Podcasts about Freelon

Listen to an interview with Todd Rundgren, a pioneering musician, songwriter, and producer known for his eclectic style and innovative approach to technology in music. Rising to fame in the late 1960s with the band Nazz, Rundgren gained widespread acclaim with his 1972 solo album Something/Anything? which included the hit singles “Hello It's Me” and “I Saw the Light.” Rundgren is also a sought-after producer, working on landmark albums by the New York Dolls, Hall & Oates, XTC, Meatloaf, The Psychedelic Furs, and Patti Smith.  Rundgren has charted multiple Billboard hits and earned widespread critical acclaim. In 2021, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Rundgren's genre-defying work spans rock, pop, soul, and experimental electronic music. He's been recognized as a visionary for his early adoption of music videos and interactive media. But his latest project looks into the past. Todd Rundgren will be performing music from the late songwriter Burt Bacharach in Indianapolis on April 18, as part of What The World Needs Now: The Burt Bacharach Songbook Live tour. Also hear an interview with Nnenna Freelon, a prolific jazz vocalist, whose career spans over three decades. She'll be performing at the Jazz Kitchen on April 18th. Freelon issued her debut LP on Columbia Records in 1992, marking the start of an accomplished recordings career. Freelon's music has attracted significant recognition, including seven Grammy nominations, and she's collaborated with numerous jazz luminaries, including Ray Charles, Ellis Marsalis, Kenny Baron, Pat Metheny, Christian McBride Al Jarreau, and Herbie Hancock. Hear music from Freelon's latest album, titled Beneath the Skin.

Trenders! It is my great honor to have the incredible Nnenna Freelon on my podcast. She and her quartet are about to open up a set at Lincoln Center this weekend, link to buy tickets is below, and she discusses with me her career, what "music" truly is within us and around us, and the current state of our emotionality in a country that seems to be in need of Jazz and all music now more than ever! Trend with us-About her show: Seven-time Grammy Award nominee Nnenna Freelon returns to Dizzy's to celebrate her new recording, Beneath The Skin (Origin Records). Departing from the American Songbook standards she's masterfully interpreted throughout her career, Freelon turns inward with a collection of heart-spoken songs that aim to heal life's personal and universal broken places. She shares, “I'm taking a lesson from my garden—from the flower that trusts itself to be enough.” It's an evening of introspection and soulful artistry not to be missedhttps://ticketing.jazz.org/18258

East Central High School swimmer Harmonee Freelon will compete in the State swim meet, set for Friday, Feb. 21, in Austin. Freelon will compete in the 6A girls 50-yard freestyle. Good luck!Article Link

Congratulations to East Central High School swimmer Harmonee Freelon, who set a new school record in the 50-yard backstroke with an impressive time of 27.75! She excelled in the Texas Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association (TISCA) finals Dec. 6, placing fifth in the backstroke and eighth in the butterfly. Way to go!Article Link

Send us a Text Message.Step into the inspiring journey of Philip Freelon, the mastermind behind the National Museum of African-American History and Culture. On this episode of the Cultural Curriculum Chat podcast, we explore the poignant life story captured in "Dream Builder" by Kelly Starling Lyons, with illustrations by Laura Freeman and an afterword by Freelon himself. Despite grappling with reading difficulties in his youth, Freelon's determination and the support of his creative family led him to excel in math and sciences, honing his path to architectural brilliance. Learn how his upbringing amidst civil rights movements and creative exploration influenced his visionary work and cemented his legacy.Join me as we get into the multifaceted experiences that shaped Freelon's career. Discover the pivotal role of his artist grandfather, who nurtured Philip's artistic eye and hands-on skills from a young age. We discuss the importance of representing non-stereotypical roles within communities of color, providing a richer narrative of cultural identity. This heartfelt episode offers valuable takeaways for educators and students, emphasizing perseverance, creativity, and cultural resilience as cornerstones of success. Don't miss out on this enriching discussion of an architectural luminary whose work continues to inspire. COME SAY Hey!! Instagram: @cultrallyjebeh_ Facebook: @JebehCulturalConsulting Pinterest: @Jebeh Cultural Consulting LinkedIn: @Jebeh Edmunds Leave a Review on our Podcast! We value your feedback!Save time and effort with our informative newsletter that offers strategies, tools, resources, and playlists from the culturally competent and socially just educator and creator Jebeh Edmunds! https://jebehedmunds.com/digitalcourse/email-signup/

YOOOO, in this dope episode we talked to Ms. Dianna Freelon and Sheyia about the upcoming Juneteenth event and the importance of black history, we then talked about NBA FInals and Jokic's standing, Father's Day gifts, Overrated Cult classic movies, DC Young Fly speech, Floyd Mayweather boxing fallout,FS1 Says bye to Shannon Sharpe, Trump, YFN Lucci, YMW Melly, and more.

East Central High School sophomore swimmer Harmonee Freelon stands on the podium after earning first place in the 50 free style at the 6A-27 District swim meet. She also placed second in the 100 freestyle. In just two years of swimming for East Central, she has set nearly every women's swimming record at the school. Congratulations!Article Link

Pierce Freelon sits down with me to talk about his fatherhood journey. He shares the values he looks to instill into his kids as they were grow up. In addition, he talks about how much fun he has creating music with his kids. We also talk about his new book, Daddy-Daughter Day. Lastly, we finish the interview with the Fatherhood Quick Five.  About Pierce Freelon Pierce Freelon is a GRAMMY nominated musician, author, and educator from Durham, North Carolina. Pierce has traveled the world teaching Hip Hop and music production as co-creator of Beat Making Lab, an Emmy Award-winning PBS web-series. He is also the founder of Blackspace, an Afrofuturism digital maker space for Durham youth. He has taught in the departments of Political Science, Music and African, African American and Diaspora Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina Central University. Freelon is a former Durham City Councilman, a husband and a father of two based in North Carolina. Follow Pierce on Twitter and Instagram at @piercefreelon. Check out his website at piercefreelon.com. Tru Earth Is This Week's Sponsor Tru Earth Eco-Strips are a smarter way to clean laundry, period. Our zero-waste laundry detergent sheets pack ultra-concentrated cleaning power into tiny pre-measured laundry strips that you just toss in the wash. Its low-sudsing formula works in all types of washing machines, including high-efficiency (HE). The smart formulation effectively seeks out and dislodges dirt molecules and stains, keeping them in suspension until they are rinsed away. It makes your laundry washing chore easier, healthier, more economical, and much kinder to our planet. Clean, green, and simple! Use the code ArtofFatherhood for 10% off your order. About The Art of Fatherhood Podcast  The Art of Fatherhood Podcast follows the journey of fatherhood. Your host, Art Eddy talks with dads from all around the world where they share their thoughts on fatherhood. Please leave a review wherever you listen to podcasts.

In this episode, Emese Domahidi (TU Ilmenau) and Mario Haim (LMU Munich) talk to David Lazer (Northeastern U in Boston, MA), distinguished professor of political science as well as computer science and one of the founding fathers of the broader field of computational social science. With a focus on mis- and disinformation, we learn from him why it is so difficult to measure human behavior both and why it has become both more challenging but also more adressable online. Of course, we touch ethical and legal questions in this regard as well as the global inequalities when it comes to research and data access. And we talk where computational social science is currently at and what should and will be the next big steps in this emerging field. Oh, and of course you will notice that, while we were already short on time, we recorded this episode shortly after rumors were confirmed that Elon Musk wanted to buy Twitter but before said individual pulled back out of the acquisition process. References Lazer, D., Hargittai, E., Freelon, D., Gonzalez-Bailon, S., Munger, K., Ognyanova, K., & Radford, J. (2021). Meaningful measures of human society in the twenty-first century. Nature, 595(7866), 189–196. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03660-7 Lazer, D. M. J., Pentland, A., Watts, D. J., Aral, S., Athey, S., Contractor, N., Freelon, D., Gonzalez-Bailon, S., King, G., Margetts, H., Nelson, A., Salganik, M. J., Strohmaier, M., Vespignani, A., & Wagner, C. (2020). Computational social science: Obstacles and opportunities. Science, 369(6507), 1060–1062. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaz8170 Lazer, D., Pentland, A., Adamic, L., Aral, S., Barabási, A.-L., Brewer, D., Christakis, N., Contractor, N., Fowler, J., Gutmann, M., Jebara, T., King, G., Macy, M., Roy, D., & Alstyne, M. V. (2009). Computational social science. Science, 323(5915), 721–723. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1167742

She Rocks interviews award-winning visual artist and North Carolina native Maya Freelon. Maya's work was described by the late poet Maya Angelou as "visualizing the truth about the vulnerability and power of the human being."  The She Rocks team dipped their toes into creating their own tissue paper art ahead of their interview with the legendary tissue paper artist herself.  The girls reflect on their experience and speak with Maya about the challenges and joys of being an artist. The team also covers the Mike Tyson plane fight, trending sandals, the Boondocks, and more in our news, fashion, entertainment, and fun segments. Find more information about Maya's work here: https://www.mayafreelon.com/Produced by Coastal Youth Media and GRITS. Hosted by Brealyn Freeman, Jonaiyah Jordan and Tai DeVane.Support the show (https://shoresides.org/support/)

Welcome to the 100th episode of the Shovanist Pigs Podcast!!!! Its the NMG Multiverse! Joe Freelon from Hot Take Wrestling is a guest on this episode. This road has been full of ups and downs, smiles and frowns, but we've finally made it to that big number! Time for yall to send them offers, we been free agents long enough, we need that max deal pronto!!! Thank you if you ever listened, watched, laughed along with us, all that good stuff. We appreciate the support!!!

Welome to the 100th episode of the Shovanist Pigs Podcast!!!! Its the NMG Multiverse! Joe Freelon from Hot Take Wrestling is a guest on this episode. This road has been full of ups and downs, smiles and frowns, but we've finally made it to that big number! Time for yall to send them offers, we been free agents long enough, we need that max deal pronto!!! Thank you if you ever listened, watched, laughed along with us, all that good stuff. We appreciate the support!!!

Our guest in this episode is Deen Freelon, Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina in the School of Journalism and Media. We chat about his 2020 Social Science Computer Review Paper "Black Trolls Matter: Racial and Ideological Asymmetries in Social Media Disinformation" with co-authors Michael Bossetta, Chris Wells, Josephine Lukito, Yiping Xia, and Kirsten Adams. Deen also talks about writing a "behind the scenes" book chapter about the process of making this paper, being one of the first movers in the discipline of computational methods for communication studies, and how he learns programming best when it is connected to the goals of his project. He emphasizes that many of his great research ideas come from reading deeply and recommends devoting at least half a day a week solely to reading.

This week on Lawfare's Arbiters of Truth series on disinformation, Evelyn Douek and Quinta Jurecic spoke with Deen Freelon, an associate professor at the University of North Carolina Hussman School of Journalism and Media. Deen's work focuses on data science and political expression on social media, and they discussed research he conducted on tweets from the Internet Research Agency troll farm and their attempts to influence U.S. politics, including around the 2016 election. In a recent article, Deen and his coauthors found that IRA tweets from accounts presenting themselves as Black Americans received particularly high engagement from other users on Twitter—which raises interesting questions about the interaction of race and disinformation. They also talked about what the data show on whether the IRA actually succeeded in changing political beliefs and just how many reporters quoted IRA trolls in their news reports without realizing it. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Pierce Freelon is a Durham, NC native, who is focused on leaving an impact in communities against violence and leader of the Black Men's Summit. In episode 133 of the Minority Trailblazer Podcast, Freelon talks about accountability and staying true to your word as a man and a professional, while building and setting goals to achieve as a business leader. Enjoy! Website: https://www.piercefreelon.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/piercefreelon/

This episode features Deen Freelon – one of the Conference Theme Co-Chairs of the 2022 ICA Conference. With a panel of guest speakers, Deen critically explores the implications of One World One Network‽ This episode's guests also discuss their personal experiences as Black grad students and scholars in the field of communication. They touch on challenges they face, like white researchers not taking their work seriously, and their hopes for the field's future.Click here for the episode transcript on our webpage.FeaturingDeen FreelonCharlton McIlwainMeredith ClarkSponsorsAnnenberg Center for Collaborative Communication If you enjoyed this episode and want to learn more, here are some materials to check out:Read more on the history of the interrobang.Hear more about the history of the interrobang.More from the host & speakers:Deen FreelonAssociate Professor | Hussman School of Journalism and MediaUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillPersonal websiteCenter for Information, Technology, and Public LifeTwitter: @dfreelonGithubCharlton McIlwainVice Provost for Faculty Engagement and Development | Center for Faculty AdvancementNew York UniversityPersonal websiteArticles:Science Friday articleGuardian articleMicrosoft articleBooks:Black Software bookRace Appeal bookCenter for Critical Race & Digital Studies bookTwitter: @cmcilwain @centerforcrdsMeredith ClarkAssociate Professor and Founding Director | Center for Communication, Media Innovation and Social ChangeNortheastern UniversityPersonal websiteArticles:Clark M. DRAG THEM: A brief etymology of so-called “cancel culture.” Communication and the Public. 2020;5(3-4):88-92. doi:10.1177/2057047320961562Meredith D Clark, Remaking the #Syllabus: Crowdsourcing Resistance Praxis as Critical Public Pedagogy, Communication, Culture and Critique, Volume 13, Issue 2, June 2020, Pages 222–241, https://doi.org/10.1093/ccc/tcaa017Twitter: @MeredithDClark @NU_CAMD @mediastudies

KCCK's Hollis Monroe talks to Nneena Freelon about “Georgia On My Mind,” a Ray Charles tribute show that will team the award winning singer with Take 6, saxophonist Tom Scott, and singer-actor Clint Holmes. Nov. 12 at Hoyt Sherman Place with the Des Moines Civic Music Association. Details at www.civicmusic.org/georgia. The post “Music Is A Sturdy Container” – Nneena Freelon appeared first on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.

Deen Freelon is one of the foremost scholars on how contemporary protest movements organize on the Internet. This week Deen joins us to talk about his work on the Black Lives Matter movement, how he's trying to understand mis- and disinformation from both the right and the left, and what fixing social media might look like when the scale of platforms like Facebook and Twitter is what makes them so exciting and so difficult to moderate.

We started the show congratulating Lil Wayne and having a conversation about his skill set, role, and his most recent work, which spawn a Jay Z and Rockafella conversation. We began talking about Scottie Pippen before Lil Wayne got dragged back into conversation for a second then we finished Pippen up. Scrapper expands his Phil Jackson is a racist theory. Lamar Odom and crack in Miami. A quick take on Bow wow vs Soulja boy Verzuz, BET awards, Who is K Michelle's doctor, silk sonic hot take. Then we had a very very insightful conversation with Mr Tim Freelon about the youth, Juneteenth, 4th of July, economic drivers in our local community, and more!

Durham City Council Member Pierce Freelon is an accomplished Hip Hop/soul/electronic musician and Emmy-award winning producer, director, and professor from Durham, NC whose work has been featured on the 'Today" show, and at NPR, Now This, Rolling Stone, and Parents Magazine and more. For over 16 years Pierce has traveled the world teaching Hip Hop and music production to youth in community centers. He is the co-founder of Beat Making Lab an Emmy Award-winning PBS web series, has taught in the departments of music and African American Studies at the University of NC at Chapel Hill, and is the writer, composer, and co-director of an animated series called History of White People in America, an official selection of the Tribeca Film Festival. Pierce is also the founder of BlackSpace, a digital maker space where he has mentored dozens of youth, teaching digital storytelling through music and film. For over a decade, he has been the frontman of critically acclaimed Jazz/Hip Hop quartet The Beast and has toured internationally and released a series of albums, EPs, and mixtapes. He is the son of famed Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist Nnenna Freelon, and the late preeminent architect of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Phil Freelon. Having come of age in an incredibly creative household, Pierce was raised by a village of artists and activists, Black to the Future album has every track included in the collection is accompanied by an audio artifact, excavated from Freelon's vault of family archives. Black to the Future, the second family-focused release from Pierce Freelon, is an album inspired by Afrofuturism, featuring the voices of four generations of his magnificently creative family. His newest single "Levar Burton" is on the LP

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Vocalist Nnenna Freelon's new album, her first in a decade, is called Time Traveler. In this interview, Freelon talks about the loss of her husband, Phil, and how she used music to process grief; the importance of the relationships between the band members on the album; her upcoming podcast series; and much more. / / / I've been recording conversations with jazz musicians on The Jazz Session since 2007. I'm now living in a van and traveling the country, so I need your support more than ever. Please become a member today at thejazzsession.com/join. For $5 a month you'll get a weekly bonus episode called Track of the Week, plus early access to every show. For $10 a month you get all that plus an extra monthly bonus show. Theme music by The Respect Sextet Logo by Dave Vrabel Intro voice: Chuck Ingersoll Follow The Jazz Session on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Subscribe to my twice-monthly newsletter.

Vocalist Nnenna Freelon's new album, her first in a decade, is called Time Traveler. In this interview, Freelon talks about the loss of her husband, Phil, and how she used music to process grief; the importance of the relationships between the band members on the album; her upcoming podcast series; and much more. / / / I've been recording conversations with jazz musicians on The Jazz Session since 2007. I'm now living in a van and traveling the country, so I need your support more than ever. Please become a member today at thejazzsession.com/join. For $5 a month you'll get a weekly bonus episode called Track of the Week, plus early access to every show. For $10 a month you get all that plus an extra monthly bonus show. Theme music by The Respect Sextet Logo by Dave Vrabel Intro voice: Chuck Ingersoll Follow The Jazz Session on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Subscribe to my twice-monthly newsletter.

Multi-GRAMMY nominated jazz vocalist Nnenna Freelon released her first album in more than a decade on May 11. With its classic standards, jazz-infused re-imaginings of '70s soul hits and original compositions, Time Traveler compiles an intimate expression of love for her late husband, preeminent architect Philip Freelon, who passed away from ALS in 2019, and a universal love letter to all those who've lost someone dear. Freelon believes that music has a time-traveling quality. This allows us to expand on the central theme of our podcast. In our conversation, we also discuss the themes of grief and loss that are at the heart of her new record. "Singing from the heart of grief gave my voice a new shape and allowed a kind of freedom. I found unexpected gifts of hope and joy in the palms of sorrow," says Freelon. Listen to our podcast conversation with Nnenna Freelon via the player below. Time Traveler is out now via Origin Records and you can order it here. Featured photo by Chris Charles. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jazziz/support

Bill Myers Inspires  Justice, after a historic verdict in Minneapolis, is the subject today during this Jazz Appreciation Month. Join me and my special guest, six-time GRAMMY nominated jazz singer Nnenna Freelon as we explore the powerful human connection of justice and jazz and the significance in this moment. ABOUT NNENNA FREELON Six-time GRAMMY® Award nominee Nnenna Freelon has earned a well-deserved reputation as a compelling and captivating live performer. As a writer, composer, producer and educator the songstress has performed at prestigious venues and events from The Kennedy Center to The White House and even The Grammys. In 2019, she received from the National Association of Women In The Arts the “Youth Empowerment Through the Arts” Award and “Artist of the Year' Award. She was named a “Woman of Substance” by Bennett College for Woman, and much more. Nnenna is also a wife, mother, and sister who has experienced life's amazing gifts, and also its heartbreak. The loss of her soulmate and husband, renowned architect Phil Freelon, in 2019 to ALS, followed by the loss of her sister Debbie in 2020 to cancer, have led to her new works - a new recording entitled "Time Traveler" and her soon-to-be-heard Podcast, "Great Grief". Freelon is a winner of both the Billie Holiday Award from the prestigious Académie du Jazz and the Eubie Blake Award from the Cultural Crossroads Center in New York City. She was nominated twice as “Lady of Soul” by the Soul Train Awards. Freelon has dedicated herself to educating young people, both musicians and non-musicians, and students of all ages as the former National Spokesperson for Partners in Education and through her own master classes and workshops “Sound Sculpture” and “Babysong”. Nnenna lives in Durham, North Carolina happy to be close near her children and grandchildren. https://www.nnenna.com nnenna@mac.com   ~ More About Bill Myers Inspires ~  Emmy Award-winning actor Bill Myers is an accomplished actor, jazz musician, filmmaker, writer, educator, and speaker. As a bi-racial man who is both black and white, Bill leverages his background, talents, and voice through creativity, compassion, and connection as activism for social justice to focus on uniting the divide and compelling change. In a civic leadership capacity, he has served as President of the African American Jazz Caucus in NYC, member of the Indianapolis Cultural Development Committee, and served as President of the Indianapolis Downtown Optimist Club. In addition to his Emmy Award, Bill has received many awards and notable commissions for his work including being commissioned by the Indianapolis Museum of Art to create an original work for Dr. Martin Luther King Day entitled “The Music, Martin & Me.” Bill Myers seeks to encourage, enlighten, and empower others through the power of entertainment to affect social justice. You can find Bill Myers: Billmyersinspires.com   https://www.facebook.com/billmyersinspires  https://twitter.com/bmyersinspires1 https://www.instagram.com/billmyersinspires billmyersinspires@gmail.com To get more of Bill Myers Inspires, be sure to visit the podcast page for replays of all her shows here: https://www.inspiredchoicesnetwork.com/podcast/bill-myers-inspires/  

2020 was the fourth year USModernist Radio has been part of the New York Architecture and Design Film Festival, if by festival you mean online and by New York you mean anywhere on earth. Every fall, the authors, producers, experts, stars, and creators gather to premiere their latest architecture and design documentaries.  Today we talk with Rikke Selin Fokdal and Kaspar Astrup Schröde, producers of the new documentary Making A Mountain, Bjarke Ingels flat-out brilliant solution to the unsavory task of burning trash in Denmark, a country with no mountains. Later we welcome the incomparable singer Nneena Freelon as we remember her husband, architect Phil Freelon.

Our guest for this episode is Deen Freelon, an associate professor in the School of Media and Journalism at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. His research ranges from political expression through digital media to data science to computational methods. He has also served as principal investigator on grants from the Knight Foundation, the Spencer Foundation and the US Institute of Peace. Not only does Deen make intellectual contributions to the fields of web science, communication studies, and more, but he also focuses on engaging and helping the general public with his insights. In this conversation, Deen tells us why it is so important to incorporate identity into web science research, and how that has influenced his own work. That includes his recent article on Black-presenting trolls and why disaggregating ideology from race was crucial to his insights. Deen also discusses the difference between disinformation and misinformation, as well as why there needs to be more research into left-leaning disinformation. And he describes what tools he's created to help other researchers as well as the general public -- coming up are developments to his "filter map" project. To hear about about all this and more, listen to the episode! Click here for this episode's transcript, and click here for this episode's show notes.

Choosing the next U.S. president is not the only decision voters will make in the upcoming 2020 elections. Major science policies are also on the ballot. In some states, people will be casting votes on propositions that influence scientific research and the environment. While in other local elections, candidates with scientific backgrounds are in the running for public office. Jeffrey Mervis of Science Magazine talks about California stem cell research policies and Nevada renewable energy propositions, and how a science platform could help or harm candidates. Plus, this election season has been filled with disinformation—unverified stories of voter fraud, rumors of uncounted and tossed out mail-in ballots, claims of third parties hacking voter results, and other false information. And with possible delayed election results due to the overwhelming number of absentee ballots, driven in part by COVID, there could be even more of this disinformation spread before the final polls are announced. Disinformation expert Deen Freelon discusses how these unverified and fake news stories take hold. Freelon also provides techniques on how to decipher fact from fiction in your overfilled news feeds. Relatedly, the November election will likely have big consequences for climate policy in the United States. It comes at a critical time. Scientists say major action is needed by 2030 to avoid the worst effects of global warming. President Donald Trump does not have a climate policy. His administration has rolled back Obama-era climate initiatives. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is promising to put the country on a path toward a 100% clean energy economy and net-zero emissions from the U.S. no later than 2050. Polls show about 70% of Pennsylvanians want their state lawmakers to do more to address climate change. But polls rarely carry examples of what actions people want. A recent StateImpact survey shows Pennsylvanians want a lot — from state and federal lawmakers. The one-question survey attracted responses from more than 200 people, who asked for everything from specific policy proposals such as Pennsylvania’s entrance into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) and the Green New Deal, to desperate pleas such as “listen to science!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” (Read the full piece at ScienceFriday.com.) And it’s almost Halloween, which means it’s time to get a little spooky. A perfect time for the newest installment of our Charismatic Creature Corner! This month, we’re diving into the wild world of vampire bats. These little mammals are native to Central and South America, and have bodies about the size of a mouse.  And yes, let’s address the elephant in the room: Vampire bats have a diet that consists entirely of blood. They gravitate toward livestock, but have been known to feed on people too. Their status as blood-suckers makes them one of the only mammals classified as parasites. Despite their gruesome diets, vampire bats are extremely social creatures, and are known to display acts of friendships with other bats. In fact, a study last year found that vampire bat friendships forged in captivity actually last when the bats are released into the wild. Friendships are important for vampire bats: They result in food sharing, which is integral to keeping everyone fed and happy. Science Friday’s Charismatic Creature Correspondent, producer Kathleen Davis, is back to convince Ira that this creature is worthy of entry into the Charismatic Creature Corner Hall of Fame. Joining them is Dan Riskin, an evolutionary biologist and adjunct professor of biology at the University of Toronto, Mississauga.          

Durham’s City Council gained a new member recently. He’s Durham born and bred, and he knows this city well. In this new CityLife episode, host Beverly Thompson talks with City Councilman Pierce Freelon about what he hopes to bring to the council and to Durham in this new capacity. About CityLifeCityLife, a talk show that features information on current City issues and upcoming events, airs daily on Durham Television Network (Spectrum ch. 8 and AT&T U-verse ch. 99) and on YouTube. For more information about the City of Durham, call (919) 560-4123, like on Facebook, and follow on Twitter, Instagram, and Nextdoor. City Life is now an audio podcast! Find it on iTunes or wherever you get your podcast.

Durham’s City Council gained a new member recently. He’s Durham born and bred, and he knows this city well. In this new CityLife episode, host Beverly Thompson talks with City Councilman Pierce Freelon about what he hopes to bring to the council and to Durham in this new capacity. About CityLifeCityLife, a talk show that features information on current City issues and upcoming events, airs daily on Durham Television Network (Spectrum ch. 8 and AT&T U-verse ch. 99) and on YouTube. For more information about the City of Durham, call (919) 560-4123, like on Facebook, and follow on Twitter, Instagram, and Nextdoor. City Life is now an audio podcast! Find it on iTunes or wherever you get your podcast.

Our guest this week is Deen Freelon, an associate professor at the Hussman school of Journalism and Media at Univesrity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Our host spoke to Freelon about how foreign adversaries, and particularly the Internet Research Agency in Russia, are using social media platforms against us. We explore how foreign governments wage disinformation campaigns against us, who they target and why. Are they succeeding? And what can we do as news and information consumers to avoid falling for this nefarious form of misinformation?Freelon is known for his coding and computational methods to extract, preprocess and analyze large sets of data. He has researched how misinformation is spread and what people can do to prevent the spread of false information. Freelon has published over 30 peer reviewed journal articles and contributed extensive research to the Knight Foundation. In the past few years, Freelon has done substantial analyses about the impact of state-sponsored disinformation campaigns on Twitter related to our elections and the Black Lives Matter movement.

In this episode of Bull City Wrap: - The City is using funds from a national grant to support the development of its new Shared Streets initiative. - Durham City and County leaders are considering four proposals recommended by the Durham Recovery and Renewal Task Force.- The Durham City Council’s vacant Ward 3 seat is now filled.

In this episode of Bull City Wrap: - The City is using funds from a national grant to support the development of its new Shared Streets initiative. - Durham City and County leaders are considering four proposals recommended by the Durham Recovery and Renewal Task Force.- The Durham City Council’s vacant Ward 3 seat is now filled.

I kind of pinched myself when Maya agreed to this interview. I first came across Maya Freelon with the release of her Art on Fire video, which she released in response to the murder of George Floyd (and countless other black lives). I then rapidly dove into her colorful world of tissue paper artwork, and became fascinated with her messages and the deep history behind her medium. In this convo we get a behind the scenes look at her experience of the art world, how she stuck to her guns in her work despite discouragement from professors, and we unpack her powerful video that calls out racism, by which I found her. Maya came fully equipped to this chat with experience and wisdom, and made room for zero BS. This one is guaranteed to light a creative fire under you in more ways than one. We talked about…. -- Maya’s current thoughts on the galley system in the time of COVID -- Super real talk on the pro’s and con’s of the artist/gallery relationship -- Ways for artists to build their own “cred” outside of the system -- Anger and isolation stemming from injustices and racial tensions -- Maya’s identity as a black artist -- Using accessible materials to challenge racism in the art world -- Advice for artists to stay true to themselves and their art About Maya: Maya Freelon is an award-winning visual artist who creates striking abstract sculptures and installations from tissue paper and water stains. She’s been featured in Garden & Gun magazine, Cosmopolitan Magazine called her one "of the most badass female artists in the biz,” Miami New Times selected her as one of “five Young Artists to Watch During Miami Art Week 2019” and her work was described by the late poet Maya Angelou as "visualizing the truth about the vulnerability and power of the human being." Her unique tissue paper art, praised by the International Review of African American Art as "a vibrant, beating assemblage of color," has been exhibited internationally, including shows in Paris, Jamaica, Madagascar, and Italy. LINKS Follow Maya IG: @mayafreelon www.mayafreelon.com -------- Be sure to check out the show's *brand new* IG page: @artandmagicpodcast ------ Follow Devon @devonwalzart www.devonwalz.com/podcast

This week on Lawfare's Arbiters of Truth series on disinformation, Evelyn Douek and Quinta Jurecic spoke with Deen Freelon, an associate professor at the University of North Carolina Hussman School of Journalism and Media. Deen’s work focuses on data science and political expression on social media, and they discussed research he conducted on tweets from the Internet Research Agency troll farm and their attempts to influence U.S. politics, including around the 2016 election. In a recent article, Deen and his coauthors found that IRA tweets from accounts presenting themselves as Black Americans received particularly high engagement from other users on Twitter—which raises interesting questions about the interaction of race and disinformation. They also talked about what the data show on whether the IRA actually succeeded in changing political beliefs and just how many reporters quoted IRA trolls in their news reports without realizing it.

Data at Rest 02x03: Disinformation Charlie and Michael are joined by Professor Deen Freelon of UNC’s Hussman School of Journalism and Media and UNC’s Center for Internet, Technology, and Public Life, to discuss disinformation campaigns on the Internet and how to spot the warning signs that information might not be authentic. Plus: Potemkin villages! Assessing the Russian Internet Research Agency's impact on the political attitudes and behaviors of American Twitter users in late 2017 (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences) The IRA, Social Media and Political Polarization in the United States, 2012-2018 (Computational Propaganda Research Project) The Tactics & Trops of the Internet Research Agency (New Knowledge) The Twitter Exploit: How Russian Propaganda Infiltrated U.S. News (Lukito, Wells, Yini, Zhang, Doroshenko, Kim, Su, Suk, Xia, Freelon; University of Wisconsin-Madison) Safecomputing.unc.edu

Philip Freelon was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  In this episode, he explains how his family background in Education and the Arts inspired him to become an architect. As a young African American architect, Freelon aspired to design libraries and schools. He recalls how a focus on education and community development led him to several museum projects. Philip Freelon is proud to have been chosen as the chief architect of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. He laments that so few women and people of color choose to enter the field of design. According to Freelon, the decision to have two Mississippi museums was an unusual choice. He discusses the positive aspects of having two connected and centrally located facilities. In 2016, Philip G. Freelon was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease. He passed away on July 9, 2019.  

N'ninah Freelon hails from Kansas City, and is entering her final year of undergraduate studies at Northwest Missouri State University. She is an active member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., serves as a student ambassador, and works in the Office of Student Involvement. Her engagement on campus is not only making an impact, but it's leaving a legacy.

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On this episode of Master Minds podcast we interview Public School advocate, activist, and Grenada legend Dianne Freelon-Foster. Plus Kanye, Kanye, Kaepernick, Murder Jason van Dykes family receiving big payday with GoFundMe, Women hyphenating names after marriage, Ex pro football player gets caught being a creep, Aaron Hernandez, Ella Mai, Top 5 horror movies, and plenty of Jokes....

Dr. Deen Freelon, Associate Professor in the School of Media and Journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, discusses how researchers collect and analyze social media data to study politics. We talk about Facebook's recent API shut-down, the new Social Science One initiative, differences between Python and R programming languages, and one of his recent reports analyzing how minority communities engage with news on Twitter.

Creativity is at the heart of the Freelon family. In an intimate conversation, Phil Freelon, best known for leading the design team of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, and his son Pierce Freelon, Durham-based hip-hop artist and professor, open up about how the arts define their family. Catch the full interview at www.ncarts50.org. Arts Across NC is a podcast by and about the North Carolina Arts Council. The show is hosted and produced by Sandra Davidson. It features original music by Phil Cook.

For this episode of Archinect Sessions, we're sharing our conversation with Phil Freelon, an architect that has dedicated his life to creating meaningful, thoughtful works of architecture that contribute to American culture and civil rights.  Recent notable projects lead by Mr. Freelon include the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Atlanta's National Center for Civil and Human Rights, the Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco and Emancipation Park in Houston. We hope you enjoy our conversation with him discussing his work, growing up in a creative, activist household, his recent diagnosis with ALS, and his love of science fiction.