Thursday Night

Prog Notes S H 05-10-24



12 AM

Alan Watts

Out of Your Mind - The Nature of Consciousness - Part 1

Watts lectures on our image of the world, the myth of the ceramic construct, and the myth of the automatic universe. He provides a view of a wiggly world, and a game that's worth the candle, looks at an independent system, asks, "Whose game is it?" and considers the world as a drama



1 AM

Sounds True with Tami Simon

How to Have Kids and a Life

Ericka Sóuter has over 20 years of journalism experience and is a nationally recognized voice in parenting news and parenting advice. A frequent contributor on Good Morning America and other national broadcast outlets, she regularly speaks on the issues, trends, and controversies that are most affecting parents and new families today. With Sounds True, Ericka has written a book called How to Have a Kid and a Life: A Survival Guide.

In this archival episode of Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon speaks with Ericka about what it means to be a parent today. They discuss why more and more parents are opening up about not just the joys but also the challenges of raising children—and how our definition of “good parenting” is changing as a result. Ericka brings realism and humor to this enlightening conversation, helping parents navigate the expectations versus the realities of parenthood as they tend to their own happiness. “Love is innate,” Ericka shares. “Parenting skills are not.”



2 AM

Magical Mystery Tour with Tonio Epstein

Sumati Sparks is a relationship and polyamory coach with a deep spiritual orientation to life and relationships. She has studied sacred sexuality with numerous prominent teachers. Since 2000, she has been coaching people in the areas of relationship and sexuality, and specializes in helping people create successful open relationships. She's also the host of the Leading Edge Love Radio show which focuses on open relationships and related topics such as emotional intimacy & healing, adult sexuality, neo-tantra, conscious kink, gender issues, communication and intentional community.

In this conversation we talk about the range of open relationships from polyamory to ethical non-monogamy, and who is and isn't suited for open relationships or monogamy. We also discuss the role of honesty, non-violent communication, and loving self care in all our relationships, especially open ones.

This is a kind of everything you ever wanted to know about open relationships but were afraid to ask, interview conversation.



3 AM

Visionary Activist Caroline Casey

Good Medicine And Rewilding

Caroline welcomes Seán Pádraig O’Donoghue (encore encore) with his ally, Jesse Wolf Hardin, conjurer of the Good Medicine Confluence, who writes: “I came to herbs through my early organizing of Earth First and work with animists from Terry Tempest and Metzner to Oberon Zell, and the rants that herbalists bear from me now are like those given in front of forest service headquarters and at bedazzled pagan gatherings. The world/civilization has never been closer to self destructive madness than now, culture never so diluted and commercialized, and damn, few destroyers truly enjoying themselves in the process. Herbalism is just one language for the crucial call to come back to wild self, healing mission, beauty and pleasure. You are clearly an agent of the same, with a not dissimilar dialect.”

Jesse Wolf Hardin is an influential author, ecosopher, ecological and societal activist, personal counsel, graphic artist, musician, and historian – a champion of both human and bio diversity, as well as of nature’s medicines. Wolf was a leading organizer of and presenter for Earth First!, becoming a featured presenter at hundreds of conferences and universities, and was the creator of cross cultural ecospiritual collaborations appropriately called “Medicine Shows” that melded his powerful spoken word with live music, indigenous presenters, and focused activism. He cofounded the international Good Medicine Confluence gathering in 2008, along with the in-depth digital magazine for herbalists, healers and folklorists Plant Healer Quarterly. He is the author of over 800 published articles in over 200 different publications, as well as of over 25 books.

https://planthealerbookstore.com

Good Medicine Conference, July 10-13th Durango, Colorado – Inspiration, Herbal Education, Impassioned Celebration: www.goodmedicineconfluence.com

Seán Pádraig O’Donoghue is an herbalist, writer, and teacher, and an initiated Priest in two traditions. He lives in the mountains of western Maine. Seán’s approach to healing weaves together the insights of traditional western herbalism and contemporary science. He regards physical, spiritual, and emotional healing as deeply intertwined. Prior to becoming an herbalist, Seán was a political organizer in movements for peace, human rights, and global economic justice, and a freelance journalist documenting the human and ecological impacts of U.S. policies in Latin America.



4-6 AM

The Thom Hartmann Program

Final two hours from Thom's program of 05-09-24