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Talking Tar Sands with Andrew Nikiforuk

boilingfrog — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:57:57 +0000

Andrew Nikiforuk, journalist and author of Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent and , and former Saskatchewan Green Party Leader,

History in the Making with Glenn Hymers of the CSLP

boilingfrog — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:36:24 +0000

Audio tour with Glenn Hymers, retired school teacher and member of the Craik Sustainable Living Project (CSLP). Glenn connects our historical past to the future of environmental sustainability in Craik, SK.

Why Craik

boilingfrog — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:47:42 +0000

A conversation with Shirley Eade, founding member of the Craik Sustainable Living Project (CSLP) and organizer of the annual Solar Fair. Shirley tells us why Craik became a beacon of hope for environmentalists while pursuing a sustainable development path.

0:00 - 1:04 Intro

1:05 - 5:11 arriving at Shirley and Austin Eades. Austin speaks about his tree planting projects.

5:12 - 9:23 Why Craik? "...the right people at the right place at the right time..."

9:24 - 10:37 People have to admit that it's good, but what is it (eco-development) good for?

Deer don't have televisions

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:22:25 +0000

Dr. Lynn Oliphant presents "Nature as a Model for Human Sustainability" at the recent Solar Fair in Craik, SK.

Craik's 2nd annual Solar Fair

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:22:22 +0000

This is the first episode of boilingfrog's new podcast series - Green Town Times. Based in Craik, Saskatchewan, the Green Town Times aims to cover events and people centred around the ongoing green initiatives here.

In this episode you'll hear selected excerpts from various presenters at the 2008 Solar Fair, hosted by the Craik Sustainable Living Project (CSLP).

Anne Rochon Ford interview

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:21:47 +0000

Anne Rochon Ford, the co-ordinator of Women and Health Protection speaks about pharmaceuticals and their impact on womens health, children and the environment.

Kitchener Conversations

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:21:43 +0000

A woman talks of her friend who drowned fleeing the police; man speaks of the effectiveness of talk therapy in conjunction with his anti-depressants; two others share personal stories how the pharmaceuticals they were taking are linked to the seizures and diabetes they've experienced; and www.greenspiration.org" href="http://www.greenspiration.org/bios/bio2.htm" target="_blank">Angela Bischoff teaches how yoga makes you happy, leading the group in a fun exercise.

Carin Reinhardt interview

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:21:41 +0000

Carin Reinhardt of the Wild Organic Way Cafe in Guelph, Ontario, shares her experiences of the health benefits in eating raw, organic, unprocessed food for her, her husband, the children they've cared for and their many satisfied customers. Good nutrition beats pharmaceuticals in building healthy bodies, leaving one to wonder about government policies that created a generation of drugged out zombies.

Matt Soltys interview

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:21:39 +0000

Matt Soltys - producer and host of the Healing the Earth radio program broadcast on the Guelph community radio station - CFRU and as a podcast series here at rabble. Matt is also a co-organizer of the 'No Olympics on Stolen Land' speaking tour Jan. 19 - Feb.

Guelph in Conversation

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:21:38 +0000

People share their courage and appreciation for citizen activism as well as alternative ways in looking at our health and health care system. Recorded live in Guelph at Old Quebec Street Mall during the Healthy Mind Body Planet Tour in April 2006. Follow along below and also find links to the full series of podcasts, both audio and video.

Windsor: Women in Conversation

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:21:37 +0000

Four women discuss the 'pill for every ill' approach vs. community support following the Healthy Mind Body Planet Tour presentation in Windsor, Ontario - April, 2006. Follow along below and also find links to the full series of podcasts, both audio and video.

Dr. Joel Lexchin interview

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:21:26 +0000

Dr. Joel Lexchin discusses the scope of drug industry influence on doctors and the efficacy of anti-depressants vs. placebo in treating depression.

Kimbercote conversations

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:21:24 +0000

As part of the Healthy Mind Body Planet Tour, participants at Kimbercote Farms' Earth Day 2006 events discuss modern and alternative medicine therapies, their experiences with them and the politics involved.

One inspired comment in this episode - "the whole idea of simplicity is an anti-depressant to me"

Follow along in the show notes below, link to our other audio and video podcasts and visit the tour homepage.

Toronto talk therapy

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:21:23 +0000

"I'm not depressed, I'm just feeling what's going on on the earth. Their destroying the earth, humanity and all the animals. If you don't feel that, you're numbed out." one comment in this episode that sums up a probable cause to many of our mental, emotional and spiritual illnesses.

Friends and neighbours speak passionately about root sources of depression, the dangers of pharmaceutical drugs, and inspiring alternative treatments. Recorded live at the University of Toronto in April 2006 during the Canadian, coast to coast, Healthy Mind Body Planet Tour

Kingston conversations

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:21:19 +0000

Following another Healthy Mind Body Planet Tour presentation in the spring of 2006, the people of Kingston, Ontario share their experiences with mental illness, pharmaceuticals and their alternatives.

Alan Cassels, co-author of 'Selling Sickness'

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:21:18 +0000

interview with Alan Cassels, co-author of 'Selling Sickness: How the World's Biggest Pharmaceutical Companies Are Turning Us All into Patients'

Critical Dialogue with Ghislaine Lanctot

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:21:16 +0000

Ghislaine Lanctot was a Medical Doctor that came to understand the real inner workings of the health industry. In this podcast she shares her views on how to obtain true health. We caught up with Ghislaine (now called Ghis) on the one year anniversary of the Healthy Mind Body Planet Tour.

0 - 1:00 Introduction

Montreal: Hometown Conversation

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:20:13 +0000

Conversation highlights following our HMBP Tour presentation in Montreal, hometown of the late Tooker Gomberg. Family, friends and community members share their thoughts and experiences with depression, big-pharma and health care.

Raeanne's story, Saskatoon

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:19:53 +0000

0:00 - 1:00 Intro

1:01 - 15:38 Raeanne's story, Saskatoon

15:39 - 17:00 extro, production update, appeal for donations

Raeanne Aline Fortin sits down with Tracey Mitchell in Saskatoon to share her experiences over the last 10 years. In and out of hospitals, a litany of drugs and poor treatment were only some of the hardships Raeanne endured. However, her indomitable spirit found a way to heal, without a psychiatrist or pharmaceutical drugs.

Halifax Points of View

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:19:41 +0000

Group discussion on mental health issues, with a focus on sustainable activism as part of the Healthy Mind Body Planet Tour 2006. Halifax, April 6, 2006, Dalhousie University, with support from NSPIRG

0:00 - 0:46 Intro with Bridget Haworth

0:47 - 1:26 Information on Orthomolecular medicine and Dr Abram Hoffer

Critical Dialogue with Dr. Dean Fergusson

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:19:41 +0000

Research shows that one is twice as likely to commit suicide while on a pharmaceutical anti-depressant drug compared to placebo. Dr. Dean Fergusson, of the Ottawa Health Research Institute, explains his research to Angela Bischoff during the recent Healthy Mind Body Planet Tour.

Critical Dialogue with Dr. Michele Brill-Edwards

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:19:13 +0000

Dr. Michele Brill-Edwards, former senior physician with Health Canada shares her first hand experiences with how Big Pharma influences and interferes with government regulators in their work to protect Canadians health.

We caught up with Dr. Brill-Edwards during our stop in Ottawa, on the cross Canada, Healthy Mind Body Planet Tour.

Friends of Tooker, Halifax

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:19:13 +0000

Two young Halifax activists, Aaron and Amanda, were touched and inspired by Tooker and Angela's work. They share their feelings about depression, community, and the state of the world.

(0:00 - 0:54 rabble and boilingfrog intro)
(0:55 - 7:10 Aaron Doncaster '... we have to become the revolution!')
(7:12 - 14:13 Amanda Dainow '...Angela, you've really helped me and impacted my life... do you wanna hug?')
(14:14 - 14:37 extro)

Recorded live at Halifax Farmers market on April 8, 2006 and edited at International Funk in Edmonton on May 21, 2006.

Fredericton 2: up close in the Underground

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:19:07 +0000

TIP: if you have problems with iTunes, try the red 'download' button.

Following an amazing discussion at the Underground Cafe in Fredericton, NB, we sat down with two of it's volunteer/owner/operators to listen to their personal struggles with depression, and anti-depressant pharmaceuticals. These tales may be haunting, but sadly becoming all to familiar as we travel Canada by rail on the Healthy Mind Body Planet Tour in 2006. Our thanks to Jody and George for sharing their stories.

Fredericton: Stories from the Underground

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:19:06 +0000

Listen in on a rivetting discussion from the Underground Cafe, in Fredericton New Brunswick. Young and old alike share their personal experiences with depression, anti-depressant pharmacueticals, and healthy alternatives following the 2nd of 23 cross Canada events on the Healthy Mind Body Planet Tour 2006.

Critical Dialogue with Dr. David Zitner

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:19:05 +0000

In his office at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Dr. David Zitner sits down with Angela Bischoff to discuss the lack of efficacy concerning anti-depressant pharmacueticals. Regarding informed consent, Zitner speaks about a Dr.'s responsibility to inform patients about potential complications, of which there are many, including an increased risk of suicide.

WARNING: There may be drugs in your food.

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:19:03 +0000

On the eve of the Healthy Mind Body Planet Tour 2006 , Percy Schmeiser, Saskatchewan farmer, and international farmer rights advocate speaks about pharma crops, seed security.

At the event hosted by Act for the Earth, and ACTivist Magazine, we discover (surprise, surprise ;) that the Food, Drug, Seed, and Chemical corporations are joining forces. What does this mean? What are the Consequences? How are they getting away with it? Or, more importantly, what can we do to stop them?

Elsipogtog 2

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:18:58 +0000

During the first stop on the Healthy Mind Body Planet Tour, Angela, Kelly and Bridget sat down with Bernadette, Willi, Noel and Josephine to learn of their experiences and gain insight into strategies working for them when dealing with depression, drug abuse and the root causes.

(0:30- 2:48) Bernadette tells us of her experiences and perspectives on drug problems in her community.
(2:49 - 6:18) Willi shares her gift of the Good Life Gathering, and stories of strength from Grassy Narrows.
(6:19 - 10:00) Noel talks about communication and understanding as potent tools for healing.
(10:02 - 14:42) Josephine, Elder and Healer, illuminates her commitment to traditional practices in caring for her people.

Elsipogtog Speaks Out

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:18:57 +0000

Angela Bischoff introduces the Elsipogtog Health and Wellnesss Centre and then we hear from Ron Brun, Director of the Centre, introduce the presentation. You, the listener, miss the presentation itself, but like a fly on the wall, you'll hear the stories of locals dealing with the various issues, and their solutions to the problems we all face.

(NOTE: the radio station in Halifax where this podcast was cut is CKDU and not CKUD as I spell it out in the extro.)

Launching the Healthy Mind Body Planet Tour

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:18:48 +0000

0:00 - 1:43 - Introduction by Boo Watson, tour supporter and member of Toronto's Air Apparent
1:43 - 8:54 - Angela, Bridget and Kelly, talking it out in the production studio after a long day preparing presentations, organizing venues, producing tabloids, and networking with amazing activists and supporting organizations across the country.
8:55 - 10:00 last verse of 'Learn the Game' by KW Davis, a talented and friendly singer songwriter south of the 49th.