Third Paradigm: 3P-007 The Sovereignty Game

Huffduffed by mscir on December 22nd, 2009

This weeks show Rwanda and New Hampshire as models for local government. A California Carol from the Courage Campaign also the economic state of Santa Cruz County Poetry and more.

The seventh episode of Third Paradigm highlights an altruist in Bangladesh, looks at Rwanda and New Hampshire as models for local government, and plays a video clip of A California Carol from the Courage Campaign. We report on the economic state of Santa Cruz County, and propose a simulation game of Sovereignty and Survival to make the crisis more fun. The Sunday sermon looks at contradictions in the story of Jesus birth. The poem is Wildpeace by Yehuda Amachai.

http://thirdparadigm.org/3p_007.php

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