Paradigms

Susan Davis joins us to discuss policies and practices of the Canadian government in relation to First Nation people.

Julie Marion, a Mi’kmaq woman, talks about what happened to Grandmother Mary Whiteduck and how the Anishinabe Council of Elders is responding.

Hidden from History • Aboriginal Peoples Television Network

Starhawk talks about her novel The Fifth Sacred Thing and the process of making the book into a film.

Music by: Blackfire, Annie Humphrey, John Trudell, Gaia Consort, and Ozomatli.

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In early June 11 2011 150 people started a 50 mile march to Blair Mountain, West Virginia. By June 11 there were over 1000 marchers, among them Roger Benham action medic, Anthropologist Harvard Ayers, Barbara Rasmussen an historian, and Mari-Lynn Evans a documentary filmmaker.

Films: Coal Country • Matewan

Links: Keeper of the Mountains Foundation • Friends of Blair Mountain

Music by: Louise Mosrie, Sarah Gunning, Alice Gerrard, Emmylou Harris, Kate Wolf, Sammy Walker, Michael Penn, Hazel Dickens, Jay Clark, Mile Post 20, and Ned Van Go.

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Angella Gibbons, founder of Earth Walk Vermont talks about wilderness education, community and more.

Find a wilderness school near you! Wilderness Awareness School

Music by: Paul Winter, Jon Anderson, Tracy Chapman, Jimmy Cliff, The Beatles, Deep Forest, Steve Winwood, Derrik Jordan, Van Morrison, Stevie Wonder, Stone Poneys, Sly & The Family Stone, and Laura Nyro.

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Layah Jane, singer songwriter dancer and homeopathic practitioner, discusses life, art, and activism.  Check out her new CD Honey.

Music by: Layah Jane, Bruce Cockburn, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, and Buffy Sainte-Marie.

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Animal rescue is our topic tonight, with guests

Joanne Bourbeau discussing her work with the Humane Society of the US,

Kelley Pritchard founded a dog rescue in Arkansas, AdoptAStray.com

Katya Friedman from AdoptAPet.com

Martina Holguin from Animal Welfare Coalition of NE New Mexico

Bonaparte’s Retreat is a dog rescue in Tennessee founded by Emmylou Harris

Music by: Emmylou Harris, Laura Nyro, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Rickie Lee Jones, Carl Decuir, Paul Winter, The Fiery Furnaces, Harry Nilsson, Cheryl Wheeler, Kelley Stolz, The Police, Maurice Peress, and Phoebe Snow.

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Erik Ohlsen talks about Permaculture, parenting, and some great community projects.

Linda Hogan discusses her life, writing, and her upcoming poem/performance piece Indios.

The 13 Indigenous Grandmothers will be in Montpelier, Vermont for the first three days of Vermont’s Council of All Beings

Music by: Patrick Dodd, Dana Lyons, Diane Patterson, Laura Nyro, Bonnie Raitt, Paul Simon,Annie Humphrey, Joan Baez, Paul Pena, Van Morrison, John Trudell, Emmylou Harris, and Cris Williamson.

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Bringing back the Civilian Conservation Corps via House Bill H.R.494 discussed by Jay Alexander. CCC Alumni Sidney Mander shares his experience, and Historian Neil Maher discusses the CCC and his book Nature’s New Deal.

Jess McIntosh talks about Emily’s List and why it is important to elect more women to political office.

Music by: Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer, John McCutcheon, Richard Shindell, Paul Kantner & Jefferson Starship, Blood Oranges, Emmylou Harris, Dr. John, John Gorka, Dar Williams, Stevie Nicks, Paul Brady, and Warren Zevon.

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Diane Wilson talks about what’s happening in the Gulf of Mexico, British Petroleum, and her new book Diary of an Eco-Outlaw.

Heidi Stevenson talks about new restrictions in the EU regarding access to herbal remedies.

Deb Reich talks about her new book No More Enemies.

Music by: Taj Mahal, George Harrison, Emmylou Harris, Stevie Wonder, The Band, Pere Ubu, Backfire, John Lennon, Rodney Crowell, and Linda Ronstadt.

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The Uprising Roots from Kingston, Jamaica, share their positive vibrations through music. Darren and Kush join us.

Gloria Simms “Mama G” talks about indigenous Jamaican culture and it’s role in modern life.

Senator Lena C. Taylor from Wisconsin’s 4th District on politics, ethics, and civility.

Music by: The Uprising Roots, Etana, Blackfire, Laura Nyro, and The Beatles.

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