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Unsung HistoryThe Women of the Rendezvous Plantation on Barbados in the 17th CenturyIn 1686, Susannah Mingo, Elizabeth Atkins, Dorothy Spendlove, and their children, all of whom were half-siblings, along with some of their children's other half-siblings and their children's father, boarded a ship headed from Barbados to England, where they would live out their lives. It wasn’t unusual for a plantation owner like John Peers to impregnate both his enslaved Black laborers and his white servant, but it was unusual for him to acknowledge his illegitimate offspring, baptize them, bring them and their mothers with him across the ocean, and provide for them in his will, all of which John Peers di...
2025-01-1346 min
Another Life with Joy Marie Clarkson75: Does Tikkun Olam Mean What You Think?Zohar Atkins discusses the real meaning of tikkun olam. Susannah and Zohar discuss the contemporary progressive vision of this idea, which means (or does it?) “to repair the world.” Where did that contemporary interpretation come from? And what was the original meaning?They go through the Rabbinic concept of Tikkun as equity, as a kind of emergency legal decree to be used when the law as written would lead to socially destructive outcomes. They discuss the mystery of how this legal concept became the contemporary vision of Tikkun olam as, essentially, a progressive vision of social justice.Zohar...
2024-01-2435 min
2023-08-2954 minAnother Life with Joy Marie Clarkson42: Zohar Atkins on Vows in Scripture and the Existentialists, and Listener QuestionsSusannah talks with Zohar Atkins, a rabbi and philosopher, about vows in Nietzsche, in other philosophers, and in the Jewish theological tradition.Are vows the origin of private conscience and thus the origin of secularism? Can human vows provide the kind of transcendence and eternity that even existentialists seek? Is it presumptuous to take a vow?Then, Susannah and Peter discuss what they’ve learned from editing the Vows issue of the magazine and doing the Vows season of the podcast.After that, they take listener questions – is it wrong to vow at all...
2022-11-011h 05
The Goddess Power Show with Elizabeth Ann AtkinsPassionate Couple Teaches How to Enjoy Consensual Non-MonogamyWhat if you're deeply committed to your partner, but you want to enjoy intimacy with more than one person? Or more than one gender?How do you preserve the integrity and sacredness of your relationship, while living and loving with the freedom that you truly desire?Learn how on this episode of The Goddess Power Show with Elizabeth Ann Atkins.Prepare to be wowed by Intimacy Coaches André Lazarus and Susannah Rose, who share their personal story about how they met and embarked on a lifestyle of consensual non-monogamy... and how they now coach individuals and c...
2022-08-2959 min
parterre box presents Chris's CacheSerse (Hunt Lieberson)Boston Lyric Opera March 1996 Broadcast Romilda: Amy Burton Atalanta: Susannah Waters Amastre: Kitt Reuter-Foss Serse: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Arsamene: David Daniels Ariodate: Dale Travis Elviro: John Atkins Conductor: Craig Smith
2022-02-172h 50