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In the 8 AM Hour: Julie Gunlock and Joe Concha discussed: Ho, ho, no: Christmas tree prices still up there CNN's Kasie Hunt asks the control room to "drop the banner" so viewers can check out the shirtless body of Luigi Mangione, the suspect accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson CNN loses to Food Network as network’s primetime viewership languishes WMAL GUEST: 8:35 AM - INTERVIEW - STEPHEN DINAN - national political correspondent for The Washington Times New Jersey drones stump FBI; lawmakers furious at federal inaction Where to find more about WMAL's morning show: Follow the Show Podcasts on Apple podcasts, Audible and Spotify. Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor, @Jgunlock, @patricepinkfile, and @heatherhunterdc. Facebook: WMALDC and Larry O'Connor Instagram: WMALDC Show Website: https://www.wmal.com/oconnor-company/ How to listen live weekdays from 5 to 9 AM: https://www.wmal.com/listenlive/ Episode: Wednesday, December 11, 2024 / 7 AM HourSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WMAL GUEST: 8:35 AM - INTERVIEW - STEPHEN DINAN - national political correspondent for The Washington Times New Jersey drones stump FBI; lawmakers furious at federal inaction Where to find more about WMAL's morning show: Follow the Show Podcasts on Apple podcasts, Audible and Spotify. Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor, @Jgunlock, @patricepinkfile, and @heatherhunterdc. Facebook: WMALDC and Larry O'Connor Instagram: WMALDC Show Website: https://www.wmal.com/oconnor-company/ How to listen live weekdays from 5 to 9 AM: https://www.wmal.com/listenlive/ Episode: Wednesday, December 11, 2024 / 8 AM HourSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Finding it hard to be optimistic about our future? This show will flip that around! Guest Stephen Dinan is the founder and CEO of The Shift Network and a member of the Transformational Leadership Council and Evolutionary Leaders. The Shift Network has served over 3M people worldwide, with customers in 170 countries. It delivers virtual summits, courses, and trainings featuring over 250 core faculty and 3,000 thought leaders in domains as diverse as spirituality, holistic health, psychology, shamanism, energy healing, sound healing,, qigong, and dreamwork. He is the author of Sacred America, Sacred World and Radical Spirit.  Connect with host Kelly Sullivan Walden www.KellySullivanWalden.com www.KellySullivanWalden.com/dreamwork www.KellySullivanWalden.com/geterdone The Kelly Sullivan Walden Show on YouTube Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KellySullivanWaldenDreams TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kellysullivanwald X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/kellyswalden  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kellyswalden YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KellySullivanWalden LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellysullivanwalden Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This special broadcast on Conscious Media features the eminent 2024 Illuminate Film Festival. It occurs April 5-7 (in person) in Santa Barbara California and continues online April 8-14. Illuminate is the world's leading film festival for evolutionary cinema and-- aptly partnered with the global Holomovement-- has, as it's 2024 theme: “Movies Make Movements Happen”. Find out more about Illuminate at Illuminatefilmfestival.com and about the Holomovment at Holomovement.net. The broadcast highlights key leaders from both Illuminate and the Holomovement, in order of their appearance-- Emanuel Kuntzelman (lead visioneer of the emerging Holomovement), Téana David (Executive Director of Illuminate) and Mariko Pitts (Core Strategist for the Holomovement). Joining for commentary is well-known conscious media pioneer Randall Libero, who launched some of the pioneer programs of Eckhart Tolle with Oprah, Stephen Dinan of Shift and Deepak Chopra. Illuminate is a 501c3- sponsored organization, pioneering the growth of the emerging conscious film movement. Its mission is to elevate human consciousness and inspire lasting transformation through cinema. Its vision is to serve as the global hub for Conscious Cinema. Its films and workshops explore The Human Journey, Self and Relationship, Mind and Science, Spiritual Practice & Meditation, Nature and Sustainability, Arts and Creative Expression and the paradigm shifts that are occurring right now, across our world. This year's Festival will announce new awards aiming at further spurring this tide of Conscious, Evolutionary media. VoiceAmerica hosts Dr. Kurt Johnson and Karuna (a veteran of Hollywood Films) close out the broadcast with well wishes for this exciting venture. Karuna will be representing Light on Light Media (sponsors of this VoiceAmerica Series) at Illuminate. Humanity's Moment of Choice is a Series on VoiceAmerica in association with The Evolutionary Leaders (evolutionaryleaders.net), a project of the Source of Synergy Foundation. Join us for this exciting broadcast.

In this Psychedelic Podcast episode, Paul F. Austin and Shift Network Founder Stephen Dinan explore spiritual cross-training, psychedelics, and balanced success. Find episode links, summary, and transcript here: https://thethirdwave.co/podcast/episode-220-stephen-dinan/ Stephen and Paul explore topics like: How can psychedelics open people's minds to spiritual dimensions? Can all religions and traditions play a role in elevating collective consciousness? How do ayahuasca's masculine and feminine lineages contribute to wisdom and healing? And why do we need both spectrums to facilitate cultural progress? Tune in for a diverse conversation on Stephen's psychedelic path, Shift Network goals, and the power of patience on the path to visionary growth. Stephen Dinan: Stephen Dinan is the founder and CEO of The Shift Network and a member of the Transformational Leadership Council and Evolutionary Leaders. The Shift Network was founded in 2010 and has served over 3M people worldwide, in 170 countries. It delivers virtual summits, courses, and trainings featuring over 250 core faculty and 3,000 thought leaders. The diverse domains include spirituality, sound healing, holistic health, psychology, enlightened business, shamanism, qigong, and psychedelic healing. Stephen graduated from Stanford University (Human Biology) and the California Institute of Integral Studies (East-West Psychology). He helped create and direct the Esalen Institute's Center for Theory & Research, a think tank for leading scholars, researchers, and teachers to explore human potential. As the former director of membership and marketing at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, he was the driving force behind the Shift in Action program and the One Minute Shift media series. He has been a featured speaker at the World Cultural Forum in China, the Alliance for a New Humanity in Costa Rica, Renovemos Mexico in Mexico City, the University of Cuenca in Ecuador, and many US conferences, events, radio programs, and online summits. Stephen is also the author of Sacred America, Sacred World: Fulfilling Our Mission in Service to All, and Radical Spirit.   Highlights: Stephen's early plant medicine experiences. Paul and Stephen's spiritual awakening through psychedelics. Ayahuasca lineages and masculine vs. feminine ceremonies. Lessons from Shift Network's 40-day program featuring 40 spiritual traditions. Stephen's tips for embarking on Vipassana meditation retreats. Stephen's challenges and joys running The Shift Network. How Stephen patiently crystalizes visions into action. Elon Musk and masculine vs. feminine leadership. The future of The Shift Network.   Episode Sponsors: Apollo Neuro - Third Wave listeners get 15% off. Psyched Wellness - use code THIRDWAVE23 to get 15% off. Join us at Wonderland Conference in Miami, Nov. 9-11th! Head to wonderlandconference.com/ and use the code THIRDWAVE20 at checkout to save 20% on your ticket.

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Stephen Dinan, visionary founder and CEO of The Shift Network, walks beside Theresa on this illuminating episode of White Shores to discuss The Shift Network and his sacred vision not just for America but for the world.To find out more about The Shift Network visit:https://theshiftnetwork.com/To find out more about Stephen, contact him and order Sacred America visit:https://www.stephendinan.com/To find out more about Theresa's bestselling dream, intuition, afterlife, astrology and mystical titles and mission, visit:Www.theresacheung.comhttp://linktr.ee/theresacheungYou can contact Theresa via @thetheresacheung on Instagram and her author pages on Facebook and Twitter and you can email her directly at: angeltalk710@aol.comThank you to Cluain Ri for the blissful episode music.White Shores is produced by Robert Cheung and Matthew Cooper 

Stephen Dinan is an author, speaker, and the founder and CEO of The Shift Network, an organization that delivers virtual summits, courses, and trainings on spirituality, peace, holistic health, psychology, parenting, enlightened business, shamanism, indigenous wisdom, and sustainability.Stephen helped create and directed the Esalen Institute's Center for Theory & Research, and is a member of the Transformational Leadership Council and Evolutionary Leaders. He is the author of Sacred America, Sacred World: Fulfilling Our Mission in Service to All and Radical Spirit.He addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:How small efforts and initiatives inspire others and create a larger scale for changeThe growing mainstream traction of psychedelics will help shift consciousness and generate innovationRecognizing dysfunctional polarization and seeking synthesis that “respects some of the wisdom that might be held on both sides”Complete show notes HEREConnect with Stephen DinanWebsite: https://www.stephendinan.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/StephenDinan Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stephendinan Follow WCPGR/ResilienceFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/buildresilience​Twitter: https://twitter.com/buildresilience​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildresilienceSupport the show (https://www.resilience.org/what-could-possibly-go-right-podcast-vicki-robin/supportthepodcast/)

“A lot of being human is… pinballing around in this world, versus realizing that there's a deeper intention behind why we're here.” — Stephen Dinan   A little more wisdom is never a bad thing. And it might be easier to access than you think, if you're open-minded. My guest on the podcast this week is Stephen Dinan, a lifelong learner who now helps others on their quest for spiritual growth and awareness. Dinan founded The Shift Network, an online educational platform offering courses and events on topics including enlightened business practices, previous lives, and energy medicine. He's also a member of the Transformational Leadership Council, made up of like-minded leaders trying to improve the world. Dinan used to be a self-described “atheist scientist type,” until the sudden death of a close friend shook up his worldview. Grappling with questions that science had no answer for, he turned to spiritualism.  He explored ways to reach higher levels of consciousness, psychic abilities, and reincarnation. Having initially planned to be a doctor, he realized he was supposed to make a difference through business. Dinan believes that conscious capitalism — using business as a force for good — is the key to making positive change in the world. In this episode of Leading With Genuine Care, you'll hear Dinan's advice on how to lead a business that shuns short-term wins for long-term victories, encouraging employees to meet their spiritual needs, why we should think planet-first, and more. You'll also learn: The journey of our souls and how we choose our bodies What Dinan's eighth grade self would think of him today How a trip to India helped him access a higher level of consciousness — and what that's really like Why an Apollo astronaut created an institute to study spiritualist theories How the overview effect — seeing the whole Earth as one entity— changes your perspective How the COVID-19 pandemic proved that the world can work together Why more individuals are achieving their full potential today than ever before   Connect with Stephen Dinan Facebookfacebook.com/stephendinan    Twitter twitter.com/StephenDinan    LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/stephen-dinan-5a717b/    Website stephendinan.com/    Learn More From Stephen Dinan Take a course or attend an event with The Shift Network   Learn more here: theshiftnetwork.com/    Buy Stephen Dinan's books Sacred America, Sacred World and Radical Spirit   stephendinan.com/book-inner    Get Rob's Weekly Newsletter Never miss an inspiring conversation about compassionate, positive leadership on the Leading with Genuine Care podcast plus other great articles and insights. Click below, and you'll also get a download of his favorite mindful resources.   https://www.donothingbook.com/resource-guide    Follow Rob Dube on Social Media  LinkedIn:  linkedin.com/in/robdube    Facebook:  facebook.com/rob.dube.1    Twitter:  twitter.com/robddube    Rob Dube's Website donothingbook.com   Buy Rob's book, donothing: The Most Rewarding Leadership Challenge You'll Ever Take amzn.to/2y9N1TK  

IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig acknowledged this week that the tax agency faces “enormous challenges” in providing service this year, but he said taxpayers should direct their anger at Congress for not providing enough money. Stephen Dinan joins Andy Parks with more on how the IRS says the pandemic took a toll but cost-cutting has starved his agency of the employees and technology it needs to process returns, answer questions and chase after “ultra-wealthy” tax cheats.

Up first, Stephen Dinan tells Andy about the first in a six-part series on the two years of coronavirus spending. Uncle Sam has spent only a small fraction of that money — 15% or less, depending on who's counting — on beating the coronavirus itself. Then, as Stephen reports, Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich issued an official opinion saying the surge of illegal immigrants coming across the border meets the legal definition of an “invasion” under the U.S. Constitution. Brnovich‘s opinion is the latest salvo in a war of rhetoric over how bad the border has gotten under President Biden.

Uncle Sam's total debt now tops $30 trillion, the Treasury Department said Tuesday. As Stephen Dinan reports, it took just a month and a half to add the latest $1 trillion, after Congress approved a debt limit surge late last year to accommodate the government's pandemic-fueled spending spree. Plus, Former President Donald Trump is sitting on an absurd amount of campaign cash — more than the Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee combined. His political committees raised $51 million over the last six months of 2021, and he ended the year with $122 million in the bank, most of that in his Save America Political Action Committee.

As Stephen Dinan reports, a new viral video shows illegal immigrants nabbed at the border in Texas being released, ferried to airports and dropped off to catch flights taking them deeper into the U.S. Stephen tells Andy, the video comes just after Homeland Security released its final southern border numbers from 2021, showing by far the worst year on record for illegal activity. Plus, the big news out of the Supreme Court, Justice Stephen Breyer will retire, closing out a decades-long tenure for the liberal-leaning justice and giving President Biden his first chance to shape the court.

Republicans on the House Oversight and Reform Committee are probing the “historically low” rate of arrests of illegal immigrants by ICE, saying it appears the Biden administration, unwilling to abolish the agency outright, is instead paring it down through policy memos. As Stephen Dinan reports, Republicans are demanding data on why the agency, which has not lost any funding, is arresting and deporting people at a much slower pace than in the past. Plus, Homeland Security's special visa program to grant legal status to victims of crime is plagued by fraud and mismanagement, according to an inspector general's audit released this week that found the department doesn't even know how many of the visas are issued. Stephen joins Andy to explain.

Even as the Biden administration moves toward leniency toward illegal immigrants on so many fronts, there is a line the government hasn't crossed: Possessing a firearm is still a serious offense. As Stephen Dinan reports, the Second Amendment guarantees the right to bear arms to “the people,” and a series of cases is testing whether that term also includes illegal immigrants. Immigrant rights advocates worry about the implications of a Supreme Court decision that concludes the Second Amendment's reference to “the people” doesn't include illegal immigrants. Plus, the questions around renaming the Russell Senate office building, the Afghan refugees processed and released in 2021 and more.

Forget drugs or fraud. The most common type of case federal prosecutors bring is against illegal immigrants who try to reenter the country after having been ousted — and almost all of those charged are Hispanic. As Stephen Dinan reports, federal courts are grappling with whether that imbalance means the law itself is racist. Section 1326 itself was written in 1952 and its penalties were stiffened in 1988, 1990, 1994 and 1996. Also, the Public Interest Legal Foundation went to Pennsylvania with a list of tens of thousands of people who were likely dead, but still on the state's voter rolls in the weeks before the 2020 election.

First up, Stephen Dinan tells Andy that ICE said Tuesday it will begin to deploy body cameras on special agents, to be followed eventually by deportation officers. As Stephen reports, the footage will be used to assess agents' behavior, including in use-of-force incidents. Plus, Border Patrol agents say they nabbed a “potential terrorist” trying to jump the border Friday, adding a national security dimension to the border chaos that's erupted in southwestern Arizona this month. And finally, the Secret Service said the government has sent nearly $100 billion to fraudsters who filed bogus claims for COVID-19 pandemic benefits. More than 900 criminal investigations are active. So far, it has seized more than $1.2 billion in fraudulent payments and reversed more than $2.3 billion in automatic payments.

As Stephen Dinan reports, Homeland Security has ditched an interview requirement for spouses and children of refugees who want to come to the U.S. as a package deal, saying it was taking too long to complete the cases without much benefit from the extra work. The new policy applies to refugees, defined as those seeking humanitarian protection from outside the U.S., and asylees, who are seeking protection from within the country. Plus, Stephen tells Andy the story of three vehicles piled with Russian illegal immigrants making a run at the U.S. border on Sunday, drawing gunfire from a Homeland Security officer.

The Supreme Court has been busy hearing oral arguments. Maine struggled Wednesday to defend its school funding system, with GOP-appointed justices casting a skeptical eye on the program, which pays for students to attend some private schools as long as their classrooms aren't too religious. As Stephen Dinan reports, Chief Justice John Roberts said that means the state ends up picking and choosing some religious schools and rejecting others. Stephen also tells Andy Parks the latest on President Biden's commission on the Supreme Court, which failed to recommend any significant changes to the way the justices operate.

Supreme Court justices flirted with scraping away at the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that created a national right to abortion, pondering whether states should have freedom to bar abortions altogether or at least weeks before currently allowed. Stephen Dinan tells Andy that conservative-leaning justices of the court took aim at the current fetal “viability” standard — about 24 weeks of pregnancy — for when states can move to bar abortions. They suggested Mississippi's 15-week line may be just as valid. And, as President Biden's new coronavirus travel ban took effect Monday, security experts say he's left a glaring hole in his scheme: the southern border.

Up first, migrants from Central America are rushing to the U.S. illegally not because of violence or natural disasters in their home countries but because of jobs, a major new study found, challenging claims that they are asylum-seekers fleeing persecution. As Stephen Dinan reports, climate and the environment — a major explanation VP Harris has cited — was a reason for 3% of migrants. In other immigration news, a 17-day-old infant perished at the border after his mother carried him across the Rio Grande as part of a group of illegal immigrants, Homeland Security said this week. These stories are awful, and the responsibility rests on very many people, including the mother, the smugglers, the policy-makers and many others.

As Stephen Dinan reports, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas graded himself with an “A for effort” this week, telling senators he believes the Biden administration is on the right track to solve the border's chaos and to make up for what he called cruel Trump policies. His defense was not reassuring to Republicans on the committee. Plus, sheriffs representing 17 states called on President Biden to oust Mayorkas and find a new department chief who will work with them to restore respect for the border and immigration law.

“Border bishops to honor dead migrants in Juarez,” by Julian Resendiz, Border Report, 11/5/2021“Border Mass 2021,” Diocese of El Paso's Facebook page, 11/4/2021“Bishop Seitz's Statement on the Mistreatment of Haitian Asylees,” Diocese of El Paso's Facebook page“EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of Haitian migrants who flocked to Del Rio were already working and living comfortably as refugees in CHILE and only set off for the US after Biden scrapped Trump-era deportation policy,” by Ruth Styles and Martin Gould, Daily Mail, 9/23/2021“Photographer says Border Patrol agents didn't whip Haitian migrants,” by Stephen Dinan, The Washington Times, 9/24/2021“U.S. Bishop's Migration Chairman Affirms Renewed Termination of Migrant Protection Protocols, Urges Further Steps to Improve Treatment of Vulnerable Migrants,” 112/2021, by Public Affairs Office of the USCCB “Supreme Court orders ‘Remain in Mexico' policy reinstated,” by Mark Sherman, AP News, 8/24/2021“Biden Administration Tries Again to End Trump's ‘Remain in Mexico' Policy,” by Eileen Sullivan, New York Times, 10/20/2021“Exclusive - Mark Morgan: Almost Everything Alejandro Mayorkas Says Is A Lie,” by Robert Kraychik, Breitbart, 8/10/2021“Alejandro Mayorkas' 7 Border Lies,” New York Post, 9/26/2021

Up first, Stephen Dinan joins Andy Parks with the latest on a Supreme Court case on whether a man sentenced to death can be allowed to have his pastor in the execution chamber, touching him and praying out loud as the lethal injection is delivered. And then, this week marks the 100 year anniversary of the Unknown Soldier arriving on U.S. shores. The first Unknown Soldier almost didn't make it back to U.S. soil at all. Stephen Dinan joins Andy Parks with the story of how the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier came to be. Arlington this week is commemorating the 100 years with a reenactment of the original journey and entombment in what amounts to a rededication of the resting place for unknown soldiers from World War I, World War II and the Korean conflict.

Attorney General Merrick Garland said this week that some migrants in the new mass caravan headed north should come to the U.S. if they plan to demand asylum. Stephen Dinan joins Andy Parks with more on his reporting on the Attorney General's take on immigrants coming with asylum claims and how they are different than traditional illegal immigrants. Plus, concerns of COVID-positive migrants being sent back to Mexico, the widespread use of illegal workers in the construction industry & more.

Stephen Dinan has the latest on the immigration debate in the United States. But first, Stephen tells Andy about the largest cost of living increase for Social Security since 1982, when the country was still emerging from the inflationary years of the late 1970s. Advocates for Social Security said the benefit hike is desperately needed as those on fixed incomes face huge challenges making ends meet amid soaring prices. Then, we get the latest from the border, including abandoned children, raiding workplaces for illegal workers, plans for amnesty and vaccinations for border jumpers.

It's not just Haitians, and it's not just Texas where the border seems out of control. Stephen Dinan explains how the situation in Yuma is different from Del Rio. Then, Homeland Security paid more than $330,000 for a software license for the last two years for a system that hadn't functioned since 2018, the department's inspector general said in a new report Monday. Stephen explains what that means and how it happened.

“Catholic groups say Biden border policy violates church’s teaching” by Stephen Dinan, The Washington Times, 9/23/21.

“Catholic groups say Biden's border policy violates church's teaching” by Stephen Dinan, The Washington Times, 9/23/21.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas insisted this week that the border has not deteriorated under President Biden, and shot down claims by the former Border Patrol chief who said things are worse than he's seen in nearly 30 years of service. As Stephen Dinan reports, he insisted this was the case despite the images being shown and numbers being reported. Also, Stephen tells us the latest on Republican investigators demanding answers from the FAA over its decision last week to impose a ban on drone flights near the Texas migrant camp that sprang up on the banks of the Rio Grande.

A Texas county declared a state of disaster this week over illegal immigrants and COVID-19 exposure and adopted a policy barring them from being transported into or through the jurisdiction until they've gotten a new test showing they're free of the coronavirus. As Stephen Dinan reports, one Texas county said it has determined unvaccinated and untested illegal immigrants are a real threat to public health. The county said it doesn't have the facilities to handle a major outbreak. also, more on Secretary of State Blinken telling reporters the majority of Afghans airlifted out of Kabul in last month's emergency evacuation weren't vetted before getting on the planes.

America has had countless waves of migrants, but rarely has the country been as eager to receive them as it has for the tens of thousands of Afghans who are being airlifted into the country. Charities and resettlement agencies say they have been overwhelmed by the response, with offers of open arms, leads on apartments and a flood of supplies. Stephen Dinan joins Andy with details. Plus more on deaths of illegal immigrants, Republicans demanding answers on vetting Afghans being brought into the US, the number of sanctuary jails in the country and much more.

As Stephen Dinan reports, both of Social Security's benefit programs, Old-Age Survivors Insurance for older adults, and Disability Insurance for those unable to work, failed the trustees' tests of short-range financial adequacy. That means the revenue is crossing a critical fiscal threshold as the program begins a slide toward depletion of its trust funds in little more than a decade. In 2034, payments will likely cover only 78% of what is promised to recipients. Stephen also explains his story on how a convicted rapist reached the U.S. on an Afghan evacuation flight.

The Donald Trump plan lives. As Stephen Dinan reports, the Supreme Court rebuffed President Biden's request to halt a lower court order that revives the Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” border policy, effectively forcing the new administration to make a “good faith” effort to push illegal immigrants back across the border. The ruling is a devastating blow to the Biden team, which had made erasing Trump-era immigration policies a major hallmark of its first seven months in office. Plus, about 20 million ballots mailed out for the November general election were not returned, the federal government's Election Assistance Commission says in a report detailing the successes and hiccups of the voting. Stephen explains what that means.

As Stephen Dinan reports, the Biden administration is rushing to build an immigration system that will decide who gets to stay in the U.S. after promising to airlift tens of thousands of Afghan citizens out of their home country. It's a serious risk, yet the effort is underway. Normally, it takes years to go through the Special Immigrant Visa process. It's now being fast-tracked and could bring hundreds of thousands of Afghan citizens to the United States. Plus, more from the southern border including Border Patrol agents coming under fire from the Mexican side of the border.

Stephen Dinan – Visionary Leadership: Amplifying Wise VoicesAired Monday, July 12, 2021 at 11:00 AM PST / 2:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM GMT / 8:00 PM CETThe vision for The Shift Network came to Stephen while on a meditation retreat: “I got a powerful sense that we needed a global network connecting people who are activating more conscious lives to create a world that works for all.” Many years later, what began as a flash of insight has transformed into a thriving organization and global leader in online transformational education, media, and events.Join Kara Johnstad and Stephen Dinan in a heartfelt conversation on the transformational power of Voice. Becoming a Conscious Change Agent is not always easy. Yet, if enough people do the work of transformation, the worst of our problems could be avoided. Our world needs visionary voices. Explore with us how Voice amplifies inner wisdom. Discover how to shift our baseline and become instruments of peace. Learn from Stephen's path as an author, speaker, teacher, and visionary how Voice can help us co-create a kinder, more peaceful, and liveable world for all.To get in touch with Kara go to http://www.karajohnstad.com/Visit the Voice Rising show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/voice-rising/#StephenDinan #VisionaryLeadership #VoiceRising #KaraJohnstad

House Democrats introduced a spending bill that aims to wipe away large chunks of President Trump's legacy, including restrictions on deploying agency personnel to police protests and clawing back more than $2 billion in border wall money that lawmakers had already approved. As Stephen Dinan reports, the Biden administration has reversed many executive actions under Trump, but the Democrats' bill begins to unravel the legislative policies the previous president won. Meanwhile, the grim reality of death is a near-daily occurrence for those along the border, where smugglers and even fellow migrants are all too ready to abandon those who can't keep up in the desert or leave them to drown if they struggle to cross the Rio Grande.

Andy Parks is joined by Stephen Dinan with the latest on his series on border smugglers, 'Dollars over danger: Inside the mind of a smuggler." As Stephen reports, most smugglers say they just need the cash, and some offer sad stories about their circumstances. After years of tracking smuggling cases, Stephen takes a look at what motivates people to get involved and what they say when they are caught. In case after case reviewed by The Washington Times, those arrested in the U.S. on smuggling charges are repeat offenders and are often given a break the first or second time.

Covering immigration like no other, Washington Times reporter Stephen Dinan is here to tell us about just a few of the big stories he broke this week. Up first, how social media is reshaping border crime. As Stephen reports, apps such as TikTok, Snapchat, Telegram, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp have upended the smuggling world. Connecting migrants with drivers, which used to be tricky in remote areas, is now as easy as messaging a GPS pin to the driver over one of the apps. Stephen also has a story about two soldiers arrested for alien smuggling in Texas after agents say they were caught with two illegal immigrants in the trunk of their car at a Border Patrol checkpoint, where they had hoped their military uniforms would get them through without inspection.

First up, Andy Parks asks Stephen Dinan about his latest reporting on the arrest of three people accused of a grisly extortion scheme against illegal immigrants trying to make their way into California that involved kidnapping, rape and exorbitant demands for cash to secure the migrants' release. And then, we dig into Stephen's new series on how lucrative the smuggling business has become. In the first of a three-part series, hear about how 2021 is turning into a boom year for anyone willing to help in the border smuggling process.

Covering immigration like no other reporter in the country, Stephen Dinan joins Andy Parks with the very latest on Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas saying there is no “invasion” along the Southwest border. He said the new Biden team has succeeded in imposing order on the massive flow of people attempting to jump the boundary. As Stephen reports, Republicans chided him for the claim, pointing to near-record levels of people attempting to cross and the record numbers of some categories of illegal immigrants that are being allowed to stay. Plus, a veteran Border Patrol agent has been charged with helping smuggle illegal immigrants, Homeland Security's inspector general has opened an investigation into a massive no-bid contract ICE doled out to a firm that's holding illegal immigrants in hotels & more.

Facing the biggest migrant surge in 20 years, the Biden administration is struggling to cope with the influx. Beyond its immediate causes tied to the president's new policies, however, the wave of unaccompanied children is part of a larger historical pattern fueled by varying “push” and “pull” factors and created by decades of political corruption, U.S. interventionism, civil war, and economic dislocations. The Washington Times' Stephen Dinan and Catholic University historian Julia Young join the discussion.

Sister Jenna welcomes Stephen Dinan to the America Meditating Radio Show. Stephen Dinan, is a noted social entrepreneur and visionary political strategist, and the founder and CEO of The Shift Network, a leading global provider of online transformational courses and trainings. He was previously a senior staffer for both the Institute of Noetic Sciences and Esalen Institute. Stephen is the author of Radical Spirit: Spiritual Writings from the Voices of Tomorrow and his new book, Sacred America, Sacred World: Fulfilling our Mission in Service to All. Stephen is also a member of the prestigious Transformational Leadership Council and Evolutionary Leaders groups. Visit www.SacredAmerica.net/Special and www.StephenDinan.com. Get the Off the Grid Into the Heart CD by Sister Jenna.  Like America Meditating & follow us on Twitter.  Download our free Pause for Peace App for Apple or Android.

Big Question: How do I find the courage to sing my song?   Stephen Dinan is the founder and CEO of the Shift Network, a global provider of online transformational courses and trainings. He joins us at the cusp of the American election to talk about an essential book for our time, Sacred America, Sacred World. This topic is important to all of us, but I am probably the only interviewer who grew up inside the original radical right, the John Birch Society, and raised a son who went to prison rather than cooperate with the federal government in its hunt for political activists on the left. I am living this book! It's going to be an emotional conversation for me. Please join us. 

Sister Jenna welcomes evolutionary leader, Stephen Dinan to the America Meditating Radio Show. Stephen Dinan, is a noted social entrepreneur and visionary political strategist, and the founder and CEO of The Shift Network, a leading global provider of online transformational courses and trainings. He was previously a senior staffer for both the Institute of Noetic Sciences and Esalen Institute. Stephen is the author of Radical Spirit: Spiritual Writings from the Voices of Tomorrow and his new book, Sacred America, Sacred World: Fulfilling our Mission in Service to All. Stephen is also a member of the prestigious Transformational Leadership Council and Evolutionary Leaders groups. Visit www.SacredAmerica.net/Special and www.StephenDinan.com. Get the Off the Grid Into the Heart CD by Sister Jenna.  Like America Meditating & follow us on Twitter.  Download our free Pause for Peace App for Apple or Android.

Stephen Dinan, is a noted social entrepreneur and visionary political strategist, and the founder and CEO of The Shift Network, a leading global provider of online transformational courses and trainings. He was previously a senior staffer for both the Institute of Noetic Sciences and Esalen Institute. Stephen is the author of Radical Spirit: Spiritual Writings from the Voices of Tomorrow and his new book, Sacred America, Sacred World: Fulfilling our Mission in Service to All. Stephen is also a member of the prestigious Transformational Leadership Council and Evolutionary Leaders groups. Visit www.SacredAmerica.net/Special and www.StephenDinan.com. Get the Off the Grid Into the Heart CD by Sister Jenna.  Like America Meditating & follow us on Twitter.  Download our free Pause for Peace App for Apple or Android.

Do you embrace a sacred vision of national unity? Join Dr. Julie and Stephen Dinan in a conversation that illuminates how the hardened positions along America's political spectrum represent a selection from a larger set of sacred American principles. Putting it all together requires a sacred vision, valuing all political perspectives, and seeing each as a valuable yet incomplete contribution toward the emerging whole.

Rabbi Rami talks to Stephen Dinan about his new book Sacred America, Sacred World: Fulfilling Our Mission in Service to All. Stephen Dinan, a social entrepreneur and political strategist, is the founder and CEO of The Shift Network, a global provider of online transformational courses and trainings. He was previously a senior staffer at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS), where he was the driving force behind the Shift in Action program; and at the Esalen Institute, where he directed and helped to create the Center for Theory and Research—a think tank for scholars, researchers, and teachers to explore human potential frontiers. A graduate of Stanford University, Dinan also holds a master's in East-West Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies. He is a member of the Transformational Leadership Council and Evolutionary Leaders groups, and the author of Radical Spirit: Spiritual Writings from the Voices of Tomorrow (New World Library, 2002). Dinan resides in the San Francisco Bay Area with his family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wolf and Coyote dance: Caroline hosts Stephen Dinan, author of “Sacred America, Sacred World,” a guide to being pragmatic mystics – disciplined wild people, teasing all spiritual wisdom, gleaned from the many chapters of our lives, into the realm of politics, which is at its originating liberating impulse, a dedication to collective well-being. Let's Spiral out of the imprisoning con of polarity, into our task, as agents of Reverent Renaissance, irresistible magnetizers and animators of the living guiding all inclusive story. Stephen brings the Wolfie leadership Medicine of dedicated competence, organizational discipline to make desirable dreams actual. www.sacredamerica.net/special/ Stephen Dinan is the founder and CEO of The Shift Network and a member of the Transformational Leadership Council and Evolutionary Leaders. The Shift Network was founded in 2010 and has served over 750,000 people worldwide, with customers in 150 countries. It delivers virtual summits, courses, and trainings featuring over 50 core faculty and 1,000 thought leaders in domains as diverse as spirituality, peace, holistic health, psychology, parenting, enlightened business, shamanism, indigenous wisdom, and sustainability. The post The Visionary Activist Show – Visioning America, New Moon on America's birthday appeared first on KPFA.