VIRATO LIVE! 2008

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Saturday, January 5
11:06 AM-Noon EST

with

Alan Weisman

Virato converses with Alan Weisman. senior editor and radio producer for Homelands Productions. His reports, set in the United States, Mexico, Canada, Central and South America, the Caribbean, Antarctica, Europe, the former Soviet Union, and the Middle and Far East, have appeared in Harper's, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, The Los Angeles Times Magazine, Orion, Audubon, Mother Jones, Discover, Condé Nast Traveler, Resurgence, and in several anthologies including The Best American Science Writing 2006, and have been heard on National Public Radio, Public Radio International, and American Public Media.

He is the author of An Echo In My Blood (Harcourt Brace, Inc., 1999); Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World (Chelsea Green Publishing, 1998); La Frontera: The United States Border With Mexico (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1986); and We, Immortals (Pocket Books, 1979). and his latest, The World Without Us (Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2007), the subject of today's conversation.

Dr. Weisman is Laureate Associate Professor in Journalism and Latin American Studies at the University of Arizona, where he leads an annual field program in international journalism.

Weisman has been a Fulbright Senior Scholar in Colombia, writer-in-residence at the Altos de Chavón Escuela de Arte y Diseño in the Dominican Republic, the John Farrar Fellow in Nonfiction at the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, and a contributing editor to the Los Angeles Times Magazine.

Among his radio awards shared with his Homelands colleagues are a Robert F. Kennedy Citation, the Harry Chapin/World Hunger Year award, and Brazil's Prèmio Nacional de Jornalismo Radiofônico. He has also received a Four Corners Award for Best Nonfiction Book; a Los Angeles Press Club Award for Best Feature Story; and a Best of the West Award in Journalism. His book, Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World, won the 1998 Social Inventions Award from the London-based Global Ideas Bank. He and his wife, sculptor Beckie Kravetz, live in western Massachusetts.

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Saturday, January 5
12:06 PM-1 PM EST

Gary Zukav

Virato dialogues with with internationally acclaimed author and lecturer, Gary Zukav. Zukav the author of The Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physics, winner of The American Book Award for Science in 1979, and The Seat of the Soul, a New York Times, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, and Publishers Weekly number-one bestseller. His books have sold over 6 million copies and published in twenty-four languages.

Zukav is a graduate of Harvard and a former U.S. Army Special Forces (Green Beret) officer in Vietnam. After he began doing shows with Oprah Winfrey, The Seat of the Soul became a #1 New York Times bestseller and remained on the New York Times bestseller list fort three years

Zukav's gentle humor, sensitivity, and deep insights have endeared him to millions of readers and listeners. His spiritual partner is Linda Francis. They lecture internationally, and through Genesis: The Foundation for the Universal Human, they offer retreats, programs, and other events supporting the experience of spiritual partnership. They live in northern California.

In his words, "My life has been an unfolding vision of a planet without conflict, a world that reflects the values of the soul � harmony, cooperation, sharing, and reverence for Life � and that is filled with universal humans, humans who are citizens of the Universe, whose allegiance is to life. The more pain I see in the world, the more I see how it can be used to find and transform the parts of ourselves that are creating so violently and destructively into parts that create consciously and constructively. I see the potential for a new world being born in front of me and all around me, and I feel the only way to bring that potential into being is to know myself, and where necessary, change myself, to create authentic power, to align personality with soul, and I love sharing what I know about how to do that."

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Saturday, January 12
10:06 AM-10:50 AM EST

Majo John Madden, Ph.D.

Virato's guest this morning is Majo John Madden who originally studied to be a Catholic priest and psychiatrist at Loyola University.

But then he gave up a four-year scholarship to medical school when he realized that his whole young life had suddenly become programmed for him.

Instead he got a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Rochester and practiced psychology for over 20 years, specializing in Gestalt and other humanistic approaches to counseling and therapy.

He taught psychology at Alfred University in upstate New York and practiced organization development in major corporations for 15 years.

Madden says that for many years he immersed myself in meditative and spiritual disciplines including TM, Bhakti yoga, Zen Buddhism (he studied with the Vietnamese Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh for four years) and Sufism.

He says he finally realized his true spiritual path is the �low road� to higher consciousness � progressively stripping away any attempt to be anything other than who you actually are.

Dr. Madden moved to Asheville from Chicago three years ago, to leave the management consulting and psychology world behind. Here in Asheville, his jobs have included restaurant server, taxi driver, and golf pro shop locker room attendant. Along the way he created a web site http://www.home.earthlink.net/~authenticcustomerservice and a blog http://www.authenticcustomerservice.blogspot.com on what he calls �authentic customer service.�

He now leads retreats called Life Lived More Deeply. More information on this work is available at www.llmdongoing.blogspot.com.

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Saturday, January 12
10:52 AM-10:59 AM EST

Soul Medicine
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Saturday, January 12
11:06 AM-Noon EST

Virato's guest today is Laurie Manwell, a researcher and writer for the 9/11 Truth Movement, and the Journal of 9/11 Studies:

Two of her recent papers are "Faulty Towers of Belief: Part I. Demolishing the Iconic Psychological Barriers to 9/11 Truth" and "Faulty Towers of Belief: Part II. Rebuilding the Road to Freedom of Reason."

Using only mainstream scientific research, Manwell's papers identify several basic psychological phenomena that can work to prevent objective evaluation of evidence that contradicts the official account of 9/11 proffered by the Bush administration and their supporters.

The first paper breaks down these psychological barriers into categories and gives examples based on a summary of years of scientific study. The second paper suggests detailed ways to use this information to talk to people about the facts of 9/11 without arousing defensiveness in efforts to encourage people to begin to question what they have been led to believe about 9/11.

She is working on presenting and publishing a paper in a panel at a conference in the USA on administration policy in the spring. The paper, "In Denial of Democracy," will focus on the psychology of state crimes against democracy and how to encourage citizens to take responsibility for protecting their constitutional rights, specifically in the context of the events of 9/11.

Manwell has a Bachelor's degree in Biology and Psychology, a MS in cellular, molecular and developmental biology, and is currently a PhD candidate in Behavioral Neuroscience. Several papers on cognition, personality, social psychology, and molecular biology have been published and in press in mainstream journals.

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Saturday, January 12
12:06 AM-1 PM EST

Alex Jones

Virato probes the mind of Alex Jones. Jones has produced a series of videos about what he believes is the emergence of a totalitarian world government, based on what he views as the erosion of the United States' national sovereignty and its civil liberties, as well as the misuse of government power, corporate deception, and cohesion between disparate power structures.

Jones has been featured on Good Morning America, 20/20, 60 Minutes, in countless publications including The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Los Angeles Times, and in countless other media. He has been called, "an absolutely riveting television presence," by Patrick Beech of the Austin-American Statesman.

Jones is also the producer of numerous DVDs on the 9/11 cover-up, considered the most popular.

He is currently the host of a radio show on the Genesis Network and is now heard by millions.

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Saturday, January 19
10:06 AM-11 AM EST

OPEN FORUM

So, what do you have to say?

Today Virato opens the phones to his listeners, inviting them to become the program Did you hear that on Friday, January 11, ABC's 20/20 did a special on Asheville, North Carolina saying it was a "city of bliss."

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Saturday, January 19
11:06 AM-Noon EST

Supernatural

Today, Virato speaks with Graham Hancock, author of the international bestsellers The Sign and The Seal, Fingerprints of the Gods and Heaven's Mirror. His books have sold more than five million copies worldwide and have been translated into 27 languages. His public lectures and TV appearances have put his ideas before audiences of tens of millions. He has become recognized as an unconventional thinker who raises legitimate questions about humanity's history and prehistory and offers an increasingly popular challenge to the entrenched views of orthodox scholars.

Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Hancock's early years were spent in India, where his father worked as a surgeon. Later he went to school and university in the northern English city of Durham and graduated from Durham University in 1973 with First Class Honors in Sociology. He went on to pursue a career in quality journalism, writing for many of Britain's leading newspapers including The Times, The Sunday Times, The Independent, and The Guardian. He was co-editor of New Internationalist magazine from 1976-1979 and East Africa correspondent of The Economist from 1981-1983.

In the early 1980's Hancock's writing began to move consistently in the direction of books. His first book (Journey Through Pakistan, with photographers Mohamed Amin and Duncan Willetts) was published in 1981. It was followed by Under Ethiopian Skies (1983), Ethiopia: The Challenge of Hunger (1984), and AIDS: The Deadly Epidemic (1986). In 1987 Hancock began work on his widely-acclaimed critique of foreign aid, Lords of Poverty, which was published in 1989. African Ark (with photographers Angela Fisher and Carol Beckwith) was published in 1990.

In 2002 Hancock published Underworld: Flooded Kingdoms of the Ice Age to great critical acclaim, and hosted the accompanying British TV series. This was the culmination of years of research and on-hand dives at ancient underwater ruins. Arguing that many of the clues to the origin of civilization lay underwater, on coastal regions once above water but flooded at the end of the last Ice age, Underworld offered tangible archaeological evidence that myths and legends of ancient floods were not to be dismissed out of hand.

The subject of today's chat will be his latest book, Supernatural: Meetings with the Ancient Teachers of Mankind.

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Saturday, January 19
12:06 AM-1 PM EST

Naomi Wolf

Virato chats with best-selling author Naomi Wolf, who, in a stunning indictment of the Bush administration and Congress, lays out her case for saving American democracy. In authoritative research and documentation Wolf explains how events of the last six years parallel steps taken in the early years of the 20th century�s worst dictatorships such as Germany, Russia, China, and Chile.

Naomi Wolf graduated from Yale in 1984 and was a Rhodes scholar at New College, Oxford University. She is the author of the best-selling books The Beauty Myth, Fire with Fire, Promiscuities, and Misconceptions. The New York Times called The Beauty Myth one of the 70 most significant books of the century.

Wolf was a consulting editor at George Magazine. Her essays appear regularly in The New Republic, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Glamour, Ms., and other publications. Described by Camille Paglia as a "yuppie feminist," Wolf counseled Al Gore during his unsuccessful run for the U.S. presidency in 1999, for which she was heavily

Here's an excerpt of her November interview on WNYC New York

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Saturday, January 26
10:06 AM-10:50 AM EST

with
Robert Roskind

Today Virato chats with Robert Roskind. Roskind, his wife, Julia, and their 19 year-old daughter, Alicia, have organized and hosted nearly 100 "One Love Events" in Jamaica and on Native American reservations, colleges and at public venues in the U.S. All are non-commercial, involve no sponsorship funding and are free to the public. They are non-denominational, apolitical and bring forward a message of universal love for all.

One of the largest was on February 6, 2005, Bob Marley's 60th Birthday Celebration, in Kingston, Jamaica with a live audience of tens of thousands and a TV and radio audience of almost two million. It included presentations by the Jamaican head of state, Governor General Sir Howard Cooke, the Minister of Education, the Minister of Tourism, Bob's daughter, Stephanie Marley, many conscious civic leaders and talk show hosts and twenty well-known recording artists also performed including Bunny Wailer, Culture, Luciano, Ernie Smith and Abijah.

These events have often led to a community-wide healing. Their five events on the Hopi reservation in Arizona led to the Hopis defeating reservation gambling and preserving their ancient ways. Their two events on the Havasupai reservation on the floor of the Grand Canyon led to the tribe electing a pro-environmental tribal council committed to protecting the Canyon. In Jamaica, their 54 concerts brought a much-needed message of love to a country in turmoil.

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Saturday, January 26
10:52 AM-10:59 AM EST

Soul Medicine
with Dr. Jane Smolnik

Saturday, January 26
11:06 AM-Noon EST

Over 1/2 of commercial television advertising is for prescription or OTC pharmaceuticals. The propaganda techniques they use are sleazy. But that is only what you see on TV. On July 8, 2006 we aired this program, and feel the public airwaves must hear it again!

Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau, a pharmaceutical sales rep for a decade, takes a different approach to exposing what she sees as the profit-driven deception in her old job. Side Effects is not a documentary, but a romantic comedy about a sales rep torn between her ethics (embodied by her new boyfriend) and her hefty paycheck (embodied by her new BMW).

The film deftly mixes in intriguing information about how the industry really operates amidst the drama. It's already caught the interest of the national media, with Slattery-Moschkau doing interviews in USA Today and on CNN, and now VIRATO LIVE!

Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau graduated with a degree in political science from University of Wisconsin-Madison. After college, Kathleen spent a decade working for the pharmaceutical industry. She began documenting both amusing and frightening incidents that occurred in her daily career life as a sales representative for a big drug company. Kathleen then wrote a script based on these experiences, got an agent, and left her empty career in the pharmaceutical industry. When the powers that be in LA wanted her to dumb down the script into a generic Hollywood story, Kathleen decided to take a leap of faith and make the film herself. Miraculously, she raised the funding within two weeks and filmed in less than 18 days in and around Madison, WI. Side Effects is Kathleen's debut as a director.

As a side note, Katharine Heigl from ABC's Grey's Anatomy is the film's star.

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Saturday, January 26
12:06 PM-1 PM EST

Fritjof Capra

Today, Virato speaks with Fritjof Capra, Ph.D., physicist and systems theorist, and founding director of the Center for Ecoliteracy Berkeley, California, which promotes ecology and systems thinking in primary and secondary education.

He is on the faculty of Schumacher College, an international center for ecological studies in England, and frequently gives management seminars for top executives.

In addition to his research in physics and systems theory, Dr. Capra has been engaged in studying the philosophical and social implications of contemporary science for the past 30 years. He lectures widely to lay and professional audiences in Europe, Asia, and North and South America

Dr. Capra is the author of five international bestsellers, The Tao of Physics (1975), The Turning Point (1982), Uncommon Wisdom (1988), The Web of Life (1996), and The Hidden Connections (2002). He co-authored Green Politics (1984), Belonging to the Universe (1991), and EcoManagement (1993), and co-edited Steering Business Toward Sustainability (1995).

His most recent book, The Science of Leonardo, is the subject of today's discussion.

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Saturday, February 2
10:06 AM-11 AM EST

Snatam Kaur

This morning Virato chats with Snatam Kaur, one of the most popular New Age artists of our time, selling over 50,000 albums a year. Her CDs of Sikh-inspired chants ranked in the New Age Retailer�s Top 20 in 2004, 2005, and 2006. In 2005, Snatam was the only artist to place three albums in the Top 20

An international favorite with fans across the U.S, Europe, Asia, South America and the South Pacific, Snatam Kaur performs for tens of thousands each year, from the Bahamas to Singapore, and her enthusiastic audience continues to expand. One fan spoke for all when he admitted, �We come to Snatam�s concerts to experience the beautiful atmosphere her voice creates, to heal and grow.�

You�ll find enthusiastic press about Snatam�s music everywhere from the Houston Chronicle to the Hindustani Times. She�s also been featured on the cover of New Age publications such as the Light Connection and the Body Mind Spirit Guide.

Snatam is deeply committed to supporting the United Nation�s peace initiatives through her ongoing Celebrate Peace Tour, and is active in the interfaith movement, helping promote understanding and respect between the world religions. In addition to her concerts, she also teaches yoga and chanting workshops throughout the world as a way to share the tools for inner peace she practices each day.

Asheville will be graced with her presence on Friday, February 29, when she shares her love and inspiring voice. See Namast� Yoga

On January 12, Virato experienced some telephone miscommunications while attempting to chat with Alex Jones, so we are having him back..

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Saturday, February 2
11:06 AM-1 PM EST

with
Alex Jones

Jones, who some have dubbed a more aggressive Michael Moore, has over the past 15 years, produced a series of videos about what he believes is the emergence of a totalitarian world government.

He says that he bases this on what he views as the erosion of the United States' national sovereignty loss of civil liberties, misuse of government power, corporate deception, and cohesion between disparate power structures as clear identification of the process.

Jones is also the producer of numerous DVDs on the 9/11 cover-up, considered the most popular.

He is currently the host of a radio show on the Genesis Network and is now heard by millions. His latest DVD is called Endgame: Blueprint for Global Enslavement:

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Saturday, February 9
10:06 AM-10:50 AM EST

Is The Answer

Today is all about love. A tribute to St. Valentine. Poems, stories, messages of love to your lovers, Call in and share your love with the world. Is love the answer?

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Saturday, February 9
10:52 AM-10:59 AM EST

with
Dr. Jane Smolnik

Saturday, February 9
11:06 AM-Noon EST

continues, with its various expressions

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Saturday, February 9
12:06 PM-1 PM EST

Chuck Hillig

Today Virato chats with Chuck Hillig who presents an empowering worldview, combining the mysticism of eastern philosophy with the practicality of western psychology.

He has a BS in Social Studies from John Carroll University in Cleveland, an MA from St. Louis University, and an MA from Azusa Pacific University, and has been licensed as a marriage and family therapist since 1978.

Hillig is the author of the internationally distributed Enlightenment Quartet. Number three in the quartet is Seeds For The Soul: Living as the Source of Who You Are, and the subject today's chat.

He is the author of seven books on spirituality and psychology. Three of these books are currently in print in English, German, Dutch, Hungarian, and Russian

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Saturday, February 16
10:06 AM-11 AM EST

In the future, environmental degradation has forced humanity to live within giant domed cities. The Corporate Sponsors, which have supplanted nation states, have brought humans to the pinnacle of civilization through a social order determined only by wealth. Information along with everything else has become a commodity. Life is good and only silly myths about "Dirt Men" plague the society. Follow one man as he challenges the social order and witness his transformation to a reluctant revolutionary. These are the thoughts of Asheville author, Ray Bawarchi, Virato's guest this morning.

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Saturday, February 16
10:52 PM-11 AM EST

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Saturday, February 16
11:06 AM-Noon EST

Bill Plotkin

Virato speaks with Bill Plotkin, PhD, author of Nature and the Human Soul" Cultivating Wholeness and Community in a Fragmented World.

Plotkin says that if we are to survive as a species, we must progress from our current egocentric, aggressively competitive, consumer society to an ecocentric, soul-based one that is sustainable, cooperative, and compassionate. At once a primer on human development and a manifesto for change, Nature and the Human Soul fashions a template for a more mature, fulfilling, and purposeful life � and a better world.

Plotkin is considered one of the nation�s leading authorities on vision quests and other nature-based spiritual programs and has lectured widely at home and abroad. He pioneered one of the country's most popular training programs in wilderness rites that includes advanced courses on nature and soul and professional trainings in soul-centered psychotherapy, ceremony, and wilderness skills. He has worked as a consultant to individuals, groups, government agencies, corporations, and public school systems on rites of passage and soul-centered human development. His vision quests are sponsored and supported by Naropa University in Boulder, CO, Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY, and the Institute of Noetic Sciences in Petaluma, CA.

The founding director of Animas Valley Institute, he has guided thousands of people on Vision Quests and other programs since 1980. He has been a psychotherapist, research psychologist, rock musician, river runner, professor of psychology, and mountain-bike racer. As a research psychologist, he studied dreams and non-ordinary states of consciousness achieved through meditation, biofeedback, and hypnosis.

Currently an ecotherapist, depth psychologist, and wilderness guide, he leads a variety of experiential, nature-based individuation programs. Plotkin's previous book was called Soulcraft: Crossing into the Mysteries of Nature and Psyche. His doctorate in psychology (1976) is from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

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Saturday, February 16
12:06 PAM-1 PM EST

with
Astronaut Edgar Mitchell

On January 31, 1971, US Navy Captain, Dr. Edgar Mitchell embarked on a journey into outer space that resulted in becoming the sixth man to walk on the moon. The Apollo 14 mission was NASA's third manned lunar landing.

This historic journey ended safely nine days later on February 9, 1971. It was an audacious time in the history of mankind. For Mitchell, however, the most extraordinary journey was yet to come.

As he hurtled earthward through the abyss between the two worlds, Mitchell became engulfed by a profound sensation "a sense of universal connectedness." He intuitively sensed that his presence, that of his fellow astronauts, and that of the planet in the window were all part of a deliberate, universal process and that the glittering cosmos itself was in some way conscious. The experience was so overwhelming Mitchell knew his life would never be the same.

Scientist, test pilot, naval officer, astronaut, entrepreneur, author and lecturer, Dr. Mitchell's extraordinary career personifies humankind's eternal thrust to widen its horizons as well as its inner soul.

His academic background includes a BS in Industrial Management from Carnegie Mellon University, a BS from the U.S. Naval Academy, and a Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT.

Dr. Mitchell has received many awards and honors including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the USN Distinguished Medal and three NASA Group Achievement Awards. He was inducted to the Space Hall of Fame in 1979 and the Astronaut Hall of Fame in 1998.

After retiring from the Navy in 1972, Dr. Mitchell founded the Institute of Noetic Sciences to foster research into the nature of consciousness.

He is the author of Psychic Exploration, and The Way of the Explorer , the subject of today's discussion with Virato.

Dr. Mitchell has devoted the last 35 years to studying human consciousness and psychic and paranormal phenomena in search of a common ground between science and spirit.

A side note: Living in Roswell, New Mexico when the "famous" UFO was to have crashed near his ranch when he was 13, soon after he began flying aircraft. Coincidence or....

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Saturday, February 23
10:06 AM-10:50 PM EST

Jai Ma!

with
Om Kailash

Today Virato chats with Om Kailash, a man who worked for many years as a professor and scholar of communication studies (as Kurt A. Bruder, Ph.D.), exploring the relationship between our everyday interaction and our sense of self. He ventured beyond the usual sources and methods of conventional social science, consulting the world's wisdom traditions and their procedures for transforming the practitioner's relationship to ego.

He says, "By the grace of my guru, Bhagavan Das, I now share some things that I've learned on my journey by participating in kirtans (interactive devotional chanting events) and conducting workshops on spiritually-relevant themes.

Kailash's latest book and CD combo is called Following Sound into Silence: Chanting Your Way Beyond Ego into Bliss, the subject of today's dialogue.

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Saturday, February 23
10:52 AM-11 AM EST

with
Dr. Jane Smolnik

This week: Getting Clear

Saturday, February 23
11:06 AM-11 PM EST

Barbara Marx Hubbard

Today Virato chats with noted author, futurist, citizen diplomat, and social architect Barbara Marx Hubbard

Dr. Hubbard is at the forefront of an emergent 'post-conventional' worldview - - a quantum change comparable to the Renaissance and the Enlightenment periods - - that is unleashing evolutionary forces embodying creativity, deepening spirituality, and environmental systems awareness. Hubbard calls this worldview 'Conscious Evolution', and unlike futurists' usually grandiose visions, is actually codifying it into a cohesive social potential movement.

President of the Foundation for Conscious Evolution Hubbard co-founded several major organizations including the World Future Society the Society For The Universal Human, and the Global Association for New Thought.

In 1984 her name was placed in nomination for Vice President of the United States (along with Geraldine Ferraro) on the Democratic ticket, proposing an Office for the Future and a �Peace Room� in the White House to scan for, map, connect, and communicate what is working in the United States and the world. She has developed a plan for the Transformation of the American Presidency that came out of this experience.

Dr. Hubbard�s books include Conscious Evolution: Awakening the Power of Our Social Potential; Emergence: The Shift from Ego to Essence; The Evolutionary Journey: Your Guide to a Positive Future; The Hunger of Eve: One Woman�s Odyssey toward the Future; Revelation: Message of Hope for a New Humanity, and Our Crisis is a Birth.

Many people regard her as an heir to Buckminster Fuller; who once said she is "the best informed human now alive regarding Futurism"

Hubbard hosted the PBS special Potentials: Envisioning The New Millennium, a stunning television series which featured Gene Roddenberry, Timothy Leary, Buckminster Fuller, Toni and John Lilly, Jerry Pournelle, and Ray Bradbury as guests and she is currently producing a seven part documentary series entitled Humanity Ascending: A New Way through Together. This transformational series presents vital elements to awaken the codes for our own conscious evolution and offers direction, meaning and a vision toward our birth as a new humanity.

She appears on many television and radio interviews and speaks internationally before audiences as wide ranging as NASA to the Inner city of Los Angeles. Space migration, life extension, and macro-political models are just some of the projects Hubbard has promoted over her more than thirty years of advocacy.

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Saturday, February 23
12:06 PM-1 PM EST

Most everyone dreams of a better life. All the things you�ve ever wanted --happiness, loving relationships, well-being, abundance, and peace of mind -- are qualities of enlightenment, a way of embracing our fullest potential that seemed unavailable, until now. Blending centuries-old insight from a Tibetan spiritual leader with contemporary wisdom from a bold and innovative non-Buddhist, they suggest that people can bypass the limitations of modern life and achieve lasting peace. There might not be a shortcut to your dreams, but how about ...a Backdoor!

Today, Virato chats with Tibetan monk Za Rinpoche and writer Ashley Nebelsieck about their new book, Backdoor to Enlightenment.

Za Rinpoche was recognized by the Dalai Lama as the sixth reincarnation of the ZaChoeje Rinpoche. In 1998, he led the Mystical Arts of Tibet Cultural Tour to sixty cities across the United States, and lectured at thirty universities. Ashley Nebelsieck is a writer and explorer who travels the world checking out sacred sites--from the Vatican, to the pyramids at Giza, to Callenish in the Outer Hebrides, to Angkor Wat in Cambodia, and countless others.

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Saturday, March 1
10:06 PM-10:50 AM EST

There's a lot of talk about Global Warming, and other serious environmental concerns, but not much is being implemented on the local level. One organization stands out in this regard. Today Virato discusses Bioneers a nonprofit organization dedicated to disseminating practical and visionary solutions for restoring Earth�s imperiled ecosystems and healing our human communities.

Virato speaks with Kenny Ausubel an award-winning social entrepreneur, author, journalist and filmmaker. He is the founder and CEO of Bioneers, a nationally and internationally recognized and active not-for-profit organization dedicated to disseminating practical and visionary solutions for restoring Earth�s imperiled ecosystems and our human communities. He launched the annual Bioneers Conference in 1990 with co-founder Nina Simons, his business partner and wife, who is President of Bioneers. The conference attracts well over 3,000 people each year in San Rafael, California, and is beamed live by satellite to about 20 localized Bioneers conferences across the US to another 10,000 attendees.

Since 2004 he has executive produced and co-written the award-winning national and international radio series Bioneers: Revolution from the Heart of Nature. He consults with third-party filmmakers, including acting as a central advisor to Leonardo DiCaprio�s 2007 feature documentary The 11th Hour, in which Ausubel also appears.

Ausubel also co-founded the national company Seeds of Change in 1989 and served as CEO until 1994 to restore �backyard biodiversity� into the food web through marketing organic, biodiverse heirloom seeds to gardeners. Previously he produced several documentary films about alternative medicine including the award-winning feature documentary film Hoxsey: How Healing Becomes a Crime about the medical politics surrounding the suppression of promising unconventional cancer therapies.

Ausubel attended Yale University, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Columbia University in 1972. He lives in the mountains outside Santa Fe, New Mexico with Nina and their two dogs.

Also on today's program will be Dorisse, a Bioneer member now living in Asheville and looking to start a Bioneer group in Asheville.

Bioneers offers pragmatic solutions that honor the living web of the natural world as the most fertile source of inspiration and models. It's all alive.

The Bioneers span all fields, cultures, ages and walks of life. The work ranges from science to spirit - local to global - academia to the grass roots - farm to city - business to public service - art to engineering. They celebrate the gift of life in all its diversity and mystery, conjuring a change of heart to renew our empathic connection with the web of life and the Earth, our home. It's all relatives.

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Saturday, March 1
10:52 PM-11 AM EST

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Saturday, March 1
11:06 PM-Noon EST

with
Marci Shimoff

Today Virato speaks with NY Times best-selling author, Marci Shimoff with 6 best-sellers in the Chicken Soup for the Soul, series, selling more than 13 million copies worldwide in 33 languages, and have been on the New York Times bestseller list for a total of 108 weeks. She�s also a featured teacher in the international film and book phenomenon, The Secret.

Shimoff is a top-rated trainer for numerous Fortune 500 companies, including AT&T, General Motors, Sears, Kaiser Permanente, and Bristol-Myers Squibb.

As an acclaimed authority on success and happiness, she is often approached by media for her insights and advice. She has been on more than 500 national and regional television and radio shows and has been interviewed for over 100 newspaper articles nationwide. Her writing has appeared in national women's magazines, including Ladies Home Journal and Woman's World.

Marci earned her MBA from UCLA and is a founding member of the Transformational Leadership Council, a group of 100 top leaders serving over ten million people in the self-development market.

Through her books and her presentations, Marci's message has touched the hearts and rekindled the spirits of millions of people throughout the world. She is dedicated to fulfilling her life�s purpose of helping people live more empowered and joy-filled lives.

Marci Shimoff's new book, Happy for No Reason: 7 Steps to Being Happy from the Inside Out, offers a revolutionary approach to experiencing deep and lasting happiness. It is the basis of today's discussion

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Saturday, March 1
12:06 PM-1 PM EST

Casey Blood, Ph.D.

Virato dialogues with Casey Blood who received his Ph.D. in physics from Case Western Reserve and served as a research assistant at Brookhaven National Laboratory. He was Associate Professor of Physics at Rutgers University, from which he retired after 20 years in 2000; retaining the title of Professor Emeritus of Physics.

Dr. Blood has had a lifelong interest in religion, has participated in Native American rituals for many years, and has studied and practiced Tibetan Buddhism and Sufism.

He is the author of a new book, The Way from Science to Soul: Integrating Physics, the Brain & the Spiritual Journey

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Saturday, March 8
10:06 PM-10:50 AM EST

with
Bruce Stewart

Virato chats with Bruce Stewart, an independent consultant with 30 years of experience in what he says is, "helping people reposition themselves and make sound decisions."

After earning a degree in psychology, Stewart set up one of the first Biofeedback clinics in the country, teaching self-control and mind-body coordination.

He has his master�s in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and studied extensively with the co-developers of this advanced communication field. He served on the faculty at Loyola University, Southeastern University, and the University of California in Santa Cruz.

In 2005, Bruce�s book, Your Way Home -The Psychology of Place Inside and Out was published. This book explores the impact that our surroundings have upon our psychology

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Saturday, March 8
10:52 PM-11 AM EST

with
Dr. Jane Smolnik

Saturday, March 8
11:06 AM-Noon EST

Virato chats with author John Chambers about the spirit world of Victor Hugo. Chambers has a Master of Arts in English from the University of Toronto and spent three years at the University of Paris. His previous translations include Phase One: C. E. Q. Manifesto, in Quebec: Only the Beginning. He has been a full-time English instructor at Dawson College, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and assistant editor at McGraw-Hill Publishing and managing editor at International Thomson Publishing, both in New York City. He has published numerous articles on subjects ranging from ocean shipping to mall sprawl to alien abduction, and is the author of Conversations with Eternity: The Forgotten Masterpiece of Victor Hugo (1998). Seven of his essays appeared in Forbidden Religion: Suppressed Heresies of the West, published by Inner Traditions in November 2006. He is the director of New Paradigm Books Publishing Company and lives in Boca Raton, Florida, with his wife Judy.

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Saturday, March 8
12:06 PM-1 PM EST

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi & Swami Nostradamus Virato

Virato was supposed to chat with Susan Shumsky about her work and her life with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who recently left his body. However, we were not able to reach her by phone, so Virato did an impromptu show on meditation, and Susan called in during the last 10 minutes of the show

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Saturday, March 15
10:06 PM-10:50 AM EST

Yogi Amrit Desai

Today, Virato chats with Gurudev Shri Amritji (Yogi Amrit Desai), an internationally recognized authority on yoga. Widely acknowledged for carrying the authentic voice of yoga to the world, he has been honored both in the U.S. and abroad. Some of his distinguished titles include Doctor of Yoga, Jagadacharya (Universal Teacher), and the rare Vishwa Yoga Ratna, awarded by the President of India.

Yogi Desai began teaching yoga in 1960t. Following a profound life-transforming Kundalini awakening, he developed a methodology that altered the popular notion of yoga as a physical discipline and reintroduced a spiritual dimension to the practice of Hatha Yoga. He named this approach Kripalu Yoga: Meditation in Motion, in honor of his guru, Swami Kripalvanandji.

The yoga society Yogi Desai founded eventually grew to become the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, one of the largest centers of its kind in America.

Yogi Desai continues to develop and teach his innovative approach in the form of Amrit Yoga. His books include Kripalu Yoga: Book I and II, A Yogic Perspective on the 12 Steps and Amrit Yoga. As well, his chanting has been captured on Ecstatic Chanting, a CD of high energy chants.

Yogi Desai's teachings contain a powerful experiential component that creates profound shifts for those who are ready, receptive and open. He has integrated ancient wisdom into an impactful, practical methodology for dealing with the challenges of modern life.

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Saturday, March 15
10:52 PM-11 AM EST

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Saturday, March 15
11:06 AM-Noon EST

Leonard Orr

Virato chats with Leonard Orr, founder of Rebirthing. Here's what biographer Pola Churchill has written about this man: "Who the hell is Leonard Orr? Is he still alive? Didn't he disappear to India, and live in a cave with all those immortal yogis he was studying? What concoction of revolutionary ideas has he come up with this time?

Isn't he the guru that made his first million dollars selling air? Wasn't he the one that used to give prosperity seminars in the seventies, and wear dollar notes pinned to his jumper, and people would line up to pay him $100 bills ? Oh yes, I remember him, I went to one of his seminars that he was leading, he picked his nose and then he fell asleep in the middle of the lecture! Where is he now?"'

These are some questions and comments people asked me about Leonard Orr when I began doing research on this man.. Leonard exudes an unusual mixture of being so ordinary and down to earth, yet so mystical and profound. Just being in his presence is healing and cathartic.

Let me tell you a little bit about this man. Leonard was a born again Christian, and majored in Bible and philosophy in college. His books are are considered revolutionary and very transformational, and they cover topics on health and rebirthing, healing, philosophy, psychology, business, prosperity and consciousness, physical immortality, and government without taxes, and democracy. They are published in over ten languages."

...and that's what Polo Churchill says about him.

A legend in his time, Leonard Orr has traveled the world ten times delivering his lectures. Over 20 million people have experienced his rebirthing breathing techniques directly or indirectly. He is considered an eccentric mystic by many, as well as a guru and avatar by others.

About rebirthing: While it is still banned in North Carolina and Colorado, the process is safe, gentle and powerful breathing technique that not only releases birth trauma, but clears the conscious and subconscious, emotional, physical and negative beliefs out of your body on a cellular level. It also dates back to ancient India where it is called pranayama

Said to reverse the aging process, Rebirthing practitioners also say that in the breathing process you experience increased divine energy, more clarity, better health, and an overall sense of well being and happiness.

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Saturday, March 15
12:06 PM-1 PM EST

with
Jonathan Goldman

Virato interviews Jonathan Goldman an authority on sound healing, and a pioneer in the field of harmonics. Goldman is the author of Healing Sounds: The Power of Harmonics; Shifting Frequencies; The Lost Chord; and Tantra of Sound which he co-authored with his wife Andi.

He has studied with masters of sound from both the scientific and spiritual traditions, including the Dalai Lama's Chanting Gyuto and Gyume Monks and has been empowered by the Chant Master of the Drepung Loseling Monastery to teach Tibetan Overtone Chanting. Jonathan holds a Master's Degree in the Study on Sound Healing from Lesley College, and he is a lecturing member of the International Society for Music and Medicine.

Goldman is the director of the Sound Healers Association; the original organization dedicated to the education and awareness of sound and music for healing. He is also president of Spirit Music, which produces music for meditation, relaxation and self-transformation.

An internationally acknowledge Master Teacher, Jonathan facilitates healing sounds seminars at universities, hospitals, holistic health centers and expos throughout the United States and Europe. He has appeared on national television and radio, including Coast to Coast AM and has been featured in USA Today and The New York Times. His annual Healing Sounds Intensive attracts participants from throughout the world.

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Saturday, March 22
10:06 PM-10:50 AM EST

openforum

You are invited to call in and share with our audience. What about Chemtrails in our skies? Why are there 3 to 1, women to men involved in the consciousness movement? What do you wish for? What should we be aware of in Asheville? What and who should we have on the show?

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K. Sridhar

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Saturday, March 22
10:52 PM-11 AM EST

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with
Dr. Jane Smolnik

Today: How to Manage Your Attention
and the Power of Focus !

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Saturday, March 22
11:06 AM-Noon EST

Scott Kalechstein

Virato chats with Scott Kalechstein, an inspirational speaker who sometimes breaks out into song during his talks and workshops. He is also an inspirational singer who has been known to break out into speaking in between songs. Scott travels near and far, comforting the disturbed and disturbing the comfortable.

A pioneer in the field of intuitive song, Scott is known for his unique ability to spontaneously create songs for individuals or groups, about any topic presented. His "Song Portraits" are a unique display of creativity, and always leave people deeply touched, delighted and amazed by such an in-the-moment creation.

He has performed at the talks and workshops of popular authors and seminar leaders, such as Deepak Chopra, Marianne Williamson, Alan Cohen, Jack Canfield, Dr. John Gray, Dr. Bernie Siegel, and Barbara DeAngelis. Scott also conducts a variety of workshops of his own.

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Saturday, March 22
12:06 PM-1 PM EST

with
Nanci Danison

Today Virato chats with Nanci Danison, a business lawyer in practice for 30 years. Danison graduated from Morris Harvey College with a BA in Psychology and a BS in Biology, and a Doctorate in law from The Ohio State University College of Law.

She continues to practice law, but now also writes books detailing her memories of a beyond-death experience in March 1994. After that experience, Danison left the security of a law firm and went solo, earned her private pilot's license, and became a licensed private detective.

Her beyond death experience provided her with the unique opportunity to view human life from the perspective of one who has transformed into a "being of light," like the beings of light other near-death experiencers encounter.

Danison says she learned how to consciously manifest reality, hold multiple, simultaneous levels of self-awareness, and access Universal Knowledge on a wide variety of subjects.

She claims she recognizes and experiences unconditional love, and utilizes many other abilities natural to us all in our spiritual state. Danison used access to Universal Knowledge to view the history of planet Earth and how religion developed and has been woven into the fabric of human evolution.

Just at the moment when she was to merge fully and finally into the what she call Source or God, she says she was told to return to her body in order to bring back messages of hope and love, which are contained in her books and CDs. An extensive summary of Nanci Danison's beyond death experience appears on NDE Research Foundation.

Her new book Backwards (Virato says it is one of the books he receives that really impressed him and had an impact on him) is the subject of today's discussion.

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Saturday, March 29
10:06 AM-10:50 EDT

Oprah Winfrey reaches over 350 million people weekly via her television show.

Now Oprah says, "Are You Ready to Be Awakened" and she and Eckhart Tolle, author of the best-selling book, The Power of Now, present A New Earth in Oprah's worldwide classroom live Monday nights.

Asheville's Center for Creative Living is presenting this forum live in their center, on their center's movie screen Monday nights, 9-11 PM.

You may ask Oprah and Tolle questions before and during class as well as connecting with others who are seeking to become more aware of themselves�and the world around them.

Today Virato chats with John and Barbara Waterhouse, directors of Asheville's Center for Creative Living about this phenomenon, and how consciousness expansion is now happening at cosmic speeds. You are cordially invited to share your thoughts on the air.

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Saturday, March 29
10:52 AM-11AM EDT

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Saturday, March 29
11:06 AM-Noon EDT

with
Zacciah Blackburn

Virato chats with Zacciah Blackburn, an intuitive teacher, and sound healer, trained in classical healing and shamanic traditions, and sacred sound cultures. He teaches internationally, and practices in Vermont, at the Center of Light Institute of Sound Healing and Shamanic Studies.

Zacciah uses sound coupled with sacred intention as a therapeutic tool, in mystical settings, for personal healing and transformation. He is Director of Education at the Sound Healing Network, an international community of sound healers, & co-founder & Director of the World Sound Healing Organization, and the All One Now network of organizations working for global peace

Saturday, March 29
12:06 PM-1 PM EDT

with
Stephen Redding

Crushed by a tractor., struck by lightning twice, frozen in a blizzard, and stung 150 times by killer bees, If it's true a cat has nine lives, Stephen Redding could boast of living more lives than your average feline. From the age of four, when he was crushed by a tractor, until the second time he was struck by lightning, on through to the time he was attacked by a swarm of yellow jackets, Stephen's had his share of wild, weird and otherworldly experiences. Through it all, he's formed an optimistic and unique regard for this world and the others he has visited.

Stephen believes he was brought back to life after so many death-defying experiences for a reason--and his refreshing outlook will not only have you cheering, but will leave you breathless and inspired.

Today Virato chats with this man and discusses his new book, Something More, and the visitations he's received from otherworldly creatures sent to help him through crises.

Saturday, April 5
10:06 AM-10:50 AM EDT

Mario Rogers

Time to put your mind on the shelf again today as Virato chats with Mario Rogers who lives in Lake Lure, NC.
Rogers says he is visited by many entities (he claims there are several "species.") who, he goes on to say, enter into this third dimension through light (such as laser beams or a common flashlight).

Rogers does not seek notoriety or fame, and has no books, website, or mention on the Internet, and no public contact.

I visited him at unique and majestic home on Thursday, afternoon, April 3, where he showed Dhiraja and I his many photos, as well as an orgone generator on his specially designed property.

He discussed the sacred geometry of his house and property, and went on to tell us that in addition to entities, he also has received "in-the-body" visits from astrophysicists, Harvard researchers, and even MUFON.

He may or may not be on the program today. Interesting, huh?

Saturday, April 5
10:52 AM-11 AM EST

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with
Dr. Jane Smolnik
Today: Mysteries of the Soul

Saturday, April 5
11:06 AM-Noon EST

Today Virato asks you to suspend all judgment and so-called rational mind process for one hour, as he chats with "Allen Michael" and other members of the One World Family Commune.
Remember, Virato's motto is not to believe, but simply to experience.

"Allen Michael." aka Allen Noonan, claims to be an incarnate spiritual master from Galactica, and a God-conscious soul dedicated to serving humanity.

His says his purpose is to fulfill the role of the New World Comforter (St. John 14, 15 & 16), and be the channel of the prophesied Everlasting Gospel (Rev. 14:1-6).

Noonan further says he is a cosmic adept with advanced ESP-PSI telepathic organs of perception being able to balance the negative energies of this planet�s aura.

He says he has been a direct channel of the Universal Mind since he experienced a cosmic initiation in 1947. The experience that transformed Allen Noonan, as he was then known, took place in Long Beach, California, where he was a pictorial sign painter.

While painting an outdoor signboard, Noonan says he was suddenly enveloped in a bright light, and found himself (the entity in the body, not the body itself) transported up into what he later realized was a "Galactic Mothership". Upon materializing onboard the spaceship, he says he appeared before a great Light. And a Voice spoke to him out of the Light, telling him that he was chosen to be the messenger who would fulfill the role of being the New World Comforter and channel of the prophesied Everlasting Gospel.

He was given the name "Allen Michael," and he accepted the mission, and from that point onward he says he has been in direct telepathic contact with the Universal Mind of ETI - Extra Territorial Intelligence - channeling the energies of the Spirit of Truth through the spoken and written word, as well as in deeds done that will bring this world up to and through our planetary cosmic initiation into the long awaited Kingdom of God.

In 1967, "Allen Michael" moved to San Francisco where, with a small group of people, he founded the One World Family Commune. There, on Haight street, they opened the Here and Now natural food restaurant - the first of 8 communally owned and operated natural food restaurants. In all of these projects, all of us served freely, with no one drawing wages or taking profits from the income.

In 1973, "Allen Michael" founded the Universal Industrial Church of the New World Comforter, based on the teachings of �Holding all things common and making distribution according to need� as brought forth in the book of Acts, chapter 4, verses 32-35, taught by Jesus, who Allen Michael" claims is another space messenger.

Through the years, "Allen Michael" has been a speaker at numerous public events and rallies and has been on hundreds of radio and television shows all across the country .He is presently featured on the �Galactic Messenger� television show, and continues to channel the Everlasting Gospel every day.

"Allen Michael" is in his 92nd year ...at least his body is!

See: http://www.galacticmessenger.com/gblog43

Saturday, April 5
12:06 PM-1 PM EST

with
William Lewis

Today Virato chats with award winning independent filmmaker William Lewis. In 2000, Lewis founded the politically outspoken policestate21.com. His ongoing concern for the loss of our civil liberties at the hands of an out-of-control government prompted him to take his love of film and music to a more "political" level, creating Bridge Stone Media Group, a motion picture production company that is committed to producing films that expose high profile criminal transgressions (government corruption) and lift the veil of secrecy surrounding international misconceptions (cover-ups). Lewis has written and directed five documentaries to this end; 911 In Plane Site, the award winning Beyond Treason, One Nation Under Siege, 911 Ripple Effect, and his most recent, Washington, You're Fired!

His quest for bringing these important issues into the American mainstream prompted Lewis is to found Take Back Washington, a movement to peacefully, and through education, bring the politics of Washington DC back into line with our country�s founding documents.

Saturday, April 12
10:06 PM-10:50 AM EST

Swami Beyondananda

Today Virato jests with Steve Bhaerman internationally-known author, humorist, and workshop leader. For the past two decades he has written and performed as Swami Beyondananda, the �Cosmic Comic.� Swami�s comedy has been called �irreverently uplifting� and has been described both as �comedy disguised as wisdom� and �wisdom disguised as comedy.�

As the Swami, Steve is the author of three books, Driving Your Own Karma, When You See a Sacred Cow, Milk It For All It�s Worth, and Duck Soup for the Soul. Swami�s nationally-syndicated spoof advice column, Ask the Swami, has been read by millions, and his recent State of the Universe Address was reprinted in publications as diverse as Funny Times and Magical Blend Magazine.

Swami�s latest mission is to revitalize the body politic by turning spiritual �devotees� into political �votees.� He has founded the Right to Laugh Party (�one big party, everyone is invited�) and launched the Citizens for Precedent Campaign (�let�s choose a new �precedent� � government of the people, by the people and for the people where the government does our bidding, not the bidding of the highest bidder � and a new President will surely follow�).

Swami�s alter ego, Steve Bhaerman, has had a varied career as teacher, author, and workshop leader. A graduate of Brooklyn College and Antioch-Putney Graduate School of Education, he was the co-founder of an alternative high school in Washington, D.C. when he was in his early twenties, and co-authored a book on his experiences, No Particular Place to Go: Making of a Free High School (Simon & Schuster, 1972).

In 1980, Steve co-founded Pathways Magazine in Ann Arbor, one of the first publications bringing together holistic health, personal growth, spirituality, politics and community. The Swami was a regular comedy feature in Pathways, and helped launch Steve�s career as the cosmic comic Swami. For the past 18 years, Steve has designed and led workshops on Comedy as a Healing Art, and has presented at numerous educational, psychological, spiritual and business groups. He currently resides in Santa Rosa, California with his wife Trudy Lite.

Saturday, April 12
10:52 AM-11 AM EST

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Saturday, April 12
11:06 AM-Noon EDT

The "Freegan" Lifestyle

Today Virato chats with members of the Freegans--people who employ alternative strategies for living based on limited participation in the conventional economy and minimal consumption of resources. They embrace community, generosity, social concern, freedom, cooperation, and sharing in opposition to a society based on materialism, moral apathy, competition, conformity, and greed.
After years of trying to boycott products from unethical corporations responsible for human rights violations, environmental destruction, and animal abuse, many of them found that no matter what they bought they ended up supporting something deplorable. They came to realize that the problem isn't just a few bad corporations but the entire system itself.

Freeganism is a total boycott of an economic system, where the profit motive has eclipsed ethical considerations and where massively complex systems of production ensure that all the products they buy will have detrimental impacts most of which we may never even consider. Thus, instead of avoiding the purchase of products from one bad company only to support another, they simply avoid buying anything to the greatest degree they are able.

The word "freegan" is a composite of "free" and "vegan". Vegans are people who avoid products from animal sources or products tested on animals in an effort to avoid harming our fellow planet creatures.

Freegans take this a step further by recognizing that in a complex, industrial, mass-production economy driven by profit, abuses of humans, animals, and the earth abound at all levels of production (from acquisition to raw materials to production to transportation) and in just about every product people buy. Sweatshop labor, rainforest destruction, global warming, displacement of indigenous communities, air and water pollution, eradication of wildlife on farmland as "pests," the violent overthrow of popularly elected governments to maintain puppet dictators compliant to big business interests, open-pit strip mining, oil drilling in environmentally sensitive areas, union busting, child slavery, and payoffs to repressive regimes, are just some of the many impacts of the seemingly innocuous consumer products we consume every day.

Freegans employ a range of strategies for practical living based on our principles

Saturday, April 12
12:06 PM-1 PM EDT

Dr. Will Tuttle

Today Virato chats with Dr. Will Tuttle, an award-winning speaker, educator, author, and musician. Tuttle's music, writings, and presentations have touched countless hearts, minds and lives. He is the author of The World Peace Diet that has been called the most important book of the 21st century: the foundation of a new society based on the truth of the interconnectedness of all life.
Dr. Tuttle is currently giving a series of lecture presentations around North America on The World Peace Diet. He appears at conferences, retreats, and progressive churches and centers throughout North America.

A former Zen monk with a Ph.D. in education from University of California., Berkeley, he has worked extensively in intuition development, spiritual healing, meditation, music, creativity, vegan living, and cultural evolution.

In churches, he typically presents the morning Special Music, Meditation, and/or Message and later gives an educational seminar on developing intuition, as well as a concert, Piano Passion. These generate powerful energy for personal and planetary awakening.

He has also produced three CDs, Ascension: A Journey Beyond; Island of Light; Animal Songs; The Call; Ocean Prayer; and Sky High.

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Saturday, April 19
10:06 AM-10:50 AM EDT

open forum

Virato's co-host for this hour is Kettle from England

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Saturday, April 19
10:52 AM-11 AM EDT

a glimpse into deeper realms of healing
with
Dr. Jane Smolnik
Today: Masculine & Feminine

Saturday, April 19
11:06 AM-Noon EDT

Norio Kushi

Today Virato chats with Norio Kushi who says, "We already have everything we could ever want. The only thing that prevents us from experiencing this complete fulfillment is our idea of a self. He says it is the single root cause of all human suffering.

The son of Michio Kushi of macrobiotic fame, Norio Kushi is his own person. Throughout his life, he has followed his passion for wheels. He bicycled 90 miles a day as a child, drove a taxi in Boston, started a bus company in Vermont, and pursued a career driving a big rig throughout North America. While driving his truck, Norio stopped thinking for more than two weeks. Through this experience, he realized that the "self" we think we are does not exist. The "self" exists only in our minds. By recognizing the illusion of the self, Kushi awakened to complete peace and unconditional love, a state that is accessible to us all. He now welcomes the opportunity to share his insights into the human condition.

Saturday, April 19
12:06 PM-1 PM EDT

Debbie Ford

Virato chats with Debbie Ford, New York Times #1 bestselling author, internationally acclaimed workshop leader in the evolution of human consciousness.
Her work is based on the core belief that outer transformation occurs only when we experience an internal shift in perception.

Ford's books and programs have sold more than 1,000,000 copies, and have been translated into some thirty-two languages. Beginning with the publication of The Dark Side of the Light Chasers, her five books include Spiritual Divorce, The Secret of the Shadow, The Right Questions, The Best Year of Your Life: Dream It, Plan It, Live It. and her most recent title, Why Good People Do Bad Things, the subject of today's discussion.

She has also produced several audio books, including The Answers Are Within You, In 2000 Ford founded the Ford Institute for Integrative Coaching at John F. Kennedy University.
With a degree in psychology and an emphasis in consciousness studies from JFK University, Ford has co-taught with Deepak Chopra, M.D., and David Simon, M.D., of the Chopra Center for Wellbeing, Neale Donald Walsch, Jeremiah Abrams, Ph.D., and other acclaimed teachers, and she also appears in The Moses Code.
She has been featured on Oprah, Good Morning America, and recently as the expert coach on ABC's Ex-Wives' Club. Debbie hosts a weekly radio program on Hay House Radio and recently launched an interactive website --

Saturday, April 26
10:06 AM-10:50 AM EDT

with
Jimmy Sexton

Today Virato chats with Jimmy Sexton, self-proclaimed 'joyist', and founder of Thrive!, a new health experience combining wisdom of the East with today's leading New Thought paradigms. After 10 years of combined college and training, Sexton obtained a Masters Degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine from Yo San University in Santa Monica, CA, that included a clinical internship at various hospitals and clinics in and around Shanghai, China.

A nationally licensed acupuncturist and Chinese herbologist, he has over 25 years of training in various internal and external forms of martial arts and chi gong (including the ancient 8 Treasures system) and is a certified instructor in the powerful, Hua Shan Pi style of Qi Gong. Sexton has operated clinics in Atlanta, GA, Destin, FL and Franklin, NC, and currently resides and practices in Asheville, NC and Franklin.

In addition to Thrive!, he is working on a documentary film and writing his first book about simply having more fun in life! Sexton is an experienced public speaker and has addressed professional and spiritual organizations and is developing a seminar and retreat program based on living a happier life.

Saturday, April 26
10:52 AM-11 AM EDT

A bi-weekly special feature about emotional clearing, soul retrieval and inner peace with Radavie. Today: Pathway of Service

Saturday, April 26
11:06 AM-Noon EDT

with
Dan Millman

Virato dialogues with Dan Millman, former world champion athlete, university coach, martial arts instructor, and professor at Oberlin College . His best-selling books, including The Journeys of Socrates, Way of the Peaceful Warrior, and The Life You Were Born to Live have inspired millions of readers in 29 languages.
Dan's keynote addresses, seminars, and trainings world-wide have influenced people from all walks of life and all ages, including leaders in the fields of health, psychology, education, business, politics, sports, entertainment, new paradigm thinking and the arts.

Dan and his wife Joy live in northern California. He has three grown daughters and two grandsons.

In 2006, Way of the Peaceful Warrior was adapted into a feature film called "Peaceful Warrior" staring Nick Nolte.

Saturday, April 26
12:06 PM-1 PM EDT

Raymond Francis says

Today, Virato chats with Raymond Francis, chairman and CEO of Beyond Health Corporation on the cutting-edge of health technology. He has addressed health conferences in the U.S., Germany, Switzerland, Greece, and Egypt, and is the publisher of Beyond Health News, supplying alternative health information to the public. He is also the creator of the internationally presented Beyond Health Seminar, author of the Pathways to Health newspaper columns, and the best-selling book Never Be Sick Again.

For twelve years, Francis has been the host and producer of the syndicated radio talk show Beyond Health. He was the founder and Chairman of the Beyond Health Brain Trust, an interdisciplinary group of physicians and scientists proposing innovative solutions to health problems.

In September of 2000, Raymond founded and is now president of the nonprofit, Health-e-America Foundation (HeAF). The foundation�s purpose is to end the epidemic of chronic disease in America by using revolutionary technology to teach schoolchildren the basics of good health. HeAF is the sponsor of TPED (The Project to End Disease), a growing national movement.

Raymond holds a BS in chemistry and engineering from Boston College, an M.Sc. is chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a D.Sc. in chemistry from Ashwood University.

He has served on and chaired numerous boards and committees, and is listed in standard references including: Who�s Who in the World, Who�s Who in America, Who�s Who in Finance and Industry, Who�s Who in Science and Engineering, and Who�s Who in Medicine and Healthcare. His memberships include: Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Society for Orthomolecular Health-Medicine, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Health Medicine Forum, National Health Federation, and the American Chemical Society. He is currently the president of the Northern California Chapter of Cancer Victors.

Saturday, May 3, 2008
10:06 AM-10:50 AM EDT

with
Leslie Grotenhuis

Can the placement of a mirror in your home or office bring you fortune or loss? Can the way your bed is positioned in your bedroom create good or ill health? Today we learn about the ancient art and science of Feng Shui as Virato chats with local Asheville Feng Shui practitioner, Leslie Grotenhuis.
Grotenhuis received her BA in Art and Art History from Hope College in Holland, Michigan, and after a four year stint as a production coordinator in the music industry, she began to study Feng Shui.

She received advanced certification from the American Feng Shui Institute created and directed by Master Larry Sang.one of the most influential practitioners in the teachings of Feng Shui. His talents have been utilized globally by Fortune 500 companies and governments from Asia to the United States. Dr. Sang's mission is to enlighten the western world to the benefits of Feng Shui and to clear up confusion that has been caused by people with limited knowledge of this science. In 2005 she began Asheville Feng Shui.

She currently reside with her family in the beautiful mountain town of Asheville, NC where good qi surrounds us all.

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Saturday, May 3, 2008
10:52 AM-11 AM EDT

a glimpse into deeper realms of healing
with
Dr. Jane Smolnik

Saturday, May 3, 2008
11:06 AM-Noon EDT

with
Dr. Bob Hieronimus

Today Virato chats with Robert R. Hieronimus, Ph.D. a pioneer in the "new paradigm" movement for over 40 years. In the '60s Dr. Hieriniumus travelled with numerous rock bands sharing esoterica and designing posters and album covers. Today, his highly acclaimed occult and symbolic murals include the 2,700 square foot prophetic Apocalypse at Johns Hopkins University, that led to Dr. Hieronimus being called "one of this country's best muralists."

In 1969 he founded AUM, the first state approved school of esoteric studies in the country offering certificates in the occult sciences, mystic arts and religious metaphysics.

PBS documented his leadership and contributions in 1971 with the feature, The Artist of Savitria produced by Maryland Public Television and seen nationwide. Dr. Bob�s most famous �Artcar,� the Volkswagen bus, Light (better known as �the Woodstock bus�), was photographed by Associated Press and Rolling Stone at the original Woodstock Festival, and is still seen today regularly reprinted in media all over the world. A diecast model of Hieronimus�s painted Woodstock bus will be produced by Sunstar Diecast in 2008 in recognition of Woodstock�s 40th anniversary.

In 2006, he painted his first Artcar in 20 years, transforming his Mercedes 300 SD into the Biodiesel-fueled �Founding Fathers Artcar� � the only bBiodiesel Artcar in the state of Maryland and a popular feature in regional parades.

Dr. Hieronimus received his Ph.D. from New York's Saybrook Institute in 1981. His doctoral thesis: An Historic Analysis of the Reverse of the American Great Seal and Its Relationship to the Ideology of Humanistic Psychology. His research on the Great Seal has been used in the speeches, literature, and libraries of the White House, the State Department, and the Department of Interior. His Independence Hall speech on the Great Seal's bicentennial was published in the Congressional Record, and his research was shared in a personal meeting with the late Egyptian President Anwar El-Sadat. Inner Traditions published a popular version of Dr. Hieronimus' doctoral thesis in 1989, entitled America's Secret Destiny: Spiritual Vision and the Founding of a Nation.

As a result of this book, Dr. Bob was featured on documentaries on the National Geographic, Discovery and History Channels. Secrets of the Dollar Bill has been repeated dozens of times on the History Channel.

In March 2008, his latest book was released, United Symbolism of America: Deciphering Hidden Meanings in America's Most Familiar Art, Architecture and Logos, the subject of today's conversation.

It tells of how the Statue of Liberty, the Liberty Bell, the flag, the eagle, the Great Seal, and Washington DC became American icons.

Hieronimus has been a frequent guest on radio and television talk shows across the country since 1967 sharing his research in metaphysical symbolism, the founding fathers, America's Great Seal, and other esoterica.

Over the years his work has been featured on ABC World News, The Tonight Show, PBS, The Larry King Show, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and numerous other publications.

Saturday, May 3, 2008
12:06 PM-1 PM EDT

with
Nouk Sanchez & Tomas Vierira

Australian born, Nouk Sanchez retired from a successfu Read more about the recommended resources l career in the cosmetics industry to dedicate herself to pursuing and teaching ego-release. In 1990, after being introduced to A Course in Miracles, Nouk and her small spiritual family embarked upon learning the Six Stages of the Development of Trust. Nouk says she learned how to enter the void, hold the faith and see the face of Truth. A simple and powerfully transformative, six-stage spiritual navigation guide is the culmination of her work. Tomas Vieira has a strong commitment and desire to grow with his family that led to an almost total deconstruction of his life and belief systems. Everything was turned upside down and inside out. When he finally emerged from this process he says he realized that his journey paralleled that of Nouk Sanchez in terms of the very clear stages involved in awakening. Like Nouk, he realized that there was no simple guide available to explain the process of undoing the ego and discovering Truth. As a result, he embarked on a collaboration to write Take Me To Truth: Undoing the Ego, the subject of today's discussion with Virato.

Saturday, May 10, 2008
10:06 AM-10:50 AM EDT

Alone with Virato

"Ole fashioned talk radio" with the maestro of New Paradigm talk radio Virato.
Win plenty of prizes today, (giving over $500 worth of stuff [books, dinners, cash, acupuncture, etc.] in one hour!)

Just respond to a question or make quick comment to something Virato says, and give your info to our producer, and pick up your prize at the radio station (Mon-Fri, 10AM-4PM)

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Saturday, May 10, 2008
10:52 AM-11 AM EDT

A bi-weekly special feature about emotional clearing, soul retrieval and inner peace with Radavie.

Today: Pathway of Presence

Saturday, May 10, 2008
11:06 AM-Noon EDT

with
Kenny Ausubel

In 1840, Illinois horse farmer John Hoxsey found his prize stallion with a malignant tumor on its right hock. As a Quaker, he couldn't bear shooting the animal, so he put it out to pasture to die peacefully. Three weeks later, he noticed the tumor stabilizing, and observed the animal browsing knee-deep in a corner of the pasture with a profusion of weeds, eating plants not part of its normal diet.

Within three months the tumor dried up and began to separate from the healthy tissue. The farmer retreated to the barn, where he began to experiment with these herbs revealed to him by "horse sense." He devised three formulas: an internal tonic, an herbal-mineral red paste, and a mineral-based yellow powder for external use. Within a year the horse was well, and the veterinarian became locally famous for treating animals with cancer.
The farmer's grandson John C. Hoxsey, a veterinarian in southern Illinois, was the first to try the remedies on people, and claimed positive results. His son Harry showed an early interest and began working with him at the age of eight. When John suffered an untimely accident, he bequeathed the formulas to the fifteen-year-old boy with a charge to treat poor people for free, and to minister to all races, creeds, and religions without prejudice. He asked that the treatment carry the Hoxsey name. Finally, he warned the boy against the "High Priests of Medicine" who would fight him tooth-and-nail because he was taking money out of their pockets.

By the 1950s, Hoxsey was riding what was arguably the largest alternative-medicine movement in American history. A survey by the Chicago Medical Society showed 85 percent of people still using "drugless healers."

Hoxsey's Dallas stronghold grew to be the world's largest privately owned cancer center with 12,000 annual patients and branches spreading to seventeen states. Congressmen, judges, and even some doctors ardently supported his quest for an investigation. Two federal courts upheld the therapeutic value of the treatment. Even his archenemies, the American Medical Association and the Food and Drug Administration, admitted that the therapy does cure certain forms of cancer.

Then in the late 1950's the AMA lobbied legislators on the federal and state levels, saying that Hoxesy was a quack, and on the heels of a California law criminalizing all cancer treatments except surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy, the federal government finally outlawed Hoxsey entirely in the United States in 1960 on questionable technicalities.

Today Virato chats with Kenny Ausubel, CEO of the Bioneers, and author of When Healing Becomes a Crime.

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Saturday, May 10, 2008
12:06 PM-1 PM EDT

Happy Mother's Day!

Jean Shinoda Bolen

Today, in celebration of Mother's Day, Virato chats with Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD, a true pioneer and major player in the Feminist Movement. Dr. Bolen is an internationally known Jungian analyst, author of ten books, and clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California at San Francisco, and a former board member of the Ms. Foundation for Women. Today's discussion focuses around her book, Urgent Message from Mother: Gather the Women, Save the World

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Saturday, May 17, 2008
10:06 AM-10:50 AM EDT

It's time to reconsider how we deal with money. One of the paradoxes of money is that it is increasingly just blips of information - just a measuring system that we pretend is also valuable - but it does lead to some peculiarities.
Today Virato chats with the organizers and members of the Asheville Local Exchange Trading System, LETS, and live from British Columbia, Canada, with Mike Linton creator of the LETS system, and also live from Shanghai, China, James Taris, author of Travel Without Money. A LETS advocate since 1994, Taris has compiled an international LETS directory listing 1,500 community groups in 39 countries.
The LETS system restores local economic control through the community exchange of services, resources and advice, unlike direct trade (where both parties must want what the other offers and exchange in roughly equal amounts),
LETS members exchange services for credits (called, simply, "lets" instead of "dollars") which can then be swapped for the services of any other member in the network. using a centralized record-keeping arrangement (often online) to keep track of transactions. Members earn lets" in ways they could never earn "dollars," and they can get what they need without spending cash "dollars"

Saturday, May 17, 2008
10:52 AM-11 AM EDT

a glimpse into deeper realms of healing
with
Dr. Jane Smolnik\

Saturday, May 17, 2008
11:06 AM-Noon EDT

Dr. Fred Bell

Virato chats with Dr. Fred Bell, grand nephew of Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone.

Dr. Bell's family is slightly eclectic, and some might say eccentric. For example, his father, Allan Bell, also a scientist genius brought the London Bridge from England and put it in the middle of the Arizona desert and built a city with a pond around it called Havasu City.

Because of his heritage. young Bell was propelled into science at a very early age. At age 14, he was not only working at the University of Michigan on nuclear energy projects, but was also inducted into the U.S. government's project called M. K. Ultra. This early mind control research covered such topics as past life regression, and the popular remote viewing used today by the CIA and other intelligence gathering factions worldwide.

At 16 years of age he moved on to join the U.S. Air Force. Although technically, he could not wear a uniform until his 17th birthday, he began working in the Air Force on highly classified projects, several involving early warning radar defense systems and the detection and tracking of extraterrestrial craft. He was one of the first to bring the awareness of the famed DDS Form-213 to public awareness.

When people began to exercise their freedoms to previously classified information, it was discovered that the DDS Form-213 was used in fact by the U.S. Air Force to report internally to the government of the presence of extraterrestrials and their craft. Today Bell still works on a program known as the Disclosure Project, along with Dr. Steven Greer, in de-compartmentalizing the various agencies that are working in concert with extraterrestrials.

His latest best-selling book, Rays of Truth: Crystals of Light covers these topics in-depth.

After Bell's time in the military, he worked in the aerospace industry on the military version of Star Wars, laser development, submarine and missile guidance systems, and finally the NASA Apollo missions. During this time he worked with he late Warner von Braun and Scott Crossfield, of X-15 fame.

After his NASA related work, Bell went into the private sector and consulted to over 3000 companies on topics such as computer science, biological science, medical science, environmental testing, quality control, weaponry, aircraft research, and a variety of other technical realities.

He then left this work and began studying with Himalayan Masters. During this time he became internationally known as a contactee to a Pleiadean group of extraterrestrial humanoids whom were here to help the people on earth save themselves from their own destructive tendencies. This group comes from a star system 500 light-years from earth. For this effort the Russian society of cosmonauts (astronauts), awarded Dr. Bell the distinguished scientific progress award.

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