A Better World with Mitchell Rabin

Each year we honor Mother Earth with a celebration on Earth Day.  Join old friends Mitchell Rabin & Rick Ulfik in discussing this year's line-up. Founder and President of Ethical Markets Hazel Henderson, Dr. Leslie Field of www.arcticiceproject.org, internationally-renowned journalist and author of The End of Ice Dahr Jamail, founder of Blue Planet Foundation, Henk Rogers, along with indigenous speakers, musicians and more are upcoming through producer Andy Kaen, Planet Heart. Rick Ulfik, musician, composer and social activist, is the founder of We, the World (www.wetheworld.org) and www.we.net, and www.wepoweramerica.org social organizations that reaches groups, communities and organizations around the world to educate and facilitate actions toward peace, social justice, environmental awareness and more. Mitchell Rabin, holistic psychotherapist, stress management consultant (www.mitchellrabin.com) and founder of A Better World (www.abetterworld.tv), has been interviewing the sung & unsung heros of our society since 1993 on NYC public access TV and Radio, WBAI, PRN, Anchor & Blog Talk Radio.  He also works on health & wellness and eco-projects to create personal and planetary health, sustainability and well-being.

Today's Roundtable is with the co-founders of Everest Microbial Defense, an eco-friendly company with high quality disinfectants, protectants and sanitizers beyond anything on the market. Mitchell will be speaking with co-founders Mark Whaley and Jay Johnson who are leading the way to the Next Generation of these kinds of cleaning products based on a particular molecular structure that binds to a surface, be they be hands, clothes or a countertop, and by so doing creates a seal with invisible spikes that mechanically impale the microbes. Both Mark and Jay are consummate professionals in the field, having worked in the cleaning space for decades. It's a remarkable technology so we obviously wanted to feature what they're doing on A Better World. Mitchell will be hosting the Roundtable discussion.

Mitchell’s guest this week is Andrew W. Saul, known as the Mega-Vitamin Man.  Andrew has over 40 years of experience in natural health education. His world famous, free-access educational website, www.DoctorYourself.com, is peer reviewed and the largest non-commercial natural health resource on the internet. Today’s show will focus on natural remedies in dealing with the Covid-19 virus and the effects of Vitamin C in China and elsewhere.  We don’t have to wait for drugs or vaccines which are riddled with side effects.  We have scientifically proven, wholly-natural, inexpensive, non-toxic remedies right now on our store shelves.  Learn the details.  http://www.doctoryourself.com/index.html Mitchell Rabin is the Founder, President and CEO of A Better World Promotions & Media, with a background in psychology  stress management, acupuncture and social entrepreneurship. He is an impassioned environmentalist and social entrepreneur using media, the cultural arts & business as agents for change. www.abetterworld.tv   www.mitchellrabin.com

Mitchell interviews Ret. Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell under President GW Bush, on the subject of the Trump Presidency, and the effects of this President’s policies here and abroad, with specific focus on the change and re-alignment of the geo-political landscape. Wilkerson is the Distinguished Visiting Professor of Government and Public Policy at the nation’s oldest public university, The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, where he has taught for the past fifteen years. Previously, while serving in the US Army for 31 years, he also taught at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island and the Marine Corps War College in Quantico, Virginia.  Positions he has held outside teaching include in the military, special assistant to General Colin L. Powell when the General was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and, in civilian life, chief of staff to Powell when he served as U.S. Secretary of State. .Mitchell Rabin is the Founder, President and CEO of A Better World Foundation & Media, with a background in psychology  stress management, acupuncture and social entrepreneurship. He has been a consultant to business leaders and CEOs of green and health-oriented start-ups over the past  25 years. He is an impassioned environmentalist and social entrepreneur using media & business as agents for change. www.abetterworld.tv   www.mitchellrabin.com

Today Mitchell explores the subject of saltwater plants as the planet’s future food source.  From the view of personal and planetary health, intelligent use of natural resources and sustainability, this is a critical step society needs to take more robustly to secure efficient food security for 7 billion + people. To discuss this is expert Dennis M. Bushnell.  Dennis is a NASA scientist and lecturer. As chief scientist at NASA Langley Research Center, he is responsible for technical oversight and advanced program formulation. His work is focused mainly on new approaches to environmental issues, in particular to climate issues. Bushnell has received numerous awards for his work. Bushnell has promoted research at NASA into LENR (low energy nuclear reactions, or cold fusion). Bushnell obtained his M.E. degree from the University of Connecticut in 1963 and his M.S. degree from the University of Virginia in 1967, both in the field of Mechanical Engineering. Mitchell Rabin is the Founder, President and CEO of A Better World Foundation & Media, with a background in psychology  stress management, acupuncture and social entrepreneurship. He is a counselor, and executive coach, eachl as a means of educating and inspiring clients and students alike to lead others by modeling humane, eco-sensitive and integrity-based values.  He has been a consultant to business leaders and CEOs of green and health-oriented start-ups over the past  25 years. He is an impassioned environmentalist and social entrepreneur using media & business as agents for change. www.abetterworld.tv    www.mitchellrabin.com

There is of course war in the form of military conflict but there are much subtler ones being waged these days such as economic and cyber-wars. For cyber-wars, we gently call it “hacking” but it is war.  And needs to be dealt with as such.  Best of course is to educate people and inculcate the values of peace starting at early ages, but in the meantime, protecting a nation’s businesses and institutions from hacking at this point in time, is just essential. Today’s topic will focus on the serious increase of cyber-attacks and what can and is being done about it. To discuss this today with Mitchell is CEO of Emergynt, one of the leading cybersecurity firms in the U.S. and arguably, the world, is Ori Lapidot.  Mr. Lapidot is a Strategy, Business Development and Marketing Executive with more than twenty-five years of domestic and international experience generating over $1 Billion in revenues on multiple occasions.  Mitchell was part of the original founding of Emergynt and is intimate with its history, vision its ability to have valuable impact on & protection of our society. Mitchell Rabin is the Founder, President and CEO of A Better World Foundation & Media, with a background in psychology  stress management and social entrepreneurship. He is a counselor, and executive coach all as a means of educating and inspiring clients and students alike to lead others by modeling humane, eco-sensitive and integrity-based values.  He has been a consultant to business leaders and CEOs of green and health-oriented start-ups over the past  25 years. He is an impassioned environmentalist and social entrepreneur using media & business as agents for change. www.abetterworld.tv    www.mitchellrabin.com

The millennials, as is appropriate, are outraged at the media blackout around the real crisis of Global Warming that of course leads to the accelerated issue of Climate Change that is happening right now across the world. To discuss this on behalf of the specific work of the Sunrise Movement is Isa Flores-Jones, Press and Media fellow with the Sunrise Movement. Before working for Sunrise, she coordinated the fossil fuel divestment campaign at Harvard University. She calls Sacramento, California home. Find her on twitter at @isaboringjones. Isa Flores-Jones is a Press and Media fellow with the Sunrise Movement. Before working for Sunrise, she coordinated the fossil fuel divestment campaign at Harvard University. She calls Sacramento, California home. Find her on twitter at @isaboringjones.

A Better World continues its ongoing series on the Environment & the subjects of Global Warming & what has amounted to Climate Catastrophe. Mitchell's guest today, internationally-renowned journalist and author of many books, most recently, The End of Ice, Dahr Jamail, terms it "Climate Disruption".  Today we'll take another look at the global, eco-systemic situation from the point of view of melting glaciers and ice.  Dahr's far-reaching, well-researched work reveals a picture of the planet that we are all better off knowing about than not. In late 2003, weary of the overall failure of the US media to accurately report on the realities of the war in Iraq for the Iraqi people, Dahr Jamail went to the Middle East to report on the war himself, where he has spent more than one year in Iraq as one of only a few independent US journalists in the country. Dahr has also reported from Syria, Lebanon, Turkey and Jordan. He has also reported extensively on veterans’ resistance against US foreign policy, and is now focussing on anthropogenic climate and the environment. Dahr’s stories have been published with Truthout, Inter Press Service, Tom Dispatch, The Sunday Herald in Scotland, The Guardian, Foreign Policy in Focus, Le Monde, Le Monde Diplomatique, The Huffington Post, The Nation, The Independent, and Al Jazeera, among others. Dahr is currently and has been a feature writer for Truthout.org for five years, and his climate feature page there is titled ‘Climate Disruption Dispatches‘. Join Mitchell and Dahr today in this exploration of 'what's happening on the ground and in the mountains' of our beautiful planet that is heating up more rapidly than anyone might have predicted.  May it help to clear up what choices we can make to be part of the solution.

One of the most exciting proposals to emerge from Washington in a long time is the Green New Deal, a kind of legislation that would have been best implemented some 40 years ago when climate scientists at Exxon knew of the dangers of fossil fuels (that actually goes back to the 1950’s), and others such as NASA’s climate scientist, James Hansen, knew the danger we were facing.  He was made famous for his testimony before Congress on his findings in 1988.  The Congress, on the other hand, was made infamous for their inaction.  One of AOC’s chief advisers on the GND is today’s guest, Robert Hockett.  Robert the Cornell Law Faculty in 2004. His principal teaching, research, and writing interests lie in the fields of organizational, financial, and monetary law and economics in both their positive and normative, as well as their national and transnational, dimensions. His guiding concern in these fields is with the legal and institutional prerequisites to a just, prosperous, and sustainable economic order.  Robert has been in a flurry of national media interviews over the past several weeks but by and large, reduced to sound bites and pressed to speak of the least important aspects of it or of AOC instead of the heart and intent of the proposed legislation.  In today’s interview on A Better World Radio with Mitchell Rabin, a much more thorough examination of the Green New Deal, uninterrupted by drug and car advertisements, will be engaged.  We will look at the GND in some depth and come to understand of what it is composed and if wisely implemented, what it could mean for the future of our nation and planet.

Mitchell's guest today is environmentalist, entrepreneur, author and activist Paul Hawken, who has dedicated his life to environmental sustainability and changing the relationship between business and the environment. He is one of the environmental movement’s leading voices, and a pioneering architect of corporate reform with respect to ecological practices. His work includes founding successful, ecologically conscious businesses, writing about the impacts of commerce on living systems, and consulting with heads of state and CEOs on economic development, industrial ecology, and environmental policy. Paul is Executive Director of Project Drawdown, a non-profit dedicated to researching when and how global warming can be reversed. The organization maps and models the scaling of one hundred substantive technological, social, and ecological solutions to global warming.  Paul has appeared in numerous media including the Today Show, Larry King, Talk of the Nation, Charlie Rose, and has been profiled or featured in hundreds of articles including the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Washington Post, Business Week, Esquire, and US News and World Report. His writings have appeared in the Harvard Business Review, Resurgence, New Statesman, Inc, Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, Mother Jones, Utne Reader, Orion, and many other publications.

Mitchell’s guest this evening is internationally-known and loved, cellular biologist, Dr. Bruce Lipton.  Stem cell biologist, bestselling author of The Biology of Belief and recipient of the 2009 Goi Peace Award, he has been a guest speaker on hundreds of TV and radio shows, as well as keynote presenter for national and international conferences. Purchase Bruce’s books & CD’s Here. Purchase Mitchell’s Interviews with Bruce on DVD Here. Dr. Lipton’s research on muscular dystrophy, studies employing cloned human stem cells, focused upon the molecular mechanisms controlling cell behavior. An experimental tissue transplantation technique developed by Dr. Lipton and colleague Dr. Ed Schultz and published in the journal Science was subsequently employed as a novel form of human genetic engineering. In 1982, Dr. Lipton began examining the principles of quantum physics and how they might be integrated into his understanding of the cell’s information processing systems. He produced breakthrough studies on the cell membrane, which revealed that this outer layer of the cell was an organic homologue of a computer chip, the cell’s equivalent of a brain. His research at Stanford University’s School of Medicine, between 1987 and 1992, revealed that the environment, operating though the membrane, controlled the behavior and physiology of the cell, turning genes on and off. His discoveries, which ran counter to the established scientific view that life is controlled by the genes, presaged one of today’s most important fields of study, the science of epigenetics.

Mitchell’s guest today is Fritjof Capra, Ph.D.,  Dr. Capra is a scientist, educator, activist, and author of many international bestsellers that connect conceptual changes in science with broader changes in worldview and values in society. A Vienna-born physicist and systems theorist, Capra first became popularly known for his book, The Tao of Physics, which explored the ways in which modern physics was changing our worldview from a mechanistic to a holistic and ecological one. Published in 1975, it is still in print in more than 40 editions worldwide and is referenced with the statue of Shiva in the courtyard of one of the world’s largest and most respected centers for scientific research: CERN, the Center for Research in Particle Physics in Geneva. Purchase Dr. Capra’s books here. His most recent book, The Systems View of Life (Cambridge University Press, 2014), presents a grand new synthesis of this work—integrating the biological, cognitive, social, and ecological dimensions of life into one unified vision. Capra is a founding director of the Berkeley-based Center for Ecoliteracy,

Mitchell interviews the renowned writer and Professor of Economics, Kate Raworth. Kate is an economist whose research focuses on the unique social and ecological challenges of the 21st century. She is a Senior Visiting Research Associate teaching at Oxford University's Environmental Change Institute, and a Senior Associate of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability. Over the last two decades Kate has worked as Senior Researcher at Oxfam, as a co-author of the UN's Human Development Report at the United Nations Development Programme, and as a Fellow of the Overseas Development Institute in the villages of Zanzibar. She has been named by the Guardian as one of the top ten tweeters on economic transformation. In this dialogue, Mitchell and Kate explore how an economic system can be, not just of service to a limited few but to all.

His original career track as a concert violinist shifted into science & psychology For over two decades he has been engaged in frontiers research on the nature of consciousness. Dean is author or co-author of 250 peer-reviewed scientific & popular articles, three dozen book chapters,& three popular books including the award-winning and bestselling The Conscious Universe (HarperOne, 1997), Entangled Minds(Simon & Schuster, 2006), & a 2014 Silver Nautilus Book Award, SUPERNORMAL (Random House, 2013). These books have been translated into a dozen foreign languages, so far. Dean was featured in a New York Times Magazine ARTICLE; & he has appeared on dozens of TV showsfrom the BBC’s Horizon & PBS’s Closer to Truth to Oprah & Larry King Live.  Listen here: http://abetterworld.tv/a-better-world-dean-radin-12-30-08.  Dean is awesomely curious and committed to bringing scientific inquiry to society’s assumptions about what’s true or possible and is highly skilled, rigorous and brilliant at it.

Purchase Joe’s Books & CD Dr. Joe Dispenza first caught the public’s eye as one of the scientists featured in the award-winning film What the BLEEP Do We Know!? Since that movie’s release in 2004, his work has expanded, deepened, and spiraled in several key directions—all of which reflect his passion on how people can use the neuroscience and quantum physics to not only heal illness but also to enjoy a more fulfilled and happy life. Dr. Joe is driven by the conviction that each one of us has the potential for greatness and unlimited abilities. As a teacher and lecturer, Dr. Joe has spoken in more than 26 countries on six continents, educating thousands of people in his trademarked easy-to-understand, compassionate style, about how to re-wire their brains and re-condition their bodies for lasting changes. (Re-broadcast from August 27, 2015)

Wednesday, February 25, 6pm EST: Continuing on the subject of understanding the relationships between the mind, brain and body, Mitchell’s guest this evening is neuropsychologist, consultant, teacher and author Mario Martinez. Dr. Martinez’ book The Mind Body Code has met with international acclaim. Sounds True has produced The Mind-Body Code as a CD set as well. Mario is a clinical neuropsychologist. Tune in to what will be a fascinating dialogue on how cultural beliefs can challenge or support our health.  Dr. Martinez is world-renowned for his study of centenarians. There is a way to live a long life! Tune in to this dynamic interview between Mario and Mitchell that will enlighten and delight. Purchase Dr. Martinez’ Books & CD’s   Listen on-line at www.abetterworld.tv or by phone! 602 753-1860

Wednesday June 18, 6pm EDT: Continuing an ongoing theme of A Better World Radio regarding establishing an economy based on renewable energy sources and thereby significantly reducing our carbon footprint, Mitchell’s guest this evening is Stanford Professor, co-creator of The Solutions Project, Mark Jacobson. Mark is Director of the Atmosphere/Energy Program and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University. He is also a Senior Fellow of the Woods Institute for the Environment and Senior Fellow of the Precourt Institute for Energy. He received the 2005 American Meteorological Society Henry G. Houghton Award for “significant contributionsto modeling aerosol chemistry and to understanding the role of soot and other carbon particles on climate,” the 2013 American Geophysical Union Ascent Award for “his dominating role in the development of models to identify the role of black carbon in climate change,” and the Global Green Policy Design Award for the “design of analysis and policy framework to envision a future powered by renewable energy.” He co-authored a 2009 cover article in Scientific American on how to power the world with renewable energy, served on the Energy Efficiency and Renewables Advisory Committee to the U.S. Secretary of Energy, and recently appeared on the David Letterman Show to discuss converting the world to clean energy. Purchase Mark’s Books You can Listen on-line at www.abetterworld.tv Or listen by phone! 602 753-1860

Purchase Arianna's Books Wednesday, May 7, 6pm EDT: Mitchell’s guest this evening is the founder of The Huffington Post, author of the recently released book Thrive and the popular celebrity, Arianna Huffington. Arianna is the chair, president, and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post Media Group, a nationally syndicated columnist, and author of fourteen books. In May 2005, she launched The Huffington Post, a news and blog site that quickly became one of the most widely-read, linked to, and frequently-cited media brands on the Internet. In 2012, the site won a Pulitzer Prize for national reporting. She has been named to Time Magazine’s list of the world’s 100 most influential people and the Forbes Most Powerful Women list. Originally from Greece, she moved to England when she was 16 and graduated from Cambridge University with an M.A. in economics. At 21, she became president of the famed debating society, the Cambridge Union. She serves on several boards, including HuffPost’s partners in Spain, the newspaper EL PAÍS and its parent company PRISA; Onex; The Center for Public Integrity; and The Committee to Protect Journalists. Her 14th book, Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder was published by Crown in March 2014 and debuted at #1 on the New York Times Bestseller list. You can Listen on-line at www.abetterworld.tv Or listen by phone! 602 753-1860

Purchase Joe's Books, CDs, etc. Wednesday, April 23, 6pm EDT: Mitchell’s guest tonight is Dr. Joe Dispenza, who first caught the public’s eye as one of the scientists featured in the award-winning film What the BLEEP Do We Know!? As an author, Dr. Joe has written Evolve Your Brain: The Science of Changing Your Mind (Health Communications, Inc., 2007), followed by Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One (Hay House, 2012), both of which detail the neuroscience of change and epigenetics. Tune in tonight for a very interesting show to hear Joe talk with me about his latest book, You are the Placebo (Hay House, 2014), which builds on his previous work. Dr. Joe received his doctor of chiropractic degree from Life University, graduating with honors. His postgraduate training covered neurology, neuroscience, brain function and chemistry, cellular biology, memory formation, and aging and longevity. Our second guest tonight will be Alan Sheets, co-founder of New Equations and New Equations Music. Alan leads workshops, meditations and practices to help people bring the wisdom of the soul to the world. Alan and his wife Siska are composing original Body Resonant Music with pianist/conductor Siv Roland. They present concerts and the music supports the body and soul. Alan will be in NYC Apr. 21-28 sharing recent developments. For info: Click Here You can Listen on-line at www.abetterworld.tv Or listen by phone! 602 753-1860

Purchase Stan’s Books and CDs Wednesday, Jan 1, 6pm EST: Mitchell’s guest tonight is Stan Tatkin, PsyD, MFT, a clinician, researcher, teacher, and developer of A Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy (PACT®). He has a clinical practice in Calabasas, CA. Dr. Tatkin has developed the PACT Institute for the purpose of training other psychotherapists to use this method in their clinical practice.In addition, Dr. Tatkin teaches and supervises family medicine residents at Kaiser Permanente, Woodland Hills, CA, and is an assistant clinical professor at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine. Dr. Tatkin is on the board of directors of Lifespan Learning Institute and serves as a member on Relationships First Counsel, a nonprofit organization founded by Harville Hendrix and Helen LaKelly Hunt. Dr. Tatkin received his early training in developmental object relations (Masterson Institute), Gestalt, psychodrama, and family systems theory. His private practice specialized for some time in treating adolescents and adults with personality disorders. More recently, his interests turned to psycho-neurobiological theories of human relationship, and applying principles of early mother-infant attachment to adult romantic relationships. Dr. Tatkin was trained in Vipassana meditation by Shinzen Young, and was an experienced facilitator in Vipassana. He was also trained by David Reynolds in two Japanese forms of psychotherapy, Morita and Naikan. Dr. Tatkin  is a veteran member of Allan N. Schore’s study group. He also trained in the Adult Attachment Interview through Mary Main and Erik Hesse’s program out of UC Berkeley. You can Listen on-line at www.abetterworld.tv