December 2011 - The STOP Radio Network

23Dec

A Study of the Divine – Highlight Version

Welcome to our highlights version of the latest Thinking with Somebody Else's Head program, A Study of the Divine. A perfect answer to the annual debate about how we can be true to the spirit of Christmas. Here, in the midst of the running about, a reminder of that true spirit. Click here to listen

23Dec

A Study of the Divine

In Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

Another Christmas season is upon us, and with it the annual debate in the hearts of the pensive: how to tap into the true spirit of the time and not just get caught up in the shopping and seasonal festivities? This latter position firmly in the lead judging by the mad scramble for mall parking

20Dec

Working for Ourselves – Highlights

In Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

“Get a job!” was the sarcastic advice hurled at the hippies back when I was a kid. Now the 1% are throwing out the same phrase at the protestors in the Occupy Movement. Well, for sure work is necessary for the liberation of the people … just not the kind of work the 1% are

19Dec

Working for Ourselves

In Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

"Get a job!" was a common insult hurled at the hippies back when I was a kid. I remember a few of them homesteading in the woods off the dirt road to my favourite swimming hole on Vancouver Island. I remember the homegrown vegetable gardens and the hastily assembled log cabins and the pungent odour

14Dec

Occupy the Media – Highlight Version

In Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

I was thinking that we're all pretty busy these days, and maybe you feel like there's not enough time to listen to a full Podcast. So ... here's a highlights version. Every week, I'll take one of the key points from our full program, and publish here for you who are busy. It's perfect for

13Dec

Occupy the Media

In Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

There was a recent Occupy placard held aloft by a protester that caught my eye: "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" it said. And I thought, that's captured one of the key problems in our world today. There is so much corporate ownership of the media that it seems pretty inevitable that they would be

07Dec

The Wisdom Inside Us

In Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

One of the things that gives me solace when looking at all the really horrible manipulation and cruelty of our modern day society is that the perpetrators of these evil deeds will have their comeuppance. How all that works is the subject of our show today. Through near death experiences, everyday guilt feelings and spiritual