Linda Oppenheim is Co-Chair of the Princeton NJ Not In Our Town group. Baruch and Linda discuss the group’s beginnings and what is being accomplished now. Linda offers numerous ideas and suggestions of focal points for people wanting to engage in anti-racism work both personally and in community groups. Very interesting and applicable!

Music by: Jaco Pastorius, Paul Robeson, The Spinners, Stevie Wonder, Soul Science Lab, and Michael Franti & Spearhead

• Frederick Douglass’ speech What To The Slave Is The 4th Of July?  • Princeton CHOOSE  • redefy

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Victor Johnson shares his song On This Train about the Portland Heroes, Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche and Ricky John Best who were killed in a white supremacist terror attack, and Micah David-Cole Fletcher who was seriously injured.

Sammy Rangel from Life After Hate talks about the organization and the mission, and shares the story of one man’s recovery from hate and violence.

Bob Lord of the band Dreadnaught talks about the band and their new CD Hard Chargin’.

Music by: Talking Heads, Victor Johnson, Cyndi Lauper, and Dreadnaught.

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Patrice O’Neill is founder of Not In Our Town, a national network of communities working for inclusivity and community engagement as antidotes to fear and hate. Patrice has a great story and information for communities on how to counter hate mongers in a community.

Wytold plays, get this, a 6 string electric cello. He shares some of his musical process and talks about the role of artists in today’s world. He has a new CD out called Fireflies, Fairies, and Squids.

Wytold’s music transports us.

Music by: Joan Armatrading, and Wytold

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The Beatles came along at just the right moment…change was in the air…obsolete cultural values were being discarded…truths were being revealed…we are in a similar moment now…so let’s revisit The Beatles!

Scott Freiman is the creator of Deconstructing the Beatles, a series of multimedia presentations about the composition and production techniques of the Beatles. Mr. Freiman has presented his lectures to sold-out audiences at theaters nationwide and has spoken about the Beatles at colleges, universities, and corporations. In the Fall of 2012, Mr. Freiman taught a semester course on “The Beatles In The Studio” at Yale University. Scott and Baruch discuss the significance of The Beatles, Scott does some deconstructing for us, and we listen to The Beatles, perhaps hearing things we’ve never heard before.

Music by: The Beatles, George Harrison, John Lennon, and Paul McCartney

• The Back Seat Of My Car (Beatles outtakes)

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David Schulman plays the violin, but he’s not like anyone you’ve heard before. Words are not going to cut it. Tune in and hear his music, and enjoy the conversation about creativity and more between David and Baruch.

Music by: Quiet Life Motel, and Abdullah Ibahim.

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