Stephen Olsson is director of the acclaimed series Global Spirit, which has been called the first internal travel series on national television.
Global Spirit is an inquiry into humankind's belief systems, wisdom
traditions and states of consciousness, presented by John Cleese and
hosted by author and spiritual seeker Phil Cousineau.

Stephen’s work has won numerous national and international awards
including the National Emmy Award for Outstanding Director, the Du-Pont
Columbia Award for Excellence in broadcast journalism and the George
Foster Peabody Award. Formerly, Olsson was co-founder and former vice
president of Original Programming at Link TV, where he produced a
number of original programs and television series, including the Peabody
award-winning Mosaic: World News from the Middle East.

He holds a Master’s degree in Visual Anthropology and Communications
from Temple University. Topics in this hour include: his early
interest in rituals through the Jesuits; travel in India; the forming of
Cultural Educational Media in 1983; John Cleese; Global Spirit; Sufism;
Rumi's accessibility in the West; unity consciousness; Olsson's other
projects; technology; and much more.

Topics in this hour include: his early interest in rituals through
the Jesuits; travel in India; the forming of Cultural Educational Media
in 1983; John Cleese; the development of Global Spirit; Sufism; Rumi's
accessibility in the West; unity consciousness; Olsson's other current
projects; the effect of technology on the spiritual conversation; and
much more.



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