Charlie Russell sits down with Dr. Zohara to talk about his book, Spirit Bear: Encounters with the White Bear of the Western Rainforest. Russell discusses our human wildness and how we as a species have not only been separated form, but also become an intruder to nature itself. Russell also speaks on his involvement with the 1990 film Island of the Ghost Bear, and how his experience gave him the inspiration for his book.
Environmental educator Tamarack Song joins Dr. Zoh to discuss his book Entering the Mind of the Tracker: Native Practices for Developing Intuitive Consciousness and Discovering Hidden Nature. Song expands our understanding of “tracking” outside of hunting & gathering to include the unique human ability to use intuition and visioning to fulfill our needs and offers insights into how we can further develop these abilities. Song is the founder and director of Teaching Drum Outdoor School. The school offers immersion programs to assist people in a visceral reconnection with nature.
Matt Roney, research associate at the Earth Policy Institute. The Earth Policy Instititue was founded by frequent 21st Century Radio guest and “environmental visionary,” Lester R. Brown. Dr. Zoh discusses serious challenges to food security using Brown’s work in the book Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity.
Father Paul Mayer joins Dr. Zoh to discuss a new spiritual memoir, Wrestling with Angels, Interfaith Moral Action on Climate Change (IMAC), and his writings on Hurricane Sandy’s impact on the poor.
Anne Hairston-Strang joins Dr. Zoh, Associate Director of Statewide Programs at the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Servicewhy trees help keep the ecosystem in tact and the role they play in mitigating global warming.
Interview originally recorded in 2019.
Dean of transformational psychology at the University of Philosophical Research, providing online graduate-level degree programs integrating ancient and emergent contemporary wisdom and responsible planetary leadership.-Dr. Jeffrey Mishlove, Ph.D.