Progressive Commentary Hour

Progressive Commentary Hour - The Search to Discover Some Truth in a Nation Full of Lies

Edward Curtin is a former college professor of sociology and theology at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts where he taught classes in the classics, philosophy, literature, religion and sociology. Currently he focuses his attention on journalism and writing essays, poetry and novels focused upon the mass media and propaganda, socio-politics and culture. For decades Ed's writings on a wide range of past and contemporary topics have appeared in newspapers, magazines, online sites and academic journals -- including Counterpunch, Oped News, Off-Guardian, . His most recent book is a collection of essays, "Seeking Truth in a Country of Lies," that goes to the very heart of many of the pressing humanitarian issues of our time.  Ed's website is EdwardCurtin.com

Progressive Commentary Hour - Lessons the 17th century philosopher Baruch Spinoza has to offer our modern society and the challenges ahead

Professor Steven Nadler is the William Hay Professor in Humanities at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, where he teaches early modern philosophy - primarily of the 17th century -- and Jewish philosophy. He is regarded as one of the foremost scholars focusing on the life and thought of the Dutch-Portugese philosopher Baruch Spinoza, who died rather young at age 44 in 1677. Prof. Nadler received his doctorate at Columbia, and has held visiting professorships at the University of Amsterdam, universities in Parish, Stanford and the University of Chicago. He has also been elected as a member of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. Steven has written about a dozen books on Spinoza life and work. His latest is "Think Least of Death: Spinoza on How to Live and How to Die" published by Princeton University Press, which presents Spinoza's philosophy in a contemporary and practical context . 

 

Progressive Commentary Hour - Understanding the clash of worldviews underway, and the need for a new context for constructive communication and dialogue to enact solutions.

CONVERSATIONS WITH REMARKABLE MINDS

Understanding the clash of worldviews underway, and the need for a new context for constructive communication and dialogue to enact solutions.

Dr. Elisabet Sahtouris (Sah-toor-is) is an evolution biologist, philosopher, futurist and a former professor specializing in how the principles of nature can be applied as models for organizational and systems change. In addition to having taught at MIT and the University of Massachusetts, Dr. Sahtouris currently teaches at Chaminade University in Honolulu. She has served as a consultant to the United Nations on indigenous peoples, has been leading voice in promoting the Gaia Hypothesis of James Lovelock, is a fellow of the World Business Academy, and has been an adviser for graduate business programs at universities. Elisabet is a frequent  keynote speaker for many conferences focused upon humanity’s future and sustainable economic systems.  She was the primary organizer for the millennium 2000 Earth Celebration in Athens Greece.  Elisabet has authored several important books including “Biology Revisited” (a dialogue with the late Willis Harman -- an American futurist and  a co-founder of the Institute of Noetic Sciences), “Earth Dance: Living Systems in Evolution” and more recently "Gaia Dance: The Story of Earth and Us".  Her website is Sahtouris.com

The Progressive Commentary Hour - Prof. Cahill

Prof. Cahill received her degree in Molecular Genetics from Trinity College Dublin (1989) and her PhD in Immunology from Dublin City University in 1994. She was group leader of the Protein Technology Group in the Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany (1996-2003) She co-founded a biotechnology company, Protagen AG (www.protagen.de) in Dortmund to commercialise this technology. Since 2005, she is Professor of Translational Science at the University College Dublin School of Medicine and Medical Sciences.

Her research, publication and patent record is in high content protein/antibody arrays and their biomedical applications. Application include the characterisation of antibodies specificity (including therapeutic antibodies), biomarker discovery validation, diagnostics, assay development, protein-interaction studies, proteomics, large scale/systems biology research. 

She is a member of a number of Editorial and Science Advisory and Review Boards. For the past 10 years she has been involved in policy development in the areas of science, technology and innovation, including in the EU Health, Innovation and Infrastructure. Since 2003, she is a Member of the Irish Government’s Advisory Science Council (ASC) (www.sciencecouncil.ie), appointed by the Minister for Industry, Trade and Employment. For the past ten years, she is on a number of Science Advisory & Review Boards, including for BMBF/DLR in Germany; BBSRC in the UK; Vinnova in Sweden. She has received prizes for her research, including the prestigious BMBF ‘BioFuture’ Award from the German Minister of Science. She was awarded the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) 2009 Award for her research & its significance. Other recipients of this award include Prof. J. Craig Venter & Prof. Robert Huber.

Progressive Commentary Hour - Discovering the hidden narrative behind the covid-19 pandemic Prof Mark Crispin Miller

Prof Mark Crispin Miller is a professor of media, culture and communications at New York University where he specializes in modern propaganda, history of advertising, film and the mainstream media.  He is the lead chief editor of the series Forbidden Bookshelf at Open Road Media, which republishes important books that have been censored, banned, ignored or wrongly criticized in the course of American history -- such as works by IF Stone, Lewis Mumford, Peter Dale Scott, Christopher Simpson and others.  Mark received his Masters and Doctorate at Johns Hopkins University. He has written and contributed to many books, including "Loser take All" and "Fooled Again" which covered election fraud. He is also a playwright and sits on the boards of the Organization for Propaganda Studies and the Alliance for Human Research Protection, Mark hosts the news and commentary blog "News from the Underground" that can be found at his website MarkCrispinMiller.com

Prof Mark Crispin Miller is a professor of media, culture and communications at New York University where he specializes in modern propaganda, history of advertising, film and the mainstream media.  He is the lead chief editor of the series Forbidden Bookshelf at Open Road Media, which republishes important books that have been censored, banned, ignored or wrongly criticized in the course of American history -- such as works by IF Stone, Lewis Mumford, Peter Dale Scott, Christopher Simpson and others.  Mark received his Masters and Doctorate at Johns Hopkins University. He has written and contributed to many books, including "Loser take All" and "Fooled Again" which covered election fraud. He is also a playwright and sits on the boards of the Organization for Propaganda Studies and the Alliance for Human Research Protection, Mark hosts the news and commentary blog "News from the Underground" that can be found at his website MarkCrispinMiller.com

 

Progressive Commentary Hour - Is Covid-19 a natural accident or was it by design?

Dr. Meryl Nass is an internal medicine physician in Maine and activist who specializes in treating patients with Gulf War syndrome, adverse reactions from the anthrax vaccine and vaccine safety and efficacy in general.  In the past she has testified on six separate occasions before Congress on behalf of veterans suffering from the causes of Gulf War syndrome. Meryl is also active in opposing vaccine mandates and critiquing the false claims and fear mongering about infectious disease epidemics and corruption within the medical industrial military complex.  She serves on the Board of the Alliance for Human Research Protection, a non profit organization run by Vera Sharav that advances medical ethics that uphold human rights and protect humans from wrongful medical interventions. Her work is cited in many professional articles and publications. She holds degrees from MIT and her medical degree from the Mississippi School of Medicine.  Dr Nass' website where she blogs is AnthraxVaccine.blogspot.com

 

Vera Sharav is one of our most passionate street fighters against the pharmaceutical industry and advocate for the rights of medical research subjects. She is the founding President of the Alliance for Human Research Protection. A Holocaust survivor at a young age, Vera has exposed the experimental use of HIV drugs on toddlers in New York's foster care system, the suicide risks of antidpressants, and pressured the National Institutes of Health to reevaluate its protocols on psychiatric trials to protect patients and participants. Her determination to protect the public also resulted in the Environmental Protection Agency suspending its pesticide experiment on children. She has testified and appeared on panels with the Institute of Medicine, the federal National Bioethics Advisory Committee and the FDA.  Speak of Vera, Marcia Angell at Harvard and the former Chief Editor of the New England Journal of Medicine, described as "someone the research establishment badly needs."  Vera's website with the Alliance for Human Research Protection is AHRP.org

Progressive Commentary Hour - Guest Mary Holland

Mary Holland is the General Counsel and Vice Chair of the Board for the Children's Health Defense, founded by Bobby Kennedy Jr, and a former law scholar at a New York area law school specializing in international human rights, public law and vaccine safety law and injury compensation. She also has a son who regressed into autism following the MMR vaccine. Mary holds a degree in Russian studies from Harvard, and graduate degrees in international relations and a JD from Columbia University. She also co-founded two non-profits: the Elizabeth Birt CEnter for Autism Law and Advocacy and the Center for Personal Rights. Mary is the co-author of “Vaccine Epidemic" about corporate greed and bad science behind the vaccine industry.  And her most recent book is "The HPV Vaccine Trial: Seeking Justice for A Generation Betrayed" -- the most concise book behind the history and adverse effects of HPV vaccines such as Gardasil, with a preface by the Nobel Prize Winner in medicine Dr. Luc Montagnier.  The website for the Childrens Health Defense is ChildrensHealthDefense.org

Progressive Commentary Hour - the Plan behind Plandemic w/ Mikki Willis

Mikki Willis is an award-winning film director who has gained international recognition as an innovator of socially conscious media and technologies. In 2005, he launched the Elevate Film Festival, a global competition for inspiring films that provided solutions to world challenges and earned the title of being the "World's Largest Single Screen Film Event" after touring for three years. Mikki is also the founder of the company Elevate, a cause driven film production which has produced hundreds of productions as television series, documentaries, featured films and virtual videos that have reached over 1 billion views. In 2016, he traveled with Bernie Sanders to document his campaign and did the same in 2018 with Tulsi Gabbard. This year, Mikki's Plandemic series has become the most censored and yet viewed documentary of all time. His website is Elevate.us

Progressive Commentary Hour - 08.26.20

Journalist: What Happened After I Exposed Media Bias (Pt.1)| Melanie Phillips | MEDIA | Rubin Report

Journalist: Are Some Cultures Better Than Others? (Pt. 2) | Melanie Phillips | MEDIA | Rubin Report

The Conservative Failures That Caused Our Woke World (Pt.3)| Melanie Phillips | MEDIA | Rubin Report

Melanie Phillips | Facts vs Feelings

Progressive Commentary Hour - Why Wokeness? Who does it serve? with Brendan O'Neill

Brendan O'Neill is a British columnist and the editor of Spiked Online, an internet magazine that focuses on politics, culture and society.  He is a columnist for The Australian ad London's The Big Issue, the latter being a a socially conscious street newspaper printed in four continents and serving as a source of income for the homeless. Brendan has also contributed to The Spectator, BBC News, The Christian Science Monitor, Salon and occasionally blogged for the Guardian and the Daily Telegraph. Earlier, he was a writer for British magazine Living Marxism.  He is the host of the Brendan O'Neill Show, a podcast aired on Spike's website Spiked-Online.com that investigates the left-right divide, failures of globalization and more recently the cancel and woke culture and the coronavirus pandemic.