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Virato has been defined as someone who has lived many lives...this time around.
Many love him totally, while some say he is one of the most invasive people they have met. He claims it is his Zen shtick. To some he is a guru, to others a scoundrel. Maybe its because of his unabashed truth and cutting irreverent humor, or perhaps its the beautiful women that cherish him, including his beloved wife, Dhiraja. Though controversial, people are nevertheless continually drawn to this legendary character.. Virato moved to Asheville, North Carolina, mysteriously drawn to America's "spiritual, new age mountain Mecca" from Philadelphia in 1994. Since 1981 he's been editor and publisher of New Frontier Magazine, a leading edge international journal promoting the expansion of human consciousness. In 1995 he hosted his own radio talk program, New Frontier On The Air, over WSKY in Asheville, NC which was the last local progressive, and highly conscious program heard throughout the mountains of Western North Carolina. Soon after, WSKY was purchased by a fundamentalist coalition which immediately terminated Virato's popular program ...ending Virato's airborne rhetoric, until January 2005 when he began VIRATO LIVE! on WPEK, 880 The Revolution in Asheville and streamed to the world Programs archived & podcast and some programs available on CD
Stories on him have appeared world-wide, and he has appeared on numerous television shows, and been heard on over 500 radio stations, including in Russia, where he frequently visits and lectures. In 2000, while in St. Petersburg, Russia he met Dhiraja (Dee ra zha). They were married by a judge on Valentine's Day, 2002...barefoot in a Chattanooga court house. "They bathe in the nectar of love" is what some have said of the relationship of Virato and Dhiraja.
Virato is known and loved by millions. His celebrated friends and guests include authors Deepak Chopra, James Redfield (Celestine Prophecy), and John Robbins (Pulitzer nominated Diet for a New America); astronauts Brian O'Leary and Edgar Mitchell; musicians Kitaro and Steven Halpern; scientists Rupert Sheldrake and Fritjof Capra; actors Alan Arkin (Catch 22), Tommy Chong (Cheech & Chong), Ellen Burstyn (Resurrection) and Liv Ullman (Mindlwalk); and spiritual teacher Ram Dass, as well as the colorful, high kindred spirit people of Asheville, North Carolina, and Russia Virato's interviews and dialogues with guests, and Virato's commentary are inspiring, and enlightening, reflecting a depth of knowledge in a wide variety of new paradigm subjects. He's lived in New York, Philadelphia, California, Chattanooga, Malta, India and Russia, and has friends and fans world-wide... He was responsible for bringing CBS News to Asheville, dubbing it "America's New Age Mecca." Virato also studied acting with the noted Peter Carver at Asheville-Buncombe County Technical Institute and stars in Talking Tall, an irreverent film about southern talk show hosts. A film with Virato as narrator, Anywhere, USA, won an award at the
Soon entering its 5th year on the air in Asheville, VIRATO LIVE! is broadcast Saturdays, 10:06 AM to 1 PM East Coast time on WPEK 880AM The Revolution a full power 5,000 watt Clear Channel Communications station, and streamed on the Internet. The program is now seeking national syndication on terrestrial broadcast radio stations. Click here to visit Virato's website.
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businessman, marketing consultant, US Navy pilot, suburban husband, webmaster, vagabond,
writer, atheist, agnostic, mystic,
Christian missionary, consciousness promoter, spiritual teacher,
magazine publisher, and editor, world
traveler, guru, film narrator and. radio talk show host. 
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