Lilliam Rivera


Lilliam Rivera is author of the forthcoming young adult novel The Education of Margot Sanchez (Simon & Schuster); host of the Radio Sombra show Literary Soundtrack; Pushcart Prize winner; editor of the 1888 novellas Harlem's Awakening, Bellies and Buffalos, and...

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Lux Alptraum and Leigh Stein


Lux Alptraum and Leigh Stein founded BinderCon, a non-profit organization and convention devoted to advancing the careers of women and gender non-conforming writers. Lux is also a writer whose work has appeared in Cosmopolitan,Salon.com, TheAtlantic.com, GOOD Magazine, and more. Leigh is author of the...

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Lisa Pearson


Lisa Pearson is Publisher and Founder of Siglio Press, editor of It Is Almost That: A Collection of Image+Text Work by Women Artists & Writers, and LA Times Person to Watch. Producer: Jon-Barrett IngelsManager: Sarah BeckerHost: Jon-Barrett IngelsGuest: Lisa Pearson

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Neelanjana Banerjee


Neelanjana Banerjee is 2016 The Plaza Literary Prize Judge; Managing Editor of Kaya Press; assistant editor with the Los Angeles Review of Books; instructor with artworxLA and Writing Workshops Los Angeles; journalist; co-editor of Indivisible: An Anthology of Contemporary South...

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Kevin Smokler


Kevin Smokler is 2016 The Plaza Literary Prize Judge. Kevin is the author of “Practical Classics: 50 Reasons to Reread 50 Books you Haven’t Touched Since High School” (2013) and a forthcoming book on 80s movies. His cultural essays and criticism have...

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Alan Rifkin


Alan Rifkin is a journalist and author of books such as the short story collection Signal Hill (City Lights Publishers) and the upcoming Burdens by Water: An Unintended Memoir (Brown Paper Press). Producer: Jon-Barrett IngelsManager: Sarah BeckerHost: Jon-Barrett IngelsGuest: Alan...

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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.