The Radical Imagination Podcast

The Radical Imagination | Imagining How We Wrestle with Death, Dogma and Domination

In this episode, host Jim Vrettos interviews Professor Cornel West about his early writings and thoughts in his career as a philosopher.

The Radical Imagination: Imagining Drug Use for Grown-Ups

Host Jim Vrettos receives Professor Carl Hart & Ira Glasser as guests to have a controversial conversation about the use of drugs and why it should not be penalized by the government.

The Radical Imagination: Imagining the Political Artistry and Revolutionary Poetry of Immortal Tech

The Radical Imagination host Jim Vrettos interviews #ImmortalTechnique (Felipe Coronel), Political rapper | Activist | Independent record producer - Viper records. Firehouse TV’s “The Radical Imagination” airs every Sunday at 8:00 pm on MNN1 (TWC 34 & 1995, RCN 82, FiOS 33) and MNN’s HD Community Channel (TWC 1993) or streaming live on mnn.org. Catch the repeat every Thursday at 8:00 pm on MNN4 (FiOS 36, RCN 85, TWC 67 & 1998) and MNN’s HD Community Channel (TWC 1993) or streaming live on mnn.org.

The Radical Imagination | Imagining and Choosing Not to Live in a World of Comforting Illusion

In this episode Jim Vrettos receives Noam Chomsky & Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove to have a conversation about the progressive movement in 21st century North America.

The Radical Imagination | Imagining After Violence: Humanity at a Crossroads

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.

The Radical Imagination | Imagining Sexual Intrigue, Power, Complexity and Relationships

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  

The Radical Imagination Imagination and Technique in Music Composition - Visions and Decisions

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  

The Radical Imagination l Imagining a President with Radical Love

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.

The Radical Imagination | Imagining and Exposing the Hidden Abuses and Victims of the Family Courts

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.

The Radical Imagination | Imagining America’s Traumatized Soul and Transformation

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.