Interviews by Toms with over forty persons, originally produced between Sept. 15, 2001, and Mar. 17, 2002, for broadcast on the radio series A time for choices.

Foreword / Kevin Danaher -- Ch. 1. Reflections on 9-11. Terry Tempest Williams: Wild Mercy. Harlan Cleveland: The American Spirit. Marianne Williamson: Holistic Politics. Sharif Abdullah: Touching the Spirit. Robert Fuller: The Roots of the Problem Hold the Solution. Bishop Thomas Gumbleton: Values, Ethics, and Morals -- Ch. 2. What Is Democracy? Kevin Danaher: Breaking the Paradigm. Lynn Twist: Living in the Conversation. Francis Boyle: Civil Liberties at Risk. Michael Toms: What Democracy Is Not -- Ch. 3. The Media is the Message. Paul Hawken: Saving the World. Norman Solomon: The Orwellian Zone. Robert Jensen: Hope Goes a Long Way. Beau Grosscup: Probing the Paradoxes. Anita Roddick: Outrage as Energizer. Anna Cody: How We See and Are Seen -- Ch. 4. Giving Peace a Voice. Howard Zinn: Through the Lens of History. Mark Hertsgaard: Seeing America Clearly. Father G. Simon Harak, S.J.: Grief, Prayer, and Peace. Susan Griffin: Thinking with Different Eyes -- Ch. 5. The Search for Security. Terry Tempest Williams: Restoring the Dialogue. Jane Hirshfield: Holding the Heart Space. William McDonough: On the Edge. Oriah Mountain Dreamer: Hope in the Ordinary -- Ch. 6. The People: The 4th Branch of Government. Matt Rothschild: Beyond Patriotism. Noam Chomsky: Challenging the System. Jeff Gates: From Corporate Capitalism to Populist Capitalism. Amy Goodman: Manufacturing Consent for Peace. Jacob Needleman: The Inner Meaning of America -- Ch. 7. Going Deeper: The Spiritual Dimension. Joanna Macy: The Great Turning. David La Chapelle: Listening and Belonging. Rabbi Michael Lerner: Looking Evil in the Eye. Dawna Markova: Soul Rising. Thomas Moore: New Ways of Being. Sogyal Rinpoche: Prayer and Practice. Andrew Harvey: The Power of Spirit -- Ch. 8. Many Voices / Many Views. John Mohawk: The Lessons of History. As'ad AbuKhalil: Taking Responsibility. Tahmeena Faryal: Women and Afghanistan. Carlos Mota: The North American Way. Ronald Takaki: Multicultural America -- Ch. 9. Visions of the Future. Vicki Robin: The Power of Circle Technology. Jean Houston: A Passion for Peace. David Whyte: The Dangerous Truth. Clayborne Carson: Martin Luther King Jr. Speaks.