Episodes

  • Interview with Charles Person, Freedom Rider from 1961 - 5.30.20

    Interview with Charles Person, Freedom Rider from 1961 - 5.30.20
    Jun 11 2020
    Charles Person was one of the original Freedom Riders from 1961. At the age of only 18, he rode a public interstate bus into the segregated South with an inter-racial group of young people to challenge the persistent non-enforcement of US Supreme Court decisions which ruled that segregated public buses and other public spaces were unconstitutional. Viciously attacked twice by white Klansmen in Alabama, he put his life on the line to challenge the status quo in an act of nonviolent protest. Learn about his unique experience and his perspective on the current widespread protests against police brutality in the wake of George Floyd's killing in Minneapolis.
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    54 mins
  • Interview with my father, Sidney I. Landau (lexicographer) - 7.30.17

    Interview with my father, Sidney I. Landau (lexicographer) - 7.30.17
    Jun 4 2020

    An interview with my father, Sidney I. Landau, who discusses his impoverished childhood in New York City in the 1940's; his experience as a draftee in the army in Frankfurt, Germany during the Korean War; his 40 year career as an editor of dictionaries and his life as an early marathon runner in Central Park during the 1970's. (Photo shows Sidney I. Landau with his grandchild).
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    59 mins
  • UNDER THE SURFACE TAKE 2 - BEING HALF-JEWISH

    UNDER THE SURFACE TAKE 2 - BEING HALF-JEWISH
    Jul 14 2019

    A personal reflection on the problem of being a HALF-JEW, meaning a patrilineal Jew in all its inane contradictions. But more broadly, a reflection on not quite belonging anywhere.

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    18 mins
  • Interview with Ella Vallone, US Post Office Mail Carrier - 2.18.18

    Interview with Ella Vallone, US Post Office Mail Carrier - 2.18.18
    Feb 19 2018
    Ella Vallone, the US mail carrier for Easthampton, MA has a fan club made up of all the different people who live along her route, which happens to be her very own neighborhood. Despite the challenge of walking 13 miles a day to deliver mail to 680 houses a day, the hardship of extreme weather and the weight of heavy loads, she has found the job rewarding. She says, "I am blessed with people who shower me with umbrellas, food, love and stories about themselves and the history of the town.”
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    58 mins
  • Interview with David Entin, who worked for USAID during the Vietnam War - 2.4.18

    Interview with David Entin, who worked for USAID during the Vietnam War - 2.4.18
    Feb 5 2018
    David Entin served in Vietnam from 1966 to 1968. But NOT as a soldier. Instead, he worked for USAID (United States Agency for International Development) in the province of Quang Ngai where he had some of the most memorable, paradigm-shifting experiences of his life. He experienced both the beauty of the Vietnamese countryside and the horror of war from the vantage point of a helicopter. He witnessed the hypocrisy of the war on a personal level too as it played out in his workplace role after the Tet Offensive.
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    59 mins
  • Interview with Kamil Peters, Metal Artist & Sculptor with a Social Conscience - 1.14.18

    Interview with Kamil Peters, Metal Artist & Sculptor with a Social Conscience - 1.14.18
    Jan 15 2018
    Kamil Peters creates highly distinctive metal art work in Holyoke, MA ranging from small intricate masks to massive sculptures of animals and insects, as well as large-scale commercial installations. But his passion also lies in teaching the art of welding to young people who find themselves lost in a school system and society that renders them invisible. "Everybody needs a place... a place to feel like home away from home," he says. "When you honor your children, they will honor you back."
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    1 hr
  • Interview with Myself: A Solo Show on Sexism - 12.31.17

    Interview with Myself: A Solo Show on Sexism - 12.31.17
    Dec 31 2017
    For the last day of 2017, I decided to look back at my life and create a solo episode on SEXISM. In particular, I reflect on my own personal experiences from childhood to adulthood. I also talk about how I internalized sexist ideas at a young age and how they formed my views on romance and the nature of "the real man." How can we break free of the sexist head trip of our culture while also remaining a part of it?
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    59 mins
  • Interview with Claire Dacey, Singer-Songwriter - 12.17.17

    Interview with Claire Dacey, Singer-Songwriter - 12.17.17
    Dec 17 2017
    When I first heard Claire Dacey perform at an open mic about two months ago at Luthier’s in Easthampton, I was enthralled by the beauty and authenticity of her voice. In this conversation, Claire discusses the path that led her to create folk music as well as her background as a naturalist and ecologist. She also treats us to four of her breathtaking original songs!
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    57 mins