BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
X-WR-CALNAME:www.indybay.org
PRODID:-//indybay/ical// v1.0//EN
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:Indybay-18770980
SEQUENCE:18891868
CREATED:20150410T183300Z
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nAlmost all Americans fall victim to the hype, intensity, and 
 propaganda, that accompanies political panics. Mark Stein examines American 
 political panics over witches, Indians, Masons, Chinese, Socialists, 
 Latinos, Muslims, gay marriage and more.  Mark closely examines just what 
 it is that causes us as a country to overreact in the face of widespread 
 and potentially profound changes.\n\n\n\n\n\nMark also wrote the screenplay 
 for the film, Housesitter, starring Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn, and 
 Movies-of-the-Week for CBS and NBC, starring Katey Sagal, John Ritter, Teri 
 Garr, and Robert Urich. Mark Stein's plays have been produced off-Broadway 
 at the Manhattan Theatre Club, and at numerous regional theatres including 
 South Coast Repertory, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Manitoba 
 Theatre Centre, L.A.'s Fountain Theatre and the Rubicon Theatre in Ventura, 
 CA. Mark lives in Washington, D.C., where he has taught at Catholic 
 University and American University.\nSource: C-Span: Book Discussion on 
 American Panic\n\n\n\nRonald WrightSurviving Progress\nRonald Wright joins 
 Piya Chattopadhyay to discuss what can be done to respond to the pressures 
 of progress.\n\n\n\n\n"Progress can do us in, or so argues British 
 historian Wright as he embarks on a lively if meandering journey through 
 the development and demise of ancient civilizations to determine whether 
 our current one is doomed. By reading the "black boxes" left by departed 
 societies (like those of the Easter Islanders, the Sumerians and the 
 Mayans), we can learn to avoid the mistakes that led to their downfall, he 
 suggests. Many of those errors revolve around the plundering of natural 
 resources and the development of social hierarchies that allow elite groups 
 to indulge in over-consumption at the expense of the masses. Other errors 
 involve "progress traps," technologies or advances that, like weapons, are 
 initially useful but become dangerous to civilization once fully developed, 
 especially if moral and technical progress diverge. The analogy of 
 civilization as a kind a "pyramid scheme," which, like the sales scheme, 
 thrives only if it grows, is one of several imaginative mnemonic devices 
 Wright uses to round out his argument. Today's culprit, he declares, is 
 "market extremism," which has "cross-bred with evangelical messianism to 
 fight intelligent policy on metaphysical grounds." This laissez-faire 
 capitalism, he reasons, will spell the end of the planet, and our 
 civilization, if it is not controlled. Wright crafts an entertaining tale 
 of eras gone by, incorporating relevant facts on subjects as diverse as the 
 lifestyles of early hominids and recent patterns of climate change, and 
 demonstrating the holistic importance of natural resources to a society. 
 And if he never specifies exactly what the proper choices for modern 
 civilization are, or how they will bring deliverance from the coming storm, 
 his book will nonetheless convince readers that we are at a crossroads 
 where the right choices can still be made." ~ Publishers Weekly\nSource: 
 YouTube: Ronald Wright: Proving Nature Wrong\n\n\nDownload or Play American 
 Panic Part 1Download or Play American Panic Part 2Download or Play 
 Surviving Progress Part 1Download or Play Surviving Progress Part 
 2\n\nMusic includes XTC - Melt The Guns, Metric - Succexy, Wildman - Like A 
 Wave, Capitol Steps - It Wasn't Bill, Izzy Smart - Anti-Austerity Protest 
 Song, Capitol Steps - But We Only Have McCain, Crosby / Stills / Nash & 
 Young - Ohio, Terry Gangstad - National Institute of the Blonde, Steve 
 Angrisano - Go Make a Difference, The Specials - Nelson Mandela, Donovan - 
 Universal Soldier, Odetta - Don't Think Twice It's Alright, Gil Scott-Heron 
 - Lady Day and John Coltrane, Hair - Good Morning Starshine, Monty Python - 
 Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life, Philip Glass - Powaqqatsi, The 
 Classical Duo - Vivaldi Guitar, Titanic Soundtrack - Nearer My God To 
 Thee\n\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/04/10/18770980.php
SUMMARY:Who Scares Us And Why
LOCATION:Stream or download at http://greatspeechesandinterviews.blogspot.com/ 
 \n\nBroadcast at Access Sacramento, Sundays 6-8pm PDT at KUBU 96.5 FM and 
 at http://www.live365.com/stations/accesssacramento?site=pro\n\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/04/10/18770980.php
DTSTART:20150413T010000Z
DTEND:20150413T030000Z
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR