Podcasts from the year 2018
Paradigms is a radio show that brings you inspired inspiring people exploring visions of a viable future for life on Earth, including humans; and great music from around the world! Enjoy these programs originally presented in 2018:GlobalFEST – January 6 at the Copacabana in NYC
Every January GlobalFEST happens in New York City, bringing artists from around the world together to celebrate music. GlobalFEST is also a music industry showcase, so lots of industry professionals … More …
Duckie and Bees of Black Uhuru – New Grammy Nominated CD “As The World Turns”
Black Uhuru is one of the most popular reggae groups to come out of Jamaica. Derrick “Duckie” Simpson is the founder and leader of the group. Andrew “Bees” Beckford plays … More …
Paul Winter – Musician, Composer, Nature, Solstice
The Paul Winter Consort has been making music for over 50 years! Their music explores and celebrates nature, and humans as part of nature. Celebrate Winter Solstice with Paul and … More …
Minor Empire – Ozan Boz and Ozgu Ozman – New CD Uprooted
Ozgu Ozman and Ozan Boz are from Turkey, now based in Canada. They make music that speaks to the human struggle and inspiration for justice and freedom of expression. The … More …
Rev Billy & Savitri D – The Church of Stop Shopping Choir
Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir is a New York City based radical performance community. Together with partner Savitri D, Rev. Billy has been sharing messages of justice, peace … More …
David Mallett Musician & Alison Stine of Rewire.News on Appalachia
David Mallett is a folk singer from Maine. He’s been traveling around and playing music for many decades. You probably know his hit The Garden Song. David’s a friendly fellow … More …
Sean Ardoin New CD “Kreole Rock and Soul” – Wolfenoot Celebration
Sean Ardoin‘s family is credited with creating Creole music! His new album Kreole Rock and Soul is a spicy stew of familiar and original songs that will make you dance and … More …
Gigs4U – Live Music in Seattle Public Spaces
Gigs4U is a company in Seattle that coordinates musicians playing in public venues, i.e. airports, parks, and the like. The result of their work is that musicians work regularly and … More …
Malika Tirolien & Michael League of Bokanté – New CD “What Heat”
What Heat is the new album by Bokanté + Orkest Metropole. The music is bold, textured and inspiring. The lyrics and the music speak to our life and times. Malika … More …
Stephan Said – “this is borderless” docu-series
Stephan Said is a musician, singer/songwriter/rapper and a person of conscience. He has started a project called this is borderless which is a video docu-series and media platform that features … More …
Max Gomez – Singer, Songwriter, New EP “Me & Joe”
Max Gomez is a folk singer with a new EP called Me & Joe. He is also a founder of the Red River Music Festival which takes place in Red … More …
Kristin Lawless – New Book “Formerly Known As Food”
Kristin Lawless has written a book Formerly Known as Food which will change the way you shop and eat. It could even help you to improve your health. Many chronic illnesses … More …
Elijah Dhavvan of Tobias The Owl – New CD “A Safe Harbor for Wayward Echoes”
Elijah Dhavvan is the front man and principal songwriter for Tobias The Owl, a musical group based in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Elijah’s story is fascinating, from … More …
Raúl Vargas of the band Makrú – New CD “Tu Mission”
Raúl Vargas of the band Makrú discusses the band’s history of bringing together many styles of music, and their new CD Tu Mission. Raúl is originally from Madrid, but he … More …
Donna De Lory – Singer Songwriter Composer – New CD “Here in Heaven”
Donna De Lory has a new CD Here in Heaven. Donna is a singer, songwriter/composer who has worked with artists like Bette Midler, Carly Simon, Leonard Cohen, Madonna, and many … More …
Michael William Gilbert – Composer, Musician, New CD “Radio Omnibus”
Michael William Gilbert has a new CD called Radio Omnibus which will take you on a trip! This is not the music you are accustomed to, and it will surprise … More …
Omar Faruk Tekbilek – Musician, Composer, New CD “Love Is My Religion”
Honored as a peacemaker and virtuoso, Omar Faruk Tekbilek is now one of the most sought-after musicians, whose work transcends political boundaries while maintaining traditional sensibilities in a way few … More …
Cat Duffy Buxton & Didi Pershouse – Soil Carbon Coalition, Book “The Ecology of Care”
Cat Duffy Buxton of Grow More, Waste Less and Didi Pershouse of the Soil Carbon Coalition and author of The Ecology of Care join Baruch for this third and final … More …
David Chapman of The Real Organic Project – Soil, Nutrition and Climate
David Chapman is founder of The Real Organic Project, an organization that exists to promote and protect truly organic farms and food, for the health of the soil and thus … More …
Mark Kastel Cornucopia Institute – Organic vs Faux Organic
Mark Kastel is co-founder of The Cornucopia Institute, a farm policy research group based in Wisconsin that promotes organic farming. The Cornucopia Institute exists to provide consumers with accurate information … More …
Vin Venezia New CD “Fifth and Adams”/Ally Boghun of Rewire.News
Vin Venezia asked for guitar lessons at the age of 8. Since then Vin has been playing and composing Jazz guitar, touring internationally, and now finally releasing his own CD … More …
Abiah – Vocalist Arranger Teacher – New CD Abiah Sings Nina
Jeremiah Abiah spoke with Baruch about his life, his music, and his latest project Abiah sings Nina which is a tribute to and a celebration of Nina Simone. The music … More …
Martin Cradick – Global Music Exchange – Baka People of Cameroon
Martin Cradick is the founder of Global Music Exchange, an organization that records endangered music and brings royalties back to the musician communities, and so much more. Martin shares stories … More …
Dr. Sharon Egretta Sutton – Architect, Musician, Author When Ivory Towers Were Black
Dr. Sharon Egretta Sutton Architect, Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington, Visiting Professor of Architecture at Parsons School of Art and Design, and more. Dr. Sutton has just published a … More …
Lili Haydn & Itai Disraeli New CD Opium Moon with MB Gordy and Hamid Saeidi
Opium Moon is a sensual and groovy collaboration of master musicians Lili Haydn on Violin/Voice, Hamid Saeidi on Santoor (Persian hammered dulcimer), MB Gordy on ancient percussion, and Itai Disraeli … More …
Migrant Children in the US – What’s Happening? Amy Littlefield and Tina Vasquez of Rewire.News
Amy Littlefield and Tina Vasquez of Rewire.News have written an article about what is happening to detained immigrant children in the United States, with a focus on the activities of … More …
10th Int’l Body Music Festival in Dzodze, Ghana – Keith Terry, Dr. Kofi Gbolonyo, and Tupac Mantilla
The 10th International Body Music Festival will be in Dzodze, Ghana July 6 – 16, 2018. Keith Terry Founder and Artistic Director, and Dr. Kofi Gbolonyo Co-Artistic Director of the … More …
Leah Lamb – Storyteller, Author of The Whale Dreamer Series
Leah Lamb is more than a teller of stories, she is a celebrant of Story as a part of human life, as a transformational process, and as a vehicle for … More …
Juan Pablo Diaz on Paradigms – Latin Grammy Nominee CD “Fase Dos”
Juan Pablo Diaz is an actor, singer, composer, and musician. He lives in Puerto Rico, where he was born. In 2016 Diaz released an album of original Salsa music Fase … More …
Catherine Bent – Cellist, Composer, New CD “Ideal”
Catherine Bent is a classically trained cellist who has fallen in love with Brazilian music! As a result Catherine has been learning to play Choro and other Brazilian musical forms, … More …
Molly Tigre – New CD “Molly Tigre” AfroJazzRock Fusion
“Molly Tigre marries the rhythms and melodies of African music-especially the entrancing styles from Ethiopia and Mali- with a uniquely progressive and exploratory jazz sound. Featuring the compositions of Mitch … More …
Baruch on Paradigms 9th Birthday!
Paradigms turns 9 years old! To celebrate, Baruch, the producer and host of Paradigms, shares three of his favorite projects; The Ocean Cleanup, Greening the Desert, and the National Memorial … More …
Duende Libre’s Alex Chadsey on Paradigms – New CD “Drift”
Alex Chadsey’s band Duende Libre has a new CD Drift. Alex returns to Paradigms to discuss the ways that Duende Libre is changing, how the musicians are growing in their … More …
Loreena McKennitt – New CD “Lost Souls”
Loreena McKennitt is known for her love of Celtic Music and the lush soundscape she provides through her performances and recordings. Since her 1985 CD Elemental Loreena has been researching and … More …
Jamie Gage – Poet, Songwriter, Singer – New CD “Earth Turns”
In the last 2 years Jamie Gage has published a book of poetry called True if Destroyed and recorded a CD Earth Turns. Jamie’s voice, in poem and in song, … More …
Bobby Treasure – Jamaican Artist – New CD “Never Stop Trying”
Bobby Treasure has recorded a new album of songs called Never Stop Trying. Bobby joins Baruch to talk about the music, and to tell some of his personal story. Bobby … More …
Kiran Ahluwalia – New CD “Seven Billion” – Lovefest Tour
Kiran Ahluwalia, born in India, raised in Canada and currently living in New York City, has just released her 7th CD of original compositions that embody the essence of Indian … More …
Tamra Lucid – Lucid Nation – New CD Ecosteria
Lucid Nation is an American Los Angeles-based experimental rock band formed in 1995 made up of Tamra Spivey and Ronnie Pontiac, and an ever-rotating line up of musicians. Tamra and … More …
Alec Clayton – Painter, Novelist – New Book “Tupelo”
Alec Clayton is an artist. His media has been painting and writing. Alec has a new novel out Tupelo which is based on his growing up in Tupelo, Mississippi in … More …
Lilli Lewis – Musical Metaphysician – New CD The Henderson Sessions
Lilli Lewis is extraordinary. Words do not do her or her music justice. Her most recent CD is The Henderson Sessions and it’s just Lilli and her piano and…well you … More …
Benji Kaplan – New CD Chorando Sete Cores, Brazilian Guitar and Woodwinds
Benji Kaplan is a New Yorker who fell in love with Brazilian music. He composes, plays guitar, and sings. Benji is prolific, having recorded 4 albums in the last 7 … More …
Barry Silber – Laura Nyro Tribute – And A World To Carry On
Barry Silber is the author of a show called And A World To Carry On about the great songwriter and performer Laura Nyro. The show tells some of Nyro’s life … More …
Antoinette Harrell – Genealogist, Historian, and Activist
Antoinette Harrell is a genealogist who has done extensive research and exposed instances of peonage in the US south in the 20th century. What this means is that African descended … More …
Regula Curti – The Beyond Foundation – CD Awakening Beyond – Tina Turner, Sawani Shende Sathaye & Dima Orsho, Mor Karbasi, Ani Choying
Regula Curti, with her partner Beat Curti, founded the Beyond Foundation in 2007. “We offer a platform for all musicians of all cultures to inspire each other and to collaborate. … More …
Patrick Ross – Musician, Composer, Educator, Music
Patrick Ross is a musician and music educator living in Vermont. He plays numerous stringed instruments, teaches young people and adults musicianship and music theory, and is an accomplished player. … More …
Abi Rooley-Towle’s new EP Azure Blue – Eva Salina’s new CD Sudbina
Abi Rooley-Towle from the wilds of Scotland, has a new EP Azure Blue coming out in March. Abi is inspired by the world around her and the belief that humanity … More …
Eve Reyes-Aguirre – Senate Candidate from Arizona
Eve Reyes-Aguirre is running for the Senate from the state of Arizona. Eve is an indigenous woman who has worked tirelessly on behalf of her community for decades. Her platform … More …
Carl Filipiak – Jazz Fusion Guitar – New CD “What Now”
Carl Filipiak hails from Baltimore where he learned to play guitar. Carl fuses Rock and Jazz and brings his own groovin’ aesthetic to the music. Carl Filipiak and the Jimi … More …
Voices from 2018 Women’s Marches
January 20, 2018 hundreds of thousands of women, men, and other genders, adults and children, people of all races and ethnicities, marched in cities around the world, demonstrating for the … More …
Harold Little – Trumpet Player, Composer, New CD Akoben
Harold Little plays the trumpet. He plays music for your soul. It’s that simple. When you listen to his music you will feel nourished, playful, touched, awakened. Harold’s new CD … More …
Ricker Winsor and Jovita Maryana Boentarto – An American and an Indonesian living in Surabaya
Ricker Winsor and Jovita Maryana Boentarto describe Indonesian culture and make some comparisons with other societies, including the US. Ricker has traveled the world for many decades and Jovita grew … More …