His guru told him to do it.
So he listened. Thus the quest began for a hippie with a medical degree to
become a key player in helping to eradicate smallpox, the deadliest disease
in history. Larry Brilliant tells his story in Sometimes Brilliant: The
Impossible Adventur...
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Sue Monk Kidd has written several novels including The Secret Life of
Bees, The Mermaid Chair, and The Invention of Wings. Before the novels
was the story of Sue Monk Kidd’s own journey, the Dance of the Dissident
Daughter: A Woman’s Journey from Christian Tradition to th...
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Today on Flashpoints: We devote the entire show to an update on Standing
Rock: We'll speak to Bill Means, who is advising the Elders regarding local,
state and international law: And well speak to several of the
Water-Protectors on recent actions and what comes next in t...
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This week we speak with the scholar, researcher, and writer Chris Bennett
about spirituality, mysticism, and the roles played by cannabis and other
entheogens in human development.
Chris Bennett
Drug War Facts: Entheogens
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As many people are currently protesting the selection of a Trump presidency,
there have been many who recognize that though the environment is heightened,
nothing has changed. The U.S. is just revealing itself to people who never
paid attention. As the current president t...
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When many think of Tarot cards they think of a gypsy in a tent telling some
rube that there is a stranger, tall, dark and handsome in her future. But
Tarot is much more than fortune-telling and hocus pocus. It is a fun way to
discover the “deep self.” Host John Shuck speaks...
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Today on the program we feature a pair of interviews from our weeks worth of
shows from Standing Rock in North Dakota. Well hear from Cheryl Angel of the
Rosebud Nation, about the powerful role women are playing in the resistance.
Then well hear a rare interview with Tom...
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Grandmother Beverly Little Thunder joins us on the Moccasin Tracks broadcast
this week in so-called Vermont. Just back from her homeland and the Standing
Rock Spirit Camps of the Oceti Sakowin she tells us about the welcoming of
the Two-Spirit Nation. We also talk about ...
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This week I speak with someone who models activism, intellect and
spirituality, Matthew Fox. Silenced by the Vatican for his views, he left
the Catholic priesthood in the early 1980s. Matthew Fox is a theologian and
activist who has written over 30 books. He has introduced ...
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Today on Flashpoints we continue our week of on the ground broadcast coverage
from Standing Rock. On the show today we'll hear a rare extended interview
with Tom Goldtooth. Goldtooth is executive director of the Indigenous
Environmental Network and a key organizer at Sta...
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