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September 2010: It’s Entertainment Month!

Surreal Landscapes & Ancient Art

John Oberdorf has been painting surreal landscape art of rock formations and landscapes since he was a young man living in Oregon. Art News calls him A student of ancient civilizations. Brentwood Magazine calls his work Magical. Mr. Exploration and Discovery himself is a true artist in all aspects of the word. His timeless art calls him to venture out on scientific and artistic expeditions into the southwest to seek clues to ancient civilizations and the mysteries of the ages. Meet the ancient soul who brings us Surreal Landscape Art from other dimensions as only John Oberdorf can bring you his brand of initiatory art.  Here’s what John Oberdorf has to say:

“My paintings manifest in a somewhat different form of what may be called Surrealism. They have taken shape in varying approaches to the arid landscape or landform that becomes a stage for symbols even as it is a symbol in itself; an enigma suspended in time. Evidence of human interaction with the land is part of this experience. I have gradually been drawn to another view of the surreal which reveals it to be much closer to the physical world and our understanding of what we interpret as real. The distance between dream and reality, the conscious and unconscious is not great and there are different levels of perception, which fade from one into another. The nature of surrealism unfolds in an experience of uncommon perception; a sudden occurrence in the psyche that gives rise to images and visions. My particular obsession with the past, both human and geological. I instinctively produce the images that evolve from a relentless interest. I paint not only for joy or by design, but from compulsion; the need to know things that remain mysterious or unanswerable. One cannot really explain that need and it is best that this is so. Perhaps there is a kind of answer in that realization. Ultimately, the questions a viewer asks are far more important than any answer I could give”.

French Women Don’t Get Fat

When I heard about the book “French Women Don’t Get Fat”, I laughed, and then I talked to a few French friends of mine and I realized I have never seen a fat French woman in my life. Maybe there is some truth to what Mireille Guiliano says in her book. Mireille joins us to share about her books, French Women Don’t Get Fat, The Book and The Cookbook, her travels, and insights she has about French culture, food, etiquette, and more. Her manifesto is the following: “Cooking is sexy—like a kiss, a physical emotion, a union between human beings, and an experience that is sensual, engaging all of one’s senses.” She travels constantly and we are delighted to have her on the show to share with us “Why Everyone Should Cook”.

Meet “The Lion Whisperer”

Animal behaviorist, author, Lion Whisperer and executive producer Kevin Richardson has done what no man on earth has done. He has befriended and worked with some of the most dangerous animals known to man. He sleeps with Lions, cuddles newborn hyenas and swims with Lionesses. He is the author along with Tony Park of the book Part of The Pride and producer of a new wonderful movie called, White Lion The Movie. He has just released a new series for National Geographic called The Lion Ranger. Without a doubt, Kevin Richardson has a magic and understanding of his own. Join us for this delightful occasion to talk with him about his calling, his new movie, television series and life as The Lion Whisperer.

To Be Scheduled…

A Conversation With Burt Bacharach

Burt Bacharach is a Legendary American pianist, composer and music producer who has delighted listeners and music artists for over 50 years with timeless music. You may know some of his hit songs and compositions that he wrote in the early 1960s – 1980s. He wrote with Lyricist Hal David. Many of his songs were performed by Dianne Warwick, Barbra Streisand, Jack Jones, Aretha Franklin, The Carpenters, Herb Alpert, The Beatles, Dusty Springfield, Issac Hayes, Tom Jones, B.J. Thomas, Engelbert Humperdinck, The Shirelles, and so many more. Some of the songs you may have heard of are “Promises Promises”, “What’s It All About Alfie”, “The Look of Love”, “Close To You”, “Walk on By”, “Wives and Lovers”, & “What The World Needs Now” and so many more.

This segment is dedicated to my late parents who could not be here for this special occasion: my sassy, warm-hearted, and charming mother Joanne, and my funny, charismatic, and wild father Lloyd Greenhouse. They brought great music into my life and taught me everything I know about the importance of wisdom, laughter, tenacity, and presence. This one’s for them. It’s Rainmaking Time!

October 2010- “Out There” Month

The Qumran Scrolls

A critical study of The Dead Sea Scrolls are examined and analyzed by Dr. Fernando Klein in his new book, The Dead Sea Jesus. Dr. Klein is Professor of Middle East Religions and Chair of the Religious Studies Department at Complutense University, Madrid Spain. He has published several books on the bible, Judaism and Christendom, including”The Naked Bible”, “The Gnostic Gospels” and “The Church of Paper”.  He asks many questions that need to be asked such as: Could there be Christendom before Jesus was born? Did Jesus know of the Essence Jews who probably created The Dead Sea Scrolls? Did John the Baptist live at Qumran? How were the scrolls discovered and why were they hidden?

The Living Moon

John Lear joins us to discuss an entirely different perspective and understanding about the moon, technology, life on earth and in the galaxies. John is a retired airline captain and former CIA contract pilot with over 19,000 hours of flight time, over 11,000 in command of 3 or 4 engine jet transports, has flown over 100 different types of aircraft in 60 different countries around the world. He retired in 2001 after more than 40 years of commercial flying.

He is also the son of Learjet inventor, Bill Lear and he holds more FAA airman certificates than any other FAA certificated airman. These include the Airline Transport Pilot certificate with 23 type ratings, Flight Instructor, Flight Engineer, Flight Navigator, Ground Instructor, Aircraft Dispatcher, Control Tower Operator, Parachute Rigger and Mechanic, rated for both Airframe and Powerplant.

John flew for the CIA in Southeast Asia where between 1972 and 1973 logged 560 missions of which over half were combat. He also flew contract missions in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa between 1977 and 1982. During the last 17 years of his career John worked for several passenger and cargo airlines as Captain, Check Airman and Instructor. He was certificated by the FAA as a North Atlantic Navigation Check Airman. He has extensive experience as a command pilot and instructor in the Boeing 707, Douglas DC-8 and Lockheed L-1011. We cover many aspects of how his flight experience allows him to understand many events of the recent past and of today.