The Radical Imagination Podcast

The Radical Imagination: Title of show is Imagining Living Lives of Committed, Radical Love Activism

Host Jim Vrettos and co-host Judy Jorrisch dialogue with Sheila Collins, long-time human rights advocate, political scientist, author, and community organizer about her and her husband's -- Rev. John Collins -- life of committed, radical love activism. 

The Radical Imagination: Imagining How to Understand Fascism

Host Jim Vrettos interviews Ken Lawrence, veteran community organizer, activist, anti-Klan, anti-Nazi researcher on how to understand and organize against fascism.  

The Radical Imagination Imagining How to Keep Our Children Engaged in the Love of Learning

Host Jim Vrettos interviews Rebecca Winthrop, leading global authority on education, imagining how we can keep our children curious, engaged in critical thinking and in love with learning.

The Radical Imagination Imagining Fundamentalism and Terrorism vs. Religion and Love

Radical  Imagination host Jim Vrettos welcomes Jewish Currents editor Peter Beinart and Columbia University visiting Israeli historian Avi Shilon to a discussion on Israel, Zionism and the war in Gaza. 

The Radical Imagination Imagining the Future of Black Lives Matter and Racial Social Justice

The April 23rd Radical Imagination show -- Imagining the Future of Black Lives Matter and Racial Social Justice, was a dialogue between host Jim Vrettos and Black Lives Matter co-founder and of Black Lives Matter Grassroots co-director Melina Abdullah.

The Radical Imagination Imagining If We're Good Enough

The April 10th show of the Radical Imagination with host Jim Vrettos was a dialogue with the young filmmaker Sabrina Geffner concerning her craft and her recent, award-winning short narratives, "Good Enough" and "Somebody Nobody."

The Radical Imagination Imagining Jewish and Israeli Response to the Destruction of Gaza -- A Dialogue with Peter Beinart

Today's Radical Imagination show will be a dialogue between host Jim Vrettos and acclaimed columnist and political commentator Peter Beinart -- author of the recent New York Times bestseller Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza -- A Reckoning.   We'll be addressing one of the most important issues of our time and discussing Peter's premise that Palestinian liberation means Jewish liberation as well.

The Radical Imagination | Imagining How We're Doing in the Boudoir and the Bedroom

Host Jim Vrettos welcomes a respected and renowned national commentator and expert on the world of love, marriage and relationships. Beatty Cohan Vrettos is an activist, a skilled psychotherapist and sex therapist, a media commentator and consultant, author of the groundbreaking book Never Make A Mistake in Love Again, host of the Ask Beatty show on progressive Radio Network.

The Radical Imagination Imagining the Times That Try Our Souls — Fighting Back in the Middle of a Coup

People have become angry and frustrated by the scarcity of oppositional leadership to challenge the catastrophic coup and illegal power grab facing the country. There's a growing realization that it's up to us to act.
This show is a beginning conversation on ways individuals can take action and to connect with each other, fighting back to save our democracy. 
 

The Radical Imagination Re-Imagining the Port Huron Statement

Jim Vrettos honors what would have been the 85th birthday of anti-war and civil rights activist Tom Hayden, principal author of The Port Huron Statement, by talking with his comrade and also activist Alan Haber.