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Today on The Gary Null Show, Gary continues his conversations with remarkable minds.
Distinguishing the real from the artificial economic recovery bolstered at the Democratic Convention – and consequences of Sanders capitulating and endorsing Clinton
CONVERSATIONS WITH REMARKABLE MINDS
Understanding the coup in Turkey – and the history of CIA/US involvement with the Muslim Brotherhood and Islamic terrorism
F. William Engdahl is an award winning geopolitical analyst, strategic risk consultant and author who specializes on the rise of the US as an international superpower. His writings deal with empire building through the roles of financial control of global banking, the food chain, medicine and bioengineering and energy, primarily oil. He holds a degree in politics from Princeton University and did graduate work in comparative economics at Stockholm University in Sweden. He has taught at Beijing University and lectured widely at business and economic institutions throughout the world including Russia, Turkey, London, Croatia and elsewhere. His articles appear in Global Research, New Eastern Outlook, Asia Times, Financial Sense and RT among others. William has written many important books, his latest being “The Lost Hegemon: Whom the Gods Would Destroy” which provides a history of the US intelligence’s relationship with the origins of Islamic terrorist and jihadi organizations and movements. His website is WilliamEngdahl.com
Bishop John Shelby Spong is an renowned American Bishop of the Episcopal Church priest who served in Newark until 2000. As a liberal theologian he has represented an alternative voice for Christians and religious persons and for decades has challenged the status quo in today’s religious institutions. As a life long Biblical scholar Bishop Spong consistently challenges the hard held Christian myths such as the virgin birth, miracle stores, the doctrine of atonement and Jesus as a universal savior, the ascension and other theological structures that continue to define modern Christianity. He has been a visiting lecturer to standing room audiences at over 500 universities, including Harvard, Oxford and Cambridge. He holds degrees from the University of North Carolina, Virginia Theological Seminary, has studied Biblical scholarship at Yale, Harvard, Union Theological, Edinburgh, Oxford and others and has received several honorary doctoral degrees. He has published over two dozen books, the most recent being “Biblical Literalism: A Gentile Heresy.” Bishop Spong’s weekly column can be fond on his site JohnShelbySpong.com
Today on the “Progressive Commentary Hour” Gary continues his great series, Conversations With Remarkable Minds.
Tonight from Australia we have John Pilger discussing “The rise of the world’s new ruling elite and the misery left in the wake of their climb to the top.”
First we played this You Tube clip of John from 2009 and then spoke to John for about 30 minutes: Here is John’s bio and a link to the video. Enjoy.
VIDEO: John Pilger – Obama & Empire
BIO:
John Pilger is one of the world’s most renowned investigative journalists and documentary filmmakers. Originally from Australia, John started his career with Reuters and the London Daily Mail, becoming its chief foreign correspondent and reporting from all over the world, notably Vietnam. He is the youngest journalist to receive the UK’s highest Journalist of the Year Award. He has reported on the civil rights movement in the US, marched to Washington following the assassination of Martin Luther King, reported from many war zones including Indonesia, Cambodia and the Middle East and conducted a 4 year investigation into the damage caused by the drug Thalidomide. John’s documentary films include coverage about the catastrophe in Cambodia, the genocide in East Timor, and several about the history of Australia and human rights abuses against Australia’s original Aboriginal population. His books have covered Iraq, Kosovo, and critiques of liberal media. Recently, one of John’s most important books — “The New Rulers of the World” — that exposes the underpinnings and motives of modern imperialism and the global economy has been updated and released. It is regarded by many as one of the most important investigations about postmodern power. John’s website is JohnPilger.com
Here is the rundown of topics that was discussed on “The Gary Null Show.” Click on the links below to learn more on the topics Gary spoke about and listen to Gary’s “Conversations with Remarkable Minds” interview with Prof. Bart Ehrman, who speaks about “The unreliability of memory that has contributed to altered and invented stories in the New Testament and who Jesus was.” Read his bio down below.
Eating nuts linked to lower risk of colon cancer
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Learn how to grow Ginger at home
Fiber-famished gut microbes linked to poor health
The fiber gap and the disappearing gut microbiome: Implications for human nutrition
Bridging the brain-body gap: How the ‘thinking’ gut influences mental well-being
New study: Substance in rhubarb cuts cancer cell growth in half
Extra: Some Rhubarb recipes for you: 15 Rhubarb recipes that aren’t pie
Gary takes a break and plays this great song: Gibson Brothers – Cuba . Gary talks about his Tuesday evening show “Progressive Commentary Hour,” which is at 7pm Eastern Time. Guest this evening (4.26.16) is: John Pilgrim.
If you can host a radio show and have a community that you can help with this show, we would love to hear from you. Leave an email at: prnstudio@gmail.com and in subject line write: “FOR JASON.” Leave your name, phone number and explain what type of show you want to do and we will contact you and hopefully you can do a radio show and help people in the community around you. Finally, Gary returned to the show with these two great videos:
VIDEO: Alan Watts – What is Wrong With Our Culture
VIDEO: George Carlin – The Illusion Of Choice – This video contains Explicit Language
Gary took a very short break and returned with his guest Prof. Bart Ehrmans. Here is a quick bio to learn more about the Professor.
Prof. Bart Ehramans is one of the most renowned and controversial Biblical scholars in the world today. who specializes in the texts of the New Testament and the origins of Christianity. He is the James A Gray Distinguished Professor of Biblical and Christian studies at the Universty of North Carolina in Chapel Hill where he specializes in the texts of the New Testament, non-canonical literature, Gnosticis and the historical origins of Christianity. He received his doctorate from Princeton University and has received numerous awards for academic excellence. Prof Ehrman is the author and editor of over 30 books, 5 having appeared on the New York Times bestseller list. His most recent book is “Jesus Before the Gospels: How the Earliest Christians Remembered, Changed and Invented Their Stories of the Savior.” His website is bartdehrman.com
A deeper look at the Islamic State s mission at nation-building and the creation of a postmodern Caliphate in the 21st century with Dr. Loretta Napoleoni.
The season of demonstrations and growing violence – Baltimore as only an incident of a much larger, systemic national dysfunction, with Chris Hedges.
A view on the impact and results of climate change denialism from historians in the future – what brought about the collapse of Western civilization? With Naomi Oreskes.
CONVERSATION WITH REMARKABLE MINDS
Transforming our values and activism to confront humanity’s trajectory towards an uncertain and apocalyptic future
Andrew Harvey is an internationally renowned religious scholar, writer, teacher, and author of over thirty books. He is the founder of the Institute of Sacred Activism, an international organization dedicated to inspiring people to become more involved in challenging our global crises including climate change and to commit themselves to peace and sustainability.
CONVERSATIONS WITH REMARKABLE MINDS
Becoming a Conscious Activist by infusing our activism with spiritual values to confront the challenges ahead with James O’Dea
