Podcasts about genius award

This Midweek BONUS Episode might hit a nerve if you've had "buyer's remorse", except this is a permanent reminder of your stupidity. The latest current events headlines featuring Donald Trump's 1st week as President...again. And a real "genius" in stupidity who has a real BEEF about prime rib! In this episode...Flight Attendant Sacked for Twerking on the JobFL Woman Accused Of Using Cane Sword To Stab & Kill Her Husband12-y/o Michigan Boy Drives Nearly 100 Miles in Stolen SUVMassive New Bug Species Found, Named After Darth VaderDaycare Worker Fired After Putting 4-y/o in Trash Can For Refusing To NapFunding For Startup To Bring Back Woolly Mammoth & The Dodo BirdWife Makes Husband Pay Her a Monthly $206 ‘Woman Tax'–Because Females ‘Have a Harder Time'Southwest Airlines Pilot Arrested Moments Before Takeoff for Showing Up IntoxicatedAI Photos of Brad Pitt Scammed a French Woman Out of $850,000Just 46% of Employees Know What Is Expected of Them at WorkA Pizza Place Is Charging Over $100 if You Add PineappleAnother Idiot Was Caught with Drugs in a Bag Labeled "Definitely Not a Bag Full of Drugs"Just 1 in 3 People Feel Comfortable Pooping in Front of Their PartnerA Monkey Jumped Into a Starbucks Drive-Thru, & Assaulted a BaristaMother Of Iconic “Side-Eye Meme Girl” Opens Up About Regrets Over Daughter's FameWoman Receives “RIP TikTok” Tattoo As App Comes Back OnlineSoutherners Dealing with a Historic Once-in-a-Lifetime SnowstormScottish Haggis May Be Coming To The United StatesThe 100 Worst Rated Foods in the WorldPA Woman Handcuffs Son to Oil Tank as Punishment for Eating Too Many Hot DogsDoctor Shares Shocking X-ray Of Person Filled With Tapeworm EggsCoors Light Releasing New “Chill Face Roller” to Keep You Totally ChillPizza-Flavored Cereal Is Now a Thing That ExistsGet up to date wtih the "Insane Week In Review" & Meet this week's "Genius Award" winners!

If you have suffered from ongoing pain, hormonal issues, fatigue or immune system challenges for most of your life alongside your long undiagnosed ADHD, today's FASCINATING episode is a MUST listen with leading Consultant Psychiatrist Dr James Kustow.Kate and Dr. James Kustow, highly regarded expert in adult ADHD, explore the fascinating connection between ADHD, hypermobility, and many different physical health conditions. Dr. Kustow sheds light on how ADHD is more than a neurodevelopmental condition, often accompanied by physical symptoms like chronic pain and immune dysfunction.Dr Kustow is also a member of UKAAN's Executive Board (UKAAN is the main professional organisation for Adult ADHD in the UK). He is UKAAN's Director of Education and was instrumental in developing the national training programme for psychiatrists.He is the author of a new bestselling book on adult ADHD, ‘How to Thrive with Adult ADHD – 7 Pillars for Focus, productivity and Balance', published by Penguin in October 2024.He is a recognised national and international speaker on adult ADHD, and the winner of the ‘Genius Award' at the 2021 Celebrating Neurodiversity Awards (run by the social enterprise group, Genius Within) for the ground-breaking ‘Lifeskills' adult ADHD group programme he established in the NHS about 5 years ago.During this ground-breaking episode, Dr. Kustow introduces us to his innovative approach to mental health care, which integrates traditional psychiatric methods with body-oriented therapies. He underscores the importance of treating the brain and the entire body, advocating for lifestyle changes encompassing nutrition, exercise, and emotional regulation techniques. By drawing attention to the role of inflammation and the autonomic nervous system in mental health, he challenges conventional notions about ADHD, urging a more inclusive understanding that recognises the complexity of these disorders. What You'll Learn:✨ The link between ADHD and hypermobility affects nearly 50% of individuals with ADHD and often manifests as a cluster of symptoms.✨ How hormonal fluctuations and misdiagnoses uniquely impact women with ADHD✨ Chronic inflammation may play a significant role in ADHD and related conditions✨ Why a holistic approach, including lifestyle changes and self-care, is vital for managing symptoms✨ Insights from Dr. Kustow's 3S model, which connects physical and mental health for better well-beingTimestamps:13:10 - Exploring the connection between ADHD and physical health18:12 - Understanding dysautonomia and mental health25:18 - Understanding ADHD: A new perspective on diagnosis and hormonal influence34:54 - Understanding the 3S model: The somatic super syndrome52:21 - The crisis of medical understanding54:33 - The intersection of mind and body in healthcareFind out more about Dr James Kustow and his work via Instagram, @thegrovepracticeempowered or his website, www.thegrovepractice.comHave a look at some of Kate's workshops and free resources here: https://www.adhdwomenswellbeing.co.ukKate Moryoussef is a women's ADHD Lifestyle and wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner who helps overwhelmed and unfulfilled newly diagnosed ADHD women find more calm, balance, hope, health, compassion, creativity, and clarity.

Dr. Rebecca Goldstein and J.J. communicate the story of Spinoza's herem and outline the radicalism of his Ethics. Our first mini-series!! Welcome to the first episode of our three-parter covering friend of the pod, Benedict "Barukh" Spinoza.Please send any complaints or compliments to podcasts@torahinmotion.orgFor more information visit torahinmotion.org/podcastsRebecca Newberger Goldstein graduated summa cum laude from Barnard College and immediately went on to graduate work at Princeton University, receiving her Ph.D. in philosophy. She then returned to her alma mater as an Assistant Professor of Philosophy, where she taught the philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of mathematics. She has also been a Professor or Fellow at Rutgers, Columbia, Trinity College, Yale, NYU, Dartmouth, the Radcliffe Institute, the Santa Fe Institute, and the New College of the Humanities in London.Goldstein is the author of six works of fiction, the latest of which was Thirty-Six Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction, as well as three books of non-fiction: Incompleteness: The Proof and Paradox of Kurt Gödel; Betraying Spinoza: The Renegade Jew Who Gave Us Modernity; and Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away.In 1996 Goldstein became a MacArthur Fellow, receiving the prize which is popularly known as the “Genius Award.” In 2005 she was elected to The American Academy of Arts and Sciences.  In 2006 she received a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Radcliffe Fellowship. In 2008, she was designated a Humanist Laureate by the International Academy of Humanism. Goldstein has been designated Humanist of the Year 2011 by the American Humanist Association, and Freethought Heroine 2011 by the Freedom from Religion Foundation. In that year she also delivered the Tanner Lectures on Human Values at Yale University, entitled "The Ancient Quarrel: Philosophy and Literature," which was published by University of Utah Press.In September, 2015, Goldstein was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Obama in a ceremony at the White House. The citation reads: "For bringing philosophy into conversation with culture. In scholarship, Dr. Goldstein has elucidated the ideas of Spinoza and Gödel, while in fiction, she deploys wit and drama to help us understand the great human conflict between thought and feeling.”

Mia Feroleto is a well-known art advisor, activist and artist who divides her time between Vermont and South Dakota. In this interview, we discuss her process of negotiating the return of 131 artifacts stolen from the dead at Wounded Knee massacre in 1890 to the Oglala Sioux tribe of the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota in 2022. This process reflects her deep commitment to the people of the Pine Ridge reservation and to truth and justice. She was also the creator of A SHELTER FROM THE STORM: ARTISTS FOR THE HOMELESS OF NEW YORK and ARTWALK NY, an annual event for Coalition for the Homeless that has been copied all around the country since beginning in 1995. Feroleto has organized numerous benefit auctions and large-scale special events at major auction houses such as Sotheby's and Christie's, the Women's Museum in Washington, D.C. and the Harvard Club in New York City. Feroleto has served on the board of directors of such organizations as Dance Theater Workshop and Sculpture Center. More performing artists who went on to receive a Genius Award from the MacArthur Foundation got their start at Dance Theater Workshop than any other organization in America. She served on the board of directors of the Tatanka Ska Institute, the Indigenous school being founded by Paula Looking Horse, wife of Chief Arvol Looking Horse, the keeper of the sacred White Buffalo Calf Woman Pipe. She is the publisher of New Observations Magazine, the producer/creator of HEMP NY CITY, a partner in the founding of the Thunderheart Center for the Arts in Wasta, South Dakota and the creator and producer of the Consciousness and Contact conferences that have received world-wide recognition. Mia Feroleto is the host of the New Observations podcast on Unknown Country, the channel for all things Whitley Strieber. She is a committed animal rights and animal welfare activist. She is determined to maximize visibility for the arts and our cultural world and is currently developing the Adopt an Artist Program to send artists to destinations around the globe in order to create and develop their art. She can be reached at mia.feroleto@gmail.com Other links: https://cfae.media/podcast/spirit-jou... (interview with Mia about her spiritual journey) New Observations magazine: https://www.newobservations.org/about Heather's website: https://www.risingmoonhealingcenter.com/

I've interviewed hundreds of prominent people through the years.  Occasionally I am asked, "who is the most interesting, thoughtful person you ever interviewed?" It is an unanswerable question.  But suffice it to say that Majora Carter is part of that conversation.  I've interviewed her twice .  Each time I have come away from the interview a smarter person thanks to Majora.  Her thoughts on issues like environmental racism and community talent retention opened my eyes to realities that didn't affect me personally.  So it got me to think about these topics and ask myself some difficult questions.  And that's a good thing.  Her personal story is compelling: growing up in Hunts Point, a neighborhood in the South Bronx in New York City during the "Bronx is Burning" years, going off to Wesleyan University vowing never to return to the South Bronx,  But return she did, winning a Macarthur Fellow (the so called "Genius Award") along the way, achieving personal and professional fulfillment in the old neighborhood.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jill Tarter is the Emeritus Chair for SETI Research at the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California and serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for that institution. Tarter received her Bachelor of Engineering Physics Degree with Distinction from Cornell University and her Master's Degree and a Ph.D. in Astronomy from the University of California, Berkeley. She has spent the majority of her professional career attempting to answer the old human question “Are we alone?” by searching for evidence of technological civilizations beyond Earth. She served as Project Scientist for NASA's SETI program, the High Resolution Microwave Survey and has conducted numerous observational programs at radio observatories worldwide. She is a Fellow of the AAAS, the California Academy of Sciences, and the Explorers Club, she was named one of the Time 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2004, and one of the Time 25 in Space in 2012, received a TED prize in 2009, two public service awards from NASA, multiple awards for communicating science to the public, and has been honored as a woman in technology. She was the 2014 Jansky Lecturer, and received a Genius Award from Liberty Science Center in 2015. She served as President of the California Academy of Sciences 2015-16. Asteroid 74824 Tarter (1999 TJ16) has been named in her honor. In 2018 she was recognized with the Maria Mitchell Women in Science Award and the Sir Arthur Clarke Innovator's Award, and in 2021 she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Since the termination of funding for NASA's SETI program in 1993, she has served in a leadership role to design and build the Allen Telescope Array and to secure private funding to continue the exploratory science of SETI. Many people are now familiar with her work as portrayed by Jodie Foster in the movie Contact. Her biography Making Contact was written by Sarah Scoles and published in 2017

Wir sind die GENIUS ALLIANCE – ein auf Startups spezialisiertes Netzwerk und der erste unabhängige, vollständig digital agierende Startup-Accelerator im deutschsprachigen Raum.Wir wollen dabei helfen die hohen Eintrittsbarrieren zu überwinden, die durch komplexe Technologien, fehlender Investoren und den Mangel an zukunftsgerichteten Bildungsangeboten verursacht werden, um nachhaltige Projekte und Unternehmen zu entwickeln.Als Ergänzung deines Teams unterstützen wir dabei, nachhaltige Gründungskonzepte zu realisieren, technische Markteintrittsbarrieren zu senken und die richtigen Investoren zu finden.In der GENIUS ALLIANCE UNIVERSITY unterrichten kuratierte Dozenten in Live-Mentorings und teilen ihr wertvolles Wissen.Die GENIUS ALLIANCE STUDIOS helfen Unternehmen, mit einem eigenen Podcast im Digitalvertrieb ihr Geschäftsmodell sofort zu skalieren.Und wir zeichnen jedes Jahr herausragende Persönlichkeiten und Startups mit dem GENIUS AWARD aus.Support the show---Shownotes Die Shownotes zur Podcast Folge findest du exklusiv auf der GENIUS ALLIANCE Plattform: www.genius-alliance.com Videoaufzeichnung des Interviews Hintergrundinformationen zu unserem Interviewgast Q&A-Session auf der Plattform Sei live bei der Podcast Aufnahme dabei Stelle deine Fragen an unsere Interviewgäste Schließ dich dem GENIUS ALLIANCE Netzwerk an Erweitere dein KI-Netzwerk Entwickle KI-Projekte mit Top-Experten Triff Unternehmer, Gründer, KI-Experten & Investoren Nutze unseren exklusiven Content Erhalte Zugriff auf Online-Seminare & Live-Mentorings Finde Business Angel & Kooperationspartner für dein Business Genieße die Unterstützung unserer Community Hier kommst du zur Plattform: www.genius-alliance.com Dieser Podcast wird produziert von: MARKENREBELL - Podcast Manufaktur

Campbell McGrath is the author of eleven books of poetry, most recently Nouns & Verbs: New and Selected Poems, and XX: Poems for the Twentieth Century, a finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize. His work has appeared in scores of literary journals and anthologies, as well as the New Yorker, Atlantic Magazine, Harper's and the New York Times. McGrath's writing has been recognized with some of the most prestigious awards in American letters, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Witter Bynner Fellowship from the Library of Congress, a United States Artists Fellowship, and a MacArthur Foundation "Genius Award." He lives with his wife in Miami Beach, and teaches in the MFA program at Florida International University. Find more at: https://www.campbellmcgrath.com/ As always, we'll also include live open lines for responses to our weekly prompt or any other poems you'd like to share. A Zoom link will be provided in the chat window during the show before that segment begins. For links to all the past episodes, visit: https://www.rattle.com/rattlecast/ This Week's Prompt: May is National Photography Month. Write a poem inspired by a photograph of your own, and share the photo along with the poem. Next Week's Prompt: The coal miner descends. The Rattlecast livestreams on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter, then becomes an audio podcast. Find it on iTunes, Spotify, or anywhere else you get your podcasts.

Join contributors to the special edition of Logic Magazine, Beacons, for a discussion on Transformative Justice and Knowledge Production in Tech Techno-capitalism is re-negotiating the social contract but knowledge about technologies is too often sequestered behind the lock doors of industry. Black women researchers like Dr. Timnit Gebru who raised alarm about the racial and ecological implications of emergent technologies are systematically silenced and forced out. Additionally, corporate capture of academic departments has even further limited the space to do critical research. Given these obstacles, how can researchers both inside and outside of tech companies do the difficult work of research, critique, and resistance? When individualist opportunism is the guiding norm of knowledge production, how do we cultivate a practice of transformative justice in the context of tech research? What are the set of tools and collective histories Black people in the Americas and the Black global diaspora can draw on in order to care for each other in the process of producing research about tech? Get the new issue of Logic Magazine, Beacons, here: https://logicmag.io Speakers: Dr. Safiya U. Noble is an internet studies scholar and Professor of Gender Studies and African American Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) where she serves as the Co-Founder and Co-Director of the UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry (C2i2). In 2021, she was recognized as a MacArthur Foundation Fellow (also known as the “Genius Award”) for her ground-breaking work on algorithmic discrimination, which prompted her founding of a non-profit, Equity Engine, to accelerate investment in companies, education, and networks driven by women of color. She is the author of a best-selling book on racist and sexist algorithmic bias in commercial search engines, entitled Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism (NYU Press), which has been widely-reviewed in scholarly and popular publications. Timnit Gebru is the founder and executive director of the Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (DAIR). Prior to that she was fired by Google in December 2020 for raising issues of discrimination in the workplace, where she was serving as co-lead of the Ethical AI research team. She received her PhD from Stanford University, and did a postdoc at Microsoft Research, New York City in the FATE (Fairness Accountability Transparency and Ethics in AI) group, where she studied algorithmic bias and the ethical implications underlying projects aiming to gain insights from data. Timnit also co-founded Black in AI, a nonprofit that works to increase the presence, inclusion, visibility and health of Black people in the field of AI, and is on the board of AddisCoder, a nonprofit dedicated to teaching algorithms and computer programming to Ethiopian highschool students, free of charge. Moderator: J Khadijah Abdurahman is an abolitionist whose research focus is predictive analytics in the child welfare system. They are the founder of We Be Imagining, a public interest technology project at Columbia University's INCITE Center and The American Assembly's Democracy and Trust Program. They are a Tech Impact Fellow at UCLA C2I2, co-founder of The Otherwise School: Tools and Techniques of Counter-Fascism alongside Sucheta Ghoshal's Inquilab at the University of Washington, HCDE. Recent edited publications include Logic Magazine: Beacons and ACM Interactions: Unmaking Democracy. This event is sponsored by Logic Magazine and Haymarket Books. Watch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/WqAMkmX9AuE Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

Download the full uncut conversation featuring Majora Carter, Urban Revitalization Strategist, Real Estate Developer, Author *‘Reclaiming Your Community: You Don't Have to Move Out of Your Neighborhood to Live in a Better One'(*Bookshop is an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. The LF Show is an affiliate of bookshop.org and will receive a small commission if you click through and make a purchase.)Description:  Real estate development conjures up images of gentrification with sleek buildings and polished store fronts often built under the guise of urban revitalization. Far too often, these projects displace long-standing residents and communities of color. What would it look like if real estate development were led by the people who already live in the neighborhood? In this episode, Laura interviews South Bronx native Majora Carter who decided to stay where she grew up and rewrite the playbook for neighborhood development. A self-described “chick from the hood… with zero experience in real estate,” she's a MacArthur “genius award” recipient, owner of the hip hop themed Boogie Down Grind Cafe that has survived and even thrived during Covid, thanks to a bit of help from Beyoncé. Carter is author of Reclaiming Your Community: You Don't Have to Move Out Of Your Neighborhood To Live In A Better One, just out from Berrett-Koehler.Full research and reading list to further delve into the conversation are available at https://Patreon.com/theLFShow 

S3E40 ~ Midweek BONUS Episode!  I have to hand it to the guy who successfully stole a pedestrian bridge, even thought I don't endorse it! But the guy who said he was "betrayed" by his girlfriend for serving him vegan food, I have no respect for...he's just a wuss. But the guy who let his bird breeding get "out of control" is really a bird-BRAIN. This & so much more fresh stupidity for the new year such as... McDonald's rations French fries in Japan;  Mom Shares Hilarious ‘Elf On The Shelf' Prank That Left Her With New Hairstyle;  Woman Caught With Knives Hidden In Darth Vader Teddy Bear;  NH Brothers Have Been Regifting Same Box Of Candy For 34 Years;  Customers Flood Yankee Candle's Amazon Reviews Claiming Their Candles Have No Scent–Surge In Omicron Cases May Be To Blame;  A 10-Y/O Asked for a Challenge. Alexa Said to Touch a Plug With a Penny;  Could a comet really destroy Earth like in ‘Don't Look Up' on Netflix?  And we've got the rundown from the latest current events over the New Year holiday as well as first 7 new "Genius Award" winners! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eriklane/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eriklane/support

S2E37 ~ Midweek BONUS Episode!  Do you really want to smell like the WorldWide Web? Well, if you haven't landed a date, this may be for you. First there was French fry vodka & now Lay's thinks you can't just drink just one shot of their vodka. If you think high-tech means safety for your gadgets...think again. A woman was robbed of $24,000 when her boyfriend violated her EYELID to unlock her phone! This & more insane stupidity follows!  Family's Rudolph Decoration Repeatedly Attacked By Real Deer;  Large spider interrupts Australian official's news conference;  Sharks Have a Surprise New Predator–Leopard Seals;  Fountain-of-Youth Pill Could Be on Horizon After Scientists Dramatically Extended Longevity in Mice;  FL Woman Poisoned Boyfriend's Lemonade to ‘Shut Him Up,' Police Say;  Kraft Paid Out $20 to Not Make Christmas Cheesecakes;  Nike Getting in on the Metaverse, Buys Virtual Sneaker Company. And boy, do we ever have some great current events that happened over the past week that I put the "stupid spin" to! Some of this you just can't make up! Not to mention the 7 new "winners" who get the "Genius Award" for their stupendous stupidity!  This will be the LAST BONUS episode of 2021....and well, the LAST EPISODE of the year, too, for that matter. My Insane FL Nephew, "Pancho Guero", will do a special "spitball" episode bantering about the top stupid stories of 2021 that will drop on New Year's Day, Jan 1, 2022!  Have a Stupid Christmas & an Insane New Year!  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eriklane/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eriklane/support

S3E24 - Midweek Bonus!!  Plenty of daddy issues in this episode with shots fired over chicken & over guitar playing! And some daddy-body issues for guys who are hiding the battle of the bulge! And "Meta Mark" Zuckerberg wants to help machines learn all about the human experience of "touch & feel"... (???) Plus other truths that are stranger than fiction...like:  Creepy or Romantic? A Man Asked a Woman Out, After Getting Her Number from Her Dog's Collar;  Does It Feel Like Some People Bring Out the Worst in You?;  A Patient Waited 7 Hours in the ER, Never Got Treated, & Still Owes $700;  A Pizza-Loving Car Burglar Was Caught "Marinara-Handed";  Man dies during bull-running event in Spanish city of Onda;  Worst Sick Day Excuse Ever? A Guy Skipped Work Because He Didn't Have Any Clean Socks. Plenty of news from the past week that will get the "Stupid Spin" & more stupendous stupidity that is christened with the "Genius Award"! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eriklane/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eriklane/support

#UprootTheSystem, plus Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award finalists announced. Meet Indigenous Climate Champion, Chook Chook Hillman, and save the honey bees with this Dyson Design Award Finalist, HIIVE!

S3E20 Midweek BONUS Episode!  There's more naked stupidity for the BONUS episode featuring a naked woman roaming an airport, a naked woman streaking through an 8th Grade football practice, a realtor in L.A. who's selling a house by selling his modesty, & a man being treated in the back of an ambulance who not just got naked but put on a "show" for the medics treating him! If you're going to get naked, however, watch out for a new breed of mosquito that has a penchant for humans...you don't want to be an "all you can eat" bar for these little "buggers". Imaging going trick-or-treating to a house made of GRAVESTONES? There's a druggie who told cops he needed meth so he can see his "imaginary girlfriend, 'Emma'". And If you also are looking for a trendy new way at birth control, try out the new ultra-sonic "testicle bath". But if you're going to try out a trendy new Halloween costume, make sure you don't offend anyone in the process. And there's also a full slate of stupid news with the "Insane Week In Review" & our 7 stupendous stupid saps who have been given the "Genius Award" fo their stupidity! This should hold you over until the weekend feed coming this weekend! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eriklane/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eriklane/support

Wherein Dwayne Betts returns to the show, a newly minted winner of the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship commonly known as the "Genius Award" to talk about his plans and how much money he's set aside for Kate. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Right now, it's no secret that our population (which is almost 8 billion now) is facing a tremendous amount of collective challenges with our health, our food system, and our planet as a whole. We all have some work to do and this week's interview with ECO-Activist, Leilani Münter, will illuminate conversation and elevate the positive impact that something so simple as eating a whole-foods plant-based diet can have on the environment as a WHOLE.  Leilani has been broadcasting this message for over a decade primarily from behind the wheel of a race car - I know - not exactly where you'd think you'd see these messages, but as she says on her website, “Never Underestimate a vegan hippie chick with a race car!” You'll never underestimate Leilani after today's conversation.  Since retiring from race car driving in 2019, she's been revving up her advocacy engines even more through documentary films like “Racing Extinction,” keynote speaking, and non-profit work, all in a tireless effort to make a cleaner and kinder world for everyone. Today, she talks to Rip about: Her unique childhood as the daughter of a Japanese/Hawaiian Mother and German Father while growing up in Minnesota Her Galileo moment when she learned the truth about our food as a young girl eating a hamburger at a fast-food restaurant How her Biology degree from UC San Diego was the foundation of the advocacy work she does today Why she loves being behind the wheel of a race car and the intensity, presence, and advocacy voice it provides for causes that are important to her Her recent vegan birthday present - a meal at Eleven Madison Park - and her secret for getting reservations! Why Leilani and her husband (and cats!) choose to be child-free Additional causes that she advocates for the health and longevity of our planet: renewable energy, solar power, electric cars, animal rights, and, of course, a plant-based diet  As the New York Times wrote, "Steve McQueen probably never lost sleep over his carbon footprint. Not so for racecar driver Leilani Münter - a green racecar driver with a clean conscience." Rev up your advocacy engines and enjoy this conversation with a true Eco-Hero.  About Leilani Münter Leilani Münter is a biology graduate, professional race car driver and environmental activist. Discovery's Planet Green named her the #1 eco athlete in the world, ELLE Magazine awarded her their Genius Award, and Sports Illustrated named her one of the top ten female race car drivers in the world. Leilani is an advocate for solar power, electric cars, plant-based diet and animal rights. Leilani is active in lobbying for these causes in Washington, DC and beyond. She has been a guest at The White House and the United Nations in Geneva. Since 2007, Leilani has been adopting an acre of rainforest for every race she runs. She uses her race car to get the environmental message in front of the 75 million race fans in the USA. Her race cars have carried messages about renewable energy from wind and solar power in addition to clean energy legislation. Leilani has also been active in the effort to end cetacean captivity and has run the documentaries The Cove and Blackfish on her race cars. She has raced both open-wheel cars (Indy Pro Series) and stock cars (NASCAR, ARCA). Leilani has recorded 9 top-five, 21 top-ten, and 37 top-fifteen finishes in 61 starts.  Leilani is on the board of the Oceanic Preservation Society, a non-profit that creates film, photography, and media, inspiring people to save the oceans. They won the Academy Award for their first documentary The Cove and Leilani is featured in their 2015 documentary Racing Extinction. Leilani is also an Ambassador for Ric O'Barry's Dolphin Project, an organization she has been volunteering for since 2010. She also sits on the board of advisors of The Solutions Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating the transition to 100% renewable energy.  Leilani is vegan. Her personal car is an electric Tesla Model S. Her home features solar panels, a 550-gallon rainwater collection system, solar and LED lighting, and a vegetable garden.  Leilani's motto is: Never underestimate a vegan hippie chick with a race car. Episode Resources Leilani Münter Website and Resources PLANTSTRONGFoods.com - Order our new popcorn and dessert-inspired granolas Our Virtual PLANTSTOCK Returns September 8-12th - Register today Join the PLANTSTRONG Community Theme Music for Episode Promo Theme Music

S2E54 MIDWEEK BONUS EPISODE After a 2 week hiatus vacation, I'm back with a fresh batch of stupidity! When you pare stupid & fireworks, you have plenty of material for a podcast like this. But what to you pare with July 4th hot dogs? Wine, of course! At least that's what some Americans think. And did you know there was an underground market for coupons? Who'd a'thunkit? There's some catching up to do in the "Insane Week In Review" so it's expanded to include everything missed during the hiatus. Plus, there's more "geniuses" who come away with a "Genius Award" for their colossal stupidity! And other insanities such as these: A Man Was Arrested...After Calling Police to Ask Why He Wasn't Arrested;  A Fake Cop Pulled Over a Real Cop Who Recognized Him;  A Woman Attacked McDonald's Employees Because They Wouldn't Mix Slushie Flavors;  Guy Spray-Paints Stolen U-Haul-Forgets It Had "U-Haul" on the Windshield;  Newest TikTok Trend: Drinking Lettuce Water to Help You Sleep;  Guy Pulls a Gun at Starbucks Over Cream Cheese & Then Told a Reporter, "Always Go to Dunkin' Donuts". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eriklane/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eriklane/support

Every Friday at 9:30a, you're in control, you get to nominate yourself for the Genius Award!

Every Friday at 9:30a, YOU are in control of the Genius Award! Nominate yourself or someone you know for the embarrassingly stupid thing they did. SIDE NOTE: One day we will have Genius Award T-shirts made...one day, just not today.

This is a bad way to impress your S.O.

Due to a technical issue, the first 15 minutes of the recording were inaudible. The podcast joins Dr. Farmer a little later in his presentation. A recipient of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation's Genius Award, Dr. Paul Farmer is the U.N. Deputy Special Envoy for Haiti and Chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is also the co-founder of Partners In Health, a nonprofit organization that addresses the healthcare needs of the developing world by pioneering locally driven solutions. In Haiti After the Earthquake, Dr. Farmer-who has worked in Haiti for nearly 30 years-examines the devastating aftermath of the 2010 quake and explores the complex social issues that make the impoverished nation especially vulnerable to natural disaster. Dr. Farmer will be interviewed by Dr. Steven Larson, Assistant Dean for Global Health Programs and an Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.   (recorded 12/6/2011)

Ananya Jain is with me, and we are digging into what it means to be happy and successful.  Jain was born in India, moved to the US at 18 for college, and is currently a senior at Georgia Tech. At 21, Jain is the founder of Full Circle LLC, a company dedicated to sustainable solutions, especially in the mental health industry. She is making a global impact and garnered recognition with many prestigious awards, including the Genius Award, the President's Award at Georgia Tech, and the rare Diana Award. Her TedTalk How Creative Thinking Saved My Life is mind-blowing, as is the humility with which she discusses her ability to have an impact on the world around her. Influence can be viewed as something reserved for the aged and wise. But standing out is not dependent on a completed story. We all have something to offer, and it is impossible to stand out if you are waiting for your narrative to be fully formed. You are living your story right now. Your influence is a living thing as well; growing as you grow, and it can open the door for others. In a complicated world, one of the best things you, or anyone for that matter, can do, is define what success looks like for you, as an individual. Life is difficult and full of mistakes and heartbreak. Without knowing what your success looks like, you will never find your path to happiness.  The ability to look forward to what you can do will help you gain momentum. Recognizing who in your life is contributing to that momentum and who is slowing you down is paramount to success. Have boundaries, know them, and don't be afraid to cut ties with those who cross them. Perspective can be hard to come by, especially when it is clouded by different energies and efforts. Invest your energy wisely and make sure you are investing in those who are traveling the same road as you. Lastly, don't let success be about what you do. Go where happiness takes you. Explore where you are, meet different people, and try new things, and then you can make the choice. When you are surrounded by the right people, those who will keep you humble and lift your dreams, you will have the freedom to explore and make the mistakes necessary to find out what your thing is. You don't need to know what it is right now; you need the stability to discover it.  We are all a work in progress. Stand up for yourself, define your boundaries, be intentional about who you surround yourself with, and then find the job that fits into the life you have created for yourself.  In parting, Jain has a thought for you: I love you and trust you to do what is best for yourself. Don't wait for it to be the last message - say this to those around you every day. Rise. Shine. Impact. Define success and find your happy.  Resources TedTalk – How Creative Thinking Saved My Life  Connect with Jain Website - https://teamfullcircle.wixsite.com/fullcircle Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ananya-jain-gatech-edu Connect with John: www.standoutmovement.com Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/johnwalsh_standout  LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnrwalshjr  Twitter - https://twitter.com/johnwstandout 

It's been a rough year for everyone & Americans especially who suffer from Election Stress Syndrome. So, instead of moving to Canada, we're asking for an Emotional Support Canadian! It started as a joke, but we're not in a joking mood. It was stupid enough for us to take the bait. Many are just turning to alcohol & fries to cope with the this stupid year. And the booze is getting more stupid, too. My Insane FL Nephew, Pancho Guero" will run down all the new adult beverages to chose from. Anything from something sweet to something sickening...like whiskey from beaver butt juice. Pancho also offers advice to a parent who has a teenager who loves pranking his neighbors with fake missing pets posters....and the more bizarre the better. Joe Biden gets a "Genius Award" for his senile stupidity & I'll give you my Top Advantages of Being Stupid--because if "ignorance is bliss" some folks are in a BLIZZARD.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eriklane/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eriklane/support

Listeners call in to nominate someone or themselves for a Genius Award, for something really "smart" they did.

Listeners call in to nominate someone or themselves for a Genius Award, for something really "smart" they did.

This Fox News host was the clear winner of today's "Genius Award"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3-w75rrJkE Host: Dr. Pamela Gay ( https://cosmoquest.org/x/ & @starstryder )Special Guest: This week we are excited (and honored) to welcome Dr. Jill Tarter to the Weekly Space Hangout. Best known for her work in the field of SETI, tonight Jill will be discussing the search for technosignatures.   Dr. Tarter is the Emeritus Chair for SETI Research at the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California and serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for that institution.   Dr. Tarter received her Bachelor of Engineering Physics Degree with Distinction from Cornell University and her Master’s Degree and a Ph.D. in Astronomy from the University of California, Berkeley. She has spent the majority of her professional career attempting to answer the old human question “Are we alone?” by searching for evidence of technological civilizations beyond Earth.   She served as Project Scientist for NASA’s SETI program, the High Resolution Microwave Survey and has conducted numerous observational programs at radio observatories worldwide. She is a Fellow of the AAAS, the California Academy of Sciences, and the Explorers Club, she was named one of the Time 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2004, and one of the Time 25 in Space in 2012, received a TED prize in 2009, two public service awards from NASA, multiple awards for communicating science to the public, and has been honored as a woman in technology. She was the 2014 Jansky Lecturer, and received a Genius Award from Liberty Science Center in 2015. She served as President of the California Academy of Sciences 2015-16. Asteroid 74824 Tarter (1999 TJ16) has been named in her honor.   Since the termination of funding for NASA’s SETI program in 1993, she has served in a leadership role to design and build the Allen Telescope Array and to secure private funding to continue the exploratory science of SETI.   Many people are now familiar with her work as portrayed by Jodie Foster in the movie Contact. Her biography Making Contact was written by Sarah Scoles and published in 2017.   You can read an excerpt from Jill's biography Making Contact and learn how to get your own copy here: https://books.google.com/books/about/...   You can learn more about Jill by visiting her SETI profile here: https://www.seti.org/our-scientists/j...   To learn more about the Allen Telescope Array, visit https://www.seti.org/ata Regular Guests: Dave Dickinson ( http://astroguyz.com/ & @Astroguyz ) Michael Rodruck ( https://sites.psu.edu/mrodruck/ / @MichaelRodruck ) Pam Hoffman ( http://spacer.pamhoffman.com/ / http://everydayspacer.com/ & @EverydaySpacer ) This week's stories: - OSIRIS-REx samples Bennu! - Spooky Halloween night sky highlights. - Dwarf galaxy collision. - Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse! - BepiColombo update. - InSight finally buried the Mole!   We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs. Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too! Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://astrogear.spreadshirt.com/ for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. http://www.astrosphere.org/ Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org.

Every Friday at 9:30a, you get to nominate the "genius". Something stupid you did? Friend?? Family member??? You get to call them out and give them the coveted "genius award".

People call in to tell us why someone they know or why they themselves deserve a "Genius Award" for something dumb they did.

People call in to tell us why someone they know or why they themselves deserve a "Genius Award" for something dumb they did.

TIM QUINN-Celebrity Face DesignerLink to Video Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/TalkGoldenToMePodcast/videos/553777975162323/After training in Milan alongside world-renown makeup artist Pat McGrath, Tim Quinn joined the Giorgio Armani Beauty team with the launch of the brand in September 2001. His myriad of experience as an artist includes work in TV, print and film. Tim began his illustrious career in the beauty industry when he first began modeling at the age of 19. After numerous photo shoots and magazine layouts, Tim discovered that his true calling was behind the camera designing his own individual style and not in front of it featuring someone else’s designs.Tim’s words of wisdom have graced the pages of Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, W, Elle, Glamour, More, InStyle, Cosmopolitan, The New York Times, The Huffington Post, among others. Tim has been featured as one of the “25 Beauty Stars” in W magazine and won a Genius Award in Elle Magazine as a Genius Makeup Artist. He was also awarded the title of “Beauty Tsar” at Hollywood Magazine’s Hollywood Style Awards. He has worked backstage in New York, Milan, Rome, Paris, Hong Kong and Beijing as well as at several award shows including the Academy Awards and the Golden Globes. Tim has traveled internationally hosting special events, training and promoting the beauty line. Additionally, Tim has been featured numerous times on television programs such as the Today Show, Extra and E! News.Tim has worked with a number of celebrities including:Alejandra Guzman Amber Heard Andrea Mitchell Brittany Snow Brooke Shields Caitlin FitzgeraldCamilla Belle Cheryl Hines Debra Messing Diane Lane Jill Biden Glenn Close Gwen Stefani Hilary SwankJanuary Jones Jordana Brewster Kate Bosworth Kerry Washington Kim Cattrall Megan Fox Milla JovavichMinnie Driver Olivia Munn Robin Wright Rose Byrne Shanina Shaik Solange Tina Turner Uma ThurmanVanessa Simmons Victoria Beckham Ziyi ZhangAdditionally, Tim is actively involved in Massachusetts General Hospital’s the one hundred which is an awareness and fundraising initiative that celebrates hope in the cancer community, as well as sits on the Advisory Board of the Farrah Fawcett Foundation for Cancer Research.

Merilee Talkington: https://nfb.org/images/nfb/audio/2018_convention_highlights/july_8/am/06_authentcally_blind_on_stage_and_screen.mp3   You Help Make Dreams Come True: nfb.org/donate2018 Set up a Facebook fundraiser   JP Williams: https://nfb.org/images/nfb/audio/2018_convention_highlights/july_8/am/05_playing_your_hand.mp3   Cardtronics: www.nfb.org/legal   Southwest Airlines Works Towards Inclusion: https://theblindhistorylady.com https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm18/bm1809/bm180908.htm   Advancing Opportunities for the World’s Blind: www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/marrakesh/   Monitor Miniatures National Braille Press Touch of Genius Award: http://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/technology/tog/tog_prize   Learn Music by Ear: www.MusicForTheBlind.com

Pioneering wireless power: a rare interview from the charismatic and controversial founder of an L.A.-based startup that everyone thought would fail. Meredith Perry founded uBeam back in 2011. Mark Cuban invested in the company and called it the next zillion-dollar idea. In 2015 Fortune called her “brilliant” and asked if she might be the next Elon Musk. But less than a year later, a key employee left the company in 2016 and skepticism grew about her company's ability to deliver on its technical milestones. One can understand why Meredith isn't keen on speaking with the media. For six years, her team has been quietly plugging away at the technology, and she's only made herself visible again recently, to demo the technology actually working. A couple of months ago, while she was wrapping up a $20 million raise, I came to her office bearing margaritas. I was hoping to get her to speak candidly about her journey—and she did. I have to admit, I've been skeptical about the technology myself, so I was curious to learn how it works and the challenges she's faced along the way. I wanted to learn what it's been like to bounce back from her PR nightmare, and she humbly shares some of her lessons learned as a brainy young CEO managing a team for the first time in a high-stakes environment. We talk about geek chic, astrobiology, the no a-hole rule, and the struggles of trying to do something no one thinks is possible. For more information, photos, and links, check out the show notes at http://makeitinla.org/meredithperry.   More Links: uBeam website: http://uBeam.com   Social Media: @meredithperry @ubeam   About Meredith Perry Meredith Perry is the inventor of uBeam, a technology that uses ultrasound to transmit power over the air to charge electronic devices wirelessly. Using a patented system, uBeam is a wireless power system that can safely charge multiple electronic devices wirelessly at a distance. Meredith founded uBeam in 2011 while studying at the University of Pennsylvania. While at Penn, Meredith served as a student ambassador for NASA, where she worked on technology to detect life on Mars, experimented in zero gravity and researched and published papers in astrobiology and medicine. She graduated in 2011 with a degree in paleobiology. Meredith has been included in Fortune's “40 Under 40” Mobilizers, Forbes' “30 Under 30” and Vanity Fair's “The New Establishment.” She has also been recognized as one of Fast Company's “Most Creative People” and is the recipient of Elle Magazine's Genius Award.

The special blue ribbon nominating panel has convened and issued its nominations for the season two BATTY Awards. Now Rick and Mike have to decide the winners in categories including Best Show, Best Episode, Outstanding Conrad, Best Performance by a Youth, and of course Best Facial Hair/Mustache! Plus, the first ever GENIUS Award!

“Our generation must fulfill the most noble of duties by ensuring the survival of future generations through the most basic of survival mechanisms – adaptation.”Leilani MünterIf you want provoke change — real change – it's imperative to take a stand outside the echo chamber of the converted.That's the ethos of professional race car driver and environmental activist Leilani Münter.Named one of the top ten female race car drivers in the world by Sports Illustrated, Leilani races in NASCAR's ARCA Series and is the fourth woman in history to race in the Indy Pro Series (the development league of IndyCar). She has logged impressive performances at both Daytona and Talladega and set the record for the highest finish for a female driver in the history of the Texas Motor Speedway when she finished fourth in 2006.But what’s most intriguing about Leilani — beyond the inherent intrigue of being one of the only female drivers in her sport — is her singular commitment to leveraging her profile to educate, inspire and raise awareness around environmental issues.Winning isn't everything. Change is the goal.Putting her money where her mouth is, Leilani has foregone traditional sponsorship opportunities to race cars draped in oversized logos promoting the documentaries The Cove and Blackfish. At Daytona in February 2017, she raced a car displaying Vegan Powered bills across the hood and sides. And since 2007, she adopts one acre of rainforest for every race she runs.Leilani has presented before the UN in Geneva in 2015 and has appeared on Capitol Hill to speak on behalf of clean energy legislation. In addition, she was one of the first activists to arrive at the 2010 Gulf oil disaster and traveled to Taiji, Japan three times to document the dolphin slaughter depicted in the Academy Award winning documentary The Cove. She sits on board of the Oceanic Preservation Society and on the advisory board of The Solutions Project, a nonprofit dedicated to accelerating the transition to 100 percent renewable energy.Leilani appears in the 2015 documentary Racing Extinction and her accomplishments have been profiled in USA Today, Italian Vogue, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Reader's Digest, Esquire, and Newsweek. Discovery’s Planet Green named Münter the No. 1 eco-athlete in the world, she is a recipient of ELLE Magazine's 2012 Genius
Award, and Glamour Magazine named her an “Eco Hero.”This conversation explores Leilani's upbringing, what motivated her to become a race car driver, and what its like to be one of the only females in her male dominated sport.It's a discussion about the intersection of activism and sport — how Leilani infuses performance with her strident commitment to principles.But mostly this is a conversation about the why behind Leilani's drive. A strong, powerful female role model committed to positively impacting culture, shifting consumer habits and catalyzing beneficial environmental policy change, I aspire to her level of dedication to a better world.As Leilani is fond of saying, never underestimate a vegan hippie chick with a race car.After this conversation, you won't either.I love this exchange and sincerely hope you do too.Peace + Plants,Listen & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Soundcloud | StitcherThanks to this week’s sponsors:Squarespace: The easiest way to create a beautiful website, See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today, we’re speaking with Juan Salgado, President and CEO of Instituto del Progreso Latino. Juan has led Instituto through a 15-year period of national award-winning recognition and growth by establishing best-practices in education and workforce development. In 2015, Juan was selected as a MacArthur Fellow, also known as the Genius Award, recognizing his strong community leadership and innovative approach to education in the Latino immigrant community.

Is it possible for there to be too much glitter? We think not, but it will surely be put to the test next weekend. Two of the Northwest's most ambitious drag queens are presenting full length shows that blend dance, drag, comedy, blistering soundscapes, and utter hijinkx … with wigs the size of Volkswagons. Kaj-Anne Pepper started out as the youngest member of the infamous performance art drag troupe Sissy Boy in the mid-aughts. He's since matured into Portland's youngest grand dame, hosting TBA's hugely popular Critical Mascara Drag Ball. He also does club nights across town. His show is called “D.I.V.A. Practice” and runs Apr. 29–May 1 at New Expressive Works: http://kpepper.net/.When Seattle's alt weekly The Stranger gave a Genius Award last year to Cherdonna Shinatra, the paper characterized her as an “uncategorizable spectacle.” Cherdonna is the alter ego of dancer Jody Keuhner, who will bring the show “Worth My Salt” to Portland Center Stage from Apr. 29–May 1: http://risk-reward.org/upcoming/cherdonna-shinatra/Producer Aaron Scott began by asking Keuhner how, as a biological woman, she got her start as a drag queen.

This week on State of Wonder we have stories of love, loss, law and looking back.Full story: http://www.opb.org/radio/programs/stateofwonder/segment/prince-protests-pnca-pica-new-building-bradford/The Passing Of The Purple OneWe can’t quite believe we’re once again eulogizing a musical icon, but music fans have been thrown into mourning after Thursday’s news about the death of Prince. We talk with the DJ Rev Shines and musicians Farnell Newton and Tony Ozier about the role the legend played in their musical paths, as well as look at some of the ways Prince pushed gender, genre, and the world at large.Reflecting On Art And LossHost April Baer reflects on the loss of Oregon painter Rick Bartow, the death of Merle Haggard, and the passing of her own father. Sometimes art is the conduit to grief.Meet The BradfordsAs a single mother in New York City, Katherine Bradford raised two children and pursued the life of a painter. She succeeded at both activities. One of those children grew up to be the Portland author and filmmaker Arthur Bradford. And now, at age 73, Katherine is blowing up in the art world. April sat down with mother and son in preview of Katherine's show at Adams and Ollman Gallery (April 22–June 3) to discuss her newfound success and how their work is connected.PICA Gets Huge New DigsFor 21 years, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art has been a pied piper on the art scene, leading audiences into overlooked parts of town and transforming empty warehouses into art hot spots for events like the Time-Based Arts Festival. Now a patron has bought a 16,000-square foot complex near NE Williams and Broadway and is turning it over to PICA rent free. What will this mean for a roving band of arts instigators who’ve staked their identity on impermanence? We have exclusive video from a drone fly thru, because drones+art=awesome.Protests At PNCAIf you passed by Portland’s North Park Blocks this week, you surely noticed the protesters: dozens of students and staff at Pacific Northwest College of Art marched to ask for changes in the college’s hiring and financial practices. The protesters say the school's treatment of part-time, short-contract instructors has consequences for what happens in the classroom. We'll hear from organizers and the college administration, which is taking first steps to cease the protest.The Slants And The Supreme Court?Portland band The Slants are currently in dispute with the United States Patent and Trade Office, which has refused to grant a trademark for the band's name, citing racist connotations. The band, made up of Asian-American musicians, say that they're reclaiming the term. Now the patent office has appealed to the Supreme Court. If the court takes it up, it could have ramifications far beyond the band.Drag And DanceNext weekend, two of the Northwest’s most ambitious drag queens are presenting full length shows that blend dance, drag, comedy blistering soundscapes, and utter hijinkx … with wigs the size of Volkswagons. Kaj-Anne Pepper started out as the youngest member of the infamous performance art drag troupe Sissy Boy in the mid-aughts and has since matured into Portland’s youngest grand dame. His show is called “D.I.V.A. Practice” (Apr. 29–May 1). And Seattle artist Cherdonna Shinatra (Jody Keuhner) was described by Seattle’s alt-weekly The Stranger as an “uncategorizable spectacle” when it gave her a Genius Award last year. She will bring the show “Worth My Salt” to Portland Center Stage from Apr. 29–May 1. Jazz TownWe're sharing excerpts from KMHD's Oregon Experience documentary Jazz Town. In this segment, we hear from those with ties to the historic Albina neighborhood and the jazz scene that thrived there throughout the 50s and 60s. Find more at the Jazz Town page.

For Episode 5 I visit Emily Gherard at her home and studio. Emily is a fantastic painter out of Seattle whose vision has been recognized locally as a Neddy Award finalist in 2013 and as a nominee for The Stranger's annual Genius Award this last summer. Personally her paintings have held me rapt since I first saw them and if I thought some sort of voodoo spell would devine for me the secret to their sublime creation I would have started collecting chicken bones a long time ago. This is part one of a two-part episode, the second of which will drop on Friday, December 19th. Bonus Xmas music from Lola and the Red Hots helps you get your yule on.

Heather McHugh appears at the 2013 Library of Congress National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: Heather McHugh is the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation "Genius Award" and many other honors, including fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation. She has told the PBS NewsHour: "The great paradox of poetry is it's the smallest unit of language you can make that releases the greatest number of readings. That's what it's for, if you ask me." In addition to poetry, McHugh has written a collection of literary essays. Her new poetry collection is "Upgraded to Serious." For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=6088

David Finkel appears at the 2013 Library of Congress National Book Festival, 9/22/2013. Speaker Biography: In 2012 David Finkel received a MacArthur Fellowship -- the so-called Genius Award. His other honors include a Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting for his series on U.S.-funded democracy efforts in Yemen, which appeared in The Washington Post, and the Robert F. Kennedy Award for Excellence in Journalism International Print Prize for his reporting on illegal immigration. In his new book, "Thank You for Your Service," Finkel tackles the subject of post-traumatic stress disorder by focusing on soldiers who have returned home from the war in Iraq. For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=6052

(October 6, 2008) Commissioned by Stanford Lively Arts, Songs of Ascension is the latest in a long line of major works for an ensemble of voices and instruments by MacArthur "Genius Award" recipient Meredith Monk.