{"product_id":"monday-night-revisited-with-stephen-gaskin","title":"Monday Night Revisited with Stephen Gaskin","description":"\u003ch2\u003eMP3 Download\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003eThis 1991 Archive Edition with Stephen Gaskin has significant historical content and continues to remain relevant in today’s world. S\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003eomething happened in the 1960s in San Francisco that inspirited and affected the entire planet. Stephen Gaskin was part of what happened. He led the Monday Night Class at the Family Dog Ballroom in San Francisco at the end of the 60s. He and many others set off in a caravan of 150 hippie busses and founded The Farm in Tennessee, which became one of the best-known spiritual communities in North America, growing to over 1500 members. He was the production manager for the Birth Gazette, and the co-founder of Rocinante, which we'll be hearing about more in this conversation. His books include \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eMonday Night Class\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eHey Beatnik\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eMind At Play\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eHaight Ashbury Flashbacks\u003c\/i\u003e. Join us as we flash back to the past, the present, and even flash a little forward with our guest, Steven Gaskin. \u003ci\u003e(hosted by Michael Toms)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ca name=\"_GoBack\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eBio\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eStephen Gaskin (1935-2014) was an American counterculture teacher, author, and co‑founder of The Farm commune in Tennessee, and he wrote more than a dozen books on spirituality, community, politics, and cannabis. In the late 1960s his San Francisco “Monday Night Class” drew hundreds of people for wide-ranging discussions on spirituality, psychedelics, and social change. In 1970 he led a cross‑country bus caravan that settled in Tennessee and founded The Farm, which became one of the most influential intentional communities of the era. He went on to co‑found the relief and human-rights nonprofit Plenty International and received the first Right Livelihood Award in 1980 for this work. Gaskin remained active as a writer, speaker, and activist until his death in 2014.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eStephen Gaskin’s books include:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal;\"\u003e\n\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eHey, Beatnik! This Is the Farm Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e (The Book Publishing Company 1974)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eAn Outlaw in My Heart: A Political Activist’s User Manual \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003e(Camino Books Inc. 2000)\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eMonday Night Class (revised and annotated) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003e(Book Publishing Company 2005)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eThe Caravan \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003e(Book Publishing Company 2007)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eTo learn more about the work and legacy of Stephen Gaskin go to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\" href=\"https:\/\/thefarmcommunity.com\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-field-code: 'HYPERLINK 'https\\:\\\/\\\/thefarmcommunity\\.com\\\/' \\\\t '_blank\u0026quot;\u0026quot;;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"MsoHyperlink\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003ehttps:\/\/thefarmcommunity.com\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eTopics explored in this dialogue include:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"line-height: normal;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eWhat was Gaskin’s role in starting the “Monday Night Class”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"line-height: normal;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eWhat is origin of “The Farm” in Tennessee and its influence in the local community\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"line-height: normal;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eWhat were The Farm’s foreign initiatives in Central America, Africa, and Guatemala\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"line-height: normal;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eWhat is Rocinante project to serve “elderly and fragile people” and support for aging for those without conventional security\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"line-height: normal;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eHow the Mennonite Central Committee paid for 50,000 bushels of wheat shipped to Honduras for hurricane and tornado relief\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"line-height: normal;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eWhat is the state of elder care in America\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"line-height: normal;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eHow soldiers are victims of wars not of their choosing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"line-height: normal;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eWhat was the revolution of personal computers that democratized access to technology\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"line-height: normal;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eWhat was the major contribution of Timothy Leary who refused to let psychedelics be used by the CIA against citizens\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"line-height: normal;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eWhat were the spiritual roots of the hippy movement\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"line-height: normal;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eWhat was Gaskin’s view of the Middle east war of 1991, Operation Desert Storm and its historical context\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"line-height: normal;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eHow the “war lords” Chiang Kai Shek and Joseph Stalin made under-the-table agreements.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"line-height: normal;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eWhat is the result of the untenable positions of undeclared wars\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"line-height: normal;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eHow to be an active participant in political events\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"line-height: normal;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eWhat is the relationship and history between the U.S. government and American indigenous peoples\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -.25in; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\" class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eHost:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003e Michael Toms\u003cspan\u003e    \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003eInterview Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/5\/1991\u003cspan\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003eProgram Number:\u003c\/b\u003e 2237\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Dimensions Radio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48146076893425,"sku":"2237","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1200\/0142\/files\/StephenGaskin.png?v=1778192931","url":"https:\/\/programs.newdimensions.org\/products\/monday-night-revisited-with-stephen-gaskin","provider":"New Dimensions Radio","version":"1.0","type":"link"}