Paradigms

Fire & Ice Pt II with Charles Wohlforth, Author, and Dr. Erin Pettit, Glaciologist. Charles Wohlforth’s books include The Whale and the Supercomputer: On the Northern Front of Climate Change which won a Los Angeles Times Book Prize , and more recently  The Fate of Nature: Rediscovering Our Ability to Rescue the Earth .  Charles and Baruch discuss the significance of ice in forming the Ea...

Fire & Ice Pt I with guests Erik Ohlsen , Permaculture Designer, Ecologist, and Author, and Rick Halsey , Naturalist and Author with The California Chaparral Institute . In this episode we’re learning about Fire Ecology. What are cycles of fire? Indigenous knowledge of fire cycles, can show us how to alter our behavior to reduce both the intensity and the impact of fires. We’ll als...

Every January GlobalFEST happens in New York City, bringing artists from around the world together to celebrate music. GlobalFEST is also a music industry showcase, so lots of industry professionals and press also attend. GlobalFEST is a space where people come together to appreciate the variety of music, to meet artists, to dance and party! Baruch spoke with Isabel Soffer , one of the founders an...

Black Uhuru is one of the most popular reggae groups to come out of Jamaica. Derrick “Duckie” Simpson is the founder and leader of the group. Andrew “Bees” Beckford plays guitar. They join Baruch to discuss the music, touring, and perspectives on life. We’ll be listening to selections from their new Grammy Nominated album As The World Turns as well as some of their older music. M...

The Paul Winter Consort has been making music for over 50 years! Their music explores and celebrates nature, and humans as part of nature. Celebrate Winter Solstice with Paul and Baruch on Paradigms! The Paul Winter Consort has an annual tradition of putting on a Winter Solstice Concert at the Cathedral of Saint. John the Divine in NYC. We are fortunate to be celebrating the Solstice a few days ea...

Ozgu Ozman and Ozan Boz are from Turkey, now based in Canada. They make music that speaks to the human struggle and inspiration for justice and freedom of expression. The music is haunting, compelling, beautiful. Their band is called Minor Empire and their new CD Uprooted is a musical testament to the heartache and disorientation a person feels when their homeland has become alienating, and to the...

Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir is a New York City based radical performance community. Together with partner Savitri D, Rev. Billy has been sharing messages of justice, peace and love for nearly two decades. You may have seen them on a city street proclaiming the value of non-materialism through humor and music. The Stop Shopping Choir has a new show they’ll be sharing at Joe&#82...

David Mallett is a folk singer from Maine. He’s been traveling around and playing music for many decades. You probably know his hit The Garden Song . David’s a friendly fellow who has some good stories, and of course his music is excellent. His most recent album is Celebration . Alison Stine is a reporter with Rewire. News who is editing a series of articles about Appalachia written by...

Sean Ardoin ‘s family is credited with creating Creole music! His new album  Kreole Rock and Soul is a spicy stew of familiar and original songs that will make you dance and shake off your problems. Sean talks with Baruch about his family legacy, his commitment to the music, and the inspiration for some of the songs on the new record. • Kreole Hall of Fame Wolfenoot : Celebrate the spirit of...

Gigs4U is a company in Seattle that coordinates musicians playing in public venues, i.e. airports, parks, and the like. The result of their work is that musicians work regularly and are paid, and people get to hear beautiful music in settings that are usually not musical. Music is one of the greatest things human beings ever came up with! It reduces stress, allows people to connect more easily, an...

What Heat is the new album by Bokanté + Orkest Metropole . The music is bold, textured and inspiring. The lyrics and the music speak to our life and times. Malika Tirolien and Michael League share with Baruch about their own musical paths, this music from conception to recording, and the wonders of performing live. “What Heat” refers to what’s happening in the world now…res...

Stephan Said is a musician, singer/songwriter/rapper and a person of conscience. He has started a project called this is borderless which is a video docu-series and media platform that features and connects people who are changing the world. Stephan travels to places where people are struggling and makes music with them. You can watch the videos on YouTube. The most recent is We The People . Steph...

Max Gomez is a folk singer with a new EP called Me & Joe . He is also a founder of the Red River Music Festival which takes place in Red River, New Mexico. Max has been playing music since he was a kid, growing up listening to the blues and starting to play guitar as a child. Listening to Max’s music you catch a glimpse of the universal wanderer, as well as the personal uniqueness of Max...

Kristin Lawless has written a book  Formerly Known as Food which will change the way you shop and eat. It could even help you to improve your health. Many chronic illnesses are caused by eating processed foods and foods with chemical additives. In this book Kristin explains what is going on with the food supply in the United States, and how to improve one’s health through eating whole foods....

Elijah Dhavvan is the front man and principal songwriter for Tobias The Owl , a musical group based in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Elijah’s story is fascinating, from his birth in Morocco to his grappling with, and surviving, a life threatening illness in recent years, all inspiring the music of Tobias The Owl and their new CD A Safe Harbor For Wayward Echoes . Tobias The Owl...

Raúl Vargas of the band Makrú discusses the band’s history of bringing together many styles of music, and their new CD Tu Mission . Raúl is originally from Madrid, but he has traveled and lived in many places, eventually landing in San Francisco where Makrú came into being. Makrú is Jenny Rodríguez, Raúl Vargas, Vinicio Peñate, Bob Sanders, and Haluk Kecelioglu , playing music to sooth...

Donna De Lory has a new CD Here in Heaven . Donna is a singer, songwriter/composer who has worked with artists like Bette Midler, Carly Simon, Leonard Cohen, Madonna, and many others. Donna was on top of the music scene but something was missing. “I wasn’t singing my truth,” she says. “I said to myself, I thought, ‘I’ve got to shift this.’ So I wrote a prayer—‘I want my life to change,...

Michael William Gilbert has a new CD called Radio Omnibus which will take you on a trip! This is not the music you are accustomed to, and it will surprise you! Michael grew up in Connecticut and Brussels, Belgium. Living in Europe, he first encountered the music of Varese, Stockhausen, and Pierre Henry, as well as music of India, Africa, and Japan. After studying electrical engineering at MIT, Mic...

Honored as a peacemaker and virtuoso, Omar Faruk Tekbilek is now one of the most sought-after musicians, whose work transcends political boundaries while maintaining traditional sensibilities in a way few artists can manage. Born in Adana, Turkey to a musical family who nurtured his precocious talents, at the age of eight Omar began his musical career by developing proficiency on the kaval, a smal...

Cat Duffy Buxton of Grow More, Waste Less and Didi Pershouse of the Soil Carbon Coalition and author of The Ecology of Care join Baruch for this third and final episode in our series on soil to discuss soil health, food, the role of social constructionism in how we view the Earth, the sterile paradigm vs the fertile paradigm, and how we can make shifts in our relationships, internal and external,...

David Chapman is founder of The Real Organic Project , an organization that exists to promote and protect truly organic farms and food, for the health of the soil and thus the health of everything else. David talks with Baruch about the deceptions in our current food labeling which lead consumers to buy things they think are organic but may not really be organic. The conversation also includes a d...

Mark Kastel is co-founder of The Cornucopia Institute , a farm policy research group based in Wisconsin that promotes organic farming. The Cornucopia Institute exists to provide consumers with accurate information about where their food comes from, and how it is produced. The US Food and Drug Administration has been co-opted by the appointment of industry lobbyists and others who value profit over...

Vin Venezia asked for guitar lessons at the age of 8. Since then Vin has been playing and composing Jazz guitar, touring internationally, and now finally releasing his own CD Fifth and Adams . This debut album is w good listen, and Venezia has promised to record another one this year! Ally Boghun is a reporter for Rewire. News who has recently written an article about the anti-choice movement with...

Jeremiah Abiah spoke with Baruch about his life, his music, and his latest project Abiah sings Nina which is a tribute to and a celebration of Nina Simone. The music is powerful, and Abiah’s relationship with the music is equally powerful. Jeremiah Abiah is a teacher as well as a gifted singer and arranger, currently teaching at Berklee College of Music, which is so fortunate for the student...

Martin Cradick is the founder of Global Music Exchange , an organization that records endangered music and brings royalties back to the musician communities, and so much more. Martin shares stories of his experience, going back decades, visiting the Baka people in the forest of Cameroon, playing music with them, bringing tribe’s people to England…fascinating heartwarming accounts of hu...