Jagad Guru Chris Butler devotee Hesh Goldstein (Hanuman das) has a weekly radio show "Health Talk" in Honolulu on KWAI-AM (1080 kHz). This show is broadcast on Saturday mornings from 8 AM to 9 AM.
The "Health Talk" radio program promotes vegetarianism, is highly critical of western medicine, and also promotes some quack "natural" cures such as organic sulfur crystals, which can cure just about everything that ails you including asthma, autism, cancer and diabetes. Truly a miracle cure.
Hesh claims that Americans have a shortage of sulfur in their diets and that this is due to depletion of sulfur from soil due to the use of petrochemical fertilizers starting in 1954.
Hesh is a vegan, himself, which means he consumes no dairy products. This contradicts His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada who thinks that cow's milk is a wonderful food.
Hesh was an executive at the cult-run Down to Earth Stores
Hesh Goldstein Vegetarians in Paradise Bio In this forum there are comments that say that Hesh Goldstein (Hanuman das) has worked as an accountant for Jagad Guru Chris Butler, the Science of Identity Foundation cult, or both. I have heard that he worked "under the table" at Mike Gabbard's Natural Deli. (The Natural Deli used to be in the same building as the Down to Earth Store on King Street in Honolulu. It went out of business in 1992 after it was picketed by gay activists when Mike Gabbard, Krishna Katha das, said on his own radio program that "he would, all else being equal, prefer a heterosexual applicant over a gay or lesbian worker.")
Here is a more recent
Hesh Goldstein BiographyHesh Goldstein's "Health Talk" radio program has a very definite Science of Identity Foundation outlook. He sometimes talks about his guru, karma, reincarnation, spirituality and God. He never specifically mentions Chris Butler or The Science of Identity Foundation. I have only heard him give out the Science of Identity Foundation phone number once in the more than five years that I have been listening to the program.
One sign that the program is cult-related is that he ends the program with George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord," which is the Hare Krishna Maha Mantra. One caller has recently been asking him if he is a Hare Krishna. Hesh denies that he is, but doesn't go into any more detail.
A couple of things are of interest:
1) Right now, you can only listen to Hesh's "Health Talk" program live over the air on the radio in Honolulu. Hesh does post mp3 files of his broadcasts on his website
Health Talk Hawaii soon after each broadcast.
Hesh says that in January 2012, KWAI-AM is moving to a more powerful new transmitter, which will increase the reception area in the Honolulu area. They are also going to be live streaming the programs from the station. This will be interesting, as cult devotees around the world will be able to listen to the program live and will be able to call in. Right now, the KWAI-AM does not have its own website. I'll post a URL when one shows up so that readers here can listen live.
2) On Hesh's 11/19/11 program Hesh takes Honolulu City Councilmember Tulsi Gabbard to task for shelving a resolution calling for labeling of GMO foods. Tulsi says that there isn't enough time for public discussion of the resolution. See:
To Label GMOs?This resolution was part of a four county legislative package that had to be passed by all of the councils before the resolution can be sent to the Hawaii State Legislature.
Hesh was really quite angry at Tulsi and said that he was going to contact her father, Hawaii State Senator Mike Gabbard (Krishna Katha das) and ask him why he allowed Tulsi to do this. He also gave out Tulsi Gabbard's Honolulu City Council email address and urged his listeners to send her emails.
It has occurred to me that this might actually be a ploy on Councilmember Tulsi Gabbard's part to show some independence from her father for her run for the U.S. House of Representatives.
Mike Gabbard is said to be preparing to sponsor another bill calling for labeling of GMO foods in the 2012 legislative session. Senator Gabbard introduced three such bills in the 2011 legislative session, which is now over. See:
Hawaii State Senator Mike Gabbard Official WebsiteThis issue will certainly give the Gabbard family something to talk about.