Fact Sheet Global Spirit 101-110
 Program Summary:
For thousands of years, people from all cultures and religious traditions have entertained universal questions about who we are and why we are here. Global Spirit 101-110 presents views from many different religions and belief systems exploring these questions. With intros and closing comments by John Cleese, the series blends compelling film segments and engaging conversations with such informed public television voices as Deepak Chopra, Karen Armstrong and Robert Thuerman to shed new light on our deepest eternal questions around the human quest for meaning, truth and wisdom.
Celebrity Host:
John Cleese opens and closes each program.
Parts/Length:
10/60
RIGHTS:
Broadcast Rights: Unlimited/18 Months
(July 1, 2012-December 31, 2013)
VOD: 2 Weeks
Non-Commercial Cable: Yes
School Re-Record: 1-Year
NOLA Code:
HD Feed for Record:
Fridays beginning June 29, 2012 @ 1200-1300ET/HD04
Promos:
30 sec & 20 sec Series Promos
30 sec & 20 sec. Individual Program Promos
Audio/Visual: Stereo/Closed Captioned Aspect Ratio: 16x9 TV Rating: TV-G Producer: Produced and Directed by Stephen Olsson
A Co-Production of CEM Productions & Link Media Presenter: KQED Broadcast Distributor: NETA Underwriters: Shei'rah Foundation Kalliopeia Foundation One Foundation Fetzer Institute Compton Foundation Local Underwriting: Local underwriting is permissible. DVD screener: Regina Eisenberg R Eisenberg Presents regina@stationrelations.com 510.550.1706 View Program At: (contact regina@stationrelations.com for link) Websites: www.kqed.org www.netatonline.org www.stationrelations.com CONTACTS: Station Relations & DVD Screener: Regina Eisenberg R Eisenberg Presents regina@stationrelations.com 510.550.1706 Publicity & Promotion: stephen@CEMproductions.org Viewer Questions & Comments: info@cemproductions.org Program Descriptions - Global Spirit 101-110: 101 THE SPIRITUAL QUEST In this episode of Global Spirit, writer and spiritual seeker Phil Cousineau hosts internationally renowned author and comparative religion scholar Karen Armstrong and Professor of Buddhist studies Dr. Robert Thuerman for a discussion of The Spiritual Quest as both a personal and religious phenomenon. Drawing on personal experiences and the guests' extensive knowledge of various religious traditions, this fascinating conversation in front of a live, New York audience, illuminates the individual and universal dimensions of the Spiritual Quest, asking questions that have intrigued humanity since the dawn of time. 102 FORGIVENESS AND HEALING Most world religions and wisdom traditions include teachings on the nature of forgiveness. This episode of Global Spirit explores forgiveness and healing on a personal and societal level. The program features author and psychotherapist Dr. Ed Tick and his wife Kate Dahlstedt taking a group of PTSD traumatized Vietnam War vets back to the land where they fought and killed, to help them learn the art of "forgiveness of the self". Program guest Azim Khamisa powerfully illustrates "forgiveness of the other" as he traces how he learned to forgive the boy who murdered his own son. Now Khamisa works with the killer's grandfather to foster forgiveness and healing with young audiences all over the world. 103 MUSIC, SOUND AND THE SACRED The transcendent power of music has long been recognized as a vehicle for spiritual practice and a path to spiritual fulfillment and enlightenment. In this episode of Global Spirit, host Phil Cousineau explores the transcendent qualities of spiritual and sacred music with guests Rev. Alan Jones, and Grammy-award-winning singer and member of the Native American Onondaga tribe Joanne Shenandoah. Experience the power of liturgical musical performances in Latin from Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, and witness powerful, live studio performances by Joanne Shenandoah and a haunting sequence from Peter Brook's film, "Meetings with Remarkable Men" with sacred sounds resonating across the Afghan mountaintops. 104 ART AND THE CREATIVE SPIRIT What makes art sacred? Does the creative spirit lie within the artist, or is it channeled through the artist from some "higher power"? This episode of Global Spirit seeks answers to these and other questions by looking at various sacred art forms, and by engaging with artists who speak eloquently about the spiritual aspect of the creative process. The program presents the work and teachings of Buddhist artist and teacher Lama Lhanang Rinpoche as well as Pueblo Indian sculptor Estella Loretto. Visually engaging and emotionally uplifting, this Global Spirit episode imparts new insights and discoveries about sacred art and the creative spirit from spiritual traditions as distant and seemingly disconnected as Tibet and the American Southwest. 105 THE JOURNEY TOWARDS ONENESS Beneath the external differences that separate the world's religions, there is a deep undercurrent of core teachings that point in the direction of Oneness, or "Unity Consciousness" - the indivisible totality of all creation, all beliefs, all religions and of the universe itself. The Journey Towards Oneness explores the concept of Oneness from both a scientific and spiritual point of view and traces its evolution and expression through different religious and spiritual traditions. The program features physicist Dr. Ravi Ravindra, who comes from the Hindu tradition, and Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, a Naqshbandi Sufi teacher and Jungian analyst. Together, these two bring a wealth of insights and spontaneity to this exciting discussion, spanning the realms of both science and mysticism. 106 THE SHAMAN, THE SPIRIT HEALER AND THE EARTH For native peoples everywhere, life is a gift that must be respected and honored. In this Global Spirit episode, host Phil Cousineau is joined by Flordemayo, a Mayan spirit healer, and Angaangaq, an Eskimo-Kalaalit Shaman from Greenland. Meeting for the first time, these two indigenous guests share their ancient wisdom and knowledge about man's relationship to nature, as well as the profoundly sacred nature of all life. Compelling footage from Greenland and the deep forests of North America provide the visual backdrop for this memorable meeting of two Native peoples and cosmologies. 107- THE MYSTICAL EXPERIENCE From Moses on the mountain, to Jesus in the desert to Mohammed in his cave, "the mystical experience" has been acknowledged as the core event that forms the foundation of many great religions. In this Global Spirit program, host Phil Cousineau joins Benedictine monk Brother David Steindl-Rast, Rabbi Jonathan Omer-Man and sufi mystic Maata Lynn Barron to shed light on some of the common attributes of those who yearn for and reach, however momentarily, what they describe as a direct experience of God or the Divine. "The Mystical Experience" explores both experiential and analytical approaches to this rich subject. 108 EXPLORING CONSCIOUSNESS: EAST AND WEST The inquiry into human consciousness is in many ways, the "holy grail" of the entire Global Spirit series. Certainly, awareness of different stages of consciousness has been at the heart of many spiritual practices and spiritual traditions, for centuries. In this Global Spirit program, host Phil Cousineau brings together both spiritual and the scientific traditions of east and west. The program features Sraddhalu Ranade, a teacher and scientist from the ancient Hindu tradition of Vedanta, who comes to the Global Spirit studio from the Sri Aurobindo ashram in South India to meet Peter Russell, an author and spiritual practitioner with decades of relevant research and a background in physics and psychology from Cambridge University. 109 ONENESS: THE BIG PICTURE While deeply embedded in the core teachings of many great religions and almost all mystical and native traditions, the concept of "Oneness" or "Unity Consciousness" is now being explored by a growing number of scientists, who are applying the principle of Oneness to all life and the exquisite mechanism through which all living systems function and relate. In this Global Spirit episode, Deepak Chopra, a physician and best-selling author of texts on mind-body healing, shares his philosophical insights on Oneness, with Riane Eisler, an anthropologist and, best-selling author (The Chalice & the Blade). Against a background of filmed interviews with teachers from all religious traditions, audiences can witness a memorable, occasionally contentious discussion that attempts to "connect all the dots". 110 ISLAM & THE SUFI PATH OF LOVE How did a 13th century sufi mystic from Central Asia become the most widely read poet in the United States? Why did UNESCO declare 2007 as "the year of Rumi"? This Global Spirit program brings together three distinguished studio guests from three different cultural traditions: American poet and Rumi translator Coleman Barks, Turkish sheikha Cemalnur Sargut, and Islamic scholar Dr. Omid Safi. This program mixes knowledgeable, in-depth conversations with evocative film segments from Turkey, Iran and the USA to explore questions such as: What does Rumi's poetry and message have to say to us about religious tolerance in today's world? What does Rumi bring to the concept of Love, that is similar or different than what other great teachers, such as Jesus taught?   | 
