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Loving Kindness and Active Peace
By: Dalai Lama & H.E. Tai Situpa Rinpoche
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 58 minutes
Abridged: No
Recipient of the 1989 Nobel Prize for Peace, the Dalai Lama has emerged as one of the great spiritual figures of this century. Here, in an exclusive interview with Michael Toms, he speaks of his positive impressions of Costa Rica, the purpose of religion, and his memorable meeting with Thomas Merton. Read more
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The Philosophy Of Wildness
By: Paul Shepard
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Shepard intimates that, In contrast to the modern technological world, wildness is part of our heritage. Even though suppressed, its lure is constant. He spent a lifetime exploring the wonders of the wild. He reveals the dangers of domesticating animals. He tells some great stories about bears and encourages us to recognize our kinship with all... Read more
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Resist Much, Obey Little: The Writer As Social Critic
By: Edward Abbey
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 56 minutes
Abridged: No
The environmental movement stands on the shoulders of one of the American Westโs leading advocates, the late Edward Abbey. Here he admonishes us to make a difference, โto oppose injustice, to defy the powerful, to speak for the voiceless.โ With wry humor and candor, he points to the serious environmental crises caused by โsimple greedโ and... Read more
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Sustaining the Land
By: Wes Jackson
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 56 minutes
Abridged: No
Re-connecting to the land and living in harmony with the natural environment are the twin touchstones of this eloquent advocacy of sustainable agriculture. Jackson says that only by returning to nature's roots can we see a valid way out of the fossil fuel farm, which breeds costly high technology, ecological damage and bankrupt small farmers. Read more
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Daily Bread
By: Wendell Berry
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 54 minutes
Abridged: No
This farmer, ecologist, and writer Berry speaks of enduring values, the wholeness of life, and the interdependence of all creatures (including humans). Berryโs self-discipline and ethical sense come through as he leads us from the microcosm of his Kentucky hill farm to the macrocosm of a sane and reasoned planetary vision based on personal... Read more
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Walking the Earth
By: Colin Fletcher
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
Hard-core wilderness lovers and deep ecology buffs will especially appreciate this conversation with the quintessential walker, Colin Fletcher, author of The Complete Walker III. Fletcher speaks of the joys and wonders of trekking in the real wilderness. Read more
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Morphic Resonance and the Mind
By: Rupert Sheldrake, Ph.D.
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 54 minutes
Abridged: No
Further explorations into the revolutionary "hypothesis of formative causation" put forth by British biochemist Rupert Sheldrake. Since its debut in 1981, Sheldrake's theory has sent large ripples through the scientific community, and has inspired experimental testing that so far has tended to confirm the theory Read more
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Ecotopia Revisited
By: Ernest Callenbach
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 50 minutes
Abridged: No
The creator of the visionary "ecotopian" view of the world, made famous through his classic book, Ecotopia returns with a fresh vision of an energy-efficient, ecologically responsible future society spread across Northwest America. Read more
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A New Science Of Life
By: Rupert Sheldrake, Ph.D.
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 56 minutes
Abridged: No
In the provocative concepts of morphogenetic fields and morphic resonance, we may indeed be more than the sum of our parts; we may have access to all that has gone before. Sheldrake, a biochemist, has postulated an extraordinary new theory that, if correct, could overturn our fundamental concepts about nature, brain function and consciousness. Read more
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The Dawn of the Solar Age
By: Hazel Henderson
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 56 minutes
Abridged: No
Hazel Henderson provides some penetrating insights to help light our way through the darkness. Here she speaks of the death of the old socio/political model and the rise of new ways. Read more
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The Turning Point
By: Fritjof Capra, Ph.D.
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 54 minutes
Abridged: No
A renowned physicist and author of The Tao of Physics turns his attention to the sweeping social changes brought about by what he describes as "the rising culture." As in his book The Turning Point, Dr. Capra addresses the state of the environment, modern industrial economy, and the choices individuals make in everyday life. Read more
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A World of Our Own Making
By: Daniel Ellsberg
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 1 hour 50 minutes
Abridged: No
The protagonist in the Pentagon Papers case and intrepid anti-nuclear activist brings his special brilliance and background to bear in a discussion of the political realities and choices he sees all of us facing, now and in the years to come, and ways in which we can bring about the dawning of an era in which people matter. Read more
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Space Migration, Life Extension, Cyborgs and Clones
By: Timothy Leary & Robert Anton Wilson
Narrated by: Will Noffke, Re Couture & Fabrice Florin
Length: 2 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
Timothy Leary, the psychedelic maverick and mystic, and Robert Anton Wilson, author of Cosmic Trigger and The Illuminatus Trilogy and others discuss space migration, life extension, cyborgs and clones. Read more
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