Category: Expressions of Peace Radio

This Samhain seasonal show is a study of love and fear, separation and reunion, with a final head-nod to the POTUS election and special attention to cultural oppression and activism by and on behalf of indigenous people and other marginalized groups. News items include a discussion of media coverage of climate change and the consequent escalation of climate wars and the refugee crisis. Also included are a promotional update on Guy McPherson’s upcoming New Zealand tour, two topical songs, and Limericks of Doom by Benjamin the Donkey.

Due to the complexities of aligning life in cyberspace with events in the flesh-and-blood world, Sequitur hereby declares its emancipation from clock and calendar time. Shows will continue to bear a Wednesday date every two weeks but may actually be posted at PANinA up to 48 hours before or after the usual 9PM Wednesday eastern USA time.

Part 1 – Peter Melton on the Oneness sign, embellished with Expression of Peace from the 2010 Unity of Berkeley’s Peace Film Project and some observations by the Producer.

Part 2 – Rabbi Michael Lerner on Yom Kippur with instructions on facilitating a Conversation Cafe event in your local community.

Part 3 – Steve Bhaerman (aka the Swami Beyondananda) on Global Oneness Day, the role of humor in connection, and the POTUS election.

Also included is a Limerick of Doom by Benjamin the Donkey and Sequitur theme music by Zympht.

Just as Extinction Radio was beginning its four-month sabbatical, Peter Melton interviewed Guy McPherson about our Great Unraveling. The audio file survived the hiatus, and Sequitur is delighted to present a condensed version, with the generous permission of both Guy and Peter.

• Part I – Welcome to the Sixth Mass Extinction Event!
  • habitat loss – food, water
  • loss of species diversity
  • the small stuff – detritivores, pollinators, the nitrogen cycle
• Part II – Oceanic and Atmospheric Changes
  • plastic pollution, acidification
  • coral bleaching, algal blooms, plankton, fisheries
  • methane, moistening of the upper troposphere
• Part III – Global Warming and Industrial Civilization
  • polar meltdown, meandering jet stream, global dimming
  • the truth about trade – the Baltic Dry Index
  • economic and commercial implications

Also included are promotional announcements for events featuring Guy McPherson, including his upcoming New Zealand tour, and a reading of The Invitation by Oriah Mountain Dreamer as well as a not-so-random assortment of news items and Extinction Level Event, a Limerick of Doom by Benjamin the Donkey. Sequitur theme music is by Zympht; you can find more of his music on SoundCloud.

humanity’s separation from nature according to 1970’s scholarship; happy birthday to Mary Midgley with the Birthday song by the Beatles

sustainability discussion, an excerpt from an interview of Guy McPherson by Peter Melton

promotional announcements for next week’s podcasts

Infinite Sky, spoken word by Theo Sims

Limericks of Doom by Benjamin the Donkey

words, words, and more words: unprecedented, diversion, emergency, consequences versus punishment, migrants versus refugees versus fugitives, rights versus privileges versus entitlements

What If? by Here II Here

What if one day it’s confirmed that aliens exist
And they were planning to destroy the world as we know it
Alter our perception of perceived reality
Expressing they’re not here to fight for they have come in peace

What if someday it’s discovered that there is no line
That separates, perpetuates the individual mind
Do you see us letting down the walls that we’ve built up
Because we misinterpreted the true meaning of love

Chorus:
What if someday we recognize that we are all the same
And that the source of everything is beyond any name

What if everything we’ve learned just meant nothing at all
Would the earth stop spinning ’round – just let go and fall
Into the universe until it turns into a star
What if in infinity there’s no such thing as far

(Chorus)

What if miracles were too close for our eyes to see
And this that’s happening right now’s just a possibility
What if you are dreaming you’re asleep when you’re awake
What if God said thank you back, what would you say

(Chorus)

Special feature: Extinction Radio Founder Mike Ferrigan interviews Climate System Scientist Paul Beckwith about the recent surprising behavior of the polar jet stream.

This week’s Sequitur topics: buzz words and semantic satiation, politics of disaster, habitat loss in Kiribati, trees in India and Malawi, deep water reserves in California’s central valley, fire risk in the Amazon, flooding in China, military perspective on climate change. Run time: 42:30.

This week’s Sequitur topics: Brexit and the Refugee Planet, softening of climate change denial and advances in adaptation, advances in computer-assisted urban planning and design, extreme weather report: water, coaslines, floods. Enhancements: Litany Against Fear from Frank Herbert’s Dune series, Guy McPherson’s climate change update, Alien by Here II Here. Run time: 37:55.

Alien

Who would have thought out of all of the stars in this desert sky
I would behold such a wondrous oasis of six billion I’s?

Who would have thought the so-called dominant species
Would take paradise for granted?

Love is a word humans use all the time
Though I feel that they don’t understand it.

(chorus):
I’m an alien who’s just arrived here on this planet
Of green brown and blue.
I’m an alien amazed at where my craft has landed –
Ive come in search of you.
Now let’s fall in love so I have an excuse to stay.
Let’s fall in love so I never go away.

Space is a womb and the earth is an egg to penetrate.
Many have come; love has given its seed; still we separate.

Who would have thought the so-called dominant species
Would take paradise for granted?

Love is a word religions use all the time –
War’s the proof that they don’t understand it.

(chorus repeat)

(bridge):
Living kaleidoscope forever blossoming,
Species co-dreaming a breathing philosophy.
Destined for nothing but self acceptance,
The story of earth is a possible sentence.
She keeps writing, erasing and writing, erasing.
This is where I belong.

Only one planet with multiple worlds.
Hands reach for light, fingers programmed to curl.
Octaves of light shine through mental projections.
Crystallized truths are a lie in perception.
Here is where I belong.

(spoken):
If you want to be perceived as an alien,
Just allow yourself to be more human.

(chorus repeat)

This week’s show takes its name from an essay co-authored by me. Run time for the show is 52:25 featuring, in addition to a reading of Doom Without Gloom (introduced at 17:30; starting at 39:20, ~5 minutes), a 20-minute interview with paleoclimatologist Paul Beckwith (starting at 18:20), Climate System Scientist, guest hosted by Mike Ferrigan, founder of the Near-Term Human Extinction Support Group on Facebook, and including the topics listed below the player.

US heat wave and wildfires; India after the drought; Brazil after the Fundấo dam collapse; storms in Indonesia, Australia, Europe; transportation infrastructure; gentrification of climate change adaptation; population overshoot, the sacred cow; habitat report: coastlines, forests, croplands; American attitudes about climate change: survey results.

Starhawk’s 65^th birthday. This week’s Sequitur topics: UN WMO summary of NASA monthly report, Guy McPherson from 7 June NBL on global warming and Atlantic Ocean dynamics, risk management in Canada and India, risk reduction in Africa, effects of heat stress on outdoor events, effects of globalization on commerce in a warming world, attribution of recent floods in Houston and Paris, habitat reports – new and ancient stories. Run time: 45:50 minutes.

This week’s line-up: Be-holder by Zympht, atmosphere report (carbon dioxide levels, omega blocks), flooding in Australia, speaking out on climate change – or not! refugee update, flooding in Europe and Texas, heatwave in western North America, Canadian reaction to extreme weather and climate change, updates from Asia and the global south, carbon capture technology, insurance conference report, reflections on attribution.Run time: 36:11 minutes.

Be-holder

The Fact of being,
The palette of feeling,
The will to action,
Compassion, expansion,
The edifice of impenetrable logic,
The psychic realms of stars,
Bathing in fountains of infinite creation:
This is the mortal conversation.
—-
Under the everloving influence
Of ancient patterns and sounds,
The tones of bones,
The colors of the iris,
Silken threads of futile memory;
Time loses interest,
That through which we broke at conception,
Expanding toward the second membrane.
—-
It may be days away,
The dying.
It may be days away,
Awakening from this sensorial dream.
—-
It won’t be far away,
The living.
It won’t be far away,
Back to the moment’s infinite seam
—-
You always knew
What the be-holder is able to do.
You always knew
That you make the most beautiful magic.

Australia, the Great Barrier Reef, and the UNESCO World Heritage report

meetings, conferences, and coalitions

think globally, act locally, forget about federal governments

extreme weather report

food, water, and energy

pollinator garden advice

run time: <53 minutes