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In our Season 7 Episode 4 'Disappearing Act' recap, we shine a light on Aaron Spelling's dedication when it came to tackling tough subject matter.Find out how his TV movie "And the Band Played On" influenced this episode, and how he had to fight to get that movie made.Plus, what Jennie says about the 'Jimmy Gold' storyline, and how producers made this episode a teachable moment.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mirabella Johnson: Welcome to the Weinberg in the World podcast, where we bring stories of interdisciplinary thinking into today's complex world. My name is Mirabella Johnson, and I am your student host of this special episode of the podcast. I recently graduated from Northwestern's undergraduate Cognitive Science and Global Health Studies programs housed in Weinberg. And I'm currently continuing my education at Northwestern in the Accelerated Public Health Program to obtain a Master of Public Health degree through Feinberg School of Medicine's program in public health. Today, I am very excited to be speaking with Shruti Mehta, who is a Dr. Charles Armstrong Chair in epidemiology, and professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Thank you so much, Shruti, for taking the time to speak with me today. Shruti Mehta: Thank you so much for having me. I'm really excited to be here. Mirabella Johnson: Likewise. All right. So to start us off today, I'm wondering if you could tell us a bit more about your time at Northwestern as an undergraduate, what you studied, and what were the impactful experiences for you that kind of led you to your current career path? Shruti Mehta: Yeah, so first, I guess I would start by saying that I absolutely loved my time at Northwestern. They were some of the best years of my life, from not just the training that I got, but to the friends that I made, to spending time on that beautiful campus that I still miss. So when I started at Northwestern, I think the only thing that I really knew or I thought was that I was going to go into medicine. So I started with the pre-med curriculum. My father was a physician, and so I had this really strong desire, I think, instilled in me by him to serve. And honestly, other than that, I didn't know very much. I liked biology, I liked math, and so I got kind of started in the pre-med curriculum. I started in chemistry and a really advanced calculus class. And interestingly, my RA my freshman year was also pre-med. But one day I remember going to see her in her room to ask her a question, and she was painting. And she was actually an Art Theory & Practice major. And I had loved art in high school. I was always painting or drawing or creating, but I never thought of it as a major option for me. But it was really meeting her and so many others that were doing really diverse things at the time that I was at Northwestern, that led me to declare Art Theory & Practice as my major in my sophomore year. And I would just say that I'm forever grateful for that. It definitely changed my life. I didn't end up being a physician, and I'm not a practicing artist, but I would say that both of those things play a huge role in how I approach my work. Other things at Northwestern that were impactful. I think one of the great things was just the diversity that I was surrounded by, and it's not just the diversity and who people were or where they came from, but it was what they were doing and what they were interested in. I had friends that were in the engineering school. I spent a lot of time in the Tech building, but I also had my pre-med friends. I had a lot of friends who were artists from my major, and then I had friends in Radio/TV/Film in Communications. And it just exposed me to so many different perspectives, and I think also made me realize that anything was possible. Mirabella Johnson: I love that. Yeah, that is so interesting. I have some similar experiences where there was a time where I really thought I was going to pursue medicine, and then everything gets really stressful at Northwestern as I'm sure you're familiar. Shruti Mehta: Yes, yes. Mirabella Johnson: And there are so many other ways to be involved in the field, and art is something I'm also passionate about. I loved painting, loved drawing, grew up performing. So that's not what I did for my majors, but I stayed involved with it through activities. And Northwestern is just such a great place, in my opinion, for exploring so many different paths. So thank you so much for sharing that. That's awesome. Kind of going off of that, with that all in mind, can you share a bit more on how you ended up landing in public health, and knew eventually that this was the field for you? Shruti Mehta: Yeah, no, and I think you said it well, right? There are so many different ways to be engaged in the field of health and medicine. And I think when I was an undergrad, there wasn't really public health as a major. Well, there certainly wasn't at Northwestern. There wasn't the major that you were, that the minor that you have. And most schools, I think it was probably very rare. I think many people found their way to public health much like I did, going through the medicine route. I don't think I knew what public health was. In undergrad, I don't think I knew what epidemiology was. Like I said, I chose pre-med because that's what I knew, and many people in my generation chose that if you were kind of interested in science and math, and you had that desire, you were medical school bound. So when I graduated, I did apply to medical school. I didn't get into the schools that I wanted to go to, and honestly I wasn't sure because I had this art side. I found myself applying to medical school, but also looking at advertising jobs. And I was a first-generation Indian American, and kids didn't take time off after undergraduate, you went straight into a serious career or you went into a graduate school program, but I really just needed some time. And the way for me to get that time was to find a job and live in Chicago. And so I was pretty scrappy, knocked on doors, the medical school, because I wanted to stay in Chicago. And I thought that the way to do that and the way to kind of figure out if medical school was for me was to do research. And so I didn't find a posted physician, so I literally knocked on doors. I knocked on doors, and I made phone calls because that's what you did at that time. And I met this assistant professor named Mary McDermott, who took a chance on me. She didn't have a job, she didn't really have an opportunity listed, but I think she saw some potential in me, and she hired me to be her research assistant. And I eventually became her research coordinator, I worked for her for two years. I think I started making 850 an hour. And she was doing studies in congestive heart failure and peripheral vascular disease. And I started off just seeing study participants and conducting assessments on them. But I was just hungry to learn and to go beyond just kind of recruiting and seeing participants. So I found myself looking at the data, asking questions. She kind of taught me how to ask those questions, how to answer those questions. I started learning how to do analyses, design research protocols, and then I just wanted to be better at my job. So I asked her about courses, and I found a clinical epidemiology course at the School of Medicine, and I took it. And at the same time as I took that class, another faculty member that I worked for, Joe Feinglass lent me his copy of And the Band Played On. And that is a book that chronicles essentially the early days of the AIDS pandemic, the HIV pandemic. And I'd say it was those two things that kind of together led me to public health and epidemiology. So the clinical EPI course, it just bit. You know when you take a class, and you're just like, "Oh, this makes sense. I get this." It kind of brought together everything that I liked and everything that I was good at, elements of problem-solving, asking questions and answering them. It still had that quantitative side, but in many ways, EPIs, we live in the gray. So it's a little bit of an art as well as a science. And then I was working cardiovascular disease research with Mary, but the And the Band Played On kind of got me interested in HIV. And it was really that it was not just the biology of the virus and all the questions that were unknown at that time, but it was the social issues, the structural issues, and the kind of interplay between those different factors. And so with that, I found myself applying to master's in public health programs, and that's landed where I am today. Mirabella Johnson: That is amazing. And I will say Dr. Feinglass is actually one of my professors. Shruti Mehta: [inaudible 00:07:48] Mirabella Johnson: So him and I are working together on some research potentially for the impact of reforming policing and gun violence prevention, since that's my past. And I also work in behavioral health as a behavioral support specialist. So talking about trauma-informed approaches rather than this tactical approach that really can blow things out of proportion when you're doing mental health and wellness visits. Or even just intervening in a crisis. Shruti Mehta: Absolutely. Mirabella Johnson: Which is awesome. Shruti Mehta: Oh, I love that. Yeah. Mirabella Johnson: Yeah, he's really, he's great. Shruti Mehta: Small world. Mirabella Johnson: Yeah, it is a small world. And I was going to say, I also just worked on a project for one of my classes on congestive heart failure and the low-sodium diet. Because there's surprisingly a small amount of research for how effective the low-sodium diet actually is for congestive heart failure management in terms of symptoms, and morbidity, and mortality. So we were working on that paper literally last quarter. Shruti Mehta: Oh, that's great. Were you collaborating with folks at the School of Medicine as well? Mirabella Johnson: Yeah, yeah. Actually, the majority of my professors in that class were through Feinberg, but then they- Shruti Mehta: Feinberg, okay. Mirabella Johnson: ... in ISGMH, so the Sexual and Gender Minority Institute. Shruti Mehta: Okay, okay. Mirabella Johnson: And they were a wealth of knowledge as well. They were awesome. But I definitely resonate with that, especially as an individual starting out in the field. And I'm sure also it will resonate for so many other students as the interest in Global Health Studies and the related concepts of public health have really, I've seen continue to grow amongst our undergrads, myself included. So with that being said, as someone currently getting an MPH, what encouraged you to then pursue a PhD? Shruti Mehta: Yeah, I think it just wanted more. The expression, sort of, "The more you learn, the more you realize you don't know." I still think I sometimes feel that same way. But I will say, and I say this often that, "When I came to Hopkins, I was going to get my 11-month MPH, and I was headed back to Chicago." I loved Chicago, and that was my plan. But I think that I realized that I wanted to lead work, right? I think there's a lot of things that you could do with an MPH, and you can be a part of incredible work, and people lead programs, but I wanted to lead my own research. I wanted to build my own program, and I wanted to be able to ask my own questions and figure out how to answer them. And I just realized that I had kind of only scratched the surface of what I needed to know to do that with my MPH. And so that was the reason why I stayed to do my PhD. Mirabella Johnson: Yeah, that's awesome. Super helpful. Thank you for going more in-depth about that. So I'm actually from the Chicago and suburbs myself, so I'm kind of in the same boat where I'm very much so on that track, right? Shruti Mehta: Yeah. Mirabella Johnson: I want to stay in the city, and there's so much work to do here. But I also like the idea of potentially doing research. So I'm very grateful to be getting my MPH right now. I knew this is what I want to do, but I've also thought about potentially going for a PhD as well. So that just provides me a lot of food for thought personally. Shruti Mehta: And I think it's great to get that experience in between. I think it can be really just being on the other side now and mentoring PhD students, we see a lot more, and we actually require work experience and see that people who come in with that work experience, that helps to really inform their questions, right? Mirabella Johnson: Yeah. Shruti Mehta: So they come in with a lot of questions, and we help to give them those tools to help to teach them how to answer those questions. Mirabella Johnson: Exactly. Yeah, that's awesome. So tell me a bit more, if you don't mind, about your current projects as well as any future aspirations or goals for your career personally, or for public health as a whole, which is a very- Shruti Mehta: Big question. Mirabella Johnson: ... big question. But I'll let you take it away. Shruti Mehta: So there are a lot of research projects that I'm involved right now. I would say that one of the things when I became chair, so I started as chair in June. And I kept getting asked at that time, and I continually get asked now, "What are you going to give up? What things are you going to stop doing?" But I still find my research really fulfilling and an important part of what I do. And I'd say my whole career, I feel like you answer one question, and then that question leads to the next question. And that's kind of how my career has really developed. I trained as an observational epidemiologist like many do. It was about following people over time, understanding the burden of disease, why some people had morbidity and mortality rates that were higher than others. What were the risk factors for those things? All with an eye of how we intervene, but really the focus was on those observational studies. And my work is always centered in populations that have particular barriers to engaging in services, that we have to prevent and treat predominantly infectious diseases. So a lot of my work is focused on people who inject drugs, men who have sex with men, transgender persons, again, groups that bear a really high burden of infectious diseases, but have these challenges to accessing care. So I spent my early years trying to understand why this is, why were there these barriers to care, what were the challenges people were facing? And then honestly, the past 15 years, we just couldn't observe anymore, we had to actually do something. And so we've learned how to design, implement, evaluate interventions to really support engagement in treatment and prevention services for HIV, for hepatitis C that I also studied. We have incredible tools to prevent and treat infection, but people don't necessarily access them the way that they should because there are challenges with both in their own lives, but also with the systems that deliver them. So I do a lot of work in Baltimore, I also do work in India. And really it's been about exploring different creative interventions to improve engagement. Everything from giving people actually incentives to engage in HIV treatment, right? To say, okay, we know that a person loses daily wages to actually go to the clinic to get treatment in India. So can we actually compensate for that and then improve outcomes? Another project that I'm involved in is actually trying to change the way we deliver services. So in many of the countries where there are large HIV programs, free treatment is delivered through government centers. But they're government centers, so some of the populations that I mentioned don't necessarily feel comfortable going to those government centers. They want to get their care in the community, and they have other needs beyond HIV. So it's about thinking about how do we combine the services that a person needs in a person-centered way, not a disease-centered way, and deliver them from a center that they want to go to and that supports all of their needs? And so we lead a lot of large-scale trials to evaluate how those different types of interventions work in communities. I think you also asked about future aspirations. So for me, it's really about leaving something better than when I came to it. So I'd say that's true for the department that I now lead, as well as the research that I do. I just hope that someday something that I do leads to a big change and impact, and changes people's lives. And so for me, everything that I do, whether it's about the research that I do, or it's, again, my administrative work, it's about people first. That's kind of the place that I want to have impact. And then for public health, that's a bigger question. I think that I look for us to have the courage to ask the big questions, the hard questions, and find the innovative ways that we need to, to answer them. To collaborate across other disciplines and other fields, kind of reach outside our comfort zone, and then hopefully speed up the pace of what we do. I think one of the challenges is the world is moving really quickly, technology is changing, but the pace at which we're able to do things is challenged. So again, just trying to find ways to overcome some of those barriers in our own field, and being able to think big. Mirabella Johnson: That is truly amazing and inspiring. And I think you've already made a huge impact. I am really, really in awe. That's amazing. Yeah. Wow, I'm kind of blown away [inaudible 00:16:06] you. Which I expected, but I just- Shruti Mehta: [inaudible 00:16:09], yeah. Mirabella Johnson: Really happy to hear that. And I also follow a very similar mantra where that's kind of why I decided on public health was, I care about people. I want to make the world or the place that I'm in somehow a little bit better than when I got there. That was how my parents raised me to be as a person. And I think that drew me to public health. And for anyone listening, I just took a course last summer in the public health program at Feinberg for LGBTQ+ Health. And even as an ally and someone very familiar with the intersectional challenges that that community deals with in public health, I really learned so much from that course. And Dr. Lauren Beach, who is truly amazing, they're a wealth of knowledge as well. And a little plug there, but it was such a great course, and you got to work with a community partner. So it really helped solidify what I already knew, which is I love public health. But when you're working with people and like you said, with their challenges, understanding their challenges and meeting them where they're at, to get them to a place that's either better or good for them. A lot of times, that's not happening. So congratulations on all of your accomplishments and contributions to the field really. Going off of that, you had a great transition. So I'd like to ask you to think about everything you know now and what you've done, and kind of bring it back to the undergraduates who may be listening, be thinking about their future directions. So at NU, like we talked about, Global Health Studies offered as an adjunct major or minor in Weinberg now, which is wonderful. We just celebrated, I think 20 years, the program. And that's what drew me to Northwestern. I knew after going to community college to save money during COVID, that I loved Northwestern, I'm from the area, and also I loved public health. I got to take an EPI course at my community college. So thinking about your own work on US public health issues, but also internationally, which is amazing. Do you think Global Health Studies would've been of interest to you in undergrad if it was available? And can you also speak a little bit to the value that you think Global Health broadly has brought into your efforts and your insights as a professional in the field? Shruti Mehta: Yeah, I would say 5000%. If it was offered, it absolutely would've been of interest. And I think it's really special for me that the major's there and that you're going through the MPH program. When I was leaving Northwestern for Hopkins, they were just starting to think about the MPH program. At that point, it was going to be a four-year program, and that was part of the reason I didn't stay because I needed to finish quickly. It was in its early stages. So just the idea that that program is so vibrant, and now there's an undergraduate program is so special to me. So I would've definitely been interested in that. I think it's exactly the kind of thing that I would've been looking for. Again, like I said, it didn't exist when I was there, but I think that we see that so many of the people that come into the field now, people that come into the MPH program or come into the PhD program, are coming from that public health undergraduate background or Global Health Studies major. And I think it's great because they've got this additional preparation for the field that they're eventually going to be in. So I think it's fantastic. In terms of global exposure, I would say that I, even before I started working, it's something that's been a part of my life since I was a child. My parents were immigrants. They lived between two worlds. I was a first-generation kid. We went back to India, their entire family was there. We went back to India every two to three years for my entire childhood. And so for me, that was critical to my upbringing because I was exposed to two cultures my entire life. And it gives you this perspective, not just the challenges of this society that you live in, but the challenges around the world that other people face. And that really shaped me, broadened my worldview. And I think it's important for everyone because we are a global society. I think COVID taught us that, right? We already knew that, but COVID amplified it, we are interconnected. What happens around the world affects us here at home, so we have to care. And I think global problems and challenges are our challenges, right? Obviously that exposure to India as a child has been instrumental even to shaping my career. I chose India to work in very deliberately. But having these experiences working both locally in Baltimore and then globally in India, I've been asking similar questions in different places for many years. And what's kind of fascinating is there's huge differences, obviously between the two setting. But I'm always struck by how many things are similar for the populations that I work with and the questions that I answer, and some of the lessons that can be translated from one setting to another. I think we often say local to global, and try to take lessons from the US and apply them elsewhere. But I'd say it's as much global to local as well, right? So my work in Baltimore informs my work in India, but equally, my work in India informs my work in Baltimore. And so I think just, again, having that broad perspective is critical for all of us. Mirabella Johnson: Yeah, I agree a hundred percent. That is so helpful and insightful. Thank you, Shruti. To quickly close this out today since you have spent so much time with us, and I really appreciate it. I have one more quick question for you. What do you wish you could tell yourself when you were either in my shoes or in a current undergraduate shoes? What do you wish you could tell yourself? Shruti Mehta: Take advantage of opportunities. Be creative. Be curious. Don't worry so much about what the end is going to be, right? Take advantage of the... I think we oftentimes, we get so focused on what am I going to be? And we obviously ask those questions. What do you want to be in five years? What do you want to be in 10 years? But I think sometimes we kind of feel the weight of that, and that may paralyze us a little bit. And so I think thinking about things a little bit more organically, and again, if something comes at you, don't be afraid to take advantage of that opportunity, even if it wasn't a part of your plan, because something amazing could come of that. Mirabella Johnson: Yeah, that's also incredibly helpful to consider. And I would echo that as a recent alumna, and I hope for undergrads, for recent alums and other graduate students too, that they're able to think about that because I really do think that applies to our education, but also to life and what you pursue. So with that being said, thank you so much for this great advice and for taking the time to join us today. Shruti Mehta: Thank you for having me and for sharing your perspective. And I really look forward to also seeing how your career develops. Mirabella Johnson: Thank you. I definitely will be following what you do. What you do is amazing. Thank you everyone for listening to this special episode of the Weinberg in the World podcast. We hope you have a great day. And as always, Go 'Cats. Shruti Mehta: Go 'Cats.  

World AIDS Day is coming up on Dec. 1 and leaders in the HIV/AIDS field are taking this time to reflect on the enormous progress the medical community has made to reduce the spread and improve the lives of people living with HIV. That progress was made in no small part from the shift in public narratives around the disease. A Minnesotan is exploring the life of Randy Shilts, a little-little known leader from those early days of the HIV/AIDS crisis. Shilts was a pioneering journalist from San Francisco who worked to change the narratives and reporting around the HIV/AIDS crisis in the 1980s. Michael G. Lee is a professor at Saint Mary's University and the author of a new book about Shilts' life called “When the Band Played On.” He joins MPR News host Nina Moini to talk about it.

October is LGBTQ+ History month! We talk this month with author Michael Lee about his new biography of Randy Shilts that was officially released on  October 8, 2024. “When the Band Played On” tells the story of the trailblazing journalist and author Randy Shilts. Michael started his national book tour … Continue reading → The post Show Notes – Oct. 27, 2024 appeared first on Outbeat Radio News.

Amazon.com: The Real AIDS Epidemic: How the Tragic HIV Mistake Threatens Us All eBook : Culshaw, Rebecca V., Ostrom, Neenyah: Books   Four decades after And the Band Played On created an image of the AIDS epidemic that has survived in the public consciousness to this very day, mathematician Rebecca Culshaw is sounding the alarm that everything that iconic book told us about AIDS is demonstrably wrong. And that mistaken understanding of AIDS and its cause has the potential to affect all of us, not just certain so-called risk groups. In The Real AIDS Epidemic, Rebecca Culshaw describes her slow uncovering of these reasons over her years researching HIV for her work constructing mathematical models of its interaction with the immune system. It is rare that a researcher, having studied HIV, ever expresses any doubt in the paradigm, and an even rarer event still when she abandons the field altogether. Culshaw's book, updated from its original edition, which was titled Science Sold Out, is one of the great insider-turned-whistleblower stories of our time.   The Real AIDS Epidemic focuses on the politics of the changing definition of AIDS and the flaws in all HIV testing. In a much broader sense, it explains how the current, government-based structure of scientific research has corrupted science as the search for truth. It offers not only scientific reasons for HIV/AIDS being untenable, but also sociological explanations as to how the theory was accepted by the media and the world so quickly. In particular, this book offers a scathing criticism of the outrageous discriminatory measures that have been leveled at HIV-positives from the inception. She also warns that the toxic drugs being foisted on the Black and gay communities constitute one of the worst medical violations of human rights since the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment.    The compelling case she makes that the AIDS establishment has led us into a biomedical disaster through incompetence, fraud, and deceit will have many readers throwing their hands up and feeling helpless and hopeless. But she does something no other book that is critical about HIV and AIDS has done. She suggests a series of strategic actions the scientific community, Congress, the media, and the public can take to undo the damage that the powerful AIDS establishment has done since the epidemic began in 1981.

The amazing multi-talented Asian-American dance/rock band from Portland, OR The Slants talk about their latest release “The Band Played On” featuring the title track, “What Will People Say”, “Advocate”, “This is Who We Are”, “Family” and more! The Slants' leader Simon Tam with Joe X Jiang talk about how they got started, including the band name originating from an effort of reappropriation and source of a legal battle in 2019 in Matal vs. Tam in Supreme Court, their involvement in racial injustice work with the Asian-American community, plus their previous releases “Slanted: An American Rock Opera”, “The Band Who Must Not Be Named”, “Slanted Eyes Slanted Hearts”,  “The Yellow Album” and more! Check out the amazing Portland rockers The Slants on all major streaming platforms and www.theslants.com today! #theslants #portland #oregon #asianamericanrock #thebandplayedon #simontam #joexjiang #fmaily #matalvstam #supremecourt #judgeruthginsburg #slantedanamericanrockopera #theyellowalbum #asianamericancommunity #spreaker #iheartradio #spotify #applemusic #youtube #anchorfm #bitchute #rumble #mikewagner #themikewagnershow #mikewagnertheslants #themikewagnershowtheslants   --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/themikewagnershow/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/themikewagnershow/support

The amazing multi-talented Asian-American dance/rock band from Portland, OR The Slants talk about their latest release “The Band Played On” featuring the title track, “What Will People Say”, “Advocate”, “This is Who We Are”, “Family” and more! The Slants' leader Simon Tam with Joe X Jiang talk about how they got started, including the band name originating from an effort of reappropriation and source of a legal battle in 2019 in Matal vs. Tam in Supreme Court, their involvement in racial injustice work with the Asian-American community, plus their previous releases “Slanted: An American Rock Opera”, “The Band Who Must Not Be Named”, “Slanted Eyes Slanted Hearts”,  “The Yellow Album” and more! Check out the amazing Portland rockers The Slants on all major streaming platforms and www.theslants.com today! #theslants #portland #oregon #asianamericanrock #thebandplayedon #simontam #joexjiang #fmaily #matalvstam #supremecourt #judgeruthginsburg #slantedanamericanrockopera #theyellowalbum #asianamericancommunity #spreaker #iheartradio #spotify #applemusic #youtube #anchorfm #bitchute #rumble #mikewagner #themikewagnershow #mikewagnertheslants #themikewagnershowtheslants   --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/themikewagnershow/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/themikewagnershow/support

The amazing multi-talented Asian-American dance/rock band from Portland, OR The Slants talk about their latest release “The Band Played On” featuring the title track, “What Will People Say”, “Advocate”, “This is Who We Are”, “Family” and more! The Slants' leader Simon Tam with Joe X Jiang talk about how they got started, including the band name originating from an effort of reappropriation and source of a legal battle in 2019 in Matal vs. Tam in Supreme Court, their involvement in racial injustice work with the Asian-American community, plus their previous releases “Slanted: An American Rock Opera”, “The Band Who Must Not Be Named”, “Slanted Eyes Slanted Hearts”, “The Yellow Album” and more! Check out the amazing Portland rockers The Slants on all major streaming platforms and www.theslants.com today! #theslants #portland #oregon #asianamericanrock #thebandplayedon #simontam #joexjiang #fmaily #matalvstam #supremecourt #judgeruthginsburg #slantedanamericanrockopera #theyellowalbum #asianamericancommunity #spreaker #iheartradio #spotify #applemusic #youtube #anchorfm #bitchute #rumble #mikewagner #themikewagnershow #mikewagnertheslants #themikewagnershowtheslants

Dr. Goldberg is from Wilmington, Delaware. She went to UPenn where she majored in the Biological Basis of Behavior, graduated Magna Cum Laude, was judged to have the best honor's thesis in her major and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She went to Albert Einstein College of Medicine for her MD degree and was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha. She was a surgery resident here at Jefferson for many years, but changed careers to pathology. She is currently a cytopathologist and gynecologic surgical pathologist. She is also the doting mother to amazing twins and loving wife to her historian husband. Her research focuses on graduate medical education and laboratory quality and safety. In her "spare" time, she loves to ski, row, and watch her kids do karate and play baseball.___0:00 - Intro1:01 - Statistics About Pathology4:02 - What Is Pathology?11:24 - Changing to Pathology From Surgery29:51 - What Was Residency Like?32:58 - Specializing After Pathology Residency38:38 - What Is It Like Being an Attending?39:43 - An Average Day/Week of a Pathologist45:28 - If I Give You $100 Million, What Would You Do?47:21 - Best Thing About Being a Pathologist49:37 - Worst Thing About Being a Pathologist55:41 - Myths About Pathologists57:10 - Characteristics of a Student for Pathology58:43 - Advice to People Looking Into Pathology1:01:40 - Maximizing Competitiveness Going Into Pathology1:07:42 - Future of Pathology1:14:30 - Advice to People Entering a Career in Medicine1:18:12 - Book Recommendations1:22:23 - What Advice Would You Give Your 18-Year-Old Self?1:25:06 - Positive Qualities & Characteristics1:28:06 - Finding a Good Program1:30:19 - Closing Messages1:32:28 - Outro__ResourcesAnd the Band Played On by Randy Shilts: https://a.co/d/02Hdxqp___View the Show Notes Page for This Episode for transcript and more information: zhighley.com/podcast___Connect With ZachMain YouTube: @ZachHighley Newsletter: https://zhighley.com/newsletter/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhighley/?hl=enWebsite: https://zhighley.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/zachhighleyLinkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-highley-gergel-44763766/Business Inquiries: zachhighley@nebula.tv___Listen for FreeSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/23TvJdEBAJuW5WY1QHEc6A?si=cf65ae0abbaf46a4Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-zach-highley-show/id1666374777___Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach a Resident Physician in Boston. Throughout these episodes I'll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.The best way to help the show is share episodes on any platform. If you think a friend or family member will like a certain episode, send it to them!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Data and Fletcher review Star Trek Deep Space Nine Season 4 Episode 24 "The Quickening" Bashir tries to fight the blight... Stuff you may be interested in: They Shoot Horses, Don't They? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsKQiVJkEvI Restoration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcs69r_KRCU And the Band Played On https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O38zYpzqdZg The Sanderlanche, Data's podcast where he and other people talk about Brandon Sanderson books: https://www.thesanderlanche.com/ Music: "Captain Scurvy" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Investigative reporter Julie Ireton unravels a complicated web of five decades of historical sexual abuse involving dozens of teens. They were preyed upon by three teachers who worked at the same school. Warnings were ignored and abuse continued. The Band Played On. Follow the journey as survivors seek justice and accountability, moving past years of shame to expose secrets that aren't theirs to keep. Listener discretion is advised.

From the host that brought you The Band Played On, The Banned Teacher is a new investigation, in a different city. He says it was consensual sex. She says it was rape. He was her music teacher. She was a teen. And it wasn't just once, with one girl. He had sex with students in closets, classrooms, and cars. The Banned Teacher begins with one victim's search for justice but turns into a full investigation by host Julie Ireton. Warning: This series contains graphic descriptions of sexual assault. More episodes are available at: https://link.chtbl.com/pt19WSYm

From the host that brought you The Band Played On, The Banned Teacher is a new investigation, in a different city. He says it was consensual sex. She says it was rape. He was her music teacher. She was a teen. And it wasn't just once, with one girl. He had sex with students in closets, classrooms, and cars. The Banned Teacher begins with one victim's search for justice but turns into a full investigation by host Julie Ireton. Warning: This series contains graphic descriptions of sexual assault. More episodes are available at: https://link.chtbl.com/b6nsN90u

Megan and Wendy review the Hallmark Hall of Fame movie "The Beach House" from 2018. This family-drama stars Andie MacDowell, Minka Kelly, and Chad Michael Murrary. This movie drew a 6.5/10 rating from IMDb users and is considered a fan favorite. Girls Gone Hallmark will review Hallmark favorites all summer long! See the calendar below so you can watch along Email the show and let us know which older Hallmark Channel movie you would like Girls Gone Hallmark to review! Email: meganandwendy@gmail.com Megan and Wendy review Hallmark Channel movies, including fan favorites like "The Beach House" from 2018. Subscribe to Girls Gone Hallmark on your favorite podcast platform to listen to this and so many other Hallmark Channel movie reviews! About "The Beach House" This movie originally aired on April 18, 2018. The story was adapted from a 2002 novel by Mary Alice Monroe. "The Beach House" is the first in a seven book series. Maria Nation is also credited as a writer with 24 writing credits including other book to movie adaptations like Karen Kingsbury's "Maggie's Christmas Miracle" and "Debbie Macomber's Dashing Through the Snow" and most recently Lifetime's "Girl in Room 13" directed by Elizabeth Rohm and starring Anne Heche Andie MacDowell plays Lovie and has 84 acting credits. Most recently she starred as Del in "The Way Home." Other famous roles include "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and "Groundhog Day." She also had a starring role on the 2013 - 2015 Hallmark series "Cedar Cove." Related: Listen to our review of "The Way Home" episode 1 Minka Kelly plays daughter Cara and has 46 acting credits, most recently 4 episodes of "Euphoria." She's perhaps most well known for her role as Lyla Garrity on "Friday Night Lights." She also had recurring roles on the series "Parenthood" and "Titans." Chad Michael Murray plays Brett. Chad has been in hits "Gilmore Girls," "Dawson's Creek" and "One Tree Hill." He made the move to GAC in 2021. Currently starring on CTV's Sullivan's crossing, featuring "Gilmore Girls" co-star Scott Patterson. Directed by Roger Spottiswoode who has 36 directing credits, although this was toward the end of his career. Also directed "Turner and Hooch," "And the Band Played On," and "Tomorrow Never Dies."  Filmed on Tybee Island - south of Savannah Georgia

From the host that brought you The Band Played On, The Banned Teacher is a new investigation, in a different city. He says it was consensual sex. She says it was rape. He was her music teacher. She was a teen. And it wasn't just once, with one girl. He had sex with students in closets, classrooms, and cars. The Banned Teacher begins with one victim's search for justice but turns into a full investigation by host Julie Ireton. Warning: This series contains graphic descriptions of sexual assault. More episodes are available at: https://link.chtbl.com/2atEYzri

California is a land of contrasts. The state is home to staggering wealth, world-remaking tech companies, and some of the world's boldest climate policy. It also has immense income inequality, arguably the worst housing crisis in the country, and the highest poverty rate in the nation when you factor in housing costs.The dysfunction of our national politics is often attributed to division and gridlock. But in California, Democrats are at the wheel. No Republican has held statewide office in over a decade. And in many major cities — Los Angeles and San Francisco, for example — Republicans have little or no political power. For that reason, the tensions and difficulties facing the Golden State are often a signal of what is to come for the Democratic Party nationally.If California has long been a bellwether for national liberal politics, Senator Scott Wiener has been something of a bellwether for California politics. Senator Wiener has represented San Francisco in the California Senate since 2016 and, before that, served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. He was introducing bill after bill to address the state's housing affordability crisis long before the term “YIMBY” was a widespread political label. And in recent years, he's introduced legislation that would decriminalize certain psychedelics, provide access to therapy to all incarcerated Californians, and pilot supervised injection sites.So I wanted to talk to Senator Wiener about the political workings of his weird city and state — a place where traditional labels break down, where abundant resources meet equally abundant problems and where change is actually happening.This episode contains strong language.Mentioned:“Yes in Our Backyards” by Bill McKibbenBook Recommendations:And the Band Played On by Randy ShiltsThe House on Mango Street by Sandra CisnerosLast Call by Daniel OkrentWheel of Time seriesThoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com.You can find transcripts (posted midday) and more episodes of “The Ezra Klein Show” at nytimes.com/ezra-klein-podcast, and you can find Ezra on Twitter @ezraklein. Book recommendations from all our guests are listed at https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs.This episode of “The Ezra Klein Show” is produced by Emefa Agawu. Fact-checking by Michelle Harris. Mixing by Jeff Geld. The show's production team is Emefa Agawu, Annie Galvin, Jeff Geld, Rogé Karma and Kristin Lin. Original music by Isaac Jones. Audience strategy by Shannon Busta. The executive producer of New York Times Opinion Audio is Annie-Rose Strasser. Special thanks to Erik Mebust, Misha Chellam, Sonia Herrero and Kristina Samulewski.

DAVID MARSHALL GRANT Broadway credits include “Bent,” so-starring with Richard Gere, and “Angels in America,” for which he was nominated for a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award. He has appeared in over twenty-five movies, including “American Flyer,” “The Chamber,” “Air America,” “Stepford Wives,” and “The Devil Wears Prada.”  Television work include Bobby Kennedy in “Citizen Cohn,” “And the Band Played On,” “Thirty-Something,” “Party Down,” and “Career Opportunities in Murder and Mayhem,” which will air this summer on Hulu.  David's first play, “Snakebit” was produced off Broadway and was nominated for a Drama Desk award, an Outer Critics Circle Award and was named one of Time Magazine's best plays of the year. Other plays include “Current Events” at The Manhattan Theater Club, and “Pen” at Playwrights Horizons. He has been a writer/executive producer on “Brothers and Sisters,” “Nashville,” “Smash,” “Code Black,” and “A Million Little Things.”  He recently co-wrote the film, “Spoiler Alert" with Dan Savage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward Episode 527 With Dale George Lytle From The Group Angeles. The groups new release is The Band Played On

This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward Episode 527 With Dale George Lytle From The Group Angeles. The groups new release is The Band Played On

This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward Episode 527 With Dale George Lytle From The Group Angeles. The groups new release is The Band Played On

This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward Episode 527 With Dale George Lytle From The Group Angeles. The groups new release is The Band Played On

This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward Episode 527 With Dale George Lytle From The Group Angeles. The groups new release is The Band Played On

This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward Episode 527 With Dale George Lytle From The Group Angeles. The groups new release is The Band Played On

This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward Episode 527 With Dale George Lytle From The Group Angeles. The groups new release is The Band Played On

This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward Episode 527 With Dale George Lytle From The Group Angeles. The groups new release is The Band Played On

On this episode I speak with Production Designer Victoria Paul. Victoria started her working career as a furniture maker then decided to enter theater school at NYU. During and after college Victoria worked on SNL as a scenic painter and then as an art director on the show. Working up to Production Designer she designed films such as “Desperate Hours”, “My Cousin Vinny” and “Breakdown” and more. Victoria also moved into TV with an Emmy nomination for her work on HBO's “And the Band Played On”. Recently finishing up a series run on “NCIS: New Orleans” she moved into period design mode on the first season of Amazon's TV series “A League of Their Own”. Subscribe to Decorating Pages Podcast on Apple, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio,iHeartRadio Follow at: @decoratingpages on Twitter decoratingpages on IG Decorating Pages Podcast on YouTube @decoratingpagespodcast on TicTok Contact Kim Wannop at kimwannop@decoratingpagespodcast.com www.decoratingpagespodcast.com Decorating Pages is a podcast dedicated to taking you behind the scenes of the designs of your favorite TV shows and Films. Each episode I'll be sharing design stories from some of Hollywoods most famous sets. I'll have interviews from Set Decorators, Production Designers, Producers, Directors and Actors about creating the look of tv and film, about their design inspirations, and stories that take sets from page to screen.

This week's challenge: Watch The Bear.You can hear the after show and support Do By Friday on Patreon!----Edited by Quinn RoseEngineered by Cameron Bopp----Show LinksHoward Brown HealthWelcome to Bunch - Bunch.appThread BenefitsATP 488: Pebbles on the Scale — Accidental Tech PodcastMarco Arment stands in his HomePod truth.Apple Music announces Spatial Audio and Lossless Audio - AppleAfter Steve – HarperCollinsHomeKit hubs: Everything you need to know | iMoreSet up your HomePod, HomePod mini, Apple TV, or iPad as a home hub - Apple SupportAmazon.com: X-TIGER Men's Cycling Underwear Shorts 5D Padded Gel,MTB Biking Shorts Pants with Breathable,Adsorbent Design (Blue, l) : Clothing, Shoes & JewelryMetric Paper - YouTubeCops Are Still Fainting When They Touch Fentanyl | DefectorTennessee officials warn of potential danger of fentanyl-laced dollar bills - CBS NewsKieran Healy deftly tidies up some fashionably flabby language.And the Band Played On by Randy ShiltsAnd the Band Played On | Watch the Movie on HBO | HBO.comDo-By-Friday/voice-log-spec.md at main · merlinmann/Do-By-FridayDo-By-Friday/candidates.md at main · merlinmann/Do-By-FridayShortcut #1: Bike LogShortcut #2: Voice LogShortcut #3: Real QuickChorded keyboard - WikipediaCharaChorder - Type at the speed of thought®CharaChorder OneBearable | Mood & Symptoms Tracker App | All of Your Health in One PlaceChicago's Mr. Beef inspires "The Bear" on Hulu from FXChicagoans Poke ‘The Bear' For Its Inaccurate Portrayal of River North as a Gritty Urban Neighborhood - Eater ChicagoA Guide to Chicago Restaurant and Bar References in HBO's ‘South Side' - Eater ChicagoMr. Beef on OrleansEbon Moss-Bachrach - IMDb"The Bear" HuluCarmy attempts to retrain the employees of The Original Beef of Chicagoland, but is faced with resistance. In need of back-up, he brings on a talented young chef to help.(Recorded on Wednesday, July 6, 2022)Next week's challenge: use Bearable.

Career Q&A with Ian McKellen. Moderated by Dave Karger. Ian McKellen has been honored with over 50 international acting awards during his half-century on stage and screen. He is treasured worldwide as Magneto in the X-Men films and Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies. He first worked with director Bill Condon as James Whale in Gods and Monsters (1998) receiving his first Academy Award® nomination, for Best Actor. The same year, top critics' groups elected him Best Actor, as the Nazi-in-hiding in Bryan Singer's Apt Pupil. For his classic performance in Richard Loncraine's Richard III, which he produced and co-wrote, he was named 1996 European Actor of the Year. His varied list of other renowned films include The Keep (1983); Plenty (1985); Scandal (1988);Six Degrees of Separation (1993); Restoration (1995); Bent (1997); Cold Comfort Farm (1995) andThe Da Vinci Code (2006). On the small screen, McKellen currently stars in the wickedly successful ITV/PBS sitcom Vicious. For his extensive television work, McKellen is a five-time Emmy nominee, most recently for his matchless King Lear (2008); and his comic guest spot on Extras (2006) remembered for the viral catch-phrase: "How do I act so well?" He is most proud of his work as the mentally- handicapped Walter (1982 Royal Television Award) inAnd the Band Played On (1993 Cable Ace Award), about the origins of AIDS and a guest spot in UK's longest-running soap Coronation Street (2005). Born and raised in the north of England, McKellen attended Cambridge University and since 1961 has worked non-stop in the British theatre. He has been leading man and produced plays, modern and classic, for the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre of Great Britain and in the West End of London. He has won Olivier Awards for Macbeth (1976-78); The Alchemist (1977); Bent (1979); Wild Honey (1984) and Richard III (1990): plus Evening Standard Awards for Coriolanus (1984) and Othello (1989) and for Outstanding Contribution to British Theatre (2009). In 1981, he won every available award, including a Tony for Best Actor, as Salieri in the Broadway production of Peter Shaffer's Amadeus. He was most recently in New York in No Man's Land and Waiting for Godot after breaking all box-office records in London and on UK and world tours. Over a decade, he toured his solo entertainment Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare throughout four continents, where on DVD it is daily viewed in schools and universities. He astonished his fans as Widow Twankey in the Christmas pantomime at the Old Vic in London (2004 & 2005). In 1991 Sir Ian was knighted, for his outstanding contribution to theatre. He is co-founder of Stonewall UK, which lobbies for legal and social equality for gay people. In 2008, the Queen personally appointed him Companion of Honour for his services to drama and to equality.

David is a political writer and former attorney who took on high-profile cases for religious liberty. He was also a major in the Army Reserve who served in Iraq, and before that he served as president of FIRE, the campus free-speech group. David now writes for The Dispatch and The Atlantic, and his latest book is Divided We Fall: America's Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation. Last summer he wrote this wonderful review of my essay collection, Out On A Limb, but this is the first time we’ve spoken.You can listen to the episode right away in the audio player above. For two clips of my convo with David — on how many political Christians completely miss the point of Jesus, and on the “God gap” within the Democratic coalition — head over to our YouTube page.That convo is a good complement to our January episode with Christopher Rufo (the two have tussled before), so we just transcribed Rufo’s episode in full. Here’s a reminder of his stance on CRT in the schools:Starting around the 30-minute mark in the new episode, David and I discuss the tricky defense of liberalism in the face of both CRT curriculum and anti-CRT bills. We also grapple with the corrosive effects of Twitter and, in particular, the commentary surrounding the racist massacre in Buffalo this week. On that note, a reader writes:I am a member of a mainline Christian denomination and parent of young children. My personal and professional experience of social media is centered on connections with clergy colleagues and active church members attached to a wide variety of Christian denominations. When news of the racially motivated shooting in Buffalo broke, my social media relationships immediately shifted to a flurry of outrage, comments about the pox of racism built into the American way, and pithy memes noting that the root problem of all that ails us is white supremacy.For example, one friend wrote in response to the Buffalo shooting, “The root cause of gun violence is white supremacy. We will not be safe from gun violence until we end white supremacy. White fam, we are the ones who can end white supremacy. It is on us.” Presiding Bishop Michael Curry of the Episcopal Church released a statement decrying the racism behind the shooting. Members of my left-leaning church have asked and encouraged me to preach from the pulpit about the evils of white supremacy and white fragility, especially now in light of the Buffalo shooting. However, I did not hear a thing from these same people or religious bodies following the racially motivated shooting by Frank James on the NYC subway last month. Mr. James has been indicted on federal terror charges after shooting ten people. Were there no official prayers for victims and to end racial violence from religious bodies because no one ultimately died in the subway shooting? Why were there no tweets, memes, or impassioned calls to “do better” after such a horrific, calculated attack? The silence after that racially motivated shooting compared to the outcry after this month’s racially motivated shooting is noteworthy. And essential to the CRT worldview. Racism is unique to white people. Another sign of our racialized culture war comes from this listener:In your episode with Douglas Murray, you mentioned that you had to explain to someone how white people did not invent racism. I serve at the school board in Manhattan and we had the same discussion at our last meeting. The district is pushing a book called “Our Skin” to teach elementary kids how white people invented racism. Money quote:“A long time ago, way before you were born, a group of white people made up an idea called race. They sorted people by skin color and said that white people were better, smarter, prettier, and that they deserve more than everybody else,” the book declares.Here’s how Murray addresses the canard that white people invented racism:On a lighter note, here’s a fan of last week’s episode with Tina Brown:In your conversation about the Queen’s inscrutable nature and unceasing impartiality, you forget one spectacular lapse into utter bias: the 1995 referendum on Quebec sovereignty!Pierre Brassard, a Quebec disc jockey, called Buckingham Palace impersonating the (then) Canadian PM Jean Chretien begging her to support the NO side and, astonishingly, got through to Queen Elizabeth! In the conversation, broadcast live in Montreal, she actually said, “It sounds as though the referendum may go the wrong (!) way...”. She said many other things that were blatantly against Quebec separating and was willing to make a public statement. Here’s the audio (and pardon Elizabeth R’s surprisingly bad French!): While I voted Non and thought the hoax was screamingly hilarious, this referendum was about the self-determination of a nation and she was hardly a glowing example of non-interference and impartiality. Quebec separatists were apoplectic. She wouldn’t even make a clear declaration in favour of the “No” side in the Scottish referendum! Ah, well ... even Captain Kirk broke the prime directive 33 times. Self-determination must be overrated. Here’s Tina on why the best British monarchs tend to be women:Another fan of the episode writes:So I’m a stereotypical NPR-listening, NYT-reading, Anglophilic liberal, happy to watch whatever B-grade pablum PBS airs on Sunday nights, as long as it has a British accent. So of course I fell in love with Downton Abbey. Part of my stereotypical outlook is holding a certain condescension toward the lower-class examples of American culture — you’d never catch me watching a soap opera, for example. But somewhere in the last season of Downton Abbey, it hit me full-on that the show is just a soap opera for snobs. That realization was a nice, bright, uncomfortable look in the mirror. What a hypocrite I am! That said, I can’t wait for the new Downton Abbey movie that opens this week:On the subject of Americans and their relationship with the British monarchy that you and Tina Brown discussed, to me it isn’t very complicated. It’s the embodiment of our cultural heritage, so it represents roots and stability in our land that values change and progress. And the monarchy is sacramental — another quality our society lacks, and which we’ve projected onto the office of the president as compensation. Toggling from listeners to readers, one of the latter writes:I have been thinking a lot about your May 6 column on the SCOTUS leak (“How Dare They!”) and the following week’s large number of reader responses to it. First, I want to say that, although I’m fiercely pro-choice, your column was strongly persuasive and helped me to think about Roe v Wade in a very different way. I love this about the Dish — the way you introduce complexity and nuance to issues that are polarizing and thus typically presented in stark black-and-white terms. But there is one potential detail of your argument that I continue to struggle with. While I accept that, in a liberal society, such issues as abortion should be a matter of debate and resolution via the popular voice, in practice they rarely are — because of the reality of our political system. Because of our two-party system and the primary elections that determine candidacy, most moderate, centrist voters simply do not have a choice to exercise their opinion on a wide variety of issues. They cannot vote individually on issues of substance, in an a la carte fashion. They are forced to accept a homogenous party platform that, in toto, represents the least worst of two extremes. For example, if I am a pro-choice moderate conservative who supports free markets, minimal government regulation, and low taxation, and is concerned about wokeness and CRT, my only choice to cast a vote in support of access to abortion is to vote for a candidate who is antagonistic to these other issues of import to me. You cite statistics in your column indicating broad support among Republicans for a moderate stance on abortion. Yet, I would argue that relatively few of these voters are going to voice that support by voting for a Democratic candidate — especially a far-left candidate — even if this means voting for the far-right opponent. This, then, is interpreted by the GOP as proof that their constituency supports the extreme view held by the majority of the GOP candidates. If we had a center party, I may be more optimistic in sharing your view of things. But as it stands, I feel like our choice is no choice at all.I feel you. But this is unavoidable in a democracy with political parties and winner-takes-all systems. Another reader has a few more laments:I believe anti-abortion-rights activists have not fully considered the consequences of how eliminating legal abortion will impact families. It is almost certain that the rate of child poverty in America will increase if a ban on abortion takes place.  Most of the states which want to ban abortion also have small child-welfare programs. That will result in more children being born into poor economic circumstances.Another thing that will probably happen is an increase in crime. The crime rate in the US has been falling since the early ‘90s, when kids born after Roe first started reaching adulthood. There is a clear link between kids being neglected and unwanted and then turning to crime. This was documented in the book Freakonomics.I believe the pro-choice side will win this debate. But perhaps it will only win when the full, horrifying consequences of banning all abortions — such as in the Oklahoma bill just passed — comes into focus. This next reader goes meta:In your otherwise excellent compilation of reader thoughts about Roe, you had one response I want to quibble with. After quoting one reader, you wrote: “Oh please. This next reader gets specific:” — and then went on with the next quote.I don’t recall what the first reader said, and it doesn’t matter because your response was inappropriate no matter what was said. If you think the reader’s argument has no merit, omit the comment. If you have a rebuttal to the reader’s argument, offer it. Even if you disagree with the reader but lack the time or energy to formulate a proper response, that’s fine too: Just print the comment with no response.What’s not OK, ever, is to reply with just a snarky dismissal and no further comment. That’s rude to the reader, and it makes you look like a dick.That whole big collection of reader dissents was compiled and edited by my colleague, Chris, who does that every week to hold my feet to the fire. I don’t censor the reader criticism he offers — so forgive me the occasional harrumph. Another reader switches topics:I read these two excerpts in your weekly money quotes:“There were also homosexual women at the Pines, but they were, or seemed to be, far fewer in number. Nor, except for a marked tendency to hang out in the company of large and usually ferocious dogs, were they instantly recognizable as the men were,” - Midge Decter, who died the week, on Fire Island in the summer of 1980.“Well, if I were a dyke and a pair of Podhoretzes came waddling toward me on the beach, copies of Leviticus and Freud in hand, I’d get in touch with the nearest Alsatian dealer pronto,” - Gore Vidal, responding to Midge.I had known about Decter’s “The Boys on the Beach” essay for decades, maybe since the late ‘80s, but I had never read it — until a few months ago. I am 66 years old, was practically always out, loved to read all the gay literature, and I have to say, that essay got the pulse of ‘70s gay life and society better than Edmund White (his “States of Desire” was published in 1980 and I still have my copy) or any other commentator I know of, with the exception of Randy Shilts’s “And the Band Played On.”Decter had gay acquaintances, friends, and frenemies, and she saw aspects of gay life with a beady-eyed sharpness and skepticism I wish more of us had had back then. I remember when I officially came out in 1974 at 18, met a couple of good-looking guys in their late 20s/early 30s who, like the vast majority of gay men, talked about sex all the time, with a greater intensity than straight guys I knew. So I asked them how many guys they had been to bed with and they said maybe 500 or 600. Asked them if they were afraid of getting diseases, and they said “no” because they just went to the public health clinic to get a shot. And right there, I sensed that at some point, there would be a gay healthcare catastrophe. I was not the only who had that sense, but it was very censored in the community.I tend to agree about Decter’s accuracy and perception, however laced it was with disgust. It’s a riveting piece — proof that sometimes being alien to a subculture makes you a better observer of it. She and Larry Kramer were essentially on the same page when it came to gay male culture in the 1970s. And yes, the omens were there. And now there’s monkeypox, which seems as if it might have found the same transmission route as HIV. Gulp.Lastly, because we ran out of room this week in the main Dish for the new VFYW contest photo (otherwise the email version would get cut short), here ya go:Where do you think it’s located? Email your guess to contest@andrewsullivan.com. Please put the location — city and/or state first, then country — in the subject line. Proximity counts if no one gets the exact spot. Bonus points for fun facts and stories. The winner gets the choice of a VFYW book or two annual Dish subscriptions. If you are not a subscriber, please indicate that status in your entry and we will give you a free month subscription if we select your entry for the contest results (example here if you’re new to the contest). Happy sleuthing! Get full access to The Weekly Dish at andrewsullivan.substack.com/subscribe

On this week's 51%, we speak with Robie Harris, author of the groundbreaking children's book, It's Perfectly Normal, about the importance of comprehensive sex education, and how parents can navigate “the talk” with their kids. Guest: Robie Harris, author of It's Perfectly Normal 51% is a national production of WAMC Northeast Public Radio. It's produced by Jesse King. Our executive producer is Dr. Alan Chartock, and our theme is "Lolita" by the Albany-based artist Girl Blue. Follow Along You're listening to 51%, a WAMC production dedicated to women's issues and experiences. Thanks for tuning in, I'm Jesse King.  This week's topic is sex ed, and particularly the much-debated question: how much should we tell our kids, and when? Our guest today has written more than 35 children's books on a variety of subjects, but she's perhaps best known for her lineup of sexual education books: Who Has What? for three to five-year-olds, It's Not the Stork! for four to eight-year-olds, It's So Amazing! for kids as young as seven, and her groundbreaking 1994 book, It's Perfectly Normal, for ages 10 and up. The books have undergone several updates and re-releases over the years to accommodate new developments and conversations around sexual health. The latest edition of It's Perfectly Normal came out in May 2021. Each of these titles, especially It's Perfectly Normal, contain honest depictions of sex and/or the human body, drawn by illustrators Michael Emberly and Nadine Bernard Westcott. As a result, they've frequently drawn fire from lawmakers and faced removal at public libraries and schools — so much so that Harris is on the board of directors for the National Coalition Against Censorship. The practice of book banning is nothing new, of course, but it's a particularly hot topic at the moment: the American Library Association says more than 1,500 individual titles were challenged in 2021, the most it's seen since it first started tracking banning efforts in 2000. Many of the most challenged books from last year were targeted for portraying LGBTQ experiences, something Harris has never shied away from. Harris says the information in her books is crucial for preparing kids to get through puberty and, one day, make healthy decisions as adults. I recently sat down with Harris to discuss what she calls “comprehensive sex education” and look back at the books over the years. What prompted you to write It's Perfectly Normal? I was sitting in an editor's office in New York City, it might have been 32 years ago, I can't remember exactly. His name was Michael Demony, and we had done some children's books together. And he was the editor of the first book on HIV/AIDS. And when I say HIV/AIDS, HIV wasn't even a term that was used then. It's called And the Band Played On, and it was about the AIDS epidemic in San Francisco. He was a San Francisco Chronicle reporter, and highly, highly respected. So he had done that book, and I was sitting in his office, we were talking about children's books – we were also talking about the state of the nation. It was the day after Election Day, and we were talking about the state of children in America, and that it really wasn't very, very good. And they needed lots of information that they weren't getting. And he said to me, “Would you like to write a book on AIDS for school-aged kids?” And I said, “Oh my gosh, I don't really know enough to write about that.” I mean, I know a lot about kids, because I have a background in child development. But I said, “I really don't know about that. But I wouldn't write a book just on AIDS, I would write a comprehensive book that would include almost every question that kids want to know about their bodies, about puberty, about growing up, and not even just the physical part of it, but the emotional part of going up.” I wasn't writing anything down, because I didn't think I would do this book. And he was writing down everything I said, and he handed me the paper and said, “Here's what you just said.” And I had outlined the book sort of off the top of my head. And he said, “Well, you know, your book could be banned. Do you care about that?” And I said, “No!” I care about if kids can't get the information that they need to stay healthy, but no, I'm not going to worry about [that], I'm going to write what I believe in. We live in a democracy, and that's my right as a citizen. And I went back home and I asked my sons, because my husband and I thought we've done a great job [with sex ed]. I asked my two sons who were then in, I think, fifth and seventh grade, “Tell us what you would put in a book, and did we leave anything out?” Well, they had a long list of things we left out. And I quickly wrote them, and then that night, I called everyone I knew. I called Bill Hazeltine, who is still a top expert in terms of HIV/AIDS and other diseases. I talked to our pediatrician, I talked to reproductive health experts at Harvard Medical School. A lot of people didn't know my name, this was before the internet – so when I call would call up, I'd say, “My name is Robie Harris, I would like to talk with Dr. So-and-So, I'm writing a book for kids on sexual health.” And no one turned me down. I mean, these were heads of departments at Harvard, or Boston University, or Boston Medical Center, or Harvard Medical School – no one turned me down. And it was a sort of joyful moment, just because people care about kids. My editor at that point was wonderful Candlewick Press, which is in Somerville, Massachusetts, a worldwide, children's book publisher. I talked to them about doing it, and the editor there bought the book within two weeks, which is like a record-setting time. And she said, “I want the book to be what your vision of the book is.” But I need to also tell you that many dear and well-meaning friends said, “If you write that book, no publisher will ever publish anything of yours again.” Well, now 35+ books later, they were wrong. And I said, “If that happens, it happens, you know? I'll write, one way or another.” When we're talking to kids, if we don't tell them the truth, then they're never going to trust us, and I think they'll stop listening to us. So I see these books – it's in my voice, it's what I would say to my own children. These books are my way of having a conversation with kids way beyond my children. So what kind of questions do you see kids asking, and how early should parents start educating kids about their bodies and sexual health, or I guess, start giving them “the talk?” The earlier the better. If you really want to think about it, babies are exploring their bodies – they're touching every single part of their body. So from birth, they're exploring that. And then of course, comes the toddler who may have heard something from an older brother or sister, right? They're like, “I was inside you?” And of course, it's often in the supermarket checkout line. “How did I get out? Did you cough me out of your mouth?” I mean, I've heard the zillion stories. “Did I come out of your belly button?” Kids want to know about their bodies. We live with our bodies, physically, 24/7 forever. I don't tell stories, generally, online about my two (at that point) young sons, but again, they were in fifth and seventh grade. The younger one whispered to the older, “In science class, did they talk about sex today?” And, you know, the seventh grader [has] a swagger, right, at that age, and said, “Well, yeah, of course, we talked about that in science class and biology. Of course, we talk about it.” And then they started laughing, and then they both said in unison, “And it's perfectly normal.” And I realized at that point, that was my title for that book. Why? Because most things about sex are perfectly normal. And of course, then there are the things that are not perfectly normal, that are abhorrent, tragic, traumatic, you know, and those things are included in this book – because kids hear about them, and particularly these days, during the pandemic and the access to the internet, even very young children [hear about them]. So I think that if we can talk to them, parents, or have someone else talk to them as a stand-in, that really helps kids navigate those times and realize that, “OK, nothing's wrong with me, I'm normal. This is what happens.” And for some kids, it happens younger, some kids, it happens older, and all of that kind of talk is in the book. It's in all the books – we have an even younger group, Who Has What?, a book about our bodies, and it names all the parts of the bodies, not just “head, shoulders, knees and toes,” which is a fun song to sing, but the genitals are left out. And I use the science names. I don't disapprove if people have their own family names, but I think kids should also know the science names, because this is human biology. But if you haven't started yet, and you have an older child, just roll up your sleeves and take a deep breath, right? And you know that you're going to make mistakes, at least I sure did. And also there are questions that you don't want to answer at that moment, because you just don't know how to do it. So you can say your kids, “That's a great question. I need to find out more about it. Let's talk about that on Friday instead of today, so that I can give you the accurate answer, the science answer, the medical answer, the psychological answer.” And then I have to say that there are parents who cannot – or are not able to, is a better way of saying it – because they themselves have had a traumatic experience that has to do with sex. My heart just goes out to them. But one can then ask one's sister in law, one's brother in law, one's health care provider for your child – Planned Parenthood, even. There are all kinds of places to get the information that you need, and people to do it for you. And I think we really have to respect that notion, because that group of parents still live with the trauma even if they're doing well. And they're marvelous parents, most of them, because of this, so let's include them in that way. How do you see the conversation changing? I mean, your books have been updated multiple times over the years. So which topics do you see coming into the conversation and which have become outdated? When we think about gender and how much more, at least for me, I know about it, I'm aware of it, I respect it – we can't just do the “boys, girls” [thing]. I think that we have to just be so inclusive and not leave anybody out. So what I did in It's Perfectly Normal, and then It's So Amazing!, which an updated version will be out in 2023 – what I did is that I wanted to be inclusive of all kids. And I have been since the beginning, LBGTQ+ kids, of course, they were going to be in my books. And at that time when I started out, if they were in the books at all, they were at the end of the book – [here] they are in chapter five in the first section of that book, called “What is sex?” “What is sex and gender?” it now says. So I decided that I also wanted to include striped kids – I didn't want to leave them out. So I use, throughout the book, I certainly use “they” and “a person” and all of the other ways to be gender neutral, but I also use the science names. For example, the male genitals are called “the male genitals,” that's the science name. I also, in places, so that those who were straight can feel that they're being spoken to in this book – I write “most boys,” “most girls,” “most females,” “most males.” I'd like to, if it's OK with you, I'd like to just read you one short paragraph. Yeah, of course. “Sometimes other people may try to define your gender for you. But who you are is most always the person you feel you are, or figure out you are, or already know you are – no matter what anyone else may say or think about you.” And that has to do with respect, which I write about. Gender is many things. That's why there's more than one answer to the question, “What is gender?” And sex is many things, too, so in the chapter before it says, “Sex is many things.” And on that page – and I just read today that U.S. passports are going to add “X” to their birth certificates, and many states have done so – we have a birth certificate. And Michael Emberley drew a wonderful birth certificate with “male, female, x.” So parents can put that, or an adult can when they're older. So there's a lot of new art in here. And I should just tell you, there's these two [gender neutral] characters in there: one's a bird and one's a bee. And the bird is the kid who wants to know everything, every single detail, and can't stop asking questions, while the bee – and I was more like the bee, in a way – the bee is the kid who thinks it's all gross and disgusting, but gets fascinated by the science. And I am fascinated by the science. So here's from when we talk about gender: the bird says, “Hey, now I know about sex and gender!” and the bee says, “Hey, now I don't need to know anything else about all that stuff!” And their backs are facing each other, because they're always at odds with one another until the end of the book – when they somewhat agree that it's perfectly normal, but just somewhat. There is a bill in the New York legislature right now that would provide for comprehensive sexual education. When you talk about “comprehensive sexual education,” what does that look like to you? Comprehensive sex education needs to include everything that kids need to know to stay healthy when it comes to sexual health. And as I said earlier, it's not just physically what happens to you, but emotionally what happens to you. And when it's not talked about, it becomes a taboo. So my understanding is that the only thing that's mandated in New York state is HIV/AIDS…and that's it, to be taught in the public schools and charter schools. Well, the bill is comprehensive sex education, K-8, from public and charter schools, and I sure hope that New York state is, and I will use the word, progressive enough to realize, going back to an old term of mine: If we can give kids comprehensive sex education in the schools, and then you have parents who are mostly able to do it, and then health care providers, and even the Unitarian Church has a wonderful program which uses our books, [our kids will be prepared]. If they grow up having had this information in an age-appropriate way, over and over and over again, as they get older – and I'll read you one thing that I do say at the end of the book: “They're more apt to be able to postpone pregnancy, to treat their friends with respect.” And I say, “A large part of growing up is learning to take care of yourself in a healthy way. It's more than taking just good care of your body, it means taking responsibility for your own actions for yourself and what you do. It means making healthy choices for yourself, including choices about your body and sex. And it means having respect for yourself and your own decisions, and having healthy relationships with other people.” And then, I ended with, “Yes, puberty is a time when friends, even good friends, often try to persuade or pressure one another to try out new things. Some of these things, which may involve sex, alcohol, drugs, or going on online sites, may be things you do not want to do, or are not ready to do, or are afraid to do, or feel are not safe to do. That's when it's important to make the decision that is best for you, one that is safe and healthy for you. Everyone makes mistakes and has bad judgment once in a while” – I really wanted to end with that – “But most of the time, you can and will make responsible choices.” And this is my hopeful end. So going back to this bill, really, our legislatures should be supporting our children as they are growing up and older. We couldn't do more to support them than to have comprehensive sex ed, and also train our teachers, who also need training. I've often said it's easier to just talk about this, but going back to the parents, it's hard as parents to talk to your own kids. So this community that I talked about, that can support kids – it's an ideal of mine, but it exists in many, many places. There's particularly a lot of debate right now over what's appropriate for children. Florida, of course, just enacted the so called “Don't Say Gay” bill, and Texas considers gender affirming medical treatments for transgender youth to be “child abuse.” It appears, from my view anyway, that the way we talk to children about sex and gender and their bodies, just in general, is a battlefront for what some would call the culture war in the U.S. And I guess I'm just wondering what your thoughts are on it, because I know your books have been banned or restricted in many libraries or schools as well. Well, the disturbing thing is – and I wrote it down so I hope I can be accurate about this – this is the Texas attorney general [saying] that parents are the ones who need to be involved, 100 percent, in sex education, not the school districts. And other people have said, “not teachers.” Well, I have to tell you something – if I took myself back to when I had an elementary school-aged kid, right? As I said, I know a lot about children – but teachers and librarians and even booksellers are professionally trained to teach. I'm not. I am not. I learned, you know, as a parent, but I also learned from doing all the research on this book. I don't want to be the one telling my school that they can't teach this. And in many of these programs, the parents can go into school and say, “I want my child to opt out.” And so the kids go to the science center, somewhere in the school, a place to do some homework, right? And they don't have to be part of it. That's been going on for a long time, because sometimes, for cultural and religious reasons, people don't want their kids to have that information, and I respect that. Just don't keep me and my child from getting that information. So I feel for the teachers and the librarians and booksellers who are on the front lines. I'm just, you know, here I am sitting in front of my computer, and every once in a while they let me out to speak or go to a meeting. But they're living in their own communities, so it doesn't stop. When they go to the supermarket, someone's going to complain or attack them. And now there's the whole [debate] about keeping books that have the word “gay” in it, or describe pornography – which I do in It's Perfectly Normal. I am not a pornographer, but it's stunning the amount of kids, and then younger kids, who go online and see pornography. For some, it's upsetting, for others it's exciting. They haven't done anything wrong, but we need to talk to them about it. [We need to speak] to the fact that most of it is not real, and if you find yourself very upset by what you're seeing, you need to find a trusted adult. And that's the same reason that I talk about abuse. I mean, we have to give kids, we have to let them know that they didn't do anything wrong, that, often, abusers are in your family, so you can't go there – but to go to a trusted adult. You might want to take a friend with you, if you can't go alone. If you can't talk to your family, find a trusted adult and ask them to help you, because they can help you to get help and help the abuse to stop. In our democracy, our kids have a right to have truthful, accurate, as up to date as possible, scientific and psychological information to stay healthy. I have hope: kids have across the country have fought these kinds of laws, and in one place turned one of them around. So my hope is in these younger kids. And when I say younger, I'm talking some eighth graders, seventh graders, some older kids, college kids, who are speaking out against what's happening, and really for getting the information they deserve. Robie, thanks so much for taking the time to speak with me and to be on the show. Is there anything you'd like to leave our listeners with? I heard you might have another reading you'd like to share with us? Yeah, yeah. Because I am concerned about the rate of teen suicide, and it's gone up in the LBGT community. [The book] says: “No matter what people may think, it's so important for every person to treat all people with respect. And it's important to know that people's daily lives, having fun, going to school, going to work, making a home, having friends, being in love, being single, being a partner, being married, raising children, are mostly the same – whether someone is straight, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning.” But I wanted to say something about teen moms. It's very difficult for a high percentage of teen moms, especially if they don't have support from their own families or the people that care for them. And again, my heart goes out to certain groups of people, and it does to them, because who knows why they got pregnant. Perhaps they didn't have comprehensive sex ed, it could be for other reasons. But also, there are teenagers who seem to be able to make it on their own, to do their schoolwork or have family support. So I have respect, and I think we all need to – and I'm sounding a little preachy now, but I guess at my age and being a grandmother, I can. I think we really have to help and respect that community of teen parents. Robie Harris is the author of several children's books, including It's Perfectly Normal, It's So Amazing!, It's Not the Stork!, and Who Has What?. Her latest title, not on that subject, is Somewhere with artwork by Armando Mariño. You can learn more at her website, robieharris.com. 51% is a national production of WAMC Northeast Public Radio. It's produced by Jesse King. Our executive producer is Dr. Alan Chartock, and our theme is "Lolita" by the Albany-based artist Girl Blue.

On this week's 51%, we speak with Robie Harris, author of the groundbreaking children's book, It's Perfectly Normal, about the importance of comprehensive sex education, and how parents can navigate “the talk” with their kids. Guest: Robie Harris, author of It's Perfectly Normal 51% is a national production of WAMC Northeast Public Radio. It's produced by Jesse King. Our executive producer is Dr. Alan Chartock, and our theme is "Lolita" by the Albany-based artist Girl Blue. Follow Along You're listening to 51%, a WAMC production dedicated to women's issues and experiences. Thanks for tuning in, I'm Jesse King.  This week's topic is sex ed, and particularly the much-debated question: how much should we tell our kids, and when? Our guest today has written more than 35 children's books on a variety of subjects, but she's perhaps best known for her lineup of sexual education books: Who Has What? for three to five-year-olds, It's Not the Stork! for four to eight-year-olds, It's So Amazing! for kids as young as seven, and her groundbreaking 1994 book, It's Perfectly Normal, for ages 10 and up. The books have undergone several updates and re-releases over the years to accommodate new developments and conversations around sexual health. The latest edition of It's Perfectly Normal came out in May 2021. Each of these titles, especially It's Perfectly Normal, contain honest depictions of sex and/or the human body, drawn by illustrators Michael Emberly and Nadine Bernard Westcott. As a result, they've frequently drawn fire from lawmakers and faced removal at public libraries and schools — so much so that Harris is on the board of directors for the National Coalition Against Censorship. The practice of book banning is nothing new, of course, but it's a particularly hot topic at the moment: the American Library Association says more than 1,500 individual titles were challenged in 2021, the most it's seen since it first started tracking banning efforts in 2000. Many of the most challenged books from last year were targeted for portraying LGBTQ experiences, something Harris has never shied away from. Harris says the information in her books is crucial for preparing kids to get through puberty and, one day, make healthy decisions as adults. I recently sat down with Harris to discuss what she calls “comprehensive sex education” and look back at the books over the years. What prompted you to write It's Perfectly Normal? I was sitting in an editor's office in New York City, it might have been 32 years ago, I can't remember exactly. His name was Michael Demony, and we had done some children's books together. And he was the editor of the first book on HIV/AIDS. And when I say HIV/AIDS, HIV wasn't even a term that was used then. It's called And the Band Played On, and it was about the AIDS epidemic in San Francisco. He was a San Francisco Chronicle reporter, and highly, highly respected. So he had done that book, and I was sitting in his office, we were talking about children's books – we were also talking about the state of the nation. It was the day after Election Day, and we were talking about the state of children in America, and that it really wasn't very, very good. And they needed lots of information that they weren't getting. And he said to me, “Would you like to write a book on AIDS for school-aged kids?” And I said, “Oh my gosh, I don't really know enough to write about that.” I mean, I know a

On this week's 51%, we speak with Robie Harris, author of the groundbreaking children's book, It's Perfectly Normal, about the importance of comprehensive sex education, and how parents can navigate “the talk” with their kids. Guest: Robie Harris, author of It's Perfectly Normal 51% is a national production of WAMC Northeast Public Radio. It's produced by Jesse King. Our executive producer is Dr. Alan Chartock, and our theme is "Lolita" by the Albany-based artist Girl Blue. Follow Along You're listening to 51%, a WAMC production dedicated to women's issues and experiences. Thanks for tuning in, I'm Jesse King.  This week's topic is sex ed, and particularly the much-debated question: how much should we tell our kids, and when? Our guest today has written more than 35 children's books on a variety of subjects, but she's perhaps best known for her lineup of sexual education books: Who Has What? for three to five-year-olds, It's Not the Stork! for four to eight-year-olds, It's So Amazing! for kids as young as seven, and her groundbreaking 1994 book, It's Perfectly Normal, for ages 10 and up. The books have undergone several updates and re-releases over the years to accommodate new developments and conversations around sexual health. The latest edition of It's Perfectly Normal came out in May 2021. Each of these titles, especially It's Perfectly Normal, contain honest depictions of sex and/or the human body, drawn by illustrators Michael Emberly and Nadine Bernard Westcott. As a result, they've frequently drawn fire from lawmakers and faced removal at public libraries and schools — so much so that Harris is on the board of directors for the National Coalition Against Censorship. The practice of book banning is nothing new, of course, but it's a particularly hot topic at the moment: the American Library Association says more than 1,500 individual titles were challenged in 2021, the most it's seen since it first started tracking banning efforts in 2000. Many of the most challenged books from last year were targeted for portraying LGBTQ experiences, something Harris has never shied away from. Harris says the information in her books is crucial for preparing kids to get through puberty and, one day, make healthy decisions as adults. I recently sat down with Harris to discuss what she calls “comprehensive sex education” and look back at the books over the years. What prompted you to write It's Perfectly Normal? I was sitting in an editor's office in New York City, it might have been 32 years ago, I can't remember exactly. His name was Michael Demony, and we had done some children's books together. And he was the editor of the first book on HIV/AIDS. And when I say HIV/AIDS, HIV wasn't even a term that was used then. It's called And the Band Played On, and it was about the AIDS epidemic in San Francisco. He was a San Francisco Chronicle reporter, and highly, highly respected. So he had done that book, and I was sitting in his office, we were talking about children's books – we were also talking about the state of the nation. It was the day after Election Day, and we were talking about the state of children in America, and that it really wasn't very, very good. And they needed lots of information that they weren't getting. And he said to me, “Would you like to write a book on AIDS for school-aged kids?” And I said, “Oh my gosh, I don't really know enough to write about that.” I mean, I know a lot about kids, because I have a background in child development. But I said, “I really don't know about that. But I wouldn't write a book just on AIDS, I would write a comprehensive book that would include almost every question that kids want to know about their bodies, about puberty, about growing up, and not even just the physical part of it, but the emotional part of going up.” I wasn't writing anything down, because I didn't think I would do this book. And he was writing down everything I said, and he handed me the paper and said, “Here's what you just said.” And I had outlined the book sort of off the top of my head. And he said, “Well, you know, your book could be banned. Do you care about that?” And I said, “No!” I care about if kids can't get the information that they need to stay healthy, but no, I'm not going to worry about [that], I'm going to write what I believe in. We live in a democracy, and that's my right as a citizen. And I went back home and I asked my sons, because my husband and I thought we've done a great job [with sex ed]. I asked my two sons who were then in, I think, fifth and seventh grade, “Tell us what you would put in a book, and did we leave anything out?” Well, they had a long list of things we left out. And I quickly wrote them, and then that night, I called everyone I knew. I called Bill Hazeltine, who is still a top expert in terms of HIV/AIDS and other diseases. I talked to our pediatrician, I talked to reproductive health experts at Harvard Medical School. A lot of people didn't know my name, this was before the internet – so when I call would call up, I'd say, “My name is Robie Harris, I would like to talk with Dr. So-and-So, I'm writing a book for kids on sexual health.” And no one turned me down. I mean, these were heads of departments at Harvard, or Boston University, or Boston Medical Center, or Harvard Medical School – no one turned me down. And it was a sort of joyful moment, just because people care about kids. My editor at that point was wonderful Candlewick Press, which is in Somerville, Massachusetts, a worldwide, children's book publisher. I talked to them about doing it, and the editor there bought the book within two weeks, which is like a record-setting time. And she said, “I want the book to be what your vision of the book is.” But I need to also tell you that many dear and well-meaning friends said, “If you write that book, no publisher will ever publish anything of yours again.” Well, now 35+ books later, they were wrong. And I said, “If that happens, it happens, you know? I'll write, one way or another.” When we're talking to kids, if we don't tell them the truth, then they're never going to trust us, and I think they'll stop listening to us. So I see these books – it's in my voice, it's what I would say to my own children. These books are my way of having a conversation with kids way beyond my children. So what kind of questions do you see kids asking, and how early should parents start educating kids about their bodies and sexual health, or I guess, start giving them “the talk?” The earlier the better. If you really want to think about it, babies are exploring their bodies – they're touching every single part of their body. So from birth, they're exploring that. And then of course, comes the toddler who may have heard something from an older brother or sister, right? They're like, “I was inside you?” And of course, it's often in the supermarket checkout line. “How did I get out? Did you cough me out of your mouth?” I mean, I've heard the zillion stories. “Did I come out of your belly button?” Kids want to know about their bodies. We live with our bodies, physically, 24/7 forever. I don't tell stories, generally, online about my two (at that point) young sons, but again, they were in fifth and seventh grade. The younger one whispered to the older, “In science class, did they talk about sex today?” And, you know, the seventh grader [has] a swagger, right, at that age, and said, “Well, yeah, of course, we talked about that in science class and biology. Of course, we talk about it.” And then they started laughing, and then they both said in unison, “And it's perfectly normal.” And I realized at that point, that was my title for that book. Why? Because most things about sex are perfectly normal. And of course, then there are the things that are not perfectly normal, that are abhorrent, tragic, traumatic, you know, and those things are included in this book – because kids hear about them, and particularly these days, during the pandemic and the access to the internet, even very young children [hear about them]. So I think that if we can talk to them, parents, or have someone else talk to them as a stand-in, that really helps kids navigate those times and realize that, “OK, nothing's wrong with me, I'm normal. This is what happens.” And for some kids, it happens younger, some kids, it happens older, and all of that kind of talk is in the book. It's in all the books – we have an even younger group, Who Has What?, a book about our bodies, and it names all the parts of the bodies, not just “head, shoulders, knees and toes,” which is a fun song to sing, but the genitals are left out. And I use the science names. I don't disapprove if people have their own family names, but I think kids should also know the science names, because this is human biology. But if you haven't started yet, and you have an older child, just roll up your sleeves and take a deep breath, right? And you know that you're going to make mistakes, at least I sure did. And also there are questions that you don't want to answer at that moment, because you just don't know how to do it. So you can say your kids, “That's a great question. I need to find out more about it. Let's talk about that on Friday instead of today, so that I can give you the accurate answer, the science answer, the medical answer, the psychological answer.” And then I have to say that there are parents who cannot – or are not able to, is a better way of saying it – because they themselves have had a traumatic experience that has to do with sex. My heart just goes out to them. But one can then ask one's sister in law, one's brother in law, one's health care provider for your child – Planned Parenthood, even. There are all kinds of places to get the information that you need, and people to do it for you. And I think we really have to respect that notion, because that group of parents still live with the trauma even if they're doing well. And they're marvelous parents, most of them, because of this, so let's include them in that way. How do you see the conversation changing? I mean, your books have been updated multiple times over the years. So which topics do you see coming into the conversation and which have become outdated? When we think about gender and how much more, at least for me, I know about it, I'm aware of it, I respect it – we can't just do the “boys, girls” [thing]. I think that we have to just be so inclusive and not leave anybody out. So what I did in It's Perfectly Normal, and then It's So Amazing!, which an updated version will be out in 2023 – what I did is that I wanted to be inclusive of all kids. And I have been since the beginning, LBGTQ+ kids, of course, they were going to be in my books. And at that time when I started out, if they were in the books at all, they were at the end of the book – [here] they are in chapter five in the first section of that book, called “What is sex?” “What is sex and gender?” it now says. So I decided that I also wanted to include striped kids – I didn't want to leave them out. So I use, throughout the book, I certainly use “they” and “a person” and all of the other ways to be gender neutral, but I also use the science names. For example, the male genitals are called “the male genitals,” that's the science name. I also, in places, so that those who were straight can feel that they're being spoken to in this book – I write “most boys,” “most girls,” “most females,” “most males.” I'd like to, if it's OK with you, I'd like to just read you one short paragraph. Yeah, of course. “Sometimes other people may try to define your gender for you. But who you are is most always the person you feel you are, or figure out you are, or already know you are – no matter what anyone else may say or think about you.” And that has to do with respect, which I write about. Gender is many things. That's why there's more than one answer to the question, “What is gender?” And sex is many things, too, so in the chapter before it says, “Sex is many things.” And on that page – and I just read today that U.S. passports are going to add “X” to their birth certificates, and many states have done so – we have a birth certificate. And Michael Emberley drew a wonderful birth certificate with “male, female, x.” So parents can put that, or an adult can when they're older. So there's a lot of new art in here. And I should just tell you, there's these two [gender neutral] characters in there: one's a bird and one's a bee. And the bird is the kid who wants to know everything, every single detail, and can't stop asking questions, while the bee – and I was more like the bee, in a way – the bee is the kid who thinks it's all gross and disgusting, but gets fascinated by the science. And I am fascinated by the science. So here's from when we talk about gender: the bird says, “Hey, now I know about sex and gender!” and the bee says, “Hey, now I don't need to know anything else about all that stuff!” And their backs are facing each other, because they're always at odds with one another until the end of the book – when they somewhat agree that it's perfectly normal, but just somewhat. There is a bill in the New York legislature right now that would provide for comprehensive sexual education. When you talk about “comprehensive sexual education,” what does that look like to you? Comprehensive sex education needs to include everything that kids need to know to stay healthy when it comes to sexual health. And as I said earlier, it's not just physically what happens to you, but emotionally what happens to you. And when it's not talked about, it becomes a taboo. So my understanding is that the only thing that's mandated in New York state is HIV/AIDS…and that's it, to be taught in the public schools and charter schools. Well, the bill is comprehensive sex education, K-8, from public and charter schools, and I sure hope that New York state is, and I will use the word, progressive enough to realize, going back to an old term of mine: If we can give kids comprehensive sex education in the schools, and then you have parents who are mostly able to do it, and then health care providers, and even the Unitarian Church has a wonderful program which uses our books, [our kids will be prepared]. If they grow up having had this information in an age-appropriate way, over and over and over again, as they get older – and I'll read you one thing that I do say at the end of the book: “They're more apt to be able to postpone pregnancy, to treat their friends with respect.” And I say, “A large part of growing up is learning to take care of yourself in a healthy way. It's more than taking just good care of your body, it means taking responsibility for your own actions for yourself and what you do. It means making healthy choices for yourself, including choices about your body and sex. And it means having respect for yourself and your own decisions, and having healthy relationships with other people.” And then, I ended with, “Yes, puberty is a time when friends, even good friends, often try to persuade or pressure one another to try out new things. Some of these things, which may involve sex, alcohol, drugs, or going on online sites, may be things you do not want to do, or are not ready to do, or are afraid to do, or feel are not safe to do. That's when it's important to make the decision that is best for you, one that is safe and healthy for you. Everyone makes mistakes and has bad judgment once in a while” – I really wanted to end with that – “But most of the time, you can and will make responsible choices.” And this is my hopeful end. So going back to this bill, really, our legislatures should be supporting our children as they are growing up and older. We couldn't do more to support them than to have comprehensive sex ed, and also train our teachers, who also need training. I've often said it's easier to just talk about this, but going back to the parents, it's hard as parents to talk to your own kids. So this community that I talked about, that can support kids – it's an ideal of mine, but it exists in many, many places. There's particularly a lot of debate right now over what's appropriate for children. Florida, of course, just enacted the so called “Don't Say Gay” bill, and Texas considers gender affirming medical treatments for transgender youth to be “child abuse.” It appears, from my view anyway, that the way we talk to children about sex and gender and their bodies, just in general, is a battlefront for what some would call the culture war in the U.S. And I guess I'm just wondering what your thoughts are on it, because I know your books have been banned or restricted in many libraries or schools as well. Well, the disturbing thing is – and I wrote it down so I hope I can be accurate about this – this is the Texas attorney general [saying] that parents are the ones who need to be involved, 100 percent, in sex education, not the school districts. And other people have said, “not teachers.” Well, I have to tell you something – if I took myself back to when I had an elementary school-aged kid, right? As I said, I know a lot about children – but teachers and librarians and even booksellers are professionally trained to teach. I'm not. I am not. I learned, you know, as a parent, but I also learned from doing all the research on this book. I don't want to be the one telling my school that they can't teach this. And in many of these programs, the parents can go into school and say, “I want my child to opt out.” And so the kids go to the science center, somewhere in the school, a place to do some homework, right? And they don't have to be part of it. That's been going on for a long time, because sometimes, for cultural and religious reasons, people don't want their kids to have that information, and I respect that. Just don't keep me and my child from getting that information. So I feel for the teachers and the librarians and booksellers who are on the front lines. I'm just, you know, here I am sitting in front of my computer, and every once in a while they let me out to speak or go to a meeting. But they're living in their own communities, so it doesn't stop. When they go to the supermarket, someone's going to complain or attack them. And now there's the whole [debate] about keeping books that have the word “gay” in it, or describe pornography – which I do in It's Perfectly Normal. I am not a pornographer, but it's stunning the amount of kids, and then younger kids, who go online and see pornography. For some, it's upsetting, for others it's exciting. They haven't done anything wrong, but we need to talk to them about it. [We need to speak] to the fact that most of it is not real, and if you find yourself very upset by what you're seeing, you need to find a trusted adult. And that's the same reason that I talk about abuse. I mean, we have to give kids, we have to let them know that they didn't do anything wrong, that, often, abusers are in your family, so you can't go there – but to go to a trusted adult. You might want to take a friend with you, if you can't go alone. If you can't talk to your family, find a trusted adult and ask them to help you, because they can help you to get help and help the abuse to stop. In our democracy, our kids have a right to have truthful, accurate, as up to date as possible, scientific and psychological information to stay healthy. I have hope: kids have across the country have fought these kinds of laws, and in one place turned one of them around. So my hope is in these younger kids. And when I say younger, I'm talking some eighth graders, seventh graders, some older kids, college kids, who are speaking out against what's happening, and really for getting the information they deserve. Robie, thanks so much for taking the time to speak with me and to be on the show. Is there anything you'd like to leave our listeners with? I heard you might have another reading you'd like to share with us? Yeah, yeah. Because I am concerned about the rate of teen suicide, and it's gone up in the LBGT community. [The book] says: “No matter what people may think, it's so important for every person to treat all people with respect. And it's important to know that people's daily lives, having fun, going to school, going to work, making a home, having friends, being in love, being single, being a partner, being married, raising children, are mostly the same – whether someone is straight, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning.” But I wanted to say something about teen moms. It's very difficult for a high percentage of teen moms, especially if they don't have support from their own families or the people that care for them. And again, my heart goes out to certain groups of people, and it does to them, because who knows why they got pregnant. Perhaps they didn't have comprehensive sex ed, it could be for other reasons. But also, there are teenagers who seem to be able to make it on their own, to do their schoolwork or have family support. So I have respect, and I think we all need to – and I'm sounding a little preachy now, but I guess at my age and being a grandmother, I can. I think we really have to help and respect that community of teen parents. Robie Harris is the author of several children's books, including It's Perfectly Normal, It's So Amazing!, It's Not the Stork!, and Who Has What?. Her latest title, not on that subject, is Somewhere with artwork by Armando Mariño. You can learn more at her website, robieharris.com. 51% is a national production of WAMC Northeast Public Radio. It's produced by Jesse King. Our executive producer is Dr. Alan Chartock, and our theme is "Lolita" by the Albany-based artist Girl Blue.

Today! Celebrate America's favorite pastime with WPMT's premiere of “Casey at the Bat!” If it makes you really nostalgic, remember that the start of the season is soon! Today's musical includes, as you may imagine, "Take Me Out to the Ball Game," "The Band Played On" and "In the Good Old Summertime"! Join us for “Casey at the Bat” on Apple, YouTube, Spotify and all other major podcast platforms at 1 PM CT.

Sure, sure, everybody wants to know the plot summary. But why does the plot matter? How can you as a writer make your readers care about the plot? After a detour about the job market for English majors (bummer alert...), Emily compares three novels that open by flashing forward to a short story from a literary magazine that mixes flash forward in throughout. Today's sources of craft inspiration: “Ghost Story” by Becca Anderson (2020), published in The Masters Review The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi (2020), The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides (1993), and One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez (1967) Other links from this episode: Ben's experimental book recommendation Sea-Witch by Never Angeline Nørth (2020), or you can buy the bundle of every ebook from the indie publisher Inside the Castle Emily's literary journalism recommendations: Five Days at Memorial Hospital by Sheri Fink (2013) and And the Band Played On by Randy Shilts (1987) Listen to two literary agents talk shop about the publishing industry on Print Run Podcast Good Writing is a podcast where two friends read like writers and lay out craft for fellow writers to steal. Co-hosted by Emily Donovan and Benjamin Kerns. Twitter: @goodwritingpod Email: goodwritingpodcast@gmail.com

Episode Notes Tom is Andy, a lawyer fired for alleged incompetence, Denzel is Joe, out to prove he was fired for a different reason. in this introduction episode Darren talks to Andy Nelson, Eris Nash and Phillip Mottaz about the circumstances leading up to the production of the film and the environment for gay men with HIV/AIDS in 1993, including some background from the HBO film And the Band Played On.

Welcome to our very first (potentially only?) mini episode where we talk about the 1993 made-for-TV HBO film "And the Band Played On." Only Elise watched it and Richard Gere only has about two minutes of screen time, so this episode's vibes are a lil different than usual! Elise explains the plot of the movie to Sarah, talks a little about the movie's production, and gives excessively detailed descriptions about RTG's outfits and facial hair--so some things remain the same. Enjoy!

Songs include: Whose Honey Are You?, All the Things You Are, I Concentrate On You, Apple Blossom Time, The Band Played On and September Song. Performers include: Bing Crosby, the Andrews Sisters, Guy Lombardo, Fats Waller, Walter Huston , Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller.

James Demers (He/Him) has worked as a professional facilitator and LGBTQ diversity educator for 9 years and as a community builder for 14 years. Working across a variety of sectors in Treaty 7 Territory (Mo'kinsis) and around the world. He is also a trans activist, athlete, bunny dad, performer, public speaker, and lucky drag producer with Fake Mustache. He has committed his life and career to uplifting LGBTQ voices and building bridges of understanding between all of us.  Local Resources for Education and Support ServicesQueer Education Foundation  https://www.qefoundation.com/Skipping Stone Foundation  https://www.skippingstone.ca/Centre for Newcomers/ Rainbow RailRoad  https://www.rainbowrailroad.org/AROC - Anti-Racist Organizational Change Project/ Resources -  http://communitywise.net/aroc/Calgary Queer Arts Society - https://www.calgaryqueerartssociety.com/Rainbow Elders -  http://rainbowelderscalgary.ca/Calgary Pride -  https://www.calgarypride.ca/Calgary Outlink - https://www.calgaryoutlink.ca/HIV Community Link - https://hivcl.org/519 Community Services Toronto -  https://www.the519.org/education-training/training-resources/our-resourcesIndigiqueer and Two Spirit Education/ SpeakersJoshua Whitehead (he/him)  https://www.joshuawhitehead.ca/Mòkinàn Consulting - Gabriel Castilloux https://www.mokinanconsulting.com/Dr. James Makokis http://speakerscanada.com/james-makokis/Further Education and Media Recommendations PodcastsMaking Gay History https://makinggayhistory.com/Queer As Fact https://www.queerasfact.com/Nancy https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/nancyAfroQueer Podcast https://afroqueerpodcast.com/Native Calgarian Podcast https://www.nativecalgarian.com/The Secret Life of Canada https://www.cbc.ca/radio/secretlifeofcanadaThe Unlearning Channel https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-unlearning-channelBooks - Can be found on www.goodreads.comStonewall: The Riots that Sparked the Gay Revolution by David CarterAnd the Band Played On by Randy ShiltsTransgender History by Susan StrykerOur Past Matters: Stories of Gay Calgary by Kevin AllenI’m Afraid of Men by Vivek Shraya- local U of C Professor and artistSo You Want to Talk About Race- by Ijeoma OluoMe and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F. SaadThe Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power by Desmond ColeHow to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

Joining us this week on The Systemic Stage is the impressive Dr. Scott Proudfit of Elon University to discuss devised theatre and collective creation, the importance of mentorship and pedagogy, and to give us tips on how we can continue to be theatre activists through these mediums. Learn more about Dr. Scott Proudfit here: https://www.elon.edu/u/directory/profile/?user=sproudfit And here: https://elondramaturgy.wordpress.com/tag/scott-proudfit/ Books edited by Dr. Proudfit on Collective Creation can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/Kathryn-Mederos-Syssoyeva/e/B01G6J8PXC?ref_=dbs_p_pbk_r00_abau_000000 History of Collective Creation Collective Creation in Contemporary Performance Women, Collective Creation, and Devised Performance Check out these two books on Frantic Assembly and Viewpoints here if you are interested in Devised Theatre! The Viewpoints book: https://www.amazon.com/Frantic-Assembly-Book-Devising-Theatre/dp/1138777013 Frantic Assembly book: https://www.amazon.com/Frantic-Assembly-Book-Devising-Theatre/dp/1138777013 Book mentioned about the history of the aid pandemic : And the Band Played On can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/Band-Played-Politics-Epidemic-20th-Anniversary/dp/0312374631 Works recommended by Dr. Proudfit: John by Annie Baker Sabrina by Nick Drnaso My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris Resources about Dr. Proudfit: https://www.elon.edu/u/directory/profile/?user=sproudfit https://www.elon.edu/u/news/2020/04/02/proudfit-aids-plays-offer-lens-to-understand-respond-to-covid-19/ https://www.elon.edu/u/news/2020/02/04/english-professors-spider-man-comics-reprinted/ https://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Spider-Man-Radioactive-Joey-Cavalieri/dp/1302920448 https://www.elon.edu/u/news/2018/11/01/the-contemporary-play-reading-and-discussion-series-receives-national-recognition-in-american-theatre-magazine/

Full Metal Jacket.   On this episode we are joined by Matthew Modine . Matthew Modine is an American actor, activist and filmmaker, who rose to prominence through his role as United States Marine Corps Private Joker in Full Metal Jacket. His other film roles include the title character in Birdy, the high school wrestler Louden Swain in Vision Quest, Joe Slovak in Gross Anatomy, Drake Goodman in Pacific Heights and Dr. Ralph Wyman in Short Cuts. On television, Modine portrayed the villainous Dr. Martin Brenner in Stranger Things, the oversexed Sullivan Groff on Weeds, Dr. Don Francis in And the Band Played On and Ivan Turing in Proof. Please support the Mark and Me Podcast here https://www.patreon.com/Markandme

Richard Jenkins and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his delightful new film The Last Shift, simplicity, connecting with a script, context and complications, emotional intelligence, and why there are no magic endings.TrailerWatch the film on Google Play, YouTube and Amazon Prime.Synopsis:Stanley (Richard Jenkins), an aging fast-food worker, plans to call it quits after 38 years on the graveyard shift at Oscar’s Chicken and Fish. His last weekend takes a turn while training his replacement, Jevon (Shane Paul McGhie), a talented but stalled young writer whose provocative politics keep landing him in trouble.These two who share little in common are brought together through circumstance. Stanley, a high school dropout who has watched his life pass by his drive-through window, proudly details the nuances of the job. While Jevon, a columnist who’s too smart to be flipping patties, contends their labor is being exploited. A flicker of camaraderie sparks during the long overnight hours in a quiet kitchen.About Richard Jenkins:Born in DeKalb, Illinois, Richard Jenkins has built up an impressive list of credits since he began working as an actor in 1980. Yet with all his credits, Jenkins has remained strictly in supporting roles. After his first feature film, the sci-fi drama The Falls, Jenkins landed work in a number of TV movies. In 1985 he returned to features, landing small roles in various films such as Silverado, Witches of Eastwick and Little Nikita.From 1985 to 1994, Jenkins found television more profitable, and spent most of his time working in mini-series and television movies. It was in this arena that he finally found starring roles in films such as Into Thin Air: Death on Everest, And the Band Played On and The Boys Next Door.This led to supporting roles in various large budget films such as Flirting with Disaster, Absolute Power, There’s Something About Mary, The Mod Squad, Flirting with Disaster, Snow Falling on Cedars, Random Hearts, Me Myself and Irene and Say It Isn’t So.In 2001 he landed the recurring role of Nate Fisher, Sr. in HBO's television series Six Feet Under. He continues to appear in major motion pictures such as The Cores with Hilary Swank, Shall We Dance with Richard Gere, North Country with Charlize Theron and The Cabin in the Woods with Chris Hemsworth.More recently, he's played roles in Darling Companion alongside Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline, Killing Them Softly, co-starring Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta and James Gandolfini and in Jack Reacher opposite Tom Cruise.In 2009, he received his first Academy Award nomination, for his work in The Visitor. He received his second for The Shape of Water, in the Supporting Actor category, in addition to a Golden Globe nomination.Prior to the start of the coronavirus pandemic, he completed the starring role in the feature film The Last Shift, about a fast-food worker who's finally retiring and has to train his young replacement.(With credit to tribute.ca)Image Copyright and Credit: Sony Pictures.F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here.With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mario Cesar Vilhena e Vivian Avelino-Silva conversam sobre Saúde Mental para Pessoas LGBTQIA+ com Bruno Branquinho, médico psiquiatra pela Faculdade de Medicina da USP (FMUSP), com residência e especialização em Psicoterapia no Hospital das Clínicas da FMUSP, que é psicanalista de orientação lacaniana, escreve para a Carta Capital sobre Saúde LGBT+ e atende como psiquiatra na Casa 1 – Centro de Cultura e Acolhimento LGBT.  Indicações Cultura Transviada: Please Like Me, série de Josh Thomas; Legendary, reality show de competição de voguing apresentado por Dashaun Wesley; Hedwig and the Angry Inch ou Hedwig – Rock, Amor e Traição, filme dirigido por John Cameron Mitchell; And the Band Played On ou E a Vida Continua, filme dirigido por Roger Spottiswoode; Vingadores, a Cruzada das Crianças, livro da Marvel escrito por Allan Heinberg.

Golf From The Fringe presents "The Golf Club Without a Course." The TalkinGolf History introduced the first ever storyline podcast in 2018, when it introduced the Golf From the Fringe series - after a year off, our latest show captures the unique story of the history of the Pittsburgh Golf Club - which includes a runaway bride, a billionaire, the US President, Queen Victoria, the battle between private and public golf, the formation of the Western PA Golf Association, the creation of Oakmont, Fox Chapel and the Pittsburgh Field Club -----all in 26 minutes of run time. The soundtrack alone makes this podcast worth listening to, as it follows 60 years of popular music through the duration of our story's timeline. Sountrack includes: Kevin MacLeod's "Wizardtorium" Wizardtorium Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Nabucco Va Pensiero circa 1840 Johann Strauss II, "Roses From A Southern Waltz" perfomed by the Philadelphia Orchestra circa 1880 Charles B. Ward, "The Band Played On" circa 1895 Scott Joplin, "Original Rags" circa 1899 Elizabeth Lennox, In the Gloaming" circa 1910 Kevin MacLeod, "Atlantean Twilight" "Atlantean Twilight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...

Tony and Emmy Award-nominee and star of "American Flyers" David Marshall Grant joins us to discuss his casting, training, the most memorable moment on set, the lasting meaning of the film, and processing American history through storytelling. -- More info on our guest: David Marshall Grant’s Broadway credits include “Bent,” starring with Richard Gere, and Joe Pitt in “Angels in America,” for which he was nominated for a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award. His first play, “Snakebit,” was produced off-Broadway and was nominated for a Drama Desk Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award. Other plays include “Current Events” at The Manhattan Theater Club and “Pen” at Playwrights Horizons. Television work includes Bobby Kennedy in “Citizen Cohn,” “And the Band Played On,” “Thirty-Something” and “Party Down.” He has been an executive producer on “Brothers & Sisters,” “Nashville,” “Smash,” “Code Black” and “A Million Little Things.” Grant has appeared in over 25 movies, including “American Flyers,” “The Chamber,” “Air America,” “Stepford Wives” and “The Devil Wears Prada.” He is currently writing the screen adaptation of Michael Ausiello’s “Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies” with Dan Savage.

There are few issues on which the stakes in this election are quite as stark as on health care. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden plans to pass (and Democrats largely support) a massive health care expansion that could result in 25 million additional individuals gaining health insurance. The Trump administration, as we speak, is pushing to get the Supreme Court to kill the Affordable Care Act, which would strip at least 20 million Americans of health care coverage.    There's no one I'd rather have on to discuss these issues than Sarah Kliff. Kliff is an investigative reporter for the New York Times focusing on health care policy, and my former colleague at the Washington Post and Vox where we co-hosted The Weeds alongside Matt Yglesias. She's one of the most clear, incisive health care policy analysts in media today and a longtime friend, which made this conversation a pleasure. We discuss:  The legacy of Obamacare 10 years later Why the fiercely fought over “individual mandate” isn’t all it’s cracked up to be  What Biden’s health care plan would actually do — and where it falls short  Whether a Biden administration would be able to pass massive health care reform — and why it might still have a chance even if the filibuster remains intact  The ongoing Supreme Court case to dismantle Obamacare  Whether Donald Trump has a secret health care plan to protect those with preexisting conditions (spoiler: he doesn’t)  The hollow state of Republican health care policy  The academic literature showing that health insurance is literally a matter of life and death  Which social investments would have the largest impact on people’s health (hint: it’s probably not expanding insurance)    And much more References: "If Trump wins, 20 million people could lose health insurance. If Biden wins, 25 million could gain it." by Dylan Scott, Vox “Obamacare Turns 10. Here’s a Look at What Works and Doesn’t.” by Sarah Kliff, et al. New York Times "The I.R.S. Sent a Letter to 3.9 Million People. It Saved Some of Their Lives." by Sarah Kliff, New York Times "Republicans Killed the Obamacare Mandate. New Data Shows It Didn’t Really Matter." by Sarah Kliff, New York Times "Without Ginsburg, Supreme Court Could Rule Three Ways on Obamacare" by Sarah Kliff and Margot Sanger-Katz, New York Times Book recommendations: The Healing of America by TR Reid  And the Band Played On by Randy Shilts  Dreamland by Sam Quinones  I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen Credits: Producer/Audio wizard - Jeff Geld Researcher - Roge Karma Please consider making a contribution to Vox to support this show: bit.ly/givepodcasts Your support will help us keep having ambitious conversations about big ideas. New to the show? Want to check out Ezra’s favorite episodes? Check out the Ezra Klein Show beginner’s guide (http://bit.ly/EKSbeginhere) Want to contact the show? Reach out at ezrakleinshow@vox.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mario Cesar Vilhena e Vivian Avelino-Silva conversam sobre "Saúde Mental para Pessoas LGBTQIA+" com Bruno Branquinho, médico psiquiatra pela Faculdade de Medicina da USP (FM-USP), fez residência e especialização em psicoterapia no Hospital das Clínicas da FM-USP, é psicanalista de orientação lacaniana, escreve para a Carta Capital sobre Saúde LGBT+ e atende como psiquiatra na CASA 1 - Centro de Cultura e Acolhimento LGBT. Indicações Cultura Transviada: "Please Like Me", série de Josh Thomas; "Legendary", reality show de competição de voguing apresentado por Dashaun Wesley; "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" ou "Hedwig - Rock, Amor e Traição", filme dirigido por John Cameron Mitchell; "And the Band Played On" ou "E a Vida Continua", filme dirigido por Roger Spottiswoode; "Vingadores, a Cruzada das Crianças", livro da Marvel escrito por Allan Heinberg.

Our crew today: Hosts Dr. Steph, Miami Rick, Captains Nick and Jeff, Producer/Director Liz. Jetpack flyer sighted near LAX, Ukrainian SU-27 near-disaster when landing on highway, more news, your feedback, and this week's Plane Tale: "The Band Played On." Photo Credit: Nick Anderson [00:03:23] NEWS [00:03:40] Ukrainian Air Force Exercise Almost Ends in Disaster [00:09:57] Three People Killed in Plane Crash at Coulter Field in Bryan TX [00:11:46] Emirates A388 Near Chennai on Jul 10th 2019, Turbulence Injures Passengers and Crew [00:25:08] Airline Pilot Reports Seeing 'Guy in Jetpack' Near Aircraft While Approaching LAX [00:30:56] North Star DC3 at Pickle Lake on Mar 17th 2017, Could Not Climb After Takeoff [00:39:01] Surinam Airways' 777 ETOPS Problem [00:45:16] Japan's 'Flying Car' Gets Off Ground, With a Person Aboard [00:49:31] The Runway Lights were Broken, but Igiugig Residents Guided in a Medevac Plane with Car Headlights [00:54:31] GETTING TO KNOW US [01:12:39] COFFEE FUND [01:14:25] FEEDBACK [01:14:34] George - Go-Around Call/ Toxic Air [01:18:11] Capt Joe - A Question for You re: Most Embarrassing PAs [01:30:51] PLANE TALES - The Band Played On [02:01:26] Omni Air International Boeing 767 Suffers Main Landing Gear Collapse During Landing at Bucharest Airport [02:08:18] Boeing Woes Mount With Manufacturing Defect Found in Dreamliners [02:12:56] Ham Radio Jim - FedEx Incident at LAX [02:17:18] Steffen - Shipping Times, DHL Cargo [02:23:36] Chris - Global Supertanker 944 Fighting the Fires in California [02:27:42] Aubrey - Airbus A321neo Above Its Service Ceiling? [02:34:29] Jeffrey - Ekranoplan [02:39:12] Eero Eero - Kauhava air show [02:40:43] Mike - Air Force Pilot Once Flew a Bomber Under the Mackinac Bridge VIDEO Don't see the video? Click this to watch it on YouTube! Don't see the video? Click this to watch it on YouTube! Looking for the older episodes? You can find them by going here: All APG Episodes Feed ABOUT RADIO ROGER “Radio Roger” Stern has been a TV and Radio reporter since he was a teenager. He’s won an Emmy award for his coverage in the New York City Market. Currently you can hear his reporting in New York on radio station 1010 WINS, the number one all-news station in the nation. Nationally you can hear him anchor newscasts on the Fox News Radio Network and on Fox’s Headlines 24-7 service on Sirius XM Radio. In addition Roger is a proud member of and contributor to the APG community. Audible.com Trial Membership Offer - Get your free audio book today! Give us your review in iTunes! I'm "airlinepilotguy" on Facebook, and "airlinepilotguy" on Twitter. feedback@airlinepilotguy.com airlinepilotguy.com "Appify" the Airline Pilot Guy website (http://airlinepilotguy.com) on your phone or tablet! ATC audio from http://LiveATC.net Intro/outro Music, Coffee Fund theme music by Geoff Smith thegeoffsmith.com Dr. Steph's intro music by Nevil Bounds Capt Nick's intro music by Kevin from Norway (aka Kevski) Doh De Oh by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100255 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Copyright © AirlinePilotGuy 2020, All Rights Reserved Airline Pilot Guy Show by Jeff Nielsen is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

Interview with Doctor May Professor of Microbiology and Infectious Disease at UNE COM.  Topics included UNH Wildcats, social media battles, and of course, tacos. Here are the two books Dr. May Recommended:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28881.Lamb https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28212.And_the_Band_Played_On

Our crew today: Hosts Dr. Steph, Captains Nick and Jeff, Producer/Director Liz. A man at PDX drives under a taxiing 737 in family sedan, a single engine airplane drives under a bridge in Michigan, more news, your feedback, and this week's Plane Tale: "The Band Played On." Photo Credit: Nick Anderson [00:02:45] NEWS [00:03:03] Aircraft Accident Beechcraft 200 Super King Air N198DM Chicago/Rockford International Airport, IL (RFD) [00:07:47] Detectives Seek Pilot Who Flew Under Mackinac Bridge [00:11:46] Man Arrested In Portland After Driving Under A Taxiing Aircraft [00:20:55] Crash: South West Aviation AN26 at Juba on Aug 22nd 2020, Lost Height After Departure [00:28:26] Vueling A320 at Birmingham on Aug 26th 2019, Alpha Floor on Second Missed Approach [00:53:15] This Plane Flies Itself. We Went for a Ride | WIRED [01:02:08] Helicopter Company in Crash that Killed Kobe Bryant Sues Air Traffic Controllers [01:09:58] GETTING TO KNOW US [01:49:16] COFFEE FUND [01:50:59] FEEDBACK [01:52:04] Sean - Free FAA Resources/Can Airline Pilots Actually Fly a Plane? [01:56:07] Mike - I’m Getting Furloughed With You [01:59:07] PLANE TALES - The Band Played On [02:24:02] Peter - Hello from a New APG Listener from Down Under [02:36:54] Robert - Stuck in the Caymans [02:38:44] Stephen - Pan Am! The Game! [02:49:50] Dave - TikTok and Nightmare at 20,000 Feet [02:51:07] Matthew - How Strong are Cockpit Windows? [02:52:10] Bill - Read My Shorts [02:58:28] Ivor - Mad Dog? VIDEO Don't see the video? Click this to watch it on YouTube! Looking for the older episodes? You can find them by going here: All APG Episodes Feed ABOUT RADIO ROGER “Radio Roger” Stern has been a TV and Radio reporter since he was a teenager. He’s won an Emmy award for his coverage in the New York City Market. Currently you can hear his reporting in New York on radio station 1010 WINS, the number one all-news station in the nation. Nationally you can hear him anchor newscasts on the Fox News Radio Network and on Fox’s Headlines 24-7 service on Sirius XM Radio. In addition Roger is a proud member of and contributor to the APG community. Audible.com Trial Membership Offer - Get your free audio book today! Give us your review in iTunes! I'm "airlinepilotguy" on Facebook, and "airlinepilotguy" on Twitter. feedback@airlinepilotguy.com airlinepilotguy.com "Appify" the Airline Pilot Guy website (http://airlinepilotguy.com) on your phone or tablet! ATC audio from http://LiveATC.net Intro/outro Music, Coffee Fund theme music by Geoff Smith thegeoffsmith.com Dr. Steph's intro music by Nevil Bounds Capt Nick's intro music by Kevin from Norway (aka Kevski) Doh De Oh by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100255 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Copyright © AirlinePilotGuy 2020, All Rights Reserved Airline Pilot Guy Show by Jeff Nielsen is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

In 1987 journalist Randy Shilts chronicled the early years of AIDS in North America in his book And the Band Played On. Shilts' reporting was mostly concerned with the failures of the U.S. government and healthcare infrastructure to respond to […]

By the time he was offered the starring role in Kubrick's 'Full Metal Jacket', Modine had alread worked with some of our finest directors, including Alan Parker, John Sayles and Robert Altman. In subsequent years, Modine has delivered indelible performances in high profile films like 'Gross Anatomy', 'And the Band Played On' and 'Any Given Sunday'.   Support this podcast

Chase that metronidazole with a beer! Pop some 30 year old pills! Retrain your brain as our esteemed guest Dr. Douglas Paauw goes over his popular annual ACP presentation on Medical Myths. Learn about how some common medical myths originate and continue in our practice. We discuss why it’s okay to drink on metronidazole, take expired medications, inject epinephrine into extremities and why recurrent sinusitis may not really exist.      Listeners can claim Free CME credit through VCU Health at curbsiders.vcuhealth.org/ (CME goes live at 0900 ET on the episode’s release date).      Show Notes | Subscribe | Spotify | Swag! | Top Picks | Mailing List | thecurbsiders@gmail.com | CME!     Credits Written and Produced by: Justin Berk, MD MPH MBA Infographic and Cover Art: Beth Garbitelli Hosts: Justin Berk, MD, MPH, MBA; Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP    Editor: Emi Okamoto MD (written materials); Clair Morgan of nodderly.com Guest: Douglas Paauw, MD     Sponsor We are excited to announce that the Curbsiders are now partnering with VCU Health Continuing Education to offer continuing education credits for physicians and other healthcare professionals. Check out curbsiders.vcuhealth.org/ for more information.     Time Stamps 00:00 Intro, disclaimer, guest bio 02:22 Guest one-liner; Career Advice, Picks of the Week*: Being Mortal, book by Atul Gawande; The Band Played On, book by Randy Shilts; Lagunitas Hoppy Refresher: zero alcohol, zero calories! 06:15 Medical Myth Definitions 10:20 Dogma: Metronidazole and Alcohol; Healthy RCT Metronidazole and Alcohol 19:09 Expired Medications; Military Stockpiling Study 24:22 Aspirin and Nitroglycerin; Unopened eye drops; Epi-Pens; Expired Med Recap 31:13 Sinus Headaches; Trigeminal Nerve; Pearl: Recurrent headaches; Study showing Effectiveness of treatment (92%) 41:07 Epinephrine in extremity; RCT of Epi in Extremities Study showing Experts use it; Podiatry journal 48:39 Take home points and Outro   *The Curbsiders participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising commissions by linking to Amazon. Simply put, if you click on our Amazon.com links and buy something we earn a (very) small commission, yet you don’t pay any extra.     Goal Listeners will challenge the dogma of specific medical practices that have been spread without evidence basis.     Learning objectives After listening to this episode listeners will... Counsel patients taking metronidazole on alcohol use Describe the risks associated with taking expired medications Diagnose and treat commonly defined “sinus headaches” Describe the risks associated with epinephrine injections in the extremities      Disclosures Dr Paauw reports no relevant financial disclosures. The Curbsiders report no relevant financial disclosures.      Citation Pauuw D, Berk J, Williams PN, Watto MF. “#215 Medical Myths: Challenge Dogma with Dr. Douglas Paauw”. The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast. https://thecurbsiders.com/episode-list May 25, 2020.

Our guest on Episode 009 is Dr. Rajeev Ramchand. He joins Emily and Jason - after a decade lapse in contact - to help us understand the COVID-19 pandemic better using an epidemiological lens and to educate others about where we are and where we are going. Their conversation covers the basics of epidemiology, the data we have and how to make it better, historical comparisons, and what most concerns him moving forward - namely this is only a “trial run” pandemic and we need to shore up our public health infrastructure and personal communities to deal with the next ones. While he has a fairly different background than our previous guests, his passion of serving others with research and building stronger more inclusive communities, makes him a true Glorious Professional.  Dr. Ramchand holds a PhD in Psychiatric Epidemiology from Johns Hopkins, and studies mental health particularly in active military and veteran communities. He’s currently a fellow at the Bob Woodruff Foundation. With his “big brain” resume, he is finding fulfillment not only strengthening ties to his own communities but also using his deep knowledge combined with a love of performance to educate others through a series of YouTube Videos about epidemiology.  Links: Dr Ramchand’s Epi Videos Dr Ramchand’s COVID-19 and Veterans Paper Johns Hopkins Map COVID Tracking Project Fivethirtyeight article on forecasting Visual Guide of Pandemics Through History “And the Band Played On” by Randy Shilts New England Journal article of COVID-19 prevalence in pregnant women 

In this episode Shanna and Jeff catch up on a number of 2019 movies, review Netflix's February release Horse Girl, and count down their favorite non-theatrical movies, movies that were Made-for-TV, Made-for-Cable, Direct-to-Video, or Direct-to-Streaming. Next time on The Movie Lovers: Breathless 60th Anniversary and Film Faves: '60s Movies. Look for it on Tuesday, 4/28 Show Notes • Opening and Introduction with Pandemic Update • The Week in Review (0:08:56) o Shanna's Week:  Between Two Ferns: The Movie  Roe v. Wade  Always a Witch o Our Week: (0:20:50)  Doctor Sleep  Last Christmas  Queen & Slim  Unicorn Store • The Main Event: Horse Girl (0:41:35) o The Good o The Bad o Spoilers and Final Thoughts (0:54:45) • Film Faves: Non-Theatrical Movies (1:05:42) • Where You Can Find Us and Ending (1:46:43) Shanna's Fave Non-Theatrical Movies: 12. Confirmation (2016) – HBO Now 11. To the Bone (2017) – Netflix 10. Okja (2017) – Netflix 9. Justice League vs. Teen Titans (2016) 8. The Lion King II: Simba's Pride 7. Cargo (2017) - Netflix 6. The Kindergarten Teacher (2018) – Netflix 5. The Secret (2006) – Netflix 4. The Tale (2018) – HBO Now 3. Private Life (2018) – Netflix 2. Tiny Toons Adventures: How I Spent My Summer Vacation (1992) - Hulu 1. Temple Grandin (2010) – HBO Now Jeff's Fave Non-Theatrical Movies: 12. Okja (2017) - Netflix 11. The Tuskegee Airmen (1994) – HBO Now 10. Dolemite is My Name (2019) - Netflix 9. Temple Grandin (2010) – HBO Now 8. Love Letters (1999) 7. The Day After (1983) 6. Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010) 5. Gia (1998) – HBO Now 4. Game Change (2012) – HBO Now 3. Tuesdays with Morrie (1999) 2. The Death of Superman (2018) 1. And the Band Played On (1993) – HBO Now

We wanted to reach out today and assure you that we are monitoring the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation closely and are working to ensure we meet the needs of our customers as well as provide for the health and safety of our employees. We realize this health situation has already been disruptive to many businesses across the globe and wanted to share facts about what we're doing to support both our customers and employees. Tonight, we will be discussing the movie, "And the Band Played On" with returning guest, Jon Reed. We will be discussing pandemics in general and as related to the AIDS epidemic as depicted in the film. We are taking preventative measures during this time of crisis. Both Robert and I, and our guest, are utilizing virtual meeting technology and working from home during this unprecedented time. Robert and I are both in FEMA region X, and Jon will be broadcasting from FEMA region III. Join us next week as we invite Shaine Scalph of HAPA Supremecy to discuss the Jackie Chan action-classic, "Police Story". Show Notes: http://www.lastnighters.com/116 Look for it at the Launch Pad Media, where they are always launching new ideas in your direction: http://www.thelaunchpadmedia.com Reel Unconventional Film Analysis. We use movies as a starting point for people who may not be familiar with this way of thinking. The point is to show what anarchy actually is with instances that are presented in film. SUBSCRIBE, RATE AND REVIEW ON APPLE PODCASTS (or iTUNES)

We wanted to reach out today and assure you that we are monitoring the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation closely and are working to ensure we meet the needs of our customers as well as provide for the health and safety of our employees. We realize this health situation has already been disruptive to many businesses across the globe and wanted to share facts about what we're doing to support both our customers and employees. Tonight, we will be discussing the movie, "And the Band Played On" with returning guest, Jon Reed. We will be discussing pandemics in general and as related to the AIDS epidemic as depicted in the film. We are taking preventative measures during this time of crisis. Both Robert and I, and our guest, are utilizing virtual meeting technology and working from home during this unprecedented time. Robert and I are both in FEMA region X, and Jon will be broadcasting from FEMA region III. Join us next week as we invite Shaine Scalph of HAPA Supremecy to discuss the Jackie Chan action-classic, "Police Story". Show notes: http://www.actualanarchy.com/173 Presented by www.ActualAnarchy.com Robert and I analyze popular movies from a Rothbardian/Anarcho-Capitalist perspective. We use movies as a starting point for people who may not be familiar with this way of thinking. Discussion of the plot and decisions that characters make in relation to morality and violations of the non-aggression principle are our bread and butter. We also will highlight and discuss any themes or lessons from Austrian Economics that we can glean from the film. The point is to show what anarchy actually is with instances that are presented in film. We publish at least once per week; and occasionally will do specials surrounding holidays or events (elections/olympics) and have guests. SUBSCRIBE, RATE AND REVIEW ON APPLE PODCASTS (or iTUNES)

Just in case there wasn't enough toxic masculinity last week, we are going to up the dose tonight as we discuss the "Edge of Darkness" with the Professional Asshole. When the only daughter of a Boston homicide detective, Thomas Craven (Mel Gibson), is shot on his doorstep, everyone assumes that he was the intended target. Then evidence suggests otherwise, and Craven sets out to find her killer and, in the process, uncovers her secret life, corporate coverups, government collusion, and murder. Mel Gibson plays the same role he often plays as an aggrieved man seeking justice for something done wrong to a family member. The old man's still got it in this one that marks his return to acting after a bit of an unplanned hiatus. We'll talk about whistle-blowers, trusting the politicians and the false flags on this one - it gets a little spicy, but nothing our audience can't handle. Join us next week, if we're still around, to talk about another virus and the panic that ensued from it when we talk about HIV and AIDS form its early days with returning guest, Jon Reed and his movie selection, "And the Band Played On”. Show Notes: http://www.lastnighters.com/115 Look for it at the Launch Pad Media, where they are always launching new ideas in your direction: http://www.thelaunchpadmedia.com Reel Unconventional Film Analysis. We use movies as a starting point for people who may not be familiar with this way of thinking. The point is to show what anarchy actually is with instances that are presented in film. SUBSCRIBE, RATE AND REVIEW ON APPLE PODCASTS (or iTUNES)

Just in case there wasn't enough toxic masculinity last week, we are going to up the dose tonight as we discuss the "Edge of Darkness" with the Professional Asshole. When the only daughter of a Boston homicide detective, Thomas Craven (Mel Gibson), is shot on his doorstep, everyone assumes that he was the intended target. Then evidence suggests otherwise, and Craven sets out to find her killer and, in the process, uncovers her secret life, corporate coverups, government collusion, and murder. Mel Gibson plays the same role he often plays as an aggrieved man seeking justice for something done wrong to a family member. The old man's still got it in this one that marks his return to acting after a bit of an unplanned hiatus. We’ll talk about whistle-blowers, trusting the politicians and the false flags on this one - it gets a little spicy, but nothing our audience can't handle. Join us next week, if we're still around, to talk about another virus and the panic that ensued from it when we talk about HIV and AIDS form its early days with returning guest, Jon Reed and his movie selection, "And the Band Played On:. Show notes: http://www.actualanarchy.com/172 Presented by www.ActualAnarchy.com Robert and I analyze popular movies from a Rothbardian/Anarcho-Capitalist perspective. We use movies as a starting point for people who may not be familiar with this way of thinking. Discussion of the plot and decisions that characters make in relation to morality and violations of the non-aggression principle are our bread and butter. We also will highlight and discuss any themes or lessons from Austrian Economics that we can glean from the film. The point is to show what anarchy actually is with instances that are presented in film. We publish at least once per week; and occasionally will do specials surrounding holidays or events (elections/olympics) and have guests. SUBSCRIBE, RATE AND REVIEW ON APPLE PODCASTS (or iTUNES)

This week Erin, Loren, and Radha reunite after a midwinter break to talk pandemics. They then turn to the Afghanistan “peace” deal, Israeli elections (third time’s the charm?), and recent developments in Syria. As always, there’s plenty of White House mayhem with a new chief of staff, and vacancies as far as the eye can see in Pentagon civilian leadership. Thankfully, Hilary Mantel books and Love is Blind provide a pop culture escape to soothe (or at least distract) the soul.   Links Coronavirus Matthew Herper, “Susan Desmond-Hellmann: The Coronavirus is Alarming. Here’s Why You Should Not Panic,” Stat, March 6, 2020 “Covid-19 is Now In 50 Countries, and Things Will Get Worse,” The Economist, February 2020 Afghanistan Diaa Hadid and Scott Neuman, “US, Afghanistan and Taliban Announce 7-Day Reduction in Violence,” NPR Morning Edition, February 21, 2020 Shereen Qazi, “Will the Ghani-Abdullah Rivalry Undermine Afghan Peace Process?” Aljazeera, March 9, 2020 Kathy Gilsinan, “The US Once Wanted Peace in Afghanistan,” Atlantic, February 29, 2020 David E. Sanger, Eric Schmitt, and Thomas Gibbons-Neff, “A Secret Accord With the Taliban: When and How the US Would Leave Afghanistan,” New York Times, March 8, 2020 Susannah George, “Thrown Under the Bus: Some Afghans View US-Taliban Peace Deal with Mix of Disbelief and Anger,” Washington Post, March 7, 2020 Courtney Kube, Ken Dilanian, and Dan De Luce, “US Has Persuasive Intel Taliban Do Not Intend to Abide by Terms of Peal Deal, Officials Say,” NBC New, March 6, 2020 Elizabeth Threlkeld, “Reading Between the Lines of Afghan Agreement,” Lawfare, March 8, 2020 Pop Culture Randy Shilts, And the Band Played On, (St. Martin’s Griffin, 2007) Wolf Hall, PBS Syria Jen Kirby, “Turkey and Russia Reached a Ceasefire in Syria. Will it Hold?” Vox, March 6, 2020 “Water Cannon and Tear Gas at Turkish-Greek Border,” BBC, March 7, 2020 OSD Lara Seligman and Daniel Lippman, “Civilian Vacancies at Trump’s Pentagon Hit New High,” Politico, March 6, 2020

This week Erin, Loren, and Radha reunite after a midwinter break to talk pandemics. They then turn to the Afghanistan “peace” deal, Israeli elections (third time’s the charm?), and recent developments in Syria. As always, there’s plenty of White House mayhem with a new chief of staff, and vacancies as far as the eye can see in Pentagon civilian leadership. Thankfully, Hilary Mantel books and Love is Blind provide a pop culture escape to soothe (or at least distract) the soul.   Links Coronavirus Matthew Herper, “Susan Desmond-Hellmann: The Coronavirus is Alarming. Here’s Why You Should Not Panic,” Stat, March 6, 2020 “Covid-19 is Now In 50 Countries, and Things Will Get Worse,” The Economist, February 2020 Afghanistan Diaa Hadid and Scott Neuman, “US, Afghanistan and Taliban Announce 7-Day Reduction in Violence,” NPR Morning Edition, February 21, 2020 Shereen Qazi, “Will the Ghani-Abdullah Rivalry Undermine Afghan Peace Process?” Aljazeera, March 9, 2020 Kathy Gilsinan, “The US Once Wanted Peace in Afghanistan,” Atlantic, February 29, 2020 David E. Sanger, Eric Schmitt, and Thomas Gibbons-Neff, “A Secret Accord With the Taliban: When and How the US Would Leave Afghanistan,” New York Times, March 8, 2020 Susannah George, “Thrown Under the Bus: Some Afghans View US-Taliban Peace Deal with Mix of Disbelief and Anger,” Washington Post, March 7, 2020 Courtney Kube, Ken Dilanian, and Dan De Luce, “US Has Persuasive Intel Taliban Do Not Intend to Abide by Terms of Peal Deal, Officials Say,” NBC New, March 6, 2020 Elizabeth Threlkeld, “Reading Between the Lines of Afghan Agreement,” Lawfare, March 8, 2020 Pop Culture Randy Shilts, And the Band Played On, (St. Martin’s Griffin, 2007) Wolf Hall, PBS Syria Jen Kirby, “Turkey and Russia Reached a Ceasefire in Syria. Will it Hold?” Vox, March 6, 2020 “Water Cannon and Tear Gas at Turkish-Greek Border,” BBC, March 7, 2020 OSD Lara Seligman and Daniel Lippman, “Civilian Vacancies at Trump’s Pentagon Hit New High,” Politico, March 6, 2020

This week Harlly, Jeaun and Lawson take a trip to the city of brotherly love as they discuss the groundbreaking 1993 AIDS drama “Philadelphia”. ALSO DISCUSSED* And the Band Played On (1993)* Arrow: Season 8 (2019-2020)* Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)* Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero (1998)* Castle Rock: Season 2 (2019)* In the Tall Grass (2019)* The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)* Sex Education: Season 2 (2020)* Six Degrees of Separation (1993) * What Did Jack Do? (2017)

After studying with the legendary New York acting teacher, William Esper, David began his career on stage performing everything from Shakespeare, to off-beat new comedies to edgy experimental work. His early east coast theatre credits include productions at The Second Stage, The Public Theatre, The Manhattan Punch Line, La Mama, The Long Wharf Theatre and The Actors Theatre of Louisville’s Humana Festival.    His first TV job was a small part in HBO’s historic drama “And the Band Played On.”  Known for his quirky characterizations, he’s since played many major guest star and recurring roles on such shows as "Modern Family," "The Blacklist," "Rectify," “Mad Men,” “Justified,” “True Blood,” “CSI,” “NCIS,” “Castle,” “Bones,” “Ugly Betty” “Criminal Minds,” “iCarly,” “Longmire,” and “Days of Our Lives.”  But he is probably best known for playing the creepy “Lincoln Meyer” on season three of “Boston Legal” (a character created for him by TV icon, David E. Kelley).   ​David is also a produced screenwriter (Fox Searchlight’s hit comedy “Kingdom Come”), a columnist, a popular spoken-word performer and an award-winning director (“Available Men”).  His critically acclaimed one-man storytelling shows consistently play to sold out houses.  Since 2008, he’s taught seminars and private classes for professional actors and when time allows, he serves as a part-time adjunct faculty member with the Professional Acting Program at UCLA and at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts (both the New York and L.A. campuses) Over the course of his career, David has had the pleasure of working with many acclaimed writers, directors and actors, including Angela Bassett, Kathy Bates, Candice Bergen, Craig Bierko, Julie Bowen, Delta Burke, Thomas Gibson, Whoopi Goldberg, Angie Harmon, Mark Harmon, Stephen McKinley Henderson, John Heard, L.L.Cool J., Jon Jory, David E. Kelley, Howard Korder, Ian McKellen, Matthew Modine, Timothy Olyphant, Dolly Parton, Richard Schiff, James Spader, William Shatner, Matthew Weiner and Julie White. In 2014, he created and co-produced Sci-Fest LA: The Los Angeles Science Fiction One-Act Play Festival, an annual event consisting of two rotating evenings of short original sci-fi plays featuring actors known for their work in iconic franchises like “Star Trek,” “The Walking Dead,” “Supernatural,” “Lost” and “The X-Files.”    ​His first book, "WORKING ACTOR: Breaking in, Making a Living and Making a Life in the Fabulous Trenches of Show Business" is being published by Random House (Ten Speed Press) in February, 2019. Originally from Louisa, Kentucky, David currently divides his time between New York and Los Angeles.  To watch a little of his work, click on the DEMO tab in the menu above.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/confessionsofanactress/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/confessionsofanactress/support

Episode 110 of Wedding Photographers Unite! -Timely turnaround! -NYC weddings! –Hasselblad! -Dale Sharpe -Risk & Safety vs Reward on a shoot -IG vs Facebook Help us help you! Please send your questions and thoughts on our show to info@weddingphotographersunite.com or joining us on our facebook group page here. Also, please give the love of uniting wedding photographers […] The post WPU 110: And the Band Played On appeared first on Wedding Photographers Unite.

WOODSTOCK, ONTARIOThe decision to place an elderly relative in care is often a difficult and emotional process. That's why it’s vital that long term care facilities offer families peace of mind and reassurance that their loved one is safe and well cared for.This is a tale of where it all went terribly wrong.Find out more about:The Band Played On - a CBC Investigative PodcastWant to support my sponsors? Here's where the discount codes are:www.canadiantruecrime.ca/sponsorsCredits: Research and writing: Gemma HarrisVoice of Elizabeth Wettlaufer: Bonnie from Writing About CrimeNarration, music arrangement, audio production: Kristi LeeAudio editing: Erik KrosbyDisclaimer voiced by the host of Beyond Bizarre True Crime Other credits and sources can be found on the page for this episode at www.canadiantruecrime.ca/episodes See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Over the course of decades, dozens of students were sexually abused by three different teachers at one Ottawa high school. Some students spoke up and told other teachers. But it wasn't until 2016 that any criminal charges were laid. Senior reporter Julie Ireton has been investigating this story of historical sexual abuse for more than a year, for the new CBC podcast, 'The Band Played On.' Today on Front Burner, she describes what happened to these students, how it was allowed to go on for so long, and what can be done to prevent similar kinds of abuse today.

Ben Blacker is back and we're talking all things theatre and oral history today on The Stacks, as we breakdown The World Only Spins Forward by Isaac Butler and Dan Kois. The book is an oral history of Angels in America, a classic American play about the AIDS crisis by Tony Kushner. We discuss government funded art, human rights, and so much theatre geek goodness. Plus, no spoilers. Listen and enjoy. Get your copy of The World Only Spins Forward, or any book mentioned on today's episode, on IndieBound, and support your local bookstore. Everything we talk about on today's episode can be found below in the show notes. The Stacks participates in affiliate programs, and shopping through the links below (mostly Amazon) helps support the show, at no cost to you. The World Only Spins Forward by Isaac Butler and Dan KoisAngels in America by Tony KushnerThe Short Stacks 9: Isaac Butler//The World Only Spins Forward (The Stacks)Join The Stacks Pack -- PatreonEp 20: Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates with Jay Connor (The Stacks)The Stacks Anniversary SuperlativesHamilton (Lin Manuel Miranda, 2015)GrantlandThe Ringer"Rocked" (Bryan Curtis and Patricia Lee, Grantland)"The Malice at the Palace" (Jonathan Abrams, Grantland)Live from New York by James Andrew Miller and Tom ShalesThose Guys Have All the Fun by James Andrew Miller and Tom ShalesOskar EustisThe Public Theater George C. WolfeAngels in America (Mike Nichols, 2003)Justin KirkBen ShenkmanMeryl StreepAl PacinoTake Me Out by Richard GreenbergDamn Yankees (Stanley Donen, George Abbott, 1958)Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare"How Outrage Built Over a Shakespearean Depiction of Trump" ( Michael Paulson and Sopan Deb, New York Times)"A Universal Heart, Pounding With Hope" (Ben Brantley, The New York Times)Dear Evan Hansen (Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, 2016)Tootsie (Sydney Pollack, 1982)Cats (Andrew Lloyd Webber, 1982)Wicked (Stephen Schwartz, 2003)Robert MapplethorpeThe Nederlander OrganizationLin Manuel MirandaRENT (Jonathan Larson, 1994)When We Rise by Cleve JonesThe Names Project: AIDS Memorial QuiltEmile HirschInto the Wild (Sean Penn, 2007)The Normal Heart by Larry KramerAnd the Band Played On by Randy ShiltsSpring Awakening by Steven Sater and Duncan SheikBook of Mormon (Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and Robert Lopez, 2011) Emma ThompsonDebra MessingMary-Louise ParkerMarcia Gay HardenElia KazanZoe KazanAdam DriverBurn This by Lanford WilsonJeffery WrightBasquiat (Julian Schnabel, 1996)Hunger Games (Gary Ross, 2012)Westworld (HBO)Nathan LaneStephen SpinellaAndrew GarfieldEllen McLaughlinAmerican Conservatory TheaterRuPaul's Drag Race (VH1)Ben Brantley8th Grade (Bo Burnham, 2018) Connect with Ben: Ben's Twitter | Ben's Instagram | Ben's Website Connect with The Stacks: Instagram | The Stacks Website | Facebook | Twitter | Subscribe | Patreon | Goodreads | Traci's Instagram To contribute to The Stacks, join The Stacks Pack, and get exclusive perks, check out our Patreon page. We are beyond grateful for anything you're able to give to support the production of this show. If you prefer to do a one time contribution go to paypal.me/thestackspod. Sponsors Audible- to get your FREE audiobook download and FREE 30 day trial go to audibletrial.com/thestacks. The Stacks received The World Only Spins Forward from the publisher. For more information click here. The Stacks participates in affiliate programs. We receive a small commission when products are purchased through links on this website, and this comes at no cost to you. Shopping through these links helps support the show, but does not effect opinions on books and products. For more information click here.

Alexander and William discuss Zero Patience, John Greyson's movie musical about AIDS. Their conversation finds points of comparison with Once, Philadelphia and Stop Making Sense.Download this episode here. (38 MB) Find more information about this film and related ones on their respective IMDb pages: Zero Patience, Philadelphia and And the Band Played On.

We're talking relationships today on The Stacks with long time divorce lawyer and author James J. Sexton. We discuss James' book If You're in My Office, It's Already Too Late a guide on how-not-to be married. We get some good relationship advice, and some even better book recommendations, plus we talk about our favorite lawyer narratives. Everything we talk about on today's episode can be found below in the show notes. The Stacks participates in affiliate programs, and shopping through the links below (mostly Amazon) helps support the show, at no cost to you. Books If You're in My Office, Its Already Too Late by James J. Sexton, Esq.The Library Book by Susan OrleanThe Ninja by Eric Van LustbaderThe Sololist by Mark SalzmanLying Awake by Mark SalzmanSellevision by Augusten BurroughsRunning with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsDry by Augusten BurroughsLittle Children by Tom PerrottaElection by Tom Perrotta Big Little Lies by Liane MoriartyThe Black Witch by Laurie ForestThe Iron Flower by Laurie ForestHarry Potter by J. K. RowlingThe Power of the Dog by Don WinslowThe Force by Don WinslowThe Cartel by Don WinslowWe Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel ShriverA Mother's Reckoning by Sue KleboldColumbine by Dave Cullen12 Rules for Life by Jordan PetersonThe Exorcist by William Peter BlattyLegion by William Peter BlattyGrace and Grit by Ken WilberThe World's Religions by Huston SmithIf You're in My Office, It's Already Too Late by James J. Sexton (Audiobook)The Way of the Superior Man by David DeidaThe Leaves of Grass by Walt WhitmanAmusing Ourselves To Death by Neil PostmanConscientious Objections by Neil PostmanThe Rainmaker by Johnathan GrishamThe Abuse of Innocence by Paul EberleJust Mercy by Bryan StevensonJohn GrishamAnd the Band Played On by Randy ShiltsGood and Mad by Rebecca Traister Everything Else Law and Order (NBC)The Love Boat (ABC)Fantasy Island (ABC)The New York Times Book Review"I'll Have What She's Having: Books for Better Sex and Better Relationships" (Judith Newman, The New York Times)Aaron SorkinAmazon KindleMetallicaThe Daily (The New York Times)National Public Radio (NPR)Mob DeepGarth BrooksAriana GrandeCalvin HarrisRage Against the MachineJohn Grisham's The Rainmaker (Francis Ford Coppola, 1997)Matt DamonThe McMartin Preschool Trials (History.com)Niel DeGrass Tyson Connect with James': James' Instagram | James' Twitter | James' Website Connect with The Stacks: Instagram | The Stacks Website | Facebook | Twitter | Subscribe | Patreon | Goodreads | Traci's Instagram To contribute to The Stacks, join The Stacks Pack, and get exclusive perks, check out our Patreon page. We are beyond grateful for anything you're able to give to support the production of this show. If you prefer to do a one time contribution go to paypal.me/thestackspod. Sponsors Audible- to get your FREE audiobook download and FREE 30 day trial go to audibletrial.com/thestacks. The Stacks participates in affiliate programs. We receive a small commission when products are purchased through links on this website, and this comes at no cost to you. Shopping through these links helps support the show, but does not effect opinions on books and products. For more information click here.

The Closing Argument    A 2-hour audio book that brings the racial and sexual politics of the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome epidemic out of the closet. Listen to The Closing Argument now on Amazon and at Audible  On Amazon On Audible in the USA On Audible in the U.K. On Audible in France On Audible in Germany This bold, uncompromising book is the Uncle Tom's Cabin of the AIDS and chronic fatigue syndrome epidemics. It's one of those books that will inspire you to think outside of the box. Destined to be a controversial independent film, The Closing Argument is a provocative courtroom novella about an African-American man who is tried in Connecticut for the crime of infecting a woman with HIV, the virus that the American government has declared the official cause of AIDS. In a move that shocks the nation, his attorney puts the government and the AIDS establishment on trial and tries to convince the jury that everything the public has been told about the nature of the AIDS and CFS epidemics is both racist and homophobic. The author makes you the jury and you have to decide from the attorney's closing argument if you can believe anything you've been told about AIDS, chronic fatigue syndrome, HIV and HHV-6. This is the first work of fiction in history to focus on the cover-up of the devastating virus HHV-6 which has now been linked to many diseases in addition to AIDS and chronic fatigue syndrome. Nicholas Regush, former producer at ABC News called the book "Eye-popping reading if you dare to expand your scope of thinking about AIDS and justice." From 1980 until 1997, Charles Ortleb was the publisher and editor-in-chief of New York Native which Wikipedia describes as "the only gay paper in New York during the early part of the AIDS epidemic" which "pioneered reporting on the AIDS epidemic when others ignored it." On May 18, 1981, New York Native published the world's very first report on the disease that would become known as AIDS. In his book, And the Band Played On, Randy Shilts described the New York Native coverage of the epidemic as being "singularly thorough" and "voluminous." In Rolling Stone, David Black said that New York Native deserved a Pulitzer prize for its AIDS coverage. In an interview in New York Press, Nicholas Regush, a producer for ABC News and a reporter for Montreal Gazette, said that New York Native did "an astounding job" in its coverage of AIDS and credited it with "educating him early on." In a profile titled "The Outsider" in Rolling Stone in 1988, Katie Leishman wrote that "It is undeniable that many major AIDS stories were Ortleb's months and sometimes years before mainstream journalists took them up. Behind the scenes he exercises an enormous unacknowledged influence on the coverage of the medical story of the century." In addition to pioneering the coverage of AIDS, New York Native was the only publication in the world to have a reporter, Neenyah Ostrom, who provided weekly coverage of the emergence of the epidemic of chronic fatigue syndrome and its scientific and political relationship to AIDS. Hillary Johnson, in her groundbreaking history of chronic fatigue syndrome, Osler's Web, wrote that "Ortleb, in fact, increasingly suspected the AIDS outbreak was merely a modest subset of the more pervasive, immune-damaging epidemic disease claiming heterosexuals--chronic fatigue syndrome." The breaking news about chronic fatigue syndrome and HHV-6 these days seems to suggest that much of New York Native's controversial take on the relationship between AIDS, chronic fatigue syndrome and HHV-6 is being vindicated.       Listen to "The Lady Upstairs," the album on Spotify inspired by The Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Epidemic Cover-up. Lyrics by Charles Ortleb. Music and performance by Chris Davidson. This album is also available on Amazon, Apple Music, iTunes, Google, and Deezer. Please help raise awareness about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by including these songs on your Spotify list and by sharing them with your friends and family.   n>

Famous waltzes, including: Sidewalks of New York, I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles, The Tennessee Waltz, The Band Played On, The Waltz of the Flowers and the Blue Skirt Waltz. Musicians include: Guy Lombardo, Bradley Kincaid, Cowboy Copas, Arthur Rubinstein, Tino Rossi and Ted Lewis.

What would become the pilot episode of 'Theme Park Thursday with Dillo's Diz'... From August of 2017, Jen & Frank sit down to wax both the nostalgic and the melancholic with regards to the closing of The Great Movie Ride at the Disney- #AlwaysMGM -Studios. Theme composed by Matt Harvey. 'And the Band Played On' performed by Lindsay Zaroogian. FOLLOW @DillosDiz on Twitter & Instagram. LIKE Dillo's Diz on Facebook! DillosDiz.com for Blogs, Throwbacks, & Archives.

On Episode 270 of Trick or Treat Radio we are joined again by Andrea Subissati, one of the hosts of The Faculty of Horror Podcast and the Executive Editor for Rue Morgue Magazine! Faculty of Horror will be doing a live podcast in our neck of the woods in October and Andrea gives us all the details and talks about what's going on with The Faculty of Horror and Rue Morgue! We also review the indie Horror/Comedy, Night of Something Strange and discuss this week's question; what is your favorite infectious disease film? We pick our favorites and play voicemail from the listeners to hear theirs! Marvel at our discussion about the fine line between tastefully offensive and just plain poor taste! Recoil in fear at a new Trick or Treat Karaoke song! Rejoice as we hear from a listener for the first time! So grab a copy of Rue Morgue Magazine, put on a surgical mask to protect yourself and strap on for the world’s most infectious talk radio show! Stuff we talk about: Rue Morgue Magazine, Faculty of Horror, American Psycho, Pontypool, The Crazies, Contagion, George A. Romero, The Living Dead trilogy, 28 Days Later, Cube, Cinema Salem, Tragedy Girls, Jarret Blinkhorn, Signal to Noise, Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival, Live Podcasts, Salem MA, audio woes, Troma, the bad side of fandom, Death Note, Kirk Hammett, Pomeranians, Adam Wingard, The Shape of Water, Lloyd Kaufman’s Twitter rampage, tastefully offensive vs poor taste, bad FX makeup, stereotypes in poor taste, Night of Something Strange, Guillermo del Toro, Sunshine, toilet humor, “bungle”, And the Band Played On, narrative built around gags, Evil Dead quotes, Terror Firmer, Toxic Avenger, Killer Condom, Tromeo and Juliet, low budget cinema, exploitation cinema, Hugh Hefner, The Happening, our favorite infectious disease films, Rec, It Follows, stink bugs, Julie or Joe MeowMeows, Jakey-Poo’s birthday, watersports, Intravenus de Milo, Fuller House, Ravenshadow is a Panther, Mr. Bungle, Faith No More, your favorite golem, “I Am A Real Golem”, Quentin Tarantino, Death Proof, Planet Terror, Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood, Jeepers Creepers 3, Victor Salva, separating art from the artist, and Dynamo’s belt.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/trickortreatradio)

Chapter 110: " * " ...as read by Jeff Bellew of Stavesacre The self-professed "human asterisk" Jeff Bellew has recorded his first podcast chapter with ATSG. He has graced our ears with the latest Stavesacre release "MCMXCV", The Crucified "Pillars Of Humanity", Chatterbox, Mortal and the list goes on. Professor Bellew explains how we ALL should've been measuring our cassette lengths to figure out the genre. Jeff tells us his entire story and it's a good one...the accidental glance of a penny saver ad which led to a musical career all the way up to what might happen next. Beautiful guy inside and out. Enjoy! This chapter is dedicated to my newest patron Brandon Graves. Thanks Brandon! https://www.stavesacre.com Chapter 110 Music: Stavesacre: "Sundown Motel" Stavesacre: "Mr. Larkspur" Stavesacre: "On Being A Human" The Crucified: "The Strength" Mortal: "Alive And Awake" Chatterbox: "Epignosis" Stavesacre: "The Dead Rejoice" Stavesacre: "The Band Played On" As The Story Grows links: Help out at Patreon Follow on Twitter See what we're doing at Lavirra Productions ATSG Website ATSG Music and Merch Leave some feedback at iTunes Join the Email List ATSG Facebook Email: asthestorygrows@gmail.com This chapter was edited by the facetious Bryan Patton. Thanks Bryan! https://twitter.com/bryanpatton84

Marcia Basichis was Senior Vice President of Aaron Spelling Television, during which time she headed development for series, movies and miniseries. She worked with key players in the entertainment industry, selling, developing and putting into production feature films and television series, including “Beverly Hills 90210”, “Melrose Place”, and the Emmy Award winning HBO movie “And the Band Played On”. Marcia took Spelling Television from zero to seven primetime on-air series. And in 1995 Marcia was named one of Hollywood Reporters "Power 50 Women in Entertainment." Early in her career, Marcia gained network television experience as a dramatic series executive at ABC Entertainment, where she was the original executive on “Dynasty” and “Battlestar Galactica”, among others. Today she is the managing partner at Brentwood Search, a boutique executive search firm. Marcia has served on the Executive Committee and Awards Committee of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and has been a member of the American Film Institute.

Dennis visits the Hollywood hills home of Dr. Gary Cohan, author of the Facebook blog Dr. Cohan's Medical Soapbox, to talk about his long journey on the front lines of the AIDS crisis. Gary talks about the current state of AIDS treatment, consulting on the movie "And the Band Played On," tending to Anthony Perkins during his final days and being interviewed by Entertainment Tonight in the wake of Charlie Sheen's HIV revelation. Gary also talks about being named by the Hollywood Reporter as one of the top doctors in Hollywood, thanks to A list clients like Drew Barrymore and Matt Bomer. Other topics include taking part in die-ins as a member of Act Up back in the day, his favorite bad movie and what it's like to delivery a baby ("Slippery!")

We return for the fourteenth episode of American History Too! to discuss a horrifying and shameful period in US history:  the outbreak and response to the HIV/AIDS crisis during the 1980s.  Academic impartiality is at a premium as we delve into social and cultural reasons behind the US government’s failure to tame the spread of the deadly virus.  We also consider the important cultural touchstones that HIV/AIDS inspired and also the evolution of gay rights in the US. For those interested, the British broadcast about AIDS that begins the show can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SqRNUUOk7s  The broadcast stood in stark contrast to official US silence on the issue. We’ll be back in a couple of weeks to start our series entitled ‘The Revolutionary Sixties?’ Thanks again for listening, Mark & Malcolm                  Contact at @ahtoopodast or ahtoo@outlook.com Reading List Jennifer Brier, ‘“Save Our Kids, Keep AIDS Out”: Anti-AIDS Activism and the Legacy of Community Control in Queens, New York’, Journal of Social History, 39:4 (Summer, 2006), 965-987 Elizabeth Fee and Nancy Krieger, ‘The Emerging Histories of AIDS: Three Successive Paradigms’, History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, 15:3 (1993), 459-487 Randy Shilts, And the band played on:  politics, people, and the AIDS epidemic (New York:  Penguin, 1987) Films and Documentaries And the Band Played On , HBO film based on Randy Shilts book (1993) Dir. Jonathan Demme, Philadelphia (1993) Angels in America, HBO miniseries (2003) ‘The Age of Aids,’ PBS Frontline (2006) – numerous interviews available on website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s our ebola episode. You know, I think that’s description enough. This show’s links: Fazal Khan’s profile and his writing Our U.S. News rankings episode, Heart of Darkness More on the debate about state courts’ following federal circuit courts (relevant to the gay marriage rulings) that arose during our episodes with Michael Dorf and with Steve Vladeck: (1) a post by Michael Dorf, (2) a post by Steve Vladeck, and (3) a post by Christian Turner About Ebola virus diseased and about Ebola in the United States The CDC’s information page on Ebola transmission and Review of Human-to-Human Transmission of Ebola Virus Michael Dorf, Is There Any Risk of Ebola Transmission from an Asymptomatic Person? EM Leroy et al., Human Asymptomatic Ebola Infection and Strong Inflammatory Response Gostin, Hodge, and Burris, Is the United States Prepared for Ebola Tavernise, Shear, and Cooper (for the NY Times), Seeking Unity, U.S. Revises Ebola Monitoring Rules Laura Donohue, Biodefense and Constitutional Constraints (an excellent history of US and UK quarantine law) Josh Hicks, A Brief History of Quarantines in the United States (a very short timeline in the Washington Post) and Peter Tyson, A Short History of Quarantine (a more detailed and global timeline) Jacobson v. Massachusetts; see also James Colgrove and Ronald Bayer, Manifold Restraints: Liberty, Public Health, and the Legacy of Jacobson v Massachusetts Tara Ragone, State Quarantines: Balancing Public Health with Liberty Interests (a very helpful blog post discussing issues and authorities relevant to the Kaci Hickox case) Jared Cole (for the Congressional Research Service), Federal and State Quarantine and Isolation Authority Gostin, Burris, and Lazzarini, The Law and the Public's Health: A Study of Infectious Disease Law in the United States About Philadelphia’s Yellow Fever epidemic of 1793 The text of the Public Health Service Act (containing the authority for federal quarantine and isolation) Jew Ho v. Williamson Norimitsu Onishi (for the NY Times), Quarantine for Ebola Lifted in Liberia Slum Michael Dorf, Containing Ebola: Quarantine and the Constitution Arjun Jaikumar, Red Flags in Quarantine: The Questionable Constitutionality of Federal Quarantine After NFIB v. Sebelius Mark Rothstein, From SARS to Ebola: Legal and Ethical Considerations for Modern Quarantine Morgan’s Steamship Co. v. Louisiana Board of Health (upholding the constitutionality of state quarantine) CDC, Interim U.S. Guidance for Monitoring and Movement of Persons with Potential Ebola Virus Exposure See section 604 of the The Model State Emergency Health Powers Act Fazal Khan, Ensuring Government Accountability During Public Health Emergencies City of Newark v. J.S. (analyzing the Due Process and statutory rights of a “non-compliant,” TB-infected, homeless man) Greene v. Edwards (awarding a state writ of habeas corpus in a TB isolation case) About the 2007 tuberculosis scare caused by the travel of Andrew Speaker Fidler, Gostin, and Markel, Through the Quarantine Looking Glass: Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis and Public Health Governance, Law, and Ethics (also discussing the Andrew Speaker incident) Compagnie Francaise de Navigation a Vapeur v. Louisiana State Board of Health Wendy Parmet, AIDS and Quarantine: The Revival of an Archaic Doctrine (interesting, among other reasons, for the fact it was written in 1985 in the midst of the relative early days of the AIDS crisis) City of New York v. New Saint Mark’s Baths Randy Shilts, And the Band Played On About the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act of 2007, the Posse Comitatus Act, and the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013 Mathews v. Eldridge (and, yes, there are only three factors) Daniel Markovits, Quarantines and Distributive Justice Helene Cooper and Michael Shear, Joint Chiefs Chairman Urges 21-Day Quarantine for Troops Working in Ebola Zone Special Guest: Fazal Khan.

On Father's Day Sunday June 17th POZ I AM radio will be speaking with Michael Kearns a HIV+ Father. Michael Kearns is an American actor, Author, director, teacher, producer, and activist. Long before coming out of the closet was considered a career move in the entertainment industry, Kearns was the first Hollywood actor on record to come out in the mid-seventies, amidst a shocking amount of homophobia. He subsequently made television history 1991 announcing on Entertainment Tonight that he was HIV positive. In 1992, as an openly HIV+ actor, Kearns starred in a segment of ABC's  Life Goes On in which he played a character who had the HIV virus. He also played Cleve Jones in the HBO adaptation of Randy Shilts' And the Band Played On, appeared in A Mother's Prayer, It's My Party and had a recurring role on Beverly Hills, 90210. Other television and film credits include Cheers, Murder, She Wrote, The Waltons, L.A. Tool & Die, Knots Landing, General Hospital, Days of our Lives, and Brian De Palma's Body Double. In 1995, Kearns began proceedings that resulted in his adoption in 1997 of a child. He presently lives in Los Angeles with his daughter who turned seventeen in August 2011. Kearns will be sharing about his new book  “The Truth is Bad Enough: What Became of the Happy Hustler” (now available on Amazon) and what it is like to be an HIV+ Father.

On this way late episode, we've got the entire crew (plus mystery guest!) in the same room.  In San Francisco.  The Movie: Platoon. Oliver Stone on Vietnam. The first and best time. (2:00).              Addendum: Video tape is what exactly? (5:00) The Book: And the Band Played On by Randy Shilts (5:40) Bonus! The Theater Piece: Our Lady of 121st St. by Stephen Adly Guirgis (8:50)             Addendum: He who does not suck (9:45) The Music: Decoration Day by Charles Ives (14:30)             Addendum: Did you know Mr. ives was also a successful insurance salesman? (16:00).  The Trivia: Traditions around the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.  (23:00)