Nance Klehm‘s work in the world concerns things like soil, sustainability, foraging; the relationship humans have with the rest of nature (since we are part of nature). Nance teaches workshops … More …

Miki Purnell is a Physician who works holistically, helping people find/restore balance and health. Miki is also a jazz singer! Her new record is called Midnight Bloom. Miki and Baruch … More …

Randy Napolean started playing music as a child taking violin lessons. When he first touched a guitar as a young teenager, he was hooked. Guitar quickly became a central focus … More …

Chris Hedge has been making music for a long time. He’s worked with masters like Paul Horn and Neil Young and others. Chris has produced a new record Himalayan Sessions … More …

Yvette Norwood-Tiger is a Jazz Singer. She used to be a Chemical Engineer, but her inspiration to sing never went away, and when she had a brain tumor less than … More …

“Helping San Diego’s unsheltered neighbors reconnect with hope and possibility through the healing power of music” – voicesofourcity.org Voices of our City is a choir made up of unsheltered people … More …

Kapil Seshasayee is a musician of South Asian ethnicity, but he grew up in Scotland where he still lives. Kapil makes music that is sonically rich and textured, and lyrically … More …

Dawn Drake and ZapOte have a new record Nightshade. This is funky fun movin’ to the groovin’ kinda music! You’re going to love it. Dawn is a woman on a … More …

Itamar Erez plays guitar and piano. His new album Mi Alegria is a sweet homage to life, to family, and to the amazingness of music. Embracing rhythms from various forms … More …

Mark Charles is running as an Independent candidate for President of the United States. Mark is a dual citizen of the Navajo Nation and the United States. He is running … More …

Kohshin Finley is a painter, an unlikely subject for a radio show. Kohshin is doing some powerful work that offers an opportunity for individual and cultural transformation. You can see … More …

Kristin Chambers is a Singer/Songwriter/Musician based in Seattle. Kristin has a new record Kissing Ghosts which is a sophisticated blend of textures and emotions set to music. Kristin’s songs are … More …

“Music Action Women Collective is an innovative music residency bringing together outstanding female artists committed to advancing the causes of women through music.” – giantstepsmusic.org Baruch spoke with Jasna Jovicevic, … More …

Beyond Music is the latest brainchild from Regula Curti, co-founder of The Beyond Foundation. Beyond Music is an online platform for musicians. You can go to the site BeyondMusic.org and … More …

Baruch welcomes Lilli Lewis back to Paradigms. The Lilli Lewis Project has released a brilliant new record We Belong which we’ll be discussing and listening to. Lilli is a person … More …

Soulsha plays music bringing together Traditional Scottish and Senegalese music with American Funk and Jazz; Afro-Celtic Funk! Elias Alexander plays pipes, sings, plays guitar, composes, and is one of the … More …

“Lisa Fithian has been working for nonviolent social change since the mid 1970’s. Over the years she has been a student, labor and community organizer on a broad range of … More …

Staci Griesbach grew up listening to country music. Later in life she discovered that she loved jazz, so it was a natural progression for Staci to bring these two genres … More …

Moken is a Camaroonian musician, now based in Atlanta Georgia. He’s just released a record called Missing Chapters, which came through him after a period of particular challenge and difficulty. … More …

Aaron English is a Seattle native who is a musician, an artist, a humanitarian, an explorer, and more. Baruch caught up with Aaron between trips to talk about music and … More …

Coniece Washington has just released a tribute record Shades of Shirley Horn that will knock your socks off. Her voice is smooth and rich, the musicians are top notch, the … More …

Raine Geohegan is an actor, dancer, singer, mother, wife. Raine has also come through a severe physical illness. She has a great story about how she has accessed healing through … More …

“Beloved is a 4-Day Sacred Art, Movement, and Music Festival on the Oregon Coast. Beloved is a healing event, intended to experiment with new models for culture. In the troubled … More …

Maureen Choi and her quartet have moved to Spain! They’re making amazing music, touring, composing…and they have a new album Theia. Maureen is a woman whose bi-cultural upbringing, to some … More …

Väsen is a three man band from Sweden, playing traditional and original music together for 30 years! They’ve just released a new record to celebrate their 30th anniversary, “Rule of … More …

Olivia Frances is a pop/folk artist in her early 20’s. She has just released her 3rd album! It’s called Orchid and you will love it. Olivia is a bit of … More …

Benji & Rita are a performing duo; a married couple from different countries (Brazil and USA) who met and made music together before they started dating. They are both songwriters. … More …

June 28, 1969, New York City, the Stonewall Inn was the scene of what is known as The Stonewall Uprising. Considered a watershed event for Gay Liberation, and for LGBTQ … More …

Bernard O’neill is one of those people who is inspired by humanity’s beauty and ability to be big hearted and open minded. He’s also a brilliant musician who goes places … More …

“5 Soldiers” is a very powerful dance piece that examines the role of the soldier’s body as a tool of war, from strength, resilience, and vulnerability, to wounding and destruction, … More …

In this second part of a 2 part series we will meet filmmaker Katherin Hervey whose current project The Prison Within follows the restorative justice process, sharing perspectives of incarcerated … More …

The United States imprisons more people than any other country, both in number and per capita. Something isn’t working, our legal system is not a justice system. In this first … More …

Basia hit the world stage in the early 1980’s with the band Matt Bianco and then as a solo performer, with her potent brand of jazzy music inspired by latin … More …

Ayana Young is one of the founders of the For the Wild Collective. Ayana talks about rewilding and unlearning as part of living sustainably. By spending less time with electronics … More …

Colton Davis, founder of Chicago Food Rescue, tells about this bike powered organization that picks up and delivers food that would otherwise go to waste; preventing waste and feeding hungry … More …

“ My story starts long ago and far away, in a family of Irish immigrants on a voyage to the unknown, leaving everything and everyone behind in search of better … More …

Petite Celine is a Franco-American singer/songwriter. Her new album is Man Made Fire. The songs vary in style, as Celine is intent upon bringing cross cultural and creatively diverse material … More …

John Westmoreland is a native of North Carolina. He’s been playing music since he was a kid, inspired by the likes of Leonard Cohen and Tom Waits. John has a … More …

Yoeke Nagel is a journalist and author from The Netherlands. In this book Yoeke tells the story, quilted together over decades of research, of her Grandmother Jeanne van Emden, a … More …

Phil Hewitt is a journalist and a marathon runner. In 2016 Phil was stabbed and nearly died. Phil’s new book Outrunning the Demons is a collection of vignettes, accounts of … More …

Philip Be’er tells an interesting story of how his experiences of trauma led him to psychology and to work with trauma recovery. Philip has developed his own methods for discovering, … More …

Poranguî is a person whose life and work are informed by growing up tri-cultural . His roots are in Brazil, Mexico and the US and he’s just released a new … More …

Frances Moore Lappé is a visionary, a writer, a world changer. Her first book Diet For A Small Planet changed the way many Americans eat and view their relationship with … More …

T O B I A H  is a singer-songwriter from the UK. Her new record Are We Angels is a remarkable collection of original songs. Tobiah’s connection with animals, and … More …

Del Shores is a writer, producer and performer. He is the creator of numerous stage plays as well as Sordid Lives: The Series and two feature films Sordid Lives and … More …

Metanioa of Vermont is the creation of Lisa and Mark Kutolowski, combining the ruggedness of living in Vermont and the relationship with nature that fosters, with a Christian spiritual/religious paradigm. … More …

Cha Wa is a New Orleans band steeped in the traditions of Mardi Gras. J’Wan Boudreaux is a Mardi Gras Indian in the tradition of his forefathers. Along with Joe … More …

Jim Roberts is a percussionist, producer, artist and educator who resides in Chapel Hill, NC, USA. He’s been banging on things since he was a baby beating on pots and … More …

Norman Blain is a musician and a recording engineer. You’ve probably never heard of him, but you may have heard his work! He’s worked with many well known artists. Normans … More …

Kristina Stykos is a musician, songwriter, performer, and also a talented recording engineer and proprietor of Pepperbox Studio in Chelsea, Vermont. Her new record is River of Light and this … More …

Fire & Ice Pt II with Charles Wohlforth, Author, and Dr. Erin Pettit, Glaciologist. Charles Wohlforth’s books include The Whale and the Supercomputer: On the Northern Front of Climate Change … More …

Fire & Ice Pt I with guests Erik Ohlsen, Permaculture Designer, Ecologist, and Author, and Rick Halsey, Naturalist and Author with The California Chaparral Institute. In this episode we’re learning … More …