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Big Sisters in STEMState school, hard work, and going for GOLDYou could rightfully say these two guests are the definition of go-getters. A natural fire burns in their bellies to over-achieve, which is textbook big-sister behaviour. However, we also explore how this is driven by personal circumstance too, and how 'time-poverty' impacts working class students getting into STEM.First off, meet Catherine Sayer. As a 'Draper's 30 Under 30' Fashion Buyer (and Manchester Alumni, ofc), she is nothing if not dedicated. Catherine read the Drapers Magazine list as a undergraduate student, vowing to one day make that roster through hard-work, knowledge of her craft and yielding a 'faking...
2025-06-1642 min
Uncorked with Funny Wine GirlNurse Jen Advocates for Patients by Advocating for NursesAnyone who has ever flown has heard the line: In case of emergency put on your mask before assisting others. Makes sense right? I promote this idea when I lead stress-reducing laughter yoga sessions, reminding participants that if we do not take care of ourselves we cannot take care of anyone else.
Now imagine healthcare workers not getting the supplies or staff they need and becoming utterly exhausted but the amount of patients under their care continues to grow. How can they properly care for patients when turbulence has made their days too bumpy?
My...
2024-02-081h 04
Re/Collecting Chapel Hill10: Voices - Zan Coleman, Cortland Gilliam, and CJ SuittThe James Cates Scholars is a youth-led, elder informed program dedicated to centering, exploring and sharing marginalized Black history in Chapel Hill. The Scholars range in age from middle school, high school, college and beyond.
Find out more and support the program at Bridging the Gap with Danita Mason-Hogans.
2023-08-0725 min
Booklist's Shelf CareEpisode 19: Hyperlocal Streaming Music, Audiobook Awards, and Picture Books with BootsOn this episode of Booklist’s Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to Molly Luby and Melissa Bartoletta about Tracks, a hyperlocal streaming music platform, a project of the Chapel Hill Public Library and Chapel Hill Community Arts and Culture. We talked about how the project came to be, how it works, and how Tracks continues to reach out to the community to share local music. Then Audio Editor Heather Booth spills the tea on the Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production. Finally, Susan talks to Books for Youth and Graphic Novels Editor Sarah Hunter about what sh...
2022-01-3139 min
Adapting in my griefStephen LubyStephen Luby and Mark Ruse were both TV producers working from home and unhappy about it. They teamed up to create Ruby Entertainment leasing a small office on Lygon Street in Carlton on 1 January 2000. Steve's producing credits include Big Girl’s Blouse, Jimeoin, Full Frontal, Something Stupid, Eric (with Eric Bana), and The Mick Molloy Show, The Secret River and many more. More about Ruby Entertainment here More information about Adapting - Adapting.com.au Hosted by Milton Walters, director of Adapting Consulting https://linktr.ee/adaptingthepodcast...
2020-12-0249 min
Re/Collecting Chapel Hill9: Voices - CJ SuittCJ Suitt (he/him/they/them) is a performance poet, arts educator, and community organizer from Chapel Hill, N.C., whose work is rooted in storytelling and social justice.
CJ most recently was appointed as the first Poet Laureate of Chapel Hill. He is committed to speaking truth to power and aims to be a bridge for communities who can’t always see themselves in each other.
This episode was produced by Klaus Mayr and edited by Klaus and Molly.Links:Chapel Hill Poet Laureate | CJ Suitt | Chapel Hill Community Arts & Culture — In N...
2020-11-2515 min
Re/Collecting Chapel Hill8: Elizabeth CottenJoin Chapel Hill Public Library staff and community members as we uncover the untold histories of Chapel Hill, from the inside out and bottom up.
In this episode we dive into Chapel Hill's musical history, starting with one of its most beloved artists, Elizabeth Cotten. We search for signs of Chapel Hill in Cotten's music and learn about life for a young Black girl growing up in the turn of the century South.
Producer, Mandella Younge, joins Molly as co-host for this episode. Special thanks to Glenn Hinson, Brent Glass, and the Chapel Hill Historical...
2020-10-2329 min
Re/Collecting Chapel Hill7: What Comes Next. Silent Sam part 3In August, 2018 student activists toppled UNC's confederate monument, Silent Sam. In our final part of our 3-part series exploring the history of the statue, we dig into the question: what comes after Silent Sam?
2019-12-1923 min
Re/Collecting Chapel Hill6: James Cates. Silent Sam part 2Part 2, in our 3-part Silent Sam series.
In this episode, we share the story of James Cates. James was born and raised in Chapel Hill. In 1970, when he was just 22-years-old, he was murderd on UNC campus.
Journalist Mike Ogle has spent years researching the life and death of James Cates. We'll share his work and hear from community members who knew Cates, including those with him when he died.
Season one of Re/Collecting Chapel Hill was supported by grant funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions...
2019-11-1837 min
Re/Collecting Chapel Hill5: An Old Argument. Silent Sam part 1What was the meaning of the American Civil War? And why are we still arguing over this some 150 years later? In this, the first of our 3-part series on Silent Sam, we explore the purpose of confederate monuments and their impact on the African American community in Chapel Hill.
From the work of United Daughters of the Confederacy in the early 1900s to spread their version of history throughout the south, to the first stirrings of the Black Power Movement at the end of the 1960s, we will hear how the white south's lost cause mythology affected...
2019-11-0430 min
Re/Collecting Chapel Hill4: Mayor of Franklin StreetPublic memorials are embedded in our landscape. In this episode we learn the history behind two public memorial benches that bookend the Bolin Creek Trail in Chapel Hill.
Learn how two men devoted their lives to making our public spaces more open and accessbile for all of us...and how one man tried to stop such work from ever happening.
This episode was produced and edited by Molly Luby, with help from Mandella Younge, Omar Roque, David Felton, and Susan Brown. Audio mixing by Ryan Chamberlain.
Season one of Re/Collecting Chapel Hill w...
2019-10-2122 min
Re/Collecting Chapel Hill2: Young, Gifted and BlackJoin Chapel Hill Public Library staff and community members as we uncover the untold histories of Chapel Hill, from the inside out and bottom up. In our first season, we are exploring the histories behind the monuments and markers of Chapel Hill.
In June, 2019 we honored the lives of two Chapel Hillians whose names were added to the Peace and Justice Plaza marker in downtown Chapel Hill.
Mama Dip. Mildred Council was a culinary and community matriarch known for her traditional Southern cooking and her community service. She served on the Orange County Prison Board...
2019-09-2319 min
Re/Collecting Chapel Hill1: Holy Week FastJoin Chapel Hill Public Library staff and community members as we uncover the untold histories of Chapel Hill, from the inside out and bottom up. In our first season, we are exploring the histories behind the monuments and markers of Chapel Hill.
Our first stop: Peace and Justice Plaza. "The Peace and Justice Plaza honors the energy and spirit of the thousands who have stood in the shadow of the Courthouse and exercised their rights to assembly and speech and have spoken out on issues as diverse as the Vietnam War, environmental justice, women’s rights, gay ri...
2019-09-0921 min
Re/Collecting Chapel HillIntroducing Re/Collecting Chapel HillFor the past year, Chapel HIll Public Library has been taking a deep dive into local history, uncovering untold stories and telling them from “the bottom up and the inside out.” These stories are the basis of the Library’s new podcast, Re/Collecting Chapel Hill.
The first season of Re/Collecting Chapel Hill focuses on the community’s history and connections with historical monuments and markers. Listeners will hear archival audio mixed with present-day interviews that illuminate the history behind some of the most iconic--and occasionally controversial--monuments and markers in Chapel Hill.
The first season i...
2019-08-2300 min