KPFA - The Visionary Activist Show
1,046 episodes - English - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★★ - 77 ratingsDedicated 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.
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The Visionary Activist Show – November 10, 2011
November 10, 2011 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBThis Full Moon in Taurus is an invitation to animate the guiding earth wisdom story, of sane reverent common sense, to cooperate with all the plant and animal people, to restore dynamic balance to the crazy, rude imbalance our species has imposed on the earth. Aptly, we welcome, John Roulac, Capt. Hemp, to guide us in this realm of hemp, chia, coconut, and the necessary labeling (and preventing) of all genetically engineered food. www.nutiva.com The post The Visionary Activist Show – ...
The Visionary Activist Show – November 3, 2011
November 03, 2011 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBCaroline welcomes the return of astro-mythological colleague Daniel Giamario- that we may align with the dance of Venus and Mars as they spiral into balance at this exhilarating time of Dire Beauty. www.shamanicastrology.com The post The Visionary Activist Show – November 3, 2011 appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist – October 27, 2011
October 27, 2011 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBBeauty out of Darkness, invoking Akhilandishvara! the goddess of the power that comes from being broken! Caroline welcomes Lily Yeh, author of "Awakening Creativity," founder of Barefoot Artists whose encouraging work in Rwanda, China, Ecuador, Haiti, Ghana, Kenya, Syria, Italy, North Philadelphia etc. is dedicated to nourishing and animating redemptive beauty frombroken lives. www.barefootartists.org The post The Visionary Activist – October 27, 2011 appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist Show – October 20, 2011 at 2:00pm
October 20, 2011 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBThe post The Visionary Activist Show – October 20, 2011 at 2:00pm appeared first on KPFA.
Vsionary Actvist Show Part 2 – October 13, 2011 at 3:00pm
October 13, 2011 15:00 - 4 minutes - 5.13 MBThe post Vsionary Actvist Show Part 2 – October 13, 2011 at 3:00pm appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist Show – October 13, 2011 at 2:00pm
October 13, 2011 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBThe post The Visionary Activist Show – October 13, 2011 at 2:00pm appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist Show – October 6, 2011 at 2:00pm
October 06, 2011 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBThe post The Visionary Activist Show – October 6, 2011 at 2:00pm appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist – September 29, 2011
September 29, 2011 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBFinite to Infinite Story – The Equinox Talk! ( a portion of ) Caroline’s Equinoctial High Tea Talk delivered at the Network of Light, Washington D.C. 9.25.11 Finite to Infinite Games, Finite to Infinite Stories…perpetually weaving the secular news to the Mythic News, that we may be ever more effective players on the Team of Creation at this time of Dire Beauty. The post The Visionary Activist – September 29, 2011 appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist Show – Poetic Justice -The Guiding Mythic Equinoctial Dire Beauty News
September 22, 2011 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBCaroline welcomes “Crazy Brave” poet, songstress, fellow diviner, Joy Harjo, that we may honor the horrific injustice of Troy Davis’ murder by the state, and be guided by his soul, that ours may rock back into balance and this nation be brought to its knees in remorse. The post The Visionary Activist Show – Poetic Justice -The Guiding Mythic Equinoctial Dire Beauty News appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist Show – Parcival, The Hag of the Woods and the Restoration of the Waters of Life!
September 15, 2011 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBCaroline welcomes Martin Shaw and his dedication to the tales of Parcival, the Hag of the Woods and Feirfaz a black and white brother, all of whom are necessary for the healing of the Wasteland and the restoration of the waters of life, as we bring forth old guiding earth wisdom stories in new vital expression at this time of Dire Beauty http://schoolofmyth.com The post The Visionary Activist Show – Parcival, The Hag of the Woods and the Restoration of the Waters of Life! appeared first o...
The Visionary Activist Show – September 8, 2011 at 2:00pm
September 08, 2011 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBThe post The Visionary Activist Show – September 8, 2011 at 2:00pm appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist Show – September 1, 2011 at 2:00pm
September 01, 2011 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBThe post The Visionary Activist Show – September 1, 2011 at 2:00pm appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist Show – Life Rules!
August 25, 2011 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBCaroline welcomes the return of Ellen LaConte, author of “Life Rules Why so much is going wrong everywhere at once and how Life teaches us to fix it.” and “On Light Alone A Guru Meditation on the Good Death of Helen Nearing,” That we may be focused and dedicated to creative cultural leadership = moving to the center of public discourse the meta-story of resolving dire global circumstance, occasioned by rude human dominance with our willingness to cooperate with nature . www.ellenlacont...
The Visionary Activist Show – August 18, 2011
August 18, 2011 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBLive (from WAMU studios in DC) to KPFA in Berkeley. The post The Visionary Activist Show – August 18, 2011 appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist Show – August 4, 2011
August 04, 2011 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBCaroline welcomes fellow democratic animist-aspiring Pragmatic Mystic Derrick Jensen, (latest invaluable book, “Dreams”), because there is no more urgent assignment than moving to collective center-stage: the conversation re the cataclysmic destruction of the earth by humans and how we as a species can strategically co-operate with everything to return to dynamic balance. (Yea! fungi). We will be joined for the last 20 minutes of dedicated Fund Drive by sacred clown Wavy Gravy! The pos...
The Visionary Activist Show – July 28, 2011
July 28, 2011 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBCaroline welcomes new ancient colleague Suzy Barsotti, agent of democratic animism, co-organizer of www.thegaiafestival.com, that we create theatre (on behalf of all beings ) rather than live melodrama (to the detriment of all life.) The post The Visionary Activist Show – July 28, 2011 appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist – July 21, 2011
July 21, 2011 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBMay “Indigenuity” provide shelter from the storm! The post The Visionary Activist – July 21, 2011 appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist – Unfurling Our Summer Solstice Sail
July 14, 2011 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBUnfurling Our Summer Solstice Sail, a portion of Caroline’s rousing Summer Solstice astro*cultural*mytho*lecture*theatre from June 22nd Santa Rosa Ca, with Jaison and the 9’s www.personalmasteryusa.com and Amikaeyla Gaston. For complete recording go to www.CoyoteNetworkNews.com The post The Visionary Activist – Unfurling Our Summer Solstice Sail appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist Show – July 7, 2011 at 2:00pm
July 07, 2011 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBThe post The Visionary Activist Show – July 7, 2011 at 2:00pm appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist – June 30, 2011
June 30, 2011 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBUnfurling Our Summer Solstice Sail, a portion of Caroline’s rousing Summer Solstice astro*cultural*mytho*lecture*theatre from June 22nd Santa Rosa Ca, with Jaison and the 9’s www.personalmasteryusa.com and Amikaeyla Gaston. For the complete recording go to www.CoyoteNetworkNews.com The post The Visionary Activist – June 30, 2011 appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist Show – June 23, 2011 at 2:00pm
June 23, 2011 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBThe post The Visionary Activist Show – June 23, 2011 at 2:00pm appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist – Fire Heroes
June 16, 2011 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBCaroline welcomes David Spencer – Paramedic/Fireman in the San Francisco Fire Department, Engine Company 26, to honor his colleagues, Tony Valerio and Vinnie Perez, who died while extinguishing a house fire on June 2nd. Their union President quoted St. Francis at their funeral, “Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as real strength.” “Vincent and Tony were our gentleness and our strength.” Amikaeyla Gaston will sing a water song that we all may be agents of cool in a...
The Visionary Activist – June 9, 2011
June 09, 2011 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBOn behalf of the Trickster Redeemer within us all, Caroline welcomes Igor Vamos, aka Mike Bonanno, of the Yes Men, mega creative cultural high jinx satirical liberation artists. http://www.coalcares.org/ www.theyesmen.org The post The Visionary Activist – June 9, 2011 appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist Show – June 2, 2011 at 2:00pm
June 02, 2011 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBThe post The Visionary Activist Show – June 2, 2011 at 2:00pm appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist – May 26, 2011
May 26, 2011 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBBadger and Coyote Cahooting in Regenerative Hedonism for Good of All Beings! Carolinee welcomes Brock Dolman (also presenting at the Harmony Festival June 10th-12th in Santa Rosa CA.) Brock is co-founder of the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center where he directs the WATER Institute and Parmaculture Program. “In the face of rampant nature deficit disorder and global weirding – we are called, individually and collectively, to bring our best selves forward to pragmatically meet the challen...
The Visionary Activist – Life Rules!
May 12, 2011 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBLife Rules! Caroline welcomes Ellen LaConte, author of “Life Rules Why so much is going wrong everywhere at once and how Life teaches us to fix it.” That we may be focused and dedicated to creative cultural leadership = moving to the center of public discourse the meta-story of resolving dire global circumstance, occasioned by rude human dominance with our willingness to cooperate with nature . www.ellenlaconte.com The post The Visionary Activist – Life Rules! appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist – Trickster Redeemer Radio
May 05, 2011 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBCaroline welcomes Garret John LoPorto, encouraging everyone to pledge support for the feisty Trickster Redeemer within us all! author of The Wayseers (video and book) www.Wayseers.org The post The Visionary Activist – Trickster Redeemer Radio appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist – April 21, 2011
April 21, 2011 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBResurrecting the Trickster Redeemer in Way Holy Week! Caroline is joined for the first half by Stephen DeAngelo. The post The Visionary Activist – April 21, 2011 appeared first on KPFA.
Visionary Activist Show – April 14, 2011
April 14, 2011 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBCaroline convenes the council of energy scouts: David Blume ("alcohol can be a gas") Bob Gough (www.nativeenergy.com), Pat Spears (COUP President, Council on Utility Policy) and Alan Baer (President of Renewable Nations), that we may toss the ring of power into the crack of doom, and have a sane reverent energy policy running in indigenuity! The post Visionary Activist Show – April 14, 2011 appeared first on KPFA.
Visionary Activist – April 7, 2011
April 07, 2011 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBCalling Amaterasu and Uzume - the Japanese Sun-Goddess and her ally, the goddess of laughter and revelry! Caroline welcomes fellow pragmatic mystic Osprey Orielle Lake, Director of the Women's Earth and Climate Caucus, author of "Uprisings for the Earth - Reconnecting Culture with Nature." The post Visionary Activist – April 7, 2011 appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist Show – March 31, 2011 at 2:00pm
March 31, 2011 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBThe post The Visionary Activist Show – March 31, 2011 at 2:00pm appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist Show – March 24, 2011 at 2:00pm
March 24, 2011 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBThe post The Visionary Activist Show – March 24, 2011 at 2:00pm appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist – St. Patrick’S Day*Super Full Moon *Equinox
March 17, 2011 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBCaroline welcomes Sangoma (traditional Medicine)-Astro*Mytho*politico ally joining us from Capetown South Africa, Rod Suskin, that we may convene the Council of Compassionate Tricksters to re-gain our navigational balance, honoring the North and South hemisphere seasonal dynamic, to glean Medicine at this time of Dire Beauty. www.RodSuskin.com The post The Visionary Activist – St. Patrick’S Day*Super Full Moon *Equinox appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist – Cultural Tricksters Within Us All Take the Lead!
March 10, 2011 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBOn the eve of Uranus, Trickster Intelligence, entering the dynamic realm, aka – Aries, Caroline welcomes the return of Alex Steffen, whose latest mega-contribution: “WorldChanging – a User’s Guide for the 21st Century” is just being released, http://www.worldchanging.com The post The Visionary Activist – Cultural Tricksters Within Us All Take the Lead! appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist – Cultural Tricksters Within Us All Take the Lead!
March 10, 2011 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBOn the eve of Uranus, Trickster Intelligence, entering the dynamic realm, aka – Aries, Caroline welcomes the return of Alex Steffen, whose latest mega-contribution: “WorldChanging – a User’s Guide for the 21st Century” is just being released, http://www.worldchanging.com The post The Visionary Activist – Cultural Tricksters Within Us All Take the Lead! appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist – March 3, 2011
March 03, 2011 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBDark Of Moon Council with fellow kick-butt Libran, agent of wrathful Dakinis, fisher-woman-mega-activist DIANE WILSON! whose latest book offered as enticement to contribute to KPFA = “Diary of an Eco-Outlaw – an unreasonable woman breaks the law for Mother Earth!” The post The Visionary Activist – March 3, 2011 appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist – New Story From Oldest Cultures – This Global Democracy Party is Just Getting Started!
February 24, 2011 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBCaroline welcomes long-time colleague fellow astro”mytho” cultural change artist, Daniel Giamario, as we delineate, guide, and encourage participation in the unfolding sky-earth story of now. www.shamanicastrology.com The post The Visionary Activist – New Story From Oldest Cultures – This Global Democracy Party is Just Getting Started! appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist – Full Moon – incoming Tide of Global Democracy!
February 17, 2011 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBCaroline welcomes long-time ally, co-founder of Code Pink and Global Exchange, just returned from Cairo, Medea Benjamin! www.globalexchange.org The post The Visionary Activist – Full Moon – incoming Tide of Global Democracy! appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist – Egypto-Native American Indigenuity
February 10, 2011 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBWith conversational dance partner, Bob Gough, (Secretaty of COUP, inter-tribal Council on Utility Policy)The all inclusive astro*politico*sky*earth*meta-story: weaving Egyptian democracy, Native American renewable energy, The Green Bay Packers, original tea party and more! all together. The post The Visionary Activist – Egypto-Native American Indigenuity appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist – February 3, 2011
February 03, 2011 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBMythic News of Now: Candlemas/Chinese New Year/Egypto journey to Underworld – and back! Caroline welcomes Kelly Carlin, daughter of George, & radio host of “Waking from the American Dream, producer of Showtime’s The Green Room,” w/ Paul Provenza, & guide that we may all get over ourselves and get on with the work of reverent irreverence, honoring the power of satire to over-throw tyranny. www.thekellycarlinsite.com The post The Visionary Activist – February 3, 2011 appeared first on KP...
The Visionary Activist – January 27, 2011
January 27, 2011 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBCaroline welcomes Josh Fox, producer/director of the Academy Award nominated documentary “GasLand” which, truly all responsible citizens of earth – must see. Documenting the pandemic relentless cruel rudeness of “fracking” toxic mining of natural gas.www.GASLANDTHEMOVIE.com The post The Visionary Activist – January 27, 2011 appeared first on KPFA.
Your Own Health and Fitness – Metaphor into Matter – InAUGURation Day
January 20, 2011 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBCaroline goes solo to guide our journey from metaphor to matter through the wild woof of now. (Including astro*politico honoring of the charts, convening the council of Lisbeth Salander, Terry Pratchett, George Carlin, Gabrielle Giffords, and John O’Donohue!). The post Your Own Health and Fitness – Metaphor into Matter – InAUGURation Day appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist – Thunder Valley Indigenuity
January 13, 2011 14:00 - 18 minutes - 20.6 MBCaroline welcomes back Bob Gough, secretary of COUP (inter Tribal Council on Utility Policy)who is jazzed on Indian resilence. Scouting reports on the Thunder Valley Lakota project! Gough has been energized by Intertribal COUP’s success. “Fighting uranium, fighting coal mining, fighting the sulfur Exxon mine. All that fighting begins to take a lot of wear and tear on you,” he said. “It’s very good for us now working for renewable energy and for reducing carbon emissions. Renewable energy off...
The Visionary Activist – Epiphany Radio Edition
January 06, 2011 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBCaroline welcomes Rebecca Costa, author of The Watchman’s Rattle – Thinking Our Way to Extinction “movement.” Costa offers her blazing lucidity to catalyze our collective voluntary complexity movement and spiral it on out into the welcoming memosphere! www.TheWatchmansRattle.com The post The Visionary Activist – Epiphany Radio Edition appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist – December 30, 2010
December 30, 2010 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBDr. Sharif Abdullah is an author, consultant, and catalyst for inclusive social, cultural and spiritual transformation. He is the founder and president of Commonway Institute and the originator of the Commons Cafe and the Common Society Movement. Sharif has criss-crossed the planet, taking his inclusivity work to over 30 different countries and close to 100 distinct cultures. The post The Visionary Activist – December 30, 2010 appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist Show – December 23, 2010 at 2:00pm
December 23, 2010 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBThe post The Visionary Activist Show – December 23, 2010 at 2:00pm appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist Show – December 16, 2010 at 2:00pm
December 16, 2010 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBThe post The Visionary Activist Show – December 16, 2010 at 2:00pm appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist – December 9, 2010
December 09, 2010 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBCaroline welcomes Jan Etre, dedicated to KPFA Craft Faire – Dec. 11th and 12th, and Ellen Brown returns – custodian of innovative state banking… Caroline does her darndest to get everyone to play, and find the common themes. Come on team! “woof woof, wanna play?!.” All stories take us to all stories. Crucial caller, Chris from SF, saves the day! The post The Visionary Activist – December 9, 2010 appeared first on KPFA.
The Visionary Activist – The Wizard of Oz, the Fed, Dire Financial Circumstance and the Beautiful Opportunities for Democratic Transformation
December 02, 2010 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBCaroline welcomes Ellen Brown, author of “Web of Debt,” to guide us through the poppy field outside of Oz, that we may wake up and restore our intimacy with money with financial imagery, plot, characters, to compost the abstract words into clear narrative.. The conversation “needs art, mystery, drama!” says Ellen. www.webofdebt.com The post The Visionary Activist – The Wizard of Oz, the Fed, Dire Financial Circumstance and the Beautiful Opportunities for Democratic Transformation a...
The Visionary Activist Show – November 25, 2010 at 2:00pm
November 25, 2010 14:00 - 8 minutes - 10.3 MBThe post The Visionary Activist Show – November 25, 2010 at 2:00pm appeared first on KPFA.