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Rob Kall has spent his adult life as an awakener and empowerer-- first in the field of biofeedback, inventing products, developing software and a music recording label, MuPsych, within the company he founded in 1978-- Futurehealth, and founding, organizing and running 3 conferences: Winter Brain, on Neurofeedback and consciousness, Optimal Functioning and Positive Psychology (a pioneer in the field of Positive Psychology, first presenting workshops on it in 1985) and Storycon Summit Meeting on the Art Science and Application of Story-- each the first of their kind. Then, when he found the process of raising people's consciousness and empowering them to take more control of their lives one person at a time was too slow, he founded Opednews.com-- which has been the top search result on Google for the terms liberal news and progressive opinion for several years. Rob began his Bottom-up Radio show, broadcast on WNJC 1360 AM to Metro Philly, also available on iTunes, covering the transition of our culture, business and world from predominantly Top-down (hierarchical, centralized, authoritarian, patriarchal, big) to bottom-up (egalitarian, local, interdependent, grassroots, archetypal feminine and small.) Recent long-term projects include a book, Bottom-up-- The Connection Revolution, debillionairizing the planet and the Psychopathy Defense and Optimization Project.
Over 200 podcasts are archived for downloading here, or can be accessed from iTunes. Rob is also published regularly on the Huffingtonpost.com
Rob is, with Opednews.com the first media winner of the Pillar Award for supporting Whistleblowers and the first amendment.
To learn more about Rob and OpEdNews.com, check out A Voice For Truth - ROB KALL | OM Times Magazine and this article. For Rob's work in non-political realms mostly before 2000, see his C.V.. and here's an article on the Storycon Summit Meeting he founded and organized for eight years. Press coverage in the Wall Street Journal: Party's Left Pushes for a Seat at the Table
Here is a one hour radio interview where Rob was a guest- on Envision This, and here is the transcript. .
To watch Rob having a lively conversation with John Conyers, then Chair of the House Judiciary committee, click here. Watch Rob speaking on Bottom up economics at the Occupy G8 Economic Summit, here.
Follow Rob on Twitter & Facebook. His quotes are here
Rob's articles express his personal opinion, not the opinion of this website.
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Wednesday, August 31, 2016John Taylor Gatto, author Dumbing Us Down; Interview Transcript, Part 1 (2457 views) John Taylor Gatto is an award winning teacher who is a brilliant critic of the educational system.
Wednesday, August 31, 2016Tips on Investigative Journalism From the Most Honored US Journalists-- Barlett and Steele (1225 views) interview with Donald Barlett and James Steele, the nation's most honored investigative reporting team, discussing tips for bloggers and writers on doing investigative journalism.
Wednesday, August 31, 2016Some tips on writing with your heart and your head (0 views) Want to get started writing? Here's how-- from empty screen to finished, up on the web. It's easy and fun.
Wednesday, August 31, 2016Tapping the Power of story (0 views) Stories define who we are and enable us to communicate in ways no other collection of words can achieve
Wednesday, August 31, 2016Movement Metaphors and Finding Heroes In Congress (491 views) Tapping all the power at your disposal is not an easy thing. Great power comes with great risks and some danger. But wisdom, strength, confidence and determination, added together enable the strong to make full use of their power. This is lofty territory....
Wednesday, August 31, 2016Book Review: Thom Hartmann's Cracking the Code (561 views) If Persuasion is Power, Thom Hartmann's newest Book Can Enable You To Achieve Your Maximum. Thom Hartmann, one of the top progressive talk radio "stars," has delivered a gift to anyone who wants to persuade others. It will be required reading for anyone trying convince people to act, take a stand or vote in some way.
Wednesday, August 31, 2016Book Review: Hero With a Thousand Faces (0 views) One of the Top 100 Most Important Books of the 20th Century, Joseph Campbell's book is a treasure trove with a map inside that can help you understand some of the most important stages and journeys in your life. Or, you can use its ideas to write better stories or plan for changes, planned or unexpected, in your life, your work, your relationships...
Wednesday, August 31, 2016Why Hillary Lost: She Failed to Share Her Heart's Stories (527 views) Mark Penn interpreted that his polling suggested that Hillary should avoid the soft stuff and stay on issues. And Hillary thought she knew all she needed to come up with the stories in her life that she told on her stump speeches. They both were wrong.
Wednesday, August 31, 2016Awakener; My Occupation. And yours? (0 views) today, when filling in a registration form on a website, I realized I had a new occupation to list, that encompassed many of the others I've listed in the past. I am an awakener-- someone who wakes up others. quotations on awakening at the end of this article
Wednesday, August 31, 2016Invisible Success, Civilizations that Die or Quit and Memes We Live By; Transcript of an Interview with Daniel Quinn (1183 views) Daniel Quinn's book, Ishmael, about a telepathic gorilla, won a Ted Turner award for book with a hopeful vision of the future. It's become a bestseller translated into many languages and I recommend it as must reading if you've never read it. This interview discusses the book AND an essay on invisible success and civilizations that die or quit-- one he wrote specifically for this interview.
Wednesday, August 31, 2016Rethinking Civilization-- Plunging Earth Into Sixth Extinction; Daniel Quinn Interview Transcript Part 2 (1213 views) Daniel Quinn's book, Ishmael, about a telepathic gorilla, won a Ted Turner award for book with a hopeful vision of the future. It's become a bestseller translated into many languages and I recommend it as must reading if you've never read it. This portion of the interview discusses the book AND his thoughts on civilization, beyond civilization, the Sixth Extinction and the disaster that hierarchy is...
Wednesday, August 31, 2016Talking about Apocalypse and Why the World Doesn't End: Interview Transcript Michael Meade (1297 views) I interviewed Michael Meade on April 30th.This is part one of a two part interview. Here's the original audio podcast link: Michael Meade; Apocalypse, Living in the Shadow of Democracy, and why the world doesn't end
Wednesday, August 31, 2016Transcript Arlene Goldbard: Bottom-up Self-Censorship, Top-down Consensus Reality (1073 views) My guest tonight is Arlene Goldbard. She is a writer, speaker, social activist and consultant who works for justice, compassion, and honor in every sphere from interpersonal to the transnational. Her books include Crossroads: Reflections on the Politics of Culture, New Creative Community: The Art of Cultural Development, Community, Culture and Globalization, and her novels, Clarity and The Wave.
Wednesday, August 31, 2016Intvw Transcript: James Risen--Tips on Investigative Journalism and Living With Prison Hanging Over His Head (1085 views) This is the first part of a series which will comprise the transcript of my 65 minute interview with James Risen.
Wednesday, August 31, 2016My Hiatus From News Marination Has Changed My Writing (1663 views) I turned off my cable TV the end of December. That left me with my Apple TV, which gives me Netflix and a collection of other free options. The biggest effect is that I do not have the news on for much of the day. There's no background of chattering pundits-- mostly liberal ones. After a bit more than 90 days I realized that this hiatus from TV news marination changed my writing.
Wednesday, August 31, 2016The Worlds of Story-- so much bigger than books and movies (1717 views) Story is much bigger than the obvious applications-- storytelling, movies and screenplays, novels and fiction, newspapers, television and magazines. Politics and psychotherapy are all about stories and narrative. A good attorney doesn't talk to a jury without wrapping evidence in story. What would religions and religious services be without stories? Marketing uses stories to engage, touch hearts and sell. Cultures are defined
Tuesday, February 16, 2016Writing Stories to Change the World (3093 views) We need stories to change the world. There is truth. There is vision. There are values-- They all come out of stories. Stories come first. This article includes excerpts from an interview with one of today's leading experts on making stories more powerful.
Tuesday, February 16, 2016When Truth is Vilified or Ignored, Story is the Solution (1255 views) During the first StoryCon meeting, which I founded and organized in 2002, a storyteller from the UK closed the meeting with this story, which says a lot about the power of story as it relates to the truth.
Tuesday, February 16, 2016How To Create An Evil Character-- Sound Familiar? (3560 views) Every good story needs a hero and every hero needs a good evil protagonist-- the evil character in the story. So, what makes a good evil character. There are some variants, but for most stories there are some common characteristics...
Tuesday, February 16, 2016Restorative Narrative-- Finding Hope After Darkness (1976 views) Restorative narrative stories follow a person or community through a meaningful progression from despair through resilience. Ivoh.org states, "We know that words create worlds. And at this time, we believe the world needs a new story."