All Together Now

All Together Now - Active Hope - 08/23/12

A talk with Joanna Macy about her new book, Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We're In Without Going Crazy, coauthored with Chris Johnstone; her  technique called "The Work that Reconnects": a wider sense of self, a different kind of power, a more interrelated sense of community; poem by Rilke, translated by Joanna Macy (with Anita Barrows)

All Together Now - Political Metaphors - 08/16/12

16 August:       The Power of Political Metaphors -- a talk with the linguist and cognitive scientist George Lakoff about his new book, The Little Blue Book: The Essential Guide to Thinking and Talking Democratic, coauthored with Elizabeth Wehling; linguistic suggestions for Democratic and Green campaigns this fall; poem by Adrienne Rich

All Together Now - Among the Goddesses - 08/09/12

Poets Theater -- a live performance in the PRN studios of an excerpt from the play Among the Goddesses, written by the poet Annie Finch; live music, as well as some music recorded in the Temple of Isis, is included; the play is introduced by the poet and the director and is also discussed afterward.

All Together Now - Restorative Justice - 08/02/12

Restorative Justice -- a talk with Bonnie Wills, a certified facilitator in a 9-month program in Restorative Justice within San Quentin Prison; also, a program in Restorative Justice that  operates in middle schools and high schools in Oakland, CA, to break the schoolyard-to-jailyard pipeline; impressive success rates here and abroad; Insight Prison Project (insightprisonproject.org) and Restorative Justice for Oakland's Youth (rjoyoakland.org); poem by June Jordan

All Together Now - da Vinci - 07/26/12

The Relational Thought of Leonardo da Vinci -- a talk with Fritjof Capra on his book The Science of Leonardo: Inside the Mind of the Great Genius of the Renaissance, in which he illuminates Leonardo's discoveries and projects in art, science, and design by highlighting Leonardo's core fascination with the processes, patterns, and transformations of nature; also an excerpt from Vasari's chapter on Leonardo in his Lives of the Artists.

All Together Now - The Lived World of Place and Urban Design - 07/19/12

The Lived World of Place and Urban Design -- a talk with David Seamon, editor of the journal Environmental & Architectural Phenomenology, about relational dynamics between humans  and their built environment; also featuring Mindy Fullilove, author of Root Shock and Urban Alchemy about the destructive effects of post-war urban renewal projects on African-American communities and about how we can restore joy to "our fragmented cities"; arch.ksu.edu/seamon/EAP; poem by Mary Oliver

All Together Now - World Future Council - 07/12/12

World Future Council -- a talk with the founder, Jakob von Uexküll, about WFC's 24-point Global Policy Action Plan (advocating policies and Best Practices that have been proven successful) and the global network of parliamentarians; worldfuturecouncil.org; poem by Wislawa Szymborska

All Together Now - 07/05/12

MLK's "Cosmology of Connection" -- a talk with Drew Dellinger about the themes and relational worldview in Martin Luther King's last five years of speeches and writings; Fourth of July program; also performance poetry by Drew Dellinger; drewdellinger.org

All Together Now - 06/28/12

The Earth Community and World Religions -- a talk with John Grim, co-coordinator of the Forum on Religion and Ecology; Thomas Berry's concept of "The Earth Community"; grassroots projects; bridging religion and ecology at Yale; emergingearthcommunity.org; poem by Catherine de Vinck

All Together Now - 06/21/12

Strategies for a New Economy -- a talk with Stephanie Mills, bioregionalist and author of several books including Epicurean Simplicity and On Gandhi's Path, sharing her impressions of the recent conference "Strategies for a New Economy" convened at Bard College by the New Economics Institute on 8-10 June; neweconomicsinstitute.org; poem by Marge Piercy