Patricia Jovel Flores and Kayla Asato


Patricia Jovel Flores is Orange County Environmental Justice's new Project Director, and is excited to lead the organization in confronting the many environmental issues disproportionately affecting Orange County's marginalized communities. PJ was raised and currently lives in Santa Ana...

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Natasha Lester: Slouching Towards Bethlehem


In this episode we connect with Natasha Lester, author of The Paris Orphan and The Riviera House. Natasha discusses Joan Didion's book, Slouching Towards Bethlehem as one of the most influential books introduced to her. Natasha shares her appreciation for...

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Nawaaz Ahmed: Invisible Cities


In this episode we connect with Nawaaz Ahmed, author of the book Radiant Fugitives. Nawaaz picks the book Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino as his inspiration and the book he couldn't live without. He shares how the introduction to the...

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Jenn Shapland: Silent Spring


Jenn Shapland is a writer and archivist living in New Mexico. Her first book, My Autobiography of Carson McCullers, was a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award and won the Lambda Literary award. She has a PhD in English from...

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Marilyn Peterson Haus: I Know This Much Is True


Marilyn Peterson Haus learned to read and write in a one-room school set in the midst of a sea of corn, and then rode a rickety yellow school bus seven miles to the nearest town (population 700) for middle and high...

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Mary Dixie Carter: The Age of Innocence


Mary Dixie Carter’s debut novel The Photographer will be published in May 2021 by Minotaur Books - St. Martin’s Publishing Group in the US and by Hodder & Stoughton in the UK. Mary Dixie’s writing has appeared in TIME,  The Economist, the San Francisco Chronicle,...

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A program concerning the history and the lessons of civil rights violations carried out against communities or populations on the basis of an individual’s race, national origin, immigration status, religion, gender, or sexual orientation.

Supported by the California State Library.

Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at Chapman University is committed to leading the conversation in our community on issues of humanity, unity and justice. As such, the college has undertaken, semester-long examinations of key societal issues.

These interdisciplinary conversations promote thoughtful dialogue; mindful reflection; social tolerance; awareness and respect; peace and kindness.

Documenting process and purpose, this interdisciplinary series is an educational resource provided to discuss the evolution of visual, performing, and literary arts at the intersection of technology, science, history, and health.

Medium History explores memories and moments through creativity and expression, capturing the cultural ethos of that time and place through storytelling and representation.

Visual material culture, such as art, and other multimodal forms can elicit responses, emotions, and opinions—human expressions, tied to temporal and cultural aesthetics. This program explores how creative mediums provide context for history beyond dates, and names, and figures.

An education program that considers unresolved symptoms of The Fire Problem.

This special podcast series will examine and explain underlying challenges and vulnerabilities with our climate, environment, politics, and vegetation.

Our Without… program provides an opportunity for community leaders to share stories about today, with context from our past, and learn moving forward.

Our first two series consider life without books and life without libraries. Each guest has three minutes to record their Microcast episode.