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Join host Doug Grunther and his co-hosts for a rollicking, fun, and provocative ride through the cultural zeitgeist. Spiced with humor and informed by over 35 years as Woodstock’s premier talk show host, Doug combines his love of philosophy, depth psychology, and spiritual insight in this hour of engaging talk about where we are and where we might be going as the 21st Century unfolds. Joining Doug every week as co-host and music adviser is Radio Woodstock’s weekend personality, Ron Van Warmer; and every other week critically acclaimed poet and saucy social critic, Victoria Sullivan adds her sharp-edged wit.

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United States

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Join host Doug Grunther and his co-hosts for a rollicking, fun, and provocative ride through the cultural zeitgeist. Spiced with humor and informed by over 35 years as Woodstock’s premier talk show host, Doug combines his love of philosophy, depth psychology, and spiritual insight in this hour of engaging talk about where we are and where we might be going as the 21st Century unfolds. Joining Doug every week as co-host and music adviser is Radio Woodstock’s weekend personality, Ron Van Warmer; and every other week critically acclaimed poet and saucy social critic, Victoria Sullivan adds her sharp-edged wit.

Language:

English


Episodes
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Glimpses of the Gods in Life and Art

3/22/2021
Welcome to the Woodstock Roundtable. Conversational Improv with Host Doug Grunther and Radio Woodstock On-Air Weekend Warrior Ron Van Warmer. Key Topics: The distinction between madness and genius can be quite slim. One fascinating example is Noel Cobb who pulled himself out of the madness whirlpool and has become a successful psychotherapist--but not in any ordinary way. We'll take a look at his book, "Archetypal Imagination: Glimpses of the Gods in Life and Art. Please check out...

Duration:00:56:46

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"from Civilization to Planetization"

3/15/2021
Welcome to the Woodstock Roundtable. Conversational Improv with Host Doug Grunther, Woodstock Round Table Poet Laureate Victoria Sullivan, and Radio Woodstock Weekend Warrior Ron Van Warmer. Key Topics: "from Civilization to Planetization" William Irwin Thompson was one of the leading cultural historians and integral thinkers of the last 50 years...we'll dive into one of his fascinating essays on the shift he perceived happening "from Civilization to Planetization". And Street Philosopher...

Duration:01:00:40

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Predictions from the 1990’s…..

3/8/2021
Welcome to the Woodstock Roundtable. Conversational Improv with Host Doug Grunther, and Radio Woodstock Weekend Warrior Ron Van Warmer. Key Topics: Predictions from the 1990’s….. We'll check out some deep insights from cultural historian and integral thinker Wm Irwin Thompson about a shift in consciousness he predicted back in the 1990's...

Duration:00:55:23

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Mr. Potato Head has gone gender neutral

3/1/2021
Welcome to the Woodstock Roundtable. Conversational Improv with Host Doug Grunther, Woodstock Round Table Poet Laureate Victoria Sullivan, and Radio Woodstock Weekend Warrior Ron Van Warmer. Key Topics: Mr Potato Head has gone gender neutral. Please check out https://www.woodstockvitamins.com/promo codeROUNDTABLE for 15%off your purchase.https://www.woodstock.com/is in association with http://www.radiowoodstock.com/

Duration:01:00:27

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What’s The Story?

2/22/2021
Welcome to the Woodstock Roundtable. Conversational Improv with Host Doug Grunther, and Radio Woodstock Weekend Warrior Ron Van Warmer. Key Topics: What’s The Story? The three most effective ways the human brain learns are: Trial & Error, Games (Play), Stories. And Street Philosopher Patrick Carlin, will check in. Please check out https://www.woodstockvitamins.com/promo codeROUNDTABLE for 15%off your purchase.https://www.woodstock.com/is in association with http://www.radiowoodstock.com/

Duration:01:00:00

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Prophets of the Digital Age

2/15/2021
Welcome to the Woodstock Roundtable. Conversational Improv with Host Doug Grunther, Woodstock Round Table Poet Laureate Victoria Sullivan, and Radio Woodstock Weekend Warrior Ron Van Warmer. Key Topics: Prophets of the Digital Age. We'll tune in a little more deeply to one of the technological shifts going on in our lives having the most influence. And how we underestimate it..... Street Philosopher Patrick Carlin, will check in, and we’ll hear a song from The Sultan of Sonic Soul, and we’ll...

Duration:00:59:52

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"I Talked to the Cassandra of the Internet Age."

2/8/2021
Conversational Improv with Host Doug Grunther and Radio Woodstock On-Air Weekend Warrior Ron Van Warmer Key Topics: "I Talked to the Cassandra of the Internet Age." Cassandra in Greek mythology was given the curse to utter true prophecies, but never to be believed. In modern usage her name is employed as a rhetorical device to indicate someone whose accurate prophecies are not believed. And we'll check in with Street Philosopher Patrick Carlin. Please check out...

Duration:00:57:14

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"Freeing the mind"

2/1/2021
Welcome to the Woodstock Roundtable. Conversational Improv with Host Doug Grunther, Woodstock Round Table Poet Laureate Victoria Sullivan, and Radio Woodstock Weekend Warrior Ron Van Warmer. Key Topics: "Freeing the mind" One of our favorite lines from all of rock and roll contains the line, "You better free your mind instead." Free our minds, with all the turbulence going on around us? Sounds like like a good idea. We'll explore it today from a number of interesting angles, and Street...

Duration:00:58:56

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Catching the largest wave in the world....

1/25/2021
Welcome to the Woodstock Roundtable. Conversational Improv with Host Doug Grunther, and Radio Woodstock Weekend Warrior Ron Van Warmer. Key Topics: catching the largest wave in the world.... And Street Philosopher Patrick Carlin, will check in. Please check out https://www.woodstockvitamins.com/promo codeROUNDTABLE for 15%off your purchase.https://www.woodstock.com/is in association with http://www.radiowoodstock.com/

Duration:00:58:52

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What are we thinking?

1/18/2021
Welcome to the Woodstock Roundtable. Conversational Improv with Host Doug Grunther, Woodstock Round Table Poet Laureate Victoria Sullivan, and Radio Woodstock Weekend Warrior Ron Van Warmer. Key Topics: What are we thinking? Victoria will be A Reading of Short Play for the Benefit of The Actors Fund Covid-19 Emergency Relief today January 17, 2021 – 2pm. Zoom here….https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87405243531 , and Street Philosopher Patrick Carlin, will check in. Please check out...

Duration:00:57:04

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What a week!

1/11/2021
Welcome to the Woodstock Roundtable. Conversational Improv with Host Doug Grunther and Radio Woodstock On-Air Weekend Warrior Ron Van Warmer. Key Topics: What a week. Exhausted? Exasperated? Well, yes, but we'll muster up the energy to look at the deeper patterns of what went on in Georgia and Washington DC last Wednesday; We'll hear music from the Sultan of Sonic Soul Gus Mancinin and Street Philosophy from Patrick Carlin, And we'll open up the Woodstock Roundtable Jukebox. Please check out...

Duration:00:58:10

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Hermit, Healer, Trickster, Liberator.

1/4/2021
Welcome to the Woodstock Roundtable. Conversational Improv with Host Doug Grunther, Woodstock Round Table Poet Laureate Victoria Sullivan, and Radio Woodstock Weekend Warrior Ron Van Warmer. Key Topics: Hermit, Healer, Trickster, Liberator. Carl Jung was the most influential psychologist of the 20th century. He identified ARCHETYPES which are patterns of emotions, beliefs and behaviors which affect all of us. We'll talk about some of the key archetypes which defined the year 2020 and will...

Duration:00:55:31

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AHA! That Eureka Moment

12/28/2020
Welcome to the Woodstock Roundtable. Conversational Improv with Host Doug Grunther and Radio Woodstock On-Air Weekend Warrior Ron Van Warmer. Key Topics: Have you ever had a Eureka Moment? that sudden "AHA" breakthru insight? Well, it's not just a matter of chance. We'll end the very challenging year of 2020 by reviewing an interesting article on this very subject. We could certainly use some AHA moments in 2021. Jim Harwood will join us. He manages dozens of the world's best singers,...

Duration:01:00:57

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"Resurrection"

12/21/2020
Welcome to the Woodstock Roundtable’s annual “It’s Not the Andy Williams Roundtable Christmas Special” with Host Doug Grunther, Woodstock Round Table Poet Laureate Victoria Sullivan, and Radio Woodstock Weekend Warrior Ron Van Warmer. Key Topics: "Resurrection" Street Philosopher Patrick Carlin, will check in, and we’ll hear a song from The Sultan of Sonic Soul, and we’ll Open up the Woodstock Roundtable Jukebox, and Professor Louis and friends will join us for a Holiday Song fest. Please...

Duration:01:03:39

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The Business of Getting Better

12/14/2020
Welcome to the Woodstock Roundtable. Conversational Improv with Host Doug Grunther, and Radio Woodstock Weekend Warrior Ron Van Warmer. Key Topics: The Business of Getting Better. Street Philosopher Patrick Carlin, will check in, and we’ll hear a song from The Sultan of Sonic Soul, and we’ll Open up the Woodstock Roundtable Jukebox.Please check out https://www.woodstockvitamins.com/promo codeROUNDTABLE for 15%off your purchase.https://www.woodstock.com/is in association with...

Duration:01:02:08

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Are you ready for past life regressions?

11/30/2020
Conversational Improv with Host Doug Grunther and Radio Woodstock On-Air Weekend Warrior Ron Van Warmer. Key Topics: Get ready to for some mind-expanding trips this morning....are you ready for past life regessions? We'll talk with Gloria De Pietro author of the new book, "A Soul's Journey: The Story of Travelling Through Time to Find the Truth." And we’ll get some Street Philosophy from Patrick Carlin. Please check out https://www.woodstockvitamins.com/promo codeROUNDTABLE for 15%off your...

Duration:00:57:38

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When The World Seems Like One Big Conspiracy

11/23/2020
Welcome to the Woodstock Roundtable. Conversational Improv with Host Doug Grunther, Woodstock Round Table Poet Laureate Victoria Sullivan, and Radio Woodstock Weekend Warrior Ron Van Warmer. Key Topics: When The World Seems Like One Big Conspiracy. And, Street Philosopher Patrick Carlin, will check in. Please check out https://www.woodstockvitamins.com/promo codeROUNDTABLE for 15%off your purchase.https://www.woodstock.com/is in association with http://www.radiowoodstock.com/

Duration:00:58:19

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Not the history we were taught in school.......

11/16/2020
Welcome to the Woodstock Roundtable. Conversational Improv with Host Doug Grunther, and Radio Woodstock Weekend Warrior Ron Van Warmer. Key Topics: Not the history we were taught in school... and Street Philosopher Patrick Carlin, will check in. Please check out https://www.woodstockvitamins.com/promo codeROUNDTABLE for 15%off your purchase.https://www.woodstock.com/is in association with http://www.radiowoodstock.com/

Duration:01:00:19

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The Uncertainty Of Knowledge

11/9/2020
Welcome to the Woodstock Roundtable. Conversational Improv with Host Doug Grunther, Woodstock Round Table Poet Laureate Victoria Sullivan, and Radio Woodstock Weekend Warrior Ron Van Warmer. Key Topics: The Uncertainty Of Knowledge. And Street Philosopher Patrick Carlin, will check in. Please check out https://www.woodstockvitamins.com/promo codeROUNDTABLE for 15%off your purchase.https://www.woodstock.com/is in association with http://www.radiowoodstock.com/

Duration:01:03:50

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The GENDER GAP: Part doux….

11/2/2020
Welcome to the Woodstock Roundtable. Conversational Improv with Host Doug Grunther, and Radio Woodstock Weekend Warrior Ron Van Warmer. Key Topics: The GENDER GAP: Part doux….We'll also take a look at the James Bond personna through an article written by a woman with feminist roots but nontheless, enjoys the male image of James Bond. And we'll look at a very interesting form of intelligence that two successful men in particular have used to great benefit....it's called "awkward silence"...

Duration:01:01:32