The Radical Imagination Podcast

The Radical Imagination Imagining the Eclectic Artistry of Maestro Gregory Singer

Jim Vrettos welcomes Maestro Gregory Singer, a noted violinist, composer, conductor and artist in his own right and the music director of the Manhattan Symphonie. Maestro Singer has brought with him the talented Canvas String Quartet who'll offer premiere performances of some of his compositions. The Quartet includes Ju Jin-Bornet, 1st Violin; Alison Molino, 2nd Violin; Allyson Care, Viola; and James Acampora, Cello.

The Radical Imagination Radically Imagining the Radical Imagination Conference

Host Jim Vrettos receives guests Kristin Lawler and Michael Pelias, two of the leading organizers of a conference being held at LIU Brooklyn that follows in the tradition of Left Forum and Socialist Scholars.

The Radical Imagination | Imagining Social Movements, Civil Liberties and More Democracy

On this episode host Jim Vrettos and guests Frances Fox Piven & Ira Glasser, discuss the Cloward/Piven political strategy and the possibility of continuing the movement now as it was in the 1960s.

The Radical Imagination: Imagining Loving Relationships in a Fearful, Hurt World

With so much negativity and hatred plaguing our world, it can be easy to lose sight of what’s right in front of us. While it’s important to improve international relationships, it’s also important to nurture the relationships in our personal lives. How do we help society heal itself and become more loving?
On this episode of “The Radical Imagination,” host Jim Vrettos of John Jay College of Criminal Justice addresses this question with his wife, Beatty Cohan-Vrettos, and discusses how to develop healthier and more loving relationships in a world that is full of fear and hurt.

The Radical Imagination | Imagining Revolutionary Love

Host Jim Vrettos interviews Rabbi Michael Lerner, Editor or Tikkun Magazine, Activist, and Author of "Revolutionary Love: A Political Manifesto to Heal and Transform the World", in which Lerner talks about polarization, dialogue and the need to understand each other in despite of our differences.

The Radical Imagination | Imagining Hitler's Aryan Jesus and America's Heretical Slaveholding

Host Jim Vrettos receives guest Susannah Heschel & Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove to discuss the role of German Protestant theologians during the Third Reich and its similarities with the development of a religious, racist right movement in America during the twentieth century.

The Radical Imagination | Imagining Poor People's Movements Then and Now

Today on the Radical Imagination we have a long needed and long-awaited dialogue between Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove and Frances Fox Piven, moderated by host Jim Vrettos.

The Radical Imagination | Imagining What an Independent American Left Would Look Like

Host Jim Vrettos interviews Stanley Aronowitz, Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York - CUNY.

The Radical Imagination | Imagining A Disability Revolution

Host Jim Vrettos receives guest Judith Heumann, International Disability Rights Advocate. Mrs. Heumann shared his experience and fight on behalf of those who, like herself, experience disabilities.

The Radical Imagination | Imagining Grace and Psychiatry - Transcendence Beyond Body and Mind

Host Jim Vrettos receives as guests Serene Jones, President of Union Theological Seminary; and Dr. James Gilligan, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at NYU. Together they explore the relationship between psychiatry and religion and how it can be more in common than more would expect.