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Kevin Patrick Allen and Eric Frith sit down with me to talk about their fatherhood journey. We talk about how their kids teach them life lessons. In addition, the share the values they look to instill into their kids. After that we talk about their documentary, Beneath the Shadow. They share their filming and writing process. We also talk about how this film encapsulates family, love and strength. Lastly, we finish the interview with the Fatherhood Quick Five.  About Kevin Patrick Allen Kevin Patrick Allen is a veteran journalist turned documentary filmmaker. He's been recognized for his research, his eye for identifying the unique qualities in characters and stories and his prioritization of critical thinking and empathy. His films have influenced federal legislation, earned praise from mental health professionals and encouraged resilience-building in communities large and small. He's earned honors coast to coast from organizations including the California Associated Press Radio-Television Association, NorCal RTNDA, the New York International News Festival and the Chesapeake AP Broadcasters Association.  About Eric Frith Working in both non-fiction and fiction, Eric Frith's Emmy Award storytelling has appeared everywhere. Hid work is on Netflix, Amazon Prime and Apple TV. It has been distributed by Miramax and heralded as "an Oscar level piece of work" by film critics Ebert and Roeper. Other distribution includes: Sundance Now, PBS American Masters, Syfy, Gravitas, Travel Channel, Discovery+, Dream Entertainment, Independent Lens, Cinema Management Group, PBS AfroPop, Off the Fence, Liberation Entertainment, Quiver and NHK Japan. His films have screened at top festivals: Sundance, Toronto, SXSW, Tribeca, SIFF and literally hundreds of others around the world.  About Beneath the Shadow  Jim Tyrer is known in football circles as the greatest player not in the Professional Football Hall of Fame. He's also known as the man who inexplicably killed his wife and himself. For Tina, Brad, Stef and Jason, he's remembered simply as “Dad”—even though he left them orphans with a tarnished legacy when he murdered their mom before killing himself. Beneath the Shadow follows the children from their idyllic early lives to the night of the crime. In addition, you see decades into the future as they refused to succumb to despair and anger. That is because of the grandparents (parents to Martha). They raised them to forgive and move forward—with or without answers. Grandpa and Grandma Cline moved into the room where the murder/suicide took place. They raised the children and refused to disparage their son-in-law, Jim. The children excelled. Still, any understanding of the tragedy would elude them for decades. Make sure you follow Kevin on Instagram over at @kevpatrickallen. Go to the kppllc.net to learn more about Beneath the Shadow. Make sure you go to Eric's website at ericfrith.com.  BetterHelp Is This Week's Sponsor  BetterHelp was founded in 2013 to remove the traditional barriers to therapy and make mental health care more accessible to everyone. Today, it is the world's largest therapy service — providing professional, affordable, and personalized therapy in a convenient online format. BetterHelp's network of more than 30,000 licensed therapists has helped over 5 million people worldwide take ownership of their mental health and work towards their personal goals. As the unmet need for mental health services continues to grow, BetterHelp is committed to expanding access to therapy globally. Plus for my readers and podcast listeners when you use the special link at betterhelp.com/artoffatherhood you can get 10% off your first month.  About The Art of Fatherhood Podcast  The Art of Fatherhood Podcast follows the journey of fatherhood. Your host, Art Eddy talks with fantastic dads from all around the world where they share their thoughts on fatherhood.

This episode lies between the pit of man's fears, and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call, The Twilight Zone… In this episode, we discuss the life and work of screenwriter Rod Serling. Quoting from the PBS American Masters episode about him, “Known primarily [...]

This episode lies between the pit of man's fears, and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call, The Twilight Zone… In this episode, we discuss the life and work of screenwriter Rod Serling. Quoting from the PBS American Masters episode about him, “Known primarily [...]

In this episode of #CarolynTalks, I speak with Producer Andrew Fredericks about the documentary short LOVE, JAMIE directed by Karla Murthy. The film shares some of the experiences of Jamie Diaz, a transgender female artist who used whatever tools available to her in prison to create amazing paintings, and aspires to create the world's largest collection of queer art. #ShortFilm #LGBTQFilm #FilmCritic#LoveJamie is part of the 2024 #PBS American Masters special shorts series honoring #LGBTQ+ creators.https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/love-jamie-short/To learn about Jamie and the fundraiser to help her get on her feet post incarceration visit her official website at https://www.jamiediazart.com/Visit Karla's official website at https://www.karlamurthy.net/Find me on Twitter and Instagram at: @CarrieCnh12Visit Authory.com/CarolynHinds to find links to all of my published film festival coverage, writing, YouTube and other podcasts So Here's What Happened!, and Beyond The Romance.To contribute to my work donations can be given at paypal.com/paypalme/carolynhinds0525My Social Media hashtags are: #CarolynTalks #DramasWithCarrie #SaturdayNightSciFi #SHWH #KCrush Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Over the course of an extraordinarily long career, Tyrus Wong worked across a range of media in a whole collection of industries – animation, live-action film, commercial art, public art, greeting cards, and in his last years, kitemaking in his personal workshop. Research: Tom, Pamela, writer and director. “Tyrus.” PBS American Masters. 9/8/2017. https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/tyrus-about-the-film/8917/ "Tyrus Wong." Encyclopedia of World Biography Online, Gale, 2022. Gale In Context: U.S. History, link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1631010885/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=943f33c3. Accessed 1 May 2024. PBS American Masters. “Biography.” https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/tyrus-wong-biography/9197/ Fang, Karen. “Commercial Design and Midcentury Asian American Art: The Greeting Cards of Tyrus Wong,” Panorama: Journal of the Association of Historians of American Art 7, no. 1 (Spring 2021), https://doi.org/10.24926/24716839.11548. Friedl, Erik. “Flights of Fancy.” 1987. Via YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09Ta8BCrbLw Wu, Tara. “How Tyrus Wong's Christmas Cards Captivated the American Public.” Smithsonian. December 2020. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/tyrus-wong-christmas-card-captivated-american-public-180976239/ Chang, Rosalind. “A Profile of Tyrus Wong.” Angel Island Immigrant Station Foundation. https://www.immigrant-voices.aiisf.org/ Fox, Margalit. “Tyrus Wong, ‘Bambi' Artist Thwarted by Racial Bias, Dies at 106.” New York Times. 12/30/2016. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/30/movies/tyrus-wong-dies-bambi-disney.html Wong, Eddie. “Angel Island Profile: Tyrus Wong.” Angel Island Immigration Statoin Foundation. Via YouTube. 8/8/2013. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUTsngXHbH8 Fang, Karen. “'Chinese Jesus' in a Broom Closet: The Many Archives of Tyrus Wong.” Opening the Vault: Media Industry Studies and its Archives Peter Labuza, editor, Spectator 41:2 (Fall 2021): 20-30. See, Lisa. “On Gold Mountain: The One Hundred Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family.” Vintage Books. 1995. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Recorded on Saturday morning February 17, 2024. We talk about serial killers, the death of John Lennon, the Netflix documentary "the Greatest Night in Pop" and the PBS American Masters special on Sidney Poitier more.

Navarre Scott Momaday (Kiowa) introduced the world to Ben Benally and Abel in his first novel “House Made of Dawn”. He also established himself as a literary force with a distinctly Native American voice, winning the 1969 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. He published some 20 other works of fiction, poetry, and essays, earning many more awards and accolades and will always be known as the artist who cleared a path for a new generation of Native writers. We'll remember Momaday with some of those who he knew and inspired. GUESTS Jill Momaday (Kiowa), writer, actor, and filmmaker Jacob Tsotigh (Kiowa), vice chairman of the Kiowa Tribe Louise Erdrich (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa), Author  Heid E. Erdrich (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa), Poet Jeffrey Palmer (Kiowa), associate professor of performing and media arts at Cornell University and director and producer of the PBS American Masters profile “Words From A Bear”

On our first episode of 2024, we chat with the co-directors of an acclaimed new PBS American Masters documentary on legendary New York painter, Edward Hopper. “Hopper: An American Love Story” has it all; lonely people in rooms, quiet city streets, difficult relationships, and plenty of secrets revealed.

Norman Lear died last month. He was 101. He was a writer and showrunner for some of the biggest, most influential sitcoms of all time. He's responsible for shows like Sanford and Son, All in the Family, The Jeffersons and many more. When Lear was on Bullseye back in 2016, he was the subject of a PBS American Masters film — Norman Lear: Another Version of You. He talked with us about his childhood, working on so many sitcoms, and writing for an all Black cast.

Editor's note: This episode of EMS One-Stop With Rob Lawrence is brought to you by Lexipol, the experts in policy, training, wellness support and grants assistance for first responders and government leaders. To learn more, visit lexipol.com. “Honorable but Broken: EMS in Crisis” is a documentary film exploring the world of EMTs and paramedics, the collapse of the EMS system, and what needs to be done to save it. Narrated by six-time Golden Globe and two-time Primetime Emmy award winning actress, Sarah Jessica Parker, “Honorable but Broken” raises awareness of the systemic collapse of EMS and advocates for change. In this episode of the EMS One-Stop podcast, host Rob Lawrence chats with producer Bryony Gilbey about the documentary that is now completed and available for streaming. Gilbey hopes the impactful, hard-hitting documentary will serve as a briefing and education tool for our elected officials and members of the general public. As Gilbey notes, “It's no good any longer just throwing up your hands and saying that's just the way EMS is; it's no good saying it's someone else's problem; it's something we all need to work on, as a civilized society we need to address this issue and we need to do it quickly.” The 60-minute documentary is now available on demand, streamed by Prodigy EMS and it is hoped that it will be used at local, state and national levels to bring attention to the issues we are facing. Top quotes from this episode “I expected to tell a story; I did not think that it would have quite this reaction” — Bryony Gilbey “We now all have not many degrees of separation to somebody who has had some sort of PTSD, who has had to leave the job because of the pressures of work and dare I say ultimately taken their lives and that is incredibly sad.” — Rob Lawrence “It all comes down to three words – all in favor – if we don't get the vote, we don't get the money, we don't get the change.” — Rob Lawrence Episode contents 00:48 – Documentary teaser 01:18 – Introduction/Bryony Gilbey 02:16 – The “Honorable but Broken” back story 05:46 – How did Gilbey view EMS and its issues 08:15 – The finished product and how can we view it 10:24 – A federal screening on Capitol Hill 11:30 – Reaction from elected officials 13:16 – John Mondello/emotional trauma 14:00 – Eileen Mondello – John's mother 15:25 – Reaction to Eileen Mondello – “It never gets easier' 17:00 – He wasn't the first, he isn't the only and sadly he won't be the last 22:00 – Other featured speakers in the documentary and their powerful messages 22:30 – Recruitment, retention and retirement 24:35 – What is the cost of a human life to a politician? 26:25 – Educating the legislators and the public 28:00 – The cost of readiness 29:05 – Reimbursement doesn't add up 31:00 – The hospital side of things – Beckers Review on Hospital closures and adding to ambulance and hospital deserts 31:30 – Call to action and the legislative agenda 35:30 – Sarah Jessica Parker 39:00 – How and where to view via Prodigy EMS 39:50 – Final thoughts About our guest With a prolific career spanning several decades, Bryony Gilbey is a seasoned director, producer and freelance writer/editor, distinguished for crafting compelling narratives across various media platforms. As the director/producer for the impactful EMS documentary, “Honorable but Broken: EMS in Crisis,” Gilbey has showcased an unparalleled ability to guide projects from inception to completion. Gilbey previously worked with the Nexstar Media Group, Inc. as a freelance writer/editor. Here, she demonstrated versatility by producing feature pieces on health and lifestyle topics for Tribune Publishing and contributing to BestReviews.com. Gilbey also served as an associate producer at Mary Murphy & Co. from 2005 to 2012. During this period, she played a pivotal role in the production of the PBS American Masters documentary "Hey Boo," centered around Harper Lee. In the early 2000s, Bryony worked as a Producer/AP at ABC News Productions, where she produced documentaries on medical breakthroughs in neonatal care for Discovery Health. The foundation of Bryony's career was laid during her time as an associate producer at “60 Minutes,” CBS News, from 1995 to 2000. Working closely with producers and correspondents, she contributed to the creation of original news stories. Throughout her extensive and diverse career, Bryony Gilbey has consistently demonstrated a passion for storytelling, a keen journalistic instinct, and an unwavering commitment to delivering content that informs and resonates with audiences worldwide. Resources “Honorable but Broken: EMS in Crisis” NAEMT's Advocacy program AAA's Advocacy program RATE AND REVIEW THE EMS ONE-STOP PODCAST Enjoying the show? Please take a moment to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts. Contact the EMS One-Stop team at editor@EMS1.com to share ideas, suggestions and feedback. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify and RSS feed.

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Peter Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was an American folk singer and social activist. A fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, Seeger also had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member of the Weavers, notably their recording of Lead Belly's "Goodnight, Irene," which topped the charts for 13 weeks in 1950. Members of the Weavers were blacklisted during the McCarthy Era. In the 1960s, Seeger re-emerged on the public scene as a prominent singer of protest music in support of international disarmament, civil rights, counterculture, workers' rights, and environmental causes. A prolific songwriter, his best-known songs include "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" (with additional lyrics by Joe Hickerson), "If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)" (with Lee Hays of the Weavers), "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" (also with Hays), and "Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)", which have been recorded by many artists both in and outside the folk revival movement. "Flowers" was a hit recording for the Kingston Trio (1962); Marlene Dietrich, who recorded it in English, German and French (1962); and Johnny Rivers (1965). "If I Had a Hammer" was a hit for Peter, Paul and Mary (1962) and Trini Lopez (1963) while the Byrds had a number one hit with "Turn! Turn! Turn!" in 1965. Seeger was one of the folk singers responsible for popularizing the spiritual "We Shall Overcome" (also recorded by Joan Baez and many other singer-activists), which became the acknowledged anthem of the civil rights movement, soon after folk singer and activist Guy Carawan introduced it at the founding meeting of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1960. In the PBS American Masters episode "Pete Seeger: The Power of Song", Seeger said it was he who changed the lyric from the traditional "We will overcome" to the more singable "We shall overcome". PICTURE: By Fred Palumbo, World Telegram staff photographer - This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs divisionunder the digital ID cph.3c16961.This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1273954

RuPaul's Drag Race first aired on TV in 2009, but the New York City drag scene that launched RuPaul started over a century earlier. From drag balls to Wigstock, New York has long been considered the capital of drag culture. Joining me in this episode to discuss New York City's rich history of drag is writer Elyssa Maxx Goodman, author of Glitter and Concrete: A Cultural History of Drag in New York City. Our theme song is Frogs Legs Rag, composed by James Scott and performed by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons. The mid-episode music is “The New York Glide,” written by Tim Delaney and performed by Ethel Waters and Albury's Blue & Jazz Seven in May 1921; the performance is in the public domain. The episode image is Lady Bunny, photographed by Tai Seef during Wigstock 2001, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Additional Sources: “How Drag Queens Have Sashayed Their Way Through History,” by Sam Sanders and Josh Axelrod, NPR, June 27, 2019. “The US has a rich drag history. Here's why the art form will likely outlast attempts to restrict it,” by Scottie Andrew, CNN, April 29, 2023. “From police raids to pop culture: The early history of modern drag,” by Emily Martin, National Geographic, June 2, 2023. “The Evolution of Drag: A History of Self-Expressionism,” by Gaelle Abou Nasr, Arcadia, December 12, 2021. “InQueery: Trixie Mattel Breaks Down the History of ‘Drag,'” Them, September 20, 2018. “Julian Eltinge was the most famous drag queen ever. What happened? [video]”, PBS American Masters, February 18, 2021. “A century ago, this star ‘female impersonator' made men swoon,” by Randy Dotinga, The Washington Post, June 24, 2023. “Mob Queens [podcast],” by Jessica Bendinger & Michael Seligman. “Stonewall Riots,” History.com, Originally posted May 31, 2017, and updated June 23, 2023. “Marsha Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, and the history of Pride Month,” Smithsonian, June 7, 2021. “Before There Was ‘RuPaul's Drag Race,' There Was Wigstock,” by Michael Appeler, Variety, May 6, 2019. “The Pyramid Club: New York City's First Drag Landmark,” by Dawson Knick, Village Preservation, July 25, 2019. “Wigstock Returns From the Dead,” by Jacob Bernstein, The New York Times, August 15, 2018. “New Heights for a Diva: RuPaul's TV Talk Show,” by Andrea Higbie, The New York Times, October 20, 1996. “Behind the Rise of RuPaul's Drag Race,” by Maria Elena Fernandez, Variety, August 22, 2017. “There Has Never Been a Show Like RuPaul's Drag Race,” by David Canfield, Vanity Fair, August 27, 2021. “RuPaul Shares the Origin of His Name and Drag Persona [video],” Late Night with Seth Meyers, February 12, 2020. “NYPD Commissioner Apologizes For 'Oppressive' 1969 Raid On Stonewall Inn,” by Bobby Allyn and Dani Matias, NPR, June 6, 2019. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the latest episode of Create Beyond Sunday, host Shivawn Mitchell and her guest Okema T. Moore discuss what it means to be resilient in the space of storytelling and how she's been able break barriers in an industry that doesn't have an exact blueprint. In this episode, you will hear more about: The need for Christmas movies and landing a role. Overnight success misconception. Our own tables and access. A Director's Career journey. Stories that need to be told. Meet Okema T. Moore is an award-winning actress, producer, writer, and director.  She has culminated an enviable resume of notable opportunities over the course of her career thus far. Some of those notable moments include premiering as a producer at Tribeca Film Festival's Tribeca N.O.W. 2019, and producing the EMMY and NAACP nominated, Silver Telly award-winning docu-series, UNLADYLIKE2020, for PBS American Masters. In 2022, she won a Bronze Telly Award for directing an MLK Special that she co-created for the August Wilson Center in Pittsburgh. Okema went on to work in production, securing a position as a production coordinator for the Food Network's Chopped, and OWN's Oprah's Master Class. The opportunities to follow included producing and writing on Beat Bobby Flay (Seasons 26-29), and producing and directing branded content for DreamWorks, Nickelodeon, and FOX. She is steadily becoming a storyteller that many well-known brands trust.  Meet Shivawn, the author of two Books, Producer of Podcasts and owner of SM Productions + Create Beyond Sunday. After attending film school for screenwriting Shivawn assisted in developing and implementing the visual brand and identity of many businesses. Since committing to her filmmaking career, she has gone on to work on production teams that have won the accolades of the “Official Winner of Women's Only Entertainment Film Festival, Top Indie Film Award and more.”  Shivawn is the recipient of the 2021 ACHI Magazine Playwright of the Year and nominated for Podcast of the Year 2022. Her work has been seen on PBS, Essence Festival, Amazon Prime and more. Want to support us beyond the podcast? Did you enjoy this episode? Let us know by leaving a rating and review on Apple Podcast or Spotify. It'll take less than a minute. Email collaborate@shivawnmitchell.com for brand partnerships and business inquires. Connect Socially Follow on Instagram: and visit our website for show notes www.shivawnmitchell.com and to get more details on the episode. Connect with Okema Emmy Nominated Producer | Moore Than Enuff Llc

Writer John Vercher trained in mixed martial arts as a young man. His novel, After the Lights Go Out, centers on a veteran MMA fighter who is experiencing memory loss, severe mood swings and tinnitus. The book is also about the fighter's biracial identity. TV critic David Bianculli reviews the new PBS American Masters documentary, Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock 'n' Roll.

Writer John Vercher trained in mixed martial arts as a young man. His novel, After the Lights Go Out, centers on a veteran MMA fighter who is experiencing memory loss, severe mood swings and tinnitus. The book is also about the fighter's biracial identity. TV critic David Bianculli reviews the new PBS American Masters documentary, Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock 'n' Roll.

Synopsis Today's date in 1945 marks the birthday in Pittsburgh of the great American playwright August Wilson, who chronicled the experiences of the Great Northward Migration of African-Americans decade by decade across the one hundred years of the 20th century in a series of ten powerful and poetic plays collectively called “The Pittsburgh Cycle.” Plays in the series include Fences and The Piano Lesson, both of which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.  Wilson was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame and a Broadway theater is named after him.American composer Kathryn Bostic provided theatrical scores for several of Wilson's plays, working closely with him. Because of her collaboration, Bostic also scored the PBS American Masters documentary August Wilson-The Ground on Which I Stand, which ultimately led her to create The August Wilson Symphony, which was premiered by the Pittsburgh Symphony in 2018.One of the major quests in Wilson's plays is what he called “finding one's song,” and music – especially the blues – figures large in his work. Perhaps with that in mind, Bostic composed a song entitled “State of Grace” as her personal memorial to Wilson, a song she has recorded, accompanying herself at the piano. Music Played in Today's Program Kathryn Bostic (b. 1970) – State of Grace (Kathryn Bostic, vocal and piano; Pittsburgh Symphony strings) KBMusic digital download

Award-winning vocalist and educator Charenee Wade joins Angélika Beener to celebrate Roberta Flack on the legendary musician's 86th birthday through a rich discussion of her classic Killing Me Softly LP, which turns 50 this year and the new PBS American Masters documentary which chronicles Flack's fascinating career. Wade speaks on Flack's invitation to expand what soul and activism can sound like, the true role and impact of an interpreter, and much more.

Buffy Sainte-Marie, a Cree musician, artist and activist, has always been ahead of the curve. For six decades, she's fought for Indigenous rights and visibility through her work. Today, we're sharing a special episode from the folks over at PBS' Webby Award-winning podcast American Masters: Creative Spark. Their host Joe Skinner sits down with Sainte-Marie for a compelling conversation about her creative process and inspiration, and how she brought the song “Carry It On” to life. Listen to the full episode with Buffy Sainte-Marie and follow American Masters: Creative Spark for even more interviews here: https://link.chtbl.com/VqMug88H?sid=YoungIndigenous

This week on The Shmooze, we talk to Asaf Galay, award-winning director of films that examine modern Jewish culture and creativity. He has explored the magical literature and complex life of Isaac Bashevis Singer, celebrated ultra-Orthodox and queer Swedish pop music, and traced the development of comics and cartoons in the United States and Israel. His documentary "The Adventures of Saul Bellow" will be screened at the Yiddish Book Center and as part of the PBS American Masters series in December 2022. In conversation we talk about how Asaf's documentary brings the viewer into the world that informed Bellow, the writer and the person. Episode 332 August 8, 2022 Amherst, MA

Lynn Cullen's novel Mrs. Poe was named a Book of the Week by People Magazine, an NPR Great Read, an Indie Next List selection, Oprah Book of the Week, and Best Book of the Year by Atlanta Magazine. Twain's End was a People Magazine Book of the Week.  Her novels have been translated into seventeen languages and she has appeared on PBS American Masters. Her newest novel, The Sisters of Summit Avenue is a moving and heartfelt tribute to mothers, daughters, and sisters everywhere. In this episode, she discusses her early memories of libraries, her writing process, why she likes writing about strong women throughout history, and her upcoming book, The Woman with the Cure.

In 1972, Richard Nixon made a historic visit to China. The trip broke 25 years of silence between the U.S. and China, paving the way for the establishment of full diplomatic relations later in the decade. Around the same time, second-generation Chinese American Gish Jen started writing; she first visited China with her family in 1979, the experience undoubtedly shaping her identity as both a Chinese American and a writer. Jen's latest book, Thank You, Mr. Nixon, collected 11 stories spanning 50 years since Nixon's landmark visit and meeting with Chairman Mao. Beginning with a cheery letter penned by a Chinese girl in heaven to “poor Mr. Nixon” in hell, Jen embarked on a witty (and at times heartbreaking) journey through U.S.-China relations, capturing the excitement of a world on the brink of change. The stories paint vignettes of the lives of ordinary people after China's reopening: a reunion of Chinese sisters after forty years; a cosmopolitan's musings on why Americans “like to walk around in the woods with the mosquitoes”; and Hong Kong parents who go to extremes to reconnect with their “number-one daughter” in New York. Together with writer Daniel Tam-Claiborne, Gish Jen discussed stories of culture and humanity sparked by a pivotal era in U.S.-Chinese history. Gish Jen has published short work in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and dozens of other periodicals, anthologies and textbooks. Her work has appeared in The Best American Short Stories four times, including The Best American Short Stories of the Century, edited by John Updike. Nominated for a National Book Critics' Circle Award, her work was featured in a PBS American Masters' special on the American novel and is widely taught. Jen is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She has been awarded a Lannan Literary Award for Fiction, a Guggenheim fellowship, a Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study fellowship, and a Mildred and Harold Strauss Living; she has also delivered the William E. Massey, Sr. Lectures in the History of American Civilization at Harvard University. She is currently a Visiting Professor at Harvard. Daniel Tam-Claiborne is a multiracial essayist and author of the short story collection What Never Leaves. His writing has appeared in Literary Hub, The Rumpus, SupChina, The Huffington Post, The Shanghai Literary Review, and elsewhere. A 2022 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellow, he has also received fellowships and awards from the U.S. Fulbright Program, the New York State Summer Writers Institute, Kundiman, the Jack Straw Writers Program, and the Yiddish Book Center. Daniel serves as Director of Community Partnerships & Programs at Hugo House in Seattle and is currently completing a novel set against the backdrop of contemporary U.S.-China relations. Buy the Book: Thank You, Mr. Nixon  Presented by Town Hall Seattle. To become a member or make a donation click here. 

The Break is part of Muddhouse Media, a diverse podcast network, created in part by Hollywood producer Kris Meyer, who joins Taniya on this episode to tell his remarkable story. After 5 years in Hollywood trying to ‘make it', Kris was working as a bouncer and ready to move back to Boston when his first big break finally appeared.  Kris is an Emmy nominated and award winning producer who has worked for the comedic duo The Farrelly Brothers under their production banner, Conundrum Entertainment, for over 20 years.  He has worked as a creative executive, production executive and producer on such blockbuster hits as “There's Something About Mary,” “Me, Myself & Irene,” “Shallow Hal,” “Fever Pitch”, “Hall Pass”, “The Three Stooges” and “Dumb & Dumber To”. Conundrum's body of work has resulted in over $2 billion in box office sales. He continues to work with The Farrelly Bros. on joint ventures.  Kris has independently worked on a number of films and tv shows ranging from the Sports Emmy nominated ESPN/THE LOST SON OF HAVANA to PLIMPTON! which aired on PBS/American Masters.   Under his own banner, BlackEagle, Kris's most recent movies THE DO OVER starring Adam Sandler was released on NETFLIX, and most recently SUPERTROOPERS 2 was released nationwide.  Muddhouse Media combines niche expertise to create compelling, engaging and appealing storytelling. Muddhouse strives to present the most passionate individuals discussing the subjects they live for, with people who either share their zest, or can offer a novel or unique take or opinion on the subject

Welcome to a special TWA Edition of The Pan Am Podcast!In this episode we are joined by Pam Blaschum, the director of the TWA Museum in Kansas City, Missouri. Then we are joined by Tyler Morse  of MCR Hotels who developed the former TWA Flight Center at JFK Airport in New York City into today's TWA Hotel. It is important to point out that Pan Am history is not complete without TWA and TWA history is not complete without Pan Am. These two airlines were pioneers for most of the 20th Century and each achieved many firsts in aviation history. Not only did they lead the way in commercial aviation, but developed many of the systems, procedures, technology, and culture that are still evident today.The imprint that these two companies left on history cannot be ignored. --------------------TWA Museum, TWA Hotel, and Eero Saarinen:Located in the 1931 TWA Corporate Headquarters building, the TWA Museum is located in Kansas City, Missouri. Plan you visit today!Located in the iconic 1962 TWA Flight Center, designed by Eero Saarinen, at JFK International Airport in New York City, the TWA Hotel has become a nostalgic destination. The Paris Café by Jean-Georges serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. Book your room and make your reservation today!Check out the PBS American Masters documentary on the famous architect of the TWA Flight Center (now the TWA Hotel): Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future.---------------------------------------Visit Us for more Pan Am History! Support the Podcast!Donate to the Museum!Visit The Hangar online store for Pan Am gear!Become a Member! Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! --------------------Pan Am was a pioneer in air travel, and still stands as one of the most iconic and innovative airlines in aviation history. That legacy lives on at the Pan Am Museum in Garden City, New York, where you can explore the rich history of the aircrafts and individuals at the heart of the company known as, The World's Most Experienced Airline.The Pan Am Museum Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization. All proceeds from purchases and donations go to supporting our mission of:           "educating, celebrating, and inspiring present, and future, generations by preserving historical and diverse personal stories of Pan American World Airways."--------------------A very special thanks to Pan Am Brands for their continued, and unwavering, support! --------------------If you liked the show, please subscribe and leave a review, this allows others to find us. Additionally, please consider becoming a museum member, or making a donation, so we can continue creating content like The Pan Am Podcast. 

Recently, after Becoming Helen Keller on PBS American Masters aired for October's Disability Employment Awareness Month, we asked for thoughts (from sighted and blind friends alike) on Facebook on what they grew up hearing and learning about her and one local friend had a rather intense response; he's not alone amongst blind people either by the way. Chris commented: “It saddens me that as a community, we don't have any other role models to talk about besides Helen bloody Keller.” We at Outlook propose that this is not Keller's fault but many people with disabilities such as blindness/deafness/or deaf-blindness feel similarly to Chris. As a writer and activist, she did speak out more than many women and other white people of her time when, as a female with disabilities, it would have been so easy for her to stay hidden and quiet on the major issues of the day. So while those were different times in so many ways, in science and technology, we're still trying to find our voices and be heard in the frenzied chaos of the 21st century. We wanted to address the woman behind the image that history, media, and popular culture haven't let be who she truly was, a person with strong convictions and imperfections all at the same time, rather than the virginal, angelic miracle she's been known as for nearly 150 years. This show is for those who missed the documentary or if you haven't seen “The Miracle Worker” or or if you have and you know nothing of her life after age eight - we share highlights from the PBS documentary including the words of Helen herself (in quotes and a recording of her actual voice) and a list of some of the controversial events and stances from her lifetime and her independent perspective and spirit along with our sibling take on who she was and what she meant, to those in her lifetime and in ours. We are giving Helen Keller her proper dues so we can move forward to sharing the outlooks of a more diverse community of voices in episodes of our show to come. For more on Becoming Helen Keller, full transcript from the documentary and lists of all those involved in making it accessible, go here: https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/becoming-helen-keller-full-episode-with-extra-accessibility-features/18856/

My guest today is Lachi. She is a force of nature — a whirling Diva with non-stop energy who sings, writes, produces, acts, and is visually impaired.As she says in her YouTube series, Off Beat: "I'm a black girl, going blind, just trying to stay fabulous. I'm here to motivate. I'm here to educate." And that she does.In the Dance, Pop-EDM world, Lachi is a go-to singer-songwriter. She boasts millions of streams across platforms and has collaborated with A-list artists like Snoop Dogg, Styles P, and Markus Schulz. She's also received two nominations for her work from the Independent Music Awards.Lachi also uses her voice to advocate for disability inclusion in the arts. Forbes, Essence, The New York Times, the Huffington Post, and more have profiled her as an Inclusion advocate, with The New York Times listing Lachi as one of the 28 ways to learn about disability culture. She's presented for the Recording Academy and the National Endowment for the Arts and is a Recording Academy Advocacy Committee member. In addition, she serves on the NORA Project Leadership Council — an organization working to build inclusivity in classrooms. Recently, Lachi hosted the pilot episode of Renegades — a PBS American Masters segment that explores the cultural contributions of people with disabilities and how they've transformed America.In our conversation, we talk about how Lachi made the leap from a day job at The Army Corp of Engineers to making music full-time, the importance of a manager, mentor, and your team in the music business, and how she came out of the disability closet to become one of the leading advocates for disability inclusion in the music and recording industry.Lachi is going to rock your world.For full show notes, transcriptions of this episode, and more offerings for singers, you can visit my website HERE.Please join me on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.You can find Lachi on her website or on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter.The songs from today's episode are DNA, Boss, Bigger Plans, and It's Our Time. (used with permission.) To listen or download, go HERE.Theme music for the Podcast was composed by John Smith. He helps me edit all the podcast episodes too. (Thanks honey!) Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/livingvocally)

Senate Republicans blocked taking up the bipartisan infrastructure bill on Wednesday-Democrats are trying one more time to satisfy GOP demands on this one. Harold Meyerson comments. Also: “Utopian” has been a term of abuse in politics for a long time now, synonymous with “irrational” and “impossible.” Instead, we are told, we should focus on realistic plans to improve things. But The Nation is publishing a special issue in defense of utopia. Jeet Heer explains how the dreams of a good society keep hope alive and expose the inadequacy of present structures. Also: our TV critic Ella Taylor talks about the new PBS American Masters documentary on choreographer Alvin Ailey.

Senate Republicans blocked taking up the bipartisan infrastructure bill on Wednesday-Democrats are trying one more time to satisfy GOP demands on this one. Harold Meyerson comments. Also: “Utopian” has been a term of abuse in politics for a long time now, synonymous with “irrational” and “impossible.” Instead, we are told, we should focus on realistic plans to improve things. But The Nation is publishing a special issue in defense of utopia. Jeet Heer explains how the dreams of a good society keep hope alive and expose the inadequacy of present structures. Also: our TV critic Ella Taylor talks about the new PBS American Masters documentary on choreographer Alvin Ailey.

This week Ben, Jeff and Leo are still toking with the Legendary Bassist Gary Van Scyoc.  Gary has performed and recorded with John Lennon, Elephants Memory, Yoko Ono, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Stevie Wonder, Mick Jagger, Jerry Garcia, Neil Sedaka, Keith Moon, Paul Simon and so many more! Get ready for a kick ass show shortly after these important messages! ————————————————— This episode is sponsored by Deadly Grounds Coffee "Its good to get a little Deadly" https://deadlygroundscoffee.com ————————————————— Check out Toking with the Dead Episode 1 https://vimeo.com/ondemand/twtde1 Buy awesome Merchandise! https://www.stilltoking.com/ https://teespring.com/stores/still-toking-with ————————————— Follow Gary http://www.garyvanscyoc.com. Still Toking With  https://www.stilltoking.com/ https://www.facebook.com/TokingwiththeDead/ https://www.instagram.com/stilltokingwith/ http://www.youtube.com/c/THETOKINGDEAD https://www.twitch.tv/stilltokingwith   Support Still Toking Enterprises https://www.paypal.me/thetokingdead https://www.facebook.com/groups/2658329444181663/?ref=br_rs https://www.facebook.com/groups/stilltokingcomics/   Produced by: The Dorkening Podcast Network https://TheDorkening.com Facebook.com/TheDorkening Youtube.com/TheDorkening Twitter.com/TheDorkening   Hellfire Radio https://www.hellfireradio.com/ https://www.facebook.com/scoopsandmischief/ https://www.instagram.com/scoopsandmischief/ https://www.facebook.com/HellfireRadio666/ https://www.instagram.com/hellfire_radio_666/   Check out Green Matters: https://www.facebook.com/GreenMattersMiddleboro/ Gary Van Scyocborn November 21st 1946 in Waynesburg, Pa is the bass player and guitarist/singer/songwriter who has performed and recorded with John Lennon, Elephants Memory, Yoko Ono, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Stevie Wonder, Mick Jagger, Jerry Garcia, Neil Sedaka, Keith Moon, Paul Simon, Howard Tate, Carl Hall, Benny Mardonas, La La Brooks (The Crystals), Gene Cornish (The Rascals), Mark Hudson and new artist Michael Chance produced by former Elephants Memory producer Rena Sinakin. His recordings with Chuck Berry are included on the releases Chessbox (1988), Gold (2000) and currently “Have Mercy” (2010). Gary was inducted in to the Pittsburgh Music Hall of Fame in 2010. He continues to record, perform, teach, and write. On November 22nd 2010 he was featured in the PBS “American Masters” series documentary film “LENNONYC” which went on to win an Emmy Award in 2011. In 2012 he was featured in the documentary “Strange Fruit” a history of “Apple” records. 2012 brought the formation of a new group “Birds Of Paradox” which includes Gary's Plastic Ono Elephants Memory band mate Adam Ippolito on keys as well as “Wings” drummer Steve Holley and Laurence Juber also of “Wings”. Gary has a new CD released in 2014 “Pop Goes The Elephant” available on his website exclusively. The single from the CD “The Jacktown Fair“ was produced by the late Dennis Ferrante, John Lennon's engineer. Gary makes his welcomed debut at International Beatleweek as he joins Mark Hudson and friends in their show ‘With A Little Help From My Friends – The Boys Who Knew The Lads' which you can catch at The Royal Court Theatre on Monday evening. Find out more at https://still-toking-with.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

'Twyla Moves,' a new documentary by PBS American Masters, tells the story of the legendary choreographer and dancer, who got her start performing on subway platforms and rooftops in the 1960s. "If it was kind of level, it was fair territory," she tells Terry Gross.Kevin Whitehead reviews a newly unearthed album from Hasaan Ibn Ali.'Finding Your Roots' host Henry Louis Gates has a new book and PBS series called 'The Black Church.' Gates describes the Black church as "the cultural cauldron Black people created to combat a system designed in every way to crush their spirit." We'll talk about the bargain Gates made with Jesus when he was 12 in an attempt to save his mother's life.

'Twyla Moves,' a new documentary by PBS American Masters, tells the story of the legendary choreographer and dancer, who got her start performing on subway platforms and rooftops in the 1960s. "If it was kind of level, it was fair territory," she says. We talk about starting an all-women dance company, mixing classical and modern dance, and choreographing dancers over Zoom in the pandemic. Also, TV critic David Bianculli reviews 'The Nevers' on HBO Max.

Journalist Barbara Gref of Sullivan County, NY, speaking about her profile of Dr. Oliver Sacks, "A Landmark in His Life: Oliver Sacks and the Lake Jeffersonville Hotel" published in the 2003-2004 edition of the Jeffersonville Journal, exploring the years Dr. Sacks spent visiting Sullivan County, NY, and swimming and writing there. The conversation took place in anticipation of the broadcast on April 9, 2021, of the PBS American Masters series presentation of a documentary by Ric Burns titled, "Oliver Sacks: His Own Life", airing at 9:00 p.m. on WVIA-TV, streaming live online at www.wvia.org/

In this episode, author, filmmaker and entrepreneur extraordinaire Raymond Lambert joins “Lady Wrestler” director Chris Bournea to discuss the importance of telling African-American stories.Chris and Raymond collaborated on the critically acclaimed book “All Jokes Aside,” about Raymond's star-making Chicago comedy club of the same name. Raymond also produced “Phunny Business,” a Showtime documentary about the comedy club, and a PBS American Masters documentary about the legendary Maya Angelou. His latest project is a documentary about Harold Washington, Chicago's first Black mayor.If you haven't already, please watch the “Lady Wrestler” documentary on Amazon Prime Video, rate the movie and write a review so that more people can discover this lost chapter of history. 

Director Yoruba Richen joins us to discuss her new documentary for PBS American Masters titled,  "How It Feels To Be Free." Based on the book How It Feels To Be Free: Black Women Entertainers and the Civil Rights Movement by Ruth Feldstein, the documentary follows the career trajectories of six iconic Black female entertainers – Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone, Diahann Carroll, Cicely Tyson and Pam Grier – and highlights the close relationship between creative output and political awakening in the 20th century.

This week on New Mexico in Focus… The Line opinion panelists wrap up our list of the top stories of 2020. Once again this week, our list is dominated by the various impacts and challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic here in New Mexico. Also making our top 5 list is the surge of protests over racial inequality and controversial historical monuments and statues. Tune in to find out what made the top of the list and what our special panel of working journalists have to say about this unforgettable year. Also, on the heels of the December 29th broadcast of the PBS American Masters show “Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page,” we revisit an interview correspondent Megan Kamerick did in May of 2018 with Santa Fe author Caroline Fraser. Her book, “Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder,” won the Pulitzer Prize for biography. “Prairie Fires” puts Wilder’s life in historical context alongside key events, from the settlement of the Great Plains to the Dustbowl. You can still watch that American Masterpiece special on Wilder on the NMPBS webpage.

11-time Grammy-winning conductor Michael Tilson Thomas joins us to discuss the new documentary about his life for PBS American Masters, "Michael Tilson Thomas: Where Now Is" that premieres Friday, October 23 on PBS.

Director Ben Loeterman joins us to discuss his documentary "Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip," premiering on PBS American Masters on October 20th. It follows the rise and fall of famed syndicated newspaper and radio columnist Walter Winchell, who invented the hybrid style of journalism — a gossipy combo of scandal and crime, showbiz and politics — that still reigns today.

If you’ve ever made a salad from tender greens picked up from the farmers’ market, slurped an oyster cultivated at a regenerative farm, or sliced into a hearty loaf of rye bread—then raise a glass of California wine to James Beard, the dean of American cooking. For more than 35 years and in nearly two dozen cookbooks, Beard swept aside stuffy imported notions of epicurean haute cuisine on the one hand and processed and freezer food on the other to reveal the real flavors that were available to American cooks: ham from Kentucky hogs, old-world loaves from immigrant bakeries, obscure Washington apples. As John Birdsall writes in the first biography of the chef in more than 25 years, Beard “remembered what food tasted like before supermarkets killed off local butchers and produce stands”—and he spent his whole life trying to share that memory with the public. But while he gave home cooks permission to put pleasure and flavor at the center of the American table, Beard kept his own struggles with self-doubt and his sexual identity in the closet (while winking at his own persona as a “gastronomic gigolo” in his books). Birdsall’s biography, The Man Who Ate Too Much, explores the paradox of Beard’s life as a beloved national figure who kept so much of himself hidden, “a man on a lonely coast who told us we could find meaning and comfort by embracing pleasure.” Go beyond the episode:John Birdsall’s The Man Who Ate Too MuchRead his first essay on James Beard in Lucky Peach (RIP), “America, Your Food Is So Gay”Watch the PBS American Masters documentary of Beard’s life, America’s First FoodieChefs like Alice Waters took Beard’s lessons for the home cook to the restaurant kitchen, as she recalls in this clipWatch some moments from his short-lived show, I Love to EatCheck out one of our favorite James Beard cookbooks, Beard on Bread, which still holds up.Tune in every week to catch interviews with the liveliest voices from literature, the arts, sciences, history, and public affairs; reports on cutting-edge works in progress; long-form narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek.Subscribe: iTunes • Feedburner • Stitcher • Google Play • AcastHave suggestions for projects you’d like us to catch up on, or writers you want to hear from? Send us a note: podcast [at] theamericanscholar [dot] org. And rate us on iTunes!Our theme music was composed by Nathan Prillaman. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

If you’ve ever made a salad from tender greens picked up from the farmers’ market, slurped an oyster cultivated at a regenerative farm, or sliced into a hearty loaf of rye bread—then raise a glass of California wine to James Beard, the dean of American cooking. For more than 35 years and in nearly two dozen cookbooks, Beard swept aside stuffy imported notions of epicurean haute cuisine on the one hand and processed and freezer food on the other to reveal the real flavors that were available to American cooks: ham from Kentucky hogs, old-world loaves from immigrant bakeries, obscure Washington apples. As John Birdsall writes in the first biography of the chef in more than 25 years, Beard “remembered what food tasted like before supermarkets killed off local butchers and produce stands”—and he spent his whole life trying to share that memory with the public. But while he gave home cooks permission to put pleasure and flavor at the center of the American table, Beard kept his own struggles with self-doubt and his sexual identity in the closet (while winking at his own persona as a “gastronomic gigolo” in his books). Birdsall’s biography, The Man Who Ate Too Much, explores the paradox of Beard’s life as a beloved national figure who kept so much of himself hidden, “a man on a lonely coast who told us we could find meaning and comfort by embracing pleasure.” Go beyond the episode:John Birdsall’s The Man Who Ate Too MuchRead his first essay on James Beard in Lucky Peach (RIP), “America, Your Food Is So Gay”Watch the PBS American Masters documentary of Beard’s life, America’s First FoodieChefs like Alice Waters took Beard’s lessons for the home cook to the restaurant kitchen, as she recalls in this clipWatch some moments from his short-lived show, I Love to EatCheck out one of our favorite James Beard cookbooks, Beard on Bread, which still holds up.Tune in every week to catch interviews with the liveliest voices from literature, the arts, sciences, history, and public affairs; reports on cutting-edge works in progress; long-form narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek.Subscribe: iTunes • Feedburner • Stitcher • Google Play • AcastHave suggestions for projects you’d like us to catch up on, or writers you want to hear from? Send us a note: podcast [at] theamericanscholar [dot] org. And rate us on iTunes!Our theme music was composed by Nathan Prillaman. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The New York Times Presents episode on “The Killing of Breonna Taylor” made its debut in September, the same week as The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show. Yoruba Richen directed both documentaries and discusses them with Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers. Starting in June, Yoruba investigated the Louisville police shooting of Taylor in collaboration with reporter Rukmini Callimachi. Her project on Belafonte looks back to 1968 when he took the place of Johnny Carson for one week as host of the Tonight Show. The film was inspired by an article in The Nation by Joan Walsh. In talking about documentaries that rely on archives, Yoruba quotes filmmaker Shola Lynch: “commercial archives need to understand they can’t hold our history hostage.” Yoruba’s upcoming project is How It Feels to Be Free for PBS American Masters. On Twitter: @redrubes14 @thompowers @PureNonfiction

The New York Times Presents episode on “The Killing of Breonna Taylor” made its debut in September, the same week as The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show. Yoruba Richen directed both documentaries and discusses them with Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers. Starting in June, Yoruba investigated the Louisville police shooting of Taylor in collaboration with reporter Rukmini Callimachi. Her project on Belafonte looks back to 1968 when he took the place of Johnny Carson for one week as host of the Tonight Show. The film was inspired by an article in The Nation by Joan Walsh. In talking about documentaries that rely on archives, Yoruba quotes filmmaker Shola Lynch: “commercial archives need to understand they can’t hold our history hostage.” Yoruba’s upcoming project is How It Feels to Be Free for PBS American Masters.

This week on End Credits, it's all about the music. And real life. We're going to get into some smooth jazz with a biography of the late, great Miles Davis in Birth of the Cool, and before that we're going to talk about 10 documentaries with scary themes, you know, because there's not enough to worry about in these coronavirus afflicted days.  This Wednesday, April 15, at 2 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Tim Phillips will discuss: Shock-umentaries. April is usually Hot Docs month in Toronto, the world's largest celebration of documentary films. And hey, this week we're reviewing a documentary, right in the middle of these scary times. Scary? Documentary? This week we're going to combine the two by talking about 10 great horror-based documentaries you can find easily, and not so easily. REVIEW: Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (2019). In the 1940s, a young trumpet player came out of East St. Louis and changed everything about popular music. In his five-decade career, Davis reinvented jazz, and he reinvented himself, on almost a regular basis. It would be a wonder if any filmmaker could stuff all that life and music into a single two-hour documentary, but some how they did it with this one. This film is part of the PBS American Masters series and is available on Netflix. End Credits is on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca Wednesday at 2 pm.

Growing up in Austria-Hungary, Hedy Lamarr had two great passions: acting and inventing. She’s best known for her work in Hollywood, stunning American audiences with her beauty and compelling dramatic talents. But recently she’s earned recognition for her technological contributions as well. She and her friend, the composer George Antheil, received a patent for radio-frequency technology that is now valued at over 300 Billion dollars. Because of Hedy, your family can safely send secure text messages and access WIFI. Our narrator this episode, actress Tatiana Maslany, has also found success on screen. She received an Emmy and was nominated for a Golden Globe after her incredible performance in the “Orphan Black” television series. This summer, she’ll star in HBO’s limited series, “Perry Mason.”This podcast is an expansion of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo. If you enjoyed learning about Hedy, visit our website at www.rebelgirls.com to pick up more stories about incredible women. Use promocode REBELPODCAST to get 15% off your first purchase!Credits:The podcast is a production of Rebel Girls and Boom Integrated, a division of John Marshall Media. It’s based on the book series Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. Our Executive Producers are Elena Favilli and Joy Fowlkes. This season was produced by John Marshall Cheary, Sarah Storm, and Robin Lai. This episode was written by Rebecca Behrens and edited by Joy Fowlkes. Maithy Vu proofread. Original theme music was composed and performed by Elettra Bargiacchi who has also sound designed this episode. Mattia Marcelli is the sound mixer. Special thanks to Grace House for always going above and beyond!ReferencesCamhi, Leslie. (2017, December 3). Hedy Lamarr’s Forgotten, Frustrated Career as a Wartime Inventor. The New Yorker. Retrieved from https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/hedy-lamarrs-forgotten-frustrated-career-as-a-wartime-inventorCheslak, Colleen. (2018). Hedy Lamarr (1914–2000). National Women’s History Museum. Retrieved from https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/hedy-lamarrDean, Alexandra (Director). (2017). Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story [motion picture]. United States: Reframed Pictures.Diamond, Anna. (2017, November). Why Hedy Lamarr Was Hollywood’s Secret Weapon. Smithsonian. Retrieved from https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/hollywood-secret-weapon-180965209/George, Alice. (2019, April 4). Thank This World War II-Era Film Star for Your Wi-Fi. Smithsonian. Retrieved from https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/thank-world-war-ii-era-film-star-your-wi-fi-180971584/Hedy Lamarr. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hedy-LamarrHedy Lamarr. Wikipedia. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_LamarrHorowitz, Kate. (2017, August 1). 8 Dazzling Facts about Hedy Lamarr. Mental Floss. Retrieved from https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/502950/8-dazzling-facts-about-hedy-lamarrLichtenbaum, Elisa. (2018, April 25). 7 Things You Didn’t Know About Hollywood Star and Inventor Hedy Lamarr. PBS: American Masters. Retrieved from http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/blog/7-things-didnt-know-hollywood-star-inventor-hedy-lamarr/Oullette, Jennifer. (2012, January 9). Hop, Skip and a Jump: Remembering Hedy Lamarr. Scientific American. Retrieved from https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cocktail-party-physics/hop-skip-and-a-jump-remembering-hedy-lamar/Wallmark, Laurie. (2019). Hedy Lamarr’s Double Life: Hollywood Legend and Brilliant Inventor. New York, NY: Sterling Children’s Books.Werft, Meghan. (2017, April 25). Hollywood Star Hedy Lamarr Was a Genius, But the World Only Saw Her Beauty. Global Citizen. Retrieved from https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/hedy-lamarr-genius-only-seen-for-beauty/

Unladylike 2020 is the brainchild of documentary filmmaker Charlotte Mangin. It's an innovative multimedia series about little known but extraordinary women at turn of the 20th century whose legacies we all benefit from today. There are 26 ten minute films that combine archival footage, diary entries, animation, and dynamic artwork (funded by the NEA). Narrated by actors Julianna Margulies and Lorraine Toussaint, Unladylike 2020 puts the biographies of women like aviator Bessie Coleman, politician Jeannette Rankin and actor Anna May Wong in their historical and social context. But they also include interviews with contemporary women who are the direct beneficiaries of these trailblazers' legacies. The series began on March 3--with a new episode dropping each week at Unladylike 2020and PBS American Masters. Both websites are packed with information, so if you're home with the kids visit the websites. These films are perfect for family viewing, and they can open the door to thoughtful conversations. In this podcast, Charlotte Mangin takes us "backstage" and walks us through how Unladylike 2020 came to be. We talk about some of the women she chose, the innovative techniques she used to bring these women to life digitally and the joy of working with a team of women on stories about women.

Unladylike 2020 is the brainchild of documentary filmmaker Charlotte Mangin. It's an innovative multimedia series about little known but extraordinary women at turn of the 20th century whose legacies we all benefit from today. There are 26 ten minute films that combine archival footage, diary entries, animation, and dynamic artwork (funded by the NEA). Narrated by actors Julianna Margulies and Lorraine Toussaint, Unladylike 2020 puts the biographies of women like aviator Bessie Coleman, politician Jeannette Rankin and actor Anna May Wong in their historical and social context. But they also include interviews with contemporary women who are the direct beneficiaries of these trailblazers' legacies. The series began on March 3--with a new episode dropping each week at Unladylike 2020 and PBS American Masters. Both websites are packed with information, so if you're home with the kids visit the websites. These films are perfect for family viewing, and they can open the door to thoughtful conversations. In this podcast, Charlotte Mangin takes us "backstage" and walks us through how Unladylike 2020 came to be. We talk about some of the women she chose, the innovative techniques she used to bring these women to life digitally and the joy of working with a team of women on stories about women.

Unladylike 2020 is the brainchild of documentary filmmaker Charlotte Mangin. It's an innovative multimedia series about little known but extraordinary women at turn of the 20th century whose legacies we all benefit from today. There are 26 ten minute films that combine archival footage, diary entries, animation, and dynamic artwork (funded by the NEA). Narrated by actors Julianna Margulies and Lorraine Toussaint, Unladylike 2020 puts the biographies of women like aviator Bessie Coleman, politician Jeannette Rankin and actor Anna May Wong in their historical and social context. But they also include interviews with contemporary women who are the direct beneficiaries of these trailblazers' legacies. The series began on March 3--with a new episode dropping each week at Unladylike 2020 and PBS American Masters. Both websites are packed with information, so if you're home with the kids visit the websites. These films are perfect for family viewing, and they can open the door to thoughtful conversations. In this podcast, Charlotte Mangin takes us "backstage" and walks us through how Unladylike 2020 came to be. We talk about some of the women she chose, the innovative techniques she used to bring these women to life digitally and the joy of working with a team of women on stories about women.

Unladylike 2020 is the brainchild of documentary filmmaker Charlotte Mangin. It's an innovative multimedia series about little known but extraordinary women at turn of the 20th century whose legacies we all benefit from today. There are 26 ten minute films that combine archival footage, diary entries, animation, and dynamic artwork (funded by the NEA). Narrated by actors Julianna Margulies and Lorraine Toussaint, Unladylike 2020 puts the biographies of women like aviator Bessie Coleman, politician Jeannette Rankin and actor Anna May Wong in their historical and social context. But they also include interviews with contemporary women who are the direct beneficiaries of these trailblazers' legacies. The series began on March 3--with a new episode dropping each week at Unladylike 2020 and PBS American Masters. Both websites are packed with information, so if you're home with the kids visit the websites. These films are perfect for family viewing, and they can open the door to thoughtful conversations. In this podcast, Charlotte Mangin takes us "backstage" and walks us through how Unladylike 2020 came to be. We talk about some of the women she chose, the innovative techniques she used to bring these women to life digitally and the joy of working with a team of women on stories about women.

Sasha Waters-Freyer is a documentary filmmaker and Chair of the Department of Photography and Film at Virginia Commonwealth University. Her film, Garry Winogrand: All Things are Photographable, has been getting a lot of press and great reviews and it just aired on PBS American Masters. Sasha and I catch up on the success of the film, her awards, and what it took to get it made and the decisions that went into how it was edited and cut. We also talk about her Special Jury Prize for best feminist reconsideration of a male artist from SXSW and what that means. https://www.pieshake.com/ https://www.winograndthefilm.com/ Visit realphotoshow.com @realphotoshow on Twitter/IG/FB

One of the greatest country-music stars of the '60s and '70s, Charley Pride is the subject of a new PBS American Masters documentary, "I'm Just Me." He talks about his life, career, and status as the genre's best-known African-American performer. TV critics Daniel D'Addario and Caroline Framke discuss ABC's "Whiskey Cavalier" and FX's "Better Things." Reporter Joe Otterson talks about the shocking arrest of "Empire" star Jussie Smollett.

Born in Brooklyn in 1968, Sasha Waters Freyer makes non-fiction films about outsiders, misfits, and everyday radicals.  Trained in photography and the documentary tradition, she fuses original and found footage in 16mm film and digital media.  Most recently, she has crafted lyrical explorations of , documentaries on the of her youth, and essay films on the cultural and political legacies of the .  Her newest work is a feature documentary on American photographer Garry Winogrand. The film titled will air on PBS American Masters in 2019.   Resources: Download the free Candid Frame app for your favorite smart device. Click here to download for . Click here to download Support the work we do at The Candid Frame with contributing to our Patreon effort.  You can do this by visiting or visiting the website and clicking on the Patreon button. You can also provide a one-time donation via . You can follow Ibarionex on and .  

I’m a lifelong baseball fan whose heroes were Mickey Mantle of the Yankees and Tom Seaver of the Mets. I never met Ted Williams, but I did have a book I wrote, Stadium For Rent, enshrined in the Ted Williams Hitters Hall of Fame at Tropicana Field here in St. Petersburg. Just sayin’! If you love baseball as much as I do, there will be moments in Nick Davis’s new documentary, Ted Williams: “The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived,” that will choke you up and maybe even bring a tear to at least one eye.

You can watch an extended version of this interview at TIFF Originals on YouTube. Read more about the St. Clair Bourne retrospective at New York's Metrograph cinema (Feb 16-19)Hear Jon Else discuss Henry Hampton's work on “Eyes on the Prize” on episode 40.Ava DuVernay talked about the influence of Pollard's film “Slavery by Another Name” on episode 26.“Sammy Davis Jr: I Gotta Be Me” had its world premiere at TIFF. It's currently playing film festivals and will come to PBS American Masters in the fall.On Twitter: @PBSAmerMasters @thompowers @PureNonfictionPure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.

This week on StoryWeb: Alfred Stieglitz’s photographs The Terminal and Winter, Fifth Avenue. In the 1890s, as Alfred Stieglitz was beginning his career, photographers were fighting for artistic recognition. Photographers who wanted to go beyond “mere” journalism or documentary photography had to show their critics the value of their “mechanistic” art. Photographers like Stieglitz were trying to prove to skeptics that the camera could be used not only as a journalistic tool (as Jacob Riis used it in How the Other Half Lives) but that photographs could also have value as art. Stieglitz was unquestionably the leader of the movement to gain artistic recognition for photography. A pioneer in subject matter, technique, and treatment, Stieglitz shot many “firsts,” among them the first snow photograph, Winter, Fifth Avenue (shot in 1893), the first rain photo, A Wet Day on the Boulevard [Paris] (taken in 1894), and the first night shot, Reflections – Night [New York] (created in 1896). In 1897, Stieglitz published Picturesque Bits of New York, a volume of his New York scenes; it sold for the then-whopping price of $15. Stieglitz was concerned with both seeing life as it was and interpreting it morally. Scholar Doris Bry says of him: “To define and fix a moment of reality, to realize the potential of black and white, through photography, fascinated Stieglitz.” But objectivity to Stieglitz was not enough. In a 1908 article in the New York Herald, Stieglitz stressed the importance of the “personal touch” and the “individual expression” of the artist. He said, “I saw what others were doing was to make hard, cold copies of hard, cold subjects in hard, cold light. . . . I did not see why a photograph should not be a work of art, and I studied to make it one.” Though Stieglitz hailed from Hoboken, New Jersey, New York was his adopted city. As Bry says, “he came to love [the city], it became home to him.” Art critic Neil Leonard says, “Stieglitz’s photographs of these years held strong emotional meaning for him, yet they realistically captured . . . the sights, rhythms, and moods of the city.” Two of Stieglitz’s New York photos are particularly compelling to me, both shot in 1893: The Terminal and Winter, Fifth Avenue. Stieglitz said, “From 1893 to 1895 I often walked the streets of New York downtown, near the East River, taking my hand camera with me.” According to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Stieglitz’s small Folmer and Schwing 4 x 5 plate film camera was “an instrument not considered at the time to be worthy of artistic photography.” Stieglitz threw away his “unwieldy” 8 x 10 view camera and its tripod, choosing the 4 x 5 camera, which, says The Met, “gave [him] greater freedom and mobility to roam the city and respond quickly to the ever-changing street life around him.” The Terminal was captured at the southern end of the Harlem streetcar line, which traveled up and down Fifth Avenue. One day, said Stieglitz, “I found myself in front of the old Post Office. . . . It was extremely cold. Snow lay on the ground. A driver in a rubber coat was watering his steaming car horses. How fortunate the horses seemed, having a human being to tend them. The steaming horses being watered on a cold winter day, the snow-covered streets . . . [expressed] my own sense of loneliness in my own country.” In another description of The Terminal, Stieglitz said, “I used to walk around the streets disconsolately, until one night during a blizzard, I happened to see a man, watering a couple of horse-car horses, and I thought, ‘Well, there at any rate is the human touch; ‘ that made me feel better.” Of the same incident, Stieglitz told biographer Dorothy Norman, “There seemed to me to be something closely related to my deepest feeling in what I saw . . . and I decided to photograph what was within me.” Winter, Fifth Avenue was taken the same year, also with a 4 x 5 box camera. Journalist and novelist Theodore Dreiser, who was heavily influenced by Stieglitz, said of this photograph: “The driving sleet and uncomfortable atmosphere issued out of the picture with uncomfortable persuasion. It had the tone of reality.” What seems to have impressed Dreiser most about Stieglitz’s photography, however, was the huge amount of time and effort Stieglitz took in making the final prints. Patience was necessary at all stages: setting up the scene, working with the negative, making the print. Indeed, according to The Art Story website, Stieglitz “stalked Fifth Avenue for three frigid hours waiting for the perfect moment.” Stieglitz himself told the story this way: On Washington’s birthday in 1893, a great blizzard raged in New York. I stood on a corner of Fifth Avenue, watching the lumbering stagecoaches appear through the blinding snow and move northward on the avenue. The question formed itself: could what I was experiencing, seeing, be put down with the slot plates and lenses available? The light was dim. Knowing that where there is light, one can photograph, I decided to make an exposure. After three hours of standing in the blinding snow, I saw the stagecoach come struggling up the street with the driver lashing his horses onward. At that point, I was nearly out of my head, but I got the exposure I wanted. Often, the negatives produced were discouraging. Such was the case with Winter, Fifth Avenue, the original negative of which was so blurry that a fellow photographer said, “For God’s sake, Stieglitz, throw that thing away.” But Stieglitz focused on a portion of the negative that he felt was usable and managed to manipulate it in the darkroom until he got what he wanted. The result is a stunning photograph indeed. Good overviews of Stieglitz’s work can be found at The Metropolitan Museum of Art website and the PBS American Masters website. The New York Times review of “Alfred Stieglitz New York,” a 2010 exhibit at the Seaport Museum, offers additional insights into Stieglitz’s depictions of his adopted city. Books you might want to add to your collection include Alfred Stieglitz: Masters of Photography Series (which features The Terminal on the cover) and Alfred Stieglitz: Photographs & Writings. Alfred Stieglitz: A Biography offers a comprehensive look at Stieglitz’s immense influence on photography. To explore the artistic connections between Stieglitz and his wife, painter Georgia O’Keeffe, check out Two Lives: A Conversation in Paintings and Photographs – and to learn more about their personal lives, dip into My Faraway One: Selected Letters of Georgia O’Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz. Visit thestoryweb.com/Stieglitz for links to all these resources and to watch the PBS American Masters episode: “Alfred Stieglitz: The Eloquent Eye.” Tune in next week for an exploration of Stephen Crane and his journalistic essays about New York life during the 1890s.

Since 2008, Big Think has been sharing big ideas from creative and curious minds. The Think Again podcast takes us out of our comfort zone, surprising our guests and Jason Gots, your host, with unexpected conversation starters from Big Think’s interview archives. Novelist and essayist Gish Jen's work has appeared in The Best American Short Stories four times, including The Best American Short Stories of the Century, edited by John Updike. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and her work was featured in a PBS American Masters’ special on the American novel. Her 2017 book, The Girl at the Baggage Claim: Explaining the East-West Culture Gap, takes an unflinching, funny, and deeply insightful look at how fundamental East-West differences in the sense of self play out in art, culture, business, education, and more. In this episode, Gish and Jason discuss the benefits and downsides of our fundamental assumptions about who we are, and what's to be gained by escaping your cultural bubble, even for a moment. Surprise conversation starter interview clips: Nato Thompson on individualism as a corporate product. Paul Root Wolpe on self-enhancement & culture.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 37 of One Week Only! This week's key film is "By Sidney Lumet," a documentary about the life and career of master filmmaker Sidney Lumet. Featuring an in-depth interview with the director before his passing in 2011, the film covers his childhood acting career, his philosophy on acting and directorial vision, and behind the scenes of his classic films Network, 12 Angry Men and many more. The film is now playing in New York and Los Angeles from Augusta Films and PBS American Masters. Next week, the AFI Film Fest starts in LA, and runs from November 10th to 17th. We want to recommend some of the smaller, genre, off-the-radar films to check out: The Lure, Nocturama, My Entire High School Sinking Into The Sea, Prevenge, The Untamed, & The Eyes of My Mother. We also review the documentary "Peter and the Farm" about a rugged individualist living alone on his organic farm, directed by Tony Stone; awkward comedy "Rainbow Time" about two brothers fighting over a new girlfriend, directed by Linas Phillips; and family comedy "The Pickle Recipe" about a cash-strapped Bar Mitzvah entertainer who tries to steal his grandmother's renowned pickle recipe. Hosted by Carlos Aguilar & Conor Holt. Music by Kevin MacLeod at www.incompetech.com

Richard Linklater: Dream is Destiny takes the viewer from the Academy Awards for the acclaimed, Boyhood, and an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at Linklater’s latest film, Everybody Wants Some. Throughout the film, Richard Linklater himself addresses his own life at mid-career point, at times while embarrassed and shy. He tells of the influential array of filmmakers, playwrights and criminals that continue to form his own independent work, and the philosophical modalities which have guided the path; all in conversation with Louis Black, an Austin-based journalist who has known him since the 1980’s. Other interviews include Ethan Hawke, Jack Black, Jonathan Demme, Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Adair and Julie Delpy, members of the Linklater family, Clark Walker and more. Richard Linklater: Dream is Destiny was produced for PBS’ American Masters series is an unusual look at a fiercely independent style of filmmaking that arose from Austin, Texas in the 1980s/ early 90’s. It is an unconventional look at how Linklater’s films of that period, Slacker, Dazed and Confused and Before Sunrise, sparked a low budget, in your own backyard movement in this country and around the world. Co-directors and co-producers Louis Black and Karen Bernstein joins us for a spirited conversation on what makes Richard run, the early days of the Austin film scene and how Linklater has influenced and mentored many of the independent film world’s brightest talents. For news and updates go to: linklaterdoc.com

In The Black Calhouns, Gail Lumet Buckley -- daughter of Lena Horne -- delves deep into her family history, detailing the experiences of an extraordinary African American family from Civil War to Civil Rights. Beginning with her great-great grandfather Moses Calhoun, a house slave who used the rare advantage of his education to become a successful businessman in postwar Atlanta, Buckley follows her family's two branches: one that stayed in the South, and the other that settled in Brooklyn.Through the lens of her relatives' momentous lives, Buckley examines major events throughout American history. From Atlanta during Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow, from the two World Wars to New York City during the Harlem Renaissance and then the Civil Rights Movement, this ambitious, brilliant family witnessed and participated in the most crucial events of the 19th and 20th centuries. Combining personal and national history, The Black Calhouns is a vibrant portrait of six generations during dynamic times of struggle and triumph.Gail Lumet Buckley is the author of American Patriots: The Story of Blacks in the Military from the Revolution to Desert Storm and The Hornes: An American Family, which became a PBS "American Masters" documentary.The Brown Lecture Series is supported by a generous grant from the Eddie C. and C. Sylvia Brown Foundation.Recorded On: Tuesday, March 8, 2016

In The Black Calhouns, Gail Lumet Buckley -- daughter of Lena Horne -- delves deep into her family history, detailing the experiences of an extraordinary African American family from Civil War to Civil Rights. Beginning with her great-great grandfather Moses Calhoun, a house slave who used the rare advantage of his education to become a successful businessman in postwar Atlanta, Buckley follows her family's two branches: one that stayed in the South, and the other that settled in Brooklyn.Through the lens of her relatives' momentous lives, Buckley examines major events throughout American history. From Atlanta during Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow, from the two World Wars to New York City during the Harlem Renaissance and then the Civil Rights Movement, this ambitious, brilliant family witnessed and participated in the most crucial events of the 19th and 20th centuries. Combining personal and national history, The Black Calhouns is a vibrant portrait of six generations during dynamic times of struggle and triumph.Gail Lumet Buckley is the author of American Patriots: The Story of Blacks in the Military from the Revolution to Desert Storm and The Hornes: An American Family, which became a PBS "American Masters" documentary.The Brown Lecture Series is supported by a generous grant from the Eddie C. and C. Sylvia Brown Foundation.

Amanda Vaill, Hotel Florida: Truth, Love, and Death in the Spanish Civil War Amanda Vaill is a biographer, journalist, and screenwriter. She the author of Somewhere: The Life of Jerome Robbins, for which she received a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the bestselling Everybody Was So Young: Gerald and Sara Murphy – A Lost Generation Love Story, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics' Circle Award in biography. She is a co-author of Seaman Schepps: A Century of New York Jewelry Design, and has edited or contributed to a number of other books, most recently The Beatles Are Here! Her journalism and criticism have appeared in such publications as Architectural Digest, ArtNews, Ballet Review, Esquire, New York magazine, Town & Country, and the Washington Post. She wrote the screenplay for the PBS/American Masters documentary, Jerome Robbins: Something to Dance About, which won both an Emmy and a Peabody Award.

Amanda Vaill, Hotel Florida: Truth, Love, and Death in the Spanish Civil War Amanda Vaill is a biographer, journalist, and screenwriter. She the author of Somewhere: The Life of Jerome Robbins, for which she received a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the bestselling Everybody Was So Young: Gerald and Sara Murphy – A Lost Generation Love Story, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics’ Circle Award in biography. She is a co-author of Seaman Schepps: A Century of New York Jewelry Design, and has edited or contributed to a number of other books, most recently The Beatles Are Here! Her journalism and criticism have appeared in such publications as Architectural Digest, ArtNews, Ballet Review, Esquire, New York magazine, Town & Country, and the Washington Post. She wrote the screenplay for the PBS/American Masters documentary, Jerome Robbins: Something to Dance About, which won both an Emmy and a Peabody Award.

WTTS’ Laura Duncan and her husband of 23 years, Sean, talk about life at home. In episode 59, Laura and Sean discuss the PBS American Masters Documentary Jimi Hendrix - Hear My Train A Comin'. Also, Mississippi bluesman Leo 'Bud' Welch who at 81-years old, has a debut record coming out soon. As always, Laura hooks you up with FREE music. This week it's Edward Sharpe and the Magnetics Zeros and their single, 'Life is Hard'.   LISTEN/SUBSCRIBE to The LSD Show on iTunes. Follow Laura and Sean on Twitter: @WTTSLAURA, @SeanDuncan66. For more, visit www.lauramerica.com

Interview with Harriet Reisen, author, producer, and documentary film writer. She'll be discussing her biography entitled "Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women," which will premier on PBS "American Masters" in December. You won't want to miss this fascinating account of a legendary writer who was an early supporter of women's rights and paved the way for so many of us to achieve our own goals and dreams.

As the world of brand names and politicians offer their bandwagon platitudes for the summer of 2020 we’ve been thinking a lot about what that means for us. On the surface of it, conversations about wildlife, nature, conservation, climate change, mass extinction, and more – don’t often feel like there is a direct connection with racism, LGBTQ rights, gender equality, rampant runaway nationalism, classism, wealth inequality... And yet, the two worlds of our cultural values and the physical space and beings which inhabit it are completely intertwined. They are intersectional. They are undetachable. That is why we have made the decision to rebrand our podcast. We feel the name “Eyes on Conservation” no longer serves the purpose it once did. We feel that it doesn’t address those issues enough, and instead of simply throwing a #BLM stamp on our Instagram, patting ourselves on the back, and calling it a day, we’ve decided to make social equality and natural conservation - the natural allies that they are - central to our journey forward. And we want you to take the journey with us. We would like to hear from you what you think about this. What ideas you have for a new name, what concerns or questions you have. Please give us your feedback either through email at info@wildlensinc.org or by calling our voicemail at 208-917-3786. We will listen and read everything you send us and would love to share your answers on an upcoming episode. Wild Lens Collective member Sarinah Simons is a freelance filmmaker, activist and intersectional environmentalist currently based in northern California. She works in wildlife management for the state. Sarinah is passionate about telling stories about wildlife and marginalized communities. Her upcoming projects include the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band’s traditional fire practices in California, and A Change in the Clouds, the story of Panama’s indigenous Guna Yala people, jaguar conservation, and the crossroads of climate change. Website: http://www.sarinahsimons.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/_sea_legs/ GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/change-in-the-clouds-film Wild Lens Collective member Ben-Alex Dupris, aka @Bendigenous, is an enrolled member of the Colville Confederated Tribes, where he grew up. Over the years he has worked in commercial entertainment, tribal language preservation, youth media training and most recently, documenting front-line environmental activism. He is a Concordia Studios Artist-In-Residence Alumni headed by Academy-Award winner Davis Guggenheim, Firelight Impact Producer's Fellow, and a Sundance Institute "Rauschenberg" Producer's Fellow. His directorial debut, Sweetheart Dancers, was a Grand Jury Winner for best short film at OUTFEST LA, and his upcoming PBS American Masters features Pawnee painter Bunky Echo-Hawk as a part of a series curated by Firelight Media. @Bendigenous also teaches “Indigenous Mythology in Film” at Duke University’s Center for Documentary Studies, with upcoming class dates coming up in the 2020-2021 year. The work we’re doing is made possible because of people like our patrons on Patreon. Thank you so much to all of you. Please consider becoming a supporter for as little as a buck a show at www.patreon.com/wildlenscollective ( http://www.patreon.com/wildlenscollective ). A Message From the Native Filmmakers Fighting the Dakota Pipeline at Standing Rock – Speech by John Trudell “We Are Power”, video short produce by Ben Alex and Heather Rae https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Phre0bArD0M Sweetheart Dancers – Directed and Produced by Ben Alex Dupris https://www.pbs.org/filmfestival/films/sweetheart-dancers Extended Interview: Burning a Forest to Revive a People – Valentin Lopez for PBS explaining the significance of fire practices for the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band https://www.pbs.org/video/valentin-lopez-burns-forest-revive-people-hotbmr/ A Change in the Clouds – Directed and Produced by Sarinah Simons https://www.gofundme.com/f/change-in-the-clouds-film Sea of Shadows – Co-director, Matthew Podolsky https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiFjJCUd9ro Music in today’s show by Blue Dot Sessions via the Free Music Archive under Creative Commons licensing.