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Margaret Wheatley
Author, Turning to One Another
Margaret Wheatley is an speaker, writer and organizational consultant. She’s been a Peace Corps volunteer in Korea and a public school teacher in New York. She’s been ssociate Professor of Management at the Marriott School of Management, Brigham Young University, and Cambridge College, Massachusetts. “Turning To One Another: Simple Conversations to Restore Hope to the Future” , proposes that it is the simple, familiar act of conversation that offers the most hope for changing the world. This book is being widely used by communities, schools, religious organizations, and social change efforts.
Joe Bageant
Author, Dear Hunting With Jesus
Joe’s been in the Navy, an anti-war hippie in communes, a Marxist and a “half-assed Buddhist.” He’s been writing about the American counterculture and third world issues since 1971. He’s lived on an Indian reservation in Idaho as well as in small Central American towns. His newest book is “Dear Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America’s Class War“. He writes regularly at his blog, JoeBageant.com and at the Huffington Post.
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Guests:
Margaret Wheatley
Author, Turning to One Another
Margaret Wheatley is an speaker, writer and organizational consultant. She’s been a Peace Corps volunteer in Korea and a public school teacher in New York. She’s been ssociate Professor of Management at the Marriott School of Management, Brigham Young University, and Cambridge College, Massachusetts. “Turning To One Another: Simple Conversations to Restore Hope to the Future” , proposes that it is the simple, familiar act of conversation that offers the most hope for changing the world. This book is being widely used by communities, schools, religious organizations, and social change efforts.
Joe Bageant
Author, Dear Hunting With Jesus
Joe’s been in the Navy, an anti-war hippie in communes, a Marxist and a “half-assed Buddhist.” He’s been writing about the American counterculture and third world issues since 1971. He’s lived on an Indian reservation in Idaho as well as in small Central American towns. His newest book is “Dear Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America’s Class War“. He writes regularly at his blog, JoeBageant.com and at the Huffington Post.
