 NOW ON DVD
All Thinking Allowed titles are now available on DVD. Click HERE for a checklist of DVD releases.
- What is Thinking Allowed?
Thinking Allowed is a long-running independent public television series and an extensive video library developed from the series. Hosted by Jeffrey Mishlove, Ph.D., Thinking Allowed aims to provide an open, non-adversarial forum for the exchange of intelligent, alternative ideas. New programs are no longer being produced. The series was presented by Thinking Allowed Productions, produced by Jeffrey Mishlove and Arthur Bloch and directed by Arthur Bloch.
- A brief history of Thinking Allowed on TV:
Thinking Allowed began its broadcast history as the Mind's Eye on KCSM-TV in San Mateo, California, in 1987. In 1988 we changed our name to Thinking Allowed and began national distribution to PBS stations via the Pacific Mountain Network. At that time we were picked up by approximately 40 PBS affiliates. Uplinked via NETA until September, 2002, in its 16-year history Thinking Allowed aired on more than 100 PBS stations in most major markets and has received glowing comments from viewers and reviewers.
- Host Jeffrey Mishlove, Ph.D.:
Series host Jeffrey Mishlove is a licensed clinical psychologist, an accomplished radio and television interviewer, and one of the most erudite and articulate personalities on television. He is the author of an encyclopedic volume of consciousness studies, The Roots of Consciousness.
- The Thinking Allowed guests:
The Thinking Allowed series is one of the most in-depth programs on television. Past programs have featured more than 200 of the world's leading intellectual figures in a relaxed and non-adversarial atmosphere. Notable guests have included Joseph Campbell, Albert Ellis, Virginia Satir, Rollo May, Arthur M. Young, Irvin Yalom, Jean Houston, Colin Wilson, Jacob Needleman, Theodore Roszak, Robert Ornstein, Jean Shinoda Bolen and many others. For sample transcripts from the series, click here. For an alphabetical list of guests available on video, click here.
- The Thinking Allowed subject matter:
Thinking Allowed attempts to provide intelligent alternative points of view on a wide range of subjects. While promoting no ideology of its own, the series explores such diverse topics as humanistic psychology, living philosophically, frontiers of science, personal and spiritual development, health and healing, mythology, computers and cognition, management psychology and global awareness.
- About the Thinking Allowed Video Collection
The video collection comprises more than 200 titles in various formats. The VideoQuartets each contain four complete programs selected according to a common theme. Most Single programs are available individually as well as in the VideoQuartets, and a few Unattached Singles are also offered. Many titles in the InnerWork series of 90-minute DVDs contain hour-length segments that were never seen on television. The HourLong Editions are two-part programs from the television series.
- Accessing the video collection:
Thinking Allowed and InnerWork DVDs are all available for sale through this on-line catalog. They are also found in many public libraries and for rent in some video stores and alternative bookstores. Unfortunately, as these stores usually purchase DVDs from distributors we do not have a list of them. In several communities, individuals have gathered to form discussion groups around the Thinking Allowed DVDs. In these cases we often help by adjusting our discounts to fit the groups' needs. If you are interested in forming such a group, it's possible that this website may turn into a communication center. We'll see.
- Thinking Allowed on campus:
Thinking Allowed videos are in use in more than 800 colleges and universities, in the classroom, in the library and on closed-circuit TV.
- About Thinking Allowed Productions
Thinking Allowed is presented by Thinking Allowed Productions, an independent production company in Berkeley, California. (Contact information.) Past funding has come through small private grants and through sales of the Thinking Allowed Video Collection to colleges and universities, plus libraries, businesses, psychology professionals, community organizations and interested individuals. Partial funding for past seasons has been provided by the Charlson Research Foundation, the Intuition Network, The Institute for Noetic Sciences, the Institute for the Study of Consciousness and Wisdom Television. |
