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In this highly anticipated episode, we welcome Dr. Gerald Post, a board-certified veterinary oncologist and founder of the Animal Cancer Foundation, along with Barbara Cohen, the executive director of the foundation. Join us as we delve into the vital intersection of comparative oncology, exploring how advancements in veterinary medicine can illuminate new paths in human cancer treatment. Dr. Post shares the heartfelt story behind the founding of the Animal Cancer Foundation, discussing his experiences at Memorial Sloan Kettering and the critical need for funding research outside institutional boundaries. Together with Barbara, they emphasize the importance of collaboration between human and veterinary oncologists, highlighting how both fields can learn from each other to improve cancer therapies and outcomes for our beloved pets. Listeners will gain insight into the groundbreaking work being done at the Animal Cancer Foundation, including funding innovative projects and webinars that educate pet owners on the realities of pet cancer. We also explore the emotional journey faced by pet owners, as Barbara shares her personal motivations for dedicating her life to this cause. Throughout the conversation, we discuss the importance of quality of life in treatment options, the impact of pharmacogenomics in veterinary oncology, and the exciting potential of comparative oncology in revolutionizing cancer care for both pets and humans. https://www.vetco.org/en/about/speakers/item/57-gerald-post Barbara joined Animal Cancer Foundation as Executive Director in 2009 because the mission to unite pet and human cancer research resonated with me. As a decade long volunteer with golden retriever rescue, I had witnessed how many dogs were fighting the same cancers that friends and family had also contracted. I was amazed at the information veterinary oncologists had acquired in their care for our pets that wasn't being tapped by oncology research for people. I want to change that so that both pets and people benefit from the breakthroughs of collaborative research. Barbara received her Bachelor's degree in Political Science and certification in the Community Health Program from Tufts University. She earned a Masters of Science in Secondary Education/English from Long Island University/CW Post. --- Your furry friend's health and happiness is paramount & while most pets are generally healthy, they may sometimes develop hyperkeratosis - a condition characterized by an excessive build-up of keratin proteins on the nose and paw pads causing the skin to become thicker than normal. Vetrimax Solva-Ker Gel is a quick drying, greaseless healing gel for dry/cracked skin and paws for dogs, cats, and horses. With proper care, hyperkeratosis is highly manageable, and Solva-Ker Gel is the industry-leading treatment, with ingredients salicylic acid producing skin turnover and urea which holds in moisture. This clinically proven, patented formulation is the country's #1 veterinarian-recommended solution for idiopathic hyperkeratosis. VetriMax Solva-Ker Gel takes less effort to yield maximum benefit. Today, our podcast listeners can try Solva-Ker Gel with an incredible 15% off at Chewy.com by entering promo code VETRIMAX15 at checkout. Order today at chewy.com and save 15%! --- Support our sponsor for this episode Blue Buffalo by visiting bluebuffalo.com. BLUE Natural Veterinary Diet formulas offer the natural alternative in nutritional therapy. At Blue Buffalo, we have an in-house Research & Development (R&D) team with over 300 years' experience in well-pet and veterinary therapeutic diets, over 600 scientific publications, and over 50 U.S. patents. At Blue Buffalo, we have an in-house Research & Development (R&D) team with over 300 years' experience in well-pet and veterinary therapeutic diets, over 600 scientific publications, and over 50 U.S. patents. --- All footage is owned by SLA Video Productions.
Making a Scene Present an Interview with Barbara Cohen and Perrin Post on PROTEST - A Revolutionary Rock OpusPROTEST pays tribute to the Women Activists who have made a substantial impact on their communities, politics, and the world!PAYING TRIBUTE TO:Alice Paul (Suffragist)Jane Fonda (Vietnam)Diane Nash (Civil Rights)Greta Thunberg (Climate)Stacey Abrams (Voting Rights)Marsha P. Johnson (LGBTQ Rights)Malala Yousafzai (Female Education)Dolores Huerta (United Farm Workers)Emma Gonzalez (Parkland Gun Control)Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Green New Deal)Angela Davis & Elaine Brown (Black Panthers)Jayna Zweiman & Krista Suh (Pussy Hat Project)Kimberly Jones (George Floyd Activist & Author)Michelle Cook, Morning Star Gali, Jaslyn Charger,LaDonna Brave Bull Allard (Standing Rock)Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors & Opal Tometi (Black Lives Matter)Whoopi Goldberg, America Ferrara, Gloria Steinem (Woman's March) http://www.makingascene.org
Michael Cain, a gifted pianist, piano instructor and Director of Electronic Music and Recording Arts at MacPhail as well as the co-founder and CEO of Ekwe stopped by Jazz88 to discuss a concert he's throwing at Antonello Hall this Saturday with Yousif Sheronick, Barbara Cohen, JD Steele, Zacc Harris and more.
Michael Cain, a gifted pianist, piano instructor and Director of Electronic Music and Recording Arts at MacPhail as well as the co-founder and CEO of Ekwe stopped by Jazz88 to discuss a concert he's throwing at Antonello Hall this Saturday with Yousif Sheronick, Barbara Cohen, JD Steele, Zacc Harris and more.
Join us for an extraordinary concert where the language of music from around the world comes together to transcend borders and foster global unity and harmony. Immerse yourself in the powerful sounds of the ancient frame drum performed by Ekwe visiting artist Yousif Sheronick (Yo-Yo Ma, Laurie Anderson, Philip Glass), joined by an eclectic group of MacPhail musicians with special guest musicians from the local community. The evening's music will feature themes of joy, celebration, harmony, and peace. It will mark the world premiere of compositions by Michael Cain and Barbara Cohen, along with the inaugural recipient of the Ekwe & Maia Dave Scholarship, Aaina Padith, whose piece will be composed in Chennai, India, and performed live in the hall via the Ekwe music app. Performers will include Michael Cain (keyboards/piano/bass), Barbara Cohen (vocals), JD Steele (vocals), Zacc Harris (guitar), visiting artist Yousif Sheronick (frame drum/hand percussion), RimShots!/Paul Babcock (marimba/percussion), David Feily (guitar), Abinnet Berhanu (drums), and Joe Strachan (keyboards). All attendees will receive a complimentary license to download the Ekwe music app.Please join us for a frame drum and hand percussion workshop by Yousif Sheronick at MacPhail on March 22.
In February 1952, Barbara (Cohen) Holdridge and Marianne (Roney) Mantell, two recent graduates of Hunter college, founded Caedmon records, the first label devoted to recording spoken word. In this episode, producers Michelle Levy and Maya Schwartz revisit the early history of Caedmon records. They pay tribute to Holdridge and Mantell by re-listening to two poems from the Caedmon Treasury of Modern Poets Reading, first released in 1957 from and now held in SFU's Special Collections. Michelle discusses Robert Frost's recording of “After Apple Picking” with Professor Susan Wolfson, of Princeton University, and Maya chats with Professor Stephen Collis, of SFU's English department, about William Carlos Williams' reading of “The Seafarer.” As they listen to the poems together, they debate what it means to listen to as opposed to read these poems, with the recordings providing what Holdridge described as a “third-dimensional depth, that a two-dimensional book lacked.”Featured graphic credit: photographs by Phillip A. Harrington, courtesy of Evan HarringtonWorks CitedOnion, Charlie. “Caedmon Spoken-Word Recordings go Digital.” Wag: a magazine for decadent readers, June 2002, http://www.thewag.net/books/caedmon.htm. Accessed 14 Nov. 2023.“Caedmon: Recreating the Moment of Inspiration.” NPR, December 2002, https://www.npr.org/2002/12/05/866406/caedmon-recreating-the-moment-of-inspiration. Accessed 14 Nov. 2023.“Caedmon.” HarperCollins.com. https://www.harpercollins.com/pages/caedmon. Accessed 14 Nov. 2023.“Caedmon Treasury of Modern Poets Reading: Gertrude Stein, Archibald MacLeish, E.E. Cummings, Marianne Moore, William Empson, Stephen Spender, Conrad Aiken, Robert Frost, William Carlos Williams, Richard Eberhart, Ezra Pound, and Richard Wilbur reading #604.” n.d. Sound recording. MSC199 #604.. Simon Fraser University Sound Recordings Collection, Simon Fraser University Archives, Burnaby, B.C. November, 2023.“Mattiwilda Dobbs – Bizet: FAIR MAIDEN OF PERTH, HIgh F, 1956 ” Youtube, uploaded by Songbirdwatcher, June 14, 2020, https://www.youtube.com/clip/UgkxZZtxM8ykam-Rml9Q7ij4J2OIWLrx3lUB. Etude 8 Dimitri by Blue Dot SessionsFrost, Robert. “After Apple-Picking.” Poetry Foundation, https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44259/after-apple-picking. Accessed 30 January 2024.“File:Mattiwilda Dobbs 1957.JPEG.” Wikipedia, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mattiwilda_Dobbs_1957.JPG. Accessed 14 February 2024.Harrington, Philip A. “[Marianne Roney and Barbara Cohen of Caedmon Publishing Company pushing a wheelbarrow full of boxes of their recordings of modern literature in New York City]”. December, 1953.“How two young women captured the voices of literary greats and became audiobook pioneers.” Writers and Company. CBC, July, 2023. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/writersandcompany/how-two-young-women-captured-the-voices-of-literary-greats-1.6912133. Accessed 14 Nov. 2023.“January 20, 1961 - Poet Robert Frost Reads Poem at John F. Kennedy's Inauguration.” Youtube, uploaded by Helmer Reenberg, January 15, 2021, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AILGO3gVlTU.“Oread.” H.D. Poetry Foundation, https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48186/oread. Accessed 30, January 2024.“The Caedmon Treasury of Modern Poets Reading 2LP Caedmon TC 2006 Vinyl Record.” Boundless Goodz, https://www.ebay.com/itm/374791681072?itmmeta=01HPJMRA2M8G311HNSS83Q5Z2G&hash=item5743533430:g:ESgAAOSwdLVkomcL&itmprp=enc%3AAQAIAAAA8OcrOX8GrjGcCKd73gETrLCg9HgtTomQcdBFQsfuKIbZJCerwOPQAP8v95zLuLDTLfzKCEpHr6ciRZXXlKA1iJKJQIZBNBP68Ru6LBfSoa%2FfPEP7%2Fa%2BIRslUZ5i2RDM4SZwOC2l6XlwBx5qb9ihywjJIDK71WKdGDo8mhOnddK0NPBgnn26N5JH6N9DSuSkFkjy7BoQeE7hzXcLV76vAmN2Q6IKkpjLN5l%2B4M36eDSYpXhiFfxsmyok%2Bn1aYfEds46k8%2FfPX0doDJv7qXPKwVi5g99nrSnyZ95AdrCWpR3Tj3%2FkxYp0wlrb2dQ%2F%2FuEaktQ%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABFBMwHh1LRj. Accessed 14 February 2024.Williams, Williams Carlos. “The Seafarer.” University of Washington, http://www.visions05.washington.edu/poetry/details.jsp?id=18. Accessed 30 January, 2024.
Barbara Cohen is getting the band back together! The Little Lizard reunion show is coming up at The Hook & Ladder on the 30th, and The Hang Ups are opening!! So awesome. Barbara is obviously very talented, but she's also even-keeled and dangerously witty. A great conversation, plus she shares a brand new song! Enjoy, all. Happy Yule and here's to a great new year. Cheers!!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/brian-oake-show/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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We are the story we tell ourselves. In 2019, parents and school leaders at Brandeis Marin, a K-8 Jewish day school located in San Rafael, CA, began exploring ways to create a storytelling and story-capturing culture to enable deep, authentic and consistent connection within the school community. When the pandemic hit, the Brandeis Marin school community had developed its own version of The Moth (radio storytelling), doubling down on storytelling to deepen the sense of connection and belonging among its parents and in its community. Hear from Dr. Peg Sandel, Head of School and Barbara Cohen, Director of Techonology and Innovation at Brandeis Marin how a Jewish day school created a schoolwide initiative involving parents, teachers, students, staff, administrators and board members.
Dang! What a wonderful conversation with Barbara Cohen (Farm Accident, Little Lizard, Brother Sun Sister Moon, etc). After honing her musical chops here in the Twin Cities, she's spent the last 20 years in LA composing film and TV scores. Now she's back. We talk about her amazing journey and what the future may hold. Give this one a listen, she's great!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/brian-oake-show/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to David Hopen - law student and author of The Orchard - about finding truth in fiction, and particularly in myths.Though fiction and myths are by definition not true, they can still have great significance. Religious stories in particular can help guide us regardless of whether or not they're literally true. In his book The Orchard, David tries to illustrate this, using fiction to tell deep truths about the place myth can have in the modern world.- How can fiction tell truths despite it not being true by definition?- How can myths help forge our identities?- What truths did David try to tell in The Orchard?Tune in to hear a conversation on fiction and myths.References:The Orchard by David Hopen https://www.amazon.com/Orchard-Novel-David-Hopen/dp/0062974742The Client by John Grisham https://www.amazon.com/Client-Novel-John-Grisham/dp/0345531922Marvin Redpost: Why Pick on Me? By Louis Sachar https://www.amazon.com/Why-Pick-Marvin-Redpost-paper/dp/0679819479Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar https://www.amazon.com/Sideways-Stories-Wayside-School-Sachar/dp/0380731487Matilda by Roald Dahl https://www.amazon.com/Matilda-Roald-Dahl/dp/0670824399Molly's Pilgrim by Barbara Cohen, Jennifer Bricking https://www.amazon.com/Mollys-Pilgrim-Barbara-Cohen/dp/0062870947The Secret History by Donna Tartt https://www.amazon.com/Secret-History-Donna-Tartt/dp/1400031702Here I Am by Jonathan Safran Foer https://www.amazon.com/Here-Am-Jonathan-Safran-Foer/dp/1250135753On Beauty by Zadie Smith https://www.amazon.com/Beauty-Novel-Zadie-Smith/dp/0143037749With All My Heart, With All My Soul by B. D. Da'Ehu https://www.amazon.com/All-My-Heart-Soul/dp/1880880016Bad Jews by Joshua Harmon https://www.amazon.com/Bad-Jews-Joshua-Harmon/dp/0573702578What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank by Nathan Englander https://www.amazon.com/What-Talk-About-When-Frank/dp/0307949605What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver https://www.amazon.com/What-Talk-About-When-Love/dp/0679723056For more, visit https://18forty.org/podcast/david-hopen-fiction/.
In part II with Dr. Barbara Cohen, affectionately known as “Dr. B”, we talk strategies to maximize your workflow & creative abilities, how you know if you need to move on from a job & work-from-home hacks that keep you on task.Host: www.meredithforreal.com | www.instagram.com/meredithforreal | meredith@meredithforreal.com | www.youtube.com/meredithforreal | www.facebook.com/meredithforrealthecuriousintrovertGuest: https://www.drbarbaracohen.com/AIA | https://www.facebook.com/drbarbaracohen/ |https://www.facebook.com/groups/livingbeyondadhd/ | https://www.instagram.com/dr.barbara.a.cohen/ | https://www.youtube.com/c/livingbeyondadhdwithdrb Sponsors: https://uwf.edu/university-advancement/departments/historic-trust/ | https://itsyourmagazine.com/ | https://www.ensec.net/
Dr. Barbara Cohen, affectionately known as “Dr. B”, uses her wisdom of over 30 years as an adult ADHD therapist & coach to shed light on common conflicts caused by ADHD & the best strategies to work with them. We talk task completion, sense of time & even sex!Host: www.meredithforreal.com | www.instagram.com/meredithforreal | meredith@meredithforreal.com | www.youtube.com/meredithforreal | www.facebook.com/meredithforrealthecuriousintrovertGuest: https://www.drbarbaracohen.com/AIA | https://www.facebook.com/drbarbaracohen/ |https://www.facebook.com/groups/livingbeyondadhd/ | https://www.instagram.com/dr.barbara.a.cohen/ | https://www.youtube.com/c/livingbeyondadhdwithdrb Sponsors: https://uwf.edu/university-advancement/departments/historic-trust/ | https://itsyourmagazine.com/ | https://www.ensec.net/
It's frustrating to live with something as adult you were supposed to outgrow. Most adults are misdiagnosed with depression & anxiety when ADHD is the cause. Dr. Barbara Cohen, psychotherapist for over 30 years, certified ADHD Coach, international ADHD researcher, and fellow ADDer, offers insight & answers to adults who have brains that work differently.Click here to save your spot at the next ZOOM Room Mingle: https://forms.gle/2QG1vYEydkxFnM4h9 Guest: https://www.drbarbaracohen.com/ | https://www.instagram.com/dr.barbara.a.cohen/ | https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/living-beyond-adhd/id1229338780 | https://www.facebook.com/groups/livingbeyondadhd/ | https://www.drbarbaracohen.com/AIAResources: https://chadd.org/for-adults/diagnosis-of-adhd-in-adults/ | https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/could-i-have-adhd/index.shtml#pub1 | https://chadd.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ATTN_08_14_ExecutiveFunctioning.pdfHost: www.meredithforreal.com | www.instagram.com/meredithforreal | meredith@meredithforreal.com | www.youtube.com/meredithforreal | www.facebook.com/meredithforrealthecuriousintrovertSponsors: https://uwf.edu/university-advancement/departments/historic-trust/ | https://itsyourmagazine.com/ | https://www.ensec.net/ | https://www.dexafit.com/
Barbara Cohen is a Planetary Scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Her interest lies in impact events across the Solar System. Barbara’s work includes laboratory geochronology (time and earth) to determine when rocks formed. Because she is not able to travel to places like the Moon and Mars, Barbara instead relies on robots that can travel to these places and perform investigations. She has participated in NASA missions that include Mars Exploration Rover, Spirit, Opportunity, Curiosity, and the current Perseverance mission. Rovers from each of these missions have collected samples and returned them to scientists back on Earth. Barbara is hopeful that the United States will eventually send a robot to the Moon to collect samples. Plans for travel to the Moon include a possible mission (hopefully in 2021) called Lunar Flashlight, where a very small satellite will shine a laser on some of the Moon’s darkest craters in an attempt to look for ice hidden at the Moon’s South Pole. Lunar Flashlight will also serve to collect information related to the record of bombardment in our Solar System. All of the comets and asteroids that have been hitting the Earth and the Moon leave traces of themselves behind that can be used as a time capsule. Barbara is also working on sending a mass spectrometer to the moon that will travel on a commercial lunar lander (hopefully in 2021). Barbara explains how mass spectrometry works. The mass spectrometer will look at molecules in the lunar exosphere and provide data that Barbara can use to do geochronology on the Moon. Barbara is also interested in improving imagery to allow people on Earth a better virtual reality experience for what it’s like on the surfaces of both the Moon and Mars.
Ranger Ted introduces the Wonder Outside podcast in this trailer. The show that helps everyone of all ages, abilities and experience levels get outside more easily, more often and more confidently. The core message of this show is to help you and your loved ones connect with your sense of wonder, awe and adventure in the great outdoors. By talking with a featured Wonder Guide every week, Ranger Ted seeks to discover how these authors, actors, adventurers, thought leaders, outdoor guides and mentors find inspiration in their lives and work in the outdoors. It's thought provoking, useful, and full of laughs as we discuss everything from real live Elks taking baths in piedmont towns in Colorado to what is the proper pronunciation of Newfoundland to pondering just what is the meaning of success.Clips in this trailer episode include future Wonder Guide guest, Enrico Colantoni (Actor from Veronica Mars, Just Shoot Me, Galaxy Quest.) Also featured is New York Times Best Selling Author Tim Johnston (Descent, The Current.) http://www.timjohnston.net/The award winning singer, songwriter and composer, Barbara Cohen will appear in the Art Meets Nature segment as we look at how our music is shaped by the outdoors and nature. http://www.barbaracohenmusic.com/This show is much more than a single interview. It's a variety show for nature and adventure. Each episode will have several segments designed to inspire, motivate, challenge and enlighten the listener. Segments include the Where in the World Are You game; The 3 x 3 Main Street Challenge; There's No Planet B and Where Art Meets Nature.Ted Mattison, known as Ranger Ted, is originally from Minnesota. He is a Certified California Naturalist, trained in Wilderness First Aid, a professional hiking guide, park docent, camping leader, former employee of REI as well as a teacher, actor, director, author, husband, father and lifelong outdoorsman. He lives in Huntington Beach, California with his wife and two daughters.
Envision that emoji on your smart phone where the person's eyes are open wide, looking frantic. That was 71-year-old certified Daring to Rest facilitator Barbara without yoga nidra. After retirement she received a diagnosis of an auto immune disease. As a young teenager she was ill with golf-ball sized lymph glands and no one knew what the root cause was. As a child, while Barbara was given positive rest messages, she also received a lot of pressure to get As in school. “I always felt pressure to do more,” Barbara says. The Daring to Rest Academy influenced her to do less and has made a huge a difference in how she sees the world and in being less reactive to everyday life. Today Barbara offers yoga nidra to women in their older years at the end of the yoga classes she teaches. Truthfully, she does not feel well-rested all the time. “I'm a work in progress and feeling emotionally way better than before practicing yoga nidra.” Listen to Barbara's story to learn how she went from frantic emoji to the one that's smiling with three hearts.
Learn how Moon rocks can reveal all kinds of information about our nearest neighbor, as NASA prepares to send astronauts to the Moon and on to Mars.
Learn how Moon rocks can reveal all kinds of information about our nearest neighbor, as NASA prepares to send astronauts to the Moon and on to Mars.
Rotarians Barbara Blas and Barbara Cohen of the Kingston Sunrise Rotary Club visit RadioRotary to tell about the developing Reher Center for Immigration and Culture in the Roundout section of Kingston, NY. The project began when the Jewish Federation of Ulster County came into possession of the large building that previously housed the Reher Bakery, famous for its rolls, the only intact historical building in the Roundout. With help from state, federal, and local funding, the building has been stabilized and will soon have a permanent display of the history of immigrants in Kingston as well as other rooms for exhibits and lectures. The original bakery kitchen is also intact and will be able to be visited. The two Barbara’s also describe exhibits housed in the Stockade part of Kingston dealing with immigrant history in the city as well as several projects of the Sunrise club. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/radiorotary/support
Dr. Barbara Cohen returns to the show to talk about meteorite collecting in Antarctica. These trips, which involve weeks of camping on the ice, provide invaluable scientific samples. She talks about what it's like to search for the rocks that "don't belong" in the frozen desert.
Sabaa Tahir, NY Times bestselling author of the An Ember in the Ashes series, shares spooky happenings in the desert hometown, waxes poetic about good journalistic writing, and talks giving suffering children a happy ending in her books, being an eight-year overnight success, and writing books in elbows of time. Sabaa Tahir Show Notes The Shannara series by Terry Brooks Dragon Riders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey Ansel Adams (photographer) Stranger Things (TV show) Seven Daughters and Seven Suns by Barbara Cohen and Bahija Lovejoy The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy "Living a Half-Life While Waiting for Those Lost," the Washington Post story about women in Kashmir Image of Liberian child soldier wearing a teddy bear backpack, Georges Gobet/Getty Images Holly Goldberg Sloan Margaret Stohl (listen to her First Draft interviews here and here) Melissa de la Cruz George R. R. Martin “gardener or architect” Shannon Hale All the President’s Men (film) When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi My Left Foot (movie) Sarah Henning
Barbara Cohen has a Masters Degree in education and has taught both in elementary school and middle school as a language arts instructor. She was a writing consultant and has conducted workshops across the U. S. Currently, she is a part-time literacy instructor for Marrakech, Inc. - a non-profit organization that owns half-way houses for developmentally handicapped persons. In her interview, Barbara shares her experiences with foster children and some practical tips for anyone considering becoming a foster parent. Being a foster parent requires patience, patience and more patience....but the rewards can be more than you had ever hoped. From the pitfalls to the joys, Barbara encourages us to consider fostering a child who needs love.
Calling all Campers! Camp Winstonians! You are invited to share your memories, best stories and recollections of your days at Camp Winston. Join hosts Bruce Starr at 6:30 PM on Sunday evening, June 26th.
Dr. Barbara Cohen discusses craters on our moon, and how they will be explored by a new NASA mission called Lunar Flashlight.
Tonight's special guests are Alan and Barbara Cohen from Connecticut, husband and wife. He's an attorney and author (aka Avi Morris) who's written about the experience of being a foster father in his book "Crocodile Mothers Eat Their Young". Barbara's a now-retired teacher, a middle-school language arts and literacy specialist who continues to teach adult literacy classes. It was her observations of children being removed from abusive homes that led the couple to become foster parents. They began fostering teens after their own three sons were grown and on their own. Their experience with a girl and her sister became the models for the novel's main characters, which has led them to become speakers at various foster care foster care and child abuse advocacy groups. Alan and Barbara's family has not been immune from the ravages of child abuse and trauma. Their niece survived the abuses of her grandfather, but is now a major success story. There were extreme bumps along the way, including she and her younger brother becoming wards of the state after falling into drug abuse. She attempted suicide twice before age 17, and was sent to a year long rehab. When she emerged she was dedicated to sobriety, finished high school with a GED, and got straight "A"s in a community college. Her brother, who Alan and Barbara fostered, is the other side of the coin. He is still struggling with drug abuse and in the process lost an academic scholarship to a good university. "In the meantime," Alan reports, "the grandfather's abuse pretty well tore apart the whole immediate family. There are many victims of one person's abuse."