A Better World - 02/27/12

Guest:  Gary Zukav

Gary has for years conveyed the most complex insights in language all can understand.  Over and over, he challenges us to see the depth of our potential in the world…and act on that awareness.

He is the author of four consecutive New York Times Bestsellers.  In 1979, The Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physics, plumbed the depths of quantum physics and relativity, winning The American Book Award for Science.  In 1989, The Seat of the Soul led the way to seeing the alignment of the personality and the soul as the fulfillment of life and captured the imagination of millions, becoming the #1 New York Times bestseller thirty-one times and remaining on the New York Times bestseller list almost three years.

In this latest book, the subject of this interview, Gary discusses a revolutionary new path for spiritual growth in his new book, Spiritual Partnership: The Journey to Authentic Power. Gary outlines the steps to discovering this profound new relationship dynamic which enables and empowers us to reach our full potential and create authentic power – the fulfilling and joyful life that is calling to us all.

His gentle presence, humor, and wisdom have endeared Gary Zukav to millions of viewers through his many appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show.  Six million copies of his books are in print and translations have been published in twenty-four languages.  Gary Zukav grew up in the Midwest, graduated from Harvard, and became a Special Forces (Green Beret) officer with Vietnam service before writing his first book.

Tune in as a scientist speaks with a holistic psychotherapist about the nature of relationship, authenticity and love.

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A Better World - 02/20/12

This evening is going to be an Improve Eyesight Roundtable, an exploration on the subject of what's the cause of eyesight problems, both physically and psychologically, as well as solutions to this vast issue facing us as a society--in fact, it's become so pandemic, we don't even realize how much of a problem deteriorating eyesight has generally become. 

Our first guest, along with a few of his clients, was a colleague of Deborah Banker, M.D., Ophthamologist, John Monroe, who has worked with Dr. Banker beginning in 1992 and through her passing and has been both continuing and advancing her work. Dr. Banker was very studied in alternative approaches to improving eyesight as well as healing serious eye diseases, having developed her own healing technologies and protocols over the course of many years. 

Due to her innovations, John gives workshops around the country and has had thousands of successful results with clients, from helping them drop reading glasses to exercises for serious retinal diseases. Several clients of his will speak of their healing using these methods. 

In the latter part of the show, clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst, Dr. Nicholas Samstag will join Mitchell in a dialogue examining possible underlying psycho-emotional issues, emotional stress and conflicts that may also be causal or at least influential in visual disorders. 

Dr. Samstag specializes in long-term analytic treatment of adults, as well as couples therapy. 

Dr. Samstag has been in private practice for over 15 years and is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychology at New York University's Graduate School of Arts and Science. He has published articles and book reviews on psychoanalytic theory and is interested in the interactions of unconscious, conscious, and environmental factors in the creation of pathogenesis. 

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A Better World - 2/13/12

Mitchell will be interviewing Stuart Valentine, President of Centerpoint Investment Strategies & who is an active participant in the Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) Movement. Stuart is involved in asset management, deal structuring & placement for Green Private Equity.

Based in Fairfield, Iowa, home of the Transcendental Meditation global movement and Maharishi University of Management (MUM), Stuart has been a practitioner of the TM Siddhis program for 30 years. He serves as adjunct faculty in the MUM business department and an active member in the meditating community.

Stuart is also Co-Director of The Sustainable Living Coalition (SLC), a non-profit whose mission is to educate & demonstrate workable models in sustainable living. A graduate of the Evergreen State College’s Renewable Energy Systems program in 1982, Stuart also earned his MBA from the Maharishi University of Management in 1986.

Stuart was part of the Money & Consciousness Roundtable on A Better World in October, 2011 along with Timothy Karsten.  This second interview will be to go into depth about how Capitalism used conscientiously can serve and be for People instead of for the few.

Tune in for a dialogue which is designed to help to shape our economic future.

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A Better World - 02/06/12

Mitchell interviews  President & Co-Founder of Clear Compass Media; Creator, Host, Co-Writer, and Director of Visual Design for THRIVE, Foster Gamble.

At age 14, Foster Gamble had a vision where he glimpsed what he perceived to be the Universe’s fundamental energy pattern. He spent the next 35 years trying to figure out the details and implications of what he had seen. That quest took two paths: a scientific journey and an exploration of the human potential to navigate successfully through the challenges threatening our survival. THRIVE represents the convergence of these two paths.

While at Princeton University, Foster helped to create their first film-making department. At the time, the emergence of a global media delivery system seemed likely, and Foster’s love of film combined with his concern for the planet inspired him to focus on what would be the most critical content to one day deliver through that system.

In his search for a way out of our violence and demise, Foster discovered Aikido – the non-violent martial art – which proved for him the possibility of being simultaneously powerful and gentle. He earned a third degree black belt and trained in and taught Aikido for 15 years.

Applying Aikido principles to daily life informed Foster’s professional career: He created a training and technology company, MindCenter, that employed brainwave biofeedback to help people learn how to manage stress and to tune their consciousness. He also created Interaction Dynamics, a training program for mastering skills in communication, team-building and conflict resolution for couples, business teams, schools and families across the United States. He combined Aikido energy principles and mind fitness techniques in Zonesport Training, which tapped his passion for sports in helping high level athletes to enhance their performance. Addressing the demands of balancing his own personal, family and professional lives led Foster to create a program called LifeBalance.

Furthering his exploration of what was keeping humanity from thriving, Foster spent nearly a decade “following the money” in every sector of human endeavor. The process revealed an understanding of our predicament that led him to create the strategic solutions offered in THRIVE. Foster’s exploration of “living geometry” – how nature builds the “material” world, came to fruition in 1997 when he co-convened the Sequoia Symposium, a multi-disciplinary scientific think tank exploring perspectives on “Unification Theory.”

There, the primary patterning that the universe uses to sustain healthy systems was clarified and cohered, as was its use as a blueprint for us to design sustainable, all-inclusive technologies and social systems. This discovery represents the convergence of science and the evolution of consciousness that Foster set out to explore after his initial vision, and is the “code” that is featured in the documentary film, THRIVE, and on this website.

Join Mitchell as he engages Foster in what will be a lively interview around subjects about which both are impassioned.

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A Better World - 01/30/12

Mitchell will be interviewing former CEO of Aveda, VP of Nike and Founder and Executive Director of Us Foundation, Marilyn Tam, Ph.D.,an organization, dedicated “to raise the awareness of and to promote and create action to support the highest common good, and the interconnectedness of all.”

Marilyn is a speaker, author, consultant, Marilyn is also a successful entrepreneur who has developed and built four global companies.Marilyn has devoted her life to living and teaching others how to live and thrive in the dynamic balance between being and doing. Her life is an inspiring example of what can be achieved if one followed their dreams. She grew up as abused and neglected child in Hong Kong. She left home as a teen to come to America alone. Following her internal guide and life mission, she achieved international business and humanitarian success.

Her passion is to support others to recognize that they already have what it takes to attain their greatest dreams. She shows people how to find their life purpose, and provide them with the principles and actions steps towards their goal. With her books, talks, workshops and consultations, she has helped thousands and thousands of people internationally to find their dynamic balance.

Among her numerous recognition and awards is the Artemis Award from the Greek Government and Euro-American Women’s Council, with her image on a Greek postage. Marilyn is featured in six documentary movies including GLOW Project, The Compass and Vitality for her inspiring accomplishments and inner wisdom.She was recognized as one of the Top 30 Female Entrepreneurs in the USA by Fempreneur magazine. Jack Canfield detailed her work in his book on the strategies for success, “The Success Principles.

Her book, “How to Use What You’ve Got to Get What You Want”, is in six languages.

Her new book, “Living the Life of Your Dreams – The Secrets to Turning Your Dreams into Reality” won as eBook of the Year in the Inspirational/Visionary category at the 2011 Global eBook Awards. http://www.marilyntam.com/books.html

Mitchell and Marilyn will discuss her newest book and the impact her Foundation is having in the world.  Join us!

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A Better World - 01/23/12

As of the writing of this Newsletter, the topics of today's show are certain but the participants still in formation.

The topics will be the latest in hydro-fracking--that earthquakes have been very reasonably linked to fracking activity in several different states and countries--and this is all the more reason that Gov. Cuomo is to told, respectfully, that fracking is "off the table". We may have State Assemblyman Daniel O'Donnell,who has been pro-active in protecting the State and its people from the potential of fracking as a guest. We're waiting to hear back from his office.

On the larger issue of Climate Change, weather pattern disruption and Global Warming (or "Grilling" as Robin Williams called it...) we have invited Phillip Ardanuy, a Raytheon Principal Engineering Fellow, Chief Scientist and Solution Architect, Mission Operations Solutions (MOS).

Dr. Ardanuy received his doctorate in meteorology from Florida State University (FSU). Dr. Ardanuy began his college studies at George Washington University, and completed his his Bachelor and Master of Science meteorology degrees at FSU.

Dr. Ardanuy’s professional affiliations include the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council Committee on Earth Studies, the American Meteorology Society (AMS), NOAA Science Advisory Board’s Environmental Information Services Working Group, Maryland Space Business Roundtable Board of Directors and president emeritus, UCAR Weather Coalition, SPIE Remote Sensing System Engineering Conference, NOAA CREST Institute External Advisory Board, and chair of the AMS Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology committee.

He will be joining us from the annual American Meteorological Society Conference in New Orleans.

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A Better World - 01/16/12

Guest: Michael J. Gelb

Mitchell's guest today is Michael J. Gelb, one of the world’s leading authorities on the application of genius thinking to personal and organizational development. He is a pioneer in the fields of creative thinking, accelerated learning, and innovative leadership. Gelb leads seminars for Fortune 500 companies around the world.

Michael Gelb is the author of 12 books on creativity and innovation including the international best seller How to Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day. (1998) How to Think Like Leonardo has been translated into 25 languages and has appeared on the Washington Post, Amazon.com, and the New York Times best seller lists. Tune into today's show to hear a dynamic dialogue about accessing the other 95% of your brain.

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A Better World - 01/09/12

Guest: Rocky Anderson

For a second time, Mitchell has invited Presidential candidate for the Justice Party, Rocky Anderson, to be his guest for the full show, to discuss points not discussed in the first interview.

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A Better World - 01/02/12

REPEAT PROGRAM: 12/12/11

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A Better World - 12/26/11

REPEAT PROGRAM

A Better World - 12/19/11

Ross C. "Rocky" Anderson (born September 9, 1951) served two terms as the 33rd mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah, from 2000-2008.

 

He is the Executive Director of High Road for Human Rights. Prior to serving as Mayor, he practiced law for 21 years in Salt Lake City, during which time he was listed in Best Lawyers in America, was rated A-V (highest rating) by Martindale-Hubbell, served as Chair of the Utah State Bar Litigation Section and was Editor-in-Chief of, and a contributor to, Voir Dire legal journal.

 

As Mayor, Anderson rose to nationwide prominence as a champion of several national and international causes, including climate protection, immigration reform, restorative criminal justice, GLBT rights, and an end to the "war on drugs".

 

Before and after the invasion by the U.S. of Iraq in 2003, Anderson was a leading opponent of the invasion and occupation of Iraq and related human rights abuses. Anderson was the only mayor of a major U.S. city who advocated for the impeachment of President George W. Bush, which he did in many venues throughout the United States.

 

Anderson's work and advocacy led to local, national, and international recognition in numerous spheres, including being named by Business Week as one of the top twenty activists in the world on climate change, serving on the Newsweek Global Environmental Leadership Advisory Board, and being recognised by the Human Rights Campaign as one of the top ten straight advocates in the United States for GLBT equality. He has also received numerous awards for his work, including the EPA Climate Protection Award, the Sierra Club Distinguished Service Award, the Respect the Earth Planet Defender Award, the National Association of Hispanic Publications Presidential Award, The Drug Policy Alliance Richard J. Dennis Drugpeace Award, the Progressive Democrats of America Spine Award, the League of United Latin American Citizens Profile in Courage Award, the Bill of Rights Defense Committee Patriot Award, the Code Pink (Salt Lake City) Pink Star honor, the Morehouse University Gandhi, King, Ikeda Award, and the World Leadership Award for environmental programs.

 

Formerly a member of the Democratic Party, Anderson expressed his disappointment with that Party in 2011, stating “(t)he Constitution has been eviscerated while Democrats have stood by with nary a whimper. It is a gutless, unprincipled party, bought and paid for by the same interests that buy and pay for the Republican Party."

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A Better World - 12/12/11

Mitchell is convening an Astrology East & West Roundtable to look at the searing subjects of our day from this ancient view, both the science & art of astrology.

Monty Taylor, renowned Jungian astrologer and teacher, who has been a guest numerous times with Mitchell, will be a featured guest on today's Roundtable.

Vedic Astrologer, Arun Singh, will bring the Eastern perspective to bear. Today's guests will describe the upcoming conjunctions of different planetary & cosmic influences on geological activity, economic, political, environmental and social aspects of our daily lives in the year to come, the long-awaited 2012.

Where are we going, what are we to reasonably expect, what changes appear to be afoot on these levels and the effects of these lunar & solar eclipses, are the subject of today's show.

A Better World - 12/05/11

On today's show Mitchell will speak on health, stress and the various origins of stress. The mics will be open to PRN/A Better World audience to call in and ask questions plus share their views as well. We will focus on the health of the person and the health of the nation, the individual and the collective.

Health, said Werner Erhard, "is a function of participation". Are you participating in this society, in your life or have you 'dropped out'?

Eating healthily, using your body rigorously & actively, sleeping and loving well are all part of a healthy lifestyle. However, if your heart & soul are not engaged in contributing to the world, in their own self-expression, you've only got part of the solution. Loving inside of living is a key to success. Listen in today and participate, as you listen to others do same on today's show.

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A Better World - 11/28/11

Guest: Mahendra Trivedi

  

 

Mitchell's guest is the renowned Mr. Mahendra Trivedi, founder of the Trivedi Foundation.

As a child, Mr. Trivedi exhibited unique abilities and extraordinarily high levels of perception and intelligence, including a photographic memory. He says he always knew he was different and felt that his sojourn on this planet was for a higher purpose.

One night in 1995 he received "guidance" that the gifts he had been given were now to be used for the welfare of mankind. He didn't hesitate for a moment to give up all that was familiar and embark on a new mission - to use these gifts to benefit the world and its inhabitants.

Mr. Trivedi says that it is Universal Intelligence that works through him. He has compiled a remarkable track record of success, including well-documented scientific studies with researchers around the world on his ability to profoundly affect matter down to the level of the atom.

Even Mr. Trivedi’s physiology is unique. Research done on various aspects of his physiology has turned up some astonishing results such as variations in body temperature ranging between 95 and 68 degrees Fahrenheit with significant differences even between the palms of his hands and the tips of his fingers.

Mr. Trivedi’s work within the international scientific community is extensive and ongoing. This research constitutes an invaluable database for scientists attempting to understand the power of consciousness. Mr. Trivedi’s mission, and that of Trivedi Master Wellness, is to utilize the Trivedi Effect™ to usher in a new era that integrates scientific research and consciousness to vastly improve the human condition and benefit humanity on a global scale.

Mitchell and Mr. Trivedi will discuss his flowering of human potential and how this may be both used for the good and accomplished by all. www.TrivediFoundation.org

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A Better World - 11/21/11

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A Better World - 11/14/11

Guests: Bill Gladstone and Jack Canfield

On today's show we have the co-authors ofThe Golden Motorcycle Gang, A Story of Transformation, Jack Canfield and Bill Gladstone.

Jack Canfeld is well known as the co-author of the #1 New York Times best-selling Chicken Soup for the Soul series which has sold more than 500 million copies in 47 languages. He is considered America’s number one success coach and authored the bestseller “The Success Principles”.

Jack is also a featured teacher in the movies The Secret and Tapping the Source; and has appeared on more than 1,000 radio and television programs. He is also the CEO of the Canfield Training Group and the founder of the Transformational Leadership Council. JackCanfeld.com

As author, Bill Gladstone is best known for his international bestseller The Twelve. He is also the co-author of Tapping the Source and co-producer of the film of the same name. In addition, he is a literary agent for many bestselling authors including Eckhart Tolle and Neale Donald Walsch and the founder of Waterside Productions, as well as a trustee of the International Club of Budapest. www.waterside.com

Tune in for an engaging interview, tria-logue, with three dynamic people impassioned by their work.

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A Better World - 11/7/11

Mitchell’s guest today is world-renowned physician, healer, teacher & author, Dr. Bernard Siegel, known to most simply as Bernie. He has touched many lives all over the Planet.

In 1978, Bernie reached a national and then international audience when he began talking about patient empowerment and the choice to live fully and die in peace. As a physician who has cared for and counseled innumerable people whose mortality has been threatened by illness.

Bernie embraces a philosophy of living and dying that stands at the forefront of the medical ethics and spiritual issues our Society grapples with today. In May 2011, Bernie was honored by the Watkins Review of London, England, as one of the Top 20 Spiritually Influential Living People on the Planet.

He continues to break new ground in the field of healing, supporting changes in medical education to “humanize” medical practice.

In 1986 his first book, Love, Medicine & Miracles, was published and now his latest book, his 12th, is the main subject of today’s interview with Mitchell:  A Book of Miracles: Inspiring, True Stories of Healing, Gratitude & Love, with a foreward by Deepak Chopra.

See www.berniesiegelmd.com

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A Better World - 10/31/11

Mitchell’s guest for today’s show is international dharma teacher, Catherine Ingram. She works with communities all over Europe, Australia & the U.S., facilitating people’s deeper sense of themselves, cultivating awareness & self-inquiry.

Catherine is a co-founder of Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA,She also co-founded the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) in The Hague, Netherlands (1991) and is a member of the Committee of 100 for Tibet. For six years (1988-1994), Catherine also served as a board director for The Burma Project, dedicated to raising international awareness about the struggle for democracy in Burma. She is currently serving on the board of Global Animal Foundation, which works on behalf of the world’s animals.

A former journalist specializing in issues of consciousness and activism, Catherine Ingram is the author of two books of nonfiction, which are published in numerous languages: In the Footsteps of Gandhi: Conversations with Spiritual/Social Activists, Passionate Presence: Seven Qualities of Awakened Awareness and a novel, A Crack in Everything.

Catherine is vibrant, warm and highly committed to the notions in her way we so espouse here at A Better World of “Spirit-in-Action” and “Sacred Stewardship”

Catherine was a guest on A Better World TV when Passionate Presence was released and I’m pleased to have her this visit to NY on A Better World Radio. She is offering a workshop at the NY Open Center this weekend.

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A Better World - 10/24/11

Today’s show will be an Indigenous Prophecy Roundtable. Once a biologist conducting cancer research for WHO and now, internationally-renowned scholar and author of several books on The Mayan Calendar, Carl Calleman,will speak of his unique & fascinating claim that the Mayan Calendar completion date is not Dec. 21, 2012 but October 28, 2011, that is, later this week. Calleman latest book is The Purposeful Universe.

A last-minute inclusion today are Hopi Ruben Saufkie, Sr. who just returned from Paris where he was working with Dr. Calleman. Ruben was raised on the second mesa of Hopi Land, which is the most traditional mesas. With Ruben is Elyse Monet, a healer, speaker and teacher, who will also be part of the Roundtable, They are in NY for the Spirituality Week at the U.N. where Ruben will perform the traditional Hopi Eagle dance, all significant in Hopi culture & prophecy.

What do the Mayans and the Hopi say about this moment in world history and the future of humanity? Clearly we are at a crossroads in time and consciousness and these two spiritual traditions have much to share with us of their ancient wisdom.

Regular listeners will remember an interview with Hopi Prophecy holder, John Kimmey, designated by Grandfather David, in December, 2009, on A Better World.

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A Better World - 10/17/11

Today’s radio show is a Fracking & Spectra Pipeline Roundtable, addressing the dangers of both the proposed legislation in NYS which would allow hydro-fracking and especially the pipeline which would allow the fracked gas right into NYC across the Hudson River, the hearing for which is Oct. 20 (see below for details).

To address these extraordinarily important issues and threats to public safety are: Dr. James Ring, Professor Emeritus of nuclear physics at Hamilton College, Owen Crowley, co-founder of SaneEnergyProject.org, Owen Crowley is a director at United for Action, which organizes for sustainable energy and a healthy future, and which is very active in the struggle against hydraulic fracturing for gas. He also helped found the Sane Energy Project, which is working in opposition to a major gas pipeline proposed for New York and New Jersey. Owen headed economic assistance programs abroad. He has a Masters in Political Economy and International Affairs from Columbia University.

Clare Donahue, spokesperson and activist with SaneEnergyProject.org will also be part of the panel along with City Councilman James F. Gennaro.

In November 2009, Gennaro was elected to a third term as representative for the 24th Council District located in Queens.

Gennaro has received numerous accolades for his work as Chairman of the Council’s Committee on Environmental Protection, and has authored many of the Council’s most progressive environmental bills.

Gennaro has spearheaded efforts to cut the city’s globalwarming pollution emissions, protect and restore JamaicaBay, put more “clean air” vehicles on city streets, reduce pesticide use, make the city’s electricity more reliable, clean, and affordable, protect the city’s remaining natural areas, and promote “green buildings”.

This Roundtable will address the serious public health, safety and environmental threats of the current proposals on the table and what we, the public, can actively do about it.

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