of Prayer
GUEST: Larry Dossey, M.D.
LENGTH: 21:00
CONTACT: N.A.
DATE AIRED: 9/22/96
SUMMARY: Dr. Dossey is a physician of internal medicine, a former Chief of Staff of Medical City Dallas Hospital. He is also the author of: "Prayer is Good Medicine." He discussed the scientific research into the healing power of prayer.

SUBJECT: Teen Crime Prevention through Writing (The Seattle Young Writers Workshop)
GUEST: Andrew Epstein
LENGTH: 22:00
CONTACT: (206) 932-7901
DATE AIRED: 9/22/96
SUMMARY: Andrew Epstein is the Program Director for the Seattle Summer Young Writers Workshop. He discussed the program, its history and mission and their efforts to channel teens into pro-social behavior and away from crime and gang activity.

NorthWestern Exposure: Program #167

SUBJECT: Incorporating Ritual for Total Wellness
GUEST: Gary Ferguson
LENGTH: 22:00
CONTACT: 1-800-208-BOOK
DATE AIRED: 9/15/96
SUMMARY: Gary Ferguson, an author and free-lance journalist is the co-author of: "Lights of Passage: Rituals and Rites of Passage for the Problems and Pleasures of Modern Life." He discussed ritual, the book and the therapeutic benefits of ritual for important life events and transitions.

SUBJECT: The Auburn/Burlington Northern Controversy
GUEST: Mayor Chuck Booth
LENGTH: 23:00
CONTACT: (206) 931-3041
DATE AIRED: 9/15/96
SUMMARY: Mayor Chuck Booth of Auburn discussed the Burlington Northern's decision to re-open the abandoned Stampede Pass line, the ramifications for Auburn residents and the effort to force the railroad into mitigating adverse affects.

SUBJECT: The Corruption of Language and Communication - Doublespeak
GUEST: William Lutz
LENGTH: 22:00
CONTACT: wlutz@crab.rutgers.edu
DATE AIRED: 9/8/96
SUMMARY: Bill Lutz, a Professor of English at Rutgers University and author of "The New Doublespeak: Why No One Knows What Anyone is Saying Anymore," discussed the corruption of the language by government bureaucrats, politicians and corporations, and the result toll on sincere communication in our society.

SUBJECT: Internet Innovations and Growth
GUEST: Don Wood
LENGTH: 22:00
CONTACT: (888) 4 No Wires
DATE AIRED: 9/8/96
SUMMARY: Don Wood is an Executive vice-president at Metricom, Inc. discussed the growth of the World Wide Web and the Internet, recent innovations like the wireless Internet access his company has designed and the ramifications for schools and education about this technology and the Internet in general.

SUBJECT: Solving Health Care "Problems" with Creativity
GUEST: Graywolf
LENGTH: 21:00
CONTACT: (541) 476-0492
DATE AIRED: 9/1/96
SUMMARY: Graywolf (Fred Swinney) holds degrees in counseling, psychology, chemistry and physics and is a shaman. He talked about the Einstein quote: "Imagination is more important than knowledge" and the quote's ramifications on the paradigm shift in healing.

SUBJECT: Family Media Literacy
GUEST: Gloria DeGaetano
LENGTH: 22:00
CONTACT: (206) 883-1544
DATE AIRED: 9/1/96
SUMMARY: Gloria DeGaetano is a mother, media literacy activist, and author of "Screen Smarts: A Family Guide to Media Literacy." She discussed the effect of excessive TV watching on the health and brain development of children, the concept of media literacy, and the need to support media literacy in families and individuals.

SUBJECT: Paul Hunter's Poetry
GUEST: Paul Hunter
LENGTH: 23:00
CONTACT: (206) 633-5647; http://www.zipcon.com/~pablo, pablo@zipcon.com
DATE AIRED: 8/25/96 Archives from 6/9/96
SUMMARY: Paul Hunter is a published poet, publisher and playwright. He discussed his development as a poet, the history of the Red Sky Poetry Theater and tips for aspiring poets and writers. He also shared two of his poems: "Standing True" and "Same Damn Boat."

SUBJECT: Landscapes of the Interior
GUEST: Don Gayton
LENGTH: 21:00
PHONE: (604) 247-9737
DATE AIRED: 8/25/96 Archives from 6/9/96
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 term "landscape," his theory of the notion of a "primal landscape," and how he believes the "developer" mentality that owes its existence to the "unknowability" of nature."

Subject: Same Sex Marriage
Guest: Seattle City Councilmember Tina Podlowdowski
Length: 21:00
Contact: N.A.
Date Aired: 8/04/96
Summary: Councilmember Podlowski, a lesbian and mother of one discussed her thoughts about same sex unions, the legal and political controversy surrounding this civil rights issue.

Subject: Water Quality in Washington
Guest: Kathy Fletcher
Length: 21:20
Contact: 1-800 People 2; people@pugetsound.org
Date Aired: 8/4/96
Summary: Ms. Fletcher is the Executive Director of People for Puget Sound, a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to enhancing and protecting local waters. She discussed her organization, the latest Department of Ecology report on polluted waters and the trends in the State Legislature's approach to water quality issues.

Subject: Learning from Kids Culture, part 1
Guest: Douglass Rushkoff
Length: 23:00
Contact: N.A.
Date Aired: 7/28/96
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: 7/28/96
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.

Subject: The Friends of the Trees Society
Guest: Michael Pilarski
Program: Green Report
Length: 28:00
Contact: (360) 738-4972, trees@pacificrim.net (email address)
Date Aired: 7/14/96
Summary: Mr. Pilarski is a permaculture teacher and practitioner, the editor of the International Guide to Sustainable Forestry and the founder of the Friends of the Trees Society. He talked about the history and mission of the society, of the suburbs as the new agricultural frontier and about the concept of "herbal-scaping," or planting medicinal herbs on one's land to aid in total wellness.

Subject: Spoken Word Crime Prevention
Guest: Vicky Edmonds
Length: 22:00
Contact: (206) 937-0700
Date Aired: 7/14/96
Summary: Vicky Edmonds is a Seattle poet and workshop facilitator who helps people use the written and spoken word as an alternative to acting out and as an inroad to healing. She discussed her work, shared some of her poetry and commented on the crime prevention nature of this work.

Subject: Re-Integrating Enchantment into Life
Guest: Thomas Moore
Length: 21:00
Contact: N.A.
Date Aired: 7/7/96
Summary: Thomas Moore is an author, former psychotherapist and a leading figure in the field of archetypal psychology. He holds degreees in music theology and religion. His new book is: "The Re-Enchantment of Everyday Life." He discussed enchantment, how it became distant from life in our society and how to re-integrate it into our lives.

Subject: Using Neurofeedback Therapy for A.D.D. and other Disorders
Guest: Saranel Binyon
Length: 21:00
Contact: (206) 820-0294
Date Aired: 7/7/96
Summary: Saranel Binyon is a neurofeedback therapist, as well as a trained hypnotherapist and former teacher. She discussed neurofeedback therapy, its history as well as some of the disorders it has been effective in positively affecting, including Attention Deficit Disorder, substance abuse and anger management.

Subject: The Healing Power of Story, Part Two
Guest: Erica Helm Meade
Length: 21:30
Contact: (206) 463-9387
Date Aired: 6/30/96
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: 6/30/96
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.

Subject: The Healing Power of Story
Guest: Erica Helm Meade
Length: 21:30
Contact: (206) 463-9387
Date Aired: 6/23/96
Summary: Ms. Meade is a therapist, author and story-teller. She discussed the spoken word renaissance in the Northwest, the healing power of story and the role of art in a dynamic society.

Subject: Cathedrals of Nature
Guest: Terry McLuhan
Length: 22:30
Contact: N.A.
Date Aired: 6/23/96
Summary: Ms. McCluhan is an award-winning film-maker and author of: "Cathedrals of the Spirit: The Message of Sacred Places." She discussed her book which relates stories of many significant thinkers of our time including Einstein, Jung and others, their relationship to nature and transcendent experiences they have had due to nature.

Subject: Bamboo, A Sustainable Agriculture Crop
Guests: Simon Henderson and Daphne Lewis
Length: 23:00
Contact: (360) 629-6160
Date Aired: 6/16/96
Summary: Simon and Daphne are two of the principals in the firm "Bamboo People." They provide consultation and expertise on the subject of growing bamboo as a cash crop. They talked about the plant, its history and its multiple uses as a food, sound baffle and sustainable agriculture cash crop.

Subject: Family Literature for Character Building
Guest: Herb Kohl
Length: 21:00
Phone: (604) 247-9737
Date Aired: 6/16/96
Summary: Herb Kohl is a life-long educator and the co-editor of: "A Call to Character: A Family Treasury..." He discussed the recent William Bennett "Book of Virtues," how his book contrasts and how a whole systems view is integral to the book and to the concept of balance, a value covered in the book.

SUBJECT: Paul Hunter's Poetry
GUEST: Paul Hunter
LENGTH: 23:00
CONTACT: (206) 633-5647; http://www.zipcon.com/~pablo, pablo@zipcon.com
DATE AIRED: 6/9/96
SUMMARY: Paul Hunter is a published poet, publisher and playwright. He discussed his development as a poet, the history of the Red Sky Poetry Theater and tips for aspiring poets and writers. He also shared two of his poems: "Standing True" and "Same Damn Boat."

SUBJECT: Landscapes of the Interior
GUEST: Don Gayton
LENGTH: 21:00
PHONE: (604) 247-9737
DATE AIRED: 6/9/96
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 term "landscape," his theory of the notion of a "primal landscape," and how he believes the "developer" mentality that owes its existence to the "unknowability" of nature."

SUBJECT: Outlining Societal Trends
GUEST: Faith Popcorn
LENGTH: 21:00
CONTACT: (212) 978-9999
DATE AIRED: 6/2/96
SUMMARY: Faith Popcorn is an author, consultant to Fortune 500 companies and trend spotter. She coined the term "cocooning" and has been called the "Nostradamus of Marketing" by Fortune magazine. She discussed emerging societal trends and their impact on business, life and self as outlined in her book: "Clicking."

SUBJECT: Teen Pregnancy Prevention
GUEST: Dorle Campbell
LENGTH: 21:00
PHONE: (206) 281-6215
DATE AIRED: 6/2/96
SUMMARY: Ms. Campbell, a consumer science teacher at Nathan Hale High School in Seattle, discussed teen pregnancy and a program intended to prevent such pregnancy called Project Teen Aware.

SUBJECT: The Secondary Market for Student Loans
GUEST: Susan Busch
LENGTH: 5:15
PHONE: N.A.
DATE AIRED: 6/2/96
SUMMARY: Ms. Busch, with the Sallie Mae student loan program, discussed the program, interest rates and common misunderstandings about student loans.

SUBJECT: The Making of a Post-Denominational Priest
GUEST: Father Matthew Fox
LENGTH: 24:00
CONTACT: (510) 835-4UCS
DATE AIRED: 6/2/96
SUMMARY: Father Fox is an Episcopal Priest, scholar and author of many books. He discussed the Vatican's silencing of him in 1989 and his formal dismissal from the Dominican Order in 1993, as well as his thoughts on Creation Spirituality, re-inventing liturgy and his rites of passage experiences in the Pacific Northwest.

SUBJECT: Fundamentalism, Fear and Re-Inventing Education
GUEST: Father Matthew Fox
LENGTH: 21:00
PHONE: (510) 835-4UCS
DATE AIRED: 6/2/96
SUMMARY: Father Fox is an Episcopal Priest, a scholar of ancient Christian Mystics and the 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, fundamentalism, the role of imagination in solving society's problems and his attempt to re-invent higher education at the University of Creation Spirituality.

SUBJECT: Experiencing Multi-Culturalism Through Foreign Exchange
GUESTS: Betsy Thomsen and Chris Sargeant
LENGTH: 22:00
CONTACT: (800) 872-0200
DATE AIRED: 5/26/96
SUMMARY: Ms. Thomsen is the Recruitment Coordinator and Ms. Sargeant a host mom and volunteer for the Youth For Understanding foreign exchange program. They discussed the program and their experiences and answered questions about the country's current attitude toward immigrants.

SUBJECT: Growing Up in the Segregated South
GUEST: Clifton Taulbert
LENGTH: 23:00
PHONE: N.A.
DATE AIRED: 5/26/96
SUMMARY: Mr. Taulbert is the author of When We Were Colored and Last Train North. He discussed life in the South before the era of de-segregation, the sense of community in that era, and getting initiated into adulthood.

SUBJECT: Solving Health Care "Problems" with Creativity
GUEST: Graywolf
LENGTH: 21:00
CONTACT: (541) 476-0492
DATE AIRED: 5/19/96
SUMMARY: Graywolf (Fred Swinney) holds degrees in counseling, psychology, chemistry and physics and is a shaman. He talked about the Einstein quote: "Imagination is more important than knowledge" and the quote's ramifications on the paradigm shift in healing.

SUBJECT: Family Media Literacy
GUEST: Gloria DeGaetano
LENGTH: 22:00
CONTACT: (206) 883-1544
DATE AIRED: 5/19/96
SUMMARY: Gloria DeGaetano is a mother, media literacy activist, and author of "Screen Smarts: A Family Guide to Media Literacy." She discussed the effect of excessive TV watching on the health and brain development of children, the concept of media literacy, and the need to support media literacy in families and individuals.

SUBJECT: Religious Support for Reproductive Choice
GUEST: Reverend Deborah Mero
LENGTH: 23:25
CONTACT: (206) 776-3274
DATE AIRED: 5/12/96
SUMMARY: Reverend Mero is the State Coordinator for the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. She discussed the organization, its herstory and mission and the services they have facilitated to women who have had abortions come to terms with their grief.

SUBJECT: A Course in Love
GUEST: Joan Gattuso
LENGTH: 55:30
CONTACT: (800) 2 LOVEU 2
DATE AIRED: 5/12/96
SUMMARY: Joan 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 and other aspects of human-ness often get in the way of sustaining fulfilling relationships.

SUBJECT: Angels and the New Thought
GUEST: Jan Price and John Randolph Price
LENGTH: 23:00
CONTACT: (210) 249-3985
DATE to be AIRED:4/14/96
SUMMARY: Jan and John Randolph Price are the founders of the Quartus Foundation, the originators of World Healing Day and the authors of many books. They discussed their work, the story behind the international mind-link and day of meditation, World Healing Day, and the role of angels in helping us find abundance and happiness.

SUBJECT: Initiative 663 and Re-Legalizing Marijuana
GUEST: Tom Rohan and Robert Lunday
LENGTH: 22:00
CONTACT: (206) 548-8043 or e-mail tohipinfo@hemp.net
DATE AIRED: 4/14/96
SUMMARY: Mr. Rohan and Mr. Lunday are volunteers with Hemp Initiative Projects of Washington State, or HIP-WS.They are gathering signatures for Initiative 663 which would re-legalize marijuana in the state for medical, industrial and recreational use. They discussed the initiative and the ramifications of legal marijuana on crime.

SUBJECT: Finding Meaningful Work
GUEST: Lawrendce Boldt
LENGTH: 21:00
CONTACT: 1-800-770 CREATE
DATE to be AIRED:4/7/96
SUMMARY: Mr. Boldt is a holistic career consultant and the author of , "Zen and the Art of Making a Living." he discusses how his experience as a volunteer in a nursing home affected his life's work, and gives tips on finding the work you live culled from his latest book, "How to Find the Work You Love."

SUBJECT: Free Access to the Internet and Government Censorship
GUEST: Aki Namioka and Doug Schuler
LENGTH: 22:00
CONTACT: (206) 365-4528 or e-mail ataki@scn.org
DATE AIRED:4/7/96
SUMMARY: Ms. Namioka and Mr. Schuler are both officers of the Board of Directors for the Seattle Community Network Association and Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility. They discussed the organizations, the idea of free access and attempted government censorship of the Internet.

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