The Cosmic Citizen
2008 Blogtalk Radio Archive

The Blogtalk Radio project, "The Cosmic Citizen," began in July of 2008.
The weekly program is hosted by Andre Traversa and Paula Thompson with
Larry Watkins providing technical support.

• James Woodward, July 12, 2008
  • James Woodward opens these broadcasts with the first in a series of programs discussing The Urantia Book -- a revelation for humanity. James, the featured guest, is the former executive director of the UAI and he provides a general introduction to The Urantia Book.
• Dr. Chris Halvorson, July 19, 2008
  • Special guest Chris Halvorson provides a discussion of Part I of the Urantia Book, The Central and Superuniverses, including the Foreword. A student of the Urantia Book since 1990, Chris received his PhD in physics from the University of Colorado in Boulder, and is particularly qualified to discuss the scientific aspects of the revelation.
• Michelle Klimesh, July 26, 2008
  • Special guest, Michelle Klimesh, leads discussion of Part II of The Urantia Book, The Local Universe. Michelle is the author of the "Story of Everything" and a member of the Fellowship General Council. Michelle has been a UB reader since finding the book at the age of 19 in 1974 and is currently the president of the Urantia Book Fellowship.
• Halbert Katzen, August 2, 2008
  • The guest is longtime reader and outreach advocate Halbert Katzen. This broadcast continues the comprehensive overview of the Urantia Book with Part III, The History of Urantia, as the focus. Halbert if founder of www.ubthenews.com, and he provides an excellent grasp of current science and its relation to the revelation.
• Ann Garner, August 9, 2008
  • Featuring distinguished guest, Ann Garner, this program concentrates on Part IV, The Life and Teachings of Jesus. Ann has been a reader of the UB since 1981, an ordained Christian minister, and serves on the Thanksgiving Square Interfaith Council in Dallas Texas. she is also certified in whole brain technology and gives seminars on these topics.
• Diane Lebrecque, August 16, 2008
  • The topic of this interview with Diane Labrecque is the last paper in the Urantia Book, the Faith of Jesus. Diane has been a UB reader since 1991, and has done an in-depth study of this topic. She is also an accomplished public speaker, and has Mc'd two international UB conferences, one in Montreal in 1993, and the other just recently in L.A. in 2008. Diane has also lectured extensively on health and spirituality.
• Open Phone, August 23, 2008
  • Open phone segment with Paula and Andre discussing general Urantia Book concepts.
• Larry Mullins, August 30, 2008
  • This broadcast features guest Larry Mullins. Larry has been a UB reader since 1968, and is author of "A History of the Urantia Papers." The origin and early history of the revelation is discussed in this program.
• Sheila Keene Lund, September 6, 2008
  • The guest is Sheila Keene Lund. Sheila has been a UB reader since 1992, and is author of the soon-to-be-published book, Heaven Is Not the Last Stop. Sheila draws upon a lifetime of interest in spiritual matters. A former Transcendental Meditation teacher and deaconess in the Liberal Catholic Church, Sheila was once a believer in reincarnation, and initially set out to disprove the claims of the Fifth Epochal Revelation; she eventually came around to embrace the revelation, and performs the valuable service of writing a book that explains UB concepts in a way that is intriguing to the general public.
• Steve Dreier, September 13, 2008
  • In the last two decades great progress was made in identifying the so-called “human sources” that various authors of The Urantia Book employed as the basis of their work. The majority of these discoveries come from the pioneering work of Matthew Block. Steve Dreier has studied many of these “human sources” and in this program he will share his findings and answer questions.
• Pato Banton, September 20, 2008
  • Interview with Pato Banton. Pato, a distinguished musician and celebrated figure in the Urantia community, gives two hours of music, opinion, and edifying spiritual ministry, as well as taking calls, comments, and questions.
• Open Phone, September 27, 2008
  • Open phone segment with Paula and Andre discussing general Urantia Book concepts.
• Dr. Chris Halvorson, October 4, 2008
  • Chris Halvorson returns for general discussion including science, truth-fact-error, etymology, and the large Hadron Collider.
• Julia Duin, October 11, 2008
  • An hour interview with Julia Duin, religion reporter for the Washington Times, and author of the book "Quitting Church, Why the Faithful are Leaving in Droves and What to do About it." The second hour is devoted to discussion of Urantia Book topics relating to the interview.
• Open Phone, October 18, 2008
  • Open phone segment with Paula and Andre discussing general Urantia Book concepts.
• Bishop Carlton Pearson, October 25, 2008
  • An interview with Bishop Carlton Pearson. He has told the world that God's love is absolute and complete, that God wants relationship with all of humanity; Jews, Hindus, Muslims, Hispanics and he is convinced that God is not sending people to Hell at the rate proclaimed by the moral majority. And even maybe more earth-shattering, he believes God's love is not being represented anywhere near the fullness that the Almighty intends. In essence, Pearson is simply saying that "God loves on a global basis, not just an American or Christian basis. Bishop Pearson's latest book, "The Gospel of Inclusion," is the focus of this program.
• Mark Siljander, Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, November 1, 2008
  • This show presents two guests, former Michigan congressman Mark Siljander and Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, founding member and President of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy. Mr. Siljander is author of the book, Deadly Misunderstanding, a Congressmans' quest to Bridge the Muslim-Christian Divide. Dr. Zuhdi Jasser is a moderate Muslim concerned about radical infiltration of American mosques.
• Mark Siljander, November 8, 2008
  • Return of Mark Siljander to discuss further the concepts in his book, Deadly Misunderstanding.
• Buck and Arlene Weimer, November 29, 2008
  • Special guests for this program are Buck and Arlene Weimer. Buck and Arlene are psychotherapists in the Pueblo Colorado area and longtime Urantia Book readers. Both speak extensively and give workshops at conferences. One of their specialties is male and female differences and why children need mothers and fathers, as well as general Urantia Book and parenting topics.
• Sara Blackstock, December 6, 2008
  • Guest Sara Blackstock is the director of a large daycare center in Northern California, and has worked extensively in childcare for forty years. Her topic, Seeing Spiritual Qualities in Kids, is loosely based on a workshop she gave at the 1990 International Urantia Conference in Snowmass, Co. Sara shares her experiences with children and talks about the concept of spiritual parenting, a topic she's writing a book on. Partial chat session transcription available.
• Ann Garner and Diane Labrecque, December 13, 2008
  • Guests Ann Garner and Diane Labrecque, who've previously appeared as guests, discuss the birth of Jesus, as well as the related topic of the Incarnation and its implications. What questions does the Incarnation raise? What does it truly mean to say that God has become man? Chat session transcription available.
• Robert Sarmast, December 20, 2008
  • Robert Sarmast, guest for this program, gives his unique perspectives on Jesus, Adam and Eve, Magisterial Missions, ancient mythology vs The Urantia Book, his adventures in the Holy Land and other topics of interest. He has written two books based on The Urantia Book one of which is currently in print; "Discovery of Atlantis: The Startling Case for the Island of Cyprus," available from Amazon. Robert says of this interview, "I've given over 100 interviews over the years but this is the first time I won't be omitting any information and will tell all I know."  Chat session transcription available.
• Open Phone, December 27, 2008
  • Open phone segment with Paula and Andre discussing general Urantia Book concepts. Chat session transcription available.