The Visionary Activist Show
2:00 PM Pacific Time: Thursdays
Dedicated to “anything we need to know to have a democracy”: Democratic Animism, Pragmatic Mysticism, Applied Divination, Renaissance of Reverent Ingenuity. Hosted by Caroline Casey. Her guests are allies contributing to a culture of reverent ingenuity. Critique and Solution.
The Visionary Activist – Diving into the Dark
At top of hour Michael Stocker returns to encourage us protecting our kin in the Arctic Seas, followed by Michael Gruber,my favorite pertinent esoteric noire thriller writer. We may well need To become/practice our most magically adept selves to emerge from dire danger of now.Last day of Winter Fund Drive – woo-hoo, let’s make it … Continued
The Visionary Activist – Poets as mushrooms!
Poets as mushrooms! metabolizing toxin into tonic – in service to protecting all life. Caroline welcomes fellow KPFA team-mate Dennis Bernstein, in his deep essential guise as poetic Chiron, mentor of troubled youth, as Future cultural Heroes, featuring his book of poetry, “Special Ed.” Also joining our council- long-time ally of Oceans and mushrooms Michael … Continued
The Visionary Activist – February 9, 2012
Caroline hosts long-time compadre, Martin Prechtel, that we may honor the plant world and “feed the Holy” in our conversational cahooting.” Martin’s latest book being offered in our Fund Drive: “The Unlikely Peace at Cuchumaquic:The Parallel Lives of People as Plants:Keeping the Seeds Alive”
The Visionary Activist – Mid-Winter – Bringing Light Up From The Dark
Caroline welcomes back Buddhist Noire Detective writer John Burdett, joining us from Dawn in Bangkok, with his latest book (started with “Bangkok 8”), “Vulture Peak” that we may explore the under-belly (kinda literally) of human organ trafficking in the world, merged with spicy pan-eroticism, and the moral ambiguity of gambling, capitalism’s flotsam and jetsam, arms … Continued
The Visionary Activist – January 26, 2012
Caroline hosts Mars, our medicine woof, that we may be agents of responsive cool in an increasingly hot reactive world. Drawing on fairy tale myth and politics, Mars reminds us,”Or you could be a withch. Yes! You didn’t have to be stuck in the story. You could change it, not just for yoursef, but for … Continued
The Visionary Activist – Coyote Network News Electing a Story Coverage
Yo Fellow Terra-ists, let’s get ready to ride the Dragon of the Desirable Story, remembering critique and blessing, discourage dementor up-to-no-good – encourage global graxxing green economy. Pragmatic Mysticism:To protect water, wolves, forests – let us become like water, wolves, trees as we are willing to cooperate with everything, Co-Opertaors Are Standing By!
The Visionary Activist – Terra-ism! (composts terrorism):Occupy Pop Culture!
Caroline welcomes Aaron Ableman whose children’s book “Pacha’s Pajamas: A Story Written By Nature” also features Mos Def and Talib Kweli on the soundtrack! “To change we must practice living into the stories that we wish to see in the world!” Hedge Hog Funds! www.PachasPajamas.com
The Visionary Activist – January 5, 2012
Pragmatic Mysticism, Applied Mythology and Collaboratively Designing Paradise to set forth through the portal of 2012. Caroline welcome Jim Channon, poly math author of “Go Planet!” www.FirstEarthBattallion.org