http://www.radiocurious.org Fri, 24 Apr 2026 04:31:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.1 Welcome to the 20th year of Radio Curious, half hour interviews on a curiously wide variety of topics about life and ideas. All of the almost 400 half-hour archive editions on our website are free for you to enjoy, download, copy, share or rebroadcast as you wish. Please give credit to Radio Curious and let us know what you like about the program. www.radiocurious.org Radio Curious clean Radio Curious curious@radiocurious.org curious@radiocurious.org (Radio Curious) Creative Commons-Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike Radio Curious Radio Curious, Interviews, Environment, Education, Chautauquan, Psychology/Psychaitry, Sex, Mendocino, Law, Religion, Feminism http://www.radiocurious.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/radio-curious-rss-logo.jpg http://www.radiocurious.org/category/feminism/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/02/15/zana-briski-ross-kauffman-brothels-of-calcutta-india-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/02/15/zana-briski-ross-kauffman-brothels-of-calcutta-india-2/#comments Fri, 16 Feb 2024 04:43:54 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5244 http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/02/15/zana-briski-ross-kauffman-brothels-of-calcutta-india-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - Originally Broadcast: March 15, 2007 - Born Into Brothels - “Born into Brothels” received the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2005. A tribute to the resiliency of childhood and the restorative power of... Click here to begin listening.  (https://www.radio4all.net/files/vogel@sonic.net/BRISKI_AND_KAUFFMAN%202.15.24%20IA.mp3) Originally Broadcast: March 15, 2007 Born Into Brothels “Born into Brothels” received the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2005. A tribute to the resiliency of childhood and the restorative power of art, “Born into Brothels” is a portrait of several unforgettable children who live in the red light district of Calcutta, where their mothers work as prostitutes. The most stigmatized people in Calcutta’s red light district however are not the prostitutes, but their children. In the face of abject poverty, abuse, and despair, these kids have little possibility of escaping their mother’s fate or for creating another type of life. In “Born into Brothels,” directors Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman chronicle the amazing transformation of the children they come to know in the red light district. Briski, a professional photographer, gives them lessons and cameras, igniting latent sparks of artistic genius that reside in these children who live in the most sordid and seemingly hopeless world. The photographs taken by the children are not merely examples of remarkable observation and talent; they reflect something much larger, morally encouraging, and even politically volatile: art as an immensely liberating and empowering force. Devoid of sentimentality, “Born into Brothels” defies the typical tear-stained tourist snapshot of the global underbelly. Briski spends years with these kids and becomes part of their lives. Their photographs are prisms into their souls, rather than anthropological curiosities or primitive imagery, and a true testimony of the power of the indelible creative spirit. You can learn about this film and Kids with Cameras at www.kids-with-cameras.org. I spoke with Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman in February 2005. Beginning the conversation first with Zana Briski, I asked her to explain what drew her to India before the concept of “Kids With Cameras” was even a dream. www.kids-with-cameras.org Zana Briski recommends “Secret Life of Bees,” by Sue Monk Kidd. Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/11/17/holly-hollenbeck-sex-lives-of-wives-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/11/17/holly-hollenbeck-sex-lives-of-wives-2/#comments Fri, 17 Nov 2023 06:49:17 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5202 http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/11/17/holly-hollenbeck-sex-lives-of-wives-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening. - Originally Broadcast: September 20, 2006. - How to ignite sexual passion from a woman’s perspective is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious, as we talk with Holly Hollenbeck, a former attorney from Omaha, Click here to begin listening. (https://www.radio4all.net/files/vogel@sonic.net/HOLLENBECK_INTERVIEW%2011.6.23%20IA.mp3) Originally Broadcast: September 20, 2006. How to ignite sexual passion from a woman’s perspective is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious, as we talk with Holly Hollenbeck, a former attorney from Omaha, Nebraska, and author of, “Sex Lives of Wives, Reigniting the Passion, True Confessions and Provocative Advice from Real Women.” Holly Hollenbeck says her book is not so much directed at how to please your mate, but how to please yourself by pleasing your mate. Take a look at www.passionseekers.com, her website devoted to helping women find passion and inspiration in their long-term relationships. I spoke with Holly Hollenbeck from her home in Nebraska, in mid September 2006, and asked her to describe what motivated her to write, “Sex Lives of Wives.” The book Holly Hollenbeck recommends is “Adults Only Travel: The Ultimate Guide to Romantic and Erotic Destination,” by David West and Louis James. Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/06/09/eve-ensler-meet-the-author-of-the-vagina-monologues-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/06/09/eve-ensler-meet-the-author-of-the-vagina-monologues-2/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2022 05:33:21 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4946 http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/06/09/eve-ensler-meet-the-author-of-the-vagina-monologues-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.   - The Vagina Monologues - The Vagina Monologues, created and produced by Eve Ensler, tell the stories of women, their relationships, feelings, and, in some cases, abuse. In this edition of Radio Curious, Click here to begin listening.   The Vagina Monologues The Vagina Monologues, created and produced by Eve Ensler, tell the stories of women, their relationships, feelings, and, in some cases, abuse. In this edition of Radio Curious, we spoke with Eve Ensler about the origin of the the Vagina Monologues and the film, “Until the Violence Ends.” Eve Ensler recommends “Bush in Babylon,” by Tariq Ali. Originally Broadcast: January 27, 2004 Ignacio Ayala clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/10/13/patricia-edmisten-peace-corps-peru-1962-1964/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/10/13/patricia-edmisten-peace-corps-peru-1962-1964/#comments Thu, 14 Oct 2021 05:03:35 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4778 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/10/13/patricia-edmisten-peace-corps-peru-1962-1964/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening. - The Mourning of Angles - The life of Lydia Schaefer is a composite fictional story of a 22 year-old woman who served in the Peace Corps in Peru from 1962 to 1964. Patricia Taylor Edmisten, Click here to begin listening. The Mourning of Angles The life of Lydia Schaefer is a composite fictional story of a 22 year-old woman who served in the Peace Corps in Peru from 1962 to 1964. Patricia Taylor Edmisten, a former Peace Corps Volunteer from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, tells Lydia’s story in her book, “The Mourning of Angles,” based in part on her experiences in the Peace Corps in Peru during those years. Patricia Edmisten recommends “The Accidental Pope,” by Raymond Flynn & Robin Moore. Originally Broadcast: November 15, 2002   Ignacio Ayala clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/10/06/lerner-gerda-ph-d-the-foremother-of-womens-history/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/10/06/lerner-gerda-ph-d-the-foremother-of-womens-history/#comments Thu, 07 Oct 2021 03:16:31 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4771 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/10/06/lerner-gerda-ph-d-the-foremother-of-womens-history/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/07/28/zoya-an-afghan-womans-struggle-for-freedom-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/07/28/zoya-an-afghan-womans-struggle-for-freedom-2/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2021 04:49:25 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4728 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/07/28/zoya-an-afghan-womans-struggle-for-freedom-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening. Zoya’s Story, An Afghan Woman’s Struggle for Freedom Zoya, a member of the RAWA, the Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan, tells the story of her childhood, her parents and her parents’ disappearance. Click here to begin listening. Zoya’s Story, An Afghan Woman’s Struggle for Freedom Zoya, a member of the RAWA, the Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan, tells the story of her childhood, her parents and her parents’ disappearance. She describes the wrath that first the Russians, then the Taliban and then the Northern Alliance have brought to her country. Along with the suffering, she describes the hope and spirit carried in the hearts of the Afghan people. Zoya recommends the collected speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr..  Originally Broadcast: June 18, 2002 Ignacio Ayala clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/07/14/estelle-freedman-the-history-of-feminism-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/07/14/estelle-freedman-the-history-of-feminism-2/#comments Thu, 15 Jul 2021 05:12:58 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4720 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/07/14/estelle-freedman-the-history-of-feminism-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - No Turning Back—The History of Feminism and the Future of Women - The place of women in the world and in the American society has changed in many aspects in the recent past. Click here to begin listening.  (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-FREEDMAN_ESTELLE_7.14.21_IA.mp3) No Turning Back—The History of Feminism and the Future of Women The place of women in the world and in the American society has changed in many aspects in the recent past. Many people say this is due to the politics of feminism, and some inquire where it will lead. I spoke with Professor Freedman by phone in April 2002 and asked her to talk about why feminism did not evolve as people evolved and civilization developed. The books Professor Freedman recommends are “The Blind Assassin” by Margaret Atwood, and “The Vagina Monologues” by Eve Ensler. Originally Broadcast: April 2, 2002 Ignacio Ayala clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/06/09/lynda-koolish-ph-d-african-american-writers/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/06/09/lynda-koolish-ph-d-african-american-writers/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2021 02:21:23 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4694 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/06/09/lynda-koolish-ph-d-african-american-writers/feed/ 1 Click here to begin listening.  African American Writers: Portraits and Visions The voice of a writer can be heard in words, and sometimes seen in the writer’s face. It is unusual to find both in a book in which the creator is both the author and the... Click here to begin listening.  (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-Koolish_Lynda_6.9.21.mp3) African American Writers: Portraits and Visions The voice of a writer can be heard in words, and sometimes seen in the writer’s face. It is unusual to find both in a book in which the creator is both the author and the photographer. Lynda Koolish, our guest on this archive edition of Radio Curious, is a professor of African American literature at San Diego State University and an accomplished photographer. She is the author of a book entitled “African American Writers: Portraits and Visions” in which she reveals the visage of 59 African American writers along with a thumbnail biography and summation of each writer’s vision. Lynda Koolish, Ph.D. recommends “Dien Cai Dau” and “Neon Vernacular” by Yusef Komunyakaa. Originally Broadcast: February 19, 2002 Ignacio Ayala clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/03/25/shari-holman-not-even-the-clothes-on-her-back-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/03/25/shari-holman-not-even-the-clothes-on-her-back-2/#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2021 06:26:49 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4651 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/03/25/shari-holman-not-even-the-clothes-on-her-back-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening. - In England, in the 1830s, at the time of a major cholera epidemic, a young girl, the orphaned daughter of a prostitute, finds that working in a pottery factory does not earn her enough money for herself and her child. Click here to begin listening. In England, in the 1830s, at the time of a major cholera epidemic, a young girl, the orphaned daughter of a prostitute, finds that working in a pottery factory does not earn her enough money for herself and her child. She must work at night like her mother, as a prostitute. Having virtually no money, she rents her dress, and is followed while she walks the streets so that she will not run off with her outfit. She is called a dress lodger. Shari Holman, a native of rural Virginia, and later a resident of Brooklyn, New York, has researched the lives of girls who were dress lodgers in England in the 1830s. She is the author of a book of historical fiction about Gustine, a 15-year-old dress lodger who lived and worked in Sunderland, England in 1831, entitled “The Dress Lodger.” Shari Holman recommends “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down,” by Anne Fadiman. Originally Broadcast: February 6, 2001 Ignacio Ayala clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/01/20/mary-catherine-bateson-do-we-really-know-the-people-around-us-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/01/20/mary-catherine-bateson-do-we-really-know-the-people-around-us-2/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2021 02:00:56 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4595 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/01/20/mary-catherine-bateson-do-we-really-know-the-people-around-us-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - Radio Curious revisits a conversation with Mary Catherine Bateson, author of "“Full Circles: Overlapping Lives, Culture and Generation in Transition.Do we really know the people around us? Our children? Our family? Click here to begin listening.  (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-Bateson_Catherine_9.30.30_IA.mp3) Radio Curious revisits a conversation with Mary Catherine Bateson, author of "“Full Circles: Overlapping Lives, Culture and Generation in Transition.Do we really know the people around us? Our children? Our family? Our friends? Or are we strangers in our own community? Mary Catherine Bateson, the author of a book entitled, “Full Circles: Overlapping Lives, Culture and Generation in Transition,” believes that we are strangers. She describes us as immigrants in time, rather than space.In this interview from the archives of Radio Curious, recorded in April 2000, we visit with Mary Catherine Bateson, the daughter of two distinguished anthropologists, Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson. The book Mary Catherine Bateson recommends is “Ithaka: A Daughter's Memoir of Being Found,“ by Sarah Saffian. Originally Broadcast: April 17, 2000.   Ignacio Ayala clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/11/18/the-revolutionary-heart-and-life-of-clarina-nichols/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/11/18/the-revolutionary-heart-and-life-of-clarina-nichols/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2020 03:05:49 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4036 http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/11/18/the-revolutionary-heart-and-life-of-clarina-nichols/feed/ 0   - Click here to begin listening.  - Revolutionary Heart, The Life of Clarina Nichols and the Pioneering Crusade for Women's Rights - The life of Clarina Nichols and her work in the early women's rights movement of the United States has been greatl...   Click here to begin listening.  (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-NICHOLS-EICKHOFF_IA_11.18.20.mp3) Revolutionary Heart, The Life of Clarina Nichols and the Pioneering Crusade for Women's Rights The life of Clarina Nichols and her work in the early women's rights movement of the United States has been greatly overlooked. As one of the country’s first female newspaper editors and stump speakers, Clarina Nichols spoke out for temperance, abolition and women's rights at a time when doing so could get a woman killed. Unlike other activists, she personally experienced some of the cruelest sufferings that a married woman of her day could know. In her pursuit for justice she traveled westward facing all of the challenges of being a single mother and a women's rights activist of her day with good humor and resourcefulness. Clarina Nichols is portrayed by Diane Eickhoff in this Chautauquan style interview.  We began when I asked Clarina about her childhood. Clarina Nichols recommends "The Sexes Throughout Nature (Pioneers of the woman's movement)," by Antoinette Louisa Brown Blackwell. Originally Broadcast: January 13, 2007 LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/08/19/wagner-sally-roesch-suffragist-matilda-gage-almost-jailed-for-voting-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/08/19/wagner-sally-roesch-suffragist-matilda-gage-almost-jailed-for-voting-2/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2020 20:44:16 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4547 http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/08/19/wagner-sally-roesch-suffragist-matilda-gage-almost-jailed-for-voting-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - This program is about Matilda Joslyn Gage, who lived from 1826 to 1892 and was a vibrant and leading figure in the suffragist movement of that century. - Matilda Joslyn Gage, an outspoken leader for women’s rights, Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-GAGE_MATHILDA_8.12.20_IA.mp3) This program is about Matilda Joslyn Gage, who lived from 1826 to 1892 and was a vibrant and leading figure in the suffragist movement of that century. Matilda Joslyn Gage, an outspoken leader for women’s rights, and an advocate to abolish slavery and religious bigotry, became historically invisible in pursuit of her liberty to think and speak as she thought proper. She was threatened with jail for voting in New York in 1871, and later was inducted into the Iroquois nation after publicly declaring Christian theology to be a primary source of the oppression of women. Historian and chautauqua scholar Sally Roesch Wagner, who portrays Matilda Joslyn Gage, brought Gage into the limelight by creating the Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation, based in Fayetteville, New York. The Gage Foundation is dedicated to educating current and future generations about Gage’s work and the power of her work to drive contemporary social change. I met with Sally Roesch Wagner in the studios of Radio Curious in December 1996. Our conversation began when I welcomed Matilda Joslyn Gage to Radio Curious. The book Matilda Joslyn Gage recommends is “The Secret Doctrine: The Synthesis of Science, Religion and Philosophy,” by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky. The book Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner recommends is “Women, Church and State,” by Matilda Joslyn Gage. This program was recorded in December 1996. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/08/12/shirley-dame-magruder-kate-women-and-the-gold-rush-part-two/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/08/12/shirley-dame-magruder-kate-women-and-the-gold-rush-part-two/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2020 20:41:37 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4545 http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/08/12/shirley-dame-magruder-kate-women-and-the-gold-rush-part-two/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - When word that California had gold in its creeks and streams reached the United States of America in 1848, fortune seekers from all over the world soon began to arrive in California by boat, covered wagon, and on foot. Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-Dame_Shirley_8.19.20_IA_PT2.mp3) When word that California had gold in its creeks and streams reached the United States of America in 1848, fortune seekers from all over the world soon began to arrive in California by boat, covered wagon, and on foot. Some people made their fortunes by selling provisions or services and very few actually found enough gold to take home. Louise Smith Clapp of Amherst, Massachusetts, using the name of Dame Shirley, wrote detailed and vivid descriptions of the life and ways of the gold seekers and of mid 19th century California. In this two-part program, we will talk to Dame Shirley in the person of Kate Magruder, a Chautauqua performer and participant with the California Council for the Humanities Sesquicentennial Project, Rediscovering California at 150. 1 Dame Shirley recommends The Complete Works of William Shakespeare. Kate Magruder recommends “Days of Gold,” by Malcolm Rhorbough & “The Shirley Letters,” by Dame Shirley. Originally Broadcast: March 16, 1999 & March 23, 1999 LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/08/05/shirley-dame-magruder-kate-women-and-the-gold-rush/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/08/05/shirley-dame-magruder-kate-women-and-the-gold-rush/#comments Wed, 05 Aug 2020 20:40:16 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4543 http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/08/05/shirley-dame-magruder-kate-women-and-the-gold-rush/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - When word that California had gold in its creeks and streams reached the United States of America in 1848, fortune seekers from all over the world soon began to arrive in California by boat, covered wagon, and on foot. Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-Dame_Shirley_8.5.20_IA.mp3) When word that California had gold in its creeks and streams reached the United States of America in 1848, fortune seekers from all over the world soon began to arrive in California by boat, covered wagon, and on foot. Some people made their fortunes by selling provisions or services and very few actually found enough gold to take home. Louise Smith Clapp of Amherst, Massachusetts, using the name of Dame Shirley, wrote detailed and vivid descriptions of the life and ways of the gold seekers and of mid 19th century California. In this two-part program, we will talk to Dame Shirley in the person of Kate Magruder, a Chautauqua performer and participant with the California Council for the Humanities Sesquicentennial Project, Rediscovering California at 150. 1 Dame Shirley recommends The Complete Works of William Shakespeare. Kate Magruder recommends “Days of Gold,” by Malcolm Rhorbough & “The Shirley Letters,” by Dame Shirley. Originally Broadcast: March 16, 1999 & March 23, 1999 LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/03/18/brumberg-joan-jacobs-an-intimate-history-of-american-girls-part-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/03/18/brumberg-joan-jacobs-an-intimate-history-of-american-girls-part-2/#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2020 19:48:59 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4503 http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/03/18/brumberg-joan-jacobs-an-intimate-history-of-american-girls-part-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls - Advertising has had a major effect on how we view our bodies and on our individual self-image. The history of how this advertising has come to affect American g... Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-BRUMBERG_JOAN_JACOBS_PART_TWO_3.18.20_IA.mp3) The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls Advertising has had a major effect on how we view our bodies and on our individual self-image. The history of how this advertising has come to affect American girls as they pass through menarche and adolescence is presented in a book called “The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls.” This book describes the historical roots of acute societal and psychological pressures that girls feel today. It shows how the female adolescent experience has changed since 1895. The author, Joan Jacobs Brumberg, is a Professor of History and Women’s Studies at Cornell University in New York. In this two-part program, I spoke Professor Brumberg in October of 1997 and asked her what drew her to write “The Body Project.” Joan Jacobs Brumberg recommends “Learning to Bow,” by Bruce Feiler & “The Grass Link,” by May Vinchi. Originally Broadcast: October 14, 1997 & October 21, 1997 LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/03/11/brumberg-joan-jacobs-an-intimate-history-of-american-girls/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/03/11/brumberg-joan-jacobs-an-intimate-history-of-american-girls/#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2020 19:46:52 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4501 http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/03/11/brumberg-joan-jacobs-an-intimate-history-of-american-girls/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls - Advertising has had a major effect on how we view our bodies and on our individual self-image. The history of how this advertising has come to affect American g... Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-BRUMBERG_JOAN_JACOBS_PART_ONE_3.11.20_IA.mp3) The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls Advertising has had a major effect on how we view our bodies and on our individual self-image. The history of how this advertising has come to affect American girls as they pass through menarche and adolescence is presented in a book called “The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls.” This book describes the historical roots of acute societal and psychological pressures that girls feel today. It shows how the female adolescent experience has changed since 1895. The author, Joan Jacobs Brumberg, is a Professor of History and Women’s Studies at Cornell University in New York. In this two-part program, I spoke Professor Brumberg in October of 1997 and asked her what drew her to write “The Body Project.” Joan Jacobs Brumberg recommends “Learning to Bow,” by Bruce Feiler & “The Grass Link,” by May Vinchi. Originally Broadcast: October 14, 1997 & October 21, 1997 LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/02/26/boyd-blanche-self-styled-outlaw-lesbians/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/02/26/boyd-blanche-self-styled-outlaw-lesbians/#comments Wed, 26 Feb 2020 19:42:34 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4497 http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/02/26/boyd-blanche-self-styled-outlaw-lesbians/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - Terminal Velocity - The concept of memoir versus fiction leads many authors to transform their personal experiences and life to fiction. Blanche Boyd is a native of South Carolina and a Professor of Literature at Conne... Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-BOYD_BLANCHE_2.26.20_IA.mp3) Terminal Velocity The concept of memoir versus fiction leads many authors to transform their personal experiences and life to fiction. Blanche Boyd is a native of South Carolina and a Professor of Literature at Connecticut College. She is also the author of the book entitled, “Terminal Velocity.” This is a book about a group of self-styled lesbian outlaws in the 1970s. We discussed the relationship of memoir and fiction, and how it applies to her work. Blanche Boyd recommends “Cathedral” & “To the Waterfall,” both by Raymond Carver. Originally Broadcast: August 19, 1997 LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2019/06/18/grealy-lucy-what-is-ugly/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2019/06/18/grealy-lucy-what-is-ugly/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2019 18:29:49 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4437 http://www.radiocurious.org/2019/06/18/grealy-lucy-what-is-ugly/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - The Autobiography of a Face - Lucy Grealy, a victim of Ewing’s Sarcoma, beginning when was nine years old suffered from a cancer of the jaw that is 90% fatal in the first few years. In Lucy’s case, it was not fatal. Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-1197-1-[118]_Grealy_Lucy_12-5-94_(6-18-19)IA.mp3) The Autobiography of a Face Lucy Grealy, a victim of Ewing’s Sarcoma, beginning when was nine years old suffered from a cancer of the jaw that is 90% fatal in the first few years. In Lucy’s case, it was not fatal. Rather it brought about many intense and emotional experiences that most of us could not imagine. She had a large part of her lower jaw removed when she was about nine and half and for two and a half years had weekly chemotherapy treatments. Throughout her teenage years, she had multiple surgeries to reshape her jaw. Her book, “Autobiography of a Face,” reveals her experiences, her mistaken conflation of beauty and love, and what she learned about emotions, both her own and other people’s. Lucy Grealy recommends “100 Years of Solitude,” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Originally Broadcast: December 5, 1994 LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2019/03/12/gilbert-ronnie-as-mother-jones-the-most-dangerous-woman-in-america/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2019/03/12/gilbert-ronnie-as-mother-jones-the-most-dangerous-woman-in-america/#comments Wed, 13 Mar 2019 02:34:23 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4408 http://www.radiocurious.org/2019/03/12/gilbert-ronnie-as-mother-jones-the-most-dangerous-woman-in-america/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - Mary Harris Jones, Mother Jones, was born in 1830. She lived a quiet, non-public life until she was approximately 47 years old and then, for almost the next fifty years, she was a fiery union organizer, strike leader, Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-1197-1-1197-1-gilbert_ronnie_3.12.19_IA.mp3) Mary Harris Jones, Mother Jones, was born in 1830. She lived a quiet, non-public life until she was approximately 47 years old and then, for almost the next fifty years, she was a fiery union organizer, strike leader, and fighter for safe and humane working conditions, the eight hour day, and child labor laws. Around the turn of the century, she was called the most dangerous woman in America. Her legacy has lived on in the form of a magazine that bears the name, Mother Jones; and in the form of a one-woman play about her life, produced, acted and written by singer and songwriter Ronnie Gilbert. Mother Jones recommends any books by Leo Tolstoy. Ronnie Gilbert recommends “Hawaii,” by James Mechiner. Originally Broadcast: March 12, 1997 LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/11/06/freedman-dr-estelle-history-of-feminism/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/11/06/freedman-dr-estelle-history-of-feminism/#comments Wed, 07 Nov 2018 02:01:50 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4377 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/11/06/freedman-dr-estelle-history-of-feminism/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - The place of women in the world and in the American society has changed in many aspects in the recent past.  Many people say this is due to the politics of feminism, and some inquire where it will lead. Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-11.6.18_PUBLISH-Freedman_Estelle_B_YK.mp3) The place of women in the world and in the American society has changed in many aspects in the recent past.  Many people say this is due to the politics of feminism, and some inquire where it will lead. I spoke with Professor Estelle B. Freedman by phone in April 2002 and asked her to talk about why feminism did not evolve as people evolved and civilization developed. The books Professor Freedman recommends are “The Blind Assassin” by Margaret Atwood, and “The Vagina Monologues” by Eve Ensler. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/08/07/hollenbeck-holly-sex-lives-of-wives-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/08/07/hollenbeck-holly-sex-lives-of-wives-2/#comments Wed, 08 Aug 2018 01:30:44 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4351 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/08/07/hollenbeck-holly-sex-lives-of-wives-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - How to ignite sexual passion from a woman’s perspective is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious, as we talk with Holly Hollenbeck, a former attorney from Omaha, Nebraska, and author of, “Sex Lives of Wives, Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-HOLLENBECK_INTERVIEW_EDITED_8-2-12_(1-29-18).mp3) How to ignite sexual passion from a woman’s perspective is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious, as we talk with Holly Hollenbeck, a former attorney from Omaha, Nebraska, and author of, “Sex Lives of Wives, Reigniting the Passion, True Confessions and Provocative Advice from Real Women.” Holly Hollenbeck says her book is not so much directed at how to please your mate, but how to please yourself by pleasing your mate. Take a look at www.passionseekers.com, her website devoted to helping women find passion and inspiration in their long-term relationships. I spoke with Holly Hollenbeck from her home in Nebraska, in mid September 2006, and asked her to describe what motivated her to write, “Sex Lives of Wives.” The book Holly Hollenbeck recommends is "Adults Only Travel: The Ultimate Guide to Romantic and Erotic Destination," by David West and Louis James. Originally Broadcast: September 20, 2006. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/06/26/caleen-sisk-franco-christina-aanestad-puberty-rights-of-the-winnemem-wintu/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/06/26/caleen-sisk-franco-christina-aanestad-puberty-rights-of-the-winnemem-wintu/#comments Wed, 27 Jun 2018 01:16:51 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4338 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/06/26/caleen-sisk-franco-christina-aanestad-puberty-rights-of-the-winnemem-wintu/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - In this edition of Radio Curious, our assistant producer Christina Aanestad is the guest host in a conversation about puberty rights for young women within the Winnemem-Wintu tribe in Northern California. Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-Winnemen-Wintu_CA.mp3) In this edition of Radio Curious, our assistant producer Christina Aanestad is the guest host in a conversation about puberty rights for young women within the Winnemem-Wintu tribe in Northern California. This visit with Caleen Sisk-Franco, the Spiritual Leader and Chief of the Winnemem-Wintu was recorded near Mt. Shasta, California in August 2010. In the last few years, the tribe has revived an ancient ritual, the Puberty Ceremony-which honors and celebrates a girls transition into womanhood. The "Middle Water People" are a small tribe near Mount Shasta, in Northern California. During World War 2, they were relocated and their homeland was flooded to make the Shasta dam. Nearly 80 years later, the tribe has reinvigorated one of its ceremonies, there, called the Puberty Ceremony, which honors a girls transition into womanhood. For 3 days and nights, men sing and dance on one side of a river, while the women, pass on traditions to girls on the other side. But holding a ceremony on stolen land can be a challenge. The forest service refuses to grant the tribe private access to their ancestral land along the McCloud river, because they are an “unrecognized” tribe. Their ceremony is held with recreational boaters driving by, and camping as the tribe holds it's right of passage. Under the guidance of their Chief and Spiritual Leader, Caleen Sisk Franco, the Winnemem-Wintu have sued the federal government to protect their rights and their ancestral land. She describes the puberty ceremony and it’s importance to their way of life. LeGov clean 29:04 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/05/02/basta-michael-relationship-warning-signs-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/05/02/basta-michael-relationship-warning-signs-2/#comments Thu, 03 May 2018 00:51:31 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4321 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/05/02/basta-michael-relationship-warning-signs-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - Why some couples get along and others don’t, sometimes to the extent of terminating their relationship, is a curious question, the answer to which is likely to bring both pleasure and unhappiness to each of us. Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-BASTA_MICHAEL_2018_CA.mp3) Why some couples get along and others don’t, sometimes to the extent of terminating their relationship, is a curious question, the answer to which is likely to bring both pleasure and unhappiness to each of us. Michael Basta has been a licensed clinical social worker based in Sonoma, County California, since 1988. He is trained and certified as a Gottman Couples’ Therapist. This training identifies the traits and behaviors of couples that are useful to predict how long their relationship will last. Michael Basta visited Radio Curious on May 21, 2010, and began by describing the negative traits and behaviors that indicate a dark future for the relationship. The book Michael Basta recommends is “The Female Brain,” by Dr. Louann Brizendine. LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/04/18/kate-magruder-as-dame-shirley-women-and-the-gold-rush-part-two/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/04/18/kate-magruder-as-dame-shirley-women-and-the-gold-rush-part-two/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2018 00:48:16 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4317 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/04/18/kate-magruder-as-dame-shirley-women-and-the-gold-rush-part-two/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - When word that California had gold in its creeks and streams reached the United States of America in 1848, fortune seekers from all over the world soon began to arrive by boat, covered wagon, and on foot. Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-Kate_Magruder-P2-2018_CA.mp3) When word that California had gold in its creeks and streams reached the United States of America in 1848, fortune seekers from all over the world soon began to arrive by boat, covered wagon, and on foot. Some people made their fortunes by selling provisions or services and very few actually found enough gold to take home. Louise Smith Clapp of Amherst, Massachusetts, using the name of Dame Shirley, wrote detailed and vivid descriptions of the life and ways of the gold seekers and of mid 19th century California. In this two-part program, we will talk to Dame Shirley in the person of Kate Magruder, a Chautauqua performer and participant with the California Council for the Humanities Sesquicentennial Project, Rediscovering California at 150. In part one, Kate Magruder portrays Dame Shirley. In part two, Kate Magruder talks more about Dame Shirley's life and times. The book Dame Shirley recommends is "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare." The books Kate Magruder recommends are "Days of Gold," by Malcolm Rhorbough and "The Shirley Letters," by Dame Shirley. This interview was originally broadcast on March 16, 1999. LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/04/11/kate-magruder-as-dame-shirley-women-and-the-gold-rush-part-one/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/04/11/kate-magruder-as-dame-shirley-women-and-the-gold-rush-part-one/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2018 00:46:03 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4315 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/04/11/kate-magruder-as-dame-shirley-women-and-the-gold-rush-part-one/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - When word that California had gold in its creeks and streams reached the United States of America in 1848, fortune seekers from all over the world soon began to arrive by boat, covered wagon, and on foot. Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-MAGRUDER_KATE_1999_CA_2018.mp3) When word that California had gold in its creeks and streams reached the United States of America in 1848, fortune seekers from all over the world soon began to arrive by boat, covered wagon, and on foot. Some people made their fortunes by selling provisions or services and very few actually found enough gold to take home. Louise Smith Clapp of Amherst, Massachusetts, using the name of Dame Shirley, wrote detailed and vivid descriptions of the life and ways of the gold seekers and of mid 19th century California. In this two-part program, we will talk to Dame Shirley in the person of Kate Magruder, a Chautauqua performer and participant with the California Council for the Humanities Sesquicentennial Project, Rediscovering California at 150. In part one, Kate Magruder portrays Dame Shirley. In part two, Kate Magruder discusses about Dame Shirley's life and times. The book Dame Shirley recommends is “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare.” Kate Magruder recommends “Days of Gold,” by Malcolm Rhorbough and “The Shirley Letters,” by Dame Shirley. This interview was originally Broadcast: on March 16, 1999. LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/03/27/wendy-norris-as-emily-dickinson-hiding-in-her-own-house/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/03/27/wendy-norris-as-emily-dickinson-hiding-in-her-own-house/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2018 00:41:26 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4308 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/03/27/wendy-norris-as-emily-dickinson-hiding-in-her-own-house/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - History remembers poets of past eras as windows into the civilization of their time. A poet’s words reveal life and feelings we would otherwise never know. New England, in the mid-19th century, Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-1197-1-DICKINSON_EMILY_CA_2016.mp3) History remembers poets of past eras as windows into the civilization of their time. A poet’s words reveal life and feelings we would otherwise never know. New England, in the mid-19th century, was the center of a renaissance of American poetry. Emily Dickinson, better known now than she was then, was known for her phrases which sang out in a multitude of forms, meters and styles. Her words presented her innermost feelings and thoughts. A passionate and witty woman, she made a craft and an art of her words and her life. I met with Emily Dickinson in the person of actress Wendy Norris, in the parlor of the Dickinson family home, magically carried from Amherst, Massachusetts, to the stage of the Willits Community Theater, in Willits, California, where the belle of Amherst told her story. We began our conversation when I asked Emily Dickinson why she chose not to receive visitors in her home for so many years. LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/03/21/nichols-clarina-the-revolutionary-heart-and-life-of-clarina-nichols/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/03/21/nichols-clarina-the-revolutionary-heart-and-life-of-clarina-nichols/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2018 00:36:13 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4306 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/03/21/nichols-clarina-the-revolutionary-heart-and-life-of-clarina-nichols/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - The life of Clarina Nichols and her work in the early women’s rights movement in the United States has been greatly overlooked. As one of the country’s first female newspaper editors and stump speakers, Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-NICHOLS-EICKHOFF_CA_2018.mp3) The life of Clarina Nichols and her work in the early women’s rights movement in the United States has been greatly overlooked. As one of the country’s first female newspaper editors and stump speakers, Clarina Nichols spoke out for temperance, abolition and women’s rights at a time when doing so could get a woman killed. Unlike other activists, she personally experienced some of the cruelest sufferings that a married woman of her day could know. In her pursuit for justice she traveled westward facing all of the challenges of being a single mother and a women’s rights activist of her day with good humor and resourcefulness. Clarina Nichols is portrayed by Diane Eickhoff in this chautauquan style interview.  We began when I asked Clarina about her childhood. The book Clarina Nichols recommends is “The Sexes Throughout Nature (Pioneers of the woman’s movement),” by Antoinette Louisa Brown Blackwell. The book Diane Eickhoff recommends is “The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 911” by Lawrence Wright. This program was originally broadcast on January 13, 2007. LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/01/10/vogel-lillian-secrets-of-a-long-life-in-memory-of-dr-lillian-brown-vogel/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/01/10/vogel-lillian-secrets-of-a-long-life-in-memory-of-dr-lillian-brown-vogel/#comments Thu, 11 Jan 2018 00:10:35 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4284 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/01/10/vogel-lillian-secrets-of-a-long-life-in-memory-of-dr-lillian-brown-vogel/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - This program is presented in honor of my mother, Lillian Brown Vogel, whose vivacious 39,549 days finally caught up with her on December 29, 2017. She died at her home here in Ukiah, California at the age of 108. Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-LILLIAN_VOGEL_2017_CA.mp3) This program is presented in honor of my mother, Lillian Brown Vogel, whose vivacious 39,549 days finally caught up with her on December 29, 2017. She died at her home here in Ukiah, California at the age of 108. Smiling until she closed her eyes for the last time, she cherished her well lived life. I dedicate this program to everyone who seeks to lead a long, active and happy life. My mother played the piano almost daily for 104 years. She voted in every election since 1930, the year she began medical school. She earned a Master’s Degree in 1933 and Ph.D. in 1961, both in psychology. She worked as a clinical psychologist, retiring in 2005, at the age of 96. In response to many queries about the secret of her long life, she published her memoir, “What’s My Secret?  One Hundred Years of Memories and Reflections,” on her 100th birthday in 2009. My mother was driven by her curiosity and joy of life. She was able to get to the heart of most any matter with a few simple questions.  And then always wanted to know more. This interview, originally recorded on October 31, 2009, was poetically updated, as you’ll hear, on September 9, 2014. Now this edition of Radio Curious begins when I asked Dr. Lillian Brown Vogel, my mother and my initial mentor on how to be curious: 'Mother dear, what makes you curious?' The book Lillian B. Vogel recommended in 2009, is “The Blue Tattoo: The Life Of Olive Oatman,” by Margot Mifflin. LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/12/19/smith-jana-malamud-why-mothers-worry-about-their-children/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/12/19/smith-jana-malamud-why-mothers-worry-about-their-children/#comments Tue, 19 Dec 2017 22:44:43 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4278 http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/12/19/smith-jana-malamud-why-mothers-worry-about-their-children/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - Is the concept of “mother blame” a method to control women? Is motherhood a really a fearsome job? Will a mother’s mistake or inattention damage a child? Is this different from the fear that fathers have about the safet... Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-SMITH_JANNA_MALAMUD_INTERVIEW_CA_2012.mp3) Is the concept of “mother blame” a method to control women? Is motherhood a really a fearsome job? Will a mother’s mistake or inattention damage a child? Is this different from the fear that fathers have about the safety of their children? These questions are answered by guest Jana Malamud Smith in her book “A Potent Spell: Mother Love and the Power of Fear.” She is a clinical psychotherapist and daughter of writer Bernard Malamud. Smith argues that the fear of losing a child is central to motherhood, and mostly overlooked as a historical force that has induced mothers throughout time to shape their own lives to better shelter their young, at the expense of their own future. I spoke with Dr. Janna Malamud Smith from her home in Massachusetts, and asked her to begin by discussing the different level of feat that fathers and mothers have toward their children. The book Janna Malamud Smith recommends is “Biography of Samuel Pepys” by Clair Tomilin. Originally broadcast: February 18, 2003. LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/08/29/pace-charles-wagner-sally-a-visit-with-elizabeth-cady-stanton-frederick-douglass/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/08/29/pace-charles-wagner-sally-a-visit-with-elizabeth-cady-stanton-frederick-douglass/#comments Tue, 29 Aug 2017 20:33:17 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4243 http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/08/29/pace-charles-wagner-sally-a-visit-with-elizabeth-cady-stanton-frederick-douglass/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Frederick Douglass were good friends from the mid 19th century to the late 19th century, and were active leaders in the fight for the rights of women and blacks throughout their lives. Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-STANTON-DOUGLAS-CA-2017.mp3) Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Frederick Douglass were good friends from the mid 19th century to the late 19th century, and were active leaders in the fight for the rights of women and blacks throughout their lives.  From time to time they got together to visit and talk about America, as they knew it. In this archive edition of Radio Curious recorded in May 1998, I met with Chautauqua scholars Sally Roesch Wagner and Charles Pace who portrayed Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Frederick Douglass. We began our conversation when I asked them each to tell us what it was like to be an American during their life time. The book Frederick Douglass recommends is, “The Columbian Orator: Containing a Variety of Original and Selected Pieces Together With Rules, Which Are Calculated to Improve Youth and Others, in the Ornamental and Using Art of Eloquence” by Caleb Bingham. The book Charles Pace recommends is, “W. E. B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race, 1868 to 1919,” by David Levering Lewis. The book Elizabeth Cady Stanton recommends is, “The Woman’s Bible” edited by Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The book Sally Wagner recommends is, “The Homesteader: A Novel,” by Oscar Micheaux. LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/03/07/wagner-sally-roesch-matilda-joslyn-gage-the-forgotten-suffragist/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/03/07/wagner-sally-roesch-matilda-joslyn-gage-the-forgotten-suffragist/#comments Tue, 07 Mar 2017 19:16:10 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4189 http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/03/07/wagner-sally-roesch-matilda-joslyn-gage-the-forgotten-suffragist/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - This program is about Matilda Joslyn Gage, who lived from 1826 to 1892 and was a vibrant and leading figure in the suffragist movement of that century. - Matilda Joslyn Gage, an outspoken leader for women’s rights, Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-Radio_Curious_-_20170307_-_Gage.mp3) This program is about Matilda Joslyn Gage, who lived from 1826 to 1892 and was a vibrant and leading figure in the suffragist movement of that century. Matilda Joslyn Gage, an outspoken leader for women’s rights, and an advocate to abolish slavery and religious bigotry, became historically invisible in pursuit of her liberty to think and speak as she thought proper. She was threatened with jail for voting in New York in 1871, and later was inducted into the Iroquois nation after publicly declaring Christian theology to be a primary source of the oppression of women. Historian and Chautauqua scholar Sally Roesch Wagner, who portrays Matilda Joslyn Gage, brought Gage into the limelight by creating the Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation, based in Fayetteville, New York. The Gage Foundation is dedicated to educating current and future generations about Gage’s work and the power of her work to drive contemporary social change. Radio Curious spoke with Sally Roesch Wagner in December 1996. Our conversation began when I welcomed Matilda Joslyn Gage. The book Matilda Joslyn Gage recommends is “The Secret Doctrine: The Synthesis of Science, Religion and Philosophy,” by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky. The book Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner recommends is “Women, Church and State,” by Matilda Joslyn Gage. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2016/03/08/freedman-estelle-history-of-feminism/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2016/03/08/freedman-estelle-history-of-feminism/#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2016 23:46:51 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4076 http://www.radiocurious.org/2016/03/08/freedman-estelle-history-of-feminism/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - The place of women in the world and in the American society has changed in many aspects in the recent past. Many people say this is due to the politics of feminism, and some inquire where it will lead. - Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-Freedman_Estelle_B_YK.mp3) The place of women in the world and in the American society has changed in many aspects in the recent past. Many people say this is due to the politics of feminism, and some inquire where it will lead. I spoke with Professor Freedman by phone in April 2002 and asked her to talk about why feminism did not evolve as people evolved and civilization developed. The books Professor Freedman recommends are “The Blind Assassin” by Margaret Atwood, and “The Vagina Monologues” by Eve Ensler. LeGov clean 28:52 http://www.radiocurious.org/2016/01/13/dr-sally-roesch-wagner-survival-is-indigenous/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2016/01/13/dr-sally-roesch-wagner-survival-is-indigenous/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2016 08:48:17 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4003 http://www.radiocurious.org/2016/01/13/dr-sally-roesch-wagner-survival-is-indigenous/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/09/08/ebershoff-david-how-many-wives-are-enough-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/09/08/ebershoff-david-how-many-wives-are-enough-2/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2015 05:23:58 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3822 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/09/08/ebershoff-david-how-many-wives-are-enough-2/feed/ 0 mormon church,polygamy Radio Curious visits with David Ebershoff, author of "The 19th Wife," a book about Ann Eliza Young, and her realization and then quest to speak out against polygamy in the Mormon church. Polygamy used to be a central aspect in Mormon beliefs.  However, it has not been for over 100 years now, due partly to considerable effort by Ann Eliza Young, one of Brigham Young’s many wives. In this edition of Radio Curious we visit with David Ebershoff, author of “The 19th Wife," the story of Ann Eliza Young, and her realization and then quest to let the world know that marriage should only pertain to two people, instead of one man and a plethora of wives who were referred to as “sister wives.”  We discuss what marriage is, how religion plays a large role in many people’s lives, and how the quest that Ann Eliza had effected her world and the world we live in today. Our conversation, recorded on August 29, 2008, began when I asked David Ebershoff why Ann Eliza wanted to apostate (or leave without approval) from the Mormon Church in relationship to the politics then and now. The book that David Ebershoff recommends is, “American Wife: A Novel” by Curtis Sittenfeld. Click here to begin listening. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/09/01/ebershoff-david-southern-california-1903-1945/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/09/01/ebershoff-david-southern-california-1903-1945/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2015 03:58:33 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3816 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/09/01/ebershoff-david-southern-california-1903-1945/feed/ 0 california,Southern California Radio Curious revisits a conversation with David Ebershoff, author “Pasadena,” a book about storytelling through the life of Linda Stamp, a young girl born and raised on a rural coastal area near San Diego, California, in the early to mid 1900's. In this program we visit with David Ebershoff (http://www.ebershoff.com), author of “Pasadena (http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/august_2002/pasadena.html),” a book about storytelling.  “Pasadena” is the story of Linda Stamp, a young girl born and raised on a rural coastal area near San Diego, California, beginning when she was born in 1903.  Linda learned the many different ways of the sea as she grew and married into a wealthy Pasadena family. This is also a book about choices, some which we think through, and some which determine our fate even when we were unaware of the magnitude of the moment.  With the novelist’s freedom to he uses his sense of story, where it begins and where it ends.  As the middle part of the story is built, so are the character’s lives, juxtaposing the times and places in their lives times. In many ways, California itself is the novel's main character. We get to see what the land must have been like when it was a wild, teeming frontier, just on its way to being transformed by fishermen, farmers, land developers and tourists. David Ebershoff is currently an executive editor at Random House, and lives in New York City.  When and I visited by phone in July 2002, I asked him to describe the kinds of things in his life that prompted him to write his second novel “Pasadena.” The book David Ebershoff recommends is “Middlesex,” a novel by Jeffrey Eugenides. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/08/25/reese-father-tom-pope-francis-the-catholic-church-a-discussion-with-a-priest-part-two/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/08/25/reese-father-tom-pope-francis-the-catholic-church-a-discussion-with-a-priest-part-two/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2015 04:00:05 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3806 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/08/25/reese-father-tom-pope-francis-the-catholic-church-a-discussion-with-a-priest-part-two/feed/ 0 Catholic Church,Pope Francis,Vatican Radio Curious guest host Martha McCabe discusses Pope Francis, women, and the future of the Catholic Church with Father Tom Reese, a member of the Society of Jesus. Marriage, divorce and the role of women in the Catholic church are some of the topics of this edition of Radio Curious, the second of two visits with Father Tom Reese, a member of the Society of Jesus.  In the first visit, we discussed his view of Pope Francis, the role of prayer, and the possibility of opening the priesthood to women.  Father Tom Reese entered the Jesuits in 1962 and was ordained in 1974.  Currently he is a senior analyst with the National Catholic Reporter. He was appointed by President Obama to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent, bipartisan federal commission that reviews the facts and circumstances of religious freedom violations and makes policy recommendations to the President, the Secretary of State, and Congress.  Martha McCabe, our guest host, is a retired higher education legal counsel and civil rights attorney with masters degrees in history and creative writing.  Brought up as a Roman Catholic, she graduated from Jesuit Santa Clara University and is now a secular Buddhist.  As a novelist, she was a guest on Radio Curious in 2006.  When Martha McCabe visited with Father Tom Reese by phone on August 14, 2015, she began their conversation by inquiring about marriage in the Catholic Church.  While the Vatican views marriage as a sacred pact between two people, it forbids its priests from entering into that union. The book Father Tom Reese recommends is “Laudato Si,” Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical on climate change.  Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here to listen to part one. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/08/18/reese-father-tom-pope-francis-the-catholic-church-a-discussion-with-a-priest-part-one/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/08/18/reese-father-tom-pope-francis-the-catholic-church-a-discussion-with-a-priest-part-one/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2015 00:52:16 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3800 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/08/18/reese-father-tom-pope-francis-the-catholic-church-a-discussion-with-a-priest-part-one/feed/ 0 Catholic Church,LGBTQ,marriage,Pope Francis,women Radio Curious guest host Martha McCabe discusses Pope Francis and the future of the Catholic Church with Father Tom Reese, a member of the Society of Jesus and appointee to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.  In recognition of Pope Francis' visit to the United States in September 2015, Radio Curious presents a series of visits with Father Tom Reese, a member of the Society of Jesus.  In this first of two visits, we discuss his view of Pope Francis, the role of prayer, changes within the Catholic Church’s view of marriage and the possibility of opening the priesthood to women.  Father Tom Reese entered the Jesuits in 1962 and was ordained in 1974.  Currently he is a senior analyst with the National Catholic Reporter. He was appointed by President Obama to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent, bipartisan federal commission that reviews the facts and circumstances of religious freedom violations and makes policy recommendations to the President, the Secretary of State, and Congress.  Our guest host for this visit with Father Reese is Martha McCabe, a retired higher education legal counsel and civil rights attorney.  She holds masters' degrees in history and creative writing.  Brought up as a Roman Catholic, she graduated from Jesuit Santa Clara University. As a novelist, she was a guest on Radio Curious in 2006.  When Martha McCabe visited with Father Tom Reese by phone on August 14, 2015, they began when she asked him what the election of a Latin American Pope Francis indicates about the future direction of the Catholic church and the papacy. The book Father Tom Reese recommends is “Laudato Si,” Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical on climate change.  Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here to listen to part two. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/06/30/patterson-dr-victoria-native-american-life-before-and-after-europeans-part-one/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/06/30/patterson-dr-victoria-native-american-life-before-and-after-europeans-part-one/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2015 06:27:49 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3759 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/06/30/patterson-dr-victoria-native-american-life-before-and-after-europeans-part-one/feed/ 0 indigenous,Native American,Pomo Radio Curious revisits a conversation with Dr. Victoria Patterson,Dr. Victoria Patterson, an anthropologist based in Ukiah, California, who has worked with Native Americans for over 30 years. She shares their stories and her insights. Cultures that have no written language pass on their histories through oral traditions. The stories are the way that social values and traditions are taught by one generation to the next. Animals often play a significant character role in these stories. In the Native American traditions of the northwest part of California, the coyote is a popular character. Dr. Victoria Patterson, an anthropologist based in Ukiah, California, has worked with native peoples for over 30 years. She knows these stories, and she sees them as windows, allowing us to imagine how original native peoples of northern California thought and lived. I met with Dr. Victoria Patterson and asked her about the significance of the story where the coyote jumped off into the sky. Our discussion lead to a two-part program, originally broadcast in February of 1999. The books Dr. Victoria Patterson recommends are “Deep Valley,” by Bernard W. Aginsky and “Under the Tuscan Sun,” by Frances Mayes. Originally Broadcast: February 16, 1999 and February 26, 1999. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/06/10/gilbert-ronnie-a-memorial-tribute/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/06/10/gilbert-ronnie-a-memorial-tribute/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2015 18:56:31 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3707 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/06/10/gilbert-ronnie-a-memorial-tribute/feed/ 0 Radio Curious pays tribute to folk singer Ronnie Gilbert, who died on June 6, 2015 at the age of 88. In this edition of Radio Curious we honor and pay tribute to folk singer Ronnie Gilbert, who died on June 6, 2015 at the age of 88. She is well known for her powerful contralto voice as a member of the Weavers, the extraordinarily popular folk music quartet that in 1950s and 1960s. She also had careers as an actor and a psychologist. From the Radio Curious archives, recorded in September 1996, Ronnie Gilbert describes her introduction to music and dance, how the Weavers came together; their blacklist experience; her thoughts about turning 70 years old when this program was recorded in 1996; and her friendship and work with Holly Near. We conclude with Holly Near recalling her friendship with Ronnie Gilbert. The books Ronnie Gilbert recommends are “The Moors Last Sigh” by Salman Rushdie, “Making Movies” by Sidney Lumet and “Eyewitness: A Personal Account of the Unraveling of the Soviet Union” by Vladimir Pozner. Click here to listen or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/05/26/lowe-felicia-chinese-immigration-the-veil-of-secrecy-and-silence/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/05/26/lowe-felicia-chinese-immigration-the-veil-of-secrecy-and-silence/#comments Wed, 27 May 2015 02:50:41 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3682 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/05/26/lowe-felicia-chinese-immigration-the-veil-of-secrecy-and-silence/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with Felicia Lowe the producer of “Chinese Couplets” a documentary about Lowe's quest to learn about her ancestral history by tracing her mothers immigration to the United States from rural China. Secrecy of and revelation about the trip to America to secure a new life during the Chinese Exclusion era is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious.  Our guest is Felicia Lowe, whose film “Chinese Couplets” tells her mother’s story.  Felicia Lowe was met with refusals and silence when as a child she asked her mother about her childhood. This shroud of silence was lifted when Felicia Lowe’s daughter found an old family photograph taken in China and asked her grandmother to tell the story related to the photograph.  The film “Chinese Couplets” shows and tells the story of a childhood in rural China, the new identity to secure passage to America, the fear of deportation if the truth were known, and a prosperous and successful life of an immigrant Chinese woman in Oakland, California.   The film “Chinese Couplets” will be shown at the Mendocino Film Festival on Saturday, May 30, 2015 at 10 am in the Village of Mendocino, California. When Felicia Lowe and I visited by phone from her home in San Francisco, California, May 17, 2015, I asked her to tell us about her mother. The book Felicia Lowe recommends is “The Blues Eye,” by Toni Morrison. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/05/13/schwartz-lacey-nobody-discussed-it-lacey-schwartz-and-little-white-lie/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/05/13/schwartz-lacey-nobody-discussed-it-lacey-schwartz-and-little-white-lie/#comments Wed, 13 May 2015 06:10:25 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3665 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/05/13/schwartz-lacey-nobody-discussed-it-lacey-schwartz-and-little-white-lie/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with Lacey Schwartz, director and producer of “Little White Lie,” a documentary about her experiences growing up as a white Jew and later learning that she is half black. The secret revealed in the life of Lacey Schwartz, born in 1987 to a white Jewish family in rural upstate New York, where she grew up, is that her biological father was black.  The few who knew her truth remained silent until after her first year of college when she asked her mother why she looked the way she did.  Lacey Schwartz is the producer and director of the film “Little White Lie,” which documents her family secret. "Little White Lie” will be shown at the Mendocino Film Festival on Friday, May 29, 2015, at 5:30 pm, in the Village of Mendocino, California. Lacey Schwartz and I visited by phone from her home near New York City, on May 11, 2015.  First we hear a clip of Lacey’s voice taken from the introduction of the film “Little White Lie,” and later intersperse our conversation with clips from the film.  The book Lacey Schwartz recommends is “How It Feels to Be Free:  Black Women Entertainers and the Civil Rights Movement,” by Ruth Feldstein. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/03/31/bayer-jaciara-jaciara-bayer-transracial-adoptions-and-white-privilege/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/03/31/bayer-jaciara-jaciara-bayer-transracial-adoptions-and-white-privilege/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2015 17:52:55 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3616 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/03/31/bayer-jaciara-jaciara-bayer-transracial-adoptions-and-white-privilege/feed/ 1 Radio Curious visits with Jaciara Bayer, a transracial adoptee who shares her personal experiences of being told she’s different, growing up in a white family and her encounters with white privilege. We continue our discussion of racism and white privilege in Mendocino County, California, with a 30 year old Brazilian born woman,  who is currently studying for a master’s degree in social work at the California State University at Hayward. Jaciara Bayer was adopted and brought to the United States at age 11 months by her single, white-American mother and grew up in Ukiah, California.   A transracial adoption, which may be an international adoption, is the primary focus of Jaciara Bayer’s plan of study for her master’s degree.  Sharing her personal experiences, she tells us of being told she’s different, growing up in a white family and white privilege.  When Jaci, as she is often known, and I visited in the studios of Radio Curious on March 23, 2015, she began with her earliest memories. The book Jaciara Bayer recommends is “In the Meantime: Finding Yourself and the Love You Want,” by Iyanla Van Zant. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/03/24/nawa-fariba-child-brides-drug-lords-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/03/24/nawa-fariba-child-brides-drug-lords-2/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2015 18:06:45 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3609 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/03/24/nawa-fariba-child-brides-drug-lords-2/feed/ 0 afghanistan,drug trade,opium Opium, child brides, drug lords and their effect on life in Afghanistan is the topic of this week’s Radio Curious in conversation with Afghan-American Journalist Fariba Nawa, author of “Opium Nation: Child Brides, Imagine Darya, a twelve year old girl in a remote village of Afghanistan. Her father forces her to marry a drug lord as part payment for an opium drug trade. Her father is not home and she is about to be taken from her family. Desperately, her hands trembling, she implores you, a complete stranger: “Please don’t let him take me.” In this edition of Radio Curious we visit with Fariba Nawa, author of “Opium Nation: Child Brides, Drug Lords and One Woman’s Journey Through Afghanistan.” Fariba Nawa was ten years old when her family fled Afghanistan shortly before the Soviet invasion in 1979. Eighteen years later Fariba Nawa met twelve year old Darya when she returned to her native Afghanistan as an Afghan-American investigative journalist. Her book tells Darya’s story, and reveals what the Afghan opium drug trade is doing to her native land in the midst of war. Fariba Nawa and I visited by phone from her home near San Francisco, California on January 23, 2012. We began with her description of coming to the United States and flight from Afghanistan. The book Fariba Nawa recommends is “Day of Honey: A Memoir of Food, Love and War,” by Annia Ciezaldo. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/03/17/kiggins-josanna-josanna-kiggins-on-skin-color-gender-and-song/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/03/17/kiggins-josanna-josanna-kiggins-on-skin-color-gender-and-song/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2015 22:04:57 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3604 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/03/17/kiggins-josanna-josanna-kiggins-on-skin-color-gender-and-song/feed/ 0 Radio Curious discusses racial discrimination and cultural gender norms with Josanna Kiggins, a young black woman living in the small, predominantly white town of Ukiah, California. Radio Curious continues our conversation about racial discrimination, cultural gender norms and expected behaviors.  Our guest, Josanna Kiggins, is a parent, student, singer, singing and cultural education teacher, and a medical receptionist.  A native of Salvador, Brazil Josanna has lived here in Ukiah, California, for 30 years.  She’s someone I’ve known almost that long.     When Josanna Kiggins and I visited at Radio Curious on March 14, 2015, she described her experiences, values and goals.   Her story begins when she was 9 months old.  The book Josanna Kiggins recommends is “Hard Laughter,” by Anne Lamont. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/03/10/bainbridge-dr-david-why-women-have-curves/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/03/10/bainbridge-dr-david-why-women-have-curves/#comments Tue, 10 Mar 2015 19:02:34 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3596 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/03/10/bainbridge-dr-david-why-women-have-curves/feed/ 0 Radio Curious discusses the evolution of women's bodies and why they have curves with Dr. David Bainbridge, author of “Curvology:  The Origins and Power of Female Body Shape” and Professor of Veterinary Anatomy at the University of Cambridge. I presume that all of you have, at one time or another, noticed that within the greater animal kingdom, the female of our species has a curvaceous body shape visibly different from the shape of the male homo sapiens.  Why women have curves and how these curves reflect on other aspects of our lives, is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious.  Our guest is Dr. David Bainbridge, Professor of Veterinary Anatomy at the University of Cambridge, in Cambridge, England and the author of “Curvology:  The Origins and Power of Female Body Shape.”  When Dr. David Bainbridge and I visited by phone from his home in England on March 6, 2015, I asked him "why is it that female humans are curvy?" The book Dr. David Bainbridge recommends is “Intelligent Life in the Universe,” by I.S. Shklovskii and Carl Sagan, published in 1966.  It is a product of a unique international collaboration between a world famous Russian astronomer and a leading American space scientist, presenting a modern discussion of the entire panorama of natural evolution. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/03/03/mbaabu-brenda-a-contemporary-black-womans-history/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/03/03/mbaabu-brenda-a-contemporary-black-womans-history/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2015 21:55:31 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3591 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/03/03/mbaabu-brenda-a-contemporary-black-womans-history/feed/ 0 Africa,Kenya,Meru Radio Curious visits with Brenda Mbaabu, an immigrant woman in her mid-twenties from Nairobi, Kenya who shares her Meru tribal history and experiences living in the United States. The experience of immigrating, at age 13, to America from Nairobi, Kenya, and bringing the traditional roots of her ancestors’ lives from the remote village of the Meru people of northeast Kenya, are the stories told in this edition of Radio Curious by our guest Brenda Mbaabu. She shares her tribal legends, family background, and her experiences in the United States.  A woman in her mid-twenties, now working as an AmeriCorps Volunteer in Ukiah, California, Brenda Mbaabu and I visited in the studios of Radio Curious on February 28, 2015.  We began with her description of the Meru, her family and their importance to her. The books Brenda Mbaabu recommends are “The Bible” and “Little Bee” by Chris Cleve.     Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/01/27/wilkerson-isabel-americas-great-migration-1915-1970-part-two-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/01/27/wilkerson-isabel-americas-great-migration-1915-1970-part-two-2/#comments Tue, 27 Jan 2015 18:10:15 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3551 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/01/27/wilkerson-isabel-americas-great-migration-1915-1970-part-two-2/feed/ 1 african american,immigration Radio Curious visits with Pulitzer Prize winner, Isabel Wilkerson, author of “The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration.” Her book chronicles when almost six million black American citizens from the south migrated to norther... In the years between 1915 and 1970 almost six million black American citizens from the south migrated to northern and western cities seeking freedom and a better life. Our guest is Pulitzer Prize winner, Isabel Wilkerson author of “The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration.” Her book tells the untold experiences of the African-Americans who fled the south over three generations. Wilkerson interviewed more than 1,000 people for her book. She is the first black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize and is a recipient of the George Polk Award and a John Simon Guggenheim Fellow. Her parents were part of the great migration, journeying from Georgia and southern Virginia to Washington D.C. In part one she discussed what she called the “biggest untold story of the 20th century.”  In part two of our conversation, recorded from her home near Atlanta, Georgia, on September 28, 2012, Isabel Wilkerson describes the inspiration behind her narrative non-fiction story of the six million African-Americans who migrated from the south between 1915 and 1970. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/01/20/wilkerson-isabel-americas-great-migration-1915-1970-part-one/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/01/20/wilkerson-isabel-americas-great-migration-1915-1970-part-one/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2015 04:15:38 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3547 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/01/20/wilkerson-isabel-americas-great-migration-1915-1970-part-one/feed/ 2 Radio Curious visits with Pulitzer Prize winner, Isabel Wilkerson, author of “The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration.” Her book chronicles when almost six million black American citizens from the south migrated to norther... In the years between 1915 and 1970 almost six million black American citizens from the south migrated to northern and western cities seeking freedom and a better life. Our guest is Pulitzer Prize winner, Isabel Wilkerson author of “The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration.” Her book tells the untold experiences of the African-Americans who fled the south over three generations. Wilkerson interviewed more than 1,000 people for her book. She is the first black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize and is a recipient of the George Polk Award and a John Simon Guggenheim Fellow. Her parents were part of the great migration, journeying from Georgia and southern Virginia to Washington D.C. In the first of two interviews recorded from Isabel Wilkerson’s home near Atlanta, Georgia, on September 28, 2012, she begins with a description of the “biggest untold story of the 20th century.”  The book Isabel Wilkerson recommends is “The Ark of Justice,” by Kevin Boyle. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here to listen to part two.   LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/12/31/vogel-barry-a-conversation-with-host-and-producer-barry-vogel/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/12/31/vogel-barry-a-conversation-with-host-and-producer-barry-vogel/#comments Wed, 31 Dec 2014 18:54:25 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3527 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/12/31/vogel-barry-a-conversation-with-host-and-producer-barry-vogel/feed/ 0 Radio Curious starts off it's 25th year with an interview of the show's host and producer Barry Vogel. John Gravois, the deputy editor of Pacific Standard magazine talks with Vogel about the art of radio. For this edition of Radio Curious, broadcast at the beginning of our 25th year on the air, I invited my friend John Gravois to interview me about my experiences, reflections and thoughts over the past 24 years that I’ve been the host and producer of Radio Curious.  John Gravois is the deputy editor of Pacific Standard magazine and a contributing editor to the Washington Monthly. His work has appeared on This American Life, in The New York Times Magazine, The New Republic, and Slate, among others. He lives in Albany, California. John Gravois and I visited in the studios of Radio Curious on December 27, 2014.  We began our conversation with his comments about the archives found on the Radio Curious website. The books that I recommend are “The Warmth of Other Suns:  The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration,” by Isabel Wilkerson and “Jacobson’s Organ and the Remarkable Nature of Smell,” by Lyall Watson. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:02 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/09/09/vogel-lillian-ph-d-secrets-of-a-long-life/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/09/09/vogel-lillian-ph-d-secrets-of-a-long-life/#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2014 05:51:53 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3413 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/09/09/vogel-lillian-ph-d-secrets-of-a-long-life/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with Lillian Vogel, author of “What's My Secret? One Hundred Years of Memories and Reflections,” a memoir of her life at 100 years old. Vogel is the mother of Radio Curious host Barry Vogel and turns 105 years old this week. September 11, 2014, marks the 105th birthday of a woman I know well:  A woman who has played the piano for 98 years, and in my opinion is the best mother in the world.  In 2009, her book “What’s My Secret?  One Hundred Years of Memories and Reflections,” a memoir of her first ten decades was published.  This book imparts thoughts and ideas to those of us who seek to lead a long and active life. Lillian B. Vogel, Ph.D., is the author. She is also my mother.  And as such, I have often been curious about the role she had in fomenting my curiosity.  She has always been able to get to the heart of most any matter with a few simple questions.   On September 9, 2014, my mother and I met for lunch at her home to review the plans for her upcoming 105th birthday celebration.  When I explained that Radio Curious would feature our 2009 conversation she offered to read the poem from the conclusion of her book.  You'll hear it at the end of the interview. And so, from the Radio Curious archives, I wish to honor this extraordinary woman on her 105th birthday by sharing our conversation, recorded on October 31, 2009, which began with the inquiry:  What makes Lillian Vogel curious? The book Lillian B. Vogel  recommends is “The Blue Tattoo: The Life Of Olive Oatman,” by Margot Mifflin. Click here to listen or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/09/01/von-drehle-david-triangle-the-fire-that-changed-america/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/09/01/von-drehle-david-triangle-the-fire-that-changed-america/#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2014 03:15:21 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3407 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/09/01/von-drehle-david-triangle-the-fire-that-changed-america/feed/ 0 labor Radio Curious revisits a conversation about the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire of 1911 and it's impact on the labor movement and Democratic Party in the U.S. with David Von Drehle, author of “Triangle, the Fire That Changed America.” Until September 11, 2001, The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire of March 25, 1911 was the deadliest workplace disaster in the history of New York City.  The fire shocked the nation and exposed the life-threatening conditions in America’s sweatshop industry.  It gave energy to the labor movement and unions, and remade the Democratic Party of the time.  Our guest, David Von Drehle, is the author of “Triangle, the Fire That Changed America,” a book that presents a detailed examination of how this single event changed the course of the 20th century politics and labor relations. In this book, Von Drehle concludes: As for the mostly nameless young women and men who went on strike in 1909 and bravely walked those relentless picket lines through a freezing winter—and especially those remarkable young people who later died at the Triangle—their memory grows.  Their individual lives are mostly lost to us, but their monument and legacy are stitched into our world.  David Von Drehle and I visited by phone from New York City in early September 2003, and began with his description of the fire on March 25, 1911 that changed America. The book David Von Drehele recommends is “Plunkitt of Tammany Hall” by William Riordan.  This program was originally broadcast on September 9, 2003. Click here to listen or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/08/26/hollenbeck-holly-sex-lives-of-wives/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/08/26/hollenbeck-holly-sex-lives-of-wives/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2014 16:48:36 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3404 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/08/26/hollenbeck-holly-sex-lives-of-wives/feed/ 0 Radio Curious revisits a conversation about women's sexuality with Holly Hollenbeck, author of “Sex Lives of Wives, Reigniting the Passion, True Confessions and Provocative Advice from Real Women.” How to ignite sexual passion from a woman’s perspective is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious, as we talk with Holly Hollenbeck, a former attorney from Omaha, Nebraska, and author of, “Sex Lives of Wives, Reigniting the Passion, True Confessions and Provocative Advice from Real Women.” Holly Hollenbeck says her book is not so much directed at how to please your mate, but how to please yourself by pleasing your mate. Her website is devoted to helping women find passion and inspiration in their long-term relationships. I spoke with Holly Hollenbeck from her home in Nebraska, in mid September 2006, and asked her to describe what motivated her to write, “Sex Lives of Wives.” The book Holly Hollenbeck recommends is "Adults Only Travel: The Ultimate Guide to Romantic and Erotic Destination," by David West and Louis James. Originally Broadcast: September 20, 2006. Click here to listen or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/08/18/hong-fincher-leta-ph-d-gender-inequality-in-china-part-two-workplace-disparity/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/08/18/hong-fincher-leta-ph-d-gender-inequality-in-china-part-two-workplace-disparity/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2014 21:22:50 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3396 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/08/18/hong-fincher-leta-ph-d-gender-inequality-in-china-part-two-workplace-disparity/feed/ 0 Radio Curious continues a conversation about gender inequality in China with Leta Hong Fincher, the author of “Leftover Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China.” Welcome to part two of our conversations about the erosion of gender equality in China with our guest Leta Hong Fincher, the author of “Leftover Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China”. Her book is based in part on her research for the Ph.D. in sociology she received in 2014 from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. In this 2nd conversation we discuss the extent of what if anything is done about domestic violence in China, the difference in the retirement ages for women and men and the requirement that women submit to a gynecological examination before obtaining a civil service job. When Leta Hong Fincher and I visited by phone on August 9, 2014 we began with a discussion of domestic violence in China. The book Leta Hong Fincher recommends is “The Birth of Chinese Feminism: Essential Texts in Transnational Theory,” by Lydia H. Liu, Rebecca E. Karl and Dorothy Ko. Click here to listen to part two of the program or on the media player below. Click here to listen to part one. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/08/11/hong-fincher-leta-ph-d-gender-inequality-in-china-part-one-leftover-women/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/08/11/hong-fincher-leta-ph-d-gender-inequality-in-china-part-one-leftover-women/#comments Mon, 11 Aug 2014 21:03:00 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3390 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/08/11/hong-fincher-leta-ph-d-gender-inequality-in-china-part-one-leftover-women/feed/ 1 "leftover women",China,women Radio Curious discusses the erosion of gender equality in China with Leta Hong Fincher, the author of “Leftover Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China” in this two part conversation. The erosion of gender equality in China is the topic of this two part series with Leta Hong Fincher, the author of “Leftover Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China.” This book is based in part on her research for the Ph.D. in sociology she received in 2014 from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. In our first conversation we discuss governmental, social and family pressures on women to marry by age 27. Those who don't are characterized in cartoons and posters as “leftover women.” We also discuss the why home ownership deeds are most often only recorded in the name of the husband, regardless of the fact the wife has made a significant if not great financial contribution. In the second conversation, we discuss issues of domestic violence in China and treatment of women in the workplace. When Leta Hong Fincher and I visited by phone on August 9, 2014 we began our conversation with her description of the term “leftover women.” The book Leta Hong Fincher recommends is “The Birth of Chinese Feminism: Essential Texts in Transnational Theory,” by Lydia H. Liu, Rebecca E. Karl and Dorothy Ko. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/05/27/dammann-dr-grace-dr-grace-dammann-in-her-own-words/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/05/27/dammann-dr-grace-dr-grace-dammann-in-her-own-words/#comments Tue, 27 May 2014 21:57:57 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3312 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/05/27/dammann-dr-grace-dr-grace-dammann-in-her-own-words/feed/ 0 buddhism,disability Radio Curious visits with Dr. Grace Dammann, who is featured in the documentary “States of Grace,” which chronicles her recovery from a near fatal and life altering car accident. In our last interview we visited with the producers and directors of the film “States of Grace,” about the life of a woman honored by The Dalai Lama for her medical work at the height of the AIDS epidemic in San Francisco, Ca. In this edition of Radio Curious we visit with that woman, Dr. Grace Dammann.  Dr. Grace had a near death experience resulting from a head-on collision on the Golden Gate Bridge in 2008.  She awoke 48 comatose days later after multiple surgeries for, as she says, “trashed bones and internal organs.”  With her cognitive abilities in tact, she began rehabilitation and was able to go home a year later.  Now, in 2014 she has returned to work as the Medical Director of the Pain Clinic at the Laguna Honda Hospital in San Francisco, California, where she had previously worked as a physician for 18 years.  Notwithstanding her confinement to a wheelchair she proudly describes her legal efforts to urge the Golden Gate Bridge Authority to install a dividing barrier intended to prevent future head-on collisions on the bridge.  The installation is scheduled to being in the fall of 2014. Dr. Grace and I visited by phone from her home at Green Gulch Farm Zen Center, in Muir Beach, California on May 23, 2014.  We began our conversation when I asked her describe her current station on the continuum of her life’s experience.  The book Dr. Grace Dammann recommends is “The Last of the Just,” by Andre Schwarz-Bart.  Click here or on the media player below to listen. LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/05/20/cohen-helen-lipman-mark-states-of-grace-difficult-to-imagine-impossible-to-comprehend/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/05/20/cohen-helen-lipman-mark-states-of-grace-difficult-to-imagine-impossible-to-comprehend/#comments Tue, 20 May 2014 20:12:10 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3304 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/05/20/cohen-helen-lipman-mark-states-of-grace-difficult-to-imagine-impossible-to-comprehend/feed/ 1 disability Radio Curious visits with Helen Cohen and Mark Lipman, directors and producers of “States of Grace”, a film about Dr. Grace Damman, a physician who uses her buddhist practice to heal and accept a life altering disability caused by a car accident. On May 21, 2008 Dr. Grace Damman was crushed in a head-on collision on San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge.  Her abdominal organs were shoved into her lung cavity and her bones and muscles were extensively injured.  A practicing Buddhist, Dr. Grace engaged her spirituality to survive this crisis, heal and accept the new terms of her life.  Three years and 15 surgeries later, Dr. Grace Damman became the Medical Director of the Pain Clinic at San Francisco’s Laguna Honda Hospital where she had previously worked as a physician for 18 years. "States of Grace" is a documentary film about Dr. Grace Damman, produced and directed by Helen Cohen and Mark Lipman, our guests on this edition of Radio Curious.  We visited by phone from their home in San Francisco, California, on May 16, 2014, and began our conversation with Helen Cohen describing her friend, Dr. Grace. The films Helen Cohen recommends are “The Kiss of the Spider Woman” and “Guest of Cindy Sherman.” The film Mark Lipman recommends is “Sherman's March.” Click here or on the media player below to listen. LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/05/06/rosenwasser-penny-from-fear-to-love-a-judaic-perspective/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/05/06/rosenwasser-penny-from-fear-to-love-a-judaic-perspective/#comments Wed, 07 May 2014 04:38:11 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3285 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/05/06/rosenwasser-penny-from-fear-to-love-a-judaic-perspective/feed/ 2 Holocaust,Judaism Radio Curious visits with Penny Rosenwasser, author of “Hope into Practice: Jewish Women Choosing Hope Despite Our Fears,” a book that explores internalized oppression and describes steps to embrace who we are as a means to create a world based on love, When Penny Rosenwasser, our guest in this edition of Radio Curious, was a child in the suburbs of Virginia, people sometimes said, “You don't look Jewish.”  She replied, “Thank you.”  Her book, “Hope into Practice: Jewish Women Choosing Justice Despite Our Fears,” delves into the Jewish experience and its rich yet tragic cultural history. She explores internalized oppression and ways to face fear with a positive outcome, and describes steps to embrace who we are as a means to create a world based on love, tolerance and justice. I spoke with Penny Rosenwasser from her home near San Francisco, California on May 5, 2014.  She began our conversation by describing a major theme of her book. Penny Rosenwasser will be speaking in Redwood Valley, on May 18, at 4pm at Kol-ha-Emek 8591 West Road. Call 707 468 4536 for details. The book she recommends is “The Colors of Jews: Racial Politics and Radical Diasporism,” by Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz. Click here or on the media player below to listen. LeGov clean 29:02 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/04/21/brizendine-dr-louann-the-female-the-male-brain-there-is-a-difference/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/04/21/brizendine-dr-louann-the-female-the-male-brain-there-is-a-difference/#comments Mon, 21 Apr 2014 19:41:41 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3275 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/04/21/brizendine-dr-louann-the-female-the-male-brain-there-is-a-difference/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with neuropsychiatrist, Dr. Louann Brizendine, founder of the Women’s Mood and Hormone Clinic at the University of California at San Francisco. She’s the author of 2 books, “The Female Brain,” published in 2006 and “The Male Brain, Have you ever been curious about the difference between the male brain and the female brain? Well I have, for a long time. Dr. Louann Brizendine, founder of the Women’s Mood and Hormone Clinic at the University of California at San Francisco wrote two books about those differences. In 2006 she wrote a book called, “The Female Brain,” and in 2010 she wrote “The Male Brain,”--very different books about very different genders of our human species. The interview with Dr. Louann Brizendine was recorded by phone from her home in San Francisco, Ca on March 21st, 2011. We began by discussing the mail brain and in particular, the chapter to her book titled “Seeing the World Through Male Colored Glasses.” The book Dr. Louann Brizendine recommends is “The Emperor of All Maladies,” by Siddhartha Mukherjee. Click here or on the media player below to listen to part two. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/03/18/fogg-laura-traveling-blind-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/03/18/fogg-laura-traveling-blind-2/#comments Tue, 18 Mar 2014 19:44:31 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3240 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/03/18/fogg-laura-traveling-blind-2/feed/ 0 blind,disabilities Radio Curious revisits a conversation with Laura Fogg, author of “Traveling Blind:  Life Lessons from Unlikely Teachers,” a memoir of her experiences and the people she met teaching blind students, in Mendocino County, Ca for over 35 years. The ways different creatures, especially us humans, use our senses to guide ourselves through life has long attracted my curiosity.   I’ve often wondered how blind people seem able to orient themselves, and also wondered about their dreams.  From time to time, over the years, I would see an attentive woman walk past my office window next to a young person of student age.  They would walk together talk, and the young person almost always carried a white cane with a red tip.  Laura Fogg is this woman, the author of “Traveling Blind:  Life Lessons from Unlikely Teachers,” and our guest in this archive edition of Radio Curious.   Laura Fogg worked as a Mobility and Orientation Instructor for the Blind in Mendocino County for over 35 years beginning 1971.  She pioneered the use of the red tipped white cane with very young blind students some of whom had multiple impairments.  She traveled long distances over the rather spectacular back roads of Mendocino County to work with each student his or her home. When she visited the studios of Radio Curious on December 1, 2008, I asked her about the lessons that she learned that have changed her life.  The book Laura Fogg recommends is “My Year of Meats,” by Ruth Ozeki. Published in 1999. Click here or on the media player below to listen. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/03/04/aptheker-bettina-the-personal-is-the-political/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/03/04/aptheker-bettina-the-personal-is-the-political/#comments Tue, 04 Mar 2014 21:10:02 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3218 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/03/04/aptheker-bettina-the-personal-is-the-political/feed/ 0 lesbian,LGBT Radio Curious revisits a conversation with Bettina Aptheker, an “out” lesbian and author of "Tapestries of Life: Women's Work, Women's Consciousness, and the Meaning of Daily Experience." Political intimacy is closely related to personal intimacy, just as social change is related to personal change. In this edition of Radio Curious we visit with Bettina Aptheker, the author of "Tapestries of Life: Women's Work, Women's Consciousness, and the Meaning of Daily Experience." At the time the program was recorded in 1997, Bettina was a professor of women's studies at the University of California at Santa Cruz and open about identifying herself as a lesbian. When we spoke in February of 1997, we explored the relationship of personal intimacy and political intimacy. The book Bettina Aptheker recommends is “Ceremony” by Leslie Marmon Silko.  Click here to listen to part two or on the media player below.   LeGov clean 29:02 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/02/19/erlick-eli-longchamp-dr-carla-transgender-youth-one-familys-experience-part-one/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/02/19/erlick-eli-longchamp-dr-carla-transgender-youth-one-familys-experience-part-one/#comments Wed, 19 Feb 2014 07:38:59 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3192 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/02/19/erlick-eli-longchamp-dr-carla-transgender-youth-one-familys-experience-part-one/feed/ 0 gender,transgender,transgender youth Radio Curious visits with Eli Erlick, a woman who was born a male, and her mother Dr. Carla Longchamp. In this two part series, they share their family’s experience when Eli realized she was female and her parent’s subsequent acceptance of who she is. This edition of Radio Curious is the first of two conversations with Eli Erlick, a woman, who was born a male, and her mother Dr. Carla Longchamp.   Eli Erlick is the Founder and Executive Director of Trans Student Equality Resource, based in San Francisco, California and a student at Pitzer College in Claremont, California.  Dr. Carla Longchamp is a family physician in a rural northern California community. Together they share their family’s experience when Eli realized that she was female, and her parent’s subsequent acceptance of who she is.  Our conversation, recorded on January 15, 2014, at Radio Curious, began when I asked Eli, when she knew she was a girl.  Click here to listen to part one or on the media player below. Click here  to listen to part two.     LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/01/21/kennedy-randall-interracial-intimacies/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/01/21/kennedy-randall-interracial-intimacies/#comments Tue, 21 Jan 2014 19:10:53 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3160 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/01/21/kennedy-randall-interracial-intimacies/feed/ 0 Radio Curious discusses interracial relationships with Harvard professor Randall Kennedy, author of “Interracial Intimacies: Sex, Marriage, Identity, and Adoption.” Fears of interracial relationships, influenced over the centuries by racial biases and fantasies, still widely linger in American Society today. Randall Kennedy, a professor at Harvard University Law School is the author of “Interracial Intimacies: Sex, Marriage, Identity, and Adoption,” in which he takes an in depth look at the issue of black and white relationships set against the ever-changing social mores and laws of this country.  From pre-civil war to the present, this book explores the historical, sociological, legal and moral issues that continue to feed and complicate those fears. Professor Kennedy and I visited by phone in March 2003 and began by our conversation with his description of what he calls a “pigmentocracy” in the United States.   The book Professor Randall Kennedy recommends is “The Biography of Walter White,” by Robert Jankin. Click here to listen or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/12/30/thomas-sam-midwives-and-murder/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/12/30/thomas-sam-midwives-and-murder/#comments Mon, 30 Dec 2013 22:13:44 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3131 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/12/30/thomas-sam-midwives-and-murder/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with historian Sam Thomas, author of “The Midwife's Tale” a mystery series based on the real life of Bridget Hodgson, a lady and midwife in 1640's York, England.   The rather fascinating tale of midwifery and murder in York, England set in the mid 1640s is the topic of our conversation with Sam Thomas, author of “The Midwife’s Tale,” and “The Harlot’s Tale.”  While researching English history for his Ph.D. thesis, Thomas happened on to the Will of Bridget Hodgson, a midwife.  A fictionalized version of her life forms the basis for Thomas’s mystery series set in York, in which Bridget Hodgson is the protagonist. Our conversation with Sam Thomas, recorded by phone on December 27, 2013 from his home near Cleveland, Ohio, where he teaches high-school history, begins with his characterization of York, England, in 1644. The books Sam Thomas recommends are “An Instance of the Finger Post,” by Iain Pears, and “The Lock Artist,” by Steve Hamilton.  Click here to listen or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/12/09/bernstein-paula-schein-elyse-identical-twins-meet/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/12/09/bernstein-paula-schein-elyse-identical-twins-meet/#comments Mon, 09 Dec 2013 22:01:41 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3108 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/12/09/bernstein-paula-schein-elyse-identical-twins-meet/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with identical twins, Elyse Schein and Paula Bernstein, who were separated as infants and reunited in 2003 at the ages of 35. They are the authors of “Identical Strangers:  A Memoir of Twins Separated and Reunited.” In our unsatisfied curiosity about the difference between nature and nurture we visit with Elyse Schein and Paula Bernstein.  These women are identical twins separated as infants and reunited in 2003 when they were 35 years old.  They are the authors of “Identical Strangers:  A Memoir of Twins Separated and Reunited.”  Their mother, as we will hear was unable to care for them and as babies they were placed for adoption. When we visited by phone on November 10, 2007, we discussed their separate childhoods, how they learned that they had a twin, their similarities and differences, and their attempt to learn about a study of twins in which they unknowingly participated. We began when I asked them to describe aspects of their twin-ship which they still find strange. The book that Elyse Schein recommends is “Later, At The Bar:  A Novel in Stories” by Rebecca Barry. The book that Paula Bernstein recommends is “Borrowed Finery:  A Memoir” by Paula Fox. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-BERNSTEIN_SCHEIN_CA_2013.mp3) to listen or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=73060&version_id=80803&version=1) to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/11/12/buckley-mary-what-are-you-afraid-of/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/11/12/buckley-mary-what-are-you-afraid-of/#comments Tue, 12 Nov 2013 18:10:40 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3079 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/11/12/buckley-mary-what-are-you-afraid-of/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with local singer, songwriter Mary Buckley, who shares songs from her new CD “What Are You Afraid Of.” "What Are You Afraid Of?" is the title of a cd released in August 2013 by singer and songwriter Mary Buckley, our guest in this edition of Radio Curious.  Mary has a wide range of skills and experiences and has been singing her songs since she was a young teenager in the mid-1970s.  She visited the studios of Radio Curious on November 10, 2013, and began her story when I asked her what prompted her to create a cd. The book Mary Buckley recommends is “A Pattern Language,” by Christopher Alexander. Click here to listen or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=72434&version_id=80143&version=1) to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/10/07/fuller-alexandra-growing-up-white-in-africa/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/10/07/fuller-alexandra-growing-up-white-in-africa/#comments Mon, 07 Oct 2013 22:12:59 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3022 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/10/07/fuller-alexandra-growing-up-white-in-africa/feed/ 0 Radio Curious revisits a 2003 conversation with Alexandra Fuller, author of “Don’t Let’s Go To The Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood,” a memoir about growing up in southeast Africa. In the late summer of 2003 Radio Curious visited with Alexandra Fuller who, as a child lived in Rhodesia, Malawi and Zambia in southeast Africa between 1972 and 1990.  After her father sided with the white government in the Rhodesian civil war, he was often away from home.   Fuller’s resilient and self-sufficient mother immersed herself in their rural and rugged life. She taught her children to have strong wills and opinions, and to whole-heartedly embrace life, despite and because of their difficult circumstances.  Alexandra Fuller, author of “Don’t Let’s Go To The Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood,” known as Bobo to her family, developed a love of reading and story telling early on in her life.   When I spoke with Alexandra Fuller in September 2003 her home was in rural Wyoming.  We visited by phone and began our conversation when I asked her how she choose the title for her book, “Don’t Let’s Go To The Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood.” The book Alexandra Fuller recommends is “Echoing Silences,” by Alexander Canigone.   Click here to listen or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/08/13/freed-lynn-reflections-on-a-life/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/08/13/freed-lynn-reflections-on-a-life/#comments Wed, 14 Aug 2013 00:22:37 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2949 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/08/13/freed-lynn-reflections-on-a-life/feed/ 0 Radio Curious revisits a conversation with Lynn Freed, author of the fictional journal chronicling a woman's life in South Africa titled “The Mirror.” The personal journal is often not meant for the eyes of anyone but the writer. When a stranger’s journal is read, the reader often becomes a voyeur to the innermost secrets of another. And whether it is a true journal or one of fiction, who cares? Often, it remains a good story. Lynn Freed, originally of Durban, South Africa, wrote the fictional journal of Agnes LaGrange, entitled “The Mirror,” which reveals the thoughts, feelings, and loves of Agnes, starting when she arrived in South Africa to work as a housekeeper, and ending 50 years later. Lynn Freed recommends “Misfit,” by Jonathan Yardly, “Essays,” by George Orwell & “Last Days in Cloud Cukooland Dispatches,” by Graham Boynton. Originally Broadcast: December 12, 1997 Click here to listen or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/04/30/makepeace-anne-we-still-live-here-revival-of-the-wampanoag-language/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/04/30/makepeace-anne-we-still-live-here-revival-of-the-wampanoag-language/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:05:10 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2795 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/04/30/makepeace-anne-we-still-live-here-revival-of-the-wampanoag-language/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with Anne Makepeace, the writer and director of the documentary film, “We Still Live Here,” which chronicles the movement to reclaim the lost Native American language of the Wampanoag people. The film “We Still Live Here,” tells the story of the revival of an indigenous Native American language that was not spoken or written for over 100 years. Our guest in this edition of Radio Curious is Anne Makepeace, the writer and producer of the documentary film. The Wampanoag people of Southeastern Massachusetts ensured the survival of the Pilgrims in New England, and lived to regret it. After nearly 400 years of forced cultural assimilation the Wampanoags have brought their language home again. Radio Curious visited with Anne Makepeace from her home in northwestern Connecticut on April 29, 2013, and she began by pronouncing "We Still Live Here" in Wampanoag. The films Anne Makepeace recommends are “The Beasts of the Southern Wild” and “Dersu Uzala.” Click here to listen or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/03/19/freedman-estelle-b-the-history-of-feminism/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/03/19/freedman-estelle-b-the-history-of-feminism/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 22:37:09 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2737 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/03/19/freedman-estelle-b-the-history-of-feminism/feed/ 0 Radio Curious revisits a conversation about the history and future of feminism with History Professor, Estelle B. Freedman, author of ““No Turning Back—The History of Feminism and the Future of Women.” The place of women in the world and in the American society has changed in many aspects in the recent past.  Many people say this is due to the politics of feminism, and some inquire where it will lead. Our guest in this archive edition of Radio Curious is Estelle B. Freedman, a professor of history at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, who has a specialty in feminism.  She is the author of “No Turning Back—The History of Feminism and the Future of Women.” Originally Broadcast: April 2002. Click here to visit and listen to our archived program or click on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/03/12/lerner-gerda-the-foremother-of-womens-history/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/03/12/lerner-gerda-the-foremother-of-womens-history/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 06:46:12 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2721 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/03/12/lerner-gerda-the-foremother-of-womens-history/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with Dr. Gerda Lerner, a founder of the academic genre called Women's History. Lerner died January 2, 2013 at the age of 92. The history of women has existed as long as humans have, but it was not until the last half of the 20th Century that women’s history received recognized academic attention.  Our guest, Professor Gerda Lerner was a pioneer in the movement to study and record the history of women. Gerda Lerner led an extraordinary life from April 30, 1920 to January 2, 2013.  She was a historian, author and teacher, and ultimately a professor emeritus of history at the University of Wisconsin.  Her academic work was characterized by the attention she drew to the differences among women in class, race and sexual orientation. Professor Lerner and I visited by phone in October 2002, began with her description why the distinctions among women of class, race and sexual orientation are important. Originally Broadcast: October 1, 2002. Click here to visit and listen to our archived program or click on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/03/05/wagner-sally-roesch-suffragist-matilda-gage-almost-jailed-for-voting/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/03/05/wagner-sally-roesch-suffragist-matilda-gage-almost-jailed-for-voting/#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2013 21:11:11 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2714 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/03/05/wagner-sally-roesch-suffragist-matilda-gage-almost-jailed-for-voting/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with Sally Roesch Wagner, a historian and chautauqua scholar who portrays suffragist Matilda Joslyn Gage. Gage lived from 1826 to 1892, and was a vibrant and leading figure in the suffragist movement of that century. This program is about Matilda Joslyn Gage, who lived from 1826 to 1892 and was a vibrant and leading figure in the suffragist movement of that century. Matilda Joslyn Gage, an outspoken leader for women’s rights, and an advocate to abolish slavery and religious bigotry, became historically invisible in pursuit of her liberty to think and speak as she thought proper.  She was threatened with jail for voting in New York in 1871, and later was inducted into the Iroquois nation after publicly declaring Christian theology to be a primary source of the oppression of women. Historian and chautauqua scholar Sally Roesch Wagner, who portrays Matilda Joslyn Gage, brought Gage into the limelight by creating the Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation, based in Fayetteville, New York.  The Gage Foundation is dedicated to educating current and future generations about Gage’s work and the power of her work to drive contemporary social change. I met with Sally Roesch Wagner in the studios of Radio Curious in December 1996.  Our conversation began when I welcomed Matilda Joslyn Gage to Radio Curious. The book Matilda Joslyn Gage recommends is “The Secret Doctrine:  The Synthesis of Science, Religion and Philosophy,” by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky. The book Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner recommends is “Women, Church and State,” by Matilda Joslyn Gage. This program was recorded in December 1996. Click here to listen or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/02/26/wagner-sally-pace-charles-a-visit-with-elizabeth-cady-stanton-frederick-douglass/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/02/26/wagner-sally-pace-charles-a-visit-with-elizabeth-cady-stanton-frederick-douglass/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:03:11 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2697 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/02/26/wagner-sally-pace-charles-a-visit-with-elizabeth-cady-stanton-frederick-douglass/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with Chautauqua scholars Sally Wagner & Charles Pace who portray Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Frederick Douglass. The two friends were active leaders in the fight for the rights of women and blacks in the 19th century. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Frederick Douglass were good friends from the mid 19th century to the late 19th century, and were active leaders in the fight for the rights of women and blacks throughout their lives.  From time to time they got together to visit and talk about America, as they knew it. In this archive edition of Radio Curious recorded in May 1996, I met with Chautauqua scholars Sally Roesch Wagner and Charles Pace who portrayed Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Frederick Douglass. We began our conversation when I asked them each to tell us what it was like to be an American during their life time. Originally Broadcast: July 3, 1996. Click here to visit and listen to our archived program or click on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/01/08/berkowitz-eric-sex-and-punishment-part-two/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/01/08/berkowitz-eric-sex-and-punishment-part-two/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:22:10 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2640 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/01/08/berkowitz-eric-sex-and-punishment-part-two/feed/ 0 sexuality Radio Curious continues our conversation about sexuality with Eric Berkowitz, the author of “Sex and Punishment: Four Thousand Years of Judging Desire.” We continue our conversation about sexuality with Eric Berkowitz, author, journalist and lawyer.  His book, “Sex and Punishment: Four Thousand Years of Judging Desire” is a story of the struggle to regulate the most powerful engine of human behavior. This engine that drives the human species is substantially different in us than in other mammals. In our million years of evolution, physically and socially we have developed the ability to communicate ideas and the expected, if not “required” behaviors of women and men and children regarding sexual thought, expression and procreation. The history of these ever changing definitions and controls of this fundamental aspect of our lives are visited in this two part series of conversations with Eric Berkowitz, recorded in the Radio Curious studios on December 29, 2012. Part One discusses the effect the topic of sex has on other people; the development of laws dealing with adultery and women as property; enjoyment of sex; and the way humans dress compared to other animals. Part Two discusses the issues of young women having sexual relationships with considerably older men; the intention and effect of religion in relationship to sex; prostitution; and same sex intimacy. The books Eric Berkowitz recommends are “Nemisis,” by Philip Roth, “Love and Exile: An Autobiographical Trilogy,” by Issac Bashevis Singer, and "Jerusalem: The Biography," by Simon Sebag-Montefiore. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-BERKOWITZ_ERIC_INTERVIEW_P2_CA_12-29-12.mp3) to listen to part two or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=65397&version_id=72654&version=1) to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/12/31/berkowitz-eric-sex-and-punishment-part-one/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/12/31/berkowitz-eric-sex-and-punishment-part-one/#comments Mon, 31 Dec 2012 23:27:02 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2630 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/12/31/berkowitz-eric-sex-and-punishment-part-one/feed/ 0 Radio Curious brings you part one of a two-part conversation about the struggle to regulate the most powerful engine of human behavior-sexuality. We visit with Eric Berkowitz, author of “Sex and Punishment: Four Thousand Years of Judging Desire.” “Sex and Punishment: Four Thousand Years of Judging Desire” is a story of the struggle to regulate the most powerful engine of human behavior. This engine that drives the human species is substantially different in us than in other mammals. In our million years of evolution, physically and socially we have developed the ability to communicate ideas and the expected, if not “required” behaviors of women and men and children regarding sexual thought, expression and procreation. The history of these ever changing definitions and controls of this fundamental aspect of our lives are visited in this two part series of conversations with Eric Berkowitz, recorded in the Radio Curious studios on December 29, 2012. Part One discusses the effect the topic of sex has on other people; the development of laws dealing with adultery and women as property; enjoyment of sex; and the way humans dress compared to other animals. Part Two discusses the issues of young women having sexual relationships with considerably older men; the intention and effect of religion in relationship to sex; prostitution; and same sex intimacy. The books Eric Berkowitz recommends are “Nemisis,” by Philip Roth, and “Love and Exile: An Autobiographical Trilogy,” by Issac Bashevis Singer. Click here to listen or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/10/15/wilkerson-isabel-americas-great-migration-1915-1970/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/10/15/wilkerson-isabel-americas-great-migration-1915-1970/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:09:29 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2535 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/10/15/wilkerson-isabel-americas-great-migration-1915-1970/feed/ 0 african american,great migration Radio Curious visits with Pulitzer Prize winner, Isabel Wilkerson, author of “The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration,” when almost six million black American citizens from the south migrated to northern and western cities... In the years between 1915 and 1970 almost six million black American citizens from the south migrated to northern and western cities seeking freedom and a better life. Our guest is Pulitzer Prize winner, Isabel Wilkerson author of “The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration.” Her book tells the untold experiences of the African-Americans who fled the south over three generations. Wilkerson interviewed more than 1,000 people for her book. She is the first black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize and is a recipient of the George Polk Award and a John Simon Guggenheim Fellow. Her parents were part of the great migration, journeying from Georgia and southern Virginia to Washington D.C. In the first of two interviews recorded from Isabel Wilkerson’s home near Atlanta, Georgia, on September 28, 2012, she begins with a description of the “biggest untold story of the 20th century.” The book Isabel Wilkerson recommends is “The Ark of Justice,” by Kevin Boyle. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/09/10/ebershoff-david-how-many-wives-are-enough/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/09/10/ebershoff-david-how-many-wives-are-enough/#comments Mon, 10 Sep 2012 19:04:30 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2488 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/09/10/ebershoff-david-how-many-wives-are-enough/feed/ 0 Mormom Church,polygamy Radio Curious brings you an archived conversation about the life of Ann Eliza Young, the 19th wife of Brigham Young, a critic of polygamy, and early leader in the struggle for women’s rights. Radio Curious brings you an archived conversation with David Ebershoff, author of “The 19th Wife," a book about the life of Ann Eliza Young, the 19th wife of Brigham Young, a critic of polygamy, and early leader in the struggle for women’s rights. Click here to visit and listen to our archived program or click on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/08/01/johnston-lila-balas-son-sacred-sites-of-the-winnemem-wintu/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/08/01/johnston-lila-balas-son-sacred-sites-of-the-winnemem-wintu/#comments Wed, 01 Aug 2012 18:43:50 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2439 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/08/01/johnston-lila-balas-son-sacred-sites-of-the-winnemem-wintu/feed/ 0 sacred sites,Winnemem Wintu Radio Curious brings you a conversation with Lila Johnston, a student at Stanford who is documenting the sacred sites of the Winnemem Wintu tribe in Northern California. The Winnemen Wintu people of California, having lived near Mount Shasta, along a tributary of the McCloud River for over 10,000 years celebrate the Balas Chonas, or Puberty Ceremony when girls mature into women.  The ceremony, celebrated on July 3, 2012 was extraordinary, when Balas Chonas was held for the next Winnemem Wintu chief and spiritual leader. However, the Balas Chonas ceremonies may come to an end, if the United States government continues with a plan to raise Shasta Dam and flood out most of the tribes remaining sacred sites. Our guest is Lyla Johnston, currently a student of Race and Ethnicity at Stanford University who is documenting the culture and sacred sites of the Winnemem Wintu. Christina Aanestad the Assistant Producer of Radio Curious visited with Lyla Johnston at the July 3rd, 2012 Balas Chonas. They began their conversation when Christina asked Lyla how many sacred sites the Winnemem Wintu have along the McCloud River. The book Lyla Johnston recommends is “The Red Tent,” by Anita Diamont. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-JOHNSTON-LILA-RC-7-3-12.mp3) to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=61810&version_id=68814&version=1) to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/04/17/neil-chelsea-a-fallen-tree-ruptures-cliff-and-damages-a-creek-watershed-restoration-repairs-it/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/04/17/neil-chelsea-a-fallen-tree-ruptures-cliff-and-damages-a-creek-watershed-restoration-repairs-it/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 05:42:57 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2289 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/04/17/neil-chelsea-a-fallen-tree-ruptures-cliff-and-damages-a-creek-watershed-restoration-repairs-it/feed/ 0 Watershed restoration is the topic of this week’s Radio Curious. Host and Producer Barry Vogel speaks with volunteers at Gibson Creek in Ukiah. They restored a portion of the creek bed and discussed watershed restoration, Standing in the knee-high, flowing waters of Gibson Creek in Ukiah, California we visit with some of the 35 Volunteers from Watershed Stewards Project, The Friends of Gibson Creek and The California Department of Fish and Game, in this edition of Radio Curious.  The project, organized by Chelsea Neill, an Americorps Volunteer is meant to stop the erosion of a cliff at a bend in the creek that was ruptured by a falling tree. We visited on April 14, 2012.  First I spoke with Chelsea Neill who describes the work being done, then with Linda Sanders of The Friends of Gibson Creek and finally with Chelsea’s mentor Dan Resnick of the California Department of Fish and Game. You can hear the water running under our feet and the snapping sounds of volunteers working to build a barrier made of willow branches to retain the cliff.   We begin our conversation with Chelsea Neill explaining why this area was chosen for creek restoration. The book Chelsea Neill recommends is “Deep Survival:  Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why,” by Laurence Gonzales.  You can listen to a Radio Curious interview with Gonzales about the book here (http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/01/19/gonzales-laurence-why-do-smart-people-do-stupid-things-part-1/). Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/04/10/cherney-darryl-the-bombing-of-environmental-crusaders-who-bombed-judi-bari/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/04/10/cherney-darryl-the-bombing-of-environmental-crusaders-who-bombed-judi-bari/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 22:34:52 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2281 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/04/10/cherney-darryl-the-bombing-of-environmental-crusaders-who-bombed-judi-bari/feed/ 0 Radio Curious Assistant Producer, Christina Aanestad speaks with Darryl Cherney, an Earth First! activist who was car bombed with Judi Bari in Oakland, California in 1990. He recently made a documentary about his experience, “Who Bombed Judi Bari?” In 1990 Earth First! activists from Mendocino County were on a road trip to rally support for a summer effort to help protect old growth redwoods in Northern California. For years prior, logging practices took well over 90% of the original redwood growth in the area. Darryl Cherney and Judi Bari, the organizers, were in their car in Oakland, California, in May 1990 when a bomb exploded underneath the driver’s seat where Judi Bari sat.  She and Darryl Cherney were immediately arrested and suspected of bombing themselves. Although charges were never filed against the two, authorities have yet to locate the bombers.  Darryl Cherney and Judi Bari sued and won a jury award of four million dollars against the Oakland Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for violating their 1st and 4th amendment rights. The film, “Who Bombed Judi Bari?” produced by Darryl Cherney, attempts to answer the question posed in the title; it examines their struggle with law enforcement in finding the real bomber and chronicles the history of the local environmental movement here in Northern California. Christina Aanestad, the Radio Curious assistant producer spoke with Darryl Cherney about the film he produced and his experiences resulting from the bombing. They visited on March 29, 2011, at the studios of KMEC radio, inside the Mendocino Environmental Center, which has a long history of supporting social and environmental movements, including Earth First! They began when Christina asked Darryl Cherney to describe the attempted assassination against him and Judi Bari. The website for Darryl Cherney's film is www.whobombedjudibari.com. The book he recommends is, “The Alphabet Versus the Goddess” by Alan Shlain. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=59135&version_id=65957&version=1) to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/03/13/la-tigresa-one-womans-power-fortitude-and-poetry/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/03/13/la-tigresa-one-womans-power-fortitude-and-poetry/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:42:58 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2248 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/03/13/la-tigresa-one-womans-power-fortitude-and-poetry/feed/ 0 Radio Curious Assistant Producer, Christina Aanestad speaks with performance artist and poet, La Tigresa about art and activism. Radio Curious Assistant Producer, Christina Aanestad speaks with performance artist and poet, La Tigresa about art and activism. La Tigresa made national headlines in 2000 for blockading a logging truck bare breasted while reciting poems of the Goddess, to save old growth redwood trees in Northern California. The book La Tigresa recommends is "Pronoia is the Antidote to Paranoia," by Rob Brezsny. La Tigresa's website is www.latigresa.net. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/03/06/maria-stewart-sandra-kamusukiri-a-visit-with-a-free-black-women-boston-1840-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/03/06/maria-stewart-sandra-kamusukiri-a-visit-with-a-free-black-women-boston-1840-2/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 23:04:49 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2237 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/03/06/maria-stewart-sandra-kamusukiri-a-visit-with-a-free-black-women-boston-1840-2/feed/ 0 Radio Curious brings you an archived interview with Maria Stewart, as portrayed by scholar, Sandra Kamusakiri. Stewart was a free black woman who lived in the 1830's and likely the first African-American to speak out in defense of women's rights. Radio Curious brings you an archived interview with Maria Stewart, as portrayed by Sandra Kamusukiri.  Maria W. Stewart, was a free black woman who lived in Boston, MA, from the 1820s to the early 1840s. She was the first American born woman to lecture in public on political themes and likely the first African-American to speak out in defense of women’s rights. Click here to visit and listen to our archived program. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/02/28/ensler-eve-the-vagina-monologues/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/02/28/ensler-eve-the-vagina-monologues/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 22:32:52 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2222 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/02/28/ensler-eve-the-vagina-monologues/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/01/23/nawa-fariba-child-brides-drug-lords/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/01/23/nawa-fariba-child-brides-drug-lords/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:54:26 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2158 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/01/23/nawa-fariba-child-brides-drug-lords/feed/ 0 Opium, child brides, drug lords and their effect on current life in Afganistan is the topic of this week’s Radio Curious when we visit with Afgan-American Journalist Fariba Nawa, author of “Opium Nation: Child Brides, Imagine Darya, a twelve year old girl in a remote village of Afghanistan.  Her father forces her to marry a drug lord as part payment for an opium drug trade.  Her father is not home and she is about to be taken from her family.  Desperately, her hands trembling, she implores you, a complete stranger:  “Please don’t let him take me.” In this edition of Radio Curious we visit Fariba Nawa, author of “Opium Nation: Child Brides, Drug Lords and One Woman’s Journey Through Afghanistan.”  Fariba Nawa was ten years old when her family fled Afghanistan shortly before the Soviet invasion in 1979.  Eighteen years later Fariba Nawa met twelve year old Darya when she returned to her native Afghanistan as an Afghan-American investigative journalist.  Her book tells Darya’s story, and reveals what the Afghan opium drug trade is doing to her native land in the midst of war. Fariba Nawa and I visited by phone from her home near San Francisco, California on January 23, 2012. We began with her description of coming to the United States and flight from Afghanistan. Fariba Nawa's website is www.faribanawa.com. The book she recommends is “Day of Honey: A Memoir of Food, Love and War,” by Annia Ciezaldo. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/12/15/aanestad-christina-occupying-the-port-of-oakland/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/12/15/aanestad-christina-occupying-the-port-of-oakland/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:27:04 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2089 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/12/15/aanestad-christina-occupying-the-port-of-oakland/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits the West Coast Port Shutdown, so tune in as we occupy your radio. In response to the attempts to end “Occupy” movements in different parts of the United States beginning the November 2011, local people in and near west coast sea ports on Monday, December 12, 2011 gathered to occupy their local port. Radio Curious Assistant Producer, Christina Aanestad, went to the Port of Oakland where she met with and interviewed organizers, participants and bystanders. Her journey began at 5:30 am on a cold Monday morning at the West Oakland Bart Station. The first person with whom she spoke was a woman cloaked in a bright blue tarp with the words “The People’s TARP” inscribed thereon. Before we hear the voice of this woman it is important to remember that TARP is an acronym for the U.S. government’s Troubled Asset Relief Program established to purchase assets and equity from financial institutions purportedly to strengthen its financial sector to address the subprime mortgage crisis. TARP originally authorized $700 Billion Dollars in 2008 to cover unorthodox real estate loans. 50 year old Karen Mackley wore what she called the people’s tarp. The books Christina Aanestad recommends are “Pronoia is the Antidote of Paranoia: How the Whole Workd is Conspiring to Shower You With Blessings,” by Rob Brezsny, and “Angry Women” by Andrea Juno. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/12/05/dakin-susanna-an-artist-in-the-white-house/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/12/05/dakin-susanna-an-artist-in-the-white-house/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 01:39:09 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2075 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/12/05/dakin-susanna-an-artist-in-the-white-house/feed/ 0 Imagine if you can, an artist instead of a politician in the White House. Radio Curious teams up with TUC Radio’s Maria Gilardin for a visit with Susanna Dakin, author of An Artist for President. Dakin’s autobiography chronicles her 1984 presidential ... Imagine if you will an artist instead of a politician in the White House.  This possibility existed in 1984 in reality, not in the George Orwell novel.  Susanna Dakin, a sometimes resident of Santa Monica, California and sometimes of Mendocino County, California, a sculptor by training conceived of her national campaign for the presidency as a one-year durational art performance piece.  Although Sue Dakin as she is now known, was defeated having been effectively overshadowed by the second term campaign of Ronald Reagan, Dakin has continued to practice what she calls “system sculpture” in her political, spiritual and art life. This unusual episode in American Presidential Campaign History is revealed in Dakin’s book An Artist for President:  The Nation is the Artwork and We are the Artists, published in 2011. Maria Gilardin, host and producer of TUC Radio, and a friend of Sue Dakin and me, joined us in the studios of Radio Curious on November 25, 2011 in conversation with Sue Dakin about about her life and book.  Maria Gilardin’s website is www.tucradio.org. The book Sue Dakin recommends is, “The Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History,” by S.C. Gwynne. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/08/30/aanestad-christina-gold-oil-and-a-journalist%e2%80%99s-adventure-in-ecuador/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/08/30/aanestad-christina-gold-oil-and-a-journalist%e2%80%99s-adventure-in-ecuador/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:11:44 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1953 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/08/30/aanestad-christina-gold-oil-and-a-journalist%e2%80%99s-adventure-in-ecuador/feed/ 0 Radio Curious speaks with Associate Producer Christina Aanestad about her recent journalistic adventure to Ecuador and her findings about oil pollution, mining and community resistance. One of the things I learned in law school about bankruptcy was that if you have to borrow money to take a trip and then go bankrupt, the judge can’t take the trip away from you. In this edition we have a travel report from Christina Aanestad the Associate Producer for Radio Curious. Christina recently returned from a 6 week exploratory, journalist visit from Ecuador, a favorite country of mine. We visited at the Radio Curious studios on August 29, 2011, to discuss her adventures and what she learned about oil drilling, gold mining and dam construction, as well as what motivated her to take this trip. The books that Christina Aanestad recommend are, "Now is the Time to Open Your Heart," by Alice Walker and "Pronoia is the Antidote to Paranoia: How the Whole World is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings," by Rob Brezney. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-AANESTAD_INTERVIEW_2_8-29-11_CA.mp3) to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=54066&version_id=60461&version=1) to download and subscribe to our podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/10/19/dakin-sadgopal-dr-mira-midwifery-in-rural-india-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/10/19/dakin-sadgopal-dr-mira-midwifery-in-rural-india-2/#comments Tue, 19 Oct 2010 18:35:52 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1501 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/10/19/dakin-sadgopal-dr-mira-midwifery-in-rural-india-2/feed/ 0 Join us for part two of an interview with Dr. Mira Dakin-Sadgopal, an obstetrician and gynecologist living and working in rural India and an organizer of the Jeeva Project, which in part, studies an indigenous midwifery practice that uses the placenta... Join us for part two of an interview with Dr. Mira Dakin-Sadgopal, an obstetrician and gynecologist living and working in rural India and an organizer of the Jeeva Project, which in part, studies an indigenous midwifery practice that uses the placenta to revive newborn babies who are unable to breathe.  In this two part series we discuss  current and traditional midwifery practices in India’s rural countryside. For part one and more information on Dr. Mira Dakin-Sadgopal, visit our first interview here . This second interview with Dr. Mira Dakin-Sadgopal was recorded in the studios of Radio Curious on September 6th, 2010. The book Dr. Dakin-Sadgopal recommends is, "Anila's Journey," by Mary Finn. Click here to listen to part two of the interview with Dr. Mira Dakin-Sadgopal, or click on the player below. Click here to download and subscribe to our podcasts. LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/10/12/dakin-sadgopal-dr-mira-midwifery-in-rural-india/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/10/12/dakin-sadgopal-dr-mira-midwifery-in-rural-india/#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:20:00 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1481 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/10/12/dakin-sadgopal-dr-mira-midwifery-in-rural-india/feed/ 0 Dr. Mira Dakin-Sadgopal is an obstetrician and gynecologist living and working in rural India and an organizer of the Jeeva Project, which in part, studies an indigenous midwifery practice that uses the placenta to revive newborn babies who are unable ... Dr. Mira Dakin-Sadgopal is an obstetrician and gynecologist living and working in rural India and an organizer of the Jeeva Project, which in part, studies an indigenous midwifery practice that uses the placenta to revive newborn babies who are unable to breathe.  In a two part series we discuss  current and traditional midwifery practices in India’s rural countryside. Dr. Dakin-Sadgopal is the Managing Trustee of Tathapi, a small center for ‘Women and Health’ Resource Development in India, where she has lived for over 3 decades.  In the 1980s Dr. Dakin-Sadgopal provided medical relief to victims of the Union Carbide gas leak in Bhopal.  She later collaborated with women members of a landless laborer’s union to run “Zaroori Dawai ki Suvidha” – “essential medicines facility,” a local village medical co-operative.  She is the author of “In Our Hands,” and the editor of two books, “Her Healing Heritage,” and “Na Shariram Nadhi," – "My Body is Mine." In 2007 Dr. Dakin-Sadgopal was the recipient of the Chingari Award for Women Against Corporate Crimes, which is given annually to a woman activist who has taken up the cause of a community fighting corporate criminal activity in India.   Dr. Dakin-Sadgopal grew up in California and is now citizen of India. This, the first of two interviews with Dr. Mira Dakin-Sadgopal was recorded in the studios of Radio Curious on September 6th, 2010. The book Dr. Dakin-Sadgopal recommends is, "Anila's Journey," by Mary Finn. Click here to listen to part one of the interview with Dr. Mira Dakin-Sadgopal, or click on the player below. Click here to listen to part two of the interview with Dr. Mira Dakin Sadgopal. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=46178&version_id=52003&version=1) to download and subscribe to our podcasts. LeGov clean 28:58 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/04/25/1121/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/04/25/1121/#comments Sun, 25 Apr 2010 16:44:33 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1121 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/04/25/1121/feed/ 0 Sharing interpretations of the human condition and the love of music with lyrical power and determination is the artistry of Joanne Rand, our guest on this edition of Radio Curious.  Currently based in Arcata, California, after growing up in the Georgia, Sharing interpretations of the human condition and the love of music with lyrical power and determination is the artistry of Joanne Rand, our guest on this edition of Radio Curious.  Currently based in Arcata, California, after growing up in the Georgia, and studying art, her passion as a singer – songwriter gripped and has shaped her life since. I met Joanne Rand at a house concert in here in Ukiah soon after she released her tenth CD album “Snake Oil and Hummingbirds.”  We visited in the Radio Curious studios on March 29, 2010 and began our conversation with recollections of her early memories and how they helped shape the woman she is now. The book Joann Rand recommends is "Universe: A Journey To The Edge of The Cosmos," by Nicholas Cheetham. Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/download/42188/47664/63615/?url=http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-RAND_JOANNE_3-29-10_MONO.mp3) Click here to download the podcast of this program. (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=42188&version_id=47664&version=1) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/04/23/muldaur-maria-sing/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/04/23/muldaur-maria-sing/#comments Sat, 24 Apr 2010 04:42:52 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1112 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/04/23/muldaur-maria-sing/feed/ 0 Maria Muldaur is a name that has been familiar to my ears since I was a teenager, she could be familiar to your ears too on this edition of Radio Curious.  After the popularity of her songs “I’m A Woman” and “Midnight at the Oasis” in the late 60’s an... Maria Muldaur is a name that has been familiar to my ears since I was a teenager, she could be familiar to your ears too on this edition of Radio Curious.  After the popularity of her songs “I’m A Woman” and “Midnight at the Oasis” in the late 60’s and early 70’s she has explored her love of American "roots music." During this conversation we discover what drew her to "roots" music, who influenced her and  what “I’m A Woman” means to her.  We began our conversation with her to sharing stories about her early life in Greenwich Village, New York. The books Maria Maldaur recommends are: “The Game Of Life And How To Play It,” by Florence Scovel Shinn, “The Wisdom Of Florence Scovel Shinn,” “ The Power Of Positive Thinking” by Norman Vincent Peale and  “The Code” by Tony Burroughs. This interview was recorded in the studios of Mendocino College on April 19 2010. The books Maria Maldaur recommends are: “The Game Of Life And How To Play It” by Florence Scovel Shinn, “The Wisdom Of Florence Scovel Shinn,” “ The Power Of Positive Thinking” by Norman Vincent Peale and  “The Code” by Tony Burroughs. Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/download/42219/47701/63641/?url=http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-MULDAUR_INTERVIEW_MONO_hb_WEB.mp3) Click here to download the podcast of this program. (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=42219&version_id=47701&version=1) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/02/02/gehrman-jody-edelman-deborah-the-ticking-clock/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/02/02/gehrman-jody-edelman-deborah-the-ticking-clock/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:23:42 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=968 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/02/02/gehrman-jody-edelman-deborah-the-ticking-clock/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/09/15/crane-susan-why-she-pours-her-blood-on-nuclear-weapons/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/09/15/crane-susan-why-she-pours-her-blood-on-nuclear-weapons/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:42:11 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=680 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/09/15/crane-susan-why-she-pours-her-blood-on-nuclear-weapons/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/07/07/sloan-dr-mark-why-do-gorillas-have-it-so-easy/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/07/07/sloan-dr-mark-why-do-gorillas-have-it-so-easy/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:11:17 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=611 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/07/07/sloan-dr-mark-why-do-gorillas-have-it-so-easy/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/06/08/jordan-susan-b-an-attorneys-attorney/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/06/08/jordan-susan-b-an-attorneys-attorney/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:08:22 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=480 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/06/08/jordan-susan-b-an-attorneys-attorney/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/05/29/nalebuff-rachel-k-my-little-red-book/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/05/29/nalebuff-rachel-k-my-little-red-book/#comments Fri, 29 May 2009 17:46:27 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=560 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/05/29/nalebuff-rachel-k-my-little-red-book/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/03/15/zana-briski-ross-kauffman-brothels-of-calcutta-india/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/03/15/zana-briski-ross-kauffman-brothels-of-calcutta-india/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:05:10 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/16/zana-briski-ross-kauffman-brothels-of-calcutta-india/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/03/15/zana-briski-ross-kauffman-brothels-of-calcutta-india/feed/ 0 Born Into Brothels "Born into Brothels" received the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2005.  A tribute to the resiliency of childhood and the restorative power of art, "Born into Brothels" is a portrait of several unforgettable children w... Born Into Brothels "Born into Brothels" received the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2005.  A tribute to the resiliency of childhood and the restorative power of art, "Born into Brothels" is a portrait of several unforgettable children who live in the red light district of Calcutta, where their mothers work as prostitutes.  The most stigmatized people in Calcutta's red light district however are not the prostitutes, but their children.  In the face of abject poverty, abuse, and despair, these kids have little possibility of escaping their mother's fate or for creating another type of life. In "Born into Brothels," directors Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman chronicle the amazing transformation of the children they come to know in the red light district.  Briski, a professional photographer, gives them lessons and cameras, igniting latent sparks of artistic genius that reside in these children who live in the most sordid and seemingly hopeless world. The photographs taken by the children are not merely examples of remarkable observation and talent; they reflect something much larger, morally encouraging, and even politically volatile: art as an immensely liberating and empowering force. Devoid of sentimentality, "Born into Brothels" defies the typical tear-stained tourist snapshot of the global underbelly.  Briski spends years with these kids and becomes part of their lives.  Their photographs are prisms into their souls, rather than anthropological curiosities or primitive imagery, and a true testimony of the power of the indelible creative spirit. You can learn about this film and Kids with Cameras at www.kids-with-cameras.org. I spoke with Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman in February 2005. Beginning the conversation first with Zana Briski, I asked her to explain what drew her to India before the concept of "Kids With Cameras" was even a dream. www.kids-with-cameras.org (http://www.kids-with-cameras.org/) Zana Briski recommends "Secret Life of Bees," by Sue Monk Kidd. Originally Broadcast: March 15, 2007 Click here to begin listening. LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2006/09/20/holly-hollenbeck-sex-lives-of-wives/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2006/09/20/holly-hollenbeck-sex-lives-of-wives/#comments Wed, 20 Sep 2006 08:19:37 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/16/holly-hollenbeck-sex-lives-of-wives/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2006/09/20/holly-hollenbeck-sex-lives-of-wives/feed/ 0 Sex Lives of Wives: Reigniting the Passion, True Confessions and Provocative Advise from Real Women How to ignite sexual passion from a woman’s perspective is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious, as we talk with Holly Hollenbeck, Sex Lives of Wives: Reigniting the Passion, True Confessions and Provocative Advise from Real Women How to ignite sexual passion from a woman’s perspective is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious, as we talk with Holly Hollenbeck, a former attorney from Omaha, Nebraska, and author of, “Sex Lives of Wives, Reigniting the Passion, True Confessions and Provocative Advice from Real Women.” Holly Hollenbeck says her book is not so much directed at how to please your mate, but how to please yourself by pleasing your mate. Take a look at www.passionseekers.com (http://www.passionseekers.com/), her website devoted to helping women find passion and inspiration in their long-term relationships. I spoke with Holly Hollenbeck from her home in Nebraska, in mid September 2006, and asked her to describe what motivated her to write, “Sex Lives of Wives.” Holly Hollenbeck recommends, "Adults Only Travel: The Ultimate Guide to Romantic and Erotic Destination," by David West and Louis James. Originally Broadcast: September 20, 2006 Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/pub/archive2/07.01.07/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-20060919-HOLLENBECK_INTERVIEW_EDITED.mp3) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2006/03/07/suzanne-braun-levine-what-will-she-do-next/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2006/03/07/suzanne-braun-levine-what-will-she-do-next/#comments Tue, 07 Mar 2006 08:38:26 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/16/suzanne-braun-levine-what-will-she-do-next/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2006/03/07/suzanne-braun-levine-what-will-she-do-next/feed/ 0 Inventing the Rest of Our Lives: Women in Second Adulthood Recent research of how the human brain works seems to indicate that at midlife women start to see the world differently. Approximately 37 million American women now entering their fifties and ... Inventing the Rest of Our Lives: Women in Second Adulthood Recent research of how the human brain works seems to indicate that at midlife women start to see the world differently. Approximately 37 million American women now entering their fifties and sixties , may have fulfilled the prescribed roles of daughter, wife, mother, employee, but are not ready to retire. They want to experience more. Suzanne Braun Levine, our guest in this edition of Radio Curious, reports on the lives of women like herself and is the author of,  “Inventing the Rest of Our Lives: Women in Second Adulthood."  She begins by discussing recent brain research and anthropological findings relative to women in their fifties and sixties. Suzanne Braun Levine recommends, "Never Have Your Dog Stuffed: And Other Things I’ve Learned," by Alan Alda. Originally Broadcast: March 7, 2006 www.suzannebraunlevine.com (http://www.suzannebraunlevine.com/) Click here to begin listening. LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2004/01/27/eve-ensler-meet-the-author-of-the-vagina-monologues/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2004/01/27/eve-ensler-meet-the-author-of-the-vagina-monologues/#comments Tue, 27 Jan 2004 09:43:57 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/17/eve-ensler-meet-the-author-of-the-vagina-monologues/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2004/01/27/eve-ensler-meet-the-author-of-the-vagina-monologues/feed/ 0 Radio Curious revisits a 2004 conversation with Eve Ensler, creator of The Vagina Monologues, for Women's History Month. The Vagina Monologues The Vagina Monologues, created and produced by Eve Ensler, tell the stories of women, their relationships, feelings, and, in some cases, abuse. In this edition of Radio Curious, we spoke with Eve Ensler about the origin of the the Vagina Monologues and the film, “Until the Violence Ends.” Eve Ensler recommends "Bush in Babylon," by Tariq Ali. Originally Broadcast: January 27, 2004 Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2002/11/15/patricia-edmistin-peace-corps-peru-1962-1964/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2002/11/15/patricia-edmistin-peace-corps-peru-1962-1964/#comments Fri, 15 Nov 2002 07:40:34 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/25/patricia-edmistin-peace-corps-peru-1962-1964/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2002/11/15/patricia-edmistin-peace-corps-peru-1962-1964/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2002/10/01/dr-gerda-lerner-the-foremother-of-womens-history/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2002/10/01/dr-gerda-lerner-the-foremother-of-womens-history/#comments Tue, 01 Oct 2002 11:58:33 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/11/dr-gerda-lerner-the-foremother-of-womens-history/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2002/10/01/dr-gerda-lerner-the-foremother-of-womens-history/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with Dr. Gerda Lerner, a founder of the academic genre called Women's History. Lerner died January 2, 2013 at the age of 92. Fireweed: A Political Autobiography The history of women has existed as long as humans have, but it was not until the last half of the 20th Century that women’s history received academic attention. Our guest, Professor Gerda Lerner is a pioneer of the study of women’s history and a founder of the movement to study and record the history of women. Gerda Lerner led an extraordinary life from April 30, 1920 to January 2, 2013.  She was a historian, author and teacher, and ultimately a professor emeritus of history at the University of Wisconsin.  Her academic work was characterized by the attention she drew to the differences among women in class, race and sexual orientation. She grew up in Vienna, Austria, suffered in the Nazi persecution of the European Jews, came to the United States as a teenager, and married a writer who was subsequently blacklisted in the 1950s.  She later entered Columbia University in 1958, originally to take a few classes and by 1966 she had earned a doctorate in history. “Fireweed: A Political Autobiography,”  tells her life story up to the time she enrolled at Columbia University. Professor Lerner and I visited by phone in October 2002, began with her description why the distinctions among women of class, race and sexual orientation are important. The book Dr. Gerda Lerner recommends is "A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812" by Laurel Ulrich. Originally Broadcast: October 1, 2002 Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-LERNER_GERDA_2013_CA.mp3) to listen or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=10861&version_id=12939&version=1) to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2002/07/23/elana-rozenman-jewish-muslim-christian-understanding/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2002/07/23/elana-rozenman-jewish-muslim-christian-understanding/#comments Tue, 23 Jul 2002 17:20:10 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/28/elana-rozenman-jewish-muslim-christian-understanding/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2002/07/23/elana-rozenman-jewish-muslim-christian-understanding/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2002/06/18/zoya-an-afghan-womans-struggle-for-freedom/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2002/06/18/zoya-an-afghan-womans-struggle-for-freedom/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2002 17:27:51 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/28/zoya-an-afghan-womans-struggle-for-freedom/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2002/06/18/zoya-an-afghan-womans-struggle-for-freedom/feed/ 0 Zoya's Story, An Afghan Woman's Struggle for Freedom Zoya, a member of the RAWA, the Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan, tells the story of her childhood, her parents and her parents’ disappearance. Zoya's Story, An Afghan Woman's Struggle for Freedom Zoya, a member of the RAWA, the Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan, tells the story of her childhood, her parents and her parents’ disappearance. She describes the wrath that first the Russians, then the Taliban and then the Northern Alliance have brought to her country. Along with the suffering, she describes the hope and spirit carried in the hearts of the Afghan people. Zoya recommends the collected speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.. Originally Broadcast: June 18, 2002 Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/pub/archive/04.01.05/curious@pacific.net/1197-1-20050209-ZOYA__-_10__6-15-02.mp3) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2002/04/02/estelle-freedman-the-history-of-feminism/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2002/04/02/estelle-freedman-the-history-of-feminism/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2002 11:39:14 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/11/estelle-freedman-the-history-of-feminism/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2002/04/02/estelle-freedman-the-history-of-feminism/feed/ 0 No Turning Back—The History of Feminism and the Future of Women The place of women in the world and in the American society has changed in many aspects in the recent past.  Many people say this is due to the politics of feminism, No Turning Back—The History of Feminism and the Future of Women The place of women in the world and in the American society has changed in many aspects in the recent past.  Many people say this is due to the politics of feminism, and some inquire where it will lead. I spoke with Professor Freedman by phone in April 2002 and asked her to talk about why feminism did not evolve as people evolved and civilization developed. The books Professor Freedman recommends are “The Blind Assassin” by Margaret Atwood, and “The Vagina Monologues” by Eve Ensler. Originally Broadcast: April 2, 2002 Click here to begin listening or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2002/02/19/lynda-koolish-phd-african-american-writers/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2002/02/19/lynda-koolish-phd-african-american-writers/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2002 17:44:20 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/28/lynda-koolish-phd-african-american-writers/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2002/02/19/lynda-koolish-phd-african-american-writers/feed/ 0 African American Writers: Portraits and Visions The voice of a writer can be heard in words, and sometimes seen in the writer’s face. It is unusual to find both in a book in which the creator is both the author and the photographer. Lynda Koolish, African American Writers: Portraits and Visions The voice of a writer can be heard in words, and sometimes seen in the writer’s face. It is unusual to find both in a book in which the creator is both the author and the photographer. Lynda Koolish, our guest on this archive edition of Radio Curious, is a professor of African American literature at San Diego State University and an accomplished photographer. She is the author of a book entitled “African American Writers: Portraits and Visions” in which she reveals the visage of 59 African American writers along with a thumbnail biography and summation of each writer’s vision. Lynda Koolish, Ph.D. recommends "Dien Cai Dau" and "Neon Vernacular" by Yusef Komunyakaa. Originally Broadcast: February 19, 2002 Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/pub/archive2/07.01.07/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-20060402-Koolish_Lynda_Broadcast_verson.mp3) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2000/04/17/mary-catherine-bateson-do-we-really-know-the-people-around-us/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2000/04/17/mary-catherine-bateson-do-we-really-know-the-people-around-us/#comments Mon, 17 Apr 2000 18:38:52 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/28/mary-catherine-bateson-do-we-really-know-the-people-around-us/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2000/04/17/mary-catherine-bateson-do-we-really-know-the-people-around-us/feed/ 0 Full Circles, Overlapping Lives (Culture and Generation in Transition) Do we really know the people around us? Our children? Our family? Our friends? Or are we strangers in our own community? Mary Catherine Bateson, the author of a book entitled, Full Circles, Overlapping Lives (Culture and Generation in Transition) Do we really know the people around us? Our children? Our family? Our friends? Or are we strangers in our own community? Mary Catherine Bateson, the author of a book entitled, “Full Circles: Overlapping Lives, Culture and Generation in Transition,” believes that we are strangers. She describes us as immigrants in time, rather than space.In this interview from the archives of Radio Curious, recorded in April 2000, we visit with Mary Catherine Bateson, the daughter of two distinguished anthropologists, Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson. The book Mary Catherine Bateson recommends is “Ithaka: A Daughter's Memoir of Being Found,“ by Sarah Saffian. Originally Broadcast: April 17, 2000 Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/pub/archive2/07.01.07/curious@pacific.net/1197-1-20051204-Bateson_Catherine_4-17-00_and_6-25-02.mp3) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/12/12/lynn-freed-reflections-on-a-life/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/12/12/lynn-freed-reflections-on-a-life/#comments Fri, 12 Dec 1997 20:25:59 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/28/lynn-freed-reflections-on-a-life/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/12/12/lynn-freed-reflections-on-a-life/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/10/21/joan-jacobs-brumberg-an-intimate-history-of-american-girls-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/10/21/joan-jacobs-brumberg-an-intimate-history-of-american-girls-2/#comments Tue, 21 Oct 1997 20:33:31 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/28/joan-jacobs-brumberg-an-intimate-history-of-american-girls-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/10/21/joan-jacobs-brumberg-an-intimate-history-of-american-girls-2/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/08/19/blanche-boyd-self-styled-outlaw-lesbians-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/08/19/blanche-boyd-self-styled-outlaw-lesbians-2/#comments Tue, 19 Aug 1997 20:38:38 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/28/blanche-boyd-self-styled-outlaw-lesbians-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/08/19/blanche-boyd-self-styled-outlaw-lesbians-2/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/03/12/mother-jones-ronnie-gilbert-the-most-dangerous-woman-in-america/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/03/12/mother-jones-ronnie-gilbert-the-most-dangerous-woman-in-america/#comments Wed, 12 Mar 1997 12:55:55 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/11/mother-jones-ronnie-gilbert-the-most-dangerous-woman-in-america/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/03/12/mother-jones-ronnie-gilbert-the-most-dangerous-woman-in-america/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/02/12/amy-bloom-love-as-creator/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/02/12/amy-bloom-love-as-creator/#comments Wed, 12 Feb 1997 22:17:27 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/29/amy-bloom-love-as-creator/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/02/12/amy-bloom-love-as-creator/feed/ 0 Love Invents Us Amy Bloom is a Connecticut-based author and psychotherapist and the author of a novel entitled “Love Invents Us.” This book, the enactment of psychological theory about human behavior, also traces the intimate details in the life of E... Love Invents Us Amy Bloom is a Connecticut-based author and psychotherapist and the author of a novel entitled “Love Invents Us.” This book, the enactment of psychological theory about human behavior, also traces the intimate details in the life of Elizabeth Howe from her childhood to middle age. I spoke with Amy Bloom by phone while she was on tour to discuss ‘Love Invents Us” and asked her, “how does love invent us?” Amy Bloom recommends "Seeing Calvin Coolidge in a Dream," by John Derbyshire. Originally Broadcast: February 12, 1997 Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/pub/archive/09.01.05/curious@pacific.net/1197-1-20050606-BLOOM__AMY_2-12-97.mp3) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/1996/11/27/maria-stewart-sandra-kamusukiri-a-visit-with-a-free-black-women-boston-1840/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1996/11/27/maria-stewart-sandra-kamusukiri-a-visit-with-a-free-black-women-boston-1840/#comments Wed, 27 Nov 1996 13:00:28 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/11/maria-stewart-sandra-kamusukiri-a-visit-with-a-free-black-women-boston-1840/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1996/11/27/maria-stewart-sandra-kamusukiri-a-visit-with-a-free-black-women-boston-1840/feed/ 0 Radio Curious brings you an archived interview with Maria Stewart, as portrayed by scholar, Sandra Kamusakiri. Stewart was a free black woman who lived in the early 1800's and likely the first African-American to speak out in defense of women's rights. Maria W. Stewart, as characterized by professor and scholar Sandra Kamusakiri, was a free black woman who lived in Boston, MA, from the 1820s to the early 1840s. She was the first American born woman to lecture in public on political themes and likely the first African-American to speak out in defense of women’s rights. A forerunner to Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth, she was intensely religious and regarded as outspoken and controversial during her time. For more than a century, Maria W. Stewart’s life contributions remained obscured, illustrating the double pressures of racism and sexism on the lives African-American women. I met with Mariah W. Stewart in the person of Professor Sandra Kamusukiri during the 1996 Democracy in America Chautauqua, held in Ukiah, California. Maria Stewart recommends "The Fair Sketches of Women," by John Adams and "The Bible." Originally Broadcast: November 27, 1996 Click here to begin listening or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/1996/07/03/elizabeth-stanton-frederick-douglass-sally-wagner-charles-pace-a-visit-with-elizabeth-cady-stanton-frederick-douglass/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1996/07/03/elizabeth-stanton-frederick-douglass-sally-wagner-charles-pace-a-visit-with-elizabeth-cady-stanton-frederick-douglass/#comments Wed, 03 Jul 1996 12:58:26 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/11/elizabeth-stanton-frederick-douglass-sally-wagner-charles-pace-a-visit-with-elizabeth-cady-stanton-frederick-douglass/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1996/07/03/elizabeth-stanton-frederick-douglass-sally-wagner-charles-pace-a-visit-with-elizabeth-cady-stanton-frederick-douglass/feed/ 1 Radio Curious visits with Chautauqua scholars Sally Wagner & Charles Pace who portray Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Frederick Douglass. The two friends were active leaders in the fight for the rights of women and blacks in the 19th century. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Frederick Douglass were good friends from the mid 19th century to the late 19th century, and were active leaders in the fight for the rights of women and blacks throughout their lives. From time to time they got together to visit and talk about America, as they knew it. In this archive edition of Radio Curious recorded in May 1996, I met with Chautauqua scholars Sally Roesch Wagner and Charles Pace who portrayed Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Frederick Douglass and asked them each to tell us what it was like to be an American during their life time. The book Frederick Douglass recommends is, “The Columbian Orator: Containing a Variety of Original and Selected Pieces Together With Rules, Which Are Calculated to Improve Youth and Others, in the Ornamental and Using Art of Eloquence” by Caleb Bingham. The book Charles Pace recommends is, “W. E. B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race, 1868 to 1919,” by David Levering Lewis. The book Elizabeth Cady Stanton recommends is, “The Woman’s Bible” edited by Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The book Sally Wagner recommends is, “The Homesteader: A Novel,” by Oscar Micheaux. Originally broadcast: July 3, 1996 Click here to listen or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/1994/12/05/lucy-grealy-what-is-ugly/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1994/12/05/lucy-grealy-what-is-ugly/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 1994 22:50:19 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/29/lucy-grealy-what-is-ugly/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1994/12/05/lucy-grealy-what-is-ugly/feed/ 0 The Autobiography of a Face Lucy Grealy, a victim of Ewing’s Sarcoma, beginning when was nine years old suffered from a cancer of the jaw that is 90% fatal in the first few years. In Lucy’s case, it was not fatal. The Autobiography of a Face Lucy Grealy, a victim of Ewing’s Sarcoma, beginning when was nine years old suffered from a cancer of the jaw that is 90% fatal in the first few years. In Lucy’s case, it was not fatal. Rather it brought about many intense and emotional experiences that most of us could not imagine. She had a large part of her lower jaw removed when she was about nine and half and for two and a half years had weekly chemotherapy treatments. Throughout her teenage years, she had multiple surgeries to reshape her jaw. Her book, “Autobiography of a Face,” reveals her experiences, her mistaken conflation of beauty and love, and what she learned about emotions, both her own and other people’s. Lucy Grealy recommends “100 Years of Solitude,” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Originally Broadcast: December 5, 1994 Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/pub/archive2/07.01.07/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-20060725-_118__Grealy__Lucy_12-5-94.mp3) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/1994/03/07/terry-gross-fresh-air/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1994/03/07/terry-gross-fresh-air/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 1994 22:53:57 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/29/terry-gross-fresh-air/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1994/03/07/terry-gross-fresh-air/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with Terry Gross, host of the public radio show Fresh Air. If you like interview programs perhaps you have listened to Fresh Air, produced in Philadelphia and broadcast regularly many public radio stations.  The host is Terry Gross, our guest on this edition of Radio Curious. I wanted to know who she is, and what she does to prepare for and create Fresh Air. When we visited by phone from her home near Philadelphia, I asked her how puts together so many interesting programs so frequently. The books Terry Gross recommends are "Self-Consciousness: Memoirs," by John Updike, and "U and I," by Nicholson Baker. The program was originally broadcast: March 7, 1994 Click here to listen or on the media player below. Click here to download a podcast. LeGov clean 29:00