The Pandemic Is A Prism

PAUL KINGSNORTH is a former journalist and deputy editor of The Ecologist magazine who has won several awards for his poetry and essays. He is also the author of two works of nonfiction. In 2009, he cofounded the Dark Mountain Project, an international network of writers, artists, and thinkers in search of new stories for troubled times.  His recent essays on The Vaccine Moment have stirred a lot of conversation on the acceleration of The Machine.  Paul is joined by author CHARLES EISENSTEIN, who has spent over a decade exploring similar themes, from The Ascent of Humanity to his essay The Coronation and beyond.

Tiokasin Ghosthorse is a member of the Cheyenne River Lakota Nation of South Dakota and has a long history with Indigenous activism and advocacy. Tiokasin is the Founder, Host, and Executive Producer of “First Voices Radio'' for the last 29 years. In 2016 he received a Nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Tiokasin Ghosthorse is a member of the Cheyenne River Lakota Nation of South Dakota and has a long history with Indigenous activism and advocacy. Tiokasin is the Founder, Host, and Executive Producer of “First Voices Radio'' for the last 29 years. In 2016 he received a Nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize.

A weekly live series inviting a mythopoetic bridge between divided worldviews. ___   Alixa García is a Colombian born, globally raised, multi-disciplinary artist and movement architect whose work is imbued in ritual, spirit, and deep reverence for our Great Mother, Great Lover: Earth. She is an award-winning activist, poet, and filmmaker. She is also a writer, visual artist, musician, and facilitator.   Rooted in social and environmental justice, her performance and keynote speaking has taken her around the globe, from South Africa to the Mexico, the UK to Cuba, and beyond, and has been featured at hundreds of universities, conferences, and festivals including Harvard University, Bioneers National Conference, and Lightning in a Bottle Music Festival.   She performed on the main stage at the first Women’s March in 2016 with over 500K people in attendance, and millions watching world-wide. She has presented at the United Nations, and T.E.D: Ideas Worth Spreading, and has shared the stage with artists such as Janelle Monáe, Maxwell, Danny Glover, and Erykah Badu, and activist intellectuals such as Alice Walker, Angela Davis, Vandana Shiva, and Cornel West.  As a visual artist, she has exhibited her work in museums and galleries both nationally and internationally, including on the mega-screens in Times Square, New York City, The Kunsthal KAdE Museum, Netherlands, and The Contemporary Museum of Art, Los Angeles. As a writer, García has been published by Whit Press, North Atlantic, AK Press, Institute for Anarchist Studios, and Hachette.  She is co-founder of Climbing Poetree and Truthworker Theater Company, and founder of Alixa Garcia Studio. Garcia’s words, visions, and music continue to travel the world on a mission to transform destruction with creativity.

A weekly live series inviting a mythopoetic bridge between divided worldviews. ___   Alixa García is a Colombian born, globally raised, multi-disciplinary artist and movement architect whose work is imbued in ritual, spirit, and deep reverence for our Great Mother, Great Lover: Earth. She is an award-winning activist, poet, and filmmaker. She is also a writer, visual artist, musician, and facilitator.   Rooted in social and environmental justice, her performance and keynote speaking has taken her around the globe, from South Africa to the Mexico, the UK to Cuba, and beyond, and has been featured at hundreds of universities, conferences, and festivals including Harvard University, Bioneers National Conference, and Lightning in a Bottle Music Festival.   She performed on the main stage at the first Women’s March in 2016 with over 500K people in attendance, and millions watching world-wide. She has presented at the United Nations, and T.E.D: Ideas Worth Spreading, and has shared the stage with artists such as Janelle Monáe, Maxwell, Danny Glover, and Erykah Badu, and activist intellectuals such as Alice Walker, Angela Davis, Vandana Shiva, and Cornel West.  As a visual artist, she has exhibited her work in museums and galleries both nationally and internationally, including on the mega-screens in Times Square, New York City, The Kunsthal KAdE Museum, Netherlands, and The Contemporary Museum of Art, Los Angeles. As a writer, García has been published by Whit Press, North Atlantic, AK Press, Institute for Anarchist Studios, and Hachette.  She is co-founder of Climbing Poetree and Truthworker Theater Company, and founder of Alixa Garcia Studio. Garcia’s words, visions, and music continue to travel the world on a mission to transform destruction with creativity.

A weekly live series inviting a mythopoetic bridge between divided worldviews. ___   Michael Meade, D.H.L., is a renowned storyteller, author, and scholar of mythology, anthropology, and psychology. He combines hypnotic storytelling, street-savvy perceptiveness, and spellbinding interpretations of ancient myths with a deep knowledge of cross-cultural rituals.   He is the author of Awakening the Soul: A Deep Response to a Troubled World, The Genius Myth, Fate and Destiny: The Two Agreements of The Soul, Why the World Doesn’t End, and The Water of Life: Initiation and the Tempering of the Soul and editor, with James Hillman and Robert Bly, of Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart. He is also the creator of the Living Myth Podcast.   Meade is founder and Director of Mosaic Multicultural Foundation, a nonprofit network of artists, activists, and community builders that encourages greater understanding between diverse peoples.

A weekly live series inviting a mythopoetic bridge between divided worldviews. ___   Michael Meade, D.H.L., is a renowned storyteller, author, and scholar of mythology, anthropology, and psychology. He combines hypnotic storytelling, street-savvy perceptiveness, and spellbinding interpretations of ancient myths with a deep knowledge of cross-cultural rituals.   He is the author of Awakening the Soul: A Deep Response to a Troubled World, The Genius Myth, Fate and Destiny: The Two Agreements of The Soul, Why the World Doesn’t End, and The Water of Life: Initiation and the Tempering of the Soul and editor, with James Hillman and Robert Bly, of Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart. He is also the creator of the Living Myth Podcast.   Meade is founder and Director of Mosaic Multicultural Foundation, a nonprofit network of artists, activists, and community builders that encourages greater understanding between diverse peoples.

A weekly live series inviting a mythopoetic bridge between divided worldviews. ___  Daniel Pinchbeck is an American author. His books include Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism, 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl, and How Soon Is Now?  He is a co-founder of the web magazine Reality Sandwich and of the website Evolver.net, and edited the North Atlantic Books publishing imprint Evolver Editions. He was featured in the 2010 documentary 2012: Time for Change, directed by Joao Amorim and produced by Mangusta Films. He is the founder of the think tank Center for Planetary Culture, which produced the Regenerative Society Wiki.

A weekly live series inviting a mythopoetic bridge between divided worldviews. ___  Daniel Pinchbeck is an American author. His books include Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism, 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl, and How Soon Is Now?  He is a co-founder of the web magazine Reality Sandwich and of the website Evolver.net, and edited the North Atlantic Books publishing imprint Evolver Editions. He was featured in the 2010 documentary 2012: Time for Change, directed by Joao Amorim and produced by Mangusta Films. He is the founder of the think tank Center for Planetary Culture, which produced the Regenerative Society Wiki.

A weekly live series inviting a mythopoetic bridge between divided worldviews.   ___  Dr. Bayo Akomolafe is a widely celebrated international speaker, teacher, public intellectual, essayist and author of two books, These Wilds Beyond our Fences: Letters to My Daughter on Humanity’s Search for Home (North Atlantic Books) and We Will Tell our Own Story: The Lions of Africa Speak.