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Interviews

From 2003 to 2006, I interviewed more than 150 people for Leap!
The following are featured and quoted in the book:

Sr. Angèle Arbib, O.S.B., nun, Abbey of Regina Laudis
Antell, Darrick, M.D., Plastic Surgeon
Atchley, Robert, PhD, head of Gerontology at Naropa University
Baudo, Laura, philanthropist
Baxt, Bob, DDS, dentist
Baxt, Cindy, bookkeeper
Blitz, Jude - therapist and Aikido teacher
Campbell, Bebe Moore, novelist, commentator on NPR.
Carroll, Jon, columnist, San Francisco Chronicle.
Caws, Mary Ann, PhD, distinguished professor of comparative literature, City University of New York
Drake, Annie, realtor, Costa Rica
Durrett, Charles, architecht, founder of cohousing movement in U.S.
Dveirin, Gordon, PhD, organizational psychologist
Engle, Adam, director, Mind Life Institute
Evans, Jodie, co-founder of Code Pink
Firestone, Tirzah, rabbi
Fonda, Jane, actress
Fyrberg, Jane, MD, retired emergency room physician
Gass, Robert, EdD, leadership coach, consultant, and musician
Gass, Judith Ansara, MSW, teacher, therapist, artist
Glick, Daniel, journalist.
Goldberg, Danny, ACLU officer, former CEO of Air America, record company executive
Goodman, Kathy, art dealer
Goodwin, Cathy, Career coach
Gray, Reggie, psychotherapist
Hart, Jim, poet
Hayden, Tom, political activist, served 18 years in the California legislature
Heath, Susan, editor
Heilbrun, Margaret, library director, archivist
Hibbard, Chris, psychologist and professor
Holzman, Jac, founder of Elektra records, entrepreneur
Hotchkis, Joan actress, performance artist
Howard, Christopher, relocation tour guide and author, Cost Rica
Iman, model and head of IMAN Cosmetics
Isenberg, Steve, publisher, professor of humanities at University of Texas
Jennings, Terry, Ro-hun therapist and teacher of T'ai Chi
Johnson, Trish, M.D., founder and director of Tallulah Health Center, Robbinsville, N.C.
Johnston, Tracy, writer
Joseph, John, MD, plastic surgeon
Kamer, Frank, MD, plastic surgeon
Kataen-Morse, Beverly, Ph.D., psychotherapist
Kempton Sally, meditation teacher, formerly Swami Durgananda
Kidder, Tracy, Pulitzer-prize winning journalist
Kitson, Beverly, former Peace Corps teacher, founder of Kitson library, Costa Rica
Krassner, Paul, humorist, satirist
Kennedy, Jayne, first black woman to be a network sports caster
Leach, Jim, president, Wonderland Hill Development Co.
Lesser, Elizabeth, co-founder of Omega Institute
Lewis, Barry Meyers, English teacher
Lietaer, Bernard, economist
Liu, Aimee - novelist.
Manzarek, Ray-pianist, The Doors
Mason, Paul, sculptor
Materson, Dick, MD, retired doctor of physical medicine and rehabilitation
Materson, Rosa, physical therapist
Meade, Michael, poet, drummer, mythologist.
Miller, Nancy K., PhD, distinguished professor, comparative literature, City University of New York
Molloy, Jim, electronics consultant, silver jeweler
Moore, Thomas, author, former monk
Muske-Dukes, Carol, poet, novelist.
Muir, Caroline, Tantra/Divine Feminine teacher
Newman, Tracy, singer-songwriter, TV writer-producer
Paterno, Vicky, MD - pediatrician
Philbrook, Bud, founder and head of Global Volunteers
Quinn, Janet, professor of nursing, University of Colorado
Ram Dass, spiritual leader
Rechtschaffen, Stephan, MD, CEO of Omega Institute
Rosenberg, Jack, PhD, DDS, psychotherapist, dentist
Rosner, Victoria, PhD, assistant professor of English, Texas A&M University
Russell, Annie, community builder, Wonderland Hill Development Co.
Salzberg, Sharon, meditation teacher
Schachter-Shalomi, Rabbi Zalman, rabbi, teacher, author
Schiff, Robin, screenwriter, director.
Seligson, Marcia, founder and head of Reprise Theater Co., L.A.
Simon, Carly, singer-songwriter
Simon, Peter, photographer.
Steinberg, Charles, MD, AIDS doctor, Uganda
Steinem, Gloria, feminist leader
Stermitz, Tom, tango teacher.
Tiegs, Cheryl, model
Tucker, Michael, actor
Wakefield, Dan, novelist and essayist
Wakefield, Torkin, co-founder of BeadForLife, Uganda
Wayne, Ed, humanitarian, Serbia
Weil, Andrew, MD, author and proponent of Integrative Medicine
Welch, Raquel, actress
Whitt, Jan, associate professor of journalism and literature, University of Colorado
Wickham, Woodward, consultant to nonprofit foundations, former vice president of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Woodman, Marion, Jungian analyst, scholar, writer
Woollen, Evans, architect
Zerner, Donna, book editor, writer
Zimbelman, Nina, metaphysical teacher.
Zuckerman, Mort, publisher, The New York Daily News and U.S. News and World Report