Episode #7 Recorded 6/26/2011

After a six week delay between podcasts we had a lot to talk about, and this was a particularly rich episode.  This time we had the larger crew, and along with Delia Shargel, I was joined by Chad Harris and Jessica Garfield-Kabbara.  We started with a look at the legalization of gay marriage in New York state (including Andrew Cuomo's chart), then moved to look at the recent sex scandals involving Anthony Weiner, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, and Arnold Schwarzenegger.  Jessica then takes a look at Malian musician Vieux Farka Toure.  Delia follows with a look at Anna Paquin and her role on "True Blood."  I then bring in the case of futurist Ray Kurzweil and the recent documentary film about him, "Transcendent Man." We then devote the entire second segment to looking at the film "127 Hours," and Aron Ralston's chart and transits.  If you haven't seen the film, try to see it before listening to this segment.  In the last "Honoring the Gods" segment, we focus on the Saturn-Uranus archetype, and a number of charts are discussed.  Jessica starts us off with a bit of an overview, and then Chad discusses the case of Unabomber Ted Kaczynski.  Delia looks at Jean-Dominique Bauby (who the film "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" was about), and author Christopher Nolan.  I then bring in a few other cases: Stan Grof, Bradley Manning, Irving Yalom, and bring us on home with a brief look at the Grateful Dead and the charts of Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter. You can go directly to the recording (and listen to the podcast in an open browser window) by clicking on the highlighted text here.  Enjoy!