Saturday, January 26, 2013

The Mystical Positivist - Radio Show #103 - 26JAN13

The Mystical Positivist is now a weekly radio show on KOWS-LP 107.3 FM, Occidental, CA. Listen live on Saturday evenings from 4:00 - 6:00pm, PST, via the web at KOWS Live Stream.

This week's podcast features:
  • A conversation with Zoketsu Norman Fischer, poet, author and Zen Buddhist priest. For many years he has taught at the San Francisco Zen Center, the oldest and largest of the new Buddhist organizations in the West, where he served as Co-abbot from 1995-2000. He is presently a Senior Dharma Teacher there as well as the founder and spiritual director of the Everyday Zen Foundation, an organization dedicated to adapting Zen Buddhist teachings to Western culture.

    A person of unusually wide-ranging interests, his Zen teaching is known for its eclecticism, openness, warmth, and common sense, and for his willingness to let go of everything, including Zen. His chief interests in addition to poetry and traditional Zen and Buddhist teachings, are the adaptation of Zen meditation and understanding to the worlds of business, law, conflict resolution, interreligious dialog (he works especially with Jewish meditation and Catholic inter-monastic dialog), care of the dying (he has for many years been a teacher with and is emeritus chair of the board of the Zen Hospice Project), the world of technology, and anything else he can think of. He’s the author of many books of poetry and prose, including his latest book, Training in Compassion: Zen Teachings on the practice of Lojong.


More information about Norman Fischer's work can be found at:

Saturday, January 19, 2013

The Mystical Positivist - Radio Show #102 - 19JAN13

The Mystical Positivist is now a weekly radio show on KOWS-LP 107.3 FM, Occidental, CA. Listen live on Saturday evenings from 4:00 - 6:00pm, PST, via the web at KOWS Live Stream.

This week's podcast features:
  • A conversation with Swami Kriyananda Kanda, aka Dr. Calen Daniel, DC. Dr. Daniel is a groundbreaking leader in the field of Whole Nutrition, and Holistic Health. After experiencing, in depth, the benefits of a Sattvic lifestyle and being a direct disciple of the brahmin, Dr. Keshaba Bhat, Dr. Daniel promotes the use of food as medicine and Yoga Therapy. His work consolidates modern science and the most ancient Vedic philosophy. Dr. Daniel works closely with his clients on ongoing goals providing cooking workshops and nutritional consultations. His work includes a wide range of functional and practical lifestyle assessments and health research for serious health problems.


More information about Swami Kriyananda Kanda's work can be found at:

Saturday, January 5, 2013

The Mystical Positivist - Radio Show #101 - 05JAN13

The Mystical Positivist is now a weekly radio show on KOWS-LP 107.3 FM, Occidental, CA. Listen live on Saturday evenings from 4:00 - 6:00pm, PST, via the web at KOWS Live Stream.

This week's podcast features:
  • Hosts Stuart Goodnick and Dr. Robert Schmidt reflect on two years of broadcasting of The Mystical Positivist on KOWS-LP and the art of conversation. Conversation is a two way dance and when guests on our show embody the fluidity to participate in a real give and take, we acheive something remarkable in the exchange. We realize the possibility of all participants in the conversation growing and exploring new perspectives on the subject at hand.
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