The Visionary Activist Show

The Visionary Activist Show – Caroline hosts Susan Griffin

OK, let’s save democracy, via democratic animism: Caroline welcomes long-time ally, fellow member of the Council of Unreasonable Women, Susan Griffin, prolific author of myriad books, today featuring a new edition of “Women and Nature- the Roaring Inside Her.” “In this famously provocative cornerstone of feminist literature, Susan Griffin explores the identification of women with … Continued


The conventional wisdom is that markets reflect how people act…that it’s our nature to be greedy and competitive, but what if it’s the market that makes us act that way?  We take a look at the Capitalism documentary series with the work of Political Economist, Karl Polanyi.  


On today’s show we welcome Daniel Goldberg, former Department of Justice official, to talk about Trump firing Comey and the inner workings of the Justice Department. Then, we dive into the history of disillusionment and disenfranchisement, from the philosophy of Jean Jacques Rousseau to ISIS and Trump voters with Pankaj Mishra, author of the book The … Continued


Kshama Sawant: Don’t Wait for Authoritarian Trump to Be Impeached, This is the Moment to Revolt; Historian of Fascism: Why Trump Firing FBI Director Comey Amid Russia Probe is So Worrisome; Workers Fear Radiation Exposure After Nuclear Waste Storage Tunnels Collapse in Washington; Human Rights Lawyers Are Fighting a Justice Department Order to Stop Legal … Continued


Letters and Politics

Is Trump’s firing the FBI’s director mirroring the Saturday Night Massacre?

On today’s show host Mitch Jeserich talks to Michael Koncewicz, historian and a Cold War Curator at the Tamiment Library at New York University to discuss the similarities of he Trump’s firing the FBI director, James Comey and the so called “Saturday Night Massacre” as it is know as one of the most dramatic turns of events in the Watergate scandal … Continued