Jane Goodall

The internationally renowned primatologist.  Dr. Goodall has not been interviewed on the air, but was interviewed for inclusion in Visionaries of the 20th Century from Green Books of Devon, England.  Her work with chimpanzees has expanded to include visionary activism in the cause of all life on planet Earth.  See the visionaries page for more on Jane. 

Lynn Margulis

Well Known scientist and Distinguished university professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.  Lynn’s work in evolutionary biology is generally considered radical until other scientists actually understand it. Then it becomes mainstream science.  Her 2002 book, ACQUIRING GENOMES A THEORY of the ORIGINS of SPECIES, is still not accepted by the scientific community at large.  Smithsonian Magazine said of her:  “One of the most exciting, original thinkers in the whole field of biology... Hers is one of the most constructively speculative minds, immensely learned, highly imaginative and occasionally a little naughty...” Lynn has been on Environmentally Sound twice.

Pete Seeger

Songwriter/folksinger and environmental and social activist. Bob has interviewed Pete on Environmentally Sound and sung a duet of “If I Had a Hammer” at his annual Strawberry Shortcake Festival in Beacon, NY.

Walter Isaacson

Walter is the author of three major biographies, Henry Kissinger, Benjamin Franklin and  Albert Einstein.  The interview on July 24, 2008 relates essentially to the Einstein book, but there is a short and interesting segment about Henry Kissinger.  After Walter wrote the Kissinger bio, he vowed not to write a biography about a living person again.  He then  went back two hundred years and wrote about Benjamin Franklin.  When the unpublished Einstein papers were made available in 2006, Walter wrote the first new biography based on this new information.  Biography

John Cronin

John co-wrote The Riverkeepers with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.  He was the original riverkeeper, serving for seventeen years on the Hudson which runs from north of Tahawus at Henderson lake to NY Harbor.  Currently director and CEO of the Beacon Institute.

Patrick Buchanan

Well-known conservative analyst and author.  Pat is a regular on the MacLaughlin Report on WNBC TV on Sunday mornings.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Dr. Tyson is an astrophysicist & director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural history in New york City.  He hosts public television’s Nova scienceNow series.

Alan Chartock

Chairman of Albany Public Radio and a dozen or more affiliates;  Professor at SUNY, Albany and syndicated columnist of the Capitol Connection.  Alan hosts or contributes to several syndicated radio programs, some of which are heard on WVOX.  Alan is a recurring guest when he can squeeze another half hour out of an impossibly busy schedule.  One of the best informed people on New York State politics, past and present.

May Berenbaum

Noted entomologist, professor and author.  Since 1992 has been head of the Department of Entomology at UIUC.  A prolific writer, her curriculum vitae is 55 pages long.

Satish Kumar

Activist, writer, publisher, speaker, co-editor of Visionaries book cited elsewhere.  Satish once walked from the grave of Mahatma Gandhi in India to that of John F. Kennedy in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on a mission of peace.  Traveling without money by the good graces of those he met along the way, his Atlantic crossing was donated by Bertrand Russell.  In the US he met Martin Luther King, Jr., and on 9/11 was in lower Manhattan at a conference with Jane Goodall.

David Kaczinski

Activist.  Brother of unabomber Ted Kaczinski.

Robin Cook

Author of 27 medical thrillers, best known among them are Coma and Outbreak, both of which were made into major motion pictures.  Dr. Cook is an ophthalmologist, and considers himself a doctor who writes rather than a novelist first.  While Dr. Cook no longer practices medicine, he is sought after as a consultant, and remains affiliated with Boston General Hospital.

Ingrid Newkirk

Ingrid is co-founder and head of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).  A dynamic activist who justifies her sometimes radical policies as necessary for the protection of our fellow beings, which she considers as deserving of proper treatment as humans.  www.peta.org.

Greg Palast

International Investigative Journalist;  Greg has a program on the BBC in England and a strong media presence in the US as well.  He has broken major stories, including voter fraud during the 2000 presidential elections. www.gregpalast.com.

David Suzuki

A household name in his native Canada.  As a boy, David spent time in a Japanese interment Camp during World War II.  He went on to become a well known scientist and television personality and is an environmental activist with his own foundation.  www.davidsuzuki.org.

John Perkins

John’s 2004 book, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, a New York Times bestseller, is an extraordinary expose of the inner workings of that part of America of which we are not well-informed, and about which we would rather not know.  John Perkins was recruited and trained, then functioned as an EHM, helping large American corporations make loans to developing countries with the knowledge that they could never pay them back.  The corporations, then, effectively owned those countries and their economies.  When persuasion and corruption didn’t work, the EHM’s would step back and the jackals took over.  Their job:  assassination of those who stood in their way, usually heads of state and other influential international figures.   www.johnperkins.org.

Charles M. Blow

Charles is an op-ed columnist for the New York Times

Warren Smith, M.D.

Dr. Smith is inventor of the Biffy  www.biffy.com

Trip Van Noppen

President of Earthjustice  www.earthjustice.org

Supreme Master Ching Hai

Spiritual leader.  Author of three books.  Supreme Master Ching Hai has an international network of followers.  Her website is rich in information and includes a video version of our Nineleven ‘08 interview. www.SupremeMasterTV.com