The Marianne Williamson Podcast: Conversations That Matter

Marianne Williamson speaks with neurosurgeon & author Dr. James Doty about the brain-heart connection.   Learn more about Marianne's Whole Health Plan: https://marianne2024.com/issues/whole-health-plan/   Support the campaign here: https://marianne2024.com/

Marianne Williamson sits down with Dr. Steve Farber to discuss his experience providing healthcare in America. See Marianne's Whole Health Plan here: https://marianne2024.com/issues/whole-health-plan/ Learn more and support Marianne'e campaign: https://marianne2024.com/

Marianne Williamson sits down with three members Gen Z to discuss their personal experience of life in America on today's Firelight Chat.   Learn more and Donate Today at https://Marianne2024.com

Marianne Williamson speaks with author Nancy MacLean about the stealth campaign to limit the power of democracy on today's Firelight Chat. Learn more and donate: https://marianne2024.com/

Marianne Williamson interviews activists involved in the Stop Cop City movement.   Learn more and donate at Marianne2024.com

Marianne Williamson interviews climate scientist Peter Kalmus on the looming threat of increased global warming.   Learn more about Marianne's campaign an donate at https://marianne2024.com/   Learn more about Marianne's climate action plan: https://marianne2024.com/issues/clima...   Learn more about Peter Kalmus: https://peterkalmus.net/about/

Marianne Williamson speaks with historian Harvey Kaye about the founding of this country and its meaning for today.   Learn more about Marianne's campaign at https://marianne2024.com/   Learn more about Marianne's upcoming events at https://events.marianne2024.com   Donate to Marianne's campaign at: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mar...   Follow Harvey Kaye on Twitter at https://twitter.com/harveyjkaye

Marianne talks to Congressional candidate Maebe A. Girl about TRANSGENDER IN AMERICA  Learn more about Marianne's campaign at https://marianne2024.com/ Learn more about Marianne's upcoming events at https://events.marianne2024.com Donate to Marianne's campaign at: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/marwilliamson2024 Learn more about Maebe A. Girl at https://maebeagirlforcongress.org/

Marianne interviews journalist Stephen Semler about the Military Industrial Complex and how we can begin to dismantle its power. Learn more about Marianne's campaign and policies at https://marianne2024.com/ Stephen Semler's work can be found on his "Speaking Security" Substack: https://stephensemler.substack.com/ Follow Stephen Semler on Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephensemler

Marianne Williamson discusses Israel and Palestine with Palestinian-American political analyst Omar Baddar and JStreet's Josh Lockman.   Learn more and Donate Today at https://Marianne2024.com

Marianne Williamson interviews screenwriters Jay Kogen and Billy Ray about the current stalemate between the Writers Guild of America and Hollywood studios. Donate at: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/flc Learn more about Marianne's policies at Marianne2024.com Learn More about Marianne's 21st Century Economic Bill of Rights at https://marianne2024.com/economic-bill-of-rights/ Learn more about Marianne's Labor policies at https://marianne2024.com/issues/empowered-labor/

Marianne Williamson talks to The Real News Network's Max Alvarez about the dire situation in East Palestine, Ohio and Norfolk Southern's actions that brought on the disaster. They also discuss where the labor movement is today.   Learn more about Max and The Real News Network Follow Max on Twitter @maximillian_alv

Mariane talks to labor organizer and Amazon Labor Union president Christian Smalls about his fight against Amazon and the larger impacts he's had on the current labor movement.  For more information visit MarianneWilliamson.Substack.com

Marianne Williamson discusses the legacy of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt with historian Harvey Kaye. Learn more at MarianneWilliamson.Substack.com Follow Harvey on Twitter @HarveyJKaye

Should government be run like a business? No, says Donald Cohen, the founder and executive director of In The Public Interest and author of the book “The Privatization of Everything: How the Plunder of Public Goods Transformed America and How We Can Fight Back"   In this episode, Marianne & Donald go deep into the insidious ways that private industry exerts undue influence on our government. These interests “strip public goods of their power to lift people up, creating instead a tool to diminish democracy, further inequality, and separate us from each other.” For more information visit MarianneWilliamson.Substack.com and InThePublicInterest.org.   

Marianne interviews climate scientist Peter Kalmus for Earth Day.   For more infomration visit MarianneWilliamson.Substack.com and PeterKalmus.Net

“Get me out of here.” Five simple words religious scholar Diana Butler Bass heard repeatedly while sitting in a pew at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC. But why? And who was whispering this to her?  Jesus. And she writes about why in her latest book, Freeing Jesus: Rediscovering Jesus as Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way, and Presence  Diana and Marianne discuss what Jesus means to them individually and the importance of freeing him from the confines of doctrine and dogma. As Diana says, “When I think of Jesus I think of wisdom. I think of embodied compassion. I think of this incredible vision of justice.” More at MarianneWilliamson.Substack.com  For more info about Diana visit DianaButlerBass.com

Marianne Williamson discusses spirituality and brain science with stroke survivor and neuroscientist Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor. The two talk about Dr. Taylor's recovery, the difference in the brains of boomers and millennials and how to create and keep a healthy brain. The conversation stems from Dr. Taylor's latest book, "Whole Brain Living: The Anatomy of Choice and the Four Characters That Drive Our Life." For more information visit MarianneWilliamson.Substack.com or DrJillTaylor.com.

Marianne talks to Real News Network editor-in-chief Max Alvarez in the wake of the historic vote to unionize a Staten Island Amazon warehouse. The two discuss the lead up to the vote, why it was successful as well as the history of labor in the United States. Read, listen to and watch Max Alvarez's work: https://therealnews.com   Follow Max on Twitter: @maximillian_alv Max's book "The Work of Living" will be released by OR books this June   

Thousands of Americans now reject the American experiment and are actively trying to tear the country apart. White nationalists have infiltrated just about every community, seriously armed, and can be found in towns and cities across the United Stares. Marianne discusses all of this with author Stephen Marche who details the problems we face in his frightening new book, “The Next Civil War: Dispatches from the American Future.” For more information visit MarianneWilliamson.Substack.com and StephenMarche.com.

Marianne speaks with Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA) about his new book "DIGNITY IN THE DIGITAL AGE: Making Tech Work for All of Us," other progressive issues, and also the war in Ukraine.   For more information visit MarianneWilliamson.Substack.com

The ascension of far right politics in this country didn't happen overnight - it was manufactured over decades. Marianne Williamson talks to author Nancy MacLean about her book “Democracy in Chains,” chronicling how proponents of property rights absolutism thought they could only succeed by putting “democracy in chains.” Democracy in Chains MarianneWilliamson.Substack.com  

Williamson discusses the relationship between Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings with Harvard historian Annette-Gordon Reed.   To learn more visit MarianneWilliamson.Substack.com

Status Coup's Jordan Chariton can be found at some of the most important events of the last decade. His on-the-ground reporting from Flint, Standing Rock and the 2020 BLM protests among others brings us the in-depth coverage the corporate media ignores. So why is his material being suppressed? Jordan and Marianne sit-down to discuss the state of the news media, how big tech squashes independent outlets while propping up corporate behemoths and the importance of independent media. Read more at MarianneWilliamson.Substack.com Follow Jordan and Status Coup Status Coup YouTube Status Coup Membership Status Coup Twitter Status Coup Instagram Status Coup Substack

Our bloated $778 billion dollar defense budget doesn't make us all that much safer. At least that's what journalist Andrew Cockburn argues in his latest book, “The Spoils of War: Power, Profit and the American War Machine.” Cockburn, the Washington editor of Harper's, has spent decades covering the Pentagon and defense industry and says money and power, not safety, is what drives our ballooning military budget. Our conversation details how we got here and how, per Andrew, “The US defense complex is best thought of not as an organization, but as a living, insatiable, creature, dedicated only to its own defense and power.” Read more at MarianneWilliamson.Substack.com  

Routing the Taliban from Afghanistan was a successful exercise in brute force. But keeping them out - and helping the Afghans keep them out - was something that required skills not currently in America's tool box. If anything, we proved the ultimate futility of endless violence. We succeeded at waging war, but we failed miserably at providing the conditions of a sustainable post-war state of peace.  THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN: An Effort to More Deeply Understand, is compiled from interviews that provide meaningful reflections on the war. The individual interviews can be found here: https://mariannewilliamson.substack.com/s/reflections-on-afghanistan On Afghanistan, as on so many issues, it's imperative that we push against the grain of shallow and ultimately meaningless narrative that dominates our politics. This podcast was produced by Jon Ehrens, with interviews from Sarah Chayes, Laura Jedeed, Zainab Salbi, Tom Freston, Joe Cirincione, and Obaidullah Baheer. Subscribe to Marianne's Substack, TRANSFORM: MarianneWilliamson.Substack.com

Subscribe to Marianne's Substack, TRANSFORM: MarianneWilliamson.Substack.com   Visit FreeDonziger.com to learn more about Steven and his case.   Follow Steven Donziger on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sdonziger   Steven Donziger is a Harvard law school graduate who went to Ecuador in the 1990's. He was traveling with a team of lawyers and doctors to view the horrific evidence that Texaco, an oil giant since bought by Chevron, had poisoned a huge swath of the Ecuadorian Amazon during oil drilling in the 1960's, 1970's and 1980's. What they saw were the results of a massive and man-made environmental disaster that poisoned the water, earth and food of tens of thousands of people. Worst of all, the evidence indicated it was done deliberately as part of an engineering plan to save $3 per barrel. This horror was not an accident.   Ultimately, Steven led a team of lawyers in procuring a $9.5B judgement against Chevron that was affirmed by the Ecuadorian Supreme Court. Yet that was not the end of the story. For Chevron - while note even arguing the veracity of the disaster - chose not to pay the judgment. Instead, they chose to come after the lead lawyer who held them accountable: namely, Steven Donziger. In Donziger's words, “The company's goal is to silence my advocacy, bankrupt my family, and intimidate activists and environmental allies.”   Donziger has now spent more than 780 days under house arrest. He stands to be sentenced on Oct. 1 for contempt of court charges stemming from his refusal to turn over to Chevron his cell phone and computer containing confidential data on environmental activists here and in Ecuador. The Department of Justice having chosen not even to pursue the case, it was turned over- incredibly -to Chevron itself to prosecute.   Most Americans would not believe that here in the United States, a corporation could literally use an American court to criminally prosecute its critics. And yet that is exactly what has happened: a show trial that leaves an American environmental lawyer punished harshly and at risk of imprisonment, for the not-to-be-tolerated crime of standing up to Chevron.   Attorney General Merrick Garland has not intervened in this private corporate prosecution, although he should. The request has been simply that he return the case from Chevron's law firm to the US justice system. He has not chosen to do so despite pleas from Senators, Congresspeople, legal groups and Nobel Laureates. And this point you and I have to speak up, and speak up loudly - for justice, for the earth, and for Steven Donziger.   Follow Marianne on social media:   Twitter: https://twitter.com/marwilliamson   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/williamsonmarianne   Instagram: https://instagram.com/mariannewilliamson      

REFLECTIONS ON AFGHANISTAN: A lecturer of conflict resolution at the American University in Afghanistan, Obaidulluh Baheer decided to stay in Kabul when many were trying to escape during the US evacuation. His family history made him feel he could have a unique role to play in helping the country make a palatable transition to Taliban rule.   Subscribe to Marianne's Substack, TRANSFORM: https://mariannewilliamson.substack.com/   Subscribe to Marianne's TRANSFORM podcast: https://spoti.fi/3nLpYtz     Follow Obaidulluh Baheer on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ObaidullaBaheer   Follow Marianne on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/marwilliamson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/williamsonmarianne Instagram: https://instagram.com/mariannewilliamson

REFLECTIONS ON AFGHANISTAN: My guest for this episode of Conversations with Marianne is Joe Cirincione, a distinguished fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft in Washington DC. Previously Joe worked for the US House of Representatives on the Armed Services Committee and the Committee on Government Operations.   In our conversation we talk about Afghanistan, the military industrial complex, President Biden, Pakistan, China, and more. The only way we're going to transform the world is if we stop farming out our thinking, and our conscience. Don't think these subjects are things other people should think about, but not you. That's the kind of thinking that got us here. Let's change our thinking about the power of citizenship so that citizens can change the world.   Subscribe to Marianne's Substack, TRANSFORM: www.MarianneWilliamson.Substack.com Follow Joe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cirincione Follow Marianne on Social Media Twitter: https://twitter.com/marwilliamson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/williamsonmarianne Instagram: https://instagram.com/mariannewilliamson  

Subscribe to Marianne's Substack, TRANSFORM: MarianneWilliamson.Substack.com In part 2 of Transforming Capitalism, we continue our examination of the ways in which modern American capitalism fails to adequately provide for the majority of Americans. We discuss some concrete policies that would ease the financial oppression that burdens so many of our citizens, and how a financially secure populace benefits us all. We hear about some hopeful signs that the tides might be turning against the entrenched orthodoxy of neoliberalism. OUR GUESTS ARE: Sarah Jaffe (@sarahljaffe) Nina Turner (@ninaturner) Richard Wolff (@profwolff) Peter Joseph (@zeitgeistfilm) Stephanie Kelton (@StephanieKelton) Dan Price (@DanPriceSeattle) Robert Kuttner (@rkuttnerwrites) Marshall Steinbaum (@Econ_Marshall) Follow Marianne on Social Media Twitter: https://twitter.com/marwilliamson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/williamsonmarianne Instagram: https://instagram.com/mariannewilliamson YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/MarianneWilliamson Podcast produced by Jon Ehrens and Lauren Selsky

Subscribe to Marianne's Substack, TRANSFORM: MarianneWilliamson.Substack.com Subscribe to Marianne's TRANSFORM Podcast: https://spoti.fi/3mMKauu REFLECTIONS ON AFGHANISTAN: Having lived there originally in the 1970's, Tom Freston was excited to go back again after the fall of the Taliban, this time as a successful American media executive who would play a major role in establishing Afghanistan's first television and radio stations.  Freston talks with Marianne about his time spent living and working in Afghanistan, and what he sees for the future of the country and its people. Follow Marianne on Social Media Twitter: https://twitter.com/marwilliamson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/williamsonmarianne Instagram: https://instagram.com/mariannewilliamson  

Williamson in discussion with Zainab Salbi. Salbi is founder of Women for Women International, a humanitarian organization that invests in rebuilding the lives of female victims of war. Subscribe to Marianne's Substack, TRANSFORM: MarianneWilliamson.Substack.com Subscribe to Marianne's TRANSFORM Podcast: https://spoti.fi/3mMKauu Learn more about Zainab: http://zainabsalbi.com/ Learn more about Women For Women International: https://www.womenforwomen.org Follow Marianne on Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/marwilliamson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/williamsonmarianne Instagram: https://instagram.com/mariannewilliamson

Williamson and Chayes discuss Chayes' article “The Ides of August,” about her experiences working as a reporter and special counsellor to the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the war in Afghanistan. Subscribe to Marianne's Substack, TRANSFORM: MarianneWilliamson.Substack.com Subscribe to Marianne's TRANSFORM Podcast: https://spoti.fi/3mMKauu Watch the full interview: https://youtu.be/6rPjZBNBPrY Learn more about Sarah: https://www.sarahchayes.org/ Read "The Ides of August" https://www.sarahchayes.org/post/the-ides-of-august  

Williamson and Joseph discuss the economic and social systems prevailing in the world today and what is needed to heal society. Subscribe to Marianne's Substack, TRANSFORM: MarianneWilliamson.Substack.com Subscribe to Marianne's TRANSFORM Podcast: https://spoti.fi/3mMKauu Learn more about Peter Joseph: https://www.peterjoseph.info Read Peter's Book: The New Human Rights Movement: Reinventing the Economy to End Oppression https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781942952657 

Economist and Professor Richard Wolff analyzes the deficiencies of modern capitalism, articulating the benefits of a socialist system and the road to a more equitable society. He promotes not a radical shift in economic system, but a gradual transformation involving a shift in consciousness from profits before people to people above all else. Listen to the full TRANSFORMING Capitalism Podcast: https://spoti.fi/3BjzGai Subscribe to Marianne's Substack, TRANSFORM: MarianneWilliamson.Substack.com Subscribe to Marianne's TRANSFORM Podcast: https://spoti.fi/3mMKauu Follow Richard Wolff on Twitter: https://twitter.com/profwolff Learn more about Richard Wolff: https://www.rdwolff.com Follow Marianne on Social Media Twitter: https://twitter.com/marwilliamson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/williamsonmarianne Instagram: https://instagram.com/mariannewilliamson

This edition of the TRANSFORM Podcast is Part One of our exploration of modern American capitalism. Our current economic model serves a small group of people at the expense of the economic security of the vast majority of Americans. Why is that true and how can we change it? Our podcast presents a rundown of how the United States has historically attempted to balance public and private interests, and how we have arrived in our current moment of wealth inequality and rampant economic injustice. The voices you hear in this episode include: - Stephanie Kelton: Stonybrook professor of economics and author of The Deficit Myth (@stephaniekelton) - Matt Stoller: Research Director for the American Economic Liberties Project, and author of Goliath: The 100 Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy (@matthewstoller) - Richard Wolff: Professor of Economics at The University of Massachusetts Amherst and host of Economic Update (@profwolff) - Marshall Steinbaum: Assistant Professor of Economics at The University of Utah (@Econ_Marshall) - Nina Turner: Former Ohio State Senator and co-chair of Bernie Sanders 2020 Presidential campaign. (@ninaturner) - Peter Joseph: Activist, filmmaker, and author (@zeitgeistfilm) Learn more at MarianneWilliamson.Substack.com

Coming Monday, August 23rd

John Adams said that he hoped that every July 4th, Americans would revisit its first principles. Those principles are found in the Declaration of Independence and today we celebrate the 245th anniversary of its signing.  I sat down with author and progressive radio host, Thom Hartmann, to discuss those first principles, how our democracy is being threatened and the steps needed to save it… Let this year's July 4th celebration be mindful rather than mindless. What should we celebrate, and what should we beware of? Thom's Website: https://www.thomhartmann.com Follow Thom on Social Media  Twitter: https://twitter.com/Thom_Hartmann Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thom_hartmann YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/thomhartmann   Follow Marianne on Social Media Twitter: https://twitter.com/marwilliamson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/williamsonmarianne Instagram: https://instagram.com/mariannewilliamson YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/MarianneWilliamson  

For Pride month, Marianne chose to highlight the issue of transgender. Too many Americans don't know someone who is trans…their journey, their experience, and the issues that they face. Very valuable insight comes from hearing their stories. Meet two fantastic transgender women, plus a mother now dealing with a child who is currently transitioning. Much to be aware of, and much to celebrate! Subscribe to The Marianne Williamson Podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/36qnqH4 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2JV8pW4 Follow Marianne on Social Media Twitter: https://twitter.com/marwilliamson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/williamsonmarianne Instagram: https://instagram.com/mariannewilliamson YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/MarianneWilliamson  

A giant in the fields of alternative medicine and spirituality, my friend of three decades, Deepak Chopra, joins me on today's podcast. We dive into the state of the world today, the miracle of human existence, and how aging has led us both to reevaluate the way we approach our lives.  After the interview I take listener questions. Deepak's Website: https://www.deepakchopra.com Follow Deepak on Instagram Follow Deepak on Twitter Subscribe to The Marianne Williamson Podcast Apple Podcasts:  https://apple.co/36qnqH4 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2JV8pW4 Marianne's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/MarianneWilliamson   Follow Marianne on Social Media Twitter @MarWilliamson Facebook Page @WilliamsonMarianne Instagram @MarianneWilliamson

The recent conflict between Israel and Hamas has caused deep questioning and soul-searching. I sat down with JStreet’s Josh Lockman and Democracy for the Arab World Now’s (DAWN) Raed Jarrar to discuss how peace can be accomplished, and how changes in US policy can contribute to fundamental change. JStreet DAWN Follow Marianne on Social Media @MarWilliamson on Twitter Marianne's Facebook Page @MarWilliamson on Instagram Marianne Williamson's YouTube Channel 

Lana Shehadeh was on a Ph.D research trip in the West Bank when fighting broke out a couple weeks ago. No one can inform us of what’s going on in the Middle East like those who are actually living there. Lana was kind enough to take some time out of her day to share with me what life is like as a Palestinian-American mother living south of Ramallah. Follow Marianne on Social Media @MarWilliamson on Twitter @MarianneWilliamson on Instagram Marianne Williamson's Facebook page Marianne Williamson's YouTube Channel