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The worldâs leading paranormal investigator, Joe Nickell is a regular contributor to Skeptical Inquirer science magazine. He is the author or editor of more than twenty books, including Looking for a Miracle, Inquest on the Shroud of Turin, and most recently The Relics of the Christ. In this discussion with D.J. Grothe, Joe Nickell expounds on his unique kind of paranormal investigating, which is neither mystery mongering, nor debunking. He emphasizes how his humanist values carry over into his skeptical work, and how his notion of doing good is applied to skepticism as a movement. He criticizes many in the skeptical movement who seem not to care to honor claimants with on-the-ground investigations, instead dismissing from the armchair that a supernatural claim is impossible. He also challenges those with the ghost hunter mentality, who lack effective training in investigation and instead just promote belief in unsupportable paranormal claims, even while engaging in important field investigations. Nickell ends discussing the future of the skeptical movement and the odds he thinks it has to adopt the kind of humanistic skepticism he promotes.

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Maggie Jackson is an award-winning author and journalist who writes the popular âBalancing Actsâ column in the Boston Globe. Her work also has appeared in the New York Times and on National Public Radio, among other national publications. Her acclaimed first book, Whatâs Happening to Home? Balancing Work, Life and Refuge in the Information Age, examined the loss of home as a refuge. Her newest book is Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age. In this interview with D.J. Grothe, Maggie Jackson discusses her controversial thesis about the downsides of the information age, and how the distractions from modern technologies lead to less critical thinking and less fulfilled lives. She explores the causes and effects of the erosion of attention, including media culture, the internet and personal communication devices, and even our fast-food culture, and how these impact relationships, work and personal identity. She details some advances in "attention science," a field in cognitive neuroscience, and what they tell us about how people can overcome their distractions. And she shares what listeners can do to stop the erosion of attention in their lives.

The end of the effort to settle the issue of identity is the realization that your life, just as it is, as it is unfolding, as it is displaying itself, is precisely your realization. Your life is yourself made real. Not real in the philosophical sense, but real in the sense of a manifested object.nnLive recording of a Worldwide Meeting with John Sherman on July 5, 2008.nnLength: 1 h 39 min. File size: 23.8 MB

Ben Radford is is one of the world's few science-based paranormal investigators, and has done first-hand research into psychics, ghosts and haunted houses, exorcisms, Bigfoot, lake monsters, UFO sightings, crop circles, and other topics. He is managing editors of Skeptical Inquirer magazine, and editor-in-chief of the Spanish-language magazine Pensar, published in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The author of many books, including Media Mythmakers: How Journalists, Activists, and Advertisers Mislead Us, and Lake Monster Mysteries: Investigating the World's Most Elusive Creatures (with Joe Nickell), he also writes online at LiveScience.com and MediaMythmakers.com. In this interview with D.J. Grothe, Radford recounts some of his experiences as a paranormal investigator, drawing a contrast between his work and that of the ghost hunters. He talks about his attempts at steath skepticism and also about his new board-game, Playing Gods. Also in this episode, philosopher and Center for Inquiry founder Paul Kurtz shares a special message for rationalists on Independence Day, about the Influence of the Enlightenment on America.

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P.Z. Myers PZ Myers is a biologist and associate professor at the University of Minnesota, Morris and the author of Pharyngula, the most heavily-trafficked science blog online. In this discussion with D.J. Grothe, P.Z. Myers details his expulsion from a screening of Expelled, Ben Stein's documentary which claims that the scientific community is limiting academic freedom by not allowing Intelligent Design to be taught or discussed in the schools. He explains the background of how he and other scientists were invited to appear in the film under false pretenses, and what his response has been. He addresses focus groups and other marketing methods for finding the best way to communicate science to the public. Calling himself part of the radical fringe, he elaborates on his view that leading science organizations such as the American Association for the Advancement for Science and the National Academies of Science are playing a shell game on the public when it comes to teaching the compatibility of science with religion, arguing that there is a direct link between science education and religious skepticism. And he also shares his thoughts about the future of the atheist and rationalist movement in the United States.

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This work is entirely about identity. There is nothing else that is of any use for us in fulfilling the natural desire to be alive, and free, and in love with life. There is nothing else that matters apart from identity. There is nothing else that gets in the way; there is no other problem, no other cause of suffering than the issue of identity. When the issue of identity is settled, all else follows.nnLive recording of a Worldwide Meeting on June 21, 2008.nnLength: 1 h 35 min. File size: 22.8 MB

PZ Myers is a biologist and associate professor at the University of Minnesota, Morris and the author of i Pharyngula /i , the most heavily-trafficked science blog online. In this conversation with D.J. Grothe, P.Z. Myers explains the purpose and impact of his blog, and whether his priority is to advance science education or atheism. He talks about what he sees as his roles in the scientific community and the atheist movement, and how related these roles are. He explores the relationship between science and atheism, and argues that the more a public learns science, the likelier it is that they will become atheistic. And he talks about where a science educator's atheism fits in the classroom. He also addresses the position of leading scientific organizations such as the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the National Academies of Science regarding evolution being compatible with religious belief, and their use of religious scientists as spokespeople, and he assesses their motivations and strategies to advance science to a largely religious American public.

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Susan Jacoby is the author of Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism. A prominent public intellectual she is frequently appears in publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Free Inquiry. Her latest best selling book is The Age of American Unreason. In this conversation with D.J. Grothe, Susan Jacoby explores recent trends that she argues have led to the "Age of American Unreason," including religious fundamentalism, mass media consumption and "video culture," and multiculturalism. She addresses how fundamentalism feeds anti-intellectualism in America, and how not only fundamentalism can be blamed for it. She details both the upside and the downside of the internet, the perils of too much TV viewing, and the effect of such over-consumtion on the cultural literacy of average Americans. She addresses criticism that she is merely "elitist" or a "luddite," and ends with specifics on how people can work to challenge the Age of American Unreason.

Donald Trump has appeared at a public inquiry into his plans for a £1bn golf resort in Aberdeen. Author: bbcworldnews Keywords: BBC News Tycoon tees off golf inquiry Added: June 10, 2008

Donald Trump has appeared at a public inquiry into his plans for a £1bn golf resort in Aberdeen. Author: bbcworldnews Keywords: BBC News Tycoon tees off golf inquiry Added: June 10, 2008

Seek the sense of self. That is what the self-inquiry of Ramana Maharshi is. "Self-inquiry" is really not a good translation for what he advises. There is no inquiry to it. There is no question to it; there is no answer to it. "Who am I?" is not a question, it is a quest. It is an exploration, an adventure, it is an investigation into the bedrock reality of identity. It is the movement that will resolve the issue of identity once and for all. It is the action that will remove from you the fearfulness and anxiety that arise solely because there is operating within you the unseen, unseeable, inferential conviction that there is nothing to you but this life.nnComplete, live recording of a Worldwide Meeting with John Sherman on June 7, 2008.nnLength: 1h 33 min. File size: 22.39 Mb

Taner Edis, born and raised in Turkey, is associate professor of physics at Truman State University and the author of The Ghost in the Universe: God in Light of Modern Science and Science and Non-belief, among other publications. His latest book is An Illusion of Harmony: Science and Religion in Islam. In this conversation with D.J. Grothe, Taner Edis explains reasons he thinks religion persists, and explores the complex relationship between science and nonbelief, detailing how the institutional interests of science may prevent some in the science community from working to diminish religion, the New Atheists excepted. He talks about how scientific theories are often misused by paranormalists or supernaturalists to advance their cultural position, focusing on the New Age movement's use of quantum physics and on the intelligent design movement. He examines differences between science and pseudoscience, arguing that often it is not possible to demarcate what is uniquely science. And he surveys various scientific approaches of examining religion, such as rational choice theory, the secularization hypothesis, and various evolutionary approaches, such as group selection theory, the byproduct theory of religion, and memetic approaches (that religion is a virus of the mind ).

University Of Metaphysical Sciences, Christine Breese http://www.umsonline.org http://www.youtube.com/MetaphysicalSciences Universal Church of Metaphysics 501(c)3 http://www.ucmeta.org Starlight Journal Ezine Metaphysical Newsletter http://www.starlightjournal.com Christine Breese http://www.christinebreese.info http://www.christinebreese.com These talks by Christine Breese are satsang videos especially for the internet directly to you, sponsored by University Of Metaphysical Sciences. Christine Breese is the founder of University of Metaphysical Sciences, which offers Bachelors, Masters, Doctorate D.D. and Ph.D. degrees in metaphysical subjects. Christine Breese speaks often of being still in the mind and being in the moment. This is only the beginning of enlightenment. After that, the experience of knowing the self that you are is ever deepening and the journey truly never ends. If you would like to meet Christine Breese in person, she offers retreats throughout the year. You can contact University Of Metaphysical Sciences at http://umsonline.org/MeditationRetreats/WinterMeditationSatsangRetreats/CaliforniaWinterRetreatsChristineBreese.html for retreat schedules or registration. You can also hear 10 minute meditations by Christine at MySpace at http://www.myspace.com/awakennowretreats If you would like transcripts of these Christine Breese, University Of Metaphysical Sciences videos, visit: http://www.christinebreesevideotranscripts.com 19 Meditation Meditating Meditate Source Within Inner Self Needs Christine Breese says, "Meditation is essential to spiritual development. Meditate if you want to dive deeply into spirituality. Meditation, meditating, isn't necessary for enlightenment, but meditation is necessary for further self inquiry into the nature of self. Meditating takes you deeper to the source within where your inner self can meet its needs for love. Finding the love within your self at the source of the inner self, that is what meditating will do for you. Then you can be the source of love for others more easily." "Meditation should become a daily habit, like exercise, grooming, eating, etc. To meditate is to maintain the body, the mind and the emotions and draw out the love from within the inner self. By meditating you invite health and well-being into your life and become the source of love for others. Meditate to maintain your sanity, meditate to create peace, meditate to find love, meditate to be at ease, meditate to create a better reality. Whatever it is that you use meditation for, it will make your life better." "Meditation isn't only something you do when you're sitting down and being silent. Meditation can happen anytime. You can meditate while walking, meditate while washing your dishes, and meditate while doing any mundane task. Meditating happens when you might not realize that's what you've been doing, as well. You're meditating when you are daydreaming, or go absent for a moment looking out the window, or listening to a song and getting lost in it. You are meditating when you are creating a piece of artwork or some other creative act. So as you can see, meditation and meditating can become a way of life. Really, life is the meditation of the soul. It's as if your soul is deep in meditation dreaming this life." christine breese meditation meditating meditate source within inner self spiritual spirituality enlightenment inquiry Author: MetaphysicalSciences Keywords: christine breese meditation meditating meditate source within inner self spiritual spirituality enlightenment inquiry Added: June 3, 2008

Robert M. Price is professor of theology and scriptural studies at Coleman Theological Seminary and professor of Biblical Criticism at the Center for Inquiry Institute. Heâs a fellow of the Committee for the Scientific Examination of Religion and the Jesus Seminar. Dr. Price is the author of a number of books such as The Reason Driven Life, Deconstructing Jesus, Incredible Shrinking Son of Man, and The Da Vinci Fraud. He has appeared widely in the media, and was featured prominently in the movie The God Who Wasnât There. His latest book is Top Secret: The Truth Behind Today's Pop Mysticisms. In this conversation with D.J. Grothe, Robert Price explores the origins, doctrines and dangers of various strands of contemporary "pop mysticism," including Rhonda Byrne's The Secret and other "New Thought" proponents, the movie What the Bleep Do We Know?, Deepak Chopra, Wayne Dyer, Eckhart Tolle, Marianne Williamson, and The Course in Miracles. He contends that there is some truth to many of these mystical worldviews, especially the emphasis on introspection and self-improvement, and details how to take what is of value while rejecting the unsupportable claims. He also addresses the popularity and influence of Christian televangelist Joel Olsteen, whom he argues is in fact a promoter of New Thought in Christian trappings. He also explores what the secular humanist and skeptic movements might learn from both the Christian Mega-churches and the New Age movements, and how they can work together as freethinkers against fundamentalist dogmatic religious-political movements.

How are metaphysical and philosophical questions of any use to you? How does understanding or not understanding the spiritual assertions that "you are inexistent," "there is nobody home," or "there is just being" help you bring an end to the undercurrent of fearfulness and anxiety that arises from the conviction that you are at stake in this life?n nAll that is ever really needed is to taste this sense of self, the feeling of being me whenever it occurs to you to do so. See if you can feel what it feels like to be here, to be you. Feel what self feels like.nnLive recording of a Worldwide Meeting on May 24, 2008.nnLength: 1 h 57 min. File size: 28.13 MB

Jamy Ian Swiss is universally considered one of the worldâs top sleight of hand performers, famous to magicians for his subtlety, skill and depth of understanding of magicâs history. He has appeared on a number of television programs in the United States, Europe, and Japan, including on The Today Show, CBSâs 48 Hours, Comedy Central, CNN, PBS Nova and the PBS documentary, The Art of Magic. Heâs performed internationally for corporate clients, lectured to magicians in over a dozen countries, and is a co-producer of New York Cityâs longest-running Off-Broadway magic show, Monday Night Magic. He is also a co-founder of the National Capital Area Skeptics and the New York City Skeptics, and a long-time contributor to the skeptical movement and its magazines. In this conversation with D.J. Grothe, Jamy Ian Swiss talks about his skeptical beginnings, and argues that magic done well is an "entertaining form of skepticism, rather than a debased form of mysticism" (as described by Adam Gopnik in the recent profile of Jamy in "The New Yorker"). He explores some of the philosophy of why and how magic works, and examines ethical and artistic issues related to the performance of contemporary magic and mentalism, as reflected n the work of a spectrum of performers ranging from Derren Brown to Marc Salem to Uri Geller. He also wonders about the effectiveness of the skeptical movement overall, and the value of getting involved in the skeptical community.

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Author: MyTopStory Added: Fri, 23 May 2008 10:49:34 -0800 Duration: 360Topics: Polar Bears, Champions League Final, Safe-Injection Sites, China & Myanmar Disasters, Taser Inquiry, Vancouver Crime, East Side Shooting, Cultus Lake Murder, Drug Prohibition, Career Fairs, Homelessness, Fast Ferries, Olympics, Mental Health, Vancouver Sex Trade, Looking For Jobs, Eco-Tourism. Location: Robson St.

Author: MyTopStory Added: Fri, 23 May 2008 09:49:36 -0800 Duration: 360Topics: Polar Bears, Champions League Final, Safe-Injection Sites, China & Myanmar Disasters, Taser Inquiry, Vancouver Crime, East Side Shooting, Cultus Lake Murder, Drug Prohibition, Career Fairs, Homelessness, Fast Ferries, Olympics, Mental Health, Vancouver Sex Trade, Looking For Jobs, Eco-Tourism. Location: Robson St.

Author: MyTopStory Added: Fri, 23 May 2008 09:49:36 -0800 Duration: 360Topics: Polar Bears, Champions League Final, Safe-Injection Sites, China & Myanmar Disasters, Taser Inquiry, Vancouver Crime, East Side Shooting, Cultus Lake Murder, Drug Prohibition, Career Fairs, Homelessness, Fast Ferries, Olympics, Mental Health, Vancouver Sex Trade, Looking For Jobs, Eco-Tourism. Location: Robson St.

Paul Kurtz, considered by many the father of the secular humanist movement, is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Buffalo. As chair of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP), the Council for Secular Humanism, and Prometheus Books, and as editor-in-chief of Free Inquiry Magazine, he has advanced a critical, humanistic inquiry into many of the most cherished beliefs of society for the last forty years. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and has been featured very widely in the media, on topics as diverse as reincarnation, UFO abduction, secular versus religious ethics, communication with the dead, and the historicity of Jesus. In this conversation with D.J. Grothe, Paul Kurtz describes the Center for Inquiry's transnational efforts, detailing its activities to advance science and secular values in the Netherlands, Romania, Germany, Russia, China, the United Kingdom, Canada and various countries in Africa, the Middle East and South America. He shares some of the history of the worldwide skeptical and humanist movements, and shows how the recent worldwide expansion of the Center for Inquiry is a result of its commitment to what he calls "planetary humanism."

Spiritual ideas such as "resist nothing," "stop," or "call off the search" and the like are not instructions, they are simply attempts to speak of the outcome of our seeking.nnWhat we seek is the direct taste of the sense of self, and this brings us, again and again, face-to-face with the light of reality. It is that light that does all the work. nnIt is that light that snuffs out the deep, unseen conviction that we are these lives, these minds, these bodies and nothing more, and that we are at stake in these lives. Then we see what is meant by all spiritual ideas.nnLive recording of a Worldwide Meeting on May 3, 2008.nnLength: 2 h 8 min. File size: 30.76 MB

Austin Dacey serves as a respresentative to the United Nations for CFI, and is also on the editorial staff of Skeptical Inquirer and Free Inquiry magazines. His writings have appeared in numerous publications including the New York Times and USA Today. His new book is The Secular Conscience: Why Belief Belongs in Public Life. In this conversation with D.J. Grothe, Austin Dacey argues for the objectivity of morality from a nonreligious perspective. Maintaining that the conscience is prior to and independent of God and religion, he advocates an "ethics from below" that steers a middle course between an empirical "science of good and evil" and a transcendental religious ethic. While sharply criticizing what he sees as simplistic and misleading applications of evolutionary science to moral matters, Dacey defends a naturalistic understanding of the right and good. He explains the advantages of consequentialist moral theories that seek to promote individual well-being, and returns to John Stuart Mill's On Liberty to show that the belief in objective values is perfectly compatible with the social philosophy of secular liberalism. Dacey also responds to Chris Hedges' assertions that secularists do not grasp the nature of evil and that the Enlightenment notion of moral progress is a myth.

Rev. Warren Dale Blackford