The New School at Commonweal

John Gouldthorpe Imagination Is Reality ~Part of the Archetypal Psychology Series~ Join Michael Lerner in his second conversation with archetypal psychologist John Gouldthorpe. John Gouldthorpe John has been immersed in the work of archetypal psychology for more than 20 years. In 1989, through the suggestion of James Hillman, he studied with Gordon Tappan at Sonoma State and then stayed on for sev...

Robert McDermott Philosophy, Spirituality, and Community—A Professor's Journey Join Michael Lerner in dialogue with California Institute of Integral Studies President Emeritus Robert McDermott as they explore his journey in wisdom philosophy, Hindu and Buddhist spiritualities, inclusive and esoteric Christianity, CIIS and higher education, and anthroposophy—including Waldorf education, biodynamic...

Robert McDermott Philosophy, Spirituality, and Community—A Professor's Journey Join Michael Lerner in dialogue with California Institute of Integral Studies President Emeritus Robert McDermott as they explore his journey in wisdom philosophy, Hindu and Buddhist spiritualities, inclusive and esoteric Christianity, CIIS and higher education, and anthroposophy—including Waldorf education, biodynamic...

Ross Chapin Design, Body Knowing, and the Inner Life On Whidbey Island, north of Seattle, the imprint of architect Ross Chapin’s vision of enchanting small homes and livable pocket neighborhoods is palpable. Ross came to Whidbey in the 1970s, drawn by the vision of the Chinook Learning Center, founded by Fritz and Vivienne Hull. Chinook later became the Whidbey Institute. Ross designed Thomas Berr...

Steve Heilig Confessions of an Accidental Activist Join TNS Host Michael Lerner for a conversation with Steve Heilig—healthcare ethicist, environmentalist, and ethnomusicologist—about HIV/AIDS, reproductive health, medical ethics, addiction medicine and drug policy, environmental health and ecology, surfing medicine, and music. Steve Heilig Steve is a healthcare ethicist, editor, epidemiologist, e...

Peter Goldmark When Our Country Loses Its Way Join Host Michael Lerner in a conversation with Peter Goldmark, an environmentalist whose career has included leadership in major governmental, philanthropic, news media, and environmental organizations. Peter C. Goldmark, Jr. Peter is an environmentalist whose career has included leadership in major governmental, philanthropic, news media, and environ...

Dick Russell Getting to Know James Hillman Join TNS Host Michael Lerner in conversation with Dick Russell, author of the first volume of what promises to be the definitive biography of the psychologist James Hillman (1926-2011), the founder of the field of archetypal psychology. Hillman studied and taught at the Jung Institute in Zurich. He went on to critique Jung while also acknowledging Jung’s...

Peggy Taylor Unleashing the Creative Potential in Youth--and Adults Join TNS host Michael Lerner for a conversation with Peggy Taylor, a social entrepreneur known for her work integrating creativity into youth development and group facilitation. Peggy provides accessible arts-based methods for adding life and depth to any program—for youth or adults—and she talks about how her organization PYE: Pa...

Ted Schettler The Ecology of Breast Cancer Breast-cancer is not one disease, but many. The causes are many as well. Join TNS host Michael Lerner in conversation with Ted Schettler—a leader in the development of the “ecological paradigm of health.” His new book The Ecology of Breast Cancer offers a fresh perspective integrating stress, diet, exercise, toxic chemical exposures, EMFs, and more. Ted S...

Lloyd Kahn The Half-Acre Homestead You want to be more self sufficient, but you only have a small piece of land. What can you do and where do you begin? The reality is that you can’t be completely self-sufficient (even with a large acreage), but self-sufficiency, like perfection, is a direction. Join host Michael Lerner for a conversation with Bolinas’ Lloyd Kahn—editor-in-chief of independent Cal...

Jaune Evans Creative Spirit: A Life of Art, Service, and Contemplative Practice Join host Michael Lerner in a conversation with Jaune Evans—poet, visual artist, and Zen priest—about life, philanthropy, and public service. Jaune Evans Jaune is a poet and visual artist. Ordained as a Buddhist priest in the Soto Zen tradition in 1983, she is now a sangha member of Everyday Zen under the guidance of N...

Malcolm Margolin 30 Years of Publishing California Culture Join TNS Host Michael Lerner in this quirky, funny, and poignant conversation with Malcolm Margolin, who is celebrating 30 years of publishing through his small, Berkeley-based indy press, Heyday Books. One of numerous thriving presses in Berkeley, Heyday had its beginnings in the tumult of the 1960s. It has not only survived but become a...

Artist Tu-2 (Tu Ying-ming) and Angela Oh 108 Portraits of Compassion — The Blue Portrait Series ~Co-presented with the Institute for Art and Healing~ Join Michael Lerner in a second conversation with artist Tu-2 and his wife, attorney and Zen priest Angela Oh, about the opening of Tu-2’s show at the Commonweal Gallery and the inspiration for his work. This show is the first-ever of portraits from...

Patrick Holden The Global Food Movement Join TNS Host Michael Lerner in a conversation with Patrick Holden—British biodynamic dairy farmer and advisor to the Prince of Wales. Patrick grew up in London but was deeply influenced by a year he spent in California at the beginning of the seventies. He returned to the UK to study biodynamic agriculture and started a community dairy farm in West Wales in...

Francis Weller Beauty, Imagination, and the Life of the Soul Join Michael Lerner in a second conversation with author and soul activist Francis Weller about his work with people living with grief, and his studies and experience with the grief rituals and ceremonies of indigenous cultures. Carried privately, sorrow lingers in the soul, slowly pulling us below the surface of life and into the terrai...

Lazaro Pedroso Santeria (Way of the Saints) Join TNS Host Michael Lerner in conversation with Lázaro Pedroso, 79, a percussionist and singer from Havana, Cuba. For 50 years, he has been a Santero (priest in the Afro-Cuban Santeria religion). Santeria involves polyrhythms, song, and dance. There are herbal elements, musical elements, magical elements, and prayers, carried over by West African slave...

Vicki Robin Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship with Money Join host Michael Lerner in a conversation with the “prophet of consumption-downsizers,” Vicki Robin—co-author of the national best-seller, Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship With Money and Achieving Financial Independence and author of Blessing the Hands that Feed Us; what eating closer to home can...

Diana and Kelly Lindsay Something More Than Hope Host Michael Lerner talks with Diana and Kelly Lindsay, authors of Something More Than Hope: Surviving Despite the Odds, Thriving Because of Them. In April 2006, Diana was diagnosed with incurable stage IV lung cancer. Her doctor estimated the odds of her making it to 5 years were 1%. “How do I make it into the 1% Club?” she asked herself. The answe...

Duane Elgin The Living Universe Join Michael Lerner in conversation with social visionary Duane Elgin, best selling author of Voluntary Simplicity: Toward a Way of Life that is Outwardly Simple, Inwardly Rich; and Changing Images of Man, which was co-authored with Joseph Campbell. For more than three decades, Duane has defined the cutting edge in consciousness research, in the ecology movement and...

Eric Karpeles Jozef Czapski's 20th Century Life Polish painter and writer Jozef Czapski (pronounced CHAP-skee) is virtually unknown to American artists and readers of the English language, though he is a figure of considerable historical, political, and cultural importance in both Western and Eastern Europe. Moved by the quality of Czapski’s work and the integrity of his life, Commonweal Board Mem...

Ilene Serlin, PhD Dance and Psyche: How Moving Moves Us Join Michael Lerner in conversation with Ilene Serlin, psychologist and registered dance/movement therapist. Ilene apprenticed with Anna Halprin and worked with the New York Psychological Association in the 1970s to require creative artists in hospitals. She’s been a psychologist for 30 years on Union Street in San Francisco and Mill Valley,...

Angeles Arrien, PhD Nothing Special: The Mystery of Everyday Life As a cultural anthropologist, Dr. Angeles Arrien’s research and teaching focused on values and beliefs shared by humanity cross-culturally, and on the integration and application of multi-cultural wisdoms in contemporary settings. She taught universal components of leadership skills, communication, health care, and education, showin...

Angeles Arrien, PhD Nothing Special: The Mystery of Everyday Life As a cultural anthropologist, Dr. Angeles Arrien’s research and teaching focused on values and beliefs shared by humanity cross-culturally, and on the integration and application of multi-cultural wisdoms in contemporary settings. She taught universal components of leadership skills, communication, health care, and education, showin...

Rachel Naomi Remen, MD Symbols, Rituals, and Archetypes: Speaking the Language of the Deep Unconscious Mind The “affective domain” is the learning domain concerned with values, calling, and meaning, and is the basis of authentic community and sustained action and commitment. Although the affective domain is widely recognized as the foundation of direction, purpose, and deep satisfaction in work an...

Lynnaea Lumbard, PhD New Stories: Who We Are, What We Are Becoming, Where We Are Going Join Michael Lerner in a conversation with Lynnaea Lumbard—co-president of New Stories, a non-profit educational organization serving as a resource center, creative collaboratory, and project incubator in support of emerging new stories for who we are as humanity, what we are becoming, how we are changing and wh...