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Peter Russell discusses the crumbling barriers between science and spirituality, and what contemporary research may be telling us about the origin and nature of consciousness. Western science has had remarkable success in explaining the functioning of the material world, but when it comes to the inner world of the mind, it has very little to say. And when it comes to consciousness itself, science...

Former oilfield executive Ian R Crane has engaged industry sources and independent researchers to lay the foundations for his investigations into fracking – mining of shale and coal seam gas. Ian asks whether this ‘miracle’ of nature really will be the solution to our nation’s energy problems. Is it going to be the best thing for us since North Sea gas, or are there hidden dangers which could impa...

Paul Levy discusses his book  Dispelling Wetiko – Breaking the Curse of Evil . There is a contagious psycho-spiritual disease of the human soul, a parasite of the mind, that is currently manifesting itself in the form of unprecedented conflicts and crises on a global scale. This collective psychosis or mental virus – which Native Americans have called wetiko – covertly operates through the unconsc...

Dean Puckett discusses his latest film  Grasp the Nettle , a documentary which follows the exploits of a ragtag band of land rights activists in London as they struggle against corporations, government, police – and themselves – in their efforts to create alternative communities outside the framework of consumer society. When an eco-village pops up on a piece of disused land in West London, Dean g...

Jim Holt discusses his book  Why Does the World Exist?  ‘Why is there a world rather than nothing at all?’ remains the most curious and enduring of all metaphysical mysteries. Moving beyond the narrower paths of Christopher Hitchens, Roger Penrose and Stephen Hawking, celebrated essayist Holt enters this fascinating debate with a broad, lively and deeply informed narrative that traces all our effo...

Author James Swagger on his book  The Newgrange Sirius Mystery: Linking Passage Grave Cosmology with Dogon Symbology . Topics discussed include archaeology, astronomy, alternative history, rock art, Atlantis, Hyperborea and lost civilizations, The Deluge and sunken land masses, polar shifts, solar flares, entheogens and altered states of consciousness, and the design and purpose of megalithic site...

Tammy Strobel on her book  You Can Buy Happiness (and It’s Cheap): How One Woman Radically Simplified Her Life and How You Can Too . While the new field of happiness research makes headlines, and the 99% face austerity at every turn, blogs like  The Art of Nonconformity ,  Zen Habits , and  Miss Minimalist  attract millions looking to find more happiness, community, and fulfilment in less stuff, l...

Dr. Amit Goswami discusses some of the ideas and concepts in his book  God Is Not Dead: What Quantum Physics Tells Us about Our Origins and How We Should Live . Dr. Goswami’s hypothesis is that quantum physics holds the key to all the unsolved mysteries of biology – the nature and origin of life, fossil gaps of evolution, why evolution proceeds from simple to complex, and why biological beings hav...

Author Thomas Sheridan on his latest book  The Anvil of the Psyche . This is a two part interview. Part one is  here . Ask yourself: what is popular culture? How does it come into existence? How do universally accepted ideas of art and creativity, mass media, publishing and financial constructs, and political and social doctrines arise? Are mass social and cultural movements – coupled with one’s p...

Author Thomas Sheridan on his latest book  The Anvil of the Psyche . This is a two part interview. Click  here  for part two. Ask yourself: what is popular culture? How does it come into existence? How do universally accepted ideas of art and creativity, mass media, publishing and financial constructs, and political and social doctrines arise? Are mass social and cultural movements – coupled with...

Director Dave Gardner discusses his film  GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth . This ground-breaking documentary challenges our beliefs linking growth with prosperity and fulfilment. The film explores how our attitudes toward economics, consumption and population growth prevent rational responses to evidence that we’ve outgrown the planet. In this David vs. Goliath story, Dave shares his own personal...

Author and international security analyst Dr Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed on The Crisis of Civilization. Dr Ahmed is author of  A User’s Guide to the Crisis of Civilization: And How to Save It , and co-producer of  The Crisis of Civilization . It often seems that different crises are competing to devastate civilization. The Crisis of Civilization argues that financial meltdown, environmental degradation,...

Sociologist Harvey Molotch on his book  Against Security: How We Go Wrong at Airports, Subways, and Other Sites of Ambiguous Danger . Remember when an unattended package was just that, an unattended package? Remember when the airport was a place that evoked magical possibilities, not the anxiety of a full-body scan? In the post-9/11 world, we have become focused on heightened security measures, bu...

Dr. Eric Karlstrom on the political, economic and social agendas surrounding the issue of climate change. Dr. Karlstrom is a former Professor of Geography at California State University. The World is clearly facing an environmental crisis. Some of the problems of pollution and resource depletion are so serious that they risk the extinction of entire species and perhaps even all life on Earth. More...

Ben Dyson of  Positive Money  on the problems caused by our debt-based monetary system and some of the solutions which offer a way out. Positive Money is a not-for-profit research and campaign group who work to raise awareness of the connections between our current monetary and banking system and some of the biggest social, economic and environmental challenges that we face today. In particular, P...

Andy Duncan on the myths and mysteries of modern money. (Click below to listen) Austerity, bailouts, base rates, interest rates, LIBOR rates, deficit, default, derivatives, inflation, deflation, stagflation, negative equity, negative growth, quantitative easing, stimulus – just what on earth does it all mean? Does mainstream media coverage of finance and economics leave you bored, bamboozled, apat...

Douglas Carswell MP on his latest book  The End of Politics and the Birth of iDemocracy . The West is in crisis. Governments have grown too big, living beyond their means – and ours. The true costs of extra officialdom have been concealed. Parasitical politicians have been hopeless at holding to account the elites who now preside over us. As a result, Western nations are mired in debt and chronica...

Shaun Chamberlin on the  Transition Network  and the shift to a sustainable society in response to Global environmental and energy crises. Shaun is author of  The Transition Timeline  and blogs regularly at  www.darkoptimism.org Transition Network’s role is to inspire, encourage, connect, support and train communities as they self-organise around the transition model, creating initiatives that reb...

Richard Grove of  Tragedy and Hope  on the topic of compulsory public education and specifically the work of author and former New York schoolteacher of the year  John Taylor Gatto , and the 2012 film  The Ultimate History Lesson . Gatto is the author of  Weapons of Mass Instruction  which focuses on mechanisms of traditional education which cripple imagination, discourage critical thinking, and c...

Bruce H Lipton, Ph. D. on his books  The Biology of Belief  and  Spontaneous Evolution . Dr. Lipton is an internationally recognized authority on bridging science and spirit. His groundbreaking book The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter and Miracles documents the amazing new awareness that is currently rewriting the science of biology and medicine – awareness that th...

David Goodstein offers a stark assessment of the scientific, political, economic and social aspects of the looming global energy crisis which threatens the comfortable, complacent lifestyles so many of us take for granted. Professor Goodstein is a scientist, educator and author of  Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil  (2004) and co-author of  Climate Change and the Energy Problem, A Physical Sci...

Geologist Robert Schoch on his recent book  Forgotten Civilization: The Role of Solar Outbursts in Our Past and Future . Building upon Schoch’s revolutionary theory that the Sphinx dates back much further than 2500 BCE, Forgotten Civilization reveals scientific evidence of advanced civilization predating ancient Egypt, Sumeria, and Greece, as well as the catastrophe that destroyed it nearly 12,000...

Steve Taylor on his book  Back to Sanity – Healing the Madness of Our Minds . Have you ever thought that there might be something wrong with human beings, even that we might be slightly insane? Why is it that so many human beings are filled with a restless discontent, and an insatiable desire for material goods, status and power? Why is it that human history has been filled with endless conflict,...

Michael Cremo discusses his books  Forbidden Archaeology  and  Human Devolution , and what they tell us about true nature of human origins, identity and destiny. Over the past two centuries researchers have found bones and artifacts showing that people like ourselves existed on earth millions of years ago. But the scientific establishment has ignored these remarkable facts because they contradict...

Peter Reynolds on Cannabis, freedom and the law. Peter is leader of the UK political party  CLEAR , a single issue party that seeks an end to the prohibition of cannabis. We discuss the history of cannabis prohibition, widespread ignorance and disinformation concerning cannabis, five thousand years of its recreational and medicinal use, risks vs benefits and prospects for decriminalisation. (Click...