http://jari.podbean.com Conversations with Living Luminaries and Mavericks Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:44:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Fated for failure “from the get-go,” “a nation of hustlers” blinded from birth by mercenary ambition; from its title to its last words Morris Berman’s new book, Why America Failed: The Roots of Imperial Decline, depicts a country finished. The whole social order was structured on false premises, he argues; ... http://jari.podbean.com/2012/02/02/oh-say-why-can-we-not-see/ Narcissists and Sociopaths live to dominate and thrill to win. They can excel marvelously anywhere ruthlessness is rewarding. And recent research brings us new understanding of just what these serious emotional disabilities are; what causes them, how prevalent they are, and how studying them helps us to draw the connections between ... http://jari.podbean.com/2011/04/25/the-unreal-world-of-narcissists-sociopaths/ Four thousand people attended the largest annual conference of left and progressive intellectuals in the world over the weekend of March 18-20, 2011. It was the 7th annual Left Forum, at Pace University in lower Manhattan. A thousand speakers, 300 workshops, panels and dialogues on international politics, class war, social ... http://jari.podbean.com/2011/04/06/what%e2%80%99s-left-reflections-on-the-2011-left-forum/ ... http://jari.podbean.com/2011/02/28/why-progressives-see-so-little-progress/ Recently I said to someone, “People self-confront to the level they’re able.” Well, get ready, because A Question of Values is a confrontational book—question is, can you handle it? Dr. Berman is a shrink/shaman diagnosing contemporary societies. And just as the most damaged individuals will not likely admit ... http://jari.podbean.com/2011/02/08/review-of-morris-bermans-a-question-of-values/ "Addiction is helping to teach us what's important." Bruce Alexander is an expert in the field of addiction. He joined the psychology department at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada in 1970. He has counseled hard-core heroin addicts, conducted psychopharmacological research (the “Rat Park” experiments), supervised field research on cocaine use for ... http://jari.podbean.com/2011/01/28/interview-with-bruce-alexander/ Liberal/progressive uprising is a fantasy. I've written a response here to Living Hero Morris Berman’s November 23 blog article "Taking It Up a Notch." Berman speaks truth about American cluelessness, but there’s even deeper cluelessness to consider. I heard Ted Rall speak about his new book, The Anti-American Manifesto, at ... http://jari.podbean.com/2010/11/27/answer-to-morris-berman-on-ted-rall-and-violent-revolution-in-america/ Living Hero Gabor Maté, MD appeared today on Democracy Now with Amy Goodman. This conversation focuses on the explosion of ADD and ADHD in children within the past ten years. Follow this link to the interview. And here, again, is the interview we conducted for the Living Hero program earlier this ... http://jari.podbean.com/2010/11/24/gabor-mate-on-democracy-now/ Host of Living Hero, Jari Chevalier, speaks about her work as a multidisciplinary artist, on the What Now show with Ken Rose, KOWS Radio, November 1, 2010. Link to the interview. The recurring theme of this relaxed, off-the-cuff discussion was uncertainty and the unknown. Acknowledging our true position in our ... http://jari.podbean.com/2010/11/21/host-jari-chevalier-interviewed-on-what-now-show/ " . . . understanding this problem [sociopathy] creates an entire paradigm shift in the way we view human nature." ... http://jari.podbean.com/2010/11/03/interview-with-dr-martha-stout/ Living Hero Suzi Gablik is composing a new blog post and asking friends and fellow writers this question, which I received yesterday: Last night, instead of trick or treating at the neighbor's house up the road, I watched 60 Minutes instead, a program of interviews in towns and with people who ... http://jari.podbean.com/2010/11/02/election-day-exchange-with-living-hero-suzi-gablik/ Several hundred people gathered for the 4th annual Horizons: Perspectives on Psychedelics conference at the Judson Memorial Church on Washington Square South on September 24-26. This conference surveys the current research and social issues in the field of psychedelics. Readings by John Perry Barlow from Birth of a Psychedelic Culture ... http://jari.podbean.com/2010/10/01/conference-report-horizons-perspectives-on-psychedelics/ "We are trying to create heroes, rather than simply acknowledge, document, reward heroes." ... http://jari.podbean.com/2010/09/11/interview-with-philip-zimbardo/ "My sister and I will be with the Sisters of Earth, the radical nuns, in New York in July," Vandana Shiva told me, before she and I hung up the phone, just after recording our Living Hero interview this past winter. Radical nuns, hmm, I was intrigued and also excited ... http://jari.podbean.com/2010/08/18/the-power-of-wisdom-in-this-regard-special-program/ Living Hero Gabor Maté, M.D. appeared on July 7th at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York City to kick off a seven-part series of live events related to The Tibetan Book of the Dead. Dr. Ramon Prats, curator of the contemporaneous Bardo exhibition, conversed with Dr. Maté on ... http://jari.podbean.com/2010/07/18/gabor-mate-at-the-rubin-museum-in-new-york/ Ellen Bryson is the author of The Transformation of Bartholomew Fortuno, a novel about being different, being human, and finding redemption. She holds a BA in English from Columbia University and an MA in creative writing from Johns Hopkins in Washington DC. Ellen Bryson began as a professional modern dancer, working ... http://jari.podbean.com/2010/07/07/interview-with-ellen-bryson/ “We need a new imagination for how we are going to live together, how we’re going to do business, what we’re going to permit in the body politic, as well as the human body. It is that ... http://jari.podbean.com/2010/06/28/wheres-the-imagination-synthesis-series-1/ "We used to have wisdom without science; now . . . we have science without wisdom." ... http://jari.podbean.com/2010/05/03/interview-with-gabor-mate/ On March 9th, just two days after The Cove won the Oscar for best feature documentary, the plush theater at The Asia Society in New York was packed with eager New Yorkers waiting to see The Cove, followed by a discussion between the film’s director, Louie Psihoyos, and environmental journalist, ... http://jari.podbean.com/2010/04/17/cove-director-louie-psihoyos-at-the-asia-society/ "We never heard of another wild animal coming out of the jungle and saving a life of a human. But there are many stories of dolphins doing that. That's communication. That is communication. That is altruism." ... http://jari.podbean.com/2010/04/01/interview-with-ric-obarry/ Around the world civilian rights to food and water are being eroded by the patenting of life forms and by privatization of water systems. Some farmers have been hit with law suits for patent infringement, while they were planting heritage seeds. The outspoken, multi-talented Vandana Shiva, joins us to talk ... http://jari.podbean.com/2010/03/01/interview-with-vandana-shiva/ Know anyone who keeps doing things everybody knows aren’t good for them, others, or the environment? Our guest for February, Anne Wilson Schaef, is an expert facilitator in overcoming multiple addictions. Anne takes an unconventional, whole systems approach to awakening and healing people in light of their familial heritage ... http://jari.podbean.com/2010/02/01/interview-with-anne-wilson-schaef/ “Death costs a fortune, but life is free,” writes Living Hero Terry Riley, in a lyric for his composition Missy Gono. Riley is a true original, recognized worldwide for first bringing minimalist musical composition into circulation in 1964 with his now classic In C and thereby influencing a new generation ... http://jari.podbean.com/2009/12/04/interview-with-terry-riley/ She studied with Robert Motherwell, lived with the Magritte family, and hung out with Jasper Johns. In 1966, Suzi Gablik had a one-woman show of her collage paintings exhibited and catalogued in New York. She later brought a prodigious and caring voice to art criticism, as a respected reviewer of ... http://jari.podbean.com/2009/11/01/interview-with-suzi-gablik/ "We need to bring down civilization, because it's killing the planet," says our guest, author and activist Derrick Jensen. Formerly a college professor and a commercial beekeeper, Jensen's prolific career as an author has given us A Language Older Than Words, The Culture of Make Believe, Endgame, Listening to the Land, ... http://jari.podbean.com/2009/10/01/interview-with-derrick-jensen/ State-run schools don't educate; they inculcate. They dumb people down! John Taylor Gatto gives us a stunning synopsis of his tireless scholarship and long-term experience as an award-winning guerilla educator in New York City public schools. John Taylor Gatto resigned from school-teaching in the op-ed pages of The Wall Street Journal, ... http://jari.podbean.com/2009/09/01/interview-with-john-taylor-gatto/ Sex and pleasure expert, Stella Resnick, PhD joins us to encourage, inform and delight you! Dr. Resnick is author of The Pleasure Zone: How We Resist Good Feelings and How to Let Go and Be Happy. She is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Beverly Hills, CA and ... http://jari.podbean.com/2009/08/01/interview-with-stella-resnick/ Listen in on an illuminating conversation with science writer and author Jonah Lehrer as he shares insights on the work of eight historic creative geniuses and how contemporary neuroscience can lead us to more conscious and fulfilling lives. Lehrer is author of Proust Was a Neuroscientist and How We Decide ... http://jari.podbean.com/2009/07/01/interview-with-jonah-lehrer/ We are honored to welcome back artist advocate, coach and author Caroll Michels! Her classic handbook How to Survive and Prosper as an Artist: Selling Yourself Without Selling Your Soul, has just been released in its 6th edition by Henry Holt & Co. We talked about: What is new in the world ... http://jari.podbean.com/2009/06/01/interview-with-caroll-michels/ Our society suffers from an urgent need for greater empathy, for citizens with the emotional capacity to “feel with” others and sense what life is like for people in circumstances different from their own. Thought leaders, authors, and futurists Howard Gardner, Riane Eisler, Daniel Pink, and many others, have all ... http://jari.podbean.com/2009/05/24/everybody-wins-through-contact-volunteering/ Radical Simplicity! The Living Hero program presents an interview with author, educator, and activist Jim Merkel. Jim began as a military engineer. Just after the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989, Jim quit his job and took immediate personal responsibility for his own part in global problems. This meant taking radical ... http://jari.podbean.com/2009/05/01/interview-with-jim-merkel/ The healing power of doing good! The Living Hero program is honored to present an interview with author, lawyer, non-profit executive and altruistic leader, Allan Luks. Allan’s steadfast commitment to improving the lives of disadvantaged youth in New York City, and his extraordinary contributions to the success of Big ... http://jari.podbean.com/2009/04/01/interview-with-allan-luks/ Integrative medicine as a creative force! The Living Hero program is delighted to present an interview with holistic health advocate, homeopathic practitioner, and healer, Dr. Lauri Grossman. Originally trained as a chiropractor, Dr. Grossman is an expert in integrative health care, specializing in homeopathic medicine. She is a graduate of ... http://jari.podbean.com/2009/03/01/interview-with-dr-lauri-grossman/ The Living Hero Podcast proudly presents an interview with environmental lawyer and public health advocate, Carolyn Raffensperger. Carolyn is executive director of the Science and Environmental Health Network, where she has worked since 1994. In 1982, Ms. Raffensperger left a career as an archaeologist in the desert Southwest to join ... http://jari.podbean.com/2009/02/01/interview-with-carolyn-raffensperger/ The Living Hero show is honored to present an interview with author, speaker and thought leader, Riane Eisler. She is recognized as one of the most original minds of our time, and has been included among the world's 20 great thinkers and peacemakers. She is president of the Center for ... http://jari.podbean.com/2008/12/01/interview-with-riane-eisler/