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Mark Satin’s publicity schedule for the book Radical Middle: The Politics We Need Now

 Fifty Events, March 7, 2004 - March 9, 2005

I. THE SCHEDULE

1.) March 7 -- radio interview, “Simply Put” Show with hosts Michael Goldman and Tom Maroney, 11 a.m. - noon ET, WBBR-AM / Bloomberg Radio Network, New York NY

2.) March 12 -- radio interview, DayBreak USA Show with hosts Al Lerner and Richard Stevens, 9:30 - 9:42 a.m. ET, USA Radio Network, Dallas TX (& carried on a majority of the network’s 1,100 affiliates nationwide)

3.) March 16 -- in-studio radio interview, Kojo Nnamdi Show with host Mark McDonald, 1 - 2 p.m. ET, WAMU-FM, Washington DC

4.) March 23 -- radio interview, Ben Merens Show, 6 - 7 p.m. ET, Wisconsin Public Radio, Madison WI

5.) April 2 -- radio interview, Jerry Bowyer Show, 7 - 8 a.m. ET, WPTT-AM / Bowyer Media, Pittsburgh PA

6.) April 10 -- talk & signing, Politics & Prose Bookstore, 1 p.m., 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington DC

7.) April 12 -- radio interview, Geoff Metcalf Show, 11 - 11:30 p.m., WACK-AM / Liberty Broadcasting, Newark NJ

8.) April 13 -- talk, “Declarations from Independents” panel (with John Avlon and Jesse Ventura), 7 p.m., Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, 79 JFK St., Cambridge MA

9.) April 14 -- talk & signing, Barnes & Noble Bookstore, 12:30 p.m., 555 12th St. NW, Washington DC

10.) April 14 -- radio interview, John Batchelor Show, 6 p.m. ET, WABC-AM / ABC Radio Networks, New York NY (played on most ABC radio affiliates that evening at midnight ET)

October 12, 2004: Mark Satin in a blue satin shirt, supposedly signing books, at the historic Cody's Books on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley (now defunct, alas).  His adopted nephew is to his right.  Photo kindly donated to this Web site and the public domain by Ernest Prabhakar, founder of RadicalCentrism.com.

11.) April 15 -- taped in-studio radio interview with host Nancy Beardsley, 2:30 - 3:15 p.m. ET, Voice of America, Washington DC

12.) April 20 -- radio interview, Brad & Mike Show, noon - 12:30 p.m. ET, WKY-AM, Oklahoma City OK

13.) April 30 -- radio interview, "All Things Imagined" with host Catherine Wise, 10 - 10:30 p.m. ET, KNRY-AM, (as in "Cannery Row"), Monterey CA

14.) May 1 -- radio interview, "Changesurfer Radio" with host Dr. James Hughes, 3:45 - 4:15 p.m. ET, WHUS-FM, Storrs (near Hartford) CT

15.) May 10 -- talk, Free Library of Philadelphia / Chestnut Hill Branch (click to look at this gorgeous old building!), 7:30 p.m., $5 contribution requested, 8711 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia PA

16.) May 16 -- radio interview, Cup O'Joe Show with host Joseph Vecchio, midnight - 12:30 p.m. ET, www.rantradio.com / streaming audio, Atlanta GA

17.) May 18 -- radio interview, The New Roger Fredinburg Show, 11 p.m. - 1 a.m. ET (1 1/2 hours longer than planned!), TalkONE / USA Radio Network, Phoenix AZ

18.) May 19 -- radio interview, "Future Talk" with host Zohara Hieronimus, 2 - 3 p.m. ET, Business Talk Radio Network (22 stations from Sarasota to Spokane), Owings Mills MD

19.) May 26 -- talk, New York Open Center, 8 - 10 p.m., $14 admission fee, 83 Spring St. (SoHo / Greenwich Village!), New York NY

20.) May 29 -- radio interview, "InterViews & InterActions" with host Linda Strasburg, 5:30 - 6 p.m. ET, KTKK-AM, Salt Lake City UT

21.) May 31 -- "live wire" telephone interview with Dr. Don Beck, 10 - 10:45 a.m. ET, 5th Annual Spiral Dynamics Confab, Dallas, TX

22.) June 3 -- radio interview, "Focus580" Show with host David Inge, 12:06 - 12:58 p.m. ET, WILL-AM Radio (NPR affiliate), Urbana IL

23.) June 5 -- radio interview, Cup O'Joe Show #32 with host Joseph Vecchio, 12:30 - 1 p.m. ET, www.whiterosesociety.com / streaming audio, Atlanta GA

24.) June 11 - 13 -- discussant, Season Conference on Democracy in America, Democracy in America Project and Let's Talk America (co-sponsors), Fetzer Institute, Kalamazoo MI

25.) June 18 -- second radio interview, "All Things Imagined" with host Catherine Wise, 10 - 10:30 p.m. ET, KNRY-AM, Monterey CA

26.) June 24 -- radio interview, Marty Kaplan Show, 3:45 - 4 p.m., Air America [Al Franken's new radio network], New York, NY

27.) June 30 -- taping of radio interview, Cup O'Joe Show #40 with host Joseph Vecchio, noon - 12:30 p.m. ET, www.whiterosesociety.com / streaming audio, Atlanta GA

28.) July 9 -- radio interview, Tavis Smiley Show with host Tony Cox, National Public Radio, description and audio at www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=3247038, Los Angeles CA

29.) July 19 -- radio interview, Steve Douglas Show, 2:05 - 2:45 a.m. ET, KOA-AM (50,000 watts!), Denver CO

30.) July 21 -- radio interview, Tony Trupiano Show, 2:05 - 2:55 p.m. ET, Michigan Talk Radio Network, Dearborn Heights (near Detroit) MI

31.) August 1 -- talk, World Future Society Annual Conference, 4 - 5 p.m., Cabin John / Arlington Room, Grand Hyatt Hotel, 1000 H St. NW, Washington DC

32.) September 2 -- reception & presentation of awards, American Political Science Association Annual Meeting [Radical Middle won the "Outstanding Book Award 2004" from APSA's Section on Ecological and Transformational Politics], 7 - 8:30 p.m., Private Dining Room #6, Hilton Chicago Hotel, address above

33.) September 7 - 17 -- featured guest in online discussion on "the emerging radical middle and the de-polarization of America," Cafe Utne's Politics Forum, Minneapolis MN

34.) September 14 -- talk & signing, Barnes & Noble Bookstore, 7 - 8:30 p.m., 1805 Walnut St. (Rittenhouse Square!), Philadelphia PA

35.) September 18 -- second radio interview, "InterViews & InterActions" with host Linda Strasburg, 5:00 - 5:50 p.m. ET, KTKK-AM, Salt Lake City UT

36.) September 21 -- talk, "Manifesto for the Middle of the Road," Fall for the Book Literary Festival (starring Joyce Carol Oates & Cornel West), 4:30 - 5:45 p.m., Johnson Center #116, George Mason University campus, 4400 University Dr., Fairfax VA

37.) October 3 -- talk, "Radical Middle: The Politics We Need Now?," 11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m., $5 admission fee, Philosophical Research Society, 3910 Los Feliz Blvd, Los Angeles CA

38.) October 3 -- workshop, "Bringing Radical Middle Politics Down to Earth," 1:30 - 3:30 p.m., Philosophical Research Society, address above, $15 admission fee, Los Angeles CA

39.) October 12 -- in-studio radio interview, The Ronn Owens Show (#1 rated talk radio show in Northern California & winner of 2003 Marconi Radio Award), 11:05 - 11:50 a.m. PT, San Francisco / Sacramento CA

40.) October 12 -- talk & signing, Cody's Books, 7:30 - 9:30 p.m., 2454 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley CA (see photo above!)

41.) October 15 -- featured speaker (with David Spangler), Inner Citizenship Conference, Lorian Association (sponsor), 7 - 9:30 p.m., $115 admission fee (includes entire Oct. 15 - 16 event), Seattle Unity Church, 200 Eighth Ave. N., Seattle WA

42.) October 16 -- morning panel & afternoon talk, Inner Citizenship Conference, address above, Seattle WA

43.) October 17 -- talk & signing, Elliott Bay Book Co., 4:30 - 6 p.m., 101 So. Main St., Seattle WA

44.) October 21 -- talk & signing, Powell's Books, 7:30 - 9 p.m., 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd., Portland OR (this talk was blogged by Kirby Urner HERE)

45.) November 28 -- radio interview, "Walden's Pond" with host Shelton Walden, 1 - 2 p.m. ET, WBAI-FM (Pacifica Radio), New York NY

46.) December 11 -- talk, "Radical Middle: Our Time Has Come," Politics and Current Realities Conference, Spiral Dynamics Integral (sponsor), 10 - 11 a.m., Hyatt Regency Hotel, Arlington VA

47.) January 24, 2005 – radio interview, Stacy Taylor Show, 10 - 11 a.m. ET (twice as long as scheduled), KLSD-AM (Air America Radio), San Diego CA

48.) March 6 – radio interview, The Barry Farber Show (in 1992, Farber was named one of the 10 “Greatest Radio Talk Show Hosts of All Time” by Talkers magazine), 5:05 - 6:10 p.m. ET, nationally syndicated (Lifestyle Talk Radio Network), Greenwich CT

49.) March 7 – radio interview, “Straight Talk” with host Jerry Hughes, 3 - 4 p.m. ET, WWAB-AM (American Radio Network), Lakeland FL

50.) March 9 – taping of radio interview, “Listen Live!” Show with host Mark Larson (in 2001, Larson was chosen San Diego’s “Best Talk” show host by the Achievement In Radio Awards), 2 - 2:15 p.m. ET, KOGO-AM, San Diego CA  

October 17, 2004: Mark Satin makes a VERY SERIOUS (!!!) point during his talk at Seattle’s Elliott Bay Book Co. Sketch was done “in the moment” by Gary Faigin, co-founder and Artistic Director of Seattle’s wonderful Gage Academy of Art.

 

II. A SUMMARY

People want to hear about radical centrist politics!

Despite a tiny publicity budget, in the 12 months after Radical Middle was published Satin appeared on many nationally known talk radio shows, including The Tavis Smiley Show, The John Batchelor Show, The Ronn Owens Show, and The Barry Farber Show.

He appeared on radio networks ranging from the radical (Pacifica), to the liberal (Air America), to the "official" (Voice of America), to the conservative (Talk Radio Network, aka TRN).

He spoke at bookstores ranging from the funky Cody's on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley to the elegant Politics & Prose on upper Connecticut Avenue NW in Washington DC, and he lectured at venues ranging from Unity Church in Seattle to the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. (Satin told an incredulous Kennedy School crowd that, approx. 25 years earlier, he'd spoken on New Age politics there.  See HERE for Satin's New Age Politics book tour schedule.)

He appeared or radio shows in 17 of our 25 largest metro. areas:

1. New York City
2. Los Angeles
3. Chicago
4. Washington DC
5. San Francisco
6. Philadelphia
7. Boston
8. Detroit
9. Dallas
11. Atlanta
13. Seattle
14. Phoenix
17. San Diego
19. Denver
21. Pittsburgh
22. Portland OR
24. Sacramento

Conclusion: There is interest in radical centrist ideas across the U.S. and across many political and cultural divides.

ABOUT THE RADICAL MIDDLE CONCEPT

WHY "Radical Middle"?

WIKIPEDIA Weighs In

50 Thinkers and Activists DESCRIBE the Radical Middle 

50 Best Radical Middle BOOKS of the '00s

GREAT RADICAL MIDDLE  GROUPS AND BLOGS:

100 Great Radical Centrist GROUPS and  Organizations

25 Great Radical Centrist BLOGS

SOME PRIOR RADICAL MIDDLE INITIATIVES:

Generational Equity and Communitarian platforms 1990s

First U.S. Green Party gatherings, 1987 - 1990

Green Party's "Ten Key Values" statement, 1984

New World Alliance, 1979 - 1983

PDF of  the Alliance's "Transformation Platform," 1981

SOME RADICAL MIDDLE LESSONS:

What the Draft Resistance Movement Taught Me

What the Civil Rights Movement Taught Me

SOME PRIOR  WRITINGS BY MARK SATIN:

New Options Newsletter, 1984-1992 (includes back issue PDFs!)

New Age Politics: Healing Self and Society, 1976,  1978 (includes 1976 text PDF!)

OTHER
PRIOR   RADICAL MIDDLE TEXTS:

50 Best "Third Way" Books of the 1990s

25 Best "Transformational" Books of the 1980s

25 Best "New Age Politics" Books of the 1970s

NOT JUST RADICAL MIDDLE:

10 Best U.S. Political NOVELS

50 Current Political IDEOLOGIES

50 Current Political  MANIFESTOS