Monday November 3, 2003 The Faith of George W. Bush
Guest: Author Stephen Mansfield

Monday October 27, 2003 Spirituality and Creativity
Guests: Deepak Chopra, MD, author of The Spontaneuous Fulfillment of Desire and other books; Carol Sexton, Campus Ministry Associate for Spiritual Formation, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana

Monday October 20, 2003 Marianne Williamson, spiritual teacher and author of Everyday Grace; and Angeles Arrien, anthropologist, author and consultant, discussing The Second Half of Life.

Monday October 13, 2003 Anger Management
Guest: Anger expert and author Les Carter.

Monday October 6, 2003 Religion and Spirituality in the News Guest: Ken Woodward, Religion Editor, Newsweek magazine

Monday September 29, 2003 Change, Loss and Spiritual Transformation, Guest: Lama Surya Das, spiritual teacher, meditation master, poet, spokesman for American Buddhism and author of Awakening the Buddha Within and (his latest) Letting Go of the Person You Used to Be (Broadway Books)

Monday September 22, 2003 The Question of God: C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud Debate God, Love, Sex and the Meaning of Life (Free Press)
Guest: Psychiatrist and author Dr. Armand M. Nicholi, Jr

Monday September 15, 2003 Reforming the Catholic Church
Guests: David Gibson, journalist and author of The Coming Catholic Church: How the Faithful are Shaping a new American Catholicism (Harper-Collins;)
and Fr. Dominic Grassi, priest for 30 years and author of Still Called by Name: Why I Love Being a Priest (Loyola Press)

Monday September 8, 2003 Fear and the Search for Truth, Guests: Ken Obermeyer, spiritual teacher and author of Target Joy; Rev. Doris Hoskins, Unity minister.

Monday September 1, 2003 The Power of Love
Guest: Richard Shiningthunder Francis, author, spiritual counselor and mystic. Information about Richard's work is available at www.loveministries.org. e-mail: rmfrancis@juno.com

Monday August 25, 2003 Hope and Healing in Today's World
Guests: Dr. Nan Littleton, psychologist. professor and Director of the Mental Health program at Northern Kentucky University and
Mary Pipher, author of Reviving Ophelia and her latest, Letters to a Young Therapist (Basic Books)

Monday August 18, 2003 Dr. Jean Houston, PhD, Teacher, researcher and author of 17 books, including Mystical Dogs: Animals as Guides to our Inner Life

(An encore presentation of a show originally aired November 25, 2002)

Monday August 11, 2003 The Power of Friendship
Guests: Jan Yager author of Friendshifts: The Power of Friendship and How it Shapes Our Lives and Martha Moody, author of Best Friends.

(An encore presentation of a show originally aired November 18, 2002)

Monday August 4, 2003 Freedom Through Voice & Song, Guest: Music educator, Frank Merriman from the Bel Canto School of Music, Dublin, Ireland.

For information about Oxford's WOVEN Women's Chorus,
513-523-7179

Monday July 27, 2003 The Spiritual Journey of Sufism
Guests: Dr. Rick Colby, Asst. Professor of Comparative Religion, Miami University; Dr. Omid Safi, Asst. Professor in Islamic Studies, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York.

Monday July 20, 2003 Holy Spirit, an encore of a discussion with teacher and healer Ron Roth.


Monday July 13, 2003 Self-Awareness and Consciousness
Guest: Julian Paul Keenan, Neurologist, professor and author of The Face in the Mirror: The Search for the Origins of Consciousness (Harper Collins)

Monday July 7, 2003 The Journey of African-American Spirituaility, Guests: Stephen Angell, professor of Quaker Studies at Earlham College School of Religion and academic advisor for the PBS special “This Far By Faith: African American Spiritual Journeys; ” and James Arthur Williams, musician, composer and professor of music and worship, Kettering, Ohio.

Monday June 30, 2003 Practicing Patience
Guests: M.J. Ryan, author of Random Acts of Kindness, The Giving Heart, Attitudes of Gratitude and The Power of Patience Information at: www.maryjaneryan.com. ; Rob Dorsey, Gomang Meditation and Dharma Center www.gomangdharmacenter.org; and Rev. Georgiana Salyers, Miami University Campus Ministry Center. e-mail: lightsoncampus@hotmail.com

Monday June 23, 2003 The Search for God
Guest: Richard Shiningthunder Francis, author, spiritual counselor and mystic. Information about Richard's work is available at www.loveministries.org. e-mail: rmfrancis@juno.com

Monday June 16, 2003 The Historical Jesus
Guest: John Dominic Crossan, Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies, DePaul University, Chicago. Dr. Crossan has written over a dozen books which have become national bestsellers. (an encore presentation of a show that aired originally October 21, 2002.)

Monday June 9, 2003 Running from the Devil: A Memoir of a Boy Possessed
Guest: Steve Kissing, author, advertising copy-writer and contributing writer to Cincinnati Magazine.

Monday June 2, 2003 Self-Care in the Workplace
Guest: Holistic practitioner Gini Maddocks, LMT. Information available at her website: holisticmatters.net

Monday May 26, 2003 Movies that Inspire,
Guest: Mary Ann Brussat, co-founder and co-director of Cultural Information Service and Values & Visions and co-media editor of Spirituality & Health magazine.

Monday May 19, 2003 The Benefits of Spiritual Practice
Guest: Nita Rose, spiritual counselor and former nun with the Missionaries of Charity, the religious community founded by the late Mother Teresa of Calcutta. (Nita Rose's e-mail: TaraRose@Cinci.rr.com)

Monday May 12, 2003 How Psychotherapy has Changed in the Last 20 Years
Guest: Psychotherapist William Glasser, M.D, author of Warning: Psychiatry Can be Hazardous to Your Mental Health

Monday May 5, 2003 Pressure Groups & Textbook Censorship
Guest: Diane Ravitch, Research Professor of Education at New York University and author of The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn (Alfred A. Knopf, 2003)

Monday April 28, 2003 Nourishing the Body, Mind and Soul
Guest: Dharma Singh Khalsa, M.D, author of Meditation as Medicine, The Pain Cure and the latest, Food as Medicine (Atria Books, 2003)

Monday April 21, 2003 Introverts in an Extrovert World
Guest: Marti Olsen Laney, Psy.D psychoanalyst, researcher and author of The Introvert Advantage: How to Thrive in an Extrovert World, (Workman Publishing Co. February 1, 2002)

Monday April 14, 2003 Overcoming our Culture of Excess,
Guest: Laurel Mellin, M.A., R.D., Associate Clinical Professor of family and community medicine and pediatrics at the University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine and author of The Solution: 6 Winning Ways to Permanent Weight Loss and The Pathway.

Monday April 7, 2003 Travel as a Path to Spiritual and Emotional Well-Being
Guest: Rick Steves, travel advisor, author and host of "Rick Steve's Europe" on public television.

Monday March 31, 2003 Peace and Harmony through Feng Shui,
Guest: Feng Shui consultant Anita Owens 859-282-6282 email: kyfengshui88@aol.com (re-scheduled from March 24.)

Monday March 17, 2003 Fairy Stories of Hidden Ireland
Guest: Storyteller Eddie Lenihan

Monday March 10, 2003 Wellbeing as a Bridge Over Troubled Waters
Guests: Cynthia Allen and Larry Wells, counselors and therapists from Future Life Now. Phone 513-541-5720. Information about the Feldenkrais method is available at www.feldenkrais.com

Monday March 3, 2003 Making Peace With God
Guest: Harold Bloomfield, M.D, psychiatrist, psycho-spiritual therapist and New York Times best-selling author.

Monday February 24, 2003 The Spirituality and Philosophy of the Anti-War Movement
Guests: Dr. Phil Shriver, President Emeritus of Miami University; Dr Lonnie Valentine, Associate Professor of Peace and Justice Studies, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana; and Zach Fisher, recent Miami University graduate with plans to attend grad school at the University of Cincinnati.

As promised, here are some links our listeners may be interested in: (provided by Zach Fisher)
www.notinourname.net
www.tikkun.org (a predominantly Jewish group)
www.internationalanswer.com and
www.unitedforpeace.org (coalitions to stop the war)
www.moveon.org (an internet- based grassroots coalition that concentrates on lobbying and is sponsoring the February 26 Virtual March)
www.nyspc.net (the National Youth and Student Peace Coalition which put out the call for the Books Not Bombs walkout)

"Books Not Bombs Student Strike" March 5th Miami University Students will be joining with over 300 schools across the nation in a student walkout and day of education on the war on Iraq. Here are the events. There will be music, speakers, rallies, workshops, and panel discussions.

- Victims of Violence Vigil and Spiritual Service 9am-12 noon -multidenominational with a broad message -In the Sesquicentennial Chapel on Spring St.
- Stop the War Rally 12-1:30 -in front of Shriver Hall on the Miami University campus in Oxford -speakers and performers
- 2-5pm Teach-ins/Panels/Films -"Support Our Troops, Bring Them Home" -"History of Foreign Policy in the Middle East" -and more

Contact alhusams@muohio.edu for more info


Monday February 17, 2003 Aminatta Forna
Author of The Devil that Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Memoir, an autobiographical account of an idyllic childhood in postcolonial Africa that became the stuff of nightmare.

Monday February 10, 2003 Affirmative Action Today
Guest: Jerald Steed, Executive Director, Dayton Human Relations Council (937-228-5854)

Monday February 3, 2003 Mullato America, At the Crossroads of Black and White Culture: A Social History
Guest: Author Stephan Talty, critic and journalist who has contributed numerous pieces on race and American culture to publications such as the New York Times Magazine, Vibe, George, Chicago Review, the Irish Times, and Playboy. Originally from Buffalo, New York, he now lives in Brooklyn.

Monday January 27, 2003 Mothers and Fear of Child Loss
Guest: Janna Malamud Smith, psychotherapist and author of A Potent Spell: Mother Love and the Power of Fear (Houghton Mifflin)

Monday January 20, 2003 Should America Pay? Slavery and the Debate on Reparations
Guest: Raymond Winbush, PhD, author and Director of the Institute for Urban Research at Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD.

Monday January 13, 2003 The 100 Simple Secrets of Happy People
Guest: David Niven, PhD, author.

Monday December 23, 2002 How Christmas Works
Guest: Joe Kissack, CEO of How Stuff Works, Inc. Online at howstuffworks.com

Monday December 30 Meditation as Medicine Guest:
Dharma Singh Khalsa, M.D, author and workshop presenter. (encore presentation of a program that originally aired May 7, 2001.) Website: http://www.brain-longevity.com/dr.html

Monday December 16, 2002 The Intimacy Gap
Guest: Terrence Real, PhD, family and couples therapist and author of I Don't Want to Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression and How Can I Get Through to You: Closing the Intimacy Gap Between Men and Women. Information about Dr. Real available at terryreal.com

Monday December 9, 2002 Does Religion Promote Abuse?
Guests: Rita Nakashima Brock and Rebecca Ann Parker, co-authors of Proverbs of Ashes: Violence, Redemptive Suffering and the Search for What Saves Us. (Beacon Press)

Monday December 2, 2002 Music That Inspires
WMUB's own Don Leshner and "Mama Jazz" share their ideas about the role of music in their lives. E-mail your favorites to us in advance so we can have a clip ready to play during the show.
 

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