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Chatting With BetsyThe Extraordinary Power of FirefliesBetsy Wurzel” featuring Julie Wignall- hereTo create this inspiring book, Julie interviewed 20 individuals who are actively changing lives through innovative and compassionate actions. She highlights:Favio Chavez, founder of the Cateura Orchestra of Recycled Instruments in Paraguay. This youth orchestra plays music on instruments made from trash—license plates, scrap metal, and more—and has performed with Metallica and Stevie Wonder.Lisa Ann Gershwin, a biologist and mental health advocate in Tasmania, known as the “Jellyfish Guru,” who also raises awareness for autism.Ronnie Abergel, founder of "The Human Library"®, who created a global movement for dialogue and understanding after losing a clos...2025-07-0751 min
Earth to HumansScience on the Spectrum with Dr Lisa-Ann GershwinI discovered Lisa while reading a book not penned by her - Phosphorescence by Julia Baird. In the book, Julia is faced with a life threatening illness, and goes on a journey to cultivate ‘inner light’ which sees her, amongst many other things, meeting up with jellyfish and fluorescence expert Dr Gershwin. She tells a very brief summary of Dr Gershwin’s life - her incredible accolade of identifying over 200 species of jellyfish, her experience with homelessness, and her adulthood autism diagnosis.I remember putting the book down for a moment and thinking what an incredible story Lisa s...2024-10-161h 21
Strange Animals PodcastEpisode 343: Mystery JellyfishThis week we finish out Invertebrate August with some mysterious jellyfish, including a suggestion by Siya!
Further reading:
Mystery giant jellyfish washes up in Australia
New jellyfish named after curious Australian schoolboy
Mysterious jellyfish found off the coast of Papua New Guinea intrigues researchers
Newly discovered jellyfish is a 24-eyed weirdo related to the world’s most venomous marine creature
Rare jellyfish with three tentacles spotted in Pacific Ocean
The Immortal Jellyfish
A mystery jellyfish washed up on an Australian beach [photo by Josie Lim]:
The tiny box jellyfish found in a pond in Hong Kong:
The very rare Chirodectes:
Th...2023-08-2810 min
Phenomenal OceanOCEAN WANTS: 03 Rise of Slime feat. Lisa-Ann GershwinFive hundred million years ago the ocean was dominated by jellyfish. Thanks to us, humans, they might dominate the ocean again.In the third episode of the podcast Ocean Wants, speculative writer Ingo Niermann, most recently of the book Mare Amoris, is talking to Lisa-ann Gershwin, a marine biologist with a unique dedication and enthusiasm for jellyfish. She speaks from her home in Tasmania.— Ocean Wants, Institut Art Gender Nature dertank.ch and TBA21–Academy, ocean-archive.org2022-06-0157 min
The Best Pick movie podcastAn American in Paris (1951)Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky and special guest Matheus Carvalho Episode 83: An American in Paris (1951) Released 24 March 2021 For this episode, we watched An American in Paris, written by Alan Jay Lerner, inspired by and featuring the music of George Gershwin. The director was Vincente Minnelli and the stars were Gene Kelly, Oscar Levant, Leslie Caron, Georges Guétary and Nina Foch. It was nominated in eight categories and won six Oscars, plus a special award for Gene Kelly. http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk https://letterboxd.com/matcarvalho https://w...2021-03-241h 25The Best Pick movie podcastAn American in Paris (1951)Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky and special guest Matheus Carvalho Episode 83: An American in Paris (1951) Released 24 March 2021 For this episode, we watched An American in Paris, written by Alan Jay Lerner, inspired by and featuring the music of George Gershwin. The director was Vincente Minnelli and the stars were Gene Kelly, Oscar Levant, Leslie Caron, Georges Guétary and Nina Foch. It was nominated in eight categories and won six Oscars, plus a special award for Gene Kelly. http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk https://letterboxd.com/matcarvalho https://w...2018-06-271h 25