From the Sixties to the 21st Century with Wes “Scoop” Nisker

Program Description

From acupuncture to Zen, from the Inner Directions to the Cultural Creatives, the baby boomers will start retiring in 2008, and what a long, strange trip it has been and continues to be. What happened to the counter-culture of the 1960′s and where are they now; in a high-rise office building in Manhattan or on an island in British Columbia? Find out how the legacies of the 1960′s and 1970′s are still with us and are continuing to provide a significant contribution to the global culture.

Wes “Scoop” Nisker is the editor of Inquiring Mind. He is a practicing Buddhist and one of America’s most influential Eastern practitioners. He is the author of Buddha’s Nature (Bantam Doubleday Dell Pub 2000), The Big Bang, The Buddha and the Baby Booomer (HarperSanFrancisco 2003).

Topics Explored in this Dialogue:

• How to live in hope and joy
• How the wisdom teachings of the East came to the West
• Where do we find authenticity
• What will cause the collapse of capitalism and materialism
• Why is it important to laugh at ourselves

Program Number: 2975             Host:                Interview Date: 2/20/2003