Paradigms

An audio visit to the 32nd annual Spiral Dance, “A ritual to honor our beloved dead and dance the spiral of rebirth.”  Hallowe’en has become primarily a secular holiday but its roots are in a tradition that honors the Earth, the elements, and which acknowledges death as a portal, rather than as an ending. This episode includes interviews from The Spiral Dance in San Francisco where that tradition is alive.

Music by: Pasha and the Pagans, Gaia Consort, Loreena McKennitt, Richard & Linda Thompson, The Grateful Dead, Stevie Nicks, Avalon Rising, Will Millar, Tulku, T. Thorn Coyle, Scott Tournet, Fleetwood Mac, Dead Can Dance, Bryndle, Starhawk & Reclaiming and Friends.

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Starhawk on the occupations in DC and the San Francisco Bay area.

Aaron Cohen, Associate Editor of Downbeat Magazine and author of the new book Aretha Franklin’s Amazing Grace.

Music by: Aretha Franklin, The Rolling Stones.

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Bobby Treasure from Jamaica talks about music and life and what he has been learning, and shares a new song with us Sweet Little 16.

Hossam Ramzy from Egypt shares some of his inspiration, and his new CD Rock the Tabla.

Music by: Bobby Treasure, Hossam Ramzy, Loreena McKennitt, and Rachid Taha.

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Tiffany Shlain talks about her new film Connected: An Autobiography About Love, Death And Technology.

Thank you tin bird choir singing We Are The Working Poor in support of the various occupations occurring in American cities.

Aaron Flinn is live in the studio playing selections from his new CD Miss Ready Blossom and the Seed of Dreams

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Flood relief in Vermont after tropical storm Irene; Hal Colston – Vermont Commission on National and Community Service, Todd Bailey – KSE Partners LLP, June Sumner, Mary Ellen Mendel – VT 211, and Trish Shabazz – United Way.

Music by: Bryndle, Lowell George, Tom Rush, Joan Baez, Bear McCreary, Leon Russell, Banjo Dan & The Midnight Plowboys, The Funk Brothers, Sarah Harmer, Warren Zevon, Kirby Erickson & Pete Tomack and Co., Billie Holiday, and The Youngbloods.

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Tony Vacca is a percussionist/spoken word artist with a global world view. His energy and talent are very alive! You will love listening to what he has to say and to his music.

Recent projects: Bideew Bou Bess • Truth, A new opera based on the life of Sojourner Truth

Duane Peterson, President/Co-Director VPIRG Energy talks about the Entergy vs. State of Vermont court case in process.

Music by: Tony Vacca, Tony Vacca and the World Rhythms Ensemble, Bideew Bou Bess, John Hall, The Doobie Brothers with John Hall and James Taylor.

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Lisa Sokolov is a singer, composer, and teacher. Lisa talks about Embodied Voice Work which she founded and teaches at NYU, music, and meaningful conversations with oneself.

Dennis Lind-Beery will be exhibiting The Alaska On Edge Collection at The Perfect Pear Café in Bradford, Vermont starting October 2, 2011.

Music by: Lisa Sokolov, and Charles Lloyd.

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Prophet Ashanti, a Nanny Maroon Bush Doctor talks about Jamaican roots tonic, and his recent experience with trying to get a visa to visit the US.

Kenny Dunbar, a Jamaican American, talks about his Jamaican family and his experience bringing his son to the US.

Music by: P.M.P. Band, The Uprising Roots, Jimmy Cliff, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Ziggy Marley, Alpha Blondy, Irie Maffia, Keneisha, and Black Uhuru.

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Tree sitting comes to coal country! Two tree sitters join Paradigms this week, Squirrel and Becks, to talk about their experiences with The Ramps Campaign in West Virginia.

Paradox Pollack also joins us to discuss his role as one of the producers of the upcoming film The Fifth Sacred Thing, and the ethics in the story, how those ethics are being lived in the process of making the movie, along with fun creative ways that people can participate in bringing the message of the film into manifestation.

Music by: Leon Russell, The Steph Pappas Experience, Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer, The Woods Tea Co., Patrick Dodd, Eva Cassidy, The Del McCoury Band, Superstring Theory, The American Natives, Kevin Locke, and Stevie Wonder.

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PMP Band returns to Paradigms for a live show featuring music from their newest CD “Life…What A Miracle.” PMP Band is a Burlington Vermont based reggae band offering up good vibrations and loving sounds.

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