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Woodstock Roundtable

Doug Grunther

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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Episodes

Glimpses of the Gods in Life and Art

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 https://www.wo...

Mar 22, 202157 min

"from Civilization to Planetization"

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 Patric...

Mar 15, 20211 hr 1 min

Predictions from the 1990’s…..

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...

Mar 08, 202155 min

What’s The Story?

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/...

Feb 22, 20211 hr

Prophets of the Digital Age

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 Ope...

Feb 15, 20211 hr

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

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 https://www.woodstockvitamins.com/...

Feb 08, 202157 min

"Freeing the mind"

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 Philosoph...

Feb 01, 202159 min

What are we thinking?

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 https://www.woodstock...

Jan 18, 202157 min

What a week!

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 htt...

Jan 11, 202158 min

Hermit, Healer, Trickster, Liberator.

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 likely...

Jan 04, 202156 min

AHA! That Eureka Moment

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, conductors...

Dec 28, 20201 hr 1 min

"Resurrection"

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 check ...

Dec 21, 20201 hr 4 min

The Business of Getting Better

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 http://www.radiowood...

Dec 14, 20201 hr 2 min

Are you ready for past life regressions?

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 purch...

Nov 30, 202058 min

When The World Seems Like One Big Conspiracy

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/...

Nov 23, 202058 min

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

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/

Nov 16, 20201 hr

The GENDER GAP: Part doux….

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" ....What...

Nov 02, 20201 hr 2 min

The Gender Gap....Why Does Trump Win With White Men?

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: Why Does Trump Win With White Men. 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/

Oct 26, 20201 hr 2 min

Who is in charge of our brains?

Welcome to the Woodstock Roundtable. Conversational Improv with Host Doug Grunther, and Radio Woodstock Weekend Warrior Ron Van Warmer. Key Topics: Who is in charge of our brains? 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 http://www.radiowoo...

Oct 19, 20201 hr 4 min

Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race.

Up next, the Woodstock Roundtable. Conversational Improv with Host Doug Grunther, Woodstock Roundtable Poet Laureate Victoria Sullivan and Radio Woodstock On-Air Weekend Warrior Ron Van Warmer. Key Topics: Crispr: sounds like a breakfast cereal. In fact, it will likely be a major influence on the future of the 21st century. We'll also get some Street Philosophy from Patrick Carlin. Please check out https://www.woodstockvitamins.com/promo codeROUNDTABLE for 15%off your purchase.https://www.woodst...

Oct 12, 20201 hr

.....that story is EVOLUTION

Welcome to the Woodstock Roundtable. Conversational Improv with Host Doug Grunther, and Radio Woodstock On-Air Weekend Warrior Ron Van Warmer. Key Topics: The two big stories facing us today: COVID-19 and a presidential race that feels like a RR train hurtling forward, about to jump the tracks.....but there's a much bigger story facing us today.....it's a story that's been going on for quite some time....it's the underlying generator of COVID-19 and the U.S. presidential race......that story is ...

Oct 05, 20201 hr 1 min

Have you heard of UNSCHOOLING?

Welcome to the Woodstock Roundtable. Conversational Improv with Host Doug Grunther, Woodstock Roundtable Poet Laureate Victoria Sullivan and Radio Woodstock Weekend Warrior Ron Van WarmerKey Topics: Have you heard of UNSCHOOLING? A small, but growing movement among parents tired of seeing their children in school forced to memorize reams of information without regard for what truly motivates them to learn.We'll get our annual visit from the co-founder and Director of the Woodstock Film Festival,...

Sep 28, 20201 hr

The Art of Doing without Trying

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: Wu-wei.......one of the most intriguing, useful, yet mysterious insights in all of Taiosm...the Art of Doing without Trying. How is this an advantage? And we'll hear from Street Philosophy from Patrick Carlin. Please check out https://www.woodstockvitamins.com/promo codeROUNDTABLE for 15%off your...

Sep 21, 20201 hr 1 min

Look at how our brains process jokes

Welcome to the Woodstock Roundtable. Conversational Improv with Host Doug Grunther, and Radio Woodstock Weekend Warrior Ron Van Warmer Key Topics: One of the skills we humans have that other mammals do not is.... the ability to tell and laugh at jokes. From Sigmund Freud to Albert Einstein, from Aristophenes to George Carlin, jokes and a sense of humor have been studied and brilliantly expressed...... In our current age of high stress and deep uncertainty, jokes and a sense of humor may be more ...

Sep 14, 20201 hr

The three keys to learning.....

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 three keys to learning..... 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/

Sep 07, 202057 min

The fall of the american Empire

Welcome to the Woodstock Roundtable. Conversational Improv with Host Doug Grunther, and Radio Woodstock Weekend Warrior Ron Van Warmer. Key Topics: The fall of the american Empire 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 http://www.radiowo...

Aug 31, 20201 hr

A New Way of Understanding the Digital World? And what about the maps in our heads?

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: People Aren’t Reading or Watching Movies. They’re Gaming. During the pandemic, digital three-dimensional environments are where much of life is taking place.Please check out https://www.woodstockvitamins.com/promo codeROUNDTABLE for 15%off your purchase.https://www.woodstock.com/is in association ...

Aug 24, 202055 min

What is the most common noun in the English language?

Welcome to the Woodstock Roundtable. Conversational Improv with Host Doug Grunther, and Radio Woodstock Weekend Warrior Ron Van Warmer. Key Topics: What is the most common noun in the English language? 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 wi...

Aug 17, 20201 hr 2 min

Marshall McLuhan: What was he doin?

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: Marshall McLuhan: What was he doin?........... giving us insights into the 21st century zeitgeist & Which is the more effective way to learn: Instruction or Discovery? And John Lewis: How non-violence can create cultural change. We’ll talk to Street Philosopher Patrick Carlin. Please check ou...

Aug 03, 20201 hr 5 min

The Devil & His Friend

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 do "Searching in the Wrong Place," "The Devil & His Friend," and "The Dream Contract" have in common?.....They are all ancient and classic teaching tales which give us insights into our minds and beliefs.…And we’ll hear from Street Philosopher Patrick CarlinPlease check out https://www.wo...

Jul 20, 20201 hr 6 min
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