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The Creative WaySouthern Oregon Repertory Singers highlight Britten and Mozart in concertSouthern Oregon Repertory Singers (Prateek Sharma
Teek Sharma Photo)The Southern Oregon Repertory Singers will present "Grace Before Sleep" this March, a concert centered on music’s ability to inspire gratitude in difficult times. Music director Paul French highlights Benjamin Britten, a composer he considers the most influential of the 20th century. He notes that Britten’s "Hymn to St. Cecilia" anchors the program, invoking the patron saint of music to “appear and inspire” musicians and ignite creativity.Rock star return The performance marks the group’s 40th anniversary and the return of guest a...
2026-02-2315 min
The Jefferson ExchangeJPR arts and music experts share what to watch and hear this month(Bill Saltzstein / billsaltphoto.com)In this episode of JX Arts, host Natalie Golay sat down with JPR’s resident guides, Vanessa Finney and Dave Jackson, to highlight the vibrant cultural scene across southern Oregon and northern California.Cinema and stage highlightsVanessa Finney called the premier of the independent film "Ernie and Emma" at the Holly Theatre perfect. Directed by and starring local resident and celebrity Hollywood actor, Bruce Campbell, the movie features local landmarks like the Rogue River, Applegate River and a Bigfoot trap. The film even uses local musicians for its soundtrack. ...
2026-02-1929 min
My Better HalfWhy the fitness industry may be missing the point of healthAuthor Dave Young in his book, "A Mild Case of Dread," explores the mental and physical toll being exacted on Americans who stress and obsess over health and fitness training. (Bradley Chiropractic Nutrition Center)After more than a decade owning a health club, Dave Young came to believe the modern fitness industry often misses the point of living well.Young, JPR's operations manager and author of "A Mild Case of Dead," argues that an intense focus on weight loss, body image and performance metrics can distract people from deeper questions about purpose and meaning. He says fitness...
2026-01-3130 min
Moriarty AudiosAsesinato en el Orient Express (Sidney Lumet 1974)Título original: Murder on the Orient Express
Año: 1974
Duración: 127 min.
País: Reino Unido
Dirección: Sidney Lumet
Guion: Paul Dehn. Novela: Agatha Christie
Reparto:
Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Sean Connery, Anthony Perkins, Vanessa Redgrave, Jacqueline Bisset, Richard Widmark, Martin Balsam, Jean-Pierre Cassel, John Gielgud, Michael York, Wendy Hiller, Rachel Roberts
Música: Richard Rodney Bennett
Fotografía: Geoffrey Unsworth
Compañías: EMI Films, G.W. Films Limited. Distribuidora: Paramount Pictures
Género: Intriga. Drama | Trenes / Metros. Crimen. Whodunit
Sinopsis:
Adaptación de una de las novelas más conocidas de Agatha Christie. Narra la historia de...
2026-01-252h 07The Creative WayAshland tech veteran builds art museum for the digital ageScreenshot from the Art Authority Museum website.(Art Authority Museum )A new online platform aims to make fine art more accessible by turning museum visits into immersive digital experiences.The Art Authority Museum is a virtual institution founded by Ashland resident Alan Oppenheimer, a former Apple engineer. The project is built around a simple goal, Oppenheimer said: to “bring all the world’s art to all the world” using the immersive capabilities of Apple’s Vision Pro headset.Alan Oppenheimer wearing Apple Vision Pro, which gives wearers an immersive art experience(Alan Oppenheimer )The platform...
2026-01-2415 minThe Jefferson ExchangeExploring music and arts across Southern Oregon and Northern CaliforniaDave Jackson (left), host of Open Air on JPR's Rhythm and News Service, and Vanessa Finney (right), JPR arts reporter and host of The Creative Way and My Better Half podcasts, join Jefferson Exchange host Mike Green in the JPR studio on Jan. 20, 2026. (JPR Senior Producer Natalie Golay)Each month, we explore the music, culture and the arts around Southern Oregon and Northern California. Listeners are invited to join the conversation by sharing thoughts on arts and music performances in the region. Email your thoughts to jx@jeffnet.org, and we'll feature select listener recommendations in a...
2026-01-2029 min
The Creative WayNew BASE series highlights Black cultural legacy in Southern Oregon Vance Beach is Executive Director of the Black Alliance & Social Empowerment (B.A.S.E.) of Southern Oregon.( Vance Beach)On The Creative Way, host Vanessa Finney talks with Vance Beach, executive director of Black Alliance & Social Empowerment (BASE), and artist Crystal Profitt about a new project centered on Black history, identity, and creative expression in southern Oregon.BASE, a Medford-based nonprofit, works to build connection, collaboration, and opportunity for Black communities across the region. With support from a grant from the Oregon Cultural Trust, the organization is launching Black Cultural Legacy, a new series that highlights...
2026-01-0915 minMy Better Half'Aging While Black' amplifies experiences of elderly Black AmericansPortrait of Raymond Jetson and Kali Graves at the Baton Rouge IBM lobby.(Tim Mueller Photography / TM)Raymond Jetson is an advocate whose work centers on equity, dignity and community-driven change. In February 2023, he helped launch Aging While Black, a national movement designed to amplify the voices and experiences of Black elders and to rethink aging in America at the intersection of race.Jetson discusses the movement’s three guiding pillars: recalibrating the village, embracing innovation and rapid change, and leaning into Sankofa — the idea of looking to the past to help shape the future.Jets...
2025-12-1914 minThe Jefferson ExchangeOregon author traces Lin-Manuel Miranda's journey from childhood to celebrity Portland State Professor Daniel Pollack-Pelzner is the author of a new book about the life of one of America's most iconic storytellers, Lin-Manuel Miranda.( Simon and Schuster)How did Lin-Manuel Miranda, the sweet, sensitive son of Puerto Rican parents from an immigrant neighborhood in Manhattan, rise to become the preeminent musical storyteller of the 21st century? Vanessa Finney visits with Portland State Professor Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, author of "Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of an Artist."The book traces Miranda's path from an often isolated child to the winner of multiple Tonys and Grammys for...
2025-12-1215 min
My Better HalfManaging loss with creativityAt 59, Julie Anderson Bailey has survived midlife's tough transitions: divorce, the death of a partner and parents, and an empty nest. Art has been there through it all.Learn More: SOPBS The Work of Art Profile / Julie Anderson Bailey
2025-11-2614 min
The Creative WayBritt Festival Orchestra names new music directorNorman Huynh was named the new music director of the Britt Festival Orchestra.( Britt Festival)Norman Huynh, the new Music Director at the Britt Festival, talks with Vanessa Finney, host of The Creative Way, about transitioning into his new role, his program for the 2026 season, and his long-term artistic vision for the orchestra.
2025-11-2114 minMy Better HalfLifelong artist returns to first lovePam Haunschild in her studio.Pam Haunschild rose to the top of her profession, teaching organizational theory at the business schools at Stanford and Texas-Austin. It's a long way off from her original interest, art. Pam had an art scholarship in front of her when she was young, but opted for the other path. Then she retired from teaching and moved to Oregon. Now she's creating art on a regular basis, finding the joy in returning to an old love. Pam is the focus of the latest chapter of My Better Half, an...
2025-10-1715 minThe Creative WayLocal Dover Quartet cellist joins The Creative Way Dover Quartet (l-r): Joel Link (violin), Brian Lee (violin), Julianne Lee (viola), and Camden Shaw (cello). The group will perform in the Music Recital Hall at Southern Oregon University on Oct. 12.(Roy Cox)The Creative Way host, Vanessa Finney, talks with cellist Camden Shaw. Shaw is an Ashland native and one-fourth of the famed Dover Quartet, which has a scheduled concert on October 12 at SOU.
2025-10-1014 min
The Creative WayThe Creative Way: Ashland New Plays Festival( Ashland New Plays Festival)Vanessa Finney, host of The Creative Way, visits with Jackie Apodaca, Artistic Director with the Ashland New Plays Festival, and Victor Lesniewski, festival co-host, playwright and former winner of the festival.ABOUTAshland New Plays Festival is a nonprofit theatre that encourages playwrights in the creation of new works through public readings. It also offers an educational forum to the community through discussions and workshops. ANPF’s flagship Fall Festival (October 15-19, 2025) is an international playwright competition that culminates in th...
2025-10-0315 minMy Better HalfMenopause The Musical 2 sails into Medford Oct 11(Image courtesy of Menopause The Musical)Menopause The Musical 2 is touring the nation with a scheduled performance at the Craterian Theater in Medford on Saturday, Oct 11 at 3pm. Marie Louise Lee (L) and Teri Adams (R)( Marie Louise Lee, Teri Adams)Two of the stars on the show, Teri Adams and Mary-Louise Lee, discuss the performance with Vanessa Finney, host of My Better Half. ABOUT THE SHOWThe hysterical sequel to the smash-hit Menopause The Musical® is finally here! Five years after t...
2025-09-2615 min
The Creative Way'Letters From Almeda' feature oral histories from Almeda fire survivors in songComposer/Music Director Jesse Sanchez, director Dalia Ashurina and lyricist Sami Horneff have been collecting oral histories from survivors of the Almeda Fire. They join Vanessa Finney to discuss their transformation of the collected histories into the basis of a song cycle called "Letters From Almeda."
2025-09-1214 min
Let’s CommiserateEpisode 52 — "Murder on the Orient Express" (1974) ReviewAll aboard for part two of our Murder on the Orient Express series! 🚂 Sam and Dave dive into Sidney Lumet’s (or "Plumet", depending on how Sam is pronouncing it that day) 1974 star-studded adaptation of Agatha Christie’s classic mystery. From Albert Finney’s eccentric take on Poirot to Ingrid Bergman’s surprising Oscar win, we unpack the glamour, the drama, and whether this lavish version of Christie’s novel still holds up.🔥 In this episode we cover:🎭 The legendary ensemble cast: Sean Connery, Lauren Bacall, Vanessa Redgrave, Ingrid Bergman & more🕵️♂️ Albert Finney’s Poirot — brilliant or over-the-top?🎬 Sidney Lumet’s d...
2025-09-081h 49The Creative WayComedic stars Kate Flannery and Jane Lynch hit Medford and Redding( Jane Lynch)Kate Flannery and Jane Lynch are on tour together with a new show called "The Trouble With Angels." The tour has upcoming performances in southern Oregon and northern California. The comedy duo join host Vanessa Finney on The Creative Way.Sept. 5: The Cascade Theatre in ReddingThe Cascade show has been canceled due to illness.Sept.13: The Craterian Theater in MedfordABOUT THE SHOW:It’s like the Rat Pack… but with a couple of broa...
2025-08-2914 minThe Creative WayBuena Vista Orchestra at the Britt( Southern Oregon magazine)The Buena Vista Orchestra, which tours with including original Buena Vista Social Club members, will perform at the Britt Festival in Jacksonville on August 12, 2025. Their project offers a compelling cultural narrative, blending the rich traditions of Cuban music with contemporary interpretations. Buena Vista Social Club at the Britt 2025Vanessa Finney interviews the band's manager, Steven Machat, a seasoned entertainment mogul and author of, "I Can Hear Music: The Heroes and Villains of the Muses."Machat joins The Creative Way to discuss The Buena Vista Orchestra's unique...
2025-08-1113 minThe Creative WayPhoenix to host inaugural Comic Expo Aug 9On The Fly Comics was founded by artists Mark Melton, Matt Case and Vince Rush( On The Fly Comics)The annual Rogue Comic Con in May draws thousands of visitors to its celebration of comics, pop culture, design, and technology. Now, its creators are offering a second event. The inaugural Comic Expo in Phoenix, Oregon is set for August 9. Vanessa Finney will talk with two participating artists, Mark Melton and Matt Case, on The Creative Way. The founders of On the Fly Comics invite you to stop by...
2025-08-0814 minThe Creative WayMariachi comes to the Britt FestivalMariachi Sol De México de José Hernández will perform at Britt on August 16th.On August 16th, the Britt Festival will bring a new genre to its stage for the first time — Mariachi, as it presents Mariachi Sol De México de José Hernández.Host Vanessa Finney visits with several members of the advisory committee that was formed to help the Britt engage with the Latinx community. Her guests are: Victoria Bencomo, a migrant counselor with the Southern Oregon Education Service District, Rachel Jones, Britt Festival Director of Education and Engagement, and Diana Ramos of Coali...
2025-08-0114 minThe Creative Way'Oregon Culture Nights' demonstrates the value of traditional arts"Oregon Culture Nights" is an annual series conceived as a way to demonstrate the impact and value of traditional arts. Emily Hartlerode joins The Creative Way host, Vanessa Finney. Emily is Director of the Oregon Folklife Network at the University of Oregon. She describes the program and the July 31st artist event that closes the annual series each year.
2025-07-2514 minThe Creative WayOSF's Shane reinterprets the traditional "Western"The classic novel and movie Western "Shane" is an adventure full of farmers, a range war, and a mysterious gunslinger. Karen Zacarías’s adaptation opens July 31 at OSF on the Angus Bowmer stage. Director Blake Robison turns a fresh eye toward the myths of the American West. This culturally authentic take on the Jack Schaefer novel brings an entirely new perspective, revealing a historically accurate image of the Western frontier filled with Mexican farmers, Black cowboys, and Indigenous nations. Blake and playwright Karen Zacarías will talk with JPR's Vanessa Finney about their vision.
2025-07-1114 minThe Creative WayRogue Valley Symphony Director leads 'Tanglewood of the West Coast'The Creative Way host, Vanessa Finney, visits with Martin Majkut, Director of the Rogue Valley Symphony, in the JPR studio.Majkut took on a new role this year as the new head of the Oregon Coast Music Festival. The 47th Annual Festival runs July 12 – 26, 2025 in Coos Bay, North Bend, Bandon, and Charleston.
Known as the “Tanglewood of the West Coast,” the Oregon Coast Music Festival is the longest-running music festival on the Oregon Coast, including more than 80 musicians from across the country. The festival features both classical music and Jazz.
2025-06-2714 minMy Better HalfFrom advertising executive to healthcare activist: A "reckoning of the soul"My Better Half host Vanessa Finney visits with Kate Grant, who was in her 40s when she joined a movement to end obstetric fistula - a devastating childbirth complication that often adds insult to injury. At 66, she's published an award-winning memoir about it: "No Woman Left Behind: A Journey of Hope to Heal Every Woman Injured in Childbirth."
2025-06-2014 minMy Better HalfWoman of tenacity applies herself to flying planes, then perfecting sourdoughAs a high schooler in Japan in 1994, Miwa Aoki Russell ditched class one day and took a two-hour bus ride to meet the first female pilot in Japan. She was hoping for guidance in her chosen career path in aviation, but was met only with discouragement. Instead of quitting, the 16-year-old asked herself, "Ok, Miwa, what's the next step?"Miwa explains to My Better Half host Vanessa Finney how she left her native Japan to study in the U.S. and pursue her dream of becoming an airplane pilot. After a long career in flying...
2025-06-1336 minMy Better HalfVanessa Finney's essay on older residents thriving published by Oregon Humanities magazineIn honor of Oregon Humanities magazine publishing Vanessa Finney's essay on Oregon's thriving older residents, we replay this episode of My Better Half with host Vanessa Finney talking with anti-ageism activist Ashton Applewhite. (Applewhite is included in Finney's essay in the Oregon Humanities magazine).To see the article, visit oregonhumanities.org and search "My Better Half" or click here.
2025-06-0614 minThe Creative Way'IN A LANDSCAPE' is a traveling classical concert performed in outdoor natural spaces"IN A LANDSCAPE: Classical Music in the Wild" is the outdoor concert series where America’s most stunning landscapes replace the traditional concert hall. A nine-foot Steinway grand piano travels on a flatbed trailer to State and National Parks, urban green spaces, working ranches, and historical sites for classical music concerts that connect people with each landscape. Hunter Noack performs in an outdoor setting.( IN A LANDSCAPE)Founded in 2016 by classical pianist Hunter Noack, "IN A LANDSCAPE" has presented 305 concerts in Oregon, Washington, Montana, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, California, New York, and Canada to ov...
2025-05-3014 minThe Creative WayDocumentary tells story of young artists breaking barriersBold young artists share their stories through art in a new documentary from KEET PBS. Vanessa Finney speaks with the film's producer, Jack Lucido, on The Creative Way.A free screening of the film followed by a talk will be at the Instructional Media Center, 400 W. Harding Avenue in Crescent City, CA, on Saturday, May 10. Doors open at 5pm. Film starts at 6pm.REGISTER: KEET.ORG
2025-05-1014 minMy Better Half'Encore: A High Achiever's Guide to Thriving in Retirement'Retirement Transition Expert Elizabeth Zelinka Parsons talks about her new book, “Encore: A High Achiever’s Guide to Thriving in Retirement" with My Better Half host Vanessa Finney.
2025-04-1814 minThe Creative WayAshland Independent Film Festival features 'I Know Catherine, The Log Lady'The 2025 Ashland Independent Film Festival (AIFF) presents 16 features, shorts, and programs that include the Oregon premiere of the documentary "I Know Catherine, The Log Lady."( AIFF)Vanessa Finney, host of The Creative Way, visits with Gary Lundgren and Richard Herskowitz from AIFF. Richard Herskowitz is Co-Director of Programming for AIFF. Gary Lundgren of Ashland is personally connected to Catherine Coulson, the featured star of the documentary film, "I Know Catherine, The Log Lady." Richard Green, the filmmaker, also joins the conversation. The Creative Way host Vanessa Finney with...
2025-04-1128 minThe Creative WayWild and Scenic Film Fest on tour in southern OregonThe Wild and Scenic Film Festival (WSFF) is celebrating more than two decades of inspiring activism through film and art. Every year since 2005, after the flagship Wild & Scenic Film Festival ends in Nevada City, CA, the film festival hits the road and the On Tour program begins! With 110+ Wild & Scenic events a year WSFF programming reaches more than 30,000 people annually through partnerships with land trusts, waterkeepers, schools, and other NGOs. In 2024 WSFF helped host organizations raise over $1,000,000 for their organizations and communities.This year's WSFF hosts in Oregon are Rogue Riverkeeper and KS Wild. The...
2025-04-0414 minThe Creative WayOregon's first-ever 'Waitress' arrives at the CabaretThe Oregon Cabaret Theatre is the first theater in Oregon to present the musical, "Waitress." Director Lauren Blair describes this as a story of “chosen” family, based on caring actions rather than blood ties and marriage. ( Oregon Cabaret Theater)
2025-03-2914 minThe Creative WayBloomsbury Books shares March releasesBloomsbury Book's new co-owner, Megan Isser, gives a glimpse into this season's new books from authors Suzanne Collins, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Charlotte McConaghy and more.
2025-03-2514 min
Australian HighlightsThe Scott sisters, scientific illustratorsDr Vanessa Finney, Head of World Cultures, Archives and Research Library at the Australian Museum introduces us to the Scott sisters, possibly Australia’s first professional female illustrators. Their scientific paintings of life-sized moths and butterflies must have been produced with microscopes and single-hair brushes to capture colour, texture and details of tiny features like caterpillar legs and moth antennae.Vanessa oversees the collection of the sisters’ work, held at the Australian Museum, and wrote the book on the sisters, Transformations, Harriet and Helena Scott: colonial Sydney's finest natural history artists, which explores the lives of these two...
2025-03-1333 minMy Better HalfDebra Whitman on age-friendly cities in OregonWhen Deb Whitman and her husband Glenn exchanged vows in 1999, they promised to love each other until they were 103. To some, the optimism sounded like a joke. But as an expert on aging, Deb knew the odds were in their favor to live that long: They were fit, well educated, and financially secure—all factors that boost life expectancy. So they conducted their lives and retirement planning with that age as a target. Her husband's heart attack on a hike at age 46, though, started her mission to determine why some of us live much longer and healthier lives than ot...
2025-03-0714 minThe Creative WayTim Bond to direct "Jitney" at OSF"Jitney" is part of a 10-part dramatic cycle written by Wilson between 1982 and 2005. The cycle also includes titles like "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," "The Piano Lesson," and "Fences."
2025-02-2815 minThe Creative WayBanff Mountain Film Festival - this weekend and beyondThe annual Banff festival is a key fundraiser for the Redding Trails Alliance. Camille Knudsen, RTA's Operations Director, talks about the work they do year-round and the seven films that audiences will see. After the February 22 event in Redding, the festival continues winding its way through the region, including stops in Arcata, Eugene, and Bend.(tamara susa / Banff)
2025-02-2114 minMy Better HalfRenee Montagne steps away from the mic and into the unknown"Morning Edition", hosts Steve Inskeep and Renee Montagne. (Stephen Voss/Stephen Voss)Renee Montagne began freelancing for NPR in the 1980s, eventually co-hosting All Things Considered and Morning Edition. During her 44 years at the network, her storytelling style won listeners' hearts and major journalism awards - many of them during her second half of life.
2025-02-0714 minMy Better HalfManaging Loss With CreativityAt 59, Julie Anderson Bailey has survived midlife's tough transitions: divorce, the death of a partner and parents, and an empty nest. Art has been there through it all.Learn More: SOPBS The Work of Art Profile / Julie Anderson Bailey
2025-01-3114 minThe Creative WayOutliers and OutlawsStarting in the 1960s, hundreds of lesbians from around the country began migrating to Eugene, Oregon. The Eugene Lesbian History Project is a digital humanities project by the University of Oregon that preserves and shares this unique history. The project includes filmed oral histories with 83 narrators, a digital exhibit, a museum exhibit, and a documentary film. TCW will focus on the documentary, with Director Courtney Hermann and G. Chesler, Producer of Marketing, Distribution and Outreach.
2025-01-2414 minThe Creative WayLocal Booksellers Suggest Winter ReadsThree booksellers dish about new work from Ina Garten, Patti Smith, Maria Popova, and Robin Wall Kimmerer - as well as perennial bestsellers, and children's books set in winter.
2025-01-0314 minThe Creative WayThe Making of a National OrchestraIn her new memoir, “Reach Up: My Beautiful Journey with James DePreist,” Ginette DePreist describes the renowned conductor's work with the Oregon Symphony.
2024-12-2014 minThe Creative Way"Follow me into Auschwitz...." Felicia Lubliner after liberation.( Irving Lubliner)On this episode of The Creative Way with host Vanessa Finney, Felicia Lubliner's son Irving Lubliner shares his mother's drive to bear witness. He's collected her writings into a book, "Only Hope: A Survivor's Stories of the Holocaust;" an audiobook narrated by Christine Williams; and now a stage play starring Williams and directed by Liisa Ivary. Irv says the title refers to the force that kept his mother going, and to his own hope that her testament "will inspire others to stand up against bigotry, reject dehumanization, and embrace...
2024-12-0614 minThe Creative WayWeavers of Indigenous Culture Still Very Present in OregonAs a tribal member with the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, Chantele Rilatos' art of traditional weaving carries on the work of her ancestors. She describes to JPR's Vanessa Finney using techniques and plant materials native to her people's historical homeland: encompassing Western Oregon from the summit of the Cascade mountains to the Pacific, from southwestern Washington State to Northern California.
2024-11-2212 minThe Creative WayNPR, women, and the music they makeVanessa Finney talks with Ann Powers and Alison Fensterstock, two contributors to the book, "How Women Made Music: A Revolutionary History."( Harper Academic)The book was published October 1, 2024 and includes material drawn from more than 50 years of NPR's coverage of great musical heroes and creators. This book is a must-have for music fans, songwriters, feminist historians, and those interested in how artists think and work.
2024-11-0814 minThe Creative WayHello, Halloween! A curated list of Spooky ReadsIn the mood for some Appalachian Goth? How about an ecological dark fantasy occult family drama? Booksellers at Ashland's Bloomsbury Books give their scary-book recommendations from a wealth of Horror subgenres — including cozy mysteries no more frightful than the creak in your rocking chair.Booksellers: Susan ChapmanRiley Oken Nicholas Anderson Cody Lakin Books: "The Bog Wife" by Kate Chronister "Smothermoss" by Alisa Alering "The Damned" by J.K. Huysmans "Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology"...and many more!
2024-11-0114 minMy Better HalfLove after 50My Better Half host Vanessa Finney explores the intricacies of relationships among the population of seasoned citizens with Francine Russo, author of Love After 50: How to find it, enjoy it, keep it. (Simon and Schuster, Active Aging with Oseterics / Simon and Schuster, Active Aging with Oseterics)Russo offers a comprehensive and intimate guide to finding, keeping, and enjoying love after fifty ... the best kind of love there is. Studies show that love after fifty is more satisfying than at any other stage in life, and it makes sense: at this stage...
2024-10-2514 minThe Creative WayOctavio Solis, Artistic Director of the Ashland Beckett Shorts FestivalHost Vanessa Finney interviews playwright Octavio Solis, the Artistic Director of the Ashland Beckett Shorts Festival on The Creative Way. The festival presents six short plays by Samuel Beckett each night in sort of a venue crawl starting on the OSF bricks. From October 24-27, each night at 7pm, an exploration of Beckett’s experimental theatre takes over downtown Ashland, Oregon. The entire festival takes place in non-traditional theatre spaces, and rain or shine, audiences will travel from place to place to...
2024-10-1814 minThe Creative WayLife, Death, and Ethnic Representation: New Plays Dive DeepTwo of the four playwrights featured during the annual Ashland New Plays Festival at Southern Oregon University October 16-20 are Novid Parsi (The Life You Gave Me) and Keiko Green (You Are Cordially Invited to the End of the World). They join host, Vanessa Finney, on The Creative Way. The Life You Gave Me depicts a son's attempt to extricate his mother from an abusive marriage. He faces two challenges: the mother’s own reluctance to leave, and two theater gatekeepers who critique the playwright’s representation of a Middl...
2024-10-1114 minThe Creative WayHe's won an Oscar, a Grammy, and now a Rogue AwardJeffrey Friedman talks to JPR's Vanessa Finney about two films screening at this weekend's Ashland Independent Film Festival: Taylor Mac's 24-Decade History of Popular Music and MÚSICA! a film that follows four young Cuban musicians over the course of five years - including a field trip to New Orleans.
2024-10-0414 minMy Better HalfStep. Think. Repeat. An 80-year-old woman's 800-mile-long project Diana Coogle takes a hike(Diana Coogle / Diana Coogle)Longtime listeners of Jefferson Public Radio might be familiar with the voice of Diana Coogle. Starting in the 1980s, she aired commentaries about life living off the grid in the Siskiyou Mountains, raising a son in a home she built herself. The 21st century has been fruitful for her, too. In her 60s, she earned her PhD at the University of Oregon. And when she turned 79, she decided to walk 800 miles in the year leading up to her 80th birthday.
2024-09-2714 min
AMplify - Conversations at the Australian MuseumGerard Krefft: A Saga of Science and ScandalUnceremoniously ejected from the Australian Museum 150 years ago, former AM Curator, Gerard Krefft, was Australia's first zoologist and helped foster a national understanding and appreciation for natural sciences.
Join us for a free and fascinating discussion on 'Gerard Krefft: A Saga of Science and Scandal', held on Saturday 21 September 2024.
Featuring AM Director and CEO Kim McKay AO; former Director Dr Des Griffin AM; and our Head of World Cultures, Archives & Library, Dr Vanessa Finney.
2024-09-2759 minThe Creative WayFor this poet laureate, the land is her museThe Creative Way host Vanessa Finney visits with Oregon's new poet laureate, Ellen Waterston of Bend, to talk about the state's literary landscape.
2024-09-1314 minThe Creative WayNative American Comedian Mark YaffeeVanessa Finney talks with Mark Yaffee, a Native American comedian who was steered into a career in comedy after being urged by his co-workers who thought he was funny. He worked at the DMV.
2024-08-2314 minThe Creative WayFight! Fight! Fight! (But safely!)Audiences may be forgiven for assuming fight scenes in plays are real, considering that actors do an excellent job of bringing them to life. In reality, fight scenes are meticulously choreographed and repeatedly practiced to ensure safety, and to ensure the fights come across as realistically as possible. That task requires a dedicated fight choreographer. In this edition of the Creative Way, Vanessa Finney sits down with the fight choreographer from OSF's production of Macbeth, Rocio Mendez. They also discuss Rocio's role as an intimacy director on Jane Eyre.
2024-08-1614 minMy Better HalfNinety-three year-old sprinter from Ashland encourages everyone to get out and move Roy Sutton and fellow medalist at the 2023 National Senior GamesEver wonder why local papers don't cover senior games like they cover high school and college sports? Ashland sprinter Roy Sutton has placed well in his age group at the two main annual masters sports events in Oregon - the Hayward Classic in Eugene and the Oregon Senior Games in Corvallis - and it's just the latest part of his lifelong commitment to staying physically active. He attributes his high level of health to regular exercise, something backed up by research pointing to lifestyle as a greater...
2024-08-0214 minThe Creative WayThe brains behind the legal blondeIt's not JUST that the stage version of "Legally Blonde" added songs. That's plenty right there, but the tale of the underestimated blonde woman who gets herself a law degree has several more dimensions as a musical. Dancing for one, jumping rope for another. It goes on from there, and Lauren Blair is in charge of all of it, as the director and choregrapher and casting director for the show, now onstage at Oregon Cabaret Theatre. Vanessa Finney visits with the director in a new edition of The...
2024-07-2614 minMy Better HalfDoctor, doctor, give me the grapesDr. Peter Adesman was well along in his medical career when he decided to do something else. Not instead of doctoring, but in addition to it. So he planted grapevines on his property, and thus was born Peter William Vineyard. The operation produces several different kinds of wine, all the while Adesman and his wife, Dr. Robin Miller, continue their medical careers. Vanessa Finney talks to Adesman about making the late-in-life dedication to an avocation, in a new edition of My Better Half.
2024-07-1214 minThe Creative WaySongs and stories of the Irish diaspora, straight from Oregon's outbackNew York. Chicago. Plush. Plush, as in Plush, Oregon? Yep, it's one of the places in the country that saw a large influx of Irish people from the middle of the 19th century onward.Corey Murphy sings songs of the Irish diaspora, with a special focus on the pipeline of people from the Old Country to Lake County. He's got an event coming up (July 13th) in Klamath Falls, to share some of his songs and stories, and Vanessa Finney grabbed him for an advance interview. Corey Murphy is our latest...
2024-06-2814 minMy Better HalfPicking up barbells (many times) in middle ageCathleen Calkins was always fairly athletic, but she was well along in life before she got into competitive weightlifting. She liked it, and did it well, eventually working her way up to a state record in her age class (she's 58). We hear her story of learning a new sport in a new edition of My Better Half, with host Vanessa Finney. Cathleen Calkins gives details of what she's done in powerlifting, and what it's done for her.
2024-06-1614 min
My Better HalfPicking up barbells (many times) in middle ageCathleen Calkins was always fairly athletic, but she was well along in life before she got into competitive weightlifting. She liked it, and did it well, eventually working her way up to a state record in her age class (she's 58). We hear her story of learning a new sport in a new edition of My Better Half, with host Vanessa Finney. Cathleen Calkins gives details of what she's done in powerlifting, and what it's done for her.
2024-06-1414 minMy Better HalfPicking up barbells (many times) in middle ageCathleen Calkins was always fairly athletic, but she was well along in life before she got into competitive weightlifting. She liked it, and did it well, eventually working her way up to a state record in her age class (she's 58). We hear her story of learning a new sport in a new edition of My Better Half, with host Vanessa Finney. Cathleen Calkins gives details of what she's done in powerlifting, and what it's done for her.
2024-06-1414 minThe Creative WayAn artist-in-residence describes a stay at Hyatt LakeImagine a vacation in a beautiful place, that someone else pays for. Just one catch: you have to do some work while you're there. In the latest edition of The Creative Way, Host Vanessa Finney visits with Science Illustrator Serena Richelle at Hyatt Lake. Richelle is camping as part of a two-week Artist Residency program organized annually by the BLM. Listen for details of the residency, and how the artist is spending it.
2024-06-0714 minThe Creative WaySOU Choir's Spring Concert, 'capAble,' focuses on accessibilityWhile there have been efforts to make live performances more accessible to disabled audience members, large events, concerts, and festivals aren't always the most welcoming to disabled patrons. The SOU Choir's Spring Concert aims to highlight accessibility and center the voices of people who navigate the world differently.JPR's Creative Way host, Vanessa Finney speaks with Choir Director Jerron Jorgensen about the upcoming concert and how to make live performances more welcoming.
2024-05-3114 minThe Creative WayDream of Gold comes true for 'T-Rex'As part of its Wednesdays at the movies series featuring curated films, the Ashland Independent Film Festival is presenting, T-Rex. It's a 2015 documentary film about Claressa Shields, a 17-year old from Flint, Michigan who dreamed of being the first woman in history to win a gold medal in Olympic boxing. Creative Way host Vanessa Finney speaks with AIFF Executive Director Jim Fredericks, filmmaker Gary Kout, and T-Rex director Drea Cooper.
2024-05-2414 minMy Better HalfMy Better Half: Founder of the Betty Kwan Chinn Homeless FoundationFor decades, Humboldt County humanitarian Betty Kwan Chinn has helped community members suffering from homelessness, and mental health and substance abuse issues. She's the founder and director of The Betty Kwan Chinn Homeless Foundation, which feeds hundreds of homeless Californians a day, helps them secure jobs, and trains them to help others. She's also the subject of the biography, The Gray Bird Sings: The Extraordinary Life of Betty Kwan Chinn, by author Karen Price. Chinn joins My Better Half with host Vanessa Finney to discuss her work, her journey from homeless...
2024-05-1714 minThe Creative WayPhoenix artist curates Woman Kind exhibitBeca Blake creates art in a number of different media, a sign of her versatility. That ability to shift with circumstances came in handy during a period when Blake and her children were briefly homeless. And her interest in art and community led to her curating the Woman Kind contemporary art exhibit on display for much of April at an art gallery in Phoenix. Beca Blake is the first guest in The Creative Way, hosted by JPR's Vanessa Finney. She and Beca explore art and the impulse to create it, and to foster...
2024-05-0814 minThe Creative WayTake that, Elizabethans: putting Shakespeare's men in the body of a woman Lisa Wolpe in performance.(Jenny Graham / Oregon Shakespeare Festival)You know how, back in Williams Shakespeare's time, ALL of the parts were played by men, no matter the genders of the characters? Lisa Wolpe has been working for a while now to turn that on its head. It is entirely possible that Wolpe has played more of Shakespeare's male characters than any other woman in history. And she strings together several of Shakespeare's male monologues into a one-person show, "Shakespeare and the Alchemy of Gender," running through next week at the...
2024-04-2613 minMy Better HalfHow a fashion-conscious woman landed a modeling contract in her 60sShe wasn't a model, but she looked like one. Ten years ago, Lyn Slater was mistaken for a famous model. She was already into fashion, and the incident led to a persona as The Accidental Icon, Lyn's blog and Instagram presence, and now to a book, How to Be Old: Lessons in Living Boldly from the Accidental Icon. That's a lot of activity for the latter half of life, and Lyn Slater is Vanessa Finney's guest in a new edition of My Better Half. Oh, and Lyn...
2024-03-2928 minMy Better HalfWellness for the member of the family that can't say the term (woof!)If you don't like artificial ingredients in your food, why would your pet? That's the basic thinking behind Wellness Pet Supplies in Ashland, which goes well beyond food, to toys and supplies and anything else used by the family pet, all designed to be environmentally friendly. Billie Jo Vinson co-founded the store later in life, getting the attention of our My Better Half podcast, which visits with people who've made significant gains and changes in life's second act. Host Vanessa Finney talks to Billie Jo Vinson about health for people, health...
2024-02-2314 minMy Better HalfIt's okay to be gray: deep thoughts on deep-seated ageism in societyThink about the last social gathering you attended: how broad was the age range of the people in attendance? The question goes to how often we cluster with people around our own age... and conversely, how little we mingle with people much younger or older. This is a focus for Ashton Applewhite, who spends much of her time and energy calling out ageism in society, everything from our social-group choices to our aversion to wrinkles and gray hair. Vanessa Finney hosts Applewhite in a new edition of our podcast My Better Half, exploring her book
2024-01-1214 minMy Better HalfWhat makes a person open a cooking school late in life, and what makes a muffin cosmicIt's not the years in your life, it's the life in your years. Somebody said that, and our guests on My Better Half continually prove it. Deborah Costella is the latest example, a former dancer who decided to attend cooking school in her 40s, and proceeded to cook and educate people about cooking. But it was in her mid-60s that Deborah opened Cosmic Muffin School of Cookery in downtown Ashland. MBH host Vanessa Finney returns to get the details from Deborah about her wrinkles on cooking--including cooking with cannabis.
2023-11-1014 minMy Better HalfMy Better Half profiles a provider of sight and sound for film projectsOne nice thing about being on Earth for a while is having the time to develop your skills. Not just in one line of work, either. Take Antonio Melendez as an example... he's familiar with photography and cameras and has worked as director, director of photography, and camera operator on TV and film projects. Antonio Melendez. Courtesy of ModernKlassical.comBut he's also got a degree in music, and composes music for TV and film as well. Vanessa Finney introduces us to Antonio Melendez in the latest edition of My Better Half...
2023-10-2014 minMy Better HalfExpert on healthy aging visits the latest installment of My Better HalfWe may have a "golden years" mindset about retirement, but our bodies can have other ideas. Wishful thinking still has to live in the real world, and aging presents some challenges. Dr. Rosanne Leipzig has long been a proponent of healthy aging, and lays out the course anew, in her book Honest Aging: An Insider's Guide to the Second Half of Life. Vanessa Finney interviews Leipzig in the latest installment of My Better Half, catching up with advice on balancing dreams with reality.
2023-09-0114 minMy Better HalfActivating the inner activist later in lifeThere's more to the second half of life than golf and fishing and traveling, even for the people so inclined to those activities. The world has a problem or two that needs solving, and just reaching "the golden years" does not exempt people from helping solve them. The organization Third Act helps mobilize people over 60 to focus on some key issues. And why not? There are so many Americans now in that age bracket. They include Deborah Moore, a retired environmental scientist in California. Her later-in-life work is the focus of the latest...
2023-07-1414 minMy Better HalfSwitching up nutrition later in lifeRemember as a kid when people urged you not to drink/eat/smoke something, because it'd stunt your growth? They might not have been wrong. Diet can make a big difference in overall health, something nutritional health coach Yaakov Levine discovered after he'd been on the Earth for a while. In a new edition of My Better Half, JPR's Vanessa Finney talks to Levine about taking up nutrition therapy later in life, and how he's still doing it at age 70. One thing he's happy to point out: it's never too late...
2023-06-0914 minMy Better HalfA visit with a Rogue Valley spa expertAs someone who had the value of water therapy instilled in her at a young age, it’s not surprising that Mary Bemis finds herself living on the Rogue River in Southern Oregon. On this episode of My Better Half, Mary outlines the Seven Tenets of Spa and charts her course to becoming known as “the mother of American spa media”. She’s long been known for making waves in the wellness industry – through the serial launches of spa magazines, and for keeping spas accountable in the way they describe their services. Her work has garnered h...
2023-05-1214 minMy Better HalfNew Yorker writer Adam Gopnik on life long learningHe's had a stellar career with words, but New Yorker staff writer Adam Gopnik is finding things especially sweet in the second half of life. After all, how often does an author get to be in a movie--playing himself--with Cate Blanchett? That was him, interviewing the lead character in the movie Tár. Now we turn the tables, and interview Gopnik for the latest edition of My Better Half. JPR's Vanessa Finney exchanges some words with the writer about the joys of lifelong learning in his new book The Real Work: O...
2023-04-1428 minMy Better HalfDocumenting life in pictures and words and more, in My Better HalfOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAHe's been on the Earth for a while now, but his fascination with the planet and its creatures shows no signs of abating for Matt Witt. The Talent-based writer and photographer and hiker stays busy, well after he retired from his old day job. And Witt shares his thoughts and fascinations in the latest edition of My Better Half, with JPR's Vanessa Finney. The series focuses on people staying busy and engaged in the second half of life, which Matt Witt certainly is.
2023-03-1714 minMy Better HalfExploring life with a death doulaYou've probably heard about birth doulas, people who assist women in delivering babies. Turns out, there are doulas for the other end of life... Sarah Doré is a tea shop owner training to be a death doula. She says that as strange as it sounds, it’s an exciting time for death and that our culture does not prepare us for the mountain of need that arises when it's time for us, or someone we love, to die. In the latest edition of My Better Half, Sara talks to JPR's Vanessa Fin...
2023-02-1014 minMy Better HalfResuming education later in lifeGoing back to college in your forties can sound scary to some people. After retiring from a media career in the Coast Guard, Eric Chandler adopted four teenagers. In his mid-forties, he went back to college to study Communications — partly to update his skills, partly to be a role model for his kids. In this episode of My Better Half, he explains how adapting to college as a 40-something was much easier than he feared. To those who might be reluctant to finish a degree as a non-traditional student, he says combining your work experience wi...
2023-01-2014 minMy Better HalfLifelong artist returns to first lovePam Haunschild rose to the top of her profession, teaching organizational theory at the business schools at Stanford and Texas-Austin. It's a long way off from her original interest, art. Pam had an art scholarship in front of her when she was young, but opted for the other path. Then she retired from teaching and moved to Oregon. Now she's creating art on a regular basis, finding the joy in returning to an old love. Pam is the focus of the latest chapter of My Better Half, an examination of late-in-life accomplishments with...
2023-01-0715 minMy Better HalfJudy Collins talks about great work in the second half of lifeIt's one thing to say, "life begins at 40 (or some other age)," and it's another to demonstrate it. Singer Judy Collins, who turned 83 this year, has turned out an impressive body of work in the second half of her life. Her visit inaugurates a recurring segment on the Exchange, My Better Half, hosted by JPR's Vanessa Finney. Not long after Judy Collins played to a big audience at the Britt Festival in Jacksonville, Judy sat down with Vanessa to talk about life and music and living well, well beyond the so-called "...
2022-10-2621 min
I Hadn't Considered That27: Building Business Beyond BiasIn this episode, I sit down with Kathryn Finney, author of Build the Damn Thing: How to Start a Successful Business If You're Not a Rich White Guy, to talk about the difference between Entitleds and Builders in the business world and how to change our thinking and strategies to create the business we're confident we can. Kathryn Finney is an author, researcher, investor, entrepreneur, and businesswoman. She is the founder of Genius Guild, a business creation platform that uses the venture studio model (Lab and Venture Fund) to invest in Black entrepreneurs building scalable businesses, and the f...
2022-08-2252 min
Doctor Who: Radio Free SkaroRadio Free Skaro #853 - A Rose by Any Other NameThe casting announcements will continue because morale improves! Official news from Auntie Beeb about Yasmin Finney joining the cast as Rose (but not THAT Rose, despite what Variety may say) as well as one Rachel Talalay AKA SuperWhoDirector back on the show! Plus the usual audio, Terry Nation Army and Timelash shenanigans and a feature interview with Matthew Jacobs and Vanessa Yuille, the co-directors and co-producers of fandom-focused documentary Doctor Who Am I! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash Yasmin Finney cast as Rose “Lily” casting notice from March Filming with Tennant and Tate...
2022-05-221h 40
Non-Fungible Television Presented by RadNon-Fungible Television Ep. 2 - Tony Mugavero, Vanessa Kincaid, Kevin Faaborg, and Michael FinneyTony Mugavero is an experienced tech entrepreneur and executive with a media, business, and computer engineering background. He's been a speaker at countless events in media, XR, and blockchain, raised 10s of millions across numerous companies, sold his first video company, and co-founded one of the biggest co-working and education companies in the US that is still going, Galvanize. Tony is the Founder and CEO of Rad. He's also the co-creator of the blockchain platform Ara Blocks. Ara is a decentralized system for all digital content that makes it easy to publish, monetize, and be rewarded as a peer...
2022-02-231h 09
Your Home RadioOctober 30, 2021 – Radio Show
Hosts: Shawn Whitfield & Mandy LivingstonGuests: John Romero & Vanessa Finney (Romero Roofing)Topic: Everything you need to know about the roof on your home.Guest: Doug Fisher (Homebuilders Association of Greater ChattanoogaTopic: Information about the 2021 Tri-State Home Show
2021-11-0253 min
Mystery to MeMurder on the Orient Express (1974)Murder on the Orient Express is a 1974 film conducted — er, directed — by Sidney Lumet, featuring a first-class-car-load of stars, including Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Sean Connery, Vanessa Redgrave, John Gielgud, Anthony Perkins, Jacqueline Bisset, Michael York, and Wendy Hiller. The flick is a highly faithful adaptation of Agatha Christie's famous 1934 classic. Albert Finney stars as Hercule Poirot, a mustachioed detective settling in for a leisurely train ride on the Orient Express. But for one mysterious fellow passenger, the ride proves to be a one-way-ticket to murder town. Tasked with capturing a vicious killer on the snowed-in locomotive before...
2021-07-1947 minSpeaking of TranslationWhat we’re reading
In this episode, Eve and Corinne discuss a favorite topic among translators: books, and what we’re reading: what genres we enjoy, how we make time for reading, how we choose new books, what formats we enjoy and don’t enjoy reading or listening to, how we track what we read, and book recommendations for our listeners!
Websites mentioned in this episode:
Eve’s Global Reads book clubReal Simple magazine’s best books of 2020, and 2021 Letterfolk’s Book Passport (“another book in the books”) Boulder Book Store (our local, independent bookstore!) Librairie Gourmande, an all-cookbook bookstore in ParisPepper...
2021-03-2200 minWhat we’re reading
In this episode, Eve and Corinne discuss a favorite topic among translators: books, and what we’re reading: what genres we enjoy, how we make time for reading, how we choose new books, what formats we enjoy and don’t enjoy reading or listening to, how we track what we read, and book recommendations for our listeners!
Websites mentioned in this episode:
Eve’s Global Reads book clubReal Simple magazine’s best books of 2020, and 2021 Letterfolk’s Book Passport (“another book in the books”) Boulder Book Store (our local, independent bookstore!) Librairie Gourmande, an all-cookbook bookstore in ParisPepper...
2021-03-2200 min
Why Watch That RadioSneak Peeks: Judas and the Black Messiah, Land, and The World to ComeOn this episode of Why Watch That:SNEAK PEEKSLandWebsite: Focus FeaturesSynopsis: From acclaimed actress Robin Wright comes her directorial debut Land, the poignant story of one woman’s search for meaning in the vast and harsh American wilderness. Edee (Wright), in the aftermath of an unfathomable event, finds herself unable to stay connected to the world she once knew and in the face of that uncertainty, retreats to the magnificent, but unforgiving, wilds of the Rockies. After a local hunter (Demián Bichir) brings her...
2021-02-1045 min
Total Movie RecallTMR 051 Holiday Special – The Nightmare Before Christmas This week on the Total Movie Recall Holiday Special, Steve and Ryan visit the mopey, gothy early 90s when Generation X looked to the high school Gloom King Tim Burton to express their so dark vision of Christmas. Stop motion animation is such a labor intensive craft that creates beautiful visions that aren’t all that interesting, which is going to enrage a bunch of high school Wiccans that love this movie. It does look great, though. Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) d. Henry Selick Starring: Danny Elfman Chr...
2020-12-291h 29
Medically Speaking RadioDr. Vanessa Walker, PulmonologistVanessa Walker, D.O., Pulmonologist and Critical Care Medicine specialist and co-host of the Lifeon10 YouTube channel joins us to talk about her viral YouTube video and caring for COVID-19 patients in the ICU.
2020-05-2526 min
Neil Corcoran (Tantric Dex)Sunshine Sounds Vol. 6Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Play and all other outlets.
**Updated May 9th 2019 at 21:00 GMT, the volume was clipping in places so I fixed it. Apologies if you downloaded already, if you're listening after that point then it's all good.**
Here's my sixth Summer sunshine sounds selection. 60 sunny sizzlers to brighten up your day.
You can find the other 5 editions here:
Volume 5:
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/tantricdex/episodes/2018-05-17T14_12_31-07_00
Volume 4:
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/tantricdex/episodes/2017-05-06T18_12_04-07_00
Volume 3:
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/tantricdex/episodes/2016-05-13T04_04_30-07_00
Volume 2:
https...
2019-05-034h 22
Good Reading PodcastHow photography at the Australian Museum aided Darwin's theoriesArchivist and curator Vanessa Finney unearths Australia's earliest natural history photographs in Capturing Nature, her new book that reveals how scientific photography began at the Australian museum.From tiny inch-long fish to whale skeletons as long as buses, the museum's camera captured thousands of extraordinary images that have never been seen by the public. Angus Dalton heads to the museum to meet Vanessa and find out how photography revolutionised scientific understanding of nature and influenced the ideas of Charles Darwin.Listen on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/2NGVDYKListen on Google Podcasts: bit.ly/2MXSxQ8About Capturing Nature: bit.ly/2HAgMUQ
2019-03-2225 min
Good Reading PodcastHow photography at the Australian Museum aided Darwin's theoriesArchivist and curator Vanessa Finney unearths Australia's earliest natural history photographs in Capturing Nature, her new book that reveals how scientific photography began at the Australian museum.
From tiny inch-long fish to whale skeletons as long as buses, the museum's camera captured thousands of extraordinary images that have never been seen by the public.
Angus Dalton heads to the museum to meet Vanessa and find out how photography revolutionised scientific understanding of nature and influenced the ideas of Charles Darwin.
Listen on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/2NGVDYK
Listen on Google Podcasts: bit.ly/2MXSxQ8
About Capturing Nature: bit.ly/2HAgMUQ
2019-03-2225 min
GLAMcityScience and photography, growing up togetherOn this episode of GLAMcity, Anna and Chelsea dive into a curious archive at the Australian Museum. In the late 19th century, the museum started to experiment with a strange new technology to capture nature. Zoologist and explorer, Gerard Krefft began taking photographs of animal specimens for the museum’s collection. Vanessa Finney, Manager, Archives, Rare books & Library Collections at the Australian Museum, joins us to talk about the collection, exhibition and book!Capturing Nature is on at the Australian Museum. For more information visit their website:ht...
2019-03-0430 min
Decades of Horror | Horror News RadioReview of The Prodigy on Horror News Radio 311 A trio of trailers invades Horror News of the Week with Pet Sematary, The Curse of La Llorona, and the MGM remake of Child's Play. The crew remembers the award-winning actor Albert Finney. And the year of the Creepy Kids begins with The Prodigy. Join Dave Dreher, Doc Rotten, Christopher G. Moore, and Vanessa Thompson as we discuss Horror News of the Week and review the latest horror offerings. As always, the HNR Grue-Crew would love to hear from you! Reach out via email at feedback(AT)horrornewsradio(DOT)com. Also, please like...
2019-02-171h 55
AMplify - Conversations at the Australian MuseumVanessa FinneyKim McKay talks to Vanessa Finney, Manager of Archives and Rare Books about the Australian Museum's newest exhibition Transformations - Art of the Scott Sisters.
"It (the Scott sisters archive) consists of 100 amazing, incredible, beautiful, jewel-like paintings, but behind that sits a larger archive of manuscripts, notebooks, sketches and drawings, which make it an unusually comprehensive view into 19th century science done by women which is incredibly rare in the Australian context." - Vanessa Finney.
2017-02-1615 min