The Gary Null Show

Gary recalls a recent visit to the doctor and the potential dangers of Asprin. He shares ideas for ways to relieve pain and stress and reminds audiences to wash after using the bathroom. Callers ask about the best fish to eat, raw cruciferous vegetables, and baths versus showers

CONVERSATIONS WITH REMARKABLE MINDS The GMO debate, recent experiences in India with Vandana Shiva Frances Moore Lappe is the author of 16 books, including her 1971 bestseller Diet for a Small Planet which influenced millions of people about the causes of hunger and the food choices we make. Since then Frances has become one of the nation’s leading social activists and an invaluable intellectual resource and visionary for a new democratic social movement. Towards this end, she has founded the Small Planet Institute and the Center for Living Democracy. She has received numerous awards including the Right Livelihood Award (the Alternative Nobel Prize). Frances most recent book is “EcoMind: Changing the Way We Think to Create the World We Want” which argues that instead of becoming overcome by fear, guilt and despair towards our environmental and social crises, we need to make efforts to alter our mental constructs to embrace a commitment to positive action

CONVERSATIONS WITH REMARKABLE MINDS Creating a progressive manifesto for a new American economy Prof. James Gustave Speth is one of America’s true progressive leaders in the environmental movement and was the co-founder of the National Resources Defense Council and served as a CEO of the United Nations Development Program. He is currently a Professor of Law at the University of Vermont and the former dean of Yale University’s School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. for the past four decades. In the past Prof. Speth served as the chairman of President Jimmy Carter’s Council on Environmental Quality under President Carter and he was a senior advisor on President Clinton’s transition team. He has received many awards for his stance on dealing with global environmental problems, including Japan’s prestigious Blue Planet Prize for lifetime creative, visionary leadership. Prof. Speth is the author of several books, and his latest is the largest in scope – “America the Possible: Manifesto for a New Economy

Newsmaker:  Independent study into NY metropolitan's air quality and its diverse foreign particles William Bryant Logan is a certified arborist and president of Urban Arborists, Inc., a Brooklyn-based tree company. Logan has won numerous Quill and Trowel Awards from the Garden Writers of America and won a 2012 Senior Scholar Award from the New York State chapter of the International Society of Arborists. Bill is currently on faculty at the New York Botanical Gardens and is the author of “Oak” and “Dirt”, the latter of which was made into an award-winning documentary. The same filmmakers are currently planning a documentary based upon his most recent publication “Air: The Restless Shaper of the World” which probes the scientific research into the many ways we interact with air and the effects of global warming. Vaccine Awareness Month, and the progressive political agenda moving into the future Sallie Elkordy is a progressive activist and citizen lobbyist running for Congress to fill the vacancy in my district, New York’s 9th District in Brooklyn and Queens. For almost two decades she has been active in establishing a U. S. Department of Peace, promoting Anti-trafficking legislation and opposing Vaccine increases and mandates. The most recent trip I made to Albany, was to advocate against health insurance legislation, written to the detriment of the Autistic people it was supposed to have helped. She campaigns to gain support for legislation that promotes U. S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan and Libya, and is trying to stop Senate bill #S.981-The National Defense Authorization Act and is campaigning against both the Food Modernization Act (genetically modified organisms in our food) and against The National Patriot Act (searches without a judge’s warrant, wiretaps, and all without recourse for those targeted). She is one of the primary promoters of the Billion Toddlers March for Survival, a worldwide effort to bring awareness of the threats that Thermo-Nuclear War, Vaccines, Chemtrails, GMOs pose to children worldwide

Dr. Toni Bark is a pediatric physician and a prestigious homeopathic doctor practicing in the Chicago area.  This year she was awarded the honor of vice president of the American Institute of Homeopathy. In addition to receiving her medical degree from Rush Medical College and pediatric internship at NYU, she has degrees in psychology, a masters in Healthcare Emergency Management from Boston University Medical School, is a trained hypnotherapist under Dr. Ericca Fromm with the American Society for Clinical Hypnosis and has been a student and practitioner of holistic medicine since 1993. Dr. Bark is a regular guest speaker at the University of Chicago and has contributed to numerous books on homeopathy. She has contributed to Louise Habakus and Mary Holland’s important book Vaccine Epidemic, and is featured in radio, television and continues to teach and lecture on homeopathy and health in the Chicago area. Her website and blog is www.Disease-Reversal.co

Continuation of why we have taken our democracy for granted Chris Hedges on "the good war" Dr. Samuel Epstein and mammograms and more

The US government’s blatant violation of federal food safety regulations and corruption over the approval of GMOs Steven Druker is a public interest attorney and founder of the Alliance for Bio-Integrity – a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of human and environmental health through sustainable and safe technologies. Steven was the initiator of a major and little known lawsuit against the US FDA over the approval of GMOs in violation of federal safety codes. Although Druker and other plaintiffs in the scientific and religious communities lost the suit, it nevertheless resulted in the release of 10s of 1000s of pages from the FDA files proving illegal wrongdoing in favor of the biotech industry and Monsanto. Steven is now international speaker on consumer interests and protections, especially against GMO and its biotechnology and meets with government heads worldwide to warn of food safety threats. He is the author of a recent book – “Altered Genes , Twisted Truth” which details the lawsuit over GMOs and reveals the critical issues from the damaging documentation he received during the legal proceedings. The book is pending final completion, but the first part can be downloaded from free from Amazon

Update on solar activity, how the sun’s behavior influences life on earth and the solar cycles that we are now entering Lawrence Joseph is a seasoned investigative journalist who has been writing on science, nature, politics and business for over 25 years for such publications as the New York Times, Discover, Huffington and others. During the past several years Larry has been conducting in depth research into the 2012 phenomenon – but not just the religious dimensions, , but science, such as contemporary solar physics, astronomical phenomena, and climatic changes. He has written several books dealing with the impact of solar activity and climate change on civilization. His most recent book, just released, is “Solar Cataclysm: How the Sun Shaped the Past and What We Can Do to Save Our Future” which is a continuation of his earlier publications dealing with the science behind the potential catastrophes resulting solar activity, energy, polar cap melts, climate change and agriculture

Why ginger could save your life Genetically modified toxins and pregnant women Latest report on HPV vaccine Morbid obesity 5 myths about American education and more

Israeli Defense Forces veterans speaking out on military operations and actions in the Occupied Territories YEHUDA SHUAL was born and raised in Jerusalem in an ultra-Orthodox family. After graduating from a yeshiva high school in a Jewish settlement on the West Bank, Shaul served in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), achieving the rank of commander and platoon sergeant, and was posted in the Palestinian towns of Bethlehem, Hebron and Ramallah on the West Bank. In 2004, Shaul founded Breaking the Silence with a group of fellow veterans; he serves as the organization’s Co-Director and Foreign Relations Officer. AVNER GVARYAHU, 27, served in the IDF in the paratroops, where he attained the rank of staff sergeant. After his discharge, he worked at Breaking the Silence as a researcher. Avner is a third-year student in the School of Social Work and lives in Tel Aviv

The majority of Russian produce grown on small family plots Big Pharma says your kids are crazy Climate change - what can we do? Guantanamo Bay - American Police State and more

Update on the lawsuit against the obama administration over the National Defense Authorization Act. Birgitta Jonsdottir is a member of Iceland’s Parliament representing the progressive Movement pary, formerly known as the Citizen’s Movement, which is co-founded. She serves on the Parliamentary Environmental and Foreign Affairs committees. The Movement’s platform is to make Iceland an international model for free press and to promote sustainability of her nation’s ecology and environment. Birgitta is also an accomplished poet, artist, writer and activist, involved in a variety of international organizations including Poets Against the War, Friends of Tibet, in particular serving as a spokesperson for Wikileaks. Birgitta’s sponsorship and support of Wikileaks was instrumental in making the notorious video of the US airstrike on civilians in Afghanistan – known as the Collateral Murder video -- public. Subsequently in the Department of Justices witch hunts for Wikileak supporters, she herself has been a victim of attempted personal information hacking by the DofJ

Illegal drugs, governments, banks, America’s economic climate Catherine Austin Fitts is the president of Solari Inc and the publisher of the Solari Report, which provides investment consultation for shifting wealth away from financial institutions without acting on our best interests.  Earlier, Catherine served as a managing director and a member of the board of directors for the Wall Street investment bank Dillon Read, and was the Assistant Secretary of Housing and Federal Housing Commissioner at the US Department of Housing and Urban Development during the first Bush administration.  After leaving the Bush Administration, Catherine founded The Hamilton Securities Group, Inc., an investment bank and financial software developer named after the first U.S. Secretary of Treasury, Alexander Hamilton. In 1996, she and her successful company became targets of a vicious, longlasting “qui tam lawsuit”, that resulted in the closing of Hamilton Securities.  Fitts was ultimately successful in Court of Claims litigation asserting that the government had no right to withhold monies owed to Hamilton. To date, she has designed and closed over $25 billion worth of transactions and investments and led investment strategies for over $300 billion in assets and liabilities. Her website is  www.Solari.co

The US’ Drone Warfare and killing by remote control Medea Benjamin is a cofounder of the anti-war feminist organization Codepink and a co-founder of the international human rights organization Global Exchange. For the past 20 years she has been an advocate for social justice. New York Newsday described Medea as “one of America’s most committed -- and most effective -- fighters for human rights" and the Los Angeles Times called her "one of the high profile leaders of the peace movement." In 2005 she was among exemplary women nominated to receive a collective Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to promote peace. She has been at the forefront of protesting the war efforts of Bush and Obama and her activities in the Gaza Freedom March and flotilla, and her being arrested in Pakistan for supporting silenced lawyers seeking human rights policies. In the past she has worked as an economist and nutritionist for the United Nations and World Health Organization. She has diligently fought the World Trade Organization and was responsible for bringing attention to Nike’s and an additional 27 US clothing retailers for capitalizing on sweatshop labor in developing countries. She is the author of the recent book: “Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control” which goes into detail about this stealth weaponry, and its role in shaping US military foreign policies in many nations around the world. Dr. Jack Rasmus is a professor of political economics at St. Mary’s College and Santa Clara University in California.  Prior to teaching, he was an economic analyst for several global corporations and an organizer, negotiator and business representative for several labor unions. At one time he was elected at the National First Vice President of the National Writers Union. In addition to his economic profession, Dr. Rasmus is a playwright and author of fictional works dealing with social and labor struggles, and the owner fo Kyklos Productions. Besides his articles for progressive news and commentary sources, he is the author of several books, including “Epic Recession and Global Financial Crisis” which describes the origins and repercussions of increasing financial instability in America. www.JackRasmus.co

Neuro-nutrition and utilizing the fundamental cellular functions to advance healing from serious illnesses Dr. Yann Rougier is a medical doctor in France who has devoted over 30 years practicing medicine while researching the intersection of mind, body, nutrition, and the immune system, particularly as it applies to cancer and other degenerative diseases. He is a founding member of the Institute for Applied Neuronutrition and Neurosciences in Paris France. Dr. Rougier has created a basic program known as Delta Medicine for patients to practice, alongside either conventional or natural alternative therapies, that is based upon the fundamental cellular functions in our bodies: breathing, nutrition, waste elimination, communication with other cells and creation and expression. He is the author of “Delta Medicine: Natural Therapies for the Five Functions of Cellular Health” for treating cancer and other degenerative diseases. He visiting our studios now on his trip to the US