Podcast appearances and mentions of Helen Thorpe

Denverites are reeling from Mayor Johnston's Friday announcement of budget cuts to free up money to provide more support for migrants, and now the uproar is spreading into the suburbs! Host Bree Davies and producer Paul Karolyi are talking about the blowback to Johnston's cuts and the “sanctuary city” debate in Lakewood, plus the Denver Zoo's new 570-acre facility in Weld County. Finally, we're considering your thoughts on whether we should be saying “migrant,” “new immigrant,” or something else entirely? Bree mentioned a Westword story featuring comments from a Venezuelan migrant himself about the budget cuts. Hear our conversation with Denverite editor Obed Manuel about one newsroom's decision to change their language around the crisis of new people arriving in Denver from Venezuela. Paul discussed local author Helen Thorpe's excellent book “The Newcomers.” For even more news from around the city, subscribe to our morning newsletter Hey Denver at denver.citycast.fm. Follow us on Instagram: @citycastdenver Chat with other listeners on reddit: r/CityCastDenver Support us by becoming a member: https://membership.citycast.fm/denver What do you think about “migrants” vs. “new immigrants”? Text or leave us a voicemail with your name and neighborhood, and you might hear it on the show: 720-500-5418‬ Learn more about the sponsors of this episode: Denver Restaurant Week is coming up March 1-10! Looking to advertise on City Cast Denver? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join us as we revisit a classic show from 2018. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member John Oates performs an eclectic blend of musical styles along with his buddy, Guthrie Trapp and the inimitable eTones. Also on stage is Lilly Hiatt, a characterful singer-songwriter who sings autobiographical Americana tunes and is supported by Helen Forster's dynamic harmonies. Nick also chats with Helen Thorpe, author of The Newcomers to discuss the challenges young immigrants face as they try to adapt to American culture. That's all this week on eTown!

Best selling author Susan Juby is on the podcast to talk about her delightful murder mystery Mindful of Murder. The novel features Helen Thorpe as a smart, preternaturally calm and insightful butler who uses her sleuthing skills to unravel the mystery of the death of her former employer. Susan talks about the joys of owning her first Instant Pot and how her British Columbian upbringing informs her writing. Mindful of Murder is part of the Red Fern Book Review book subscription box.Books and Resources Discussed:Mindful of Murder by Susan JubyThe Woefield Poultry Collective (Home to Woefield) by Susan JubyAlice, I Think by Susan JubyNice Recovery by Susan JubyRepublic of Dirt: Return to Woefield by Susan JubyMe Three by Susan JubyThe Thursday Murder Club by Richard OsmanFollow Red Fern Book Review:Website: https://www.redfernbookreview.comInstagram: @redfernbookreviewFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/redfernbookreview/Newsletter: https://redfernbookreview.com/newsletterBook Subscription Box: The Red Fern Book Review Spring Book BoxFollow Susan Juby:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/susanjubyWebsite: https://susanjuby.com/ 

Jason Olive, Chief Marketing, Fundraising & Communications Officer at Ovarian Cancer Australia, sits down with Mark Jones to discuss the importance of engaging their community and placing them at the front of their storytelling, and what the corporate and social sectors can learn from each other. Resources  Ovarian Cancer Australia  Movember Appoints Jason Olive as Marketing Director  You might also like…  Beyond Blue on the healing power of authentic storytelling  Helen Thorpe on giving a voice to lived experiences (batyr)  Ian Harvey Ross on the authentic rebrand of Deaf Services and the Deaf Society 

Helen Thorpe, Head of Brand at batyr, sits down with host Mark Jones to discuss building on grassroots marketing, smashing the stigma around youth mental ill-health, and giving a voice to lived experiences. Resources batyr  batyr partners with Western Sydney University to better support youth mental health  Lifeline Australia - 13 11 14  You might also like… Professor John Roberts on Better Marketing for a Better World (BMBW)  Bianca Bryson on emotive storytelling at International Justice Mission  Anastasia Symons on achieving cut through at R U OK?

Listen to episode 15 where I have the great honor of speaking with journalist and author, Helen Thorpe. She has authored three books and her magazine work has been published in The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Texas Monthly, and more. We talk specifically of her book The Newcomers: Finding Refuge, Friendship, and Hope in an American Classroom. Through this narrative, Helen explores immigrant and refugee high school students and their families who had been relocated to Denver. Helen’s writing gives readers an intimate glimpse into what this transition looks like for young adults. Listen for a discussion on The Newcomers and an exploration of how we can be a more welcoming society. For more information on Helen Thorpe and to find her books: https://www.helenthorpe.com/ Bookbar Denver: https://www.bookbardenver.com/book/9781501159107 Tattered Cover: https://www.tatteredcover.com/book/9781501159107 Indie Bookstore Finder: https://www.indiebound.org/indie-store-finder

Rock, R&B, soul guitarist, singer-songwriter (and half of legendary duo Hall & Oates) John Oates joins us. His solo project Arkansas is inspired by the music and legacy of the legendary Mississippi John Hurt, as well as other artists and styles that represent the dawn of American popular music. Also with us is Tennessee-based singer-songwriter Lilly Hiatt (daughter of John Hiatt), who has become a fixture of the indie scene in Nashville. Nick also sits down for a conversation with renowned author Helen Thorpe, whose book, “The Newcomers,” is a powerful and moving account of how refugee teenagers, many of whom have left extremely dangerous situations in their homelands, come to America to learn a new language and a new culture, in the hopes of finding a new beginning.

In Episode 77, Quinn & Brian discuss: How Colorado can fix this wholllllle thing with one little election. Our guest is Mike Johnston, a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate from Colorado and the first in our series of conversations about the 2020 elections. The 2020 Senate elections are going to be really important because flipping the Senate is one of the only protections we might have from another four years of a Republican President – or, if we want to think a little more optimistically, it will allow a new President to make more significant and impactful changes to policies that affect everyone, everywhere. Colorado is the state where we're most likely to flip a seat, so it’s really going to set the tone for the rest of the 2020 elections. And we like what Mike has done with his political career so far. As a State Senator, he passed major legislation that opened the doors of college to undocumented students, invested in renewable energy, and won a fight with the NRA to pass common sense gun safety. As Mike said when he announced his campaign, “Colorado deserves a U.S. Senator who will run to our hardest problems and show the leadership to pass real progressive policy.” Want to send us feedback? Tweet us, email us, or leave us a voice message at anchor.fm/important-not-important/message! Trump’s Book Club: Just Like Us: The True Story of Four Mexican Girls Coming of Age in America by Helen Thorpe: https://www.amazon.com/registry/wishlist/3R5XF4WMZE0TV/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_ep_ws_2Gr8Ab6RS5WF3 Links: Have feedback or questions? Send a message to funtalk@importantnotimportant.com Leave us a voice message: anchor.fm/important-not-important/message Support Mike at https://www.mikejohnstonforcolorado.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mikejohnstonco/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MikeJohnstonCO/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MikeJohnstonCO These Truths: A History of the United States by Jill Lepore: https://www.amazon.com/These-Truths-History-United-States/dp/0393635244 Connect with us: Subscribe to our newsletter at ImportantNotImportant.com! Check out our Morning Show and other daily bite-size content on Instagram: instagram.com/ImportantNotImportant Follow Quinn: twitter.com/quinnemmett Follow Brian: twitter.com/briancolbertken Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp Like and share us on Facebook: facebook.com/ImportantNotImportant Support this podcast

In the second of a 2 part series, we continue our conversation with Eddie Williams, the teacher featured in Helen Thorpe’s book The Newcomers. How might teachers handle the draw of smartphones, texting, social media in their classes, particularly when working with English learners and newcomers? What is the appropriate balance between structure and agency when working with English learners? How do effective coaches encourage new teachers to increase their impact without becoming overwhelmed? All that and what Eddie hopes readers will take away from the book. We pick up right where we left off with a discussion about one of the most common challenges that all teachers face. For more information about the episode and the resources Eddie recommends, please visit Ellevation's ELL Community. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/highest-aspirations/message

How might an EL teacher and his dynamic newcomers class react to having a journalist embed herself in their classroom for an entire school year? What partnerships might they form to learn more about students and what does this tell us about the resources schools have and do not have at their disposal? What are some of the best things about working with students who come with such a wide array of backgrounds, experiences, and skills? We discuss these questions and much more in our conversation with Eddie Williams. Eddie’s newcomers class at Denver’s South High School was profiled as part of Helen Thorpe’s latest book entitled The Newcomers. In her book, Thorpe describes Eddie by stating, “He was like a gardener, excited by seedlings. Where others might see students with limitations, or students who were lagging behind their peers, Mr. Williams saw a room filled with kids who had lived through titanic experiences, teenagers who could do anything at all, once they accepted whatever sort of history they had brought with them and grasped the full extent of the opportunity lying ahead. He often told me that he felt lucky to work in a room like this one - a room that spoke of just how big the world was, and how mysterious.” After speaking with him as a long awaited follow up to last season’s episode with Helen Thorpe, I think this description is far superior to any bio I could provide. Humble, passionate, and thoughtful, Eddie embodies the kind of educator who helps makes a difference in students’ lives by seeing all the assets they bring to our schools and communities. Eddie and I had a lot to discuss, so this is part 1 of a 2 part series. If you haven’t heard our conversation with Helen Thorpe, you can find it on Highest Aspirations Season 1 / Episode 19 anywhere you listen to podcasts. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/highest-aspirations/message

In this episode, award winning journalist Helen Thorpe joins us to discuss her most recent book, The Newcomers: Finding Refuge, Friendship, and Hope in an American Classroom. The book follows the lives of twenty-two teenagers from around the world over the course of one school year as they land at South High School in Denver, Colorado, in a beginner-level English Language Acquisition class. Many arrive directly from refugee camps, some after having lost one or both parents; together, their class represents a microcosm of the global refugee crisis as a whole. The Newcomers tells the story of what happens during the students’ first year in America, and it follows the journeys of three families in particular—from Iraq, Burma, and the Democratic Republic of Congo—illuminating what life is like in refugee-producing parts of the world. The book was published by Scribner in 2017. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/highest-aspirations/message

To capture stories of immigrant students for her book The Newcomers, journalist Helen Thorpe spends a year in a beginner-level ESL classroom of South High in Denver, Colorado. Day by day and layer by layer, she pulls back the curtain on unimaginable hardships and atrocities suffered by immigrant teenagers. With resilience and fortitude, they not only learn English but they also adapt to a new country and adopt a new culture. With help from their exceptional teacher Mr. Eddie Williams, the students do more than learn English. They also discover they are not alone in building a new life from nothing. Indeed, they "find refuge, friendship, and hope in an American classroom."  From Syria to El Salvador, the classroom is a microcosm of the global refugee crisis. So, treading lightly, Thorpe hires 14 translators to interview subjects in their own languages. Along with their families, most students eventually disclose their harrowing journeys through war, subsequent displacement, and eventual resettlement. And, occasionally, case managers and aid workers help fill in the unspoken portions of their own personal refugee stories. Countering America's escalating xenophobia, Thorpe reveals the hearts of foreigners who have unwittingly left the lands they love. She also debunks the idea they are terrorists in disguise. Instead, she explains stringent U.S. immigration policies, which are strictly enforced. With Thorpe's help, statistics become humans deserving credit for overcoming adversity. The Newcomers creates an urgent portrait of the real crisis displaced people around the globe are facing. It's a reminder that wars overseas inevitably send refugees to our shores. In the end, the book is a message of hope because America still welcomes newcomers. She still offers them a safe home. True to the inscription on our Statue of Liberty, Americans are still asking the world to give us "your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore." Connect with Nonfiction4Life: Facebook Instagram Twitter Website Music Credit Sound Editing Credit

David Frum talks about “Trumpocracy,” and Helen Thorpe discusses “The Newcomers.”

The Newcomers: Finding Refuge, Friendship, and Hope in an American Classroom with Helen ThorpeHelen Thrope is an award-winning journalist who lives in Denver, Colorado. She has been a staff writer for the New York Observer, The New Yorker, and Texas Monthly. She has also written freelance stories for the New York Times Magazine, Slate, and other publications. Her radio stories have aired on This American Life and Sound Print. The Newcomers is her third book. www.helenthorpe.comFor more show information visitwww.MomentswithMarianne.com

In our hyper partisan and over politicized culture, we’re always quick and anxious to talk about DACA, Dreamers, immigration, deportation, etc. Too often even the most well meaning stories are often lost in the weeds of policy and politics. What we often forget, or can’t personally understand, is that all of this is about real people. About kids who are caught up in events they can’t control while getting impressions of how they are accepted or not as refugees. The result will shape how they grow up, what they will always believe about this country. Even in the best of environment refugee resettlement is hard work. Although as my guest Helen Thorpe show us, in her book The Newcomers: Finding Refuge, Friendship, and Hope in an American Classroom, it should be filled with joy.  My conversation with Helen Thorpe:

Helen Thorpe by Jeff Schechtman

This week, Martha's guests are Steven Stoll, Galt Niederhoffer, Helen Thorpe, and Jeff Goodell.

Host Cyrus Webb welcomes author Helen Thorpe to #ConversationsLIVE to discuss her new book THE NEWCOMERS: Finding Refuge, Friendship, and Hope in an American Classroom.

Our third agent of change is a group of people, the newcomers and the transplants. It comprises two interviews, one with Helen Thorpe, author of a new book about refugee and immigrant teenagers at South High School, and the other with Zena Ballas, creator of a new digital archive of transplant profiles. - You can learn more about Helen's book, The Newcomers: Finding Refuge, Friendship, and Hope in an American Classroom, here. And you can find Zena's project here. - Music for this episode provided by D.A. Evosirch. He's @noirguitarsuperstar on Instagram. Our theme song is "Minnow" by Felix Fast4ward. - Learn more about Changing Denver at our site, www.changingdenver.com, or follow us on Twitter at @ChangingDenver. For behind-the-scenes goodies, personal tidbits, local music recommendations, occasional bonus interviews and more, sign up for our newsletter. Thanks for listening!

Ali talks with the award-winning author Helen Thorpe, who spent a school year watching refugee children who'd fled war, famine and disasters flourish in a classroom in Denver, Co.

In 2015-16, journalist and author Helen Thorpe ’87 sat in on a high school English-acquisition class for teenaged refugees from across the globe. She watched her subjects’ growth and struggles within their new environment and learned their stories, which mostly included displacement due to war or gang violence in their home countries. As the 2016 presidential primaries gave way to the political ascent of Donald Trump, Thorpe extended her reporting into 2017 and recounts the ways the new administration has affected America’s policy on refugee resettlement. Her book is called The Newcomers: Finding Refuge, Friendship and Hope in an American Classroom, and in this month’s podcast, she speaks with PAW’s Carrie Compton about the process of reporting and writing it.

What happens when a person of one faith steps into someone of another faith’s house of worship? In the latest installment of "Breaking Bread," a Muslim couple attends a church service for the first time. Then, author Helen Thorpe spent a year in an English class for recent refugees at South High School in Denver.

Scribulators' Guild, a Nonfiction Salon, with special guest Helen Thorpe by Lighthouse Writers

Deeply reported, beautifully written, and powerfully moving, Soldier Girls is “a breakthrough work...What Thorpe accomplishes in Soldier Girls is something far greater than describing the experience of women in the military. The book is a solid chunk of American history...Thorpe triumphs” (The New York Times Book Review).

Wednesday, November 12, 3 pm ET The Halli Casser-Jayne Show, Talk Radio for Fine Minds takes a look at war through the eyes of three authors who bring unique perspectives to the discussion. Joining Halli at her table is Brian Turner author of MY LIFE AS A FOREIGN COUNTRY, Janet Burroway author of LOSING TIM, and Helen Thorpe author of SOLDIER GIRLS.American poet, essayist, and professor, Brian Turner, won the 2005 Beatrice Hawley Award for his debut collection, HERE, BULLET, the first of many awards and honors received for this collection of poems about his seven year experience as a soldier in the Iraq War. The director of the MFA program at Sierra Nevada College, his breathtaking memoir MY LIFE AS A FOREIGN COUNTRY retraces that war experience in a humane, heartbreaking and expertly crafted work of literature.Janet Burroway is the author of eight novels and numerous plays, poems, and essays, including THE BUZZARDS, which went up for a Pulitzer and RAW SILK, nominated for a National Book Award. In her memoir LOSING TIME, THE LIFE AND DEATH OF AN AMERICAN CONTRACTOR IN IRAQ Burroway recounts the life and suicide death of her elder son, US Army Captain Tim Eysselick.Helen Thorpe's journalism has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, New York magazine, The New Yorker, Slate, and Harper's Bazaar. She is the author of JUST LIKE US, a winner of the Colorado Book Award. In SOLDIER GIRLS, Thorpe shares the battles of three women soldiers at home and at war -- they part of the new breed of soldiers, the Soldier Girls who are now more than 15 percent of America's armed services.In celebration of Veteran's Day, The Halli Casser-Jayne Show takes a look at the realities of war. Tune in live November 12, 3 pm ET online at Halli Casser-Jayne dot com. All of our guests will be appearing at The Miami Book Fair International November 16-23rd.

Those that have been through it, say that the experience of being in a combat zone is like no other. It is all consuming.  In so many ways it eliminates the real world of life and its mundane everyday chores and problems.  Yet the men and women engaged in that effort, bring with them a life experience composed of precisely those problems.  Sometimes the military is a means of escape, sometimes a training ground for life, frequently life changing.  Yet most soldiers, men and women alike, must return to that real world. And when they do, everything changes once again.That’s the story that Helen Thorpe tells about three women in Soldier Girls: The Battles of Three Women at Home and at War.My conversation with Helen Thorpe:

All across America, every February 14, candy, cards, flowers, and jewelry are exchanged between lovers all in the name of St. Valentine. Who was St. Valentine and why have we made him so commercial? Join the Goddess Gals as they unveil the history behind the holiday. www.bethestaryouare.com Kids are being hyper-sexualized by the exploding provocative situations in the media. Parents can develop the skills to recognize these subtle influences, and the knowledge to counteract and do something about it. In The Sexualization of America's Kids, author JE Wright draws on his 22 years as a therapist, working with over 1,000 kids and their families. A powerful and moving account of four young women from Mexico who have lived most of their lives in the United States and attend the same high school. Two of them have legal documentation and two do not. Just Like Us is their story by Helen Thorpe.