The Radical Imagination Podcast

The Radical Imagination is a weekly one hour show designed to imagine, explore and build hope for change that can bring forth a transformative world and earth — economically, politically, intellectually, morally and spiritually. We echo the words of the Rev. Martin Luther King: “I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality.”

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Host Jim Vrettos greets Dr. James Gilligan, who has devoted his career as a psychiatrist to studying the problem of human violence, trying to discover the causes, cures, and prevention in individuals and in populations at large.

Thursday Nov 16, 2023

Host Jim Vrettors once again welcomes Beatty Cohan-Vrettos, psychotherapist and sex therapist for over 35 years, to discuss why today's marriages can be "adulterated" by financial, ethnic, religious and other forces outside the relationship that can distract or inhibit people from their full capacity for love. If you enjoyed this video be sure to like, share, and subscribe. Also, don't forget to hit that little bell notification icon so you don't miss anything! For more information on Manhattan Neighborhood Network visit: http://www.mnn.org   / mnnnyc     / mnnnyc     / mnnnyc     / manhattan-neighborhood-network  

Thursday Nov 09, 2023

Our guest Bruce Adolphe has just published a fascinating and original book: "Visions and Decisions - Imagination and Technique in Music Composition". In the book, Bruce has included current scientific research on dreams, hypnagogic experiences, emotions and feelings. He includes thoughts of composers past and present, and examines how works start from visions in a range of music, comparing musical and techniques to models in other creative disciplines. If you enjoyed this video be sure to like, share, and subscribe. Also, don't forget to hit that little bell notification icon so you don't miss anything! For more information on Manhattan Neighborhood Network visit: http://www.mnn.org   / mnnnyc     / mnnnyc     / mnnnyc     / manhattan-neighborhood-network  

Thursday Nov 02, 2023

In this especial edition of The Radical Imagination, Jim Vrettos welcomes back his very first guest: Dr. Cornel West, who is now running for president of The United States as an independent. Dr. West is Professor of Philosophy and Christian Practice at Union Theological Seminary, and former University Professor at Harvard University and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University. If you enjoyed this video be sure to like, share, and subscribe. Also, don't forget to hit that little bell notification icon so you don't miss anything! For more information on Manhattan Neighborhood Network visit: http://www.mnn.org   / mnnnyc     / mnnnyc     / mnnnyc     / manhattan-neighborhood-network   Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN) is a media learning, production and distribution hub that promotes creative expression, independent voices and community engagement. We are committed to providing everyone with the opportunity to tell their story, regardless of their background or experience. We operate two state-of-the-art emerging media production and education facilities in Manhattan, and we run Manhattan's public access TV channels, reaching some 400,000 cable subscribers in the borough. Our productions are also available in more than 29 states and in countries such as the Philippines and the Dominican Republic through live streams and online archives. We are also home to the NYC Center for Media Education (@nyccme), which offers education and training in traditional and virtual video production, emerging media, editing, podcasting, and broadcasting. Our mission is to cultivate a diverse collective of change-makers and storytellers who will level the playing field in media production. MNN offers a creative and collaborative community, open to all ages, races, ethnicities, national origins, sexes, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, faiths and religions, abilities, and regardless of socio-economic status.

Wednesday Nov 01, 2023

Today's guest is Dr. Bandy X., who is writing a long-overdue expose addressing the hidden abuses and victims of today's family courts using a compendium of commentaries by experts and personal first-hand experiences.

Wednesday Nov 01, 2023

Our guest today has spent his life writing about, examining and actively trying to transform America's traumatized soul and dysfunctional political system. Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who covered the first Gulf War and was a foreign correspondent and bureau chief in the Middle East and the Balkans for fifteen years for the New York Times.

Wednesday Nov 01, 2023

Burlesque' is an art form dating back hundreds of years and literally means to make a mockery or satirize. As a dramatic, literary and musical work it often has taken theater and combined it with parody-like comedy, drama, and dancing. Joining us for the third time is the talented and gifted comedic actress, showgirl, filmmaker and model Pearls Daily and her husband filmmaker Arthur Wo

Wednesday Nov 01, 2023

We're honored to welcome back to the Radical Imagination Robert Gangi, an activist, community organizer and public policy advocate in NYC for over 50 years who has served as Executive Director of the Correctional Association for over 29 years.

Wednesday Nov 01, 2023

Host Jim Vrettos talks to guest Nelson Denis, whose classic work: War Against All Puerto Ricans puts a magnifying glass to the largely overlooked history of revolution and terror in Puerto Rico. In addition to being an author, Denis is an activist, attorney and film director.

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