Paradigms

All Species Day in Montpelier, Vermont! Janice Walrafen, weaver of Vermont’s All Species Day, joins us.We also have a report from Pika in NYC on May 1.

Music by: The Youngbloods, Native Flute Ensemble, Medicine Dream, Gaia Consort, Ziggy Marley, Steeleye Span, Derrik Jordan, Lilly Hiatt, Layah Jane, Pete Seeger, Adrian Belew, Laura Nyro, Jefferson Starship, Old & In The Way, Billy Bragg, Teresa Tudury, The Bears, Woody Guthrie, Jaco Pastorius, James Taylor, and CPR.

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Paradigms celebrates Earth Day! Meet some Earth people and learn about what they’re doing, and listen to music that celebrates life on this beautiful planet!

Kroka Expeditions • Earth Activist Training • Earth Policy Institute

Music by: The Rolling Stones, Rodney Crowell, Jon Anderson, Walela and Joanne Shenandoah, Steel Pulse, Michael Jackson, Marisa Monte, Catie Curtis, Laura Nyro, Jacques Brel, The Souther Hillman Furay Band, Jefferson Airplane, and Lorellei.

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The Vermont Legislature is considering passing a law requiring all GMO foods to be labeled as such. The Bio-tech industry is threatening to sue Vermont if they pass this law. On April 12, 2012, prior to the final Ag Committee hearing on the bill, there was a rally in front of the Vermont State House. This episode brings you Dave Rogers of NOFA VT to explain the bill and it’s status, as well as interviews and speakers from the rally.

Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont • GE Free VT • Monsanto Threatens to Sue Vermont over GMO Labeling Bill

Music by: Derrik Jordan, Eva Cassidy, Maria Muldaur, Dana Lyons, Marvin Gaye, Jimmy Cliff, Mark Knopfler, Bonnie Raitt, Fleetwood Mac, Pure Prairie League, Alan Price, J.J. Cale, Abra Moore, and Ras Gabriel.

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Two “David & Goliath” stories: Matt Nadeau of Vermont’s Rock Art Brewery targeted by Hansen’s Natural, and Bo Muller-Moore, the Eat More Kale guy, discuss their experiences with large corporations coming after them for trademark infringement.

Music by: The Stairwell Sisters, Todd Thibaud, Aaron Flinn, Anais Mitchell, Steeleye Span, Zucchero, Kirsty MacColl, Bobby Treasure, Jeff Lynne, Stray Dogma, Randy Newman, Adrian Belew, Little Feat, and Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer.

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Jim Lantz is a filmmaker and playwright whose play The Bus debuted in Burlington, VT and made it to Off-Broadway in NYC. Jim is now working on a film A Defiant Dude with Bo Muller-Moore, the Eat More Kale guy.

Ryan Harb returns to Paradigms a year after his initial visit to tell us about what’s happened with the UMASS Amherst Permaculture Project; some very exciting stuff!

Music by: Bruce Cockburn, Coldplay, Elton John & Leon Russell, Micah Atwell, Cassandra Wilson, Terry Reid, Nils Lofgren, Blondie, Jerry Garcia, and Bonnie Raitt.

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The Sage Alliance protested the continued operation of Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant by marching from the Brattleboro Town Commons to the Entergy Corporation offices on Wednesday, March 22, 2012. This episode of Paradigms brings you most of the pre-march rally and some of the post-march rally as over 130 people prepared to engage in civil disobedience and face arrest. Great music, good fun, and an inspiring message of democracy! This is how we do it in Vermont!

Music by: Scott Ainslee, Charlie King and Karen Brandow,The Shut’Er Down Brass Band, The Raging Grannies, and Gil Scott-Heron.

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Bertram Verhaag has made films about GMOs in the food supply which have earned him international recognition. His latest film is Scientists Under Attack.

Music by: Joe Jackson, Al Jarreau, B-52’s, Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, Adrian Belew, Junion Brown, Frank Zappa & The Mothers, The Beach Boys, The Band, Michelle Shocked, Dana Lyons, John Fogerty, John Prine w/Emmylou Harris and Iris Dement, Ray Charles & James Taylor, Donald Fagen, and David Wilcox.

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Mary E. Weems, Ph.D. is a poet, playwright, author, performer, and imagination-intellect theorist. Hear her keynote address to the 8th Globalization, Diversity and Education Conference at Washington State University College of Education, recorded on February 24, 2012.

Books by Dr. Mary E. Weems, Ph.D.

Music by: The Temptations, Phoebe Snow, Rosalie Sorrels, Yes, Tobiah, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Rosanne Cash, Blondie, Johnny Clegg, Bonnie Raitt, The Funk Brothers, Joan Zen, and Aretha Franklin.

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Rocky Anderson is the Justice Party candidate for the Presidency of the United States. Meet Rocky and hear his plans for his first 100 days in office.

Music by: Lowell George, Bonnie Raitt, Joe Jackson, Kelliana, David Lindley and El Rayo-X, John Trudell, Lene Lovich, Buffalo Springfield, Aimee Mann, Lindsey Buckingham, John Gorka, and Kirsty MacColl.

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Ben & Jerry’s invited two organizers from Occupy Wall Street to come to Vermont to speak in a public forum with Ben & Jerry’s executives on February 9, 2012. Participants in Occupy Vermont-Burlington were also present. This is a great opportunity to deepen one’s understanding of the Occupy movement.

Music by: Jefferson Airplane, Tin Bird Choir, Steely dan, Phoebe Snow, Laura Nyro, Procol Harum, Friendesha the Band, Elliot Smith, Frida, Beverly Fredericks and the Reclaiming Collective, David Rovics, Billie Holiday, Ani DiFranco & Utah Phillips, and The Doobie Brothers.

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