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The Blyth Festival PodcastThe last witch in Canada? Beverley Cooper and Ann-Marie Kerr on The Trials of Maggie PollockSend us a textRural Ontario isn't exactly known as a hotbed of paranormal activity. But it turns out Canada's last official charge of witchcraft was laid right here in Huron County. In 1919.Yes, you read that correctly. A Canadian woman was charged with witchcraft long after the telephone, the radio and the automobile had been invented. And playwright Beverley Cooper confronts this ridiculous reality in her new play, The Trials of Maggie Pollock.Join host Joanne Wallace as she sits down with both Beverley and the play's director Ann-Marie Kerr to explore w...2024-07-1838 min
New Retina Radio by EyetubeA Treatment With a Novel MOA for Patients With nAMD and DME: Perspectives From the Real WorldRecent studies have proven the therapeutic viability of a different approach in treating retinal vascular diseases. Join Dr. John Kitchens, Dr. Margaret Chang, and Dr. David Chin Yee as they discuss their clinical experiences using a therapy with a novel mechanism of action in patients with nAMD and DME. And, learn how they approach managing patients with macular edema. This special episode of New Retina Radio, and its content, is supported by Genentech USA, Inc.2024-06-2034 min
Unexpected ElementsWhy we need to talk toiletsTo mark UN World Toilet Day on 19 Nov, Alex Lathbridge discusses all things toilet related with Andrada Fiscutean and Tristan Ahtone, as they attempt to lift the lid on our collective taboo of discussing sanitary matters.In 2020, 3.6 billion people – nearly half the global population – lacked access to safely managed sanitation. Diseases such as cholera, typhoid, dysentery, and diarrhoea can spread amongst populations who still practice open defecation.
And lack of access to a functioning toilet disproportionately affects women.But even if you do have access to a flushing toilet, do you always close the lid? Rese...2023-11-1650 min
OrthoJOEDiversity, Mentorship, and Patient Expectations with special guest Margaret Fok, FRCSEd (Ortho), FHKAM (Orthopaedic Surgery), FHKCOS, MBChB (Otago)In this episode, Marc and Mo are joined by special guest Margaret Fok (Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, SICOT) in a discussion on mentorship, diversity, embracing change, seizing opportunity, and the impact of patient expectations on outcomes.
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Fang C, Chen YJ, Fang E, Wong TM, Liu ZH, Lau TW, Fok MWM, Yee DK, Pun T, Luo CF, Leung F. Patient expectations predict outcomes following distal radius fracture: a prospective cohort study using the TEFTOM questionnaire. Injury. 2021 Apr;52(4):877-882. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2020.10.091. Epub 2020 Oct 19. PMID: 33127078. https://bit.ly/47rcms3
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From the Front PorchEpisode 408 || Literary Therapy, Vol. 19This week on From the Front Porch, it’s time for another Literary Therapy session! Our literary Frasier Crane, Annie, is back to answer more of your reading questions and dilemmas. If you have a question you would like Annie to answer in a future episode, you can leave us a voicemail here.
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Dance Steps: Stay fit and laugh out loud dancing like a Cowboy his pony and lassoing his rope. Step 1. Put your hat on your head and tip your hat. Imagine a cowboy hat and place it...2022-08-0513 min
Comunismo - BastaBugie.itArrestato e poi rilasciato il cardinale cinese ZenTESTO DELL'ARTICOLO ➜ www.bastabugie.it/it/articoli.php?id=7029ARRESTATO E POI RILASCIATO IL CARDINALE CINESE ZEN di Alessandro FerroArrestato e poi rilasciato su cauzione il cardinale di Hong kong, Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, accusato di collusione con le forze straniere: ecco cos'è successo e perchè è osteggiato dal governo di PechinoOre incredibili e convulse quelle che hanno riguardato il cardinale e attivista cattolico Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, vescovo emerito di Hong Kong che nel pomeriggio era stato arrestato dalla polizia "per la sicurezza nazionale" come riferito dal South China Morning Post. L'accusa con cui il 90enne era s...2022-06-0813 min
Enchanting Book ReadingsThe Cowboy JiggleThe Cowboy Jiggle Dance song is sure to cheer up kids this summer! Stay fit and laugh out loud dancing like a Cowboy with his pony and lassoing his rope. Subscribe for more fun stuff :) Thank you for making us a top 1% global kids podcast.
Step 1. Put your hat on your head and tip your hat. Imagine a cowboy hat and place it on your head. Right hand touch your hat on your head. Left hand touch your head. Hands stretched out. Alternate right and left hands touching your head. Step 2. Imagine a lasso golden rope. Right...2022-03-3113 min
A Piece of KakeWhen I Eat Fish I Feel Whole - with Paul Marks II (Part 2)Part II of our amazing interview with Paul Marks II! Paul talks with Sarah about how to have a respectful relationship with the ocean, the interdependence between indigenous people and salmon, how to handle risk as a commercial fisherman, and what it feels like to fish the same waters his ancestors have traveled for generations. Our theme song 'Saa yee gé' is used with permission of Khaanakh Dr. Ruth Demmert and performed by the Keex' Kwaan Dancers. Our logo was created by Tsimshian artist Abel Ryan. Interstitial music by Blue.Sessions. Produced by Erin McKinstry and Sa...2022-03-2530 minA Piece of KakeAlways Drawn To The Water - with Paul Marks II (Part 1)In this episode, Paul Marks II joins Sarah to talk about his life as a commercial fisherman. He shares stories about getting started, and how his Tlingit culture influences his approach to fishing. Our theme song 'Saa yee gé' is used with permission of Khaanakh Dr. Ruth Demmert and performed by the Keex' Kwaan Dancers. Our logo was created by Tsimshian artist Abel Ryan. Interstitial music by Blue.Sessions. Produced by Erin McKinstry and Sarah Campen. Support provided by the Margaret Frans Brady Fund and the Organized Village of Kake. 2022-03-1130 minA Piece of KakeSeal Hunting - with Rosalind ShaquanieIn this episode, Rosalind Shaquanie teaches Sarah and Mona about seal hunting and processing, and shares a story from one remarkable seal hunting trip when she was a girl.Our theme song 'Saa yee gé' is used with permission of Khaanakh Dr. Ruth Demmert and performed by the Keex' Kwaan Dancers. Our logo was created by Tsimshian artist Abel Ryan. Interstitial music by Blue.Sessions. Produced by Erin McKinstry and Sarah Campen. Support provided by the Margaret Frans Brady Fund and the Organized Village of Kake. 2022-02-2531 minA Piece of KakeNo Place Like Home - with Wilbur Brown Sr.Wilbur Brown Sr. joins Mona and Sarah to talk about leaving Kake as a young man with the military and his life-long relationship to his home. He also shares the story of how his clan, the Was'ineidí, migrated to Hamilton Bay just south of Kake. Our theme song 'Saa yee gé' is used with permission of Khaanakh Dr. Ruth Demmert and performed by the Keex' Kwaan Dancers. Our logo was created by Tsimshian artist Abel Ryan. Interstitial music by Blue.Sessions. Produced by Erin McKinstry and Sarah Campen. Support provided by the Margaret Frans Brady Fund and...2022-02-1125 min
The Mountain Stories PodcastMountains and Stories: Margaret YeeIn our final (for now) episode of our collaboration with Dr. Xiumei Pu on her project, "Mountains and Stories: Building Community Among Asian and Pacific Islander Refugee and Immigrant Families in Salt Lake Valley," We talk with Margaret Yee. The project is supported by a Whiting Public Engagement Programs Seed Grant and is anchored in the theme of mountains. It is our hope that these efforts will amplify the environmental voices of Asian and Pacific Islander refugee and immigrant communities, and spark more public interest in thinking about the connection between culture, identity, and the natural environment.
...2022-02-1146 minA Piece of KakeSweetest Town in Alaska - with Mike Ka.oosh ILjuwaas JacksonWelcome friends! This episode we are joined by Mike Ka.oosh ILjuwaas Jackson. Mike helps us understand the distinction between Kéex' Kwáan and Kake . He shares stories of history, including flood times, clan migrations, and how the name Kake came to exist. Our theme song 'Saa yee gé' is used with permission of Khaanakh Dr. Ruth Demmert and performed by the Keex' Kwaan Dancers. Our logo was created by Tsimshian artist Abel Ryan. Interstitial music by Blue.Sessions. Produced by Erin McKinstry and Sarah Campen. Support provided by the Margaret Frans Brady Fund and the...2022-01-2840 minA Piece of KakePiece of What?Welcome to A Piece of Kake! Here you'll hear stories of community and culture from the Lingít village of Kake, Alaska. To kick off our very first episode, we introduce you to Kéex' Kwáan and the rural island community of Kake. Sarah asks Mona about her childhood growing up in Kake, and her hopes for the community's future. We talk about how our friendship started, how this podcast started, and our plans for A Piece of Kake!Our theme song 'Saa yee gé' is used with permission of Khaanakh Dr. Ruth Demmert and performe...2022-01-0626 min
Enchanting Book ReadingsCowboy Jiggle DanceThe Country Jiggle Dance song is sure to cheer up kids this summer! Copyright Sir Herbert Sneakies 2019. Support us and buy our books or merchandise :)
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Stay fit and laugh out loud dancing like a Cowboy his pony and lassoing his rope. Step 1. Put your hat on your head and tip your hat. Imagine a cowboy hat and place it on your head. Right hand touch your hat on your head. Left hand touch your head. Hands stretched out. Alternate right and left hands touching your head. Step 2. Imagine a lasso golden...2021-11-1213 min
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the HumanitiesThe Cake, Emma’s Romantic dreams, and le bovarysme - part two, FrenchElise Busset, an undergraduate at Oxford University, reads an extract from Madam Bovary in french. Blog post by Professor Jennifer Yee. The heroine of Gustave Flaubert’s 1857 novel Madame Bovary, Emma, is the daughter of a farmer, who has been educated ‘above her station’ alongside aristocratic girls in a convent. She read Romantic novels, some of them smuggled into the convent illicitly, and her reading has filled her with vivid, unrealisable fantasies and less clearly defined aspirations to a more glamourous life. When Charles Bovary, a medical officer from a nearby village, comes to the farm to set her father’s broken...2021-05-2101 minTORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the HumanitiesThe Cake, Emma’s Romantic dreams, and le bovarysme - part two, FrenchElise Busset, an undergraduate at Oxford University, reads an extract from Madam Bovary in french. Blog post by Professor Jennifer Yee. The heroine of Gustave Flaubert’s 1857 novel Madame Bovary, Emma, is the daughter of a farmer, who has been educated ‘above her station’ alongside aristocratic girls in a convent. She read Romantic novels, some of them smuggled into the convent illicitly, and her reading has filled her with vivid, unrealisable fantasies and less clearly defined aspirations to a more glamourous life. When Charles Bovary, a medical officer from a nearby village, comes to the farm to set her father’s broken...2021-05-2101 minTORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the HumanitiesThe Cake, Emma’s Romantic dreams, and le bovarysme - part two, FrenchElise Busset, an undergraduate at Oxford University, reads an extract from Madam Bovary in french. Blog post by Professor Jennifer Yee. The heroine of Gustave Flaubert’s 1857 novel Madame Bovary, Emma, is the daughter of a farmer, who has been educated ‘above her station’ alongside aristocratic girls in a convent. She read Romantic novels, some of them smuggled into the convent illicitly, and her reading has filled her with vivid, unrealisable fantasies and less clearly defined aspirations to a more glamourous life. When Charles Bovary, a medical officer from a nearby village, comes to the farm to set her father’s broken...2021-05-2101 minTORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the HumanitiesThe Cake, Emma’s Romantic dreams, and le bovarysme - part oneEleanor Gilbert, an undergraduate at Oxford University, reads an extract from Madam Bovary in english. Blog post by Professor Jennifer Yee. The heroine of Gustave Flaubert’s 1857 novel Madame Bovary, Emma, is the daughter of a farmer, who has been educated ‘above her station’ alongside aristocratic girls in a convent. She read Romantic novels, some of them smuggled into the convent illicitly, and her reading has filled her with vivid, unrealisable fantasies and less clearly defined aspirations to a more glamourous life. When Charles Bovary, a medical officer from a nearby village, comes to the farm to set her father’s broken...2021-05-2101 minTORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the HumanitiesThe Cake, Emma’s Romantic dreams, and le bovarysme - part oneEleanor Gilbert, an undergraduate at Oxford University, reads an extract from Madam Bovary in english. Blog post by Professor Jennifer Yee. The heroine of Gustave Flaubert’s 1857 novel Madame Bovary, Emma, is the daughter of a farmer, who has been educated ‘above her station’ alongside aristocratic girls in a convent. She read Romantic novels, some of them smuggled into the convent illicitly, and her reading has filled her with vivid, unrealisable fantasies and less clearly defined aspirations to a more glamourous life. When Charles Bovary, a medical officer from a nearby village, comes to the farm to set her father’s broken...2021-05-2101 minTORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the HumanitiesThe Cake, Emma’s Romantic dreams, and le bovarysme - part oneEleanor Gilbert, an undergraduate at Oxford University, reads an extract from Madam Bovary in english. Blog post by Professor Jennifer Yee. The heroine of Gustave Flaubert’s 1857 novel Madame Bovary, Emma, is the daughter of a farmer, who has been educated ‘above her station’ alongside aristocratic girls in a convent. She read Romantic novels, some of them smuggled into the convent illicitly, and her reading has filled her with vivid, unrealisable fantasies and less clearly defined aspirations to a more glamourous life. When Charles Bovary, a medical officer from a nearby village, comes to the farm to set her father’s broken...2021-05-2101 min
Beyond the Barre32 - Jennifer TurnerOn this week's episode, our guest is Jennifer Turner, former dancer and founder of Gemini, a branding studio and educational platform for female entrepreneurs that marries voice and visuals, writing and design, for more meaningful, memorable brands.
Jennifer’s story starts with an ending: an injury that put a stop to her dream of dancing professionally. So, she jetéd from ballet to university, where writing became her creative outlet and eventually, her career. She’s written the copy for over 150 websites and collaborated on more than 200 brands, from as far as Tanzania and the Caribbean to her o...2020-10-1400 minBeyond the Barre31 - Darius BarnesOn this week's episode, our guest is acclaimed Broadway performer Darius Barnes, former dancer with the New York City Ballet, Suzanne Farrell Ballet, and Dance Theater of Harlem!
In addition to performing in Mean Girls on Broadway, Darius has appeared in the 2019 Broadway revival of Kiss Me Kate, made his Broadway & Principal debut in the Tony Award-winning musical, Memphis, and has been seen in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark, and Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, to name a few.
Darius is an accomplished choreographer—currently assistant choreographer on the Michael Jack...2020-09-301h 59Beyond the Barre30 - Matthew RenkoOn this week's episode, our guest is Matthew Renko, former soloist with Pacific Northwest Ballet and former member of New York City Ballet and the Suzanne Farrell Ballet!
The New York Times described his dancing as “the single most exhilarating moment of the seven ballets in this weeklong season”, but his road has been anything but easy. In this extended episode today, Margaret and Matthew go deep into the good, the bad, and the ugly of a career in ballet.
Join us to hear Margaret and Matthew talk about:
the decision to go to NCSA...2020-09-162h 39Beyond the Barre29 - Zippora Karz and Romy Karz RapoportOn this week's episode, we welcome back one of our most popular guests and listener favorite--Zippora Karz, this time joined on the show by her sister, Romy Karz Rapoport! Join us to hear about their new mentoring program and YouTube show: Romy & Zippora Turn Out, Tune In where they are sharing their wealth of wisdom and experience as former professional dancers with the New York City Ballet, and current ballet teachers and yoga instructors, to offer compassionate guidance to dancers of all levels and ages.
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For more information, as well as any links, se...2020-09-021h 34Beyond the Barre28 - DeMarcus Akeem Suggs on Arts AdvocacyOn this week’s episode our guest is dance artist, educator and administrator DeMarcus Akeem Suggs!
DeMarcus Akeem Suggs is a graduate of Belhaven University’s dance program (BFA), and his professional experience includes performing with Dayton Contemporary Dance Company (DCDC), Dayton Ballet, Neos Dance Theatre, Verb Ballets, as well as collaborating with various project-based choreographers.
He has held positions as Program Director at The Victory Project (Dayton, OH); Coordinator of Education & Engagement at Victoria Theatre Association (Dayton, OH); as well as Director of Education & Outreach for Neos Dance Theatre.
DeMarcus has also served on review panels for Ohio Arts Coun...2020-08-191h 42Beyond the Barre27 - Megan FairchildOn this week’s episode, join us for a conversation with Megan Fairchild, principal dancer with the New York City Ballet!
Tune in to hear Margaret and Megan talk about:
Megan’s meteoric rise through the ranks of the NYCB
Some advice from Megan for young dancers thinking about moving away from home to train
Broadway dance “culture” versus ballet world “culture”
The event that Megan perceived as her “biggest failure” and how she moved past it
Getting her undergraduate degree from Fordham while dancing as a principal at NYCB and going on to get her Master’s of Busi...2020-08-051h 33Beyond the Barre26 - Connor HollowayOn this week’s episode (recorded July 14th, 2020), join us for a conversation with Connor Holloway, company dancer with American Ballet Theatre!
Shortly after becoming a company member, Connor was appointed to run the dancer-created Instagram account, @abtofficial.
In the four years that Connor has managed the account, it has tripled its following; making it the most followed ballet company on Instagram. This role led Connor to becoming a full-time Marketing team member in addition to full-time dancer with ABT.
On a personal note, Connor, who is gender non-conforming, is passionate about br...2020-07-291h 29Beyond the Barre25 - Wendy WhelanFor our 25th episode (recorded May 26th, 2020), we are thrilled to have as our guest Wendy Whelan: former principal dancer and current associate artistic director of the New York City Ballet, widely considered one of the world’s leading dancers of her generation.
During her 30 years at the New York City Ballet—23 of them as a principal dancer—Wendy danced virtually all the major roles in the company’s repertoire and also developed a reputation for being a choreographer’s muse, creating many original roles with the foremost dancemakers of our time.
A documentary, entitled Restless C...2020-07-231h 03Beyond the Barre24 - Eric TropeOur guest this week is Eric Trope of the Miami City Ballet. Join us for a conversation about Eric’s journey, his choreography, and about Buddy System: an organization Eric cofounded in response to his community’s immense need during the COVID-19 pandemic, which helps to get free groceries to the most vulnerable populations in Miami.
From not starting ballet until he was in high school, to finishing his training with three years at the School of American Ballet, to developing more fully as an artist at MCB, Eric’s life and success is a testament to the fa...2020-07-151h 22Beyond the Barre23 - Lindsi Dec and Karel CruzOn this week’s episode (recorded May 20th 2020) -- husband and wife power couple Lindsi Dec and Karel Cruz, current and former principal dancers at Pacific Northwest Ballet! Join us for this light-hearted, inspiring conversation full of wisdom (plus lots of laughs) from two seasoned professionals and long-time audience favorites at PNB, and hear Lindsi and Karel talk with Margaret about:
Lindsi’s path from “competition studio kid” to principal dancer at a major company, and how the challenges she faced in returning to the stage as a new mother reaffirmed her love of dance;
Karel’s incredible journey fr...2020-07-081h 10Beyond the Barre22 - Jess Spinner, founder of The Whole DancerOn this week’s episode (recorded May 27th 2020), we welcome Jess Spinner, former professional ballet dancer turned Health Coach and founder of The Whole Dancer. She supports dancers in reaching their body goals through one on one coaching and her online course, The Dancers' Best Body Program.
Tune in to hear Margaret and Jess discuss:
· The concept of “bioindividuality” and the dangers of a “one-diet-fits-all” approach to nutrition
· Audition season tips and how adopting more of a “business mentality” can help you manage stress and improve your performance
· The benefits of being less negati...2020-07-011h 20Beyond the Barre21 - Tamisha GuyOn this week’s episode, recorded April 21st 2020, we are pleased to welcome Tamisha Guy. Tamisha is a native of Trinidad and Tobago, and came with her family to the United States when she was eight years old. She was named one of Dance Europe’s Best Dancers of the Year in 2017, was featured in the segment “Spotlight on Success” in Dance Informa Magazine, and in 2016 she made Dance Magazine’ Top 25 To Watch list as well as winning the 2016 Princess Grace Award.
Tamisha has danced for the Martha Graham Dance Company and is currently a member of Kyle Abrah...2020-06-241h 01Beyond the Barre20 - Kathleen McGuire Gaines, Founder of Minding the GapOn this week’s episode (recorded May 5th, 2020), we’re pleased to welcome Kathleen McGuire Gaines—former dancer, and since 2014 a contributing writer to Dance Magazine. Over the last 10 years, Kathleen has written more than 100 articles on dance for Dance Magazine, Pointe, Dance Spirit, and Dance Teacher magazines, including Why are we still so bad at addressing dancers' mental health, which went viral in 2017.
Kathleen is the founder of Minding the Gap, whose mission it is to disrupt dancer culture to value the importance of mental health through advocacy, research, and eventually, resources and solutions. Her ambition is to enact a move...2020-06-171h 07Beyond the Barre19 - Theresa Ruth Howard calls the ballet world to action for diversityI am pleased to welcome Theresa Ruth Howard back to the show for the fourth time and thank her for her contribution during this time. Ms. Howard is a DEI expert, working closely with ballet companies nationally and internationally to make the future of ballet a more equitable one. She has dedicated many years of her life to this work and always speaks directly from her heart. Theresa is the founder and curator of the Memoirs of Blacks in Ballet and is a contributing editor for Dance Magazine.
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For more information, as well as...2020-06-101h 31Beyond the Barre18 - Josh Spell: Mental Health and Self-Discovery During CrisisOn this week’s episode, join us for another discussion about dancer mental health with Josh Spell—former dancer (Pacific Northwest Ballet and Kansas City Ballet), licensed social worker, and Primary Therapist with Opal Food + Body Wisdom in Seattle, WA.
As we tackle another week of learning to navigate this “new normal” of the world in varying stages of lockdown, Margaret invites Josh onto the show as a professional in the field of mental health to shares some wisdom about:
· ways of looking at one’s at-home dance class and fitness regimens that avoid guilt and s...2020-05-271h 13Beyond the Barre17 - Zippora Karz: Coping during COVID-19On this week’s episode, we welcome back Zippora Karz, former soloist with the New York City Ballet, who offers some advice to dancers on navigating the stress and uncertainty of quarantine and COVID-19.
Maggie and Zippora discuss ways dancers can take care of the things that are in their control during this time in order to best support their health--both physical and psychological--without slipping into obsessive thought patterns.
For more information, as well as any links, see the blog post for this episode:
https://www.margaretmullin.com/episodes/episode-17-zippora-karz
Fo...2020-05-201h 14Beyond the Barre16 - Zippora KarzIn this episode of Beyond the Barre, host Margaret Mullin introduces her mentor and soon to be regular guest Zippora Karz! Zippora is a former New York City Ballet Soloist turned author, teacher and motivational speaker. Author of The Sugarless Plum and Ballerina Dreams, she is a spokesperson and educator for major diabetes conferences and organizations worldwide. Zippora serves as a teacher and repetiteur for the George Balanchine Trust and is a guest faculty member for the Colburn Dance Academy and the University of Southern California Glorya Kaufman School of Dance. Get to know Zippora in this first of...2020-05-131h 21
Dream Gardens: Talking Up the Children's Books We LoveMillicent Min, Girl Genius by Lisa Yee: an interview with author Margaret Peterson Haddix
Podcast #044
For my forty-forth Dream Gardens kid lit podcast, I interviewed author Margaret Peterson Haddix about her favorite children’s book, the middle grade novel Millicent Min, Girl Genius, written by Lisa Yee.
Originally published in 2003, Millicent Min, Girl Genius tells the story of an amazingly gifted but painfully awkward eleven year old girl who’s having a terrible summer. Her mother is not only forcing her to join a summer volley ball league and tutor her least favorite person in the world, Stanford Wong, but the one person who understands her best, her...2018-11-1623 minDream Gardens: Talking Up the Children's Books We LoveCriss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins: an interview with author Kat Shepherd
Podcast #043
For my forty-third Dream Gardens kid lit podcast, I interviewed author Kat Shepherd about her favorite children’s book, the middle grade novel Criss Cross, written and illustrated by Lynne Rae Perkins.
Originally published in 2005, and awarded the Newbery in 2006, the novel tells the story a single summer in the life of a group of young teens. There is Debbie, who wishes something would happen, though she isn’t quite sure what, and Hector, who’s hoping he can find a way to connect to someone special out there through the guitar he’s l...2018-11-0133 min
First Draft with Sarah EnniMaret OrlissMaret Orliss, Associate Director of Events Programming for the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, talks about how authors can stand out to festival programmers, what the L.A. Times is doing in response to sexual harassment accusations in the book world, and the best Margaret Atwood festival story. Maret Orliss Show Notes Cecil Castellucci Lisa Yee The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood Orange is the New Black by Piper Kerman Reading Aloud, Nate Corddry’s books podcast Brandy Colbert Amy S...2018-04-1747 min
The MartinO ShowAngela Lau – ADF QueenA force of nature is an overused and consequently devalued term. Another descriptive Tiger Mum is often seen as derogatory. Angela is in many ways both these things , and came from these things, but in a totally good way. Today we investigate who she is and why she is, how a broken heart led to the world of Dance and ultimately The ADF 'Australian Dance Festival'.
Along the way we discuss why Angela chose not to be an accountant (hard Choice there Angela!) What led her to starting the Australian Dance Festival, it’s small beginnings to now attracting 1,000s of...2017-09-1300 min
Complete Service-First Unitarian Universalist Society of San FranciscoChurch Alive!Reflections, Dreams & Thoughts. Margaret Fuller made the case for beloved communities
that were both politically radical and spiritually wholesome. Reverends Alyson Jacks,
David Sammons, and Margot Campbell Gross share their understanding of how it is that
church’s matter, and—in particular—the church at 1187 Franklin Street.
The Rev. Dr. Stephen H. Furrer, Interim Senior Minister
The Rev. Dr. David Sammons, Consulting Minister
The Rev. Margot Campbell Gross, Minister Emerita
The Rev. Alyson Jacks, Interim Director of Religious Education
Dr. Mark Sumner, Music Director
Reiko Oda Lane...2013-04-081h 08Sermons-First Unitarian Universalist Society of San FranciscoChurch Alive!Reflections, Dreams & Thoughts. Margaret Fuller made the case for beloved communities
that were both politically radical and spiritually wholesome. Reverends Alyson Jacks,
David Sammons, and Margot Campbell Gross share their understanding of how it is that
church’s matter, and—in particular—the church at 1187 Franklin Street.
The Rev. Dr. Stephen H. Furrer, Interim Senior Minister
The Rev. Dr. David Sammons, Consulting Minister
The Rev. Margot Campbell Gross, Minister Emerita
The Rev. Alyson Jacks, Interim Director of Religious Education
Dr. Mark Sumner, Music Director
Reiko Oda Lane...2013-04-081h 08
Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics2nd St Cross Seminar MT11: Dr Margaret YeeWhose Ethics? Six Principles and Six Guidelines determinative of a superior ethics. Note: due to a technical issue the first ten minutes of the presentation are missing. In this exploratory presentation it will be suggested that perplexing moral dilemmas may be resolved effectively by employing a meta-ethics, consisting of six designated principles, which are multi-dimensional, critical and inclusive, and six theologically informed guidelines. The six principles to be discussed will be concerned with whether one's world view is bounded or unbounded; one's claims and assumptions are questioned or unquestioned; one's method of approach is inclusive or exclusive; one's enquiry is...2011-12-0850 min