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Alison Rose Levy's "Connect The Dots" promotes health activism, linking personal health to the health of our culture, society, and environment.
Connect The Dots is heard weekly at Noon (EDT) on Saturdays.
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Connect The Dots - 07/23/11
July 25, 2011 Download this episode (right click and save)
On today’s Connect the Dots, Alison will be speaking with Jussta, a graduate and member of Oceanside CERT (Community Emergency Response Team), a licensed HAM Radio Technician on the Oceanside CERT HAM Emergency Team NET, a graduate of the Oceanside Citizen's Police Academy, and a Community Disaster Educator for The American Red Cross. Jussta will be discussing important information on how to properly prepare for any disaster. Considering the extreme weather and natural disasters - we all need to be prepared for any event.
Connect The Dots - 07/09/11
July 12, 2011 Download this episode (right click and save)
Alison will speak with poet essayist, and Pulitzer finalist, Susan Griffin, author of A Chorus of Stones on her new book, Transforming Terror: Remembering the Soul of the World, which features essays from a diverse array of contributors—writers, healers, spiritual and political leaders, scientists, and activists, including Desmond Tutu, Huston Smith, Riane Eisler, Daniel Ellsberg, Amos Oz, Fatema Mernissi, Fritjov Capra, George Lakoff, Mahmoud Darwish, Terry Tempest Williams, and Jack Kornfield who offer a blueprint for change. More on Transforming Terror at http://www.susangriffin.com/Books.htmlAlison’s weekly activist links here at: www.healthjournalistblog.com
Connect The Dots - 07/02/11
July 1, 2011 Download this episode (right click and save)
How Does Fracking Impact Property Rights?
Alison’s guest is Mike Benard, an expert on landowner issues and property rights with an organization called Spectra Energy Watch at http://www.spectraenergywatch.com. Benard, a Pennsylvania landowner and his group have been ‘connecting the dots’ to learn that the government can actually help the gas industry take your land. “Eminent domain is a growing issue in many communities because there are too many examples where eminent domain means someone wants your property,” Benard says, “ … and the government helps them take it.” For this week’s action to tell Governor Cuomo whether or not you support his recent decision to allow fracking in New York State, please go Alison’s action links and free ezine signup at: www.healthjournalistblog.com
Connect The Dots - 06/18/11
June 20, 2011 Download this episode (right click and save)
This week, Alison will speak with Briget Shields, water and health protection activist from Pittsburgh, PA, about the Pennsylvania frontlines of the campaign against health harming fracking chemicals. Join in to their live conversation.
Connect The Dots - 06/04/11
June 6, 2011 Download this episode (right click and save)
Statewide Day of Action Against Fracking - June 25th
Looking ahead to New York’s Statewide Day of Action Against Fracking, on this show, Alison Rose Levy talks with Carl Arnold of the Sierra Club, who has extensively researched the new gas drilling process called horizontal hydraulic fracturing, aka fracking, which is featured in the film, Gasland. Alison and Carl will discuss some of the misinformation about fracking and its dangers.
Connect The Dots - 05/28/11
May 30, 2011 Download this episode (right click and save)
Liberator’s Trauma
On this show, Alison Rose Levy will welcome Leila Levinson, author of Gated Grief which details the legacy of trauma experienced by descendants of US Army veterans who liberated the concentration camps during World War II. For more information, please go to Leila’s website, www.veteranschildren.com and Alison’s website, www.collectiverealm.com
Connect The Dots - 05/21/11
May 23, 2011 Download this episode (right click and save)
The Bond
On this show, Alison Rose Levy will welcome Lynne McTaggart to discuss her new book, The Bond (Free Press). McTaggart, a bestselling author of The Intention Experiment and The Field, looks into scientific research to discover that we’ve set our civilization to function by competing with each other as we glorify ourselves as individuals. This stands in direct contradiction to the way we are designed by nature, which entails bonding, cooperation, and fairness. Go to www.lynnemctaggart.com for more information.
Connect The Dots - 05/14/11
May 14, 2011 Download this episode (right click and save)
Our guest is Andy Igrejas, Director of Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families, talking about the Safe Chemicals Act and why, one year after the President’s Cancer Panel Report, we need to do more to prevent illness through assuring the safety of chemicals to which both children and adults are exposed.
Connect The Dots - 05/07/11
May 9, 2011 Download this episode (right click and save)
The Decline of Journalism
On this show, Alison Rose Levy will welcome Robert McChesney to discuss the decline in American journalism and what that means for democracy. McChesney is a media scholar, journalist, and the co-editor of Will the Last Reporter Turn Out the Lights? (Free Press) which you can purchase at : http://thenewpress.com/index.php?option=com_title&task=view_title&metaproductid=1808 He’s one of the co-founders of the Free Press (www.freepress.net) which fights to preserve internet freedom and the free press, and he’s also the co-author with John Nichols of The Death and Life of American Journalism (Nation Books).
Connect The Dots - 04/30/11
April 29, 2011 Download this episode (right click and save)
Alison connects the dots on adding climate and the environment to our economic equation with Hunter Lovins, author of Climate Capitalism.
Connect The Dots - 04/16/11
April 16, 2011 Download this episode (right click and save)
Alison’s guest on Connect the Dots is Harvey Wasserman, the author of many books including the recent, SOLARTOPIA! Our Green-Powered Earth. A long time journalist and activist, Harvey covers energy, environment, peace, justice, U.S. history and election protection in his blogs and radio programs. He edits the website NukeFree.org and will speak about our current challenges, political, environmental, and energy related. This week’s actions will focus on maintaining freedom of the press and the internet, and links to those actions can be found at www.healthjournalistblog.com
