Podcast appearances and mentions of simon levin

Why is a multi-disciplinary approach key to addressing biodiversity loss? Listen to Jason Mitchell discuss with Professor Simon Levin, Princeton University, about what's at stake in the effort to preserve biodiversity loss; how his work has expanded into the sociological, political economy and policy space; and why a common language — a grammar for economic reasoning — is vital for bringing together different disciplines to understand nature. Professor Simon Levin is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University and the Director of the Center for BioComplexity in the High Meadows Environmental Institute. His research examines the structure and functioning of ecosystems, the dynamics of disease, and the coupling of ecological and socioeconomic systems. Simon is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a Member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society, and a Foreign Member of the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, and the Istituto Lombardo. He has over 500 publications and is the editor of the Encyclopedia of Biodiversity and the Princeton Guide to Ecology. Simon's awards include: the Heineken Prize for Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences, the Ecological Society of America's MacArthur and Eminent Ecologist Awards, the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, and the National Medal of Science.

In this special episode of the Thinkers & Ideas podcast, we invited Sir Partha Dasgupta and Simon Levin – co-authors of the forthcoming report "Economic Factors Underlying Biodiversity Loss" – and Georg Kell to discuss a topic often overlooked in sustainability discussions: biodiversity. They discuss gaps in our current thinking, a potential path forward, how to measure our progress along it – and the role corporations must play in all this.Sir Partha Dasgupta is the Frank Ramsey Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Cambridge. He is widely regarded as the world's most influential expert on development economics and ecological economics, and is the author of The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review (2021).Simon Levin is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University and a recipient of the National Medal of Science, for his international leadership and critical contributions to environmental science and ecology.Georg Kell is the founding Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact, the world's largest voluntary corporate sustainability initiative, and Chairman of Arabesque Partners.Together with Martin Reeves, Chairman of the BCG Henderson Institute, they discuss the importance of ecosystem services to our well-being and the impacts of human activity on biodiversity. Moreover, they discuss inclusive wealth and other measures that can be used to change incentive structures and track our progress on sustainability issues. Finally, they point out what businesses and governments must do to increase awareness and engagement on biodiversity matters.Key topics discussed: 02:28 | How are humans impacting nature, specifically biodiversity?04:08 | The distinction between natural goods and natural services07:02 | Is biodiversity and the natural impact issue on the radar screens of business?09:03 | Are we at a point of no return? How would we know if we are?10:50 | Do we in fact look after biodiversity by looking after the climate?12:42 | Inclusive wealth vs. GDP18:18 | How can governments and companies begin to act on the problem of the encroachment on natural systems?26:41 | What can we learn from our limited successes on massive collective action problems and how we might practically orchestrate this agenda?This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Justin and Virgil wrap up season one with a visit from Simon Levin. They talk about the high points and surprises of the season, along with a few funny stories about wood firing at Simon's studio in Wisconsin. If you have enjoyed our first season, give us a rating and review on your favorite podcast app. Today's episode is brought to you by the following sponsors: For the past 100 years, AMACO Brent has been creating ceramic supplies for our community ranging from underglazes to electric kilns, and they have no plans of slowing down. www.amaco.com The Rosenfield Collection of Functional Ceramic Art is an on-line source for high quality research and inspiration, featuring images of thousands of objects made by over 800 artists. www.Rosenfieldcollection.com  

What a pleasure it is to welcome Mike Tavares onto the show. Mike is currently apprenticing for Simon Levin in Pawnee, Illinois. Aside from exploring the art of ceramics himself, he also helps bring this medium to the youth through the Clay Siblings. Mike and his Clay Siblings partner Gerald Brown work together to provide profound experiences to those who do not have access to clay material and equipment. Please join us for this great conversation with one of the realest out there.   Today's episode is brought to you by the following sponsors: For the past 100 years, AMACO Brent has been creating ceramic supplies for our community ranging from underglazes to electric kilns, and they have no plans of slowing down. www.amaco.com   The Rosenfield Collection of Functional Ceramic Art is an on-line source for high quality research and inspiration, featuring images of thousands of objects made by over 800 artists. www.Rosenfieldcollection.com

In this episode, Michael speaks with Simon Levin, professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University. Simon is a giant in the field of ecology, and in the last several decades his work has extended to the study of the social-ecological systems, cooperation, and the governance of the commons. His work in this area includes the book Fragile Dominion: Complexity and the Commons, which is a great introduction to Simon's ideas on society and ecology for non-experts. Simon talks with Michael about his views on the commons as well as a range of topics including climate change, the COVID pandemic, biological and cultural evolution, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Simon's website: https://slevin.princeton.edu/ References: Levin, S. 1999. Fragile Dominion: Complexity and the Commons. Perseus Books.  

Humanos y chimpancés compartimos un ancestro común y el 99 por ciento del genoma... Una pequeña diferencia pero suficiente para que la evolución y la selección natural hayan dado lugar a nuestra especie, Homo sapiens. Una de las grandes preguntas para las que se buscan respuestas es qué nos hace humanos, qué cambios se han producido y cuando para que un primate se irguiera sobre las piernas, desarrollara un lenguaje articulado y unas capacidades cognitivas que le han permitido conquistar y transformar el planeta. Hemos entrevistado a Sònia Casillas, profesora del Dpto. de Genética y Microbiología de la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, investigadora del Instituto de Biotecnología y Biomedicina y del proyecto internacional “1.000 genomas”. Enrique Sacristán nos ha informado de un nuevo hito en el desarrollo de la energía de fusión nuclear: científicos del Laboratorio Nacional Lawrence Livermore de EE UU han conseguido que la materia se ‘autocaliente’ en el llamado estado de plasma ardiente. Con José Antonio López Guerrero hemos hablado de la peor gripe aviar de los últimos años, que ha llegado a nuestro país, y de los brotes de peste porcina registrados en varios países europeos. Hemos informado de la identificación de un mecanismo que promueve la generación de nuevas neuronas en el hipocampo en la vida adulta; del descubrimiento de un segundo asteroide troyano alrededor de la Tierra; del premio BBVA-Fronteras del Conocimiento en Ecología y Biología de la Conservación a los ecólogos Lenore Fahrig, Simon Levin y Steward Pickett, por introducir la dimensión espacial en la ciencia ecológica y aplicarla al diseño de reservas naturales y ciudades más sostenibles; y de la celebración el próximo viernes 11 de febrero del Día Internacional de la Mujer y la Niña en la Ciencia. Bernardo Herradón nos ha hablado de las propiedades biológicas del carbono, el elemento químico que sustenta la vida en la Tierra. Fernando Blasco nos ha contado como los matemáticos colaboran con médicos y biólogos en la lucha contra el cáncer. Con Jesús Zamora hemos reflexionado sobre el concepto popperiano de corroboración de una teoría científica, de la etimología de esta palabra y su relación con otros vocablos en español. En nuestros destinos con ciencia y con Esther García como cicerone, hemos viajado a EEUU para visitar uno de los lugares que más interés despierta por su secretismo y porque fue determinante en el avance tecnológico. En Los Álamos se encuentra el Museo Bradbury, un lugar en el que rastrear el origen y evolución del Proyecto Manhattan que fabricó la bomba atómica. Escuchar audio

COVID has exposed and possibly amplified the polarization of society. What can we learn from taking a multiscale approach to crisis response? There are latencies in economies of scale, inequality of access and supply chain problems. The virus evolves faster than peer review. Science is politicized. But thinking across scales offers answers, insights, better questions…Welcome to COMPLEXITY, the official podcast of the Santa Fe Institute. I'm your host, Michael Garfield, and every other week we'll bring you with us for far-ranging conversations with our worldwide network of rigorous researchers developing new frameworks to explain the deepest mysteries of the universe.This week on Complexity, we conclude our conversation (recorded on December 9th last year) with SFI External Professors Kathy Powers, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of New Mexico, and Melanie Moses, Director of the Moses Biological Computation Lab at the University of New Mexico.If you value our research and communication efforts, please subscribe to Complexity Podcast wherever you prefer to listen, rate and review us at Apple Podcasts, and/or consider making a donation at santafe.edu/give. Please also be aware of our new SFI Press book, The Complex Alternative, which gathers over 60 complex systems research points of view on COVID-19 (including those from this show). Learn more at SFIPress.org. Thank you for listening!Join our Facebook discussion group to meet like minds and talk about each episode.Podcast theme music by Mitch Mignano.Follow us on social media:Twitter • YouTube • Facebook • Instagram • LinkedInRelated Reading & Listening:“Spatially distributed infection increases viral load in a computational model of SARS-CoV-2 lung infection”by Melanie E. Moses et al. incl. Stephanie Forrest“Sunsetting As An Adaptive Strategy”by Roberta Romano and Simon A. Levin“The Virus That Infected The World”by David Krakauer & Dan RockmoreA Model For A Just COVID-19 Vaccination ProgramLegacies of Harm, Social Mistrust & Political Blame Impede A Robust Societal Response to The Evolving COVID-19 PandemicHow To Fix The Vaccine RolloutModels That Protect The VulnerableComplexities in Repair for Harm (Kathy's SFI Seminar)"The inevitable shift towards science as crisis response is a call to arms for complexity science. How well we will be able to meet these challenges will determine the future path of humanity."- Miguel FuentesAlso Mentioned:Jessica Flack, James C. Scott, Sam Bowles, Wendy Carlin, Joseph Henrich, Luis Bettencourt, Matthew Jackson, David Kinney

Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Simon Levin, David Roswell, and Polina Miller. Levin created the Clay Cohorts program in 2021 to provide artists a place for mentorship, education, and community. The program blends online learning with in-person workshops to help students stay motivated in their own creative practice. In our interview we talk about David and Polina's experience in the program and how it is shifting as Simon welcome two new instructors to this year's cohort. For more information visit www.claycohorts.com.   Today's episode is brought to you by the following sponsors:   For the past 100 years, AMACO Brent has been creating ceramic supplies for our community ranging from underglazes to electric kilns, and they have no plans of slowing down. www.amaco.com Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft is excited to announce that registration is open for 2022 in-person workshops! Join them in their newly renovated studios for classes led by world-class instructors in metalsmithing, woodworking, ceramics, and mixed media. To learn more, visit www.pocosinarts.org The Rosenfield Collection of Functional Ceramic Art is an on-line source for research and inspiration, featuring images of thousands of objects made by over 800 artists. www.Rosenfieldcollection.com.

Welcome to the Forty-eight episode of The Exploring Antinatalism Podcast! Today, Amanda ‘Oldphan' Sukenick speaks with German Antinatalist Youtuber, and author of the new Antinatalist poetry book, The Dubious Gift of Life, Simon Levin, also known as Clear Mind! YT channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp837Hs1CkI6XzJ9ysppBsg/featuredBuy the book here in either paperback or Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Dubious-Gift-Life-Antinatalism-Essays/dp/B0991CL56W/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=The+Dubious+Gift+of+Life+by+Simon+Levin&qid=1637377062&qsid=140-2452321-5416920&sr=8-1&sres=B0991CL56Whttps://www.amazon.de/dp/B09L3VXGWV?tag=edf5xm-21&linkCode=ogi&th=1&psc=1&log=V1ZDE00116382058327933R225529Thank you for listening to The Exploring Antinatalism Podcast! This has been Amanda Oldphan Sukenick and Mark J. Maharaj! You can find us on Youtube on the channels Anti-Natal Wolf and QuestionMark? Respectively! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZrRegIYlkF-x5Fc9RzgeNwhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjvhFJ3vZSYJ8_jjhjGxE7wKeep up with my daily Antinatalist News updates at Anti-natal news on Twitter! https://twitter.com/AntinatalNewsPlease follow the podcast on:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ExploringAntinatalismTwitter: https://twitter.com/ExploringANInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/exploring_antinatalism_podcast/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA8FKcLhdLOHkZtrsGJGUoAListen on: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/exploring-antinatalism/id1497076755 Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/search/The%20Exploring%20Antinatalism%20PodcastBuzzsprout: http://exploringantinatalism.buzzsprout.com Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/exploring-antinatalismSoundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-727548853Amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/The-Exploring-Antinatalism-Podcast/dp/B08JJSQ6WX/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=The+Exploring+Antinatalism+Podcast&qid=1626809690&sr=8-1And email us at exploringantinatalism@gmail.comWebside designed by Visions Noirs! Follow him at: https://www.bilenoire.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/visionsnoires/ Logo art by LifeSucks! Follow him on:YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCli91fEAsC8hZ7rexRzq9HQMerch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/LifeSucksPublishingMusic by EyeDoubtIt! Subscribe to him on Youtube HERE:https://www.youtube.com/user/EyeDoubtAnd check out our collaborative project along withour friend, EFIL WV, The Right to no Longer Exist, which includes the podcast, The Right to no Longer Exist: A Right to Die Podcast! https://www.youtube.com/c/TheRightToNoLongerExist

At True North Gear® / Dragon Wear, they know tough tools are essential for tough jobs. And your job is one of the toughest. That's why founder Alyx Fier started building rugged, groundbreaking gear in his garage in 1992. His work began with an idea and a home sewing machine after he learned how fire gear wasn't being designed around the specialised needs of the crews who actually used it. Fier also knew that fit and design issues were causing back problems for wildland firefighters, and he thought he could make a difference with his brand of intelligently-designed packs and gear. That's how the company was born. Nearly three decades later, They've grown into a multi-brand company that distributes ISO 9001 registered products around the world. Even with their growth, they continue to be a family owned company, operated out of Seattle, Washington, and just up the street from that garage where it all began. Throughout the years they've remained focused on their mission of keeping their customers at the center of everything that they do. They regularly ask for and harness user feedback to create brand new designs or improve upon current products. Designing dependable, high-performance gear is the way they support your valuable work in life-risking environments each and every day. I thoroughly enjoyed this conversation and I know you will learn a lot from it.   Discount Promo Starting today thru November 19th get 10% off your first order at DragonWear using promo code DWPODCAST10. Find DragonWear on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn,  and hit that follow.   Powerline Podcast merch www.powerlinepodcast.com *Totally revamped with new gear and free shipping*  

What is the economy?  People used to tell stories about the exchange of goods and services in terms of flows and processes — but over the last few hundred years, economic theory veered toward measuring discrete amounts of objects.  Why?  The change has less to do with the objective nature of economies and more to do with what tools theorists had available.  And scientific instruments — be they material technologies or concepts — don't just make new things visible, but also hide things in new blind spots.  For instance, algebra does very well with ratios and quantities…but fails to properly address what markets do: how innovation works, where value comes from, and how economic actors navigate (and change) a fundamentally uncertain shifting landscape.  With the advent of computers, new opportunities emerge to study that which cannot be contained in an equation. Using algorithms, scientists can formalize complex behaviors – and thinking economics in both nouns and verbs provides a more complete and useful stereoscopic view of what we are and do.This week we speak with W. Brian Arthur of The Santa Fe Institute, Stanford University, and Xerox PARC about his recent essay, “Economics in Nouns and Verbs.” In this first part of a two-part conversation, we explore how a mathematics of static objects fails to describe economies in motion — and how a process-based approach can fill gaps in our understanding.  If you can't wait two weeks for Part Two, dig through our archives for more Brian Arthur in episodes 13 and 14.If you value our research and communication efforts, please subscribe to Complexity Podcast wherever you prefer to listen, rate and review us at Apple Podcasts, and/or consider making a donation at santafe.edu/give. You can find numerous other ways to engage with us — including job openings for both SFI staff and postdoctoral researchers, as well as open online courses — at santafe.edu/engage.Join our Facebook discussion group to meet like minds and talk about each episode.Podcast theme music by Mitch Mignano.Follow us on social media:Twitter • YouTube • Facebook • Instagram • LinkedInRelated Reading & Listening:• “Economics in Nouns and Verbs” by W. Brian Arthur (pre-print)• @sfiscience Twitter thread excerpting “Economics in Nouns and Verbs”• “Mathematical languages shape our understanding of time in physics” by Nicolas Gisin for Nature Physics• “Introduction to PNAS special issue on evolutionary models of financial markets” by Simon Levin & Andrew Lo• “The Information Theory of Individuality” by David Krakauer et al. for Theory in Biosciences• “On Coronavirus, Crisis, and Creative Opportunity with David Krakauer” on Complexity Podcast• “The Erotics of Becoming: XENOGENESIS and The Thing” by Eric White for Science Fiction Studies• “New model shows how social networks could help generate economic phenomena like inequality & business cycles” by INET Oxford on research by J. Doyne Farmer

We're taking a quick Season 1 break here on the podcast. New episodes will be coming back at the start of October, but in the meantime, enjoy the top 4 most played episodes since the start of 2021!In the meantime, be sure you don't miss out on our free monthly photography tips! Click here to download our At-Home Photography Cheat Sheet and be added to our insider's list for free photography tips specifically for ceramicists and independent makers.Details from the original airing of this interview can be found here.For full show notes and links to all of our guests' resources visit: www.makersplaybook.com/podcast

Whether in an ecosystem, an economy, a jazz ensemble, or a lone scholar thinking through a problem, critical transitions — breakdowns and breakthroughs — appear to follow universal patterns. Creative leaps that take place in how mathematicians “think out loud” with body, chalk, and board look much like changes in the movement through “music-space” traced by groups of improvisers. Society itself appears to have an “aha moment” when a meme goes viral or a new word emerges in the popular vocabulary. How do collectives at all scales — be they neurons, research groups, or a society at large — suddenly change shape…and what early warning signs portend a pending bolt of inspiration?This week we talk to SFI Fellow Tyler Marghetis of UC Merced about regimes and ruptures across timescales — from the frustration and creativity of mathematicians and musicians to the bursts of innovation that appear to punctuate civilization and the biosphere alike.If you value our research and communication efforts, please subscribe to Complexity Podcast wherever you prefer to listen, rate and review us at Apple Podcasts, and/or consider making a donation at santafe.edu/podcastgive. You can find numerous other ways to engage with us at santafe.edu/engage. Thank you for listening!Join our Facebook discussion group to meet like minds and talk about each episode.Podcast theme music by Mitch Mignano.Follow us on social media:Twitter • YouTube • Facebook • Instagram • LinkedIn Related Reading & Listening:“Creative leaps in musical ecosystems: early warning signals of critical transitions in professional jazz” by Matt Setzler, Tyler Marghetis, Minje Kim“The complex system of mathematical creativity: Modularity, burstiness, and the network structure of how experts use inscriptions” by Tyler Marghetis, Kate Sampson, David Landy“An Integrated Mess of Music Lovers in Science” – press release with video playlist of the 2020 Musicology & Complexity Working Group“Explosive Proofs of Mathematical Truths” – Simon DeDeo SFI Seminar on inductive networksComplexity 29: David KrakauerComplexity 33: Tim Kohler & Marten SchefferComplexity 35, 36: Geoffrey WestComplexity 37: Laurence GonzalesComplexity 65: Deborah GordonTopics Discussed:• competitive wrestling to complex systems science• free jazz ensembles as a mode of distributed cognition like ant colonies• creative transitions as analogous to ecosystemic transitions (loss of resilience due to autocorrelation, etc)• the difference between composed and improvised music• creativity and boredom• the relationship between improvisation and trauma, exploration and nonlinearity• the death of the genre (?)• the role of the body in thought• how can you tell an “aha moment” is about to happen?• what does a healthy mathematical ecosystem look like?• burstiness and virality

Brian Chen is from New Jersey and discovered ceramics in college in 2014 and has since spent most of his time trying to learn as much as he could. Brian took a few workshops before finding himself working with Simon Levin as an apprentice. Brian finished his apprenticeship at the end of 2020 and is currently a resident artist at Carbondale Clay Center.

This week I'm chatting with woodfire potter, Simon Levin. A self-proclaimed “evangelist of clay” who continually finds ways to bring educational resources outside of the traditional structure to the clay community.After over 30 years working as a full-time studio potter, there were almost endless subjects we touch upon in this conversation that could be entire podcast episodes onto themselves - How to make what you want first, and market second, the difference between craft and art, and so much more.If any of the numerous subjects we chat about particularly interest you, send me a message at hello@makers-playbook.com so I know what to bug Simon about in order to bring him back for a second episode.Be sure to never miss an episode by signing up for our Insider's list (in turn you'll get access to my monthly photography tips, specifically for ceramicists and makers!) Sign up here.Click here for the full show notes, episode timeline, and links to the resources we discuss on this episode.

Kabir Syed started his ceramics practice 23 years ago, studying with Kirk Mangus and Eva Kwong at Kent State University, following a year teaching English and living in Gwangju, S. Korea. Kabir started throwing while simultaneously training in Mental Health Counseling. Dealing with painful trauma and the darker side of the human spectrum compelled Kabir to engage in the meditative and therapeutic process of making wheel thrown functional ceramic pottery, simple forms for use on the table/in the home. Kabir was introduced to wood firing and clay making at the same time and the immersion into atmospheric firing and ceramic exploration was established. In 2004 Kabir attended a month long International Wood Fire Residency in Goshogawara, Japan, working with artists from the USA, Canada, South Korea, Greece, Spain, and Japan. While Counseling full time and teaching part time, Kabir found time to complete 2 week-long intensive summer workshops every year and managed to sporadically make pots and wood fire at least 2-3 times a year. In 2011 Kabir decided to pursue an MFA in ceramics, which he completed in 2014. Also that summer he participated in a workshop at Peters Valley firing the large anagama there under the direction of Simon Levin and Bruce Dehnert. As full time Associate Professor in Pan-African Studies, he currently maintains a studio practice at Ohio Ceramic Supply and fires a local wood kiln with a group of Ohio artists at least 4-5 times a year. In the years since getting his MFA, he has moved into mold-making and slip casting as well as electric firing. The experience of seeing the commercial end of the ceramic process is slowly, but surely, becoming an area of intrigue and wonder.

Today is a special release day. Instead of releasing two episodes on Tuesday and Thursday, The Potters Cast is releasing both of this week's episode on Tuesday. As a result of NCECA 2020 conference getting canceled this year, the normal process of NCECA having a dedicated time of having the candidates for the Director at Large and the Student Director at Large share about what they would bring to the position and then to answer questions from the audience wasn't available. These two episodes are the replacement platform to allow these fine candidates to share their stories. In this first episode we are going to dedicate this to the position of Director at Large. These two candidates, Simon Levin and Cat Traen, will be the first to go.  A little about the process. I invited all four to schedule an time with me. The recordings were done on a "first come, first served" basis. And then they were put together in the same manner. I hope you enjoy these conversations. 

El aumento de temperatura, derretimiento del hielo, aumento de incendios y deforestación todo está relacionado. Acá les dejo los artículos en los que me basé para este Podcast Trajectories of the Earth System in the Anthropocene. - Steffen, W. et al. 2018. PNAS 115: 8252–8259. Cascading regime shifts within and across scales By Juan C. Rocha, Garry Peterson, Örjan Bodin, Simon Levin. Scheffer, M. and Nes, E. H. van 2018. Seeing a global web of connected systems. - Science 362: 1357–1357. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/leosar/message

Welcome to The Jewish Hour with Rabbi Finman, for April 7, 2019. In this episode, Rabbi Finman continues to prepare for a zissen Pesach by talking to Simon Levin the Royal Wine Corporation. How do you listen to The Jewish Hour? You have a lot of options you know? iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher, RSS, […]

This week on The Leftscape, Mary McGinley speaks with historian and performer Carol Simon Levin. After minoring in Women's History at Cornell University, Levin wasn't yet on her current path of immersion and fascination with the topic. It was a chance meeting at the gym and a conversation about Emily Roebling that led to more and more research, a book, and her one-woman performances that bring to life women from history, many of whose stories have been hidden from view. This discussion winds through stories of women including Jeannette Rankin, Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Alice Paul. Thoughts on the voices of women of color and racial divisions within the feminist movement then and now recur throughout, and invite deep, ongoing conversation and analysis. In the news, the government shutdown continues and problems are growing from missed paychecks to missing personnel in national parks. Some Good Samaritans have tried picking up the slack when and where they can. A federal judge has ruled against a citizenship question on the 2020 census, and we all learned that the FBI opened an inquiry into whether or not Donald Trump was at any point working on behalf of Russian interests. This week, it's time to celebrate National Opposite Day (No, it's not!) and National Meat Week. Silly holidays aside, on January 27th, we have the deeply solemn Holocaust Remembrance Day. Also this week, The Leftscape sends out birthday love for Alicia Keys, Etta James, Ellen DeGeneres, Harriet Tubman, Oprah Winfrey, and Robin Renée remembers musician and friend, Warren Zevon. Things to do: Visit Carol Simon Levin online at tellingherstories.com. Check out her coloring book featuring facts about many courageous and tenacious American women: Remembering the Ladies: From Patriots in Petticoats to Presidential Candidates  Find out more about Middlesex-Somerset NOW Support Wendy Sheridan's excellent Kickstarter project, (Post)Cards Against Fascism!                    

Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have a panel discussion with Liz Myers, Kaden Meyrs, Krista Botsford, Paul Stokstad, Trever Foss, and Carter Pasma. The group of potters participated in a two-week wood firing workshop with Simon Levin at his Mill Creek Pottery in Gresham, WI. In the interview, we talk about collaborative learning and the multi-day process of loading/firing an Anagama kiln. For more information on wood firing workshops at Mill Creek Pottery please visit www.simonlevin.com.   This episode of the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler is sponsored by National Clay Week Open Studios, a nationwide event that celebrates clay, community and creativity. October 13-15 artists across the US are invited to open their doors to the public for demonstrations, lectures, and exhibitions. Join us for a celebration of the ceramic arts! For more information on how you can join the event visit www.nationalclayweek.org/openstudio.

Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Jacob Meer and Ian Connors. The two are connected through apprenticeship training with Simon Levin and specialize in wood firing. In the interview, we talk about the value of an apprenticeship, living in rural Wisconsin and learning to fire wood kilns.  You can see examples of their work at www.jacobmeer.com and www.ianconnors.com. Simon Levin has helped educate seventeen potters at his Mill Creek Pottery in Gresham, WI. For more information on the apprenticeship visit www.simonlevin.com.   This episode of the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler is sponsored by National Clay Week Open Studios, a nationwide event that celebrates clay, community and creativity. October 13-15 artists across the US are invited to open their doors to the public for demonstrations, lectures, and exhibitions. Join us for a celebration of the ceramic arts! For more information on how you can join the event visit www.nationalclayweek.org/openstudio.

Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Simon Levin. His interest in wood firing has led to over 20 years of active research into Anagama, Cross draft and Train style kilns. He uses the turbulent flame path inside these kilns to create rich surfaces on his ceramic vessels. In our interview, we talk about learning to harness the complex variables of wood firing, defining mastery within the ceramic process, and his unique apprenticeship system. Simon has helped educate seventeen potters at his Mill Creek Pottery in Gresham, WI. For more information on Simon visit www.simonlevin.com.   This week’s Tales of a Red Clay Rambler episode is sponsored by Northern Clay Center’s MN NICE PROGRAM.  The New institute for ceramic education is entering its fourth year of this advanced certificate program lead by Ursula Hargens. MN NICE provides rigorous, personalized instruction for artists who are serious about taking the next step in their ceramic education. Designed to respond to the changing needs of makers the course provides high-level training in ceramic materials, history, theory, and professional practice. The program consists of three 8-week blocks of instruction, beginning annually in September and ending the following May. Applications are still being accepted for Fall 2017 enrollment. More information on this unique learning opportunity can be found at northernclaycenter.org.

A recent Harvard Business Review piece by Martin Reeves and Simon Levin laid out the case. It’s titled “The Biology of Corporate Survival.” Numbers explain why it matters: After reviewing the histories of more than 30,000 U.S. public firms over 50 years, the authors found that “Businesses are disappearing faster than ever before.”

Martin K. Reeves and Simon Levin talk about their Scientific American essay "Building a Resilient Business Inspired by Biology."

Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Liz Quackenbush. An artist since her teens, she spent decades refining the maijolica technique that allowed her to paint vivid imagery on her forms. Since then she has explored many methods for making functional pottery. She has also directed generations of students in her 20-year tenure as a professor of ceramics at Penn State University. In the interview we talk about maturing as an educator, searching for the original source for patterns, and keeping it fresh in the studio. For more information please visit www.lizquackenbush.com.   This episode of the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast is brought to you by Simon Levin’s Mill Creek Pottery. Simon is pleased to offer a self-driven workshop called the Intimate Anagama - May 16th - May 29th in Gresham, Wisconsin. Workshop attendees will get individual instruction on loading and firing techniques as they complete their own work in the 120 cubic foot anagama. Simon and his apprentices will be present throughout the two weeks, offering guidance and a helping hand.  Have you ever wanted alone time firing a giant kiln? With a focus on first-hand experience, this workshop will help you gain a sense of ownership and accomplishment. The workshop also features demonstrations, critiques, shared meals, and humor, lots and lots of humor.  You will return home tired, inspired, and empowered with a full car of your own finished work. To maintain a focus on quality, registration is limited to 7.  More information on this rare opportunity can be found at SimonLevin.com.

Lloyd Handwerker talks Nathan's Famous Hot Dogs and the American dream. BCG's Martin Reeves and Princeton's Simon Levin explain the relationship between corporate survival and biology.

In 1993 Simon Levin fell in love with the movement of flame through a wood-kiln. Its sensuous quality is something Simon seeks to capture in his work. This quest led Simon to an M.F.A. from the University of Iowa. Recently the work explores the deep, dark, primal connections between all of us. Simon owns Mill Creek Pottery in Wisconsin, where he and his apprentices work to advance the cause of wood-fired pottery.

On the premiere of this podcast I welcome Simon Levin a professional production potter based out of Gresham, Wisconsin. You can find out more about him at www.simonlevin.com These podcasts are available on iTunes for free, click subscribe and each time I upload a new podcast it will be sent to you library. Search for Claycasting in the iTunes store and don't forget to rate it if you have a chance.

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Audio News, August 16th, 2007 1. Adherence to TB Medication SIMON LEWIN, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine REFERENCE: PLoS Med 4(7):e238. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0040238 A new systematic review has shown that we don’t understand well enough the reasons for poor adherence to tuberculosis medication. Simon Lewin calls for a better approach in the area. 2. Where Now for HIV Prevention Trials? REFERENCE: The Lancet 2007; 370:251-261 NANCY PADIAN, University of California, San Francisco A major study testing a latex diaphragm for HIV prevention found no additional benefit. This adds to a growing number of HIV prevention trials that have failed to find a positive result. So what do we do now? Nancy Padian of the University of California, San Francisco, explains the trial’s results, while David Mabey of LSHTM suggests the field needs greater funding. 3. COMMENT: Where Now for HIV Prevention Trials? DAVID MABEY, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine