Podcasts about Chicago Humanities Festival

Daniela Candillari grew up in Serbia and Slovenia.  She holds a Doctorate in Musicology from the Universität für Musik in Vienna, a Master of Music in Jazz Studies from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, and a Master of Music and Bachelor's degree in Piano Performance from the Universität für Musik in Graz. She is also a Fulbright Scholarship recipient.Daniela is in her fourth season as principal conductor at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. In celebration of its 50th anniversary season, she is conducting the company's 44th world premiere, This House, with music by Ricky Ian Gordon and libretto by Pulitzer Prize-winner Lynn Nottage and her daughter, Ruby Aiyo Gerber.Daniela made her New York Philharmonic debut in its inaugural season in the new David Geffen Hall, conducting cellist Yo-Yo Ma in Elgar's Cello Concerto.  And she made her “Carnegie Hall Presents” debut leading the American Composers Orchestra in a program of premieres.  Other engagements include debuts with the Metropolitan Opera and Deutsche Oper Berlin, and productions with Lyric Opera of Chicago, Minnesota Opera, Detroit Opera, Orchestre Métropolitan Montreal, and Classical Tahoe Festival.Finally, Daniela has been commissioned by established artists including instrumentalists from the Boston, Cleveland, Detroit, and Pittsburgh Symphonies, as well as the three resident orchestras of Lincoln Center: the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, and the New York City Ballet. She is deeply involved with Music Academy of the West's programming for young artists and she recently participated in master classes and discussions at DePaul University, Chicago Humanities Festival, and Valissima Institute.It's a pleasure to have her with me on this episode.

Political historian Heather Cox Richardson joins WGN’s John Williams to discuss the current state of democracy and the responsibility of the American people in today’s political landscape. Heather and John then touch on Governor JB Pritzker and his future. Heather also talks about the upcoming Chicago Humanities Festival on April 27 at Athenaeum Center for […]

Political historian Heather Cox Richardson joins WGN’s John Williams to discuss the current state of democracy and the responsibility of the American people in today’s political landscape. Heather and John then touch on Governor JB Pritzker and his future. Heather also talks about the upcoming Chicago Humanities Festival on April 27 at Athenaeum Center for […]

Political historian Heather Cox Richardson joins WGN’s John Williams to discuss the current state of democracy and the responsibility of the American people in today’s political landscape. Heather and John then touch on Governor JB Pritzker and his future. Heather also talks about the upcoming Chicago Humanities Festival on April 27 at Athenaeum Center for […]

Eiren Caffall joins Let's Talk Memoir for a conversation about her generational experience of loss, coming out of the shadows about having an ill body, how polycystic kidney disease (PKD) has shaped her and her family's life, writing about the collapse of ecosystems in the Atlantic ocean, seamlessly weaving in narrative, historical, lyrical, scientific, and metaphorical threads, allowing our children to weigh in on stories that involve them, feeling all the places we're still wounded, depicting mother-daughter relationships with complexity, the umpteenth draft, form as key, holding two things in mind at once, reframing and understanding family dynamics, and her new memoir The Mourner's Bestiary.   Also in this episode: -remembering wonder and beauty in the face of destruction  -idosyncratic craft structures  -where we are in our stories   Books mentioned in this episode: -Shapes of Native Nonfiction Edited by Elissa Washuta and Theresa Warbuton -Meander Spiral Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative by Jane Allison -Landmarks by Robert Mcfarlane   Eiren Caffall is a writer and musician. Her award-winning memoir, The Mourner's Bestiary, will be published by Row House Publishing in October 2024. Her novel, All the Water in the World will be published by Saint Martin's Press in 2025. An excerpt of her memoir will appear in Elementals: Volume IV. Fire forthcoming in 2024 from The Center for Humans and Nature. Her work on loss and nature, oceans and extinction has appeared in Guernica, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Literary Hub, Al Jazeera, The Rumpus, and three record albums. She received a Whiting Foundation Creative Nonfiction Grant in 2023 for The Mourner's Bestiary, a Social Justice News Nexus fellowship in environmental journalism at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, and a Frontline: Environmental Reportage residency at the Banff Centre for the Arts. She has been awarded residencies at Millay Colony for the Arts, MacDowell Colony (waitlisted), Hedgebrook, and Ragdale. She has guest lectured at UCLA, University of Chicago, and other universities across America, taught creative writing for The Chicago Humanities Festival, taught a memoir body and place week-long masterclass for Story Studio in Chicago, and mentored graduate students at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her work has been adapted into the award-winning short film Becoming Ocean, which screened at film festivals across the United States and in Amsterdam and Morocco.   Connect with Eiren: Website: www.eirencaffall.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eirencaffall/ X: www.x.com/eirencaffall Substack: https://eirencaffall.substack.com Ronit's Upcoming Online 10-week Memoir Course with the University of Washington: https://www.pce.uw.edu/courses/memoir-writing-finding-your-story   Ronit's writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The Rumpus, The New York Times, Poets & Writers, The Iowa Review, Hippocampus, The Washington Post, Writer's Digest, American Literary Review, and elsewhere. Her memoir WHEN SHE COMES BACK about the loss of her mother to the guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and their eventual reconciliation was named Finalist in the 2021 Housatonic Awards Awards, the 2021 Indie Excellence Awards, and was a 2021 Book Riot Best True Crime Book. Her short story collection HOME IS A MADE-UP PLACE won Hidden River Arts' 2020 Eludia Award and the 2023 Page Turner Awards for Short Stories.  She earned an MFA in Nonfiction Writing at Pacific University, is Creative Nonfiction Editor at The Citron Review, and teaches memoir through the University of Washington's Online Continuum Program and also independently. She launched Let's Talk Memoir in 2022, lives in Seattle with her family of people and dogs, and is at work on her next book. More about Ronit: https://ronitplank.com Subscribe to Ronit's Substack: https://substack.com/@ronitplank Follow Ronit: https://www.instagram.com/ronitplank/ https://www.facebook.com/RonitPlank https://bsky.app/profile/ronitplank.bsky.social   Background photo credit: Photo by Patrick Tomasso on Unsplash Headshot photo credit: Sarah Anne Photography Theme music: Isaac Joel, Dead Moll's Fingers

SCOTT LOGSDON has written the book/lyrics for STICKS & STONES (with composer John McDaniel) which had a premiere concert starred Audra McDonald, Javier Muñoz, and George Salazar for Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation/BC/EFA; 12 DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS (with composer Dana P. Rowe, currently in development as a film with Jerry Mitchell attached); JOYCE JACKSON'S GUIDE TO DATING, (with composer Steve Marzullo) which premiered in Orlando and was seen in concert at 54 Below; AN AMERICAN COUNTRY CHRISTMAS CAROL (with various CMA winning and nominated composers) THE CRINOLYNNS and LOVE (r)EVOLUTION, a song cycle covering 120 years of LGBTQIA+ history, both written with Aaron Gandy. Both STICKS & STONES and JOYCE JACKSON won the Florida Theatrical Association's New Musical Discovery Competition. JOYCE was featured in the NAMT Composer's Concert Series and was a finalist for Richard Rodgers/ Jonathan Larson Awards. Scott has written Broadway specialty lyrics for Roundabout Theater Company's Tribute to Alec Baldwin (directed by Scott Ellis) and the GYPSY OF THE YEAR Competition for the LES MISERABLES company, as well as for notable performers including Jason Alexander. Logsdon was vetted by the Cole Porter estate to rewrite lyrics for the documentary, Fabulously Fake: The Real Life of Kenneth Jay Lane. With Dana P. Rowe, he wrote the theme song for the series Stars In the House. His non-musical plays include THE BOIS (an all-male, contemporary take on the classic play THE WOMEN), which received a staged reading at the Abbey in Orlando, and THE MOURNING AFTER (a dark comedy.) As an actor, he was an originating cast member in the LES MISÉRABLES national company. He's been seen in such roles as Thenardier, Sweeney Todd, Billy Bigelow, Che, El Gallo, and King Herod. He has performed across North America as a soloist with symphonies and as a guest star in the award-winning Sondheim Unplugged at 54 Below in New York City. His many directing credits include CHESS, THE FANTASTICKS, DRIVING MISS DAISY, THE GLASS MENAGERIE, and the southeastern premiere of SECRETS EVERY SMART TRAVELER SHOULD KNOW. He holds a degree in musical theatre from Shenandoah Conservatory and received a Distinguished Alumni Award for work in the field of musical theatre.   Aaron Gandy A specialist in American musical theater and American popular song, Aaron Gandy's concerts and recordings embrace the best of Broadway from Kern to Lloyd-Webber, while encompassing Swing, Jazz and the golden age of Hollywood. Recent recordings include the all-star Jule Styne In Hollywood (PS Classics) and the upcoming Busker Alley (Jay Records). In 2004 he conducted the premiere recording of Kay Swift's Fine & Dandy on PS Classics featuring Broadway's Carolee Carmello and HBO's Mario Cantone. Upcoming recordings include Alec Wilder's Miss Chicken Little (originally broadcast on CBS television in 1953) and a restoration of Walter Donaldson's jazz-age romp Whoopee! Regarded as a leading authority on composer Vincent Youmans, Mr. Gandy restored and conducted the premiere recording of Youmans' final Broadway score Through the Years starring Metropolitan Opera Soprano Heidi Grant Murphy. Mr. Gandy restored the original film orchestrations for Rodgers & Hammerstein's The King and I, and Irving Berlin's White Christmas. His restoration of the original film orchestrations for Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! was performed by the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra in 1997. Mr. Gandy's Broadway credits include Disney's The Lion King, Urinetown, and Dora the Explorer Live! at Radio City Music Hall. He has concertized with The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, The Chicago Humanities Festival, 42nd Street Moon, Cami Hall, San Francisco's 42nd Street Moon, The Museum of Television and Radio, Symphony Space, Tribeca Performing Arts Center and solo appearances with Davis Gaines, Leslie Uggams, Christianne Noll, Jerry Hadley, Jim Dale, Dick Hyman, Lainie Kazan and Glenn Close.

She is known as the voice of a generation. The Queen of Folk. A legend. An icon, the one who sang “We Shall Overcome” alongside Martin Luther King Jr. at the 1963 March on Washington. As much as anyone, Joan Baez embodied the spirit of that decade of soaring dreams and songs and dramas set in motion that echo through this world of ours. Meanwhile, her love affair with a young Minnesota singer-songwriter calling himself Bob Dylan, whose career she pivotally helped launch, is also reentering the public imagination with a big new movie. And her classic heartbreak hit about him, “Diamonds and Rust,” is topping global charts anew.But Joan Baez at 83 is so much more intriguing than her projection as a legend. She grew up the daughter of a Mexican physicist father and a Scottish mother in a seemingly idyllic family. But even at the height of her fame, she was struggling mightily with mysterious interior demons. She and her beloved sisters finally reckoned in midlife with a truth of abuse they had buried, even in memory, at great cost. She has reckoned with fracture inside herself and been on an odyssey of wholeness. She is frank and funny, irreverent and wise. Among other gifts, she offers a refreshing way in to what it means to sing and live the reality of “overcoming,” personal and civilizational.Krista spoke with Joan on stage at the 2024 Chicago Humanities Festival.Joan Baez published her first (wonderful) book of poetry at the age of 83: When You See My Mother, Ask Her to Dance. She was one of the leading artists of the 1960s folk revival, and brought her voice to the Civil Rights and anti-war movements of that decade. She performed for over 60 years, releasing more than 30 albums. She has won scores of awards and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2017. In addition to her poetry, she has published a book of drawings, Am I Pretty When I Fly?: An Album of Upside Down Drawings, and painted a series of portraits called Mischief Makers. You can find the links for her books here.Find the transcript for this show at onbeing.org.______Sign up for The Pause — a monthly Saturday morning companion to all things On Being, with heads-up on new episodes, special offerings, event invitations, recommendations, and reflections from Krista all year round.

"Out Chicago" welcomes Randy Rainbow, who will be promoting his new essay collection "Randy Rainbow's Low-Hanging Fruit: Pressing Issues From My Gay Agenda," October 16th at the Chicago Humanities Festival (www.chicagohumanities.org/events/attend/randy-rainbow) Catch “Out Chicago” Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/wcpt820).

On this week's show: - Claybourne Elder, who will be performing in the Big Gay Cabaret at the Venus Cabaret Theater, October 18-20th (www.mercurytheaterchicago.com/big-gay-cabaret) - Randy Rainbow, who will be promoting his new essay collection "Randy Rainbow's Low-Hanging Fruit: Pressing Issues From My Gay Agenda," October 16th at the Chicago Humanities Festival (www.chicagohumanities.org/events/attend/randy-rainbow) Catch “Out Chicago” Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/wcpt820).

Between WHHW seasons we're introducing What Had Happened Once, one-off interviews showcasing the history and legacy of rap music. This is a live conversation with Dr. Todd Boyd aka The Notorious PHD from the Chicago Humanities Festival 2024 on his new book Rapper's Deluxe, a full flavored re-contextualization of hip hop history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Waters' Female Trouble turns 50 this year. In this installment of "There's No Stalgia Like Nostalgia", Ian and Pat look at the 1974 crime/comedy classic from two very different angles!Is it an uproarious counter-culture sendup? An eerie and depressing prediction of mainstream culture a half-century hence? Both?Watch as the guys debate the good, the bad, and the Divine in one of our most "one movie/two realities" episodes yet!Subscribe, like, and comment to the Kicking the Seat YouTube channel, and check out kickseat.com for multiple movie podcasts each week!Show LinksWatch the Female Trouble trailer.Listen to Ian's 2017 interview with Female Trouble star Mink Stole.Listen to Pat's question to John Waters about his first indie film, during the 2022 Chicago Humanities Festival.Bonus: As mentioned in the show, Female Trouble's Aunt Ida character bears an odd resemblance to Debbie from the TV series 90 Day Fiancé! Click below for proof!Aunt Ida (Warning: Strong Language from Female Trouble).And here's Debbie from 90 Day Fiancé.Keep up with Pat at HollywoodChicago.com.Listen to Pat's movie reviews on the radio at STAR 96.7.

Please enjoy this bonus podcast as Kelly interviews opera legend Renee Fleming live for the Chicago Humanities Festival as they discuss her new book “Music and Mind: Harnessing the Arts for Health and Wellness.”  “We humans likely sang before we spoke.”  “I believe that the arts should be embedded in our health-care system.” “As a singer, […]

Originally built in just two weeks for $30,000, the White House Situation Room has been the nerve center during some of history's most seismic events, from the assassination of John F. Kennedy, to the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, to the insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021. In his new book, “The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis,” George Stephanopoulos chronicles 60 years of American politics through spotlighting the historic room. George joined David onstage at the Chicago Humanities Festival to talk about his time working in the White House, how failed missions hashed out in the Situation Room informed future presidencies, and the responsibility of the media in covering Donald Trump in the 2024 election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kara sits down with Brené Brown, researcher, author, and vulnerability expert, in this edition of the Burn Book book tour. Brené tries to bring out our host's vulnerable side, asking about the life lessons Kara has learned from the tech titans she confronts in her memoir. This inevitably leads to a discussion of why Kara believes nice guys (like Mark Zuckerberg) can still be dangerous, and about her disappointment with Elon Musk.  This interview was taped at the Chicago Humanities Festival on March 21, 2024. You can hear more from Brené Brown on her two podcasts, Unlocking Us and Dare to Lead. Questions? Comments? Email us at on@voxmedia.com or find us on social media. We're on Instagram/Threads as @karaswisher and @nayeemaraza Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A few weeks ago, Jacob Goldstein sat down with a writer and a composer on a stage in Chicago to talk about artificial intelligence. The conversation, which was part of the Chicago Humanities Festival, aimed to answer a big question: will AI kill creativity? The writer, Stephen Marche, is the author of several nonfiction books and novels. Earlier this year he tried something new: he used AI to help him write a novel called Death of an Author. (That book was published in audio form by Pushkin Industries.) The composer, Lucas Cantor, has won two Emmys for his work scoring the Olympics for NBC and co-produced a Lorde song that was in one of the Hunger Games movies. And he used AI to help him write an end to Schubert's unfinished symphony.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this special recording of José Andres and Mark's recent event at the Chicago Humanities Festival, José talks to Mark about why cooks are among the best people to help in an emergency, how "doing good" is not good enough anymore, the organization that changed his life, why food waste is a terrible term, and imperfect parenting.Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts.Follow Mark on Twitter at @bittman, and on Facebook and Instagram at @markbittman. Want more food content? Subscribe to The Bittman Project at www.bittmanproject.com.Questions or comments about the show? Email food@markbittman.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ayad Akhtar, American playwright, novelist, and screenwriter, joins Eboo Patel at the Chicago Humanities Festival to discuss art, creativity, and cultural sensitivity. They emphasize the need to engage with and respect different identities in a diverse democracy rather than resorting to simplistic labels like "victim" or "racist." Bio: Ayad Akhtar is a novelist and playwright. His work has been published and performed in over two dozen languages. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Edith Wharton Citation of Merit for Fiction, and an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Akhtar is the author of Homeland Elegies (Little, Brown & Co.), which The Washington Post called "a tour de force" and The New York Times called "a beautiful novel…that had echoes of The Great Gatsby and that circles, with pointed intellect, the possibilities and limitations of American life." His first novel, American Dervish (Little, Brown & Co.), was published in over 20 languages. As a playwright, he has written Junk (Lincoln Center, Broadway; Kennedy Prize for American Drama, Tony nomination); Disgraced (Lincoln Center, Broadway; Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Tony nomination); The Who & The What (Lincoln Center); and The Invisible Hand (NYTW; Obie Award, Outer Critics Circle John Gassner Award, Olivier, and Evening Standard nominations). 

Dan moderates a lively discussion on extraterrestrial life at the Chicago Humanities Festival.Our new merch is available here: https://www.shalmawegsman.com/why-this-universeFor ask-us-anything segments and other exclusives, join us for just $3 a month on Patreon: https://patreon.com/whythisuniverseSupport the show

Kelly interviews Keegan-Michael Key and Elle Key live at the Chicago Humanities Festival to discuss their new book “The History of Sketch Comedy: A Journey Through the Art and Craft of Humor.” “There is something about comedy that is primal.” “Just because something is uncomfortable, doesn't mean it's wrong.”  “There was always a parachute and […]

American response in Israel  (11:13) The Campus response to politically charged events  (29:00) Editor in Chief of Jewish News Syndicate, Jonathan Tobin, explains why Gaza must be invaded You can follow Jonathan on X @jonathans_tobin (45:49) Jim Iuorio, host of the "Futures Edge Podcast", sees signs of a stronger economy than he previously thought but the government still doesn't want you to look too closely at it For more from Jim, including podcast updates, @jimiuorio (57:21) Female frogs fake death (59:27) Host of FOX News' Special Report, Bret Baier, critiques the US response in Israel and the efforts of House Republicans to find a speaker  Bret has a new book out!  To Rescue the Constitution: George Washington and the Fragile American Experiment Bret will be in Chicago! Saturday 10/14  5:30 pm – 6:30 pm CT – Northwestern University – Pick-Staiger Concert Hall – part of the Chicago Humanities Festival chicagohumanities.org/events (1:19:30) THE GREAT DISINTEGRATION: Migrants (1:40:26) David Johnson, former packaging engineer for Hasbro who exposed critical race theory ideology as an insider for Project Veritas, shares details from his new book The Diversity Con: The Secrets and Lies Behind the Shady DEI Industry (1:54:39) Open Mic FridaySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fox News Channel's Bret Baier joined us to talk:-Speaker McCarthy's ousting -Who succeeds him-Matt Gaetz role in all of this -What are next steps-Republican Presidential Candidates who stopped by his show -His new book “To Rescue the Constitution”Bret will be in Chicago for his only Midwestern book stopCHICAGO, IL  Saturday, October 14 at 5:30pm Chicago Humanities Festival with Seminary Coop Interabang BooksEVENT LINK Photo Courtesy: CBS

Of all the groundbreaking musicians to come out of the ‘60s, few were as engaged socially and politically as Joan Baez. A lifelong proponent of non-violent activism, Joan marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and has continued to advocate for non-violent, civil disobedience ever since. With the release of her debut album in 1960, Joan Baez became the preeminent female folkie. With just her exquisite soprano and her guitar, she reworked classic American folk songs and eventually wrote songs that helped fuel her activism. By the time she helped launch Bob Dylan's career by inviting him on stage with her in the early ‘60s, Joan was already an international sensation. In 2019, after a career that spanned nearly six decades, Joan announced she was no longer performing live. In recent years, she's turned her creative attention to visual art. Her new book of drawings titled “Am I Pretty When I Fly” features sketches rooted in humor, freedom, and sorrow. But, in classic Joan Baez style, her drawings defy convention—they were all drawn upside down. On today's episode you'll hear a live conversation Justin Richmond had with Joan Baez at the Chicago Humanities Festival in May. Joan spoke about the emotional catharsis she finds in drawing. She also talked about juggling music and activism as a young artist, and what happened when she handed over access to her personal storage unit to a group of documentary filmmakers who are making a movie about her life. And despite giving up live performance, she took a moment to serenade the crowd all with her beloved voice. You can hear a playlist of some of our favorite Joan Baez songs HERE.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Daniella Mazzio (she/they) is a writer, performer, advocate, and communications and accessibility consultant. Originally from the western Chicago suburbs, Daniella attended DePaul University and has been living in the city ever since. Working for the Chicago Humanities Festival for three years helped Mazzio dive into accessibility at events and cultural occasions, leading to a multitude of opportunities. Mazzio is also self-publishing a book, and works in environmental sustainability with Plant Chicago on the Southwest Side . This is what her Chicago sounds like. This segment of “This Is What Chicago Sounds Like” was produced by Ari Mejia. To learn more about Daniella Mazzio, follow her on Instagram @daniellamazio.

Host Luisa Lyons chats with Deborah Henson-Conant, a truly gifted musician, artist, composer, and storyteller.Deborah shares the extraordinary story behind the intensely personal and beautiful new two-hander musical The Golden Cage. The musical was filmed live at the 2022 Off-Broadway “CreateTheater New Works Series” and is now available on demand on Streaming Musicals. Deborah Henson-Conant is a Grammy-Nominated composer & performer who combines stories and music in multiple genres from narrated concerts to song cycles, one-person musicals, operetta and musical.Her full-length music special “Invention & Alchemy” in collaboration with the Grand Rapids Symphony, appeared on PBS stations throughout the U.S. and received a Grammy Nomination for Best Classical Crossover album. She's performed and premiered her works internationally with orchestras and venues including Pittsburgh Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Tacoma Symphony and Buffalo Philharmonic, Chicago Humanities Festival, Kennedy Center, Boston's Lyric Stage and Central Square Theater.Her TEDx talk chronicles the development of the harp that's named after her,  the “DHC” body-harp – an instrument that enables one to become a single performing unit with an electric harp.Show Links The Golden Cage: https://www.hipharp.com/goldencagemusical. Use  code GOLDEN25 for 25% off. Deborah Henson-Conant: https://www.hipharp.com/ Support the showFilmed Live Musicals is where musicals come home. Use the searchable database to find musicals filmed on stage to watch from the comfort of your living room! Visit www.filmedlivemusicals.com to learn more. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube. You can also support the site at Patreon. Patrons get early access to the podcast and site content, no matter how much you pledge. Become a Patron today!Filmed Live Musicals is created by Luisa Lyons, an Australian actor, writer, and musician. Luisa holds a Masters in Music Theatre from London's Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and now lives, works, and plays in New York. Learn more at www.luisalyons.com and follow on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.

Chicago-based experimental rock group Joan of Arc has been broken up for several years now, but they will be reconvening for a special performance as part of the Chicago Humanities Festival to provide a live soundtrack to the classic Carl Dreyer film The Passion of Joan Arc. Features co-director Mick R caught up with band members Tim Kinsella, Bobby Burg, and Theo Katsaounis to talk about the band's history with the film and how the story of Joan of Arc inspires them and their art. "[Joan of Arc] could have had a much more comfortable life. But no one would be inspired by her six hundred years later." - Tim Kinsella The Passion of Joan of Arc will be soundtracked by Joan of Arc as part of Chicago Humanties Festival on May 30. You can find tickets at www.chicagohumanities.org. Produced by Mick R. Image Credit: Joan of Arc

In an interview with TIME at the Chicago Humanities Festival, Clinton said Feinstein shouldn't retire because of the "tradeoff" on confirming judges.

Puja Patel talks with music legends Kim Gordon and Laurie Anderson, as well as writer Sinéad Gleeson, as part of a live event recorded last year during the Chicago Humanities Festival. The discussion revolves around an anthology of essays titled This Woman's Work, which was edited by Gordon and Gleeson, and features a piece about Anderson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

BONUS PODCASTS: Kelly Leonard, Executive Director of Learning & Applied Improvisation at Second City Works, records a live podcast with beloved actor, writer and producer Rainn Wilson for the Chicago Humanities Festival to talk about his new book “Soul Boom.” This episode was recorded live April 21, 2023 at The Francis Parker School in Chicago, […]

Meet Our Guest: Deborah H. Telman is the Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs and General Counsel at Gilead Sciences, Inc., responsible for Government Affairs, Policy, Public Affairs, Legal, and Compliance functions. She has over 25 years of experience in providing legal counsel both in-house and in private practice, including experience in global mergers and acquisitions and governance. Deb holds a Juris Doctor degree from Boston University School of Law and a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania. She is a board member of AtriCure, Inc. and City Colleges of Chicago, and a Board Member of the Chicago Humanities Festival.Key Insights: Deb's career philosophy emphasizes the importance of following one's passion, taking risks, and pivoting when necessary. ● Your Career is a Lattice. Deb maintained a focus on following her passion and making an impact, and believes that the zigzag in her career has helped her become comfortable with being uncomfortable.● Pivot! Throughout her career, Deb demonstrated a willingness to take risks, pivot as needed, and always keep her priorities in mind. She encourages others that it is never too late to go after what you want.● Great Minds. It is important to collaborate with like-minded individuals, regardless of their background, and build relationships so that you can bring the best value to the company or situation. This episode is hosted by Julie Gerberding, M.D. She is a member of the Advisory Council for Her Story and is the Chief Executive Officer for the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health.Relevant Links: Read more about Deb TelmanCheck out Gilead's website

City Cast Chicago is bringing you a preview of another podcast, "Some of My Best Friends Are," from Pushkin Industries. Harvard professor Khalil Gibran Muhammad and journalist Ben Austen are friends, one Black and one white, who grew up together on the South Side of Chicago. On the podcast, Khalil and Ben, along with their guests, have critical conversations that are at once personal, political, and playful, about the absurdities and intricacies of race in America. In this preview, Khalil and Ben revisit the origins of their friendship during a live conversation at the 2022 Chicago Humanities Festival. Ben shares memories of his first job delivering bagels around Chicago, and Khalil speaks to when he first realized he had a Chicago accent. Above all, they connect with a hometown audience and discuss the hard work of studying and admiring a city that can be tough to love at times. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kashif Shaikh is the founder of the Pillars Fund, a Chicago-based philanthropic institution financed by Muslims to support Muslim organizations, research, and art. Shaikh speaks with Eboo about what inspired this ground-breaking fund, why he supports Muslim artists, and what impact Pillars has on projects in Hollywood, Arkansas, Brooklyn, and beyond. Guest Bio: Kashif Shaikh is co-founder and executive director of Pillars Fund, a philanthropic organization that amplifies the leadership, narratives, and talents of American Muslims. He currently serves on the board of directors of the Peabody Awards (East Coast division), Chicago Humanities Festival, Donors of Color Network, and Mortar, and has written for The New York Times, Vice, and NPR, Variety, among other outlets.Visit Interfaith America to learn more about the organization and our podcast.Apply for a $250 grant to host a podcast listening party or win a $25 gift card for sharing your feedback. Learn more.Follow us on Twitter and Instagram to stay up to date with new episodes, interfaith stories, and our programs.

In A is for Architecture's seventh episode in 2022/3's offer, I speak with Professor Gwendolyn Wright of Colombia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation (GSAPP), New York and presenter of PBS' History Detectives. We met on Zoom to talk about her 2008 book, USA, part of Reaktion Book's Modern Architectures in History series, a book which ‘traces a history that spans from early skyscrapers and suburbs in the aftermath of the American Civil War up to the museums, schools and ‘green architecture' of today [describing] diverse interests that affected design, ranging from politicians and developers to ambitious immigrants and middle-class citizens […] Wright reframes the history of American architecture as one of constantly evolving and volatile sensibilities, engaged with commerce, attuned to new media, exploring multiple concepts of freedom.' You can get the book via The University of Chicago Press' website here. You can also hear Gwen talk at GSAPP with Michael Kimmelman about architecture's public, in a presentation entitled Who's Listening? Also, here she is speaking when accepting the Society of Architectural Historian's Award for Excellence in Architectural Media in 2012, and here about History Detectives as part of the Chicago Humanities Festival. Gwen's website is here; her LinkedIn is here. Gwen is an amazing communicator, a seriously insightful analyser of modern architecture and a delightful person to listen to. The book is marvellous, of course, as you shall hear… Happy listening! + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Music credits: Bruno Gillick + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + aisforarchitecture.org Apple: podcasts.apple.com Spotify: open.spotify.com Google: podcasts.google.com

Kashif Shaikh is the Co-Founder and President of Pillars Fund. In 2010, Kashif and a small group of Muslim philanthropists founded Pillars to strategically organize wealth within their communities and support American Muslim civic institutions and leaders building a more just, equitable society. For the next five years, Kashif volunteered his time and resources to grow and lead Pillars. In 2016, he was asked to be Pillars' first full-time executive director and transitioned Pillars from a volunteer-run fund to a fully operational foundation. Under his leadership, Pillars has invested more than $6 million in Muslim community organizations and initiatives to build collective power and transform what is possible for Muslims in the United States. At the heart of Kashif's career in philanthropy is a dedication to promoting racial equity and creating opportunities for Muslims and people of color to tell their stories through art. Prior to launching Pillars, Kashif was a program officer at the Robert R. McCormick Foundation, where he helped manage a portfolio of more than $20 million and helped scale a variety of Chicago nonprofits working at the intersection of racial justice, poverty, and education. He also managed the Foundation's corporate partnerships and helped develop corporate social responsibility strategies for the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Blackhawks, and Chicago Bulls. His career began at the United Way of Metropolitan Chicago, where he developed strategies to engage the organization's largest corporate partners. Kashif's expert insight on Muslims in philanthropy has been cited in The New York Times, Buzzfeed, and Chicago Sun Times, among others. He currently serves on the board of directors of the Peabody Awards, Chicago Humanities Festival, and Mortar, a nonprofit based in his home town of Cincinnati that helps entrepreneurs from historically marginalized communities access resources to start and run successful businesses. He has been named a Philanthropy Forward Fellow by the Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions and Neighborhood Funders Group, a New Profit Civic Lab Entrepreneur, and an Ambassadors for Health Equity Fellow. In 2017, Crain's Chicago Business named him to their 40 Under 40 list. Kashif holds a BA from Ohio State University and MA from Northwestern University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sound Ecology is a continuation of our Season 2 theme, Art Meets Science. In this episode we experience the work of sound artists and musicians. We're moving at a meditative pace and providing listeners with a contemplative, relaxing experience. First up will be a six minute sound experience entitled "Shivering Sands," the contemplative ambient music project of singer-songwriter Angela James and multi-instrumentalist Jordan Martins. After "Shivering Sands" is an interview with sound artist, Norman W. Long, followed by his sound piece entitled "Expanded Field." Norman's practice involves walking, listening, improvising, performing, recording and composing to create environments and situations in which he and the audience are engaged in dialogues about memory, place, ecology, culture, race, value, silence and the invisible. Norman Long has performed and exhibited at Experimental Sound Studio, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Links Hall, Elastic Arts,Green Line Performing Arts Center, Chicago Humanities Festival, Chicago Cultural Center and 2021 Chicago Architecture Biennial. Norman has performed with Damon Locks, Tatsuya Nakatani, Cher Jey, Sara Zalek, Cristal Sabbagh, Xris Espinoza, Adam Zanolini, Dan Bitney and Todd Carter and performed and toured with Angel Bat Dawid and the Brothahood. He has released his compositions on Hausu Mountain, Reserve Matinee and Room40 labels. His latest release, BLACK BROWN GRAY GREEN, was released in September 2021 on Hausu Mountain.The Pivot Arts Podcast is created and produced by Julieanne Ehre with sound engineering by Hannah Foerschler and original music composed by Andrew Hansen. Generous support for the podcast is provided by FLATS, a Chicago-based apartment community. For more information on Pivot Arts visit pivotarts.org.

The creator, the hero, the explorer: these are just some of the archetypes made famous by Carl Jung that inspired the latest album from Chicago's Grammy award-winning Third Coast Percussion. Created in collaboration with classical guitarist Sérgio Assad and composer-performer Clarice Assad, Archetypes is a sonic exploration of the human experience. Taped live at the 2021 Chicago Humanities Festival, our conversation with musicians Clarice Assad and David Skidmore features an exploration of the creative process and an interactive discussion on David's dream. Clarice Assad is a Grammy-nominated composer, celebrated pianist, inventive vocalist, and educator. David Skidmore is a performer and Executive Director with Third Coast Percussion, a GRAMMY Award-winning percussion quartet based in Chicago.   RESOURCES: Learn to Analyze your own Dreams:  https://thisjungianlife.com/enroll/

Nancy Anne Ridder - actor, Scream Karen Mason - Broadway star, actor, cabaret/recording artist Debbie Millman - writer, designer, artist, host of podcast (Design Matters)new book, Why Design Mattersspeaking at Chicago Humanities Festival

Abby McEnany has been on Chicago's improv scene for more than 20 years but is new to the TV world. Her show, "Work in Progress" on Showtime, started as part of a storytelling performance at iO. It's loosely based on McEnany's life, but the star is clear there are many ways she and the character are different (though she won't tell you how). The second season of "Work in Progress" premieres Aug. 22, and just like the first season, it is filmed in Chicago and features many Chicago actors and friends of McEnany. Lead Producer Carrie Shepherd talks to McEnany about working through the improv scene and why she knew the show had to be based here. Guest: Abby McEnany — Writer, comedian, and actress **UPDATE** Work In Progress: A Comedic Showcase of Chicago from Chicago Humanities Festival has been postponed until Wednesday, Aug. 18, because of inclement weather. Details here. Follow us on Twitter: @CityCastChicago Sign up for our newsletter: chicago.citycast.fm

Kashif Shaikh is the Co-Founder and President of Pillars Fund. In 2010, Kashif and a small group of Muslim philanthropists founded Pillars to strategically organize wealth within their communities and support American Muslim civic institutions and leaders building a more just, equitable society. For the next five years, Kashif volunteered his time and resources to grow and lead Pillars. In 2016, he was asked to be Pillars' first full-time executive director and transitioned Pillars from a volunteer-run fund to a fully operational foundation. Under his leadership, Pillars has invested more than $6 million in Muslim community organizations and initiatives to build collective power and transform what is possible for Muslims in the United States. At the heart of Kashif's career in philanthropy is a dedication to promoting racial equity and creating opportunities for Muslims and people of color to tell their stories through art. Prior to launching Pillars, Kashif was a program officer at the Robert R. McCormick Foundation, where he helped manage a portfolio of more than $20 million and helped scale a variety of Chicago nonprofits working at the intersection of racial justice, poverty, and education. He also managed the Foundation's corporate partnerships and helped develop corporate social responsibility strategies for the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Blackhawks, and Chicago Bulls. His career began at the United Way of Metropolitan Chicago, where he developed strategies to engage the organization's largest corporate partners. Kashif's expert insight on Muslims in philanthropy has been cited in The New York Times, Buzzfeed, and Chicago Sun Times, among others. He currently serves on the board of directors of the Peabody Awards, Chicago Humanities Festival, and Mortar, a nonprofit based in his home town of Cincinnati that helps entrepreneurs from historically marginalized communities access resources to start and run successful businesses. He has been named a Philanthropy Forward Fellow by the Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions and Neighborhood Funders Group, a New Profit Civic Lab Entrepreneur, and an Ambassadors for Health Equity Fellow. In 2017, Crain's Chicago Business named him to their 40 Under 40 list. Kashif holds a BA from Ohio State University and MA from Northwestern University

Dax and Monica host a conversation with Bill Gates about his new book, How To Avoid A Climate Disaster, for the Chicago Humanities Festival.

Renowned biographer Walter Isaacson explores Jennifer Doudna’s career and her part in the groundbreaking invention of CRISPR — a tool that allows us to edit genes and select traits in babies — in his new book, The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race. Reset talks to the author about the book ahead of his Chicago Humanities Festival virtual event on Thursday night.

This is our final bonus episode of Your Breakout Book, where I’m revisiting interviews with some of the most knowledgeable and encouraging publishing pros. Here to round out our replays is none other than Kaye Publicity’s marketing and events coordinator, Hailey Dezort.Hailey received her B.A. in English and a minor in Anthropology from Loyola University of Chicago. Before joining Kaye Publicity, she was a digital content creator for two interior design companies, as well as a marketing intern with Chicago Humanities Festival and Open Letter Books. When she’s not helping our clients grow their online following or pitching social influeners, she posts on her own bookstagram account @hayhails.Earlier this year, Hailey delivered a workshop to Your Breakout Book members to help them improve (or just get started on) their influencer outreach. After the workshop, several members successfully secured #bookstragram and book-tube features for their books.If you’re ready to take action with the help of a trusted guide and savvy community of authors, I encourage you to join us in Your Breakout Book. Book promotion can feel frustrating, confusing, and overwhelming. As a book publicist, I know first-hand how challenging it can be to keep up with industry trends, the latest social media platform, not to mention carving out time to create content. That’s why I created Your Breakout Book; to provide a one-stop-shop for everything you need to successfully launch your book. Your membership includes a library of trainings, tutorials, and templates, monthly live trainings and roundtable discussions, the opportunity to be paired with an accountability, and most importantly, a community of savvy authors ready to share their knowledge and experience.Visit kayepublicity.com/yourbreakoutbook to get started.

Reset brings on podcaster Roman Mars to discuss his new book, The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design. On Thursday, the Chicago Humanities Festival will present a virtual event with Mars and co-author Kurt Kohlstedt starting at 7 p.m.

Jill Lepore, professor of American history at Harvard University, staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of many books, including These Truths: A History of the United States, and her latest, If Then: How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future (Liveright, 2020), tells the story of a late-1950s precursor to today's tech marketing companies that was used to sell products, including political candidates, and raised the same questions we face today over manipulation and the use of data. →EVENTS:  Prof. Lepore will be participating in several video book events.  Registration is required for most and note the local time zones. Wednesday, 9/16: Chicago Humanities Festival Thursday, 9/17: Brooklyn Public Library w/Data & Society Friday, 9/18: Seattle Town Hall Tuesday, 9/22: LA World Affairs Council Town Hall  Monday, 9/28: WBUR CitySpace and “On Point” Thursday, 10/1: NYPL Live event 

Pianist Gloria Cheng discusses how she and her students grew closer together while facing the unique challenges of virtual music education, how incorporating new recording exercises provided surprising gifts, and how she returned to her own daily artistic practice during the pandemic. We also share memories of the late composer Steven Stucky, and how Gloria channeled her grief at his passing into a creative tribute, her album entitled "Garlands for Steven Stucky," which includes my composition, "Snowprints." Grammy and Emmy Award-winning pianist GLORIA CHENG has long been devoted to a process of creative collaboration, having worked extensively with such internationally renowned composers as John Adams, Terry Riley, Thomas Adès, and the late Steven Stucky. Ms. Cheng has appeared as a concerto soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta and Pierre Boulez, and on its acclaimed Green Umbrella series with Esa-Pekka Salonen and Oliver Knussen. She has been a recitalist at the Ojai Music Festival (where she first appeared in 1984 with Pierre Boulez), the Chicago Humanities Festival, William Kapell Festival, and Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music. Ms. Cheng inspired and premiered such notable compositions as Esa-Pekka Salonen's Dichotomie (of which she is the dedicatee), John Adams' Hallelujah Junction for two pianos (written for her and Grant Gershon), and Steven Stucky's Piano Sonata. Partnering with composers in duo-recitals, she premiered Thomas Adès's two-piano Concert Paraphrase on Powder Her Face and Terry Riley's Cheng Tiger Growl Roar. Ms. Cheng received a Grammy Award for her 2008 recording, Piano Music of Salonen, Stucky, and Lutosławski, and a second Grammy nomination for her 2013 disc, The Edge of Light: Messiaen/Saariaho. On screen, Ms. Cheng's film, MONTAGE: Great Film Composers and the Piano — documenting the recording of works composed for her by Bruce Broughton, Don Davis, Alexandre Desplat, Michael Giacchino, Randy Newman, and John Williams — aired on PBS SoCal and captured the 2018 Los Angeles Area Emmy Award for Independent Programming. Her most recent disc, Garlands for Steven Stucky, is a star-studded tribute to the late composer by 32 of his friends and former students. After obtaining a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Stanford University, Ms. Cheng studied in Paris on a Woolley Scholarship and earned graduate degrees in performance from UCLA and the University of Southern California, where her teachers included Aube Tzerko and John Perry. Ms. Cheng now is on the faculty at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music where she has created courses and programs designed to unite performers, composers, and scholars. www.gloriachengpiano.com   Questions or comments may be shared on Julia Adolphe's YouTube Channel  

Join Becky as we discuss strategic planning, the importance of targeting your audience, and fundraising.  Becky Caldwell is an executive coach, podcast host of “Virtual Executive Director,” and the actual executive director of the Virginia Highlands Festival (VHF) in Abingdon, Virginia. A graduate of Northwestern University, Becky spent much of her career in Chicago with Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Chicago Humanities Festival, and the Chicago Improv Festival (among other organizations). She has produced international arts programs and festivals since 1992. In 2012 she came to Abingdon to become the first-ever executive director for VHF, a 70-year-old arts and culture organization. While at VHF, she launched several pilot programs to help innovate programming. These programs have included “The Wolf Crystal” public performance art project; a series of culinary arts events highlighting the rich heritage and inherent creativity of food production in Southwest Virginia; and “Plein Air Abingdon,” a 3-day springtime spin-off festival from the summer flagship event. “The Wolf Crystal” was the subject of Becky's TEDxHickory talk in November, 2019. Since 2016 she has been advising, consulting, and coaching nonprofit leaders, helping them with fundraising strategies, board development, and strategic planning. Becky's areas of coaching expertise include leadership transition, building effective corporate culture, and developing strategic partnerships. She started her weekly podcast, “Virtual Executive Director,” in September 2017, as a free resource for nonprofit and mission-driven leaders, and supplements the podcast with an active Facebook group for nonprofit leaders to receive peer-to-peer support. In her personal life, Becky is a gamer, foodie, and supernerd. She is married with two big goofy dogs who make frequent appearances on her podcast and Instagram feed. Becky Caldwell FB: https://www.facebook.com/VirtualExecDirector/ LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckybrettcaldwell/ IG: @virtual_execIG: @beckybrettcaldwellWeb: https://virtualexecutivedirector.com/ beckybrettcaldwell@gmail.com      

Join Becky as we discuss strategic planning, the importance of targeting your audience, and fundraising.  Becky Caldwell is an executive coach, podcast host of “Virtual Executive Director,” and the actual executive director of the Virginia Highlands Festival (VHF) in Abingdon, Virginia. A graduate of Northwestern University, Becky spent much of her career in Chicago with Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Chicago Humanities Festival, and the Chicago Improv Festival (among other organizations). She has produced international arts programs and festivals since 1992. In 2012 she came to Abingdon to become the first-ever executive director for VHF, a 70-year-old arts and culture organization. While at VHF, she launched several pilot programs to help innovate programming. These programs have included “The Wolf Crystal” public performance art project; a series of culinary arts events highlighting the rich heritage and inherent creativity of food production in Southwest Virginia; and “Plein Air Abingdon,” a 3-day springtime spin-off festival from the summer flagship event. “The Wolf Crystal” was the subject of Becky’s TEDxHickory talk in November, 2019. Since 2016 she has been advising, consulting, and coaching nonprofit leaders, helping them with fundraising strategies, board development, and strategic planning. Becky’s areas of coaching expertise include leadership transition, building effective corporate culture, and developing strategic partnerships. She started her weekly podcast, “Virtual Executive Director,” in September 2017, as a free resource for nonprofit and mission-driven leaders, and supplements the podcast with an active Facebook group for nonprofit leaders to receive peer-to-peer support. In her personal life, Becky is a gamer, foodie, and supernerd. She is married with two big goofy dogs who make frequent appearances on her podcast and Instagram feed. Becky Caldwell FB: https://www.facebook.com/VirtualExecDirector/ LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckybrettcaldwell/ IG: @virtual_execIG: @beckybrettcaldwellWeb: https://virtualexecutivedirector.com/ beckybrettcaldwell@gmail.com      

A series of conversations made by the Your Story, Your Way! students in collaboration with Chicago Humanities Festival during their 30th Fall Festivities.

A series of conversations made by the Your Story, Your Way! students in collaboration with Chicago Humanities Festival during their 30th Fall Festivities.

A series of conversations made by the Your Story, Your Way! students in collaboration with Chicago Humanities Festival during their 30th Fall Festivities.

A series of conversations made by the Your Story, Your Way! students in collaboration with Chicago Humanities Festival during their 30th Fall Festivities.

A series of conversations made by the Your Story, Your Way! students in collaboration with Chicago Humanities Festival during their 30th Fall Festivities.

Wattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast live through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. In this show, Wattz Up! made some new friends at Chicago Humanities Festival 2019. The youth had a series of conversation with teen boxer, Jesselyn Silva; Game of Thrones author, George R.R. Martin; Chicago artist and educator, Damon Locks; author and photographer, Ari Seth Cohen; style queen Judith Boyd; and, author, musician, Henry Rollins. Enjoy!!

Season 3 of VS goes out with a bang! Franny and Danez take the stage as part of the Chicago Humanities Festival with the true gawd of this poetry world Patricia Smith. They talk about the most bone-chilling prompt ever, discuss form as a way to invite readers into the room, and finally settle the page vs. stage question once and for all.  VS will return in early 2020! In the meantime, jump into the archives and enjoy three seasons of amazing conversations. NOTE: Make sure you rate us on Apple Podcasts and write us a review!

Tiff Beatty invites you into the circle. Tiff is the founder of Art is Bonfire, a seasonal open mic and cypher around a fire pit at Promontory Point in Hyde Park, and is the Programming Director of Chicago Humanities Festival, an event series bringing authors, thinkers, artists, and celebrities together in conversation around a central theme. The convo bounces between Tiff’s childhood in Washington State, her path to Chicago, building sacred space around the fire, transforming the humanities, and more. Recorded 11/13/19 in Chicago Music from this week's show: ArtiChoke - Tab Anitek

Grab your beanies and your fedoras because we're talking hats! Josh and Paula discuss whether or not Josh is a "hat boy," their roles in a heist, and how hard it would be to date Willy Wonka. Then they're joined by Advanced Style's Ari Cohen (33:11) to talk hats for every occasion and discuss his amazing work.  -- ADVANCED STYLE TICKETS & TOTE BAG GIVEAWAY On 11/9 as a part of the Chicago Humanities Festival, you can join Ari Seth Cohen (Advanced Style, Advanced Love) and Judith Boyd (Style Crone) for a powerful conversation on style over sixty!   Tag @chihumanities and @BeingEarnestPod in a pic showcasing YOUR outfit inspired by #advancestyle and/or #advancedlove. All ages can enter!   The top 3 posts get 2 tickets to see Ari’s talk live, plus 2 #chfpower tote bags! -- Logo by Ryan Cruise: https://www.instagram.com/rbcruiser Theme Song by Dylan Doetch: https://www.twitter.com/dylandoetch Special thanks to James Webb for additional audio engineering: fb.com/PeopleOfComedyNetwork

Yollocalli popped up and broadcasted live at the Chicago Humanities Festival- Creative Chicago Revisit. In this show, the youth interviewed Tiff Beatty, CHF Director of Programming, Kenyatta Forbes, the creator of the card games Trading Races and Trading Rappers, and Tonika Johnson + Paola Aguirre about The Folded Map Project. *Creative Chicago, at the Chicago Humanities Festival is presented with the generous support of the Terra Foundation for American Art, and in partnership with the Joyce Foundation, and the Metropolitan Planning Council.

Ta-Nehisi Coates says we must love our country the way we love our friends — and not spare the hard truths. “Can you get to a place where citizens are encouraged to see themselves critically, where they’re encouraged to see their history critically?” he asks. Coates is a poetic journalist and a defining voice of our times. He’s with us in a conversation that is joyful, hard, kind, soaring, and down-to-earth all at once. He spoke with Krista as part of the 2017 Chicago Humanities Festival.Ta-Nehisi Coates is a distinguished writer in residence at New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. His books include “Between the World and Me,” “We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy,” and the novel “The Water Dancer.” He’s also the current writer of the Marvel comics “The Black Panther” and “Captain America.”Find the transcript for this show at onbeing.org. This episode originally aired in November 2017.

Ta-Nehisi Coates says we must love our country the way we love our friends — and not spare the hard truths. “Can you get to a place where citizens are encouraged to see themselves critically, where they’re encouraged to see their history critically?” he asks. Coates is a poetic journalist and a defining voice of our times. He’s with us in a conversation that is joyful, hard, kind, soaring, and down-to-earth all at once. He spoke with Krista as part of the 2017 Chicago Humanities Festival.Ta-Nehisi Coates is a distinguished writer in residence at New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. His books include “Between the World and Me,” “We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy,” and the novel “The Water Dancer.” He’s also the current writer of the Marvel comics “The Black Panther” and “Captain America.”This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode "Ta-Nehisi Coates — Imagining a New America." Find more at onbeing.org.This interview originally aired in November 2017.

adrienne maree brown is brilliant. She is a Detroit-based organizer, doula, facilitator, community builder, and writer of seminal books Emergent Strategy and Pleasure Activism. While in town for a talk at the Chicago Humanities Festival, adrienne swings by AirGo to talk with the guys about her birth work, learning from Grace Lee Boggs, fluidity, and much more. Plus, Damon and Daniel geek out about how dope she is. Recorded 5/4/19 in Chicago Music from this week's show: Juice - Lizzo

On this episode of Marooned!, we're discussing Part 4 of Blue Mars, "Green Earth," a Nirgal chapter. Nirgal, Sax, Maya, and Michel have traveled to Earth as a Martian delegation to attempt to normalize relations to the home planet and help out where they can. Nirgal goes off on a series of disorienting and hallucinatory adventures and comes back sick! Matt and Hilary spend some time chatting about what they've been up to since the last episode. Hilary "moderated" a "panel" at an event co-sponsored by the Chicago Humanities Festival and Humanities Without Walls as part of the MLA conference (or something). N. Katherine Hayles and Evan Selinger had a lot to say! Delightful weirdos who strangely think the humanities are important were in attendance--including the president of the MLA! In our "Mars in Popular Culture Roundup of the Week" segment, which will doubtless be expanded to a weekly extra episode once Tom Hanks gives us a million dollars, Matt watched two Mars-related movies that were bad: Capricorn One and something on Netflix (2036: Origin Unknown). Then we get to the good stuff. This chapter is hallucinatory and impressionistic, anchored in Nirgal's bodily experiences, but also full of subtle references to the history of colonialism, literature, and post-colonial thought, as we discover. Connections we make include C.L.R. James, Frankenstein, Treasure Island, Freud, Agatha Christie, Mr. Belvedere, Jamaica Kincaid, Great Expectations, Moby-Dick, K-19: The Widowmaker, New York 2140. Home at last, Nirgal encounters a planet that wants to kill him, where he feels most at home in zones that are out of reach of earthly life--high in the Alps on a glacier and beneath the sea, polluted and more dangerous than before. We reflect on Nirgal's perennial homelessness as a constitutive lack, which takes his experience of the overwhelming colors, heat, and moisture of Earth from the hallucinatory to the uncanny, or unheimlich in Freudian thinking. This is appropriate because he also keeps running into doppelgängers of his parents, Coyote and Hiroko. All the while, the relation between Earth and Mars is up for debate. Hilary gives a critique of the concept of population and Malthusian logic, and makes a case for faith in people's willingness to figure out the common good in the here-and-now rather than defer decision-making to an investment in an unknowable future. People should get to live good lives while they're alive! Back to our common Arendtian refrain: why put all your faith in the future when you could work to make the present better? Elsewhere, Matt becomes as smart as Jamaica Kincaid when he discovers that you can take the colonies away from the empire, but you can't take colonialism away from the colonizers, and he does a really bad British accent. A very fond farewell to all our listeners across the pond! Things Hilary doesn't like: Tom Hanks, The Family Guy, Avengers: Infinity War (discussed off-mic). Ways Matt can't identify with Nirgal: Scared of scuba diving, does not routinely wake up to find multiple strange women having sex with him. Email us: maroonedonmarspodcast@gmail.com Tweet us (we don't like twitter) @podcastonmars Rate & Review us: iTunes, Google Play, wherever. Voicemail us: Anchor.fm app Music by The Spirit of Space

Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast in your favorite podcasting platform — and while you’re there, please leave us a like or a review.Our next read (in two weeks) will be Dark Desires After Dusk — the beginning of the Rage-Demonarchy duology, featuring Cadeon Woede, who is forced to choose between familial loyalty and his human (or is she?!) fated mate, brilliant mathematician, Holly.Get ready for the read along at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple Books or your local indie. Also, the Audible versions of IAD are on sale right now -- and WORTH EVERY PENNY! Listen on Audio!Show Notes- Ghosts are a human problem and preoccupation.- According to the Washington Post, "nearly half of the women who were murdered during the past decade were killed by a current or former intimate partner." Huge content warnings for everything in this article.- The Flame and the Flower, Shanna, and some of Sarah's thoughts about rape in romance.- We talk about Id a lot on Fated Mates, and we use it as a shorthand for our most primal, deep-rooted desires.- "All happy families resemble one another; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way" is the famous first line of Anna Karenina. This New York Times article about the many Tolstoy translations is fascinating.- Kresley Cole isn't the only one to use the menstrual cycle as a symbol; but others wonder why menstruation is almost always absent from fiction.- A crescent moon (or "sliver moon" as Neomi calls it) is never up at midnight. Literally never.- Jen rants a lot about first person narration a lot on Twitter, but it's super OTT, so just read this thread about first person narration that was started by Rebekah Weatherspoon.- Shortly after they recoreded this episode, Jonathan Franzen stanned for third person narration and Jen realized she's just a handmaiden to the patriarchy.- Jen strongly recommends Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon. She saw Kiese Laymon being interviewed by Lolly Bowean at the Chicago Humanities Festival, and it was amazing.- All people deserve birth control that's right for them.- Some romance readers love breaking in the ponies with a virgin hero.- Arguably, agency is the most important character trait.- There are 45 cemetaries in New Orleans, 31 are historic, and 5 are listed in the National Register of Historic Places.- If you're planning to write a sitcom, know the formula.- In IAD, it's Thrane's Key; it Harry Potter, it's a time turner.- Get yourself some IAD ringtones.- Holly Ashwin and Cadeon Woede are up next in Dark Desires After Dusk.Lost Limb CountLegs (2)- Lachlain tears off his own leg to reach Emma. He regenerates. (A Hunger Like No Other) -Mariketa's skull is fractured and her leg is torn from her body. She heals herself after Bowen lays on the ground. Ivy grows over her and heals her. (Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night)Arms (1) -Sebastian pulverizes most of his right arm during the Hie. He regenerates. (No Rest For the Wicked)Eyes (1)- Bowen loses an eye and most of his forehead during the Hie. Mariketa has cursed him and he can't heal until he returns to her. (Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night)Hands (1)- Conrad cuts off his own hand with a rusty axe so he escape the "witched" chains his brothers locked him in. (Dark Needs at Night's Edge)

When is humor appropriate in the medical field? Bioethicist Katie Watson, an Assistant Professor in the Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program of Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, has thought a lot about this issue. She moonlights as faculty at the Second City Training Center in Chicago, the teaching side of the famous improv comedy club.She has written about gallows humor in medicine, spoken about it at the Chicago Humanities Festival, and used the intersection of her interests to develop a workshop in “Medical Improv.”  Later, WNYC’s Health Reporter Marry Harris and Kurt Andersen return to Laughter Yoga to give us the scoop on their experience.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When is humor appropriate in the medical field? Bioethicist Katie Watson, an Assistant Professor in the Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program of Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, has thought a lot about this issue. She moonlights as faculty at the Second City Training Center in Chicago, the teaching side of the famous improv comedy club.She has written about gallows humor in medicine, spoken about it at the Chicago Humanities Festival, and used the intersection of her interests to develop a workshop in “Medical Improv.”  Later, WNYC’s Health Reporter Marry Harris and Kurt Andersen return to Laughter Yoga to give us the scoop on their experience.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

05:13 - How Jacob got started in technical theatre and at Light Opera Works. http://www.musictheaterworks.com 07:11 - "Disgraced" / the first time Jacob was doing focus work with lighting. 09:06 - American Theater Company. https://www.atcweb.org 09:16 - David Cromer! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Cromer 11:06 - Oak Park Festival Theatre. http://oakparkfestival.com 19:14 - The 24 Hour Bring Your Own Theater festival. http://www.byotproductions.com 23:54 - Really long title of a play Jacob directed at The 24 Hour BYOT: The Dissent and Disapproving Complaints caused by Habitual Use of Artificial Correspondence 30:05 - Jacob doesn't have a formal degree, developed his resume on his own and through referrals. 40:55 - What Jacob learned from Chicago Fringe. http://chicagofringe.org 42:20 - Superman, Black Man, Me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54_GkkscMyA 46:03 - The play, "ID" and No Shame. http://www.wearetheagency.org/no-shame/ https://www.facebook.com/NoShameTheatre/ http://www.noshame.org/chicago/index11.htm http://www.thelincolnloft.com/no-shame-theatre.html 58:40 - Jacob is on the Short List Committee for the Chicago Humanities Festival. https://chicagohumanities.org Follow us on Twitter or Facebook Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "AYFY 1" - Christopher Kriz

“If you lean in, will men just look down your blouse?”  is the new book and this week on Laughbox we discuss that and a lifetime of laughter with Dr. Gina Barreca!  What an honor it was for me to spend some time talking to someone who isn’t afraid to tackle the tough issues and is able to get people to listen because of her smart humor.  You’re not going to want to miss this episode! More on Gina… Dr. Gina Barreca has appeared on 20/20, The Today Show, CNN, the BBC, NPR and Oprah to discuss gender, power, politics, and humor. Her earlier books include the bestselling They Used to Call Me Snow White But I Drifted: Women’s Strategic Use of Humor, It’s Not That I’m Bitter, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Visible Panty Lines and Conquered the World, and Babes in Boyland: A Personal History of Coeducation in the Ivy League. Of the other six books she’s written or co-written, several have been translated into to other languages–including Chinese, Spanish, Japanese, and German.  Called “smart and funny” by People magazine and “Very, very funny. For a woman,” by Dave Barry, Gina was deemed a “feminist humor maven” by Ms. Magazine. Novelist Wally Lamb said “Barreca’s prose, in equal measures, is hilarious and humane.”   Gina’s weekly columns from The Hartford Courant are now distributed internationally by the Tribune Co. and her work has appeared in most major publications, including The New York Times, The Independent of London, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Cosmopolitan, and The Harvard Business Review. She’s Professor of English and Feminist Theory at the University of Connecticut and winner of UConn’s highest award for excellence in teaching. Gina has delivered, often as a repeat guest, keynotes at events organized by The Erma Bombeck Writers Workshop, the National Writers Workshop, the Women’s Campaign School at Yale and the National Association of Independent Schools, The Chicago Humanities Festival, Women In Federal Law Enforcement, Chautauqua and The Smithsonian–to name a few.   Her B.A. is from Dartmouth College, where she was the first woman to be named Alumni Scholar, her M.A. is from Cambridge University, where she was a Reynold’s Fellow, and her Ph.D. is from the City University of New York, where she lived close to a good delicatessen. A member of the Friars’ Club and the first female graduate of Dartmouth College invited to have her personal papers requested by the Rauner Special Collections Library, Gina can be found in the Library of Congress or in the make-up aisle of Walgreens. She grew up in Brooklyn and Long Island but now lives with her husband in Storrs, CT. Go figure.   You can get more info on Gina and BUY HER BOOKS here: http://ginabarreca.com/

Those who practice the Kon Mari method of organization swear by its life-changing power. We take a look at the ideas behind it, Marie Kondo -- the woman who created it, and the people who practice it.  Police officers in Chicago are creating art work to help deal with the incomprehensible tragedies and unique pressures of their daily jobs. We visit an exhibit.  On the show, we'd promised you the full video of Marie Kondo's presentation at the Chicago Humanities Festival. It turns out, it wasn't available. Our mistake! But, we have her presentation at the South By Southwest Festival below: 

In celebration of today being what would have been Harold Ramis' 72nd birthday, we're airing one of Troy's favorite lectures that Harold gave at the Chicago Humanities Festival in 2009. It was a response to the AFI list of the 100 greatest comedies of all-time and is Ramis talking about his favorite comedic films of all-time (plus a little bit of Q&A with the audience). It's a great listen for fans of film, and a very introspective look inside the mind of one of the most incredible comedic voices of our time. For more about the Chicago Humanities Festival visit their website: chicagohumanities.org

In a conversation recorded November 2, 2014 at the Museum of Contemporary Art's Edlis Neeson Theatre, Andrew Patner talks with eighth blackbird ensemble members Lisa Kaplan and Matthew Duvall about the group's beginnings. This program was part of the 2014 Chicago Humanities Festival, and was recorded for WFMT by Eric Arunas. Watch full video of this conversation.   [...]

As part of the Chicago Humanities Festival, Library of Games is interviewing important people in the world of video games. Our second extrasode features Tracy Fullerton, a game designer, educator and writer with fifteen years of professional experience. She is currently an associate professor in the Interactive Media Division of the USC School of Cinematics Arts and Director of the Electronic Arts Game Innovation Lab.

As part of the Chicago Humanities Festival, the Library of Games interviewed some special guests! First up is Susanna Ruiz, co-founder of the game design collective Take Action Games, which seeks to address critical social issues via innovative gameplay.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Stanley Lombardo, Professor of Classics at the University of Kansas, is a native of New Orleans. Professor Lombardo's publications are primarily literary translations of Greek poetry, including Homer's Iliad (Hackett, 1997; reviewed in the New York Times, 7/20/97; recipient of the Byron Caldwell Book Award; performed by Aquila Theatre Company at Lincoln Center, 1999); Homer's Odyssey (Hackett, 2000,a New York Times Book of the Year); and translations of Plato, Hesiod, Callimachus, and of Sappho, which was a finalist for the 2003 Pen Literary Award for translation; and most recently Virgil's Aeneid, also a finalist for a Pen award and reviewed in the New York Review of Books (April, 2007). He also maintains an interest in Asian philosophy and has co-authored a translation of Tao Te Ching. He is now working on a translation of Dante's Inferno, and on an anthology of Zen texts.Professor Lombardo has given dramatic readings of his translations on campuses throughout the country, as well as at such venues as the Smithsonian Institution, the Chicago Humanities Festival and on C-SPAN and National Public Radio. He has recorded and released award-winning audio books (Parmenides Press) of his Homer translations.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Stanley Lombardo, Professor of Classics at the University of Kansas, is a native of New Orleans. Professor Lombardo's publications are primarily literary translations of Greek poetry, including Homer's Iliad (Hackett, 1997; reviewed in the New York Times, 7/20/97; recipient of the Byron Caldwell Book Award; performed by Aquila Theatre Company at Lincoln Center, 1999); Homer's Odyssey (Hackett, 2000, a New York Times Book of the Year); and translations of Plato, Hesiod, Callimachus, and of Sappho, which was a finalist for the 2003 Pen Literary Award for translation; and most recently Virgil's Aeneid, also a finalist for a Pen award and reviewed in the New York Review of Books (April, 2007). He also maintains an interest in Asian philosophy and has co-authored a translation of Tao Te Ching. He is now working on a translation of Dante's Inferno, and on an anthology of Zen texts. Professor Lombardo has given dramatic readings of his translations on campuses throughout the country, as well as at such venues as the Smithsonian Institution, the Chicago Humanities Festival and on C-SPAN and National Public Radio. He has recorded and released award-winning audio books (Parmenides Press) of his Homer translations.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Stanley Lombardo, Professor of Classics at the University of Kansas, is a native of New Orleans. Professor Lombardo's publications are primarily literary translations of Greek poetry, including Homer's Iliad (Hackett, 1997; reviewed in the New York Times, 7/20/97; recipient of the Byron Caldwell Book Award; performed by Aquila Theatre Company at Lincoln Center, 1999); Homer's Odyssey (Hackett, 2000,a New York Times Book of the Year); and translations of Plato, Hesiod, Callimachus, and of Sappho, which was a finalist for the 2003 Pen Literary Award for translation; and most recently Virgil's Aeneid, also a finalist for a Pen award and reviewed in the New York Review of Books (April, 2007). He also maintains an interest in Asian philosophy and has co-authored a translation of Tao Te Ching. He is now working on a translation of Dante's Inferno, and on an anthology of Zen texts.Professor Lombardo has given dramatic readings of his translations on campuses throughout the country, as well as at such venues as the Smithsonian Institution, the Chicago Humanities Festival and on C-SPAN and National Public Radio. He has recorded and released award-winning audio books (Parmenides Press) of his Homer translations.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Stanley Lombardo, Professor of Classics at the University of Kansas, is a native of New Orleans. Professor Lombardo's publications are primarily literary translations of Greek poetry, including Homer's Iliad (Hackett, 1997; reviewed in the New York Times, 7/20/97; recipient of the Byron Caldwell Book Award; performed by Aquila Theatre Company at Lincoln Center, 1999); Homer's Odyssey (Hackett, 2000, a New York Times Book of the Year); and translations of Plato, Hesiod, Callimachus, and of Sappho, which was a finalist for the 2003 Pen Literary Award for translation; and most recently Virgil's Aeneid, also a finalist for a Pen award and reviewed in the New York Review of Books (April, 2007). He also maintains an interest in Asian philosophy and has co-authored a translation of Tao Te Ching. He is now working on a translation of Dante's Inferno, and on an anthology of Zen texts. Professor Lombardo has given dramatic readings of his translations on campuses throughout the country, as well as at such venues as the Smithsonian Institution, the Chicago Humanities Festival and on C-SPAN and National Public Radio. He has recorded and released award-winning audio books (Parmenides Press) of his Homer translations.

Nayan Chanda, director of publications at the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, presents the Art Institute of Chicago 2008 Presidential Lecture during the annual Chicago Humanities Festival. His lecture refers to research found in his recent book Bound Together; How Traders, Preachers, Adventurers and Warriors Shaped Globalization. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Wangari Maathai is a Kenyan politician and environmental activist who was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize for Peace, the first black African woman to win a Nobel Prize. Maathai was elected to Kenya's National Assembly with 98 percent of the vote in 2002 and in 2003 was appointed assistant minister of environment, natural resources, and wildlife. She is the author of "The Green Belt Movement: Sharing the Approach and the Experience". Co-sponsors: The Division of the Humanities and Rockefeller Chapel.

Wangari Maathai is a Kenyan politician and environmental activist who was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize for Peace, the first black African woman to win a Nobel Prize. Maathai was elected to Kenya's National Assembly with 98 percent of the vote in 2002 and in 2003 was appointed assistant minister of environment, natural resources, and wildlife. She is the author of "The Green Belt Movement: Sharing the Approach and the Experience". Co-sponsors: The Division of the Humanities and Rockefeller Chapel.

Wangari Maathai is a Kenyan politician and environmental activist who was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize for Peace, the first black African woman to win a Nobel Prize. Maathai was elected to Kenya's National Assembly with 98 percent of the vote in 2002 and in 2003 was appointed assistant minister of environment, natural resources, and wildlife. She is the author of "The Green Belt Movement: Sharing the Approach and the Experience". Co-sponsors: The Division of the Humanities and Rockefeller Chapel.

Dunya Mikhail at the Poems of Peace and War panel. Part of the Chicago Humanities Festival, 2006.

Brian Turner at the Poems of Peace and War panel. Part of the Chicago Humanities Festival, 2006.

Gary Snyder at the Poems of Peace and War panel. Part of the Chicago Humanities Festival, 2006.

Philip Metres's introduction to the Poems of Peace and War panel. Part of the Chicago Humanities Festival, 2006.

Yusef Komunyakaa at the Poems of Peace and War panel. Part of the Chicago Humanities Festival, 2006.

A filmmaker, writer and teacher, Dan Dinello recently published his first book Technophobia!-a critical analysis of science fiction visions of 21st century technologies. A faculty member in the film and video department at Columbia College Chicago, Dan received a M.F.A. from the University of Wisconsin Madison. He will do a lecture/presentation on Mad Scientists at the November 2006 Chicago Humanities Festival.

A filmmaker, writer and teacher, Dan Dinello recently published his first book Technophobia!-a critical analysis of science fiction visions of 21st century technologies. A faculty member in the film and video department at Columbia College Chicago, Dan received a M.F.A. from the University of Wisconsin Madison. He will do a lecture/presentation on Mad Scientists at the November 2006 Chicago Humanities Festival.

A filmmaker, writer and teacher, Dan Dinello recently published his first book Technophobia!-a critical analysis of science fiction visions of 21st century technologies. A faculty member in the film and video department at Columbia College Chicago, Dan received a M.F.A. from the University of Wisconsin Madison. He will do a lecture/presentation on Mad Scientists at the November 2006 Chicago Humanities Festival.

A filmmaker, writer and teacher, Dan Dinello recently published his first book Technophobia!-a critical analysis of science fiction visions of 21st century technologies. A faculty member in the film and video department at Columbia College Chicago, Dan received a M.F.A. from the University of Wisconsin Madison. He will do a lecture/presentation on Mad Scientists at the November 2006 Chicago Humanities Festival.