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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.
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Tuesday, February 16, 2016Archetypal, Mythic Strong Women and Patriarchy -- A Conversation with Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD-- Transcript (4681 views) My guest tonight is Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD. She's a psychiatrist who specializes in the study of Jungian archetypes and mythology. She's an author of many books and the one that I'm bringing her on to speak about, in particular, is her newest one titled, Artemis: The Indomitable Spirit in Every Woman.
Tuesday, February 16, 2016How To Create An Evil Character-- Sound Familiar? (3551 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, 2016Writing Stories to Change the World (3086 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.
Wednesday, August 31, 2016John Taylor Gatto, author Dumbing Us Down; Interview Transcript, Part 1 (2426 views) John Taylor Gatto is an award winning teacher who is a brilliant critic of the educational system.
Saturday, December 20, 2014Transcript: Arlene Goldbard, author, The Culture of Possibility: Art, Artists & The Future (2270 views) talking about connection, datastan, the republic of stories, the role of story in evolution, the value of stories in effectuating change, "...we have a problem because people keep trying to justify and explain and point to a change but they're constrained to only use the terms that the old order accepts and validates."
Saturday, December 20, 2014Mallary Jean Tenore-- Writing With Hope-- Restorative Narratives (2245 views) The reason I invited Mallary on this show is...she wrote an article, published on Images & Voices of Hope, on why restorative narratives are an important part of the media landscape. And I really like what it had to say because in some ways it reflected conversations that the Managing Editors at Opednews have had. So, welcome to the show Mallary.
Tuesday, February 16, 2016What Creates Passion and Passionate People, and What Defeats it In Us? Interview with Gregg Levoy (2131 views) What creates passion and passionate people, and what defeats it in us? That's the focus of Gregg Levoy's book, The Nature and Nurture of Passion, and the focus of our interview. Gregg Levoy is one of my favorite writers.
Tuesday, February 16, 2016Douglas Rushkoff-- Present Shock and Presentism: Interview Transcript (2063 views) Rushkoff describes five different kinds of present shock-- Narrative Collapse, Digiphrenia, Overwinding, Fractalnoia and Apocalypto. He argues that story has changed, from a linear sequence to more like a video game, with a world, but no ending.
Saturday, December 20, 2014As Writing and the Gutenberg Press Changed the World, Are Apps Creating an App Generation? Howard Gardner & Katie Davis (2040 views) Interview with Multiple Intelligences genius Howard Gardner and co-author Katie Davis discussing how apps are creating an Apps generation
Tuesday, February 16, 2016Freelancing, Failure, Follow-up, Risk, Reframing and the Passionate Life: Gregg Levoy Intvw Transcript Part 2 (1986 views) We continue our conversation about Gregg's book, the Nature and Nurture of passion. We discuss taking risks, freelancing, writing, the NEED for failure, reframing for deepening passion.
Tuesday, February 16, 2016Restorative Narrative-- Finding Hope After Darkness (1973 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."
Wednesday, August 31, 2016The Worlds of Story-- so much bigger than books and movies (1702 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
Wednesday, August 31, 2016My Hiatus From News Marination Has Changed My Writing (1656 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, 2016Talking about Apocalypse and Why the World Doesn't End: Interview Transcript Michael Meade (1287 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
Tuesday, February 16, 2016When Truth is Vilified or Ignored, Story is the Solution (1250 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.
Wednesday, August 31, 2016Tips on Investigative Journalism From the Most Honored US Journalists-- Barlett and Steele (1214 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, 2016Rethinking Civilization-- Plunging Earth Into Sixth Extinction; Daniel Quinn Interview Transcript Part 2 (1207 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, 2016Invisible Success, Civilizations that Die or Quit and Memes We Live By; Transcript of an Interview with Daniel Quinn (1170 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, 2016Intvw Transcript: James Risen--Tips on Investigative Journalism and Living With Prison Hanging Over His Head (1077 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, 2016Transcript Arlene Goldbard: Bottom-up Self-Censorship, Top-down Consensus Reality (1071 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, 2016Book Review: Thom Hartmann's Cracking the Code (553 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, 2016Why Hillary Lost: She Failed to Share Her Heart's Stories (520 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, 2016Movement Metaphors and Finding Heroes In Congress (486 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....