Monday, October 30, 2017: Max Dashu on the Secret History of Witches

Happy Halloween! Max Dashu talks about the fascinating and long-suppressed histories of witches with priestess and sociologist Giana Cicchelli.

Max just published her first book, Witches and Pagans: Women in European Folk Religion, 700-1100. The book looks at "what the authentic cultural heritages of European women are before Christianity."

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Visual talks / events with Max Dashu

Next live webcast Saturday Nov. 4   12 noon San Francisco time

Women in Ancient Arabia: we look at neolithic icons; invoking women as a key theme in rock art; the sculpture of Yemen and Jordan, of Timna, Petra, Khirbet et-Tannur, and Palmyra; the Sabaeans and astrological goddesses, with a bit on modern Arabian weavers and muralists.


Sunday Nov. 12, Noon (San Francisco time, live)

Witch hunts: We will honor the women felled by persecution, whether rebels, herbalists, or those targeted for many other reasons, by looking at what happened, and discussing its legacies in modern culture. (See link for more.)


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Also on today's show:
Health worker Amanda Bloom reports from Puerto Rico
A little bit of humor from Peter Tannen

Monday, October 5, 2015: Cecile Pineda's Apology to a Whale

"Human Beings have fouled our nest." Cecile Pineda

Kate Raphael speaks in depth with Cecile Pineda, whose new book, Apology to a Whale: Words to Mend a World, takes on linguistics, anthropology and the question of why some humans try to destroy the world we live in, when no other animal does.  Cecile will be reading in Berkeley next Saturday at a benefit for Western States Legal Foundation.

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Apology to a Whale: Words to Mend a World, Book Launch Benefit

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Apology to a Whale: Words to Mend a World, by Cecile Pineda, is now available from WingsPress.com. Western States Legal Foundation is sponsoring a benefit book launch, reading and signing on Saturday, October 10 at the Berkeley Town House, 2550 Dana Street at the corner of Parker Street, with a wine and cheese reception at 3:30 pm and author presentation at 4 pm. Cecile Pineda will talk about how the work developed, and answer questions from the public. Admission is free. Book sales will benefit Western States Legal Foundation, which has been working for the abolition of nuclear weapons throughout the world for more than three decades.

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Selling Breast Cancer
Star Trek Live