[Dates refer to original air dates on KKUP Radio, 91.5 FM, in San Jose, Calif. Guest information is current as of broadcast date.]
03-02-2006 "Solving World Hunger . . . Really!"
Interview with George Kent, a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Hawaii. He's the author of "The Politics of Children's Survival," "Children in the International Political Economy," and the book under discussion, "Freedom from Want, the Human Right to Adequate Food." He discusses different approaches to solving world hunger.
03-09-2006 "Terrifying Explorations"
Tony McGettigan interviews Daniel Pinchbeck, author of "Breaking Open the Head," which includes a cultural history of psychedelic use, philosophical and critical perspectives on shamanism, and the author's personal explorations, ranging from transcendent to terrifying. His Web site is: www.breakingopenthehead.com.
08-03-2006 "How We Got It All Wrong"
Tony McGettigan interviews Michael Steinberg, author and attorney, who discusses his book, "The Fiction of a Thinkable World," published by Monthly Review Press. The book is a series of essays which explore the historical chain of events which have brought us to our current global situation and point to the fallacy of ideas which created and support our current social and economic practices.
09-07-2006 "Spirit Is Alive in California"
Erik Davis, a San Francisco-based writer, culture critic and independent scholar, discusses his book "The Visionary State, a Journey through California's Spiritual Landscape," with photographs by Michael Rauner, published in 2006 by Chronicle Books. He's a frequent lecturer on topics ranging from electronic music to the evolution of consciousness.
12-14-2006 "Sonar Testing - Part 1"
Tony McGettigan interviews Cheryl McGill on U.S. Navy sonar testing in costal waters and its effect on marine mammals. Michael Jasny, an attorney with the Natural Resources Defense Council, participates via telephone.
