Podcasts by Rock and Roles with Danny Goldberg

Ep. 36 - Robert Wright from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Author, Robert Wright, joins the show to talk about how Buddhism can serve as a foundation for a spiritual life in a secular age.

Ep. 35 - Kurt Andersen from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

On this episode of Rock and Roles, Danny speaks with author Kurt Andersen about the role of fantasy in American history and our current culture.  

Ep. 34 - Nick Mulvey from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Ep. 33 - Happiness and Love with Father John Devaney from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Father John Devaney returns to the Rock & Roles podcast for a conversation around happiness, love and social action.

Ep. 32 - Bobby Miller from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

This is my second podcast with Bobby Miller, who maintains dual citizenship in the worlds of media and that of the spirit.

Ep. 31 - Eric Alterman from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

This is my second podcast with author and columnist Eric Alterman. Eric Alterman is best known as a columnist for The Nation and author of ten books about politics and culture including the bestse...

Ep. 30 - David Silver on Trump and Spiritual Love from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Writer and director, David Silver, is one of my oldest and best friends is well known to Be Here Now Network listeners for more than one hundred episodes he has done with Raghu Markus on the Mindro...

Ep. 29 - Paul Krassner from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Paul Krassner, best known as the long-time editor of the legendary alternative culture publication The Realist; an extraordinary archive. Paul is also the author of more than a dozen books, most re...

Ep. 28 - Songs About Islam with Ben Lee from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Ben Lee returns to the show to talk about his newest album "Ben Lee Sings Songs about Islam for the Whole Family". Singer and songwriter, Ben Lee, introduces his new project which aims to draw att...

Ep. 27 – Richard Eskow from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Danny brings Bernie Sanders campaign writer, Richard Eskow, onto the show to talk about spirituality and politics. Richard Eskow is a freelance writer on politics, economics, and social issues. He...

Ep. 26 - Joshua Greene from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Joshua Greene is the author of two of my favorite books about spirituality. Here Comes The Sun: The Spiritual and Musical Journey of George Harrison which in my opinion is the best book about the B...

Ep. 25 – Father John Maria from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

On the latest Rock & Roles, Danny chats with Father John Maria about his life of service as a friar, music, faith, and activism. I met Father John Maria in the context of his involvement with t...

Ep. 24 - Jed Schwartz on Hilda Charlton from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

It has been awhile since I did a podcast about my spiritual teacher Hilda Charlton who I met via Ram Dass in 1972.   Hilda left her body in 1988 but I feel that I am in touch with her on almost a d...

Ep. 23 - David Nichtern from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Danny sits down with author, musician, and teacher David Nichtern. David and Danny get into the content of David's new book, "Awakening from the Daydream," which reimagines the ancient Buddhist par...

Ep. 22 – Elliot Mintz from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

This week, on Rock and Roles, Danny brings on entertainment industry veteran Elliot Mintz to discuss spiritual practice, the industry, and politics. Elliot Mintz shares how he found a balance betwe...

Ep. 21 - Michael Des Barres from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Danny brings on rock artist and actor Michael Des Barres to talk about life, rock & roll, and philosophy. "You must own whatever persona you are going to choose, not let it own you" - Michael Des B...

Ep. 20 – David Broza from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this inspiring episode of Rock & Roles, Danny speaks with Israeli singer-songwriter and activist David Broza about his influential musical career and activism. As a young man, David’s recording ...

Ep. 19 - Dr. Rachel Goldberg from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

My sister Rachel has worked for years in bridging spiritual ideas with the more legalistic framework of most conflict resolution. She recently published an anthology which she also wrote for called...

Ep. 18 – Pamela des Barres from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Pamela des Barres and Danny sit down together for a chat on the congruity of spirituality, writing, music, and Pamela’s reclaiming of the word “groupie.” Pamela des Barres Show Notes One of Danny’s...

Ep. 17 - Robert Greenwald from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this latest episode, Danny sits down with director and documentarian, Robert Greenwald. He founded Brave New Films twelve years ago during which time Robert has produced and directed nine docume...

Ep. 16 - Steve Earle from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Steve Earle bio        Since 1986 Steve Earle has recorded fifteen studio albums three of which have won the Grammy Award. He has just released a duets album with Shawn Colvin entitled Colvin a...

Ep. 15 - 1967 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

  As listeners to this podcast know, one of my recurring themes is an attempt to unravel the “sixties” , to figure out what aspects of the so-called counter-culture were the contributions to consci...

Ep. 14 - Tom Hayden from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Tom Hayden, currently Director of the Peace and Justice Resource Center is one of my heroes, a unique example of deep commitment to justice ,a great work ethic and an inspiring life of inner growth...

Ep. 13 - Ben Lee from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Ben Lee is a singer and songwriter, originally from Australia who now lives in Los Angeles with his wife Ione Skye and their two daughters. Ben first recorded in Sydney with his group Noise Addict ...

Ep. 12 - It's All Happening with Zach Leary from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Zach is the host of the “It’s All Happening” podcast, an infrequent blogger/writer and a seasoned digital marketer and brand strategist. Zach is also a practitioner of bhakti yoga as taught through...

Ep. 11 - Ione Skye from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Ione Skye embodies my definition of a renaissance person with many intellectual, artistic, and personal sides to her personality. However many people who were teenagers in the late nineteen-eightie...

Ep. 10 - Eric Alterman from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

I had fun talking to my favorite intellectual, my friend Eric Alterman (who claims that he doesn't believe in God) about his Torah studies and the meaning of life and liberalism. Eric is The Libera...

Ep. 9 - Rosanna Arquette from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Rosanna Arquette has functioned at a very high level in many aspects of the entertainment business for many decades while staying faithful to her hippie roots (she grew up in a commune). Rosanna ha...

Ep. 8 - Nicholas Roerich: Mystic and Painter from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

This podcast is a conversation between David Silver and myself about the Russian mystic and painter Nicholas Roerich. Roerich, who died in 1947 also lived in the United States for many years during...

Ep. 7 - Sara Davidson from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

I asked David Silver to join me in this podcast as he, Sara Davidson and I have been friends for many decades yet we have rarely all been in a room at the same time. Since the nineteen seventies, S...

Ep. 6 - Rick Jarow from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Rick Jarow, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Vasser College and is the author of the books “Creating the Work You Love, and“The Alchemy of Abundance.”He is a pioneer of the “ant...

Ep. 5 - Ben Cohen from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Ben Cohen , along with his long time friend Jerry Greenfield, was a founder of Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream who ran it for its first twenty-two years of existence as it grew form a single ice cream sh...

Ep. 4 - Wavy Gravy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir once called Wavy Gravy “a saint in a clown suit.” Wavy started his career as Hugh Romney, a poet and avant- garde comedian in the Beatnik era of the late nineteen fifti...

Ep. 3 - Bobby Miller: From Studio 54 to the Divine Mother from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Like me, Bobby Miller co-exists in different worlds. He is a vibrant and pragmatic success in the worlds of art, entertainment and fashion and is also a mystic and a bhakti. Bobby has published  ei...

Ep. 2 - Paul Krassner and the hippie idea from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Paul Krassner is was one of the central figures of the counter-culture of the late nineteen sixties. He was one of the founders of the Yippies . He was a member of the Merry Pranksters. He first to...

Ep. 1 - Music is the Bridge from 2015-07-20T16:06:50

Danny Goldberg introduces his Rock and Roles podcast with Raghu - Danny’s history in the music business with the likes of Led Zeppelin and Kurt Cobain is counterbalanced by his 40 odd year relation...

Ep. 1 - Music is the Bridge from 2015-07-20T16:06:50

Danny Goldberg introduces his Rock and Roles podcast with Raghu - Danny’s history in the music business with the likes of Led Zeppelin and Kurt Cobain is counterbalanced by his 40 odd year relation...