In this edition of Solutions News, Rinaldo is joined the uniquely brilliant and globally influential, Deepak Chopra. We will be talking primarily about the NY Times Best Seller, Metahuman: Unleashing Your Human Potential, his 90th book to be published, as well providing you a “peak preview” of his newest book coming out this week, Total Meditation: Practices in Living the Awakened Life. We’ll also learn about his plans to help reduce teen and adult suicides with his new non-profit platform NeverAlone.Love and his lifelong interest in supporting the whole person: mental, emotional, physical and spiritual well-being. Don’t miss this week’s show and enjoy our intimate conversation with Deepak!

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Guest: Deepak Chopra, An Exclusive Interview on Consciousness and Connection

On this week's episode of Solutions News, we explore the benefits of a Partnership Model as opposed to Domination Systems with special guest Dr. Raine Eisler, President of the Center for Partnership Studies. Author and social scientist Dr. Eisler, among many other things, is a holocaust escapee from Austria who has both a Juris Doctorate and a Ph.D and has been a Fellow of the World Business Academy for almost three decades. In the show, we explore how human societies can be categorized along a continuum of how strongly it supports general human growth and development (the Partnership Model) versus how strongly it supports the rise of a small class of people on the backs of the rest (the Domination System). (Produced by Kristy Jansen.)

Guest: Riane Eisler, Topics: Making Partnership Mainstream, with Inclusivity and Sustainability

On this episode of Solutions News we are talking about reliability, safety & resiliency in our electrical grid, and how we might cure California’s current power problems in a way that gets us off fossil fuels, addresses environmental and economic injustice, and also build resilient communities across the state. The answer is simple, we have the technology, we have the know how. All we lack is the political will. Our guest is Lorenzo Kristov, PhD who has spent his career focusing on power system transitions to integrate high levels of renewable generation and distributed energy resources (DER). He’s truly one of the visionary leaders in the field of grid systems design, and we are very excited to share his wisdom with our audience today. (Produced by Kristy Jansen) For Full Show Notes visit: https://solutionsnews.org

Guest: Lorenzo Kristov, PhD, Topics: Fixing the Grid and the Future of Electricity

On today's edition of Solutions News we are talking about the climate emergency. That’s right, we're calling it a Climate Emergency because that’s what it is. Yes, there are numerous other issues that have been dominating the headlines in the last few weeks and months, but among those, especially in the last few weeks, are many headlines about natural disasters: high winds and high heats. Hurricanes, Fires and Floods. So, what are we going to do about it? Well, one thing that MUST happen is that our policy makers need to get active and pass legislation that moves our society off the worst polluting and extractive industries and towards regenerative, renewable models of power, food and transportation, and start putting resilience at the forefront of how we make decisions. With that, we are thrilled that Congresswoman Julia Brownley will be our guest today. Tune in to hear more... (Produced by Kristy Jansen) For full show details go to https://solutionsnews.org/julia-brownley

Guest: Julia Brownley, Topics: Solving the Climate for a Clean Energy, Equitable Future

In this edition of Solutions News Rinaldo Brutoco interviews the mother of impact investing, Hazel Henderson about what the world might look like in a new economy that measures success by putting love at the center of how we measure economic viability. It’s all about getting beyond GDP as the only metric of success. Our guest Hazel Henderson is the founder of Ethical Markets Media, LLC and the creator and co-executive Producer of its TV series. She is a world-renowned futurist, evolutionary economist, a worldwide syndicated columnist, consultant on sustainable development, and author of The Axiom and Nautilus award-winning book Ethical Markets: Growing the Green Economy (2006) along with eight other books. She co-edited, with Harlan Cleveland and Inge Kaul, The UN: Policy and Financing Alternatives, Elsevier Scientific, UK 1995 (US edition, 1996). Recognized as one of the founders of whole systems thinking as applied to economics. Her articulation of the “Love Economy” - which we will explore on today’s show - laid much of the groundwork for updated economic models that include human well-being and environmental sustainability metrics in how we measure success. For full details and more about Hazel Henderson, visit https://solutionsnews.org. (Producer: Kristy Jansen)

Guest: Hazel Henderson, Topics: Beyond GDP Towards a New Economy

This week on Solutions News, we explore the landscape of Covid-19 testing in the US, with a spotlight on Ventura County and their effective approach to widespread testing, and timely notifications. Our Guest is Director of the Ventura County Sherif's Office of Emergency Services, Patrick Maynard. He tells us about the evolution of Ventura County's testing program, and explains the different types of tests available. We also travel to a surprising location that's done a good job including surveillance testing for Covid in their approach, and has so far done a much better job at controlling spread then other places. (Produced by Kristy Jansen)

Guest: Patrick Maynard, Topics: The Esential Need for Timely Testing in Covid-19

Guest: George Eskin, Topics: Criminal Justice Reform, Cash Bail, Humane Prisions by Rinaldo Brutoco & Kristy Jansen

Guest: George Eskin, Topics: Criminal Justice Reform, Cash Bail, Humane Prisions

In this edition of Solutions News, we ask, "How can we support our communities in the face of hunger?" Our guest today is Erik Talkin, CEO of the Santa Barbara County Foodbank. For the past ten years, Erik’s goal has been to help the Foodbank become an organization that moves people from hunger to nutritional self-sufficiency and health – both for themselves and for their communities. In addition to his work at the Food Bank, Erik currently serves on the Board of Directors of the California Association of Food Banks and the National Advisory Council of Feeding America. We are talking about hunger, public assistance, and food Insecurity in a land of plenty… All essential topics as we face an end to most of the direct support that was originally included in the CARES act. For more - go to: https://Solutionsnews.org/listen (Producer: Kristy Jansen)

Guest: Erik Talkin, Topics: Food Insecurity in a Land of Plenty

In this episode of Solutions News, Rinaldo Brutoco interviews Gregg Hart, Chairman of the Board of Supervisors for the County of Santa Barbara, about the local Government’s response to the pandemic and the economic shocks that have hit the region. He also asks how we have gotten where we are now in this failed response to the novel coronavirus, and makes some suggestions for how to rise above the moment and look into a different future. We also feature Didyaknows, and end the show by spotlighting on a few major issues that we successfully addressed with collective action in the past. Tune in to listen to the show! (produced by Kristy Jansen)

Guest: Gregg Hart, Topics: Addressing the Pandemic - Where do we go from here?

In this edition of Solutions News, we investigate what it means to live an examined life, and how by reflecting on the end of our days, we might choose to live a life imbued with meaning, prioritizing relationships and our deeper values. Our guest is filmmaker Kate Carter, founder of Life Chronicles, a nonprofit dedicated to helping families cope with impending loss by recording life stories. How can we, each of us, proactively choose our own individual path that we are here to tread on this planet at this time. Life Chronicles helps us retain the wisdom, the personal interactions, the emotions, and the personal connections on film for the next generation to experience, and so much more. We all have words of wisdom and words of care to leave behind. Tune in to hear about the therapeutic value such interactions can bring, and how self-reflection can bring out wisdom we never knew we have to share. (Produced by Kristy Jansen)

Guest: Kate Carter, Topics: Living a Life that Matters

In this episode of Solutions News, we're talking about COVID-19, our responses to it, and about the whole idea of paying taxes - with Syon Bhanot, a behavioral economist who studies the economics of prosocial behavior. With tax season upon us and a belief that taxes are as certain as “death,” we thought it was time for us at Solutions News to take a closer look at the role taxes play in the USA and other advanced societies. We’re looking at the way taxes actually can be a solution for not only the current pandemic but a host of other social challenges we face as a society. Think of that: seeing taxes as a benefit rather than a burden. Now, that’s some real positive thinking – but it is wholly justified as you’ll be hearing in what follows. (Produced by Kristy Jansen) For more details visit: www.solutionsnews.org

Guest: Syon Bhanot, Topics: Death & Taxes - and Prosocial Behavior

In this episode of Solutions News, we shine a special Fourth of July spotlight on what truly makes America unique. In honor of our Nation’s 244th birthday, and in honor of some recent trends we’ve been observing, we wanted to focus on the collective aspects of our country’s founding today. Because, despite many current narratives that highlight rugged individualism as the essential aspect of the American character – in fact, we are a nation that knows how to come together and reach for higher goals. Today’s show highlights the Interdependent nature of our society’s basic premises – we focus on Conscious Capital with our Guest Peter Matthies, on Conscious Consumption and its role in founding this country, and finally on the Declaration of Independence – though not the part you’re used to hearing about on Independence Day…. Tune in! (Produced by Kristy Jansen) For more on Solutions News and this episode go to the website: www.solutionsnews.org.

Guest: Peter Matthies, Topics: Conscious Capital, Activist Consumers, Interdependence

On this episode of Solutions News, Rinaldo Brutoco interviews Tom Reed, the Executive Director of Unity Shoppe - one of the oldest and most successful public charities in Santa Barbara. Unity Shoppe’s unique and powerful business model, which is all about honoring the dignity of individuals and families in our community who’ve fallen on hard times, has been recognized by the likes of Oprah Winfrey, Jeff Bridges and more recently Brad Paisley, who’s been working to replicate its model in Nashville, TN. Taking a page out of Unity Shoppe’s book, we open the show with a story exploring solutions to poverty and unemployment in the current economy and end with a brief history of Roosevelt’s New Deal. (Produced by Kristy Jansen) for more see: https://solutionsnews.org

Guest: Tom Reed, Topics: Charity and Dignity during Hard Times

It’s been another week of protests in cities around the nation, hundreds of thousands of people marching, demanding change – demanding that we reform our nations’ policing practices. A deep reckoning is underway of the structural racism and institutional violence against black and brown Americans. Yes, Black Lives Matter. So do Brown and Native American ones. In this episode of Solutions News, we are jumping into a discussion on these themes – first with a look at our Criminal Justice System - an area just as flawed as our militarized police culture - then we bring you a fascinating interview that our producer Kristy Jansen did with spirit-centered activist, a leader in community-based safety and sentencing reform movements, Aqeela Sherrills. Aqeela has been on the front lines of restorative peace movements in urban America his entire life, and we believe you’ll find this interview informative and inspirational. Later on, we will end the show with a spotlight on Juneteenth - the celebration of the end of slavery in this country on June 19, 1865—yes, 2 full years after the Emancipation Proclamation when the last state, Texas, freed its slaves. (Produced by: Kristy Jansen) for more visit our website: solutionsnews.org

Guest: Aqeela Sherrills, Topics: Rethinking Crime and Punishment

In this episode of Solutions News, we hope you will appreciate as we look for some Solutions to the ongoing inequalities that exist between different communities in our nation that’s supposed to be all about equality and justice for all. One area that must play a role in healing these divided that has plagued our nation since the beginning is the private sector, and particularly business – as one of, if not THE most powerful institutions in the USA. Last week we started this show with a piece we called, Half Slave, Half Free, observing the reality that people of color are not equal in this country; and, that this condition is a fundamental challenge to our “Union” as envisioned by Abraham Lincoln. Hopefully, after the last two weeks of international protests, we are ready to get creative. It is not enough to “wish” racism away. It is not enough to “hope” it goes away. It is not enough to ignore the reality of 400 years since slavery reached our shores and somehow “forget” what has happened. It is not enough to cease being a racist or to continue with a belief that one is neutral, and has no responsibility in this fight. It is now incumbent on all of us who believe that this is a country based on equality to actively be anti-racist. What does this mean? It means, that whites have accumulated the majority of power in our society so it means whites must be the source of the solution. People of color have been too marginalized to create equality. As Emmanuel Acho observed, it will take a “White Solution.” South Carolina Congressman James Clyburn recently observed, that with few exceptions almost every white person who came to our shores did so voluntarily seeking a better life. And, tragically, with very few exceptions the ancestors of our fellow black Americans were brought here under duress as slaves. These enslaved people built this nation with the sweat of their brows and labored to co-create with us the wealth that became the United States even though the horror of Reconstruction. They labored to work our farms and build our factories through the incredible indignities of the “the Jim Crow” era. We are excited to discuss these themes with our guest tonight – Mr. Yusuf George, the Managing Director of Capital Engagement for JUST Capital, and the author of a recent article in FORBES about Corporate Responsibility for healing the racial divide. (Producer: Kristy Jansen. For more on this program visit https://solutionsnews.org)

Guest: Yusuf George, Topics: Corporate Responsibility in Racial Justice

The World Business Academy and the Optimist Daily present a talk show hosted by Rinaldo Brutoco. There are more solutions than there are problems in this world, but the negative headlines usually drown them out! On Solutions News we flip the script, and Rinaldo and his guests discuss solutions to local, national and global problems. A wide range of issues including climate change, environmental challenges, social justice, economic concerns, and personal growth & development, are among the topics we cover. Tune in for real news that gives an optimistic view for these perilous times!

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