Sameer Gupta is a San Francisco based musician; jazz percussionist, tabla player, composer. His new CD A Circle Has No Beginning is a lively textured exploration of different musical forms, from a Buffy Sainté-Marie song to variations on traditional Raaga. Sameer is someone who is paying attention and responding to the world through his music.

Music by: Sameer Gupta

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Loney Dear is a Swedish artist who has just released his 7th album of evocative music. The new album Loney Dear has been nominated for two Swedish Grammis.

Music by: Loney Dear

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Jess Phoenix is running for Congress in California’s 25th District. Jess is a scientist, specifically a volcanologist. Baruch and Jess discuss Jess’ positions and the reasons she’s running for office. Not many scientists run for public office, and given the anti-science positions of the current administration, this candidate caught our eye. Jess and Baruch discuss war, agriculture, vaccines, and more.

Music by: Katie Wise & Bhakti Explosion, The Bears, Gram Parsons & The Fallen Angels, Jesse Colin Young, George Harrison, Eagles, and Roberta Flack.

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Chaco Canyon and the Greater Chaco Area are among the world’s most treasured sacred and archaeological sites, but the region is threatened by fossil fuel extraction. In Part 1 we heard from activists and Native people involved in resisting the expansion of drilling and fracking in the Greater Chaco Area. In this episode, Part 2, we will hear from a New Mexico State Legislator Derrick Lente, Executive Director of Salmon Ruins Museum  Larry Baker, Eric Blinman Director of the New Mexico Office of Archaeological Studies, and Preservation Archaeologist Paul Reed.

Here are links to the interviews in their entirety: • Derrick Lente • Larry Baker • Eric Blinman • Paul Reed

Music by: Native Flute Ensemble, Buffy Sainte-Marie, A Tribe Called Red, Northern Cree, Sihasin, and Dana Lyons.

• FrackOffChaco • Environment New Mexico • Bureau of Land Management – New Mexico Office

• New York Times OpEd: The Treasures of Chaco Canyon Are Threatened by Drilling

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Chaco Canyon and the Greater Chaco Area are among the world’s most treasured sacred and archaeological sites, but the region is threatened by fossil fuel extraction. In this 2-part Paradigms we will learn from Native people involved in resisting the expansion of drilling and fracking in the Greater Chaco Area. In Part 1 we hear from Emily Bowie of the San Juan Citizens Alliance, Daniel Tso, and Beata Tsosie-Pena who works for Environmental Justice.

Here are links to the interviews in their entirety: • Emily Bowie • Daniel Tso • Beata Tsosie-Pena

Music by: Stanley Clarke, Nahko Bear and Medicine for the People, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Medicine Dream, and Blackfire.

• FrackOffChaco • Environment New Mexico • Bureau of Land Management – New Mexico Office

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