Karen Tei Yamashita
Karen Tei Yamashita is the author of novels Tropic of Orange, I Hotel, and Through the Arc of the Rain Forest (Coffee House Press), and a Professor of Literature and Creative Writing at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Producer:...
Jennifer Volland and Wendy Thomas Russell
Jennifer Volland and Wendy Thomas Russell are co-founders of Brown Paper Press. Jennifer Volland is the co-author of Edward A. Killingsworth: An Architect’s Life (Hennessey + Ingalls) and Long Beach Architecture: The Unexpected Metropolis (Hennessey + Ingalls), as well as...
Joel Arquillos
Joel Arquillos is the Executive Director of 826LA, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6 to 18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write. Producer: Jon-Barrett IngelsManager: Sarah BeckerHost:...
Laurie Sheck
Laurie Sheck is the author of, most recently, Island of the Mad (Counterpoint Press), and A Monster’s Notes (Knopf), a re-imagining of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, which was selected by Entertainment Weekly as one of the 10 Best Fictions of the Year...
Black Napkin Press
Matt Rouse, Torrin Greathouse and Nicole Connolly run Black Napkin Press. Black Napkin Press is a non-profit organization that supports emerging artists from across the spectrum of cultures, races, religions, ethnicities, and gender/sexual identities. Producer: Jon-Barrett IngelsManager: Sarah BeckerHost: Jon-Barrett...
David Galef
David Galef is the author of novels such as How to Cope with Suburban Stress (The Permanent Press), short story collections including My Date with Neanderthal Woman (Dzanc Books), poetry collections such as Kanji Poems (Word Poetry), and most recently...
Conversations highlighting the challenges, opportunities, and strategies for confronting issues in our communities while collectively progressing toward a more equitable future.
Produced with Orange County Grantmakers with support from Orange County Community Foundation.
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.
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