Paradigms

Randy Napolean started playing music as a child taking violin lessons. When he first touched a guitar as a young teenager, he was hooked. Guitar quickly became a central focus for Randy.

Years later, Randy is a Professor of Music at Michigan State University College of Music in Lansing, MI. He has 4 records out, the latest, Common Tones informs Baruch and Randy’s discussion. Randy is recognized for his playing by people like George Benson and Freddy Cole.

Randy’s relates musical collaborations and projects with the world in an interesting way. He speaks with authenticity and kindness.

Music by: Randy Napolean

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Chris Hedge has been making music for a long time. He’s worked with masters like Paul Horn and Neil Young and others. Chris has produced a new record Himalayan Sessions with Paul Horn, Keola Beamer, and local musicians in the Himalaya region. The record also includes spoken word pieces from an interview with H.H. the Dalai Lama, conducted by Tom and Nancy Vendetti in Dharamsala, India.  Proceeds from this album go to the Aloha Music Camp / Mohala Hou Foundation a 501(c)(3) agency to promote Aloha around the world.

Chris and Baruch discuss inspiration and ideas like “The Earth Choir” and other ways that music and creativity nourish humanity as a whole. This fun energetic conversation will turn you on!

Music by: Chris Hedge, Paul Horn, Keola Beamer, and HH the Dalai Lama

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Yvette Norwood-Tiger is a Jazz Singer. She used to be a Chemical Engineer, but her inspiration to sing never went away, and when she had a brain tumor less than a decade ago, and lived, she decided to “go for it” and she did!

Yvette’s new record is called Love Is and it’s well worth listening to. There are standards and original songs, wonderful musicians and arrangements; you will love this.

Yvette talks with Baruch about her inspirations and her beliefs.

Music by: John Coltrane, Yvette Norwood-Tiger

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“Helping San Diego’s unsheltered neighbors reconnect with hope and possibility through the healing power of music” – voicesofourcity.org

Voices of our City is a choir made up of unsheltered people in the San Diego area. People coming together to make music, to be in community.

“We believe that every human being deserves hope and connection. It’s with hope and connection that we are able to lift ourselves from our circumstances.” – voicesofourcity.org

Juan Campbell, long time member of the choir, talks with Baruch about the founding of the choir and how it works. Juan shares some spoken word poetry with us and we’ll hear the choir singing!

Music by: NaS, The Floaters, Juan Campbell & DD, Voices of our City Choir, Joe Jackson, and Mark Kaleimamahu

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Kapil Seshasayee is a musician of South Asian ethnicity, but he grew up in Scotland where he still lives. Kapil makes music that is sonically rich and textured, and lyrically direct and purposeful. Kapil addresses cultural institutions in South Asian cultures, like misogyny, caste, and other inequities. Check out his new single The Item Girl.

The music addresses serious matters, yet in the conversation you will find that Kapil is a fun loving person with a great sense of humor, and a joyful approach.

Tune in to learn from and be entertained by this cultural change instigator. The word is desifuturism.

Music by: Kapil Seshasayee

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Dawn Drake and ZapOte have a new record Nightshade. This is funky fun movin’ to the groovin’ kinda music! You’re going to love it.

Dawn is a woman on a mission; to empower and celebrate aliveness through multicultural music and community. Dawn is a percussionist, composer, teacher, and a badass.

Dawn and Baruch get into the music and the inspirations of Dawn Drake and ZapOte.

Music by: Dawn Drake and ZapOte

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Itamar Erez plays guitar and piano. His new album Mi Alegria is a sweet homage to life, to family, and to the amazingness of music. Embracing rhythms from various forms of Jazz, the songs are moving and exciting.

Itamar and Baruch discuss inspiration, the making of this record, performance, and how the magic of music works as alchemy on human beings.

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Mark Charles is running as an Independent candidate for President of the United States. Mark is a dual citizen of the Navajo Nation and the United States. He is running as an Independent Candidate for President of the United States to build a nation where -for the first time- ‘We the People’ truly means: #AllThePeople – markcharles2020.com

Mark shares with Baruch why he is running for the Presidency, and why his candidacy matters.

Mark is a powerful and deliberate speaker, and he has things to say that Americans will benefit by hearing. He personifies the Paradigms mission of bringing you inspired inspiring people with visions of a viable future for life on Earth that includes humans.

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Music by: Craig Chaquico, Robbie Robertson, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Stephan Said, Patti Smith, and Third World

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Kohshin Finley is a painter, an unlikely subject for a radio show. Kohshin is doing some powerful work that offers an opportunity for individual and cultural transformation. You can see this art at KohshinFinley.com.

Baruch and Kohshin share a lively heartfelt conversation about the mission of this work, which is nothing short of world changing. You are encouraged to view the art at Kohshin’s website while listening to this episode of Paradigms.

Music by: Joni Mitchell, George Harrison, Heathcliff Saunders, Suzanne Sterling, Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin, and Maktub

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Kristin Chambers is a Singer/Songwriter/Musician based in Seattle. Kristin has a new record Kissing Ghosts which is a sophisticated blend of textures and emotions set to music. Kristin’s songs are simultaneously personal and universal.

Kristin and Baruch discussed the music and Kristin’s inspirations, and of course the ever-present theme of how this music is part of the bigger picture that is humanity.

Kissing Ghosts release party is October 24 at The Barboza in Seattle!

Music by: Kristin Chambers

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