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A Baha’i Perspective 03.06.2010

March 6th, 2010 Posted by Warren Odess-Gillett

Warren Odess-Gillett interviews Dr. William Diehl, the former director of the Louhelen Baha’i School in Davison, Michigan. He is now the executive director of a 501(c)(3) organization called Diploma Plus.

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A Baha’i Perspective 02.27.2010

February 27th, 2010 Posted by Warren Odess-Gillett

Warren Odess-Gillett interviews Hans Peterson, a Baha’i currently residing in Budapest who directed the film Mocha Frapuchino and has started a Baha’i audio books project. You can see the trailer for Mocha Frapuchino at www.mochafrapuchino.com, and you can see his audio book project at www.voicesdivine.com.

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The Endgame Enviro Show, Tues. 3/2, 6:30pm

February 25th, 2010 Posted by Enviro Show

Greetings Earthlings. In keeping with our notoriety for gobs of gloom & doom here on The Enviro Show we get a call from Derrick Jensen, writer, activist, alarm-sounder and all around tree-hugging dirt-worshiper (hey! not unlike yours trulys!). We’ll be talking about some of his latest tomes like “What We Leave Behind” & “Endgame”. What? Not happy-clappy enough? Also, we delve into the latest enviro news in the old Echo Chamber, as well as in our E-Valley-uation segment; checkout The Enviro Show Quote of the Week; and visit the Bus Stop Billboard, but first it’s time for….Revenge of the Critters! You guessed it: captive Killer Whale lives up to its’ name. So why is it a captive again?

In our E-Valley-uation segment the BIG news is Vermont’s Senate voting not to extend VT Yankee’s funky old nuke an operating license beyond 2012. Don’t think for one minute that old leaky nuke doesn’t concern you here in the Valley. You are downwind and downstream and speaking of down: SHUT IT DOWN!

A Baha’i Perspective 02.20.2010

February 20th, 2010 Posted by Warren Odess-Gillett

Warren Odess-Gillett interviews Amy Smith, a young woman who grew up in Honduras. soon to graduate and pursue a life of service. When Amy was 16, a tragic event confirmed her faith.

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A Baha’i Perspective 02.13.2010

February 13th, 2010 Posted by Warren Odess-Gillett

Warren Odess-Gillett interviews Steve Ader. Steve grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. His parents were singers active in the Lutheran Church, so music was a very important part of Steve’s growing up. He was actually going to study to become a concert pianist but was discouraged. Steve tells his very interesting story on how he ran into the Baha’i Faith.

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The Dept. of Consternation & Reprobation Enviro Show; 2/16, 6:30pm

February 11th, 2010 Posted by Enviro Show

Greetings Earthlings. Do you trust the Massachusetts Department of Conservation & Recreation (DCR) to care for your forests? What do you think of clear-cuts in the Quabbin? Licensed forester, Dave Gafney calls in to bring us up to date on the state of forestry in the Commonwealth. We’ll have a look at their present DCR “Vision” thing while we’re at it. Like on near every show, we’ll give you some of the latest news in our Echo Chamber, have a look at local enviro situations in our E-Valley-uation segment, give you The Enviro Show Quote of the Week and checkout the Bus Stop Billboard, but first it’s time for….Revenge of the Critters! Fox…….Run!

In The Enviro Show Echo chamber we visit the ever entertaining state of Texas and their resistance to…..clean air! And speaking of clean air, wouldn’t it be excellent to have municipal utilities that are more accountable to the community for air quality? Sign the petition here. Did you hear about our new ally in the struggle against the climate crisis? It’s Osama!…….or maybe the Ghost of Osama, depending on who you want to believe on that account.

The Groundhog Day Enviro Show, 2/2/10, 6:30pm

January 27th, 2010 Posted by Enviro Show

Greetings Earthlings. Happy Groundhog Day! We leave poor Punxsutawney Phil to his lame-ass jailers (unless some liberation is afoot, let us know!) and get the real story on woodchucks from Christine Maher at the University of Southern Maine. Her primary research focuses on woodchuck behavior and ecology. We’ll also have a look at woodchucks being captured and used as lab experiments and the all-out war on chucks by suburbanites. Did we say Happy Groundhog Day? How about Happy Imbolc? It’s the festival of the Maiden, for from this day to March 21st, it is her season to prepare for growth and renewal. Brighid’s snake emerges from the womb of the Earth Mother to test the weather, (the origin of Groundhog Day), and in many places the first Crocus flowers began to spring forth from the frozen earth. Now you know! As always, we checkout the latest news in The Enviro Show Echo Chamber; checkout Obama’s record in our Meet the New Boss segment, do some E-Valley-uation, and go for the Quote of the week, but first it’s time for………….
Revenge of the Critters! You guessed it: Groundhog attack! A little correction here, the critter in the film “Caddyshack” was a gopher from the family Geomyidae. Groundhogs, or woodchucks are from the family Sciuridae BUT several ground squirrels of the family Sciuridae are often called gophers…..got it? Read more on The Groundhog Day Enviro Show, 2/2/10, 6:30pm…

A Baha’i Perspective 01.23.2010

January 23rd, 2010 Posted by Warren Odess-Gillett

Warren Odess-Gillett interviews Mehr Mansuri. Mehr grew up in Iran, England and the US. She left Iran to go to boarding school in England just before the Islamic Revolution. She came to the US after high school to go to university. After university she developed a thriving acting career. She also uses her voice over talents for audio books, one of which is Saffron Kitchen, where she provides about eight characters. She recently helped in the film “Precious” casting the children and directing the children. She is the co-founder of the non-profit organization Children’s Theatre Company.

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A Baha’i Perspective 01.16.2010

January 16th, 2010 Posted by Warren Odess-Gillett

Warren Odess-Gillett interviews Adrienne Carter, a mental health counselor who has worked with Doctors without Borders in Kosovo, Kashmir, Sri Lanka, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Malaysia, Russia, South Africa, and, Myanmar.

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A Baha’i Perspective 01.09.2010

January 9th, 2010 Posted by Warren Odess-Gillett

Warren Odess-Gillett interviews Jane Jensen. Warren’s interview with Jane is a sequel to his interview with Paul Jensen. Jane’s sister became a Baha’i first. At first Jane gave no thought to her sister’s belief, even as she passed and ignored the Baha’i House of Worship in Wilmette, IL just about every day. Once her sister got married, her brother-in-law gave her a book called “Thief In The Night”. It was that book that got her to consider the Baha’i Faith more seriously. Her life totally took a different turn after becoming a Baha’i.

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