In the tantric-yoga tradition, sex is the life energy that flows through the body and its energy centers (chakras) – heart, head, pelvis and so on. Dr. Diana spoke with David and Rebecca about yoga and sexuality – as well as about their experience being filmed by the SINCLAIR INSTITUTE for the …
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On tonight’s Political Analysis, Sandy LeonVest observes the (real) birthday of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with civil rights activist, journalist and author Kevin Alexander Gray. They listen to excerpts from (and discuss) some of Dr. King’s lesser known, but equally important sermons, including “The Other America” and “Where …
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Part I: Bhavani Jaroff i Eat Green Bhavani Jaroff has over thirty years experience as a natural foods chef. Her career began while a student at the N.Y.S. College of Ceramics at Alfred University. At the time, there was not a vegetarian meal plan on campus so Ms. Jaroff designed …
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Trying a new format, we use the full hour to examine the two basic kinds of economic theory mostly widely used now to understand economic issues. On one side, the dominant mainstream theories (“neoclassical economics” and “Keynesian economics”) celebrate the capitalist economic system. On the other side, Marxian economics is …
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He was born on Jan. 15, 1929, so Leid Stories honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. today. The Nobel laureate delivers a timeless and prophetic speech, calling all people of conscience to be fearless agents of change. In the United States, he says, it means battling “the giant triplets of …
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Children with chronic health conditions are regularly treated with alternative therapies, according to a new Canadian study that suggests the use of so-called “complementary and alternative medicine” in pediatrics is on the rise. Many children in the study took multivitamins or minerals, while others tried treatments like massage, aromatherapy and …
Latest on antioxidants, a weight loss tip, probiotics, how isolation impacts the brain. Then, in depth environmental discussion and The Myth of Human Progress (Chris Hedges). Then a brief interview with Beatty Cohen on the collapse of healthy relationships in America and the dismal state sexual education in our school …
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Since April, there is another harm reduction technique that is working to safeguard threatened beef markets. Faced with two mad cow scares this year, both US and Brazil authorities have debuted the concept of “atypical mad cow disease.” Spontaneously-erupting mad cow that has no known cause and may be a …
What may seem like a small story of interest merely to geeks and journalists shows that corporations do, in fact, tell their editors what they can say. After the recently concluded Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, during which companies show off many of the new year’s gadgets, 40 editors …
Today we address the 11thanniversary of Guantánamo—an anniversary of “tragedy, pain, and torment” in the words of one former detainee. We’ll hear from Deepa Kumar, author of Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire; Pardiss Kebriaei (Keb-re-aye), attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights, which continues to seek accountability for torture and arbitrary detention …
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Up to half of all the food produced worldwide ends up going to waste due to poor harvesting, storage and transport methods as well as irresponsible retailer and consumer behavior, a report said on Thursday. The world produces about four billion metric tons of food a year but 1.2 to …
Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) is a “national media watch group.” It’s an “anti-censorship organization.” It features “neglected news stories.” It “defend(s) working journalists when they are muzzled.” It prioritizes truth and full disclosure. Since 1986, it’s held media scoundrel feet to the fire. It …
Hundreds of women have been arrested, convicted, jailed, detained in mental institutions or forced to endure medical procedures as a result of the “criminalisation of pregnancy” over the last four decades, a new report has found. In the first study of its kind, to be published on Tuesday, researchers from …
Media scoundrels stopped short of truth and full disclosure. The Wall Street Journal headlined “An Internet Activist Commits Suicide.” New York’s medical examiner announced death by “hang(ing) himself in his Brooklyn apartment.” Lingering suspicions remain. Why would someone with so much to give end it all this way? He was …
As French war planes bomb Mali, there is one simple statistic that provides the key context: this west African nation of 15 million people is the eighth country in which western powers – over the last four years alone – have bombed and killed Muslims – after Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Libya, Somalia and the …