Will Evans

Dan Richardson, Mayor of Carbondale, steps into a conversation about global warming, identity, and the gray zone of unresolved perspectives.

Dr. Will Bledsoe explains how a Restorative Way can put into people’s hands the practices and skills for right relationship. For part 2, click here.

Sandra Hempel, author of The Strange Case of the Broad Street Pump joins Will Evans to discuss the myth and legacy of John Snow, the British doctor who discovered that cholera is a waterborne disease.

Thunder River Theatre Company founder and Lon Winston enjoys living in a “you and me” world, and also explains what he does when pushed to the edge.

Bryant Austin extends to whales “the right to be” and he understands our lifestyle is killing whales. On their part the Whales learned it was safe to come up to Bryant and as a result, he has been able to photograph them up close - creating composite life size images.

Roderick O’Connor enjoys a high level of trust with his team, because they “burn clean with each other.”  He is straight with them and they are straight with him.

Spring is near. Do you know your garden? Raleigh Burleigh, News Director of KDNK, grew up knowing a partnership with his family's local garden and compost pile. He talks about trusting the unique gifts growing around him and within him and remembers learning how to move during a transition on the edge of an abyss.

Fred Donaldson explains as he gained skills in non-contest playing, the patterns of fear which had grown within him and round him fell away. Fred realized, he belonged to a vast network of touchable, trustworthy life-sustaining exchanges.

Marc Whitman explains how he organized available fire and water to save his home during the recent Thomas Wildfire in Southern California.

Woody Morrison, a Haida Elder and History Keeper, in Vancouver, BC works today to heal indigenous people and describes how children grew up trusting everyone in their tribal clan. They trusted each other and themselves. When the Canadian Government took children away from their families and out of their villages by force, children were taught “Don’t trust, someone will cheat you.”

Katrina Blair explains she learned to trust herself, because the only rule for her growing up was “Be true to Yourself.”

Will talks to Brooke LeVan of Sustainable Settings for the third in a series of conversations.

Today's guest Paul Zak explains how businesses that understand the release of oxytocin learn to build trust.

Will's guest this month is Bob Whitehouse. They're talking about trust.

Fred "Lightnin' Heart" Haberlein is a muralist, explorer, and all-around wise man (and sometimes wise guy.) He talks to host Will Evans about his recent trip to Yaqui country for the annual spring ceremonies.

Local resident Ross Douglas explains the Doctrine of Discovery, proclaimed by the Pope in 1493, gave Christendom absolute right to the land of North America. This legal structure continues to violate Native American human and land rights in the 21st century.

Shifting Gears airs the first Wednesday of every month at 4:30. This month features Pt 2 of a conversation with Richard Manning about water.

Shifting Gears airs the first Wednesday of every month at 4:30 on KDNK.

Richard Manning talks about water and how caring for rivers is a measure of human integrity.