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Books with Betsy
Episode 58 - Challenges My Expectations with Jess Abra Sandy
On this episode, Jess Abra Sandy, a self-described lapsed opera singer and cyber security expert talks about how poetry has provided for her in different ways as her seasons of life change. We also talk about books that make us want to throw them across the room, how her reading life has changed as her kid has grown, and Jess shares a lot of very insightful thoughts about the reading life. Books mentioned in this episode: What Betsy’s reading: Devil House by John Darnielle Say Hello to My L...
2025-06-16
1h 00
Poetry Medicine for the Soul
Celebrating National Poetry Month with Sarah V. Schweig
Sarah V. Schweig’s second book, The Ocean in the Next Room, won the Jake Adam York Prize and was published by Milkweed Editions in January 2025. Her first book, Take Nothing with You, was published by the University of Iowa Press in 2016. Her poetry has appeared in Boston Review, Granta, Tin House, and the Yale Review, among others. Her critical essays have appeared at Public Seminar, Tourniquet Review, and elsewhere. She works as an editor and is writing a philosophy dissertation for her PhD at the New School for Social Research on the value of poetry. She lives in Po...
2025-05-07
15 min
Ampersand: The Poets & Writers Podcast
The Ocean in the Next Room by Sarah V. Schweig
Sarah V. Schweig reads “Longest Night” from her poetry collection The Ocean in the Next Room, published by Milkweed Editions in January 2025.
2024-12-11
03 min
Revolution Health Radio
RHR: Addressing Complex Chronic Illness, with Sunjya Schweig
Dr. Sunjya Schweig, Founder and President of the California Center for Functional Medicine, joins Chris on this episode of Revolution Health Radio to discuss the unique challenges associated with complex chronic illness, the “invisible” experiences of patients who suffer from these ailments, how the conventional medical system handles (and fails) them, why Functional Medicine is better equipped to address these conditions, and how Dr. Schweig and his team are working to transform healthcare so that patients can feel empowered to recover their health. In this episode, we discuss: The increasing rates of complex chronic illnesses, including auto...
2022-11-29
1h 05
The Figure
10: Meryl Streep, talking about money and elephant sanctuaries
In episode 10, we talk about acting, finance and animal rights. Our three figures are Meryl Streep, that 22% of people are comfortable discussing their bank balance with their close friends and the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage. www.instagram.com/figurepodcast/ www.twitter.com/FigurePodcast/ thefigurepodcast@gmail.com Never.25 Eau de Vie https://never25.com/ Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6911608/ Elizabeth Day: How to Fail https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/how-to-fail/id1407451189?mt=2 Desert Island Discs: Billie Jean King, presented by Kirsty Young https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b9vgdj Figure 1: Meryl Streep ...
2018-07-25
51 min
Sounds Like Portraits
Sarah V. Schweig, writer: what to start with?
When I met Sarah at her place in Brooklyn, she told me that Poetry is for something impossible to accomplish. When she was in the middle of a sentence, she suddenly switched to the second person to talk about her creative process: she can't really talk about it for herself because it's so intimate. Listen to this precious conversation about her inner conversation.
2017-08-21
13 min
New Thinking, from the Center for Justice Innovation
Babies in the Child Welfare System to Get More Help in the Bronx, Along with Their Families
Dr. Susan Chinitz, a psychologist with specialties in the areas of infant mental health and developmental disabilities in infancy and early childhood, and a Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, discusses the new Strong Starts Court Initiative, which will enhance the capacity of Family Court to bring positive changes to court-involved babies and their families. (April 2015) The following is a transcript SARAH SCHWEIG: Hi, I’m Sarah Schweig of the Center for Court Innovation and today I’m speaking with Dr. Susan Chinitz,...
2015-04-03
00 min
New Thinking, from the Center for Justice Innovation
Babies in the Child Welfare System to Get More Help in the Bronx, Along with Their Families
Dr. Susan Chinitz, a psychologist with specialties in the areas of infant mental health and developmental disabilities in infancy and early childhood, and a Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, discusses the new Strong Starts Court Initiative, which will enhance the capacity of Family Court to bring positive changes to court-involved babies and their families. (April 2015) The following is a transcript SARAH SCHWEIG: Hi, I’m Sarah Schweig of the Center for Court Innovation and today I’m speaking with Dr. Susan Chinitz,...
2015-04-03
00 min
New Thinking, from the Center for Justice Innovation
Hospital Seeks to Halt Violence Among Minority Youth
Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital in Binghamton, New York is working with community partners to develop a restorative, strength-based program that will divert high-risk youth from gang involvement as well as violent behavior. At the kick-off summit for the Minority Youth Violence Prevention initiative, Nancy Frank and Ralphalla Richardson discuss how they became interested in partnering with police to help stop the cycle of harm in some of Binghamton’s struggling neighborhoods. The following is a transcript SARAH SCHWEIG: Hi, I’m Sarah Schweig of the C...
2015-01-20
00 min
New Thinking, from the Center for Justice Innovation
Hospital Seeks to Halt Violence Among Minority Youth
Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital in Binghamton, New York is working with community partners to develop a restorative, strength-based program that will divert high-risk youth from gang involvement as well as violent behavior. At the kick-off summit for the Minority Youth Violence Prevention initiative, Nancy Frank and Ralphalla Richardson discuss how they became interested in partnering with police to help stop the cycle of harm in some of Binghamton’s struggling neighborhoods. The following is a transcript SARAH SCHWEIG: Hi, I’m Sarah Schweig of the C...
2015-01-20
00 min
New Thinking, from the Center for Justice Innovation
The International Rule of Law Movement: David Marshall on the Need for Reform
David Marshall, editor of The International Rule of Law Movement: A Crisis of Legitimacy and the Way Forward, discusses the international rule of law as an industry–one that has been promoted as offering solutions in post-conflict and fragile states and that too often fails. Marshall discusses some of the reasons for these failures and outlines some alternative approaches to interventions in fragile states. (September 2014) The following is a transcript SARAH SCHWEIG: Hi, I’m Sarah Schweig of the Center for Court Innovation and today...
2014-09-09
00 min
New Thinking, from the Center for Justice Innovation
The International Rule of Law Movement: David Marshall on the Need for Reform
David Marshall, editor of The International Rule of Law Movement: A Crisis of Legitimacy and the Way Forward, discusses the international rule of law as an industry–one that has been promoted as offering solutions in post-conflict and fragile states and that too often fails. Marshall discusses some of the reasons for these failures and outlines some alternative approaches to interventions in fragile states. (September 2014) The following is a transcript SARAH SCHWEIG: Hi, I’m Sarah Schweig of the Center for Court Innovation and today...
2014-09-09
00 min
New Thinking, from the Center for Justice Innovation
Community-Oriented Public Safety Strategies: A Conversation with Long Beach Police Chief Jim McDonnell
Long Beach Police Chief Jim McDonnell discusses how law enforcement leadership can promote new “smart” strategies–including community engagement and prevention-oriented diversion approaches–that can effectively and efficiently keep communities safe, address the symptoms and causes of criminal activity, and alleviate prison overcrowding. (August 2014) SARAH SCHWEIG: Hi, I’m Sarah Schweig of the Center for Court Innovation and today I’m speaking with Long Beach Police Chief Jim McDonnell. Chief McDonnell was appointed to the U.S. Attorney General’s national task force on children exposed to violence, and has served
2014-08-12
00 min
New Thinking, from the Center for Justice Innovation
Community-Oriented Public Safety Strategies: A Conversation with Long Beach Police Chief Jim McDonnell
Long Beach Police Chief Jim McDonnell discusses how law enforcement leadership can promote new “smart” strategies–including community engagement and prevention-oriented diversion approaches–that can effectively and efficiently keep communities safe, address the symptoms and causes of criminal activity, and alleviate prison overcrowding. (August 2014) SARAH SCHWEIG: Hi, I’m Sarah Schweig of the Center for Court Innovation and today I’m speaking with Long Beach Police Chief Jim McDonnell. Chief McDonnell was appointed to the U.S. Attorney General’s national task force on children exposed to violence, and has served
2014-08-12
00 min
New Thinking, from the Center for Justice Innovation
Mental Health and Juvenile Justice: A Discussion about QUEST Futures
QUEST Futures is a juvenile mental health initiative that seeks to establish a comprehensive, coordinated response to youth with mental illness involved in the juvenile justice system in Queens, New York. Here, researcher Josephine Hahn discusses the findings of an impact evaluation of the program. (February 2014) SARAH SCHWEIG: Hi, I’m Sarah Schweig, of the Center for Court Innovation, and today I’m talking with Josy Hahn, the author of new research about a special program that works with kids with mental illness, who are involved in the juvenile justice syst...
2014-02-04
00 min
New Thinking, from the Center for Justice Innovation
Mental Health and Juvenile Justice: A Discussion about QUEST Futures
QUEST Futures is a juvenile mental health initiative that seeks to establish a comprehensive, coordinated response to youth with mental illness involved in the juvenile justice system in Queens, New York. Here, researcher Josephine Hahn discusses the findings of an impact evaluation of the program. (February 2014) SARAH SCHWEIG: Hi, I’m Sarah Schweig, of the Center for Court Innovation, and today I’m talking with Josy Hahn, the author of new research about a special program that works with kids with mental illness, who are involved in the juvenile justice syst...
2014-02-04
00 min
New Thinking, from the Center for Justice Innovation
A View of Domestic Violence from the Judge’s Bench
Chief Magistrate Judge Berryl Anderson of DeKalb County, Georgia discusses the lessons she has learned over the course of 21 years as an attorney and 13 years as a judge about working with victims of domestic violence and improving the justice system’s response to intimate partner violence. July 2013 SARAH SCHWEIG: Hi, I’m Sarah Schweig, and today I’m speaking with Chief Magistrate Judge Berryl Anderson, who has been leading a domestic violence court project in DeKalb County, Georgia. She’s here in New York to participate in the domestic violence ope...
2013-07-02
00 min
New Thinking, from the Center for Justice Innovation
A View of Domestic Violence from the Judge’s Bench
Chief Magistrate Judge Berryl Anderson of DeKalb County, Georgia discusses the lessons she has learned over the course of 21 years as an attorney and 13 years as a judge about working with victims of domestic violence and improving the justice system’s response to intimate partner violence. July 2013 SARAH SCHWEIG: Hi, I’m Sarah Schweig, and today I’m speaking with Chief Magistrate Judge Berryl Anderson, who has been leading a domestic violence court project in DeKalb County, Georgia. She’s here in New York to participate in the domestic violence ope...
2013-07-02
00 min
New Thinking, from the Center for Justice Innovation
Testing a Public Health Approach to Gun Violence: A conversation on new research
Authors of new research about gun violence in Brooklyn, New York, Sarah Picard-Fritsche and Lenore Cerniglia discuss findings on Save Our Streets (SOS) Crown Heights, an approach to gun violence prevention in the Crown Heights neighborhood. The new report, “Testing a Public Health Approach to Gun Violence,” details a comprehensive impact and process evaluation of Save Our Streets, which is based on the Cure Violence model that treats outbreaks of violence like epidemics of disease. Additional Resources To download a Q & A with the authors, click here. To rea...
2013-01-15
00 min
New Thinking, from the Center for Justice Innovation
Testing a Public Health Approach to Gun Violence: A conversation on new research
Authors of new research about gun violence in Brooklyn, New York, Sarah Picard-Fritsche and Lenore Cerniglia discuss findings on Save Our Streets (SOS) Crown Heights, an approach to gun violence prevention in the Crown Heights neighborhood. The new report, “Testing a Public Health Approach to Gun Violence,” details a comprehensive impact and process evaluation of Save Our Streets, which is based on the Cure Violence model that treats outbreaks of violence like epidemics of disease. Additional Resources To download a Q & A with the authors, click here. To rea...
2013-01-15
00 min
New Thinking, from the Center for Justice Innovation
Payback with a Purpose
Phil Bowen, co-author of Payback with a Purpose and director of the Centre for Justice Innovation in the U.K., discusses what good “community payback” (“community service” in the U.S.) should look like, comparing the experience in the U.K. with New York City. The debate about what community payback ought to be comes at a crucial time for probation services in England and Wales, where the Government is committed to encouraging non-state organizations to provide community payback. SARAH SCHWEIG: Hi, I’m Sarah Schweig of the Center for Court Innov...
2012-11-09
00 min
New Thinking, from the Center for Justice Innovation
Payback with a Purpose
Phil Bowen, co-author of Payback with a Purpose and director of the Centre for Justice Innovation in the U.K., discusses what good “community payback” (“community service” in the U.S.) should look like, comparing the experience in the U.K. with New York City. The debate about what community payback ought to be comes at a crucial time for probation services in England and Wales, where the Government is committed to encouraging non-state organizations to provide community payback. SARAH SCHWEIG: Hi, I’m Sarah Schweig of the Center for Court Innov...
2012-11-09
00 min
New Thinking, from the Center for Justice Innovation
Taking Responsibility: A Conversation on Restorative Justice and Youth
Dr. Mara Schiff, an associate professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida Atlantic University, focuses her work on restorative justice, community justice, and juvenile justice. Here, she gives on overview of restorative practices and discusses why a restorative approach can be particularly valuable for youth. October 2012 SARAH SCHWEIG: I’m Sarah Schweig of the Center for Court Innovation and today on New Thinking I’m speaking with Dr. Mara Schiff. Dr. Schiff is an associate professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Flo...
2012-10-23
00 min
New Thinking, from the Center for Justice Innovation
Taking Responsibility: A Conversation on Restorative Justice and Youth
Dr. Mara Schiff, an associate professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida Atlantic University, focuses her work on restorative justice, community justice, and juvenile justice. Here, she gives on overview of restorative practices and discusses why a restorative approach can be particularly valuable for youth. October 2012 SARAH SCHWEIG: I’m Sarah Schweig of the Center for Court Innovation and today on New Thinking I’m speaking with Dr. Mara Schiff. Dr. Schiff is an associate professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Flo...
2012-10-23
00 min
New Thinking, from the Center for Justice Innovation
Lacking U.S. Citizenship, Some Survivors of Domestic Violence Face Extra Challenges
Gail Pendleton, co-director of ASISTA, which advises and trains advocates and attorneys who work with immigrant survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, discusses some of the complex issues non-citizen survivors face. July 2012 SARAH SCHWEIG: Hi, I’m Sarah Schweig at the Center for Court Innovation and today I’m speaking with Gail Pendleton about how issues around domestic violence become far more complicated when they involve victims with pending immigration status. Gail Pendleton is co-director of ASISTA, a national immigration law technical assistance project supported by the Federal Office on Vi...
2012-07-23
00 min
New Thinking, from the Center for Justice Innovation
Lacking U.S. Citizenship, Some Survivors of Domestic Violence Face Extra Challenges
Gail Pendleton, co-director of ASISTA, which advises and trains advocates and attorneys who work with immigrant survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, discusses some of the complex issues non-citizen survivors face. July 2012 SARAH SCHWEIG: Hi, I’m Sarah Schweig at the Center for Court Innovation and today I’m speaking with Gail Pendleton about how issues around domestic violence become far more complicated when they involve victims with pending immigration status. Gail Pendleton is co-director of ASISTA, a national immigration law technical assistance project supported by the Federal Office on Vi...
2012-07-23
00 min
New Thinking, from the Center for Justice Innovation
Can Batterers be Rehabilitated?
David Adams, co-founder and co-director of Emerge, the first counseling program in the nation for men who abuse women, discusses the inner workings, challenges, and potential benefits of group counseling for men who batter. (July 2012) SARAH SCHWEIG: Hi, I’m Sarah Schweig, of the Center for Court Innovation, and today I’m speaking with Dr. David Adams. Dr. Adams is co-founder and co-director of Emerge, the first counseling program in the nation for men who abuse women. He is one of the nation’s leading experts on men who batter an...
2012-07-09
00 min
New Thinking, from the Center for Justice Innovation
Can Batterers be Rehabilitated?
David Adams, co-founder and co-director of Emerge, the first counseling program in the nation for men who abuse women, discusses the inner workings, challenges, and potential benefits of group counseling for men who batter. (July 2012) SARAH SCHWEIG: Hi, I’m Sarah Schweig, of the Center for Court Innovation, and today I’m speaking with Dr. David Adams. Dr. Adams is co-founder and co-director of Emerge, the first counseling program in the nation for men who abuse women. He is one of the nation’s leading experts on men who batter an...
2012-07-09
00 min
New Thinking, from the Center for Justice Innovation
Connections Among People: Tracking and Preventing Violence through Social Network Analysis
Sociologist Andrew Papachristos focuses his studies on urban neighborhoods, social networks, street gangs, violent crime, and gun violence. A Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholar at Harvard University, Papachristos discusses how social network analysis can aid crime prevention. SARAH SCHWEIG: Hi, I’m Sarah Schweig at the Center for Court Innovation, and today I’m speaking with Andrew Papachristos. We are currently in an executive session in Washington, D.C. sponsored by the California Endowment, Community Oriented Policing Services, and the Center for Court Innovation that brought together public healt...
2012-02-17
00 min
New Thinking, from the Center for Justice Innovation
Connections Among People: Tracking and Preventing Violence through Social Network Analysis
Sociologist Andrew Papachristos focuses his studies on urban neighborhoods, social networks, street gangs, violent crime, and gun violence. A Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholar at Harvard University, Papachristos discusses how social network analysis can aid crime prevention. SARAH SCHWEIG: Hi, I’m Sarah Schweig at the Center for Court Innovation, and today I’m speaking with Andrew Papachristos. We are currently in an executive session in Washington, D.C. sponsored by the California Endowment, Community Oriented Policing Services, and the Center for Court Innovation that brought together public healt...
2012-02-17
00 min
New Thinking, from the Center for Justice Innovation
Changing Perceptions: A Conversation on Prostitution Diversion with Judge Fernando Camacho
Queens County (NY) Judge Fernando Camacho discusses why he created a prostitution diversion court that helps victims leave a life of prostitution by linking them to counseling and social services instead of sentencing them to jail time. SARAH SCHWEIG: Hi, I’m Sarah Schweig of the Center for Court Innovation, and today I’m speaking with Judge Fernando Camacho. Judge Camacho is currently a Queens County Administrative Judge for Criminal Matters. He has served as Deputy Supervising Judge at the Queens County Criminal Court, where he presided over the Domestic Violen...
2011-12-21
00 min
New Thinking, from the Center for Justice Innovation
Changing Perceptions: A Conversation on Prostitution Diversion with Judge Fernando Camacho
Queens County (NY) Judge Fernando Camacho discusses why he created a prostitution diversion court that helps victims leave a life of prostitution by linking them to counseling and social services instead of sentencing them to jail time. SARAH SCHWEIG: Hi, I’m Sarah Schweig of the Center for Court Innovation, and today I’m speaking with Judge Fernando Camacho. Judge Camacho is currently a Queens County Administrative Judge for Criminal Matters. He has served as Deputy Supervising Judge at the Queens County Criminal Court, where he presided over the Domestic Violen...
2011-12-21
00 min
New Thinking, from the Center for Justice Innovation
Military Families: How Courts and Communities Can Offer Support
Barbara Thompson, director of the Department of Defense’s Office of Family Policy/Children and Youth, discusses the impacts that prolonged deployment of a parent or sibling can have on children. This is one of three podcasts produced in collaboration with the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. SARAH SCHWEIG: Hi, I’m Sarah Schweig of the Center for Court Innovation and this is one in a series of special podcasts the Center is doing with the support and assistance of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court...
2011-09-01
00 min
New Thinking, from the Center for Justice Innovation
Military Families: How Courts and Communities Can Offer Support
Barbara Thompson, director of the Department of Defense’s Office of Family Policy/Children and Youth, discusses the impacts that prolonged deployment of a parent or sibling can have on children. This is one of three podcasts produced in collaboration with the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. SARAH SCHWEIG: Hi, I’m Sarah Schweig of the Center for Court Innovation and this is one in a series of special podcasts the Center is doing with the support and assistance of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court...
2011-09-01
00 min
New Thinking, from the Center for Justice Innovation
A Community Process: Strategies to Improve the Response to Domestic Violence
Jim Henderson, a trainer and lecturer on domestic violence, discusses probation group conferencing, motivational interview techniques, and the importance of community collaboration. SARAH SCHWEIG: Hi. I’m Sarah Schweig at the Center for Court Innovation and today I’m speaking with Jim Henderson. Jim provides technical assistance as a trainer and lecturer to courts, probation offices, and other criminal justice agencies to help them improve their responses to domestic violence as part of the Federal Office on Violence Against Women Battered Women’s Justice Project. Jim also acts as a consul...
2011-08-12
00 min
New Thinking, from the Center for Justice Innovation
A Community Process: Strategies to Improve the Response to Domestic Violence
Jim Henderson, a trainer and lecturer on domestic violence, discusses probation group conferencing, motivational interview techniques, and the importance of community collaboration. SARAH SCHWEIG: Hi. I’m Sarah Schweig at the Center for Court Innovation and today I’m speaking with Jim Henderson. Jim provides technical assistance as a trainer and lecturer to courts, probation offices, and other criminal justice agencies to help them improve their responses to domestic violence as part of the Federal Office on Violence Against Women Battered Women’s Justice Project. Jim also acts as a consul...
2011-08-12
00 min
New Thinking, from the Center for Justice Innovation
Privileged Work: A Conversation about Victim Advocacy
Robyn Wiktorski-Reynolds, the advocate program coordinator for Crisis Services in Buffalo, New York, has worked in the field of domestic violence and sexual assault for 12 years. Here she discusses the collaborative nature of victim advocacy work. SARAH SCHWEIG: Hi. I’m Sarah Schweig of the Center for Court Innovation, and today I’m speaking with Robyn Wiktorski-Reynolds. Robyn is the advocate program coordinator for Crisis Services in Buffalo, New York, and she has worked in the field of domestic violence and sexual assault for 12 years. Welcome. ROBYN WIKTORS...
2011-06-01
00 min
New Thinking, from the Center for Justice Innovation
Privileged Work: A Conversation about Victim Advocacy
Robyn Wiktorski-Reynolds, the advocate program coordinator for Crisis Services in Buffalo, New York, has worked in the field of domestic violence and sexual assault for 12 years. Here she discusses the collaborative nature of victim advocacy work. SARAH SCHWEIG: Hi. I’m Sarah Schweig of the Center for Court Innovation, and today I’m speaking with Robyn Wiktorski-Reynolds. Robyn is the advocate program coordinator for Crisis Services in Buffalo, New York, and she has worked in the field of domestic violence and sexual assault for 12 years. Welcome. ROBYN WIKTORS...
2011-06-01
00 min