Paradigms

The Lowell Mountain Wind Project in Vermont, pro and con, with 6 interviews including Stacy Burke, Annette Smith from Vermonters for a Clean Environment, Ira Powsner & Luke Snelling from Energize Vermont, Dorothy Schnure from Green Mountain Power and John Farrell from Energy Self-Reliant … More ...

Barbara Wynne from Occupy Portland and Maralena from Occupy Wall Street talk about their respective occupations. Jessie Spector discusses how Resource Generation assists folks from the 1% in learning how to use their resources for the common good. Music by: Ani Difranco … More ...

An audio visit to the 32nd annual Spiral Dance, “A ritual to honor our beloved dead and dance the spiral of rebirth.”  Hallowe’en has become primarily a secular holiday but its roots are in a tradition that honors the Earth, the … More ...

Starhawk on the occupations in DC and the San Francisco Bay area. Aaron Cohen, Associate Editor of Downbeat Magazine and author of the new book Aretha Franklin’s Amazing Grace. Music by: Aretha Franklin, The Rolling Stones.

Bobby Treasure from Jamaica talks about music and life and what he has been learning, and shares a new song with us Sweet Little 16. Hossam Ramzy from Egypt shares some of his inspiration, and his new CD Rock the … More ...

  Tiffany Shlain talks about her new film Connected: An Autobiography About Love, Death And Technology. Thank you tin bird choir singing We Are The Working Poor in support of the various occupations occurring in American cities.   Aaron Flinn is … More ...

Flood relief in Vermont after tropical storm Irene; Hal Colston – Vermont Commission on National and Community Service, Todd Bailey – KSE Partners LLP, June Sumner, Mary Ellen Mendel – VT 211, and Trish Shabazz – United Way. Music by: … More ...

Tony Vacca is a percussionist/spoken word artist with a global world view. His energy and talent are very alive! You will love listening to what he has to say and to his music. Recent projects: Bideew Bou Bess • Truth, A new … More ...

Lisa Sokolov is a singer, composer, and teacher. Lisa talks about Embodied Voice Work which she founded and teaches at NYU, music, and meaningful conversations with oneself. Dennis Lind-Beery will be exhibiting The Alaska On Edge Collection at The Perfect … More ...

Prophet Ashanti, a Nanny Maroon Bush Doctor talks about Jamaican roots tonic, and his recent experience with trying to get a visa to visit the US. Kenny Dunbar, a Jamaican American, talks about his Jamaican family and his experience bringing … More ...

Tree sitting comes to coal country! Two tree sitters join Paradigms this week, Squirrel and Becks, to talk about their experiences with The Ramps Campaign in West Virginia. Paradox Pollack also joins us to discuss his role as one of … More ...

PMP Band returns to Paradigms for a live show featuring music from their newest CD “Life…What A Miracle.” PMP Band is a Burlington Vermont based reggae band offering up good vibrations and loving sounds.

Susan Davis joins us to discuss policies and practices of the Canadian government in relation to First Nation people. Julie Marion, a Mi’kmaq woman, talks about what happened to Grandmother Mary Whiteduck and how the Anishinabe Council of Elders is responding. Hidden … More ...

In early June 11 2011 150 people started a 50 mile march to Blair Mountain, West Virginia. By June 11 there were over 1000 marchers, among them Roger Benham action medic, Anthropologist Harvard Ayers, Barbara Rasmussen an historian, and Mari-Lynn Evans a documentary filmmaker. … More ...

Summer solstice! Interview with Mischa in New Mexico about an Aztec tradition, and a poem by Mary Oliver. Music by: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Zac Chandler, Rodney Crowell, The Sorry Sisters, Richard Thompson, The Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Son House, … More ...