Showing results for "Coming of Age" in Politics & Social Sciences

Many readers and listeners are already familiar with Madeleine Kunin, the former three-term governor of Vermont, who served as the deputy secretary of education and ambassador to Switzerland under President Bill Clinton. In her newest book, a memoir entitled Coming of Age: My Journey to the Eighties, the topic is aging, but she looks well beyond the physical tolls and explores the emotional ones as well. And she has had an extraordinary life: governor, ambassador, feminist, wife, mother, professor, poet, and much, much more.

Attempting to recreate their comfort coming of age movies, and perfect Pinterest pictures, two tired but talkative teenagers talk about the ups and downs of the reality of the story: high school.

Humans have long sought to comprehend the enormities of cosmic space and time. Here, best selling science writer Timothy Ferris tells the story of that quest. He interweaves the majestic themes of astronomy, physics, religion, and philosophy with fresh and lasting portraits of the men and women who created what has been called our society's most precious treasure - its conception of the universe at large.

In this podcast, Sarah Kwong digs into beloved childhood stories, the neurobiology of being a teenager, and interviews people about what it was like for them growing up, all in the quest to understand what it means to come of age.

A spiritual thought-leader and featured guest on Oprah’s SuperSoul Sunday helps us learn to quiet fear and anxiety and discover the powerful wholeness that exists within us all in this inspiring and affirmative guide. Achieving equilibrium in today’s age of anxiety can seem like a...

Once the world's bastion of liberal, democratic values, Europe is now having to confront demons it thought it had laid to rest. The old pathologies of anti-Semitism, populist nationalism, and territorial aggression are threatening to tear the European postwar consensus apart. Based on extensive firsthand reporting, this book is a provocative, disturbing look at a continent in unexpected crisis.

The New York Times bestselling story from the author of The Good Lord Bird, winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction. Who is Ruth McBride Jordan? A self-declared "light-skinned" woman evasive about her ethnicity, yet steadfast in her love for her twelve black children. James McBride...

In Dangerous Memory, renowned politician, author, and musician Charlie Angus undertakes a major rethink of the cultural and political shifts of the 1980s, an era that unleashed an unprecedented looting of the economy, the environment, and the common good that continues to haunt us today. Expertly weaving his story within the larger narrative of the times, Angus elucidates such key events as the Chernobyl disaster, the Digital Revolution, the AIDS epidemic, the fight against South African apartheid, the rise of neoliberalism, and the fall of the Berlin Wall.

In contrast to the ways in which young people have been portrayed by researchers, policymakers, law enforcement, and the media, Paula C. Austin draws on previously unstudied archival material to present black poor and working-class young people as thinkers, theorists, critics, and commentators as they reckon with the boundaries imposed on them in a Jim Crow city that was also the American emblem of equality.

Created with the intent of making you feel less alone in all your adulting woes, Coming of Age with Tanya is the podcast equivalent of a warm hug for those navigating their 20s and 30s. Join your host, Tanya, a 20 something hailing from Delhi for candid conversations that emulate the 2 am phone call to your bestie(s) as you swap your deepest insights on life. Each episode is a dialogue with a friend centred around growing up and figuring life out, in the larger context of pop culture and larger psychosocial trends, peppered with the choicest anecdotes. Happy listening!Have feedback? Write to ...

The worldwide charting podcast, "a coming of age, but irl," follows Osadolor as he creatively comments on all things concerning today's youth. They offer entertaining insight on music, media, pop culture, and creativity while relaying her personal evolution through uniquely crafted sonic experiences. In 'STROKE_MY_EGO_RE.MIXED,' Osadolor reworks his entire 'stroke my ego' (2022) series to carefully document their coming of age with recorded reflections, conversations, and candid moments of Blackqueerness. https://linktr.ee/osadolor

Join us, Frank(ness) and Azam, every week as we weave our personal stories, thoughts and opinions into topics all to do with the modern day. Varying from relationships, personal goals, entrepreneurship, interracial relationships, father hood, falling in love, have you evers, weddings, age, change, growth and more, oh and we got plenty of jokes along the way. This is A Coming of Age... The Podcast.

Refugee High is a riveting chronicle of the 2017-18 school year at Sullivan High, a time when anti-immigrant rhetoric was at its height in the White House. Even as we follow teachers and administrators grappling with the everyday challenges facing many urban schools, we witness the complicated circumstances and unique education needs of refugee and immigrant children: Alejandro may be deported just days before he is scheduled to graduate; Shahina narrowly escapes an arranged marriage; and Esengo is shot at the beginning of the school year.

Just Like Us tells the story of four high school students whose parents entered this country illegally from Mexico. All four of the girls have grown up in the United States, and all four want to live the American dream, but only two have documents. As the girls attempt to make it into college, they discover that only the legal pair see a clear path forward. A coming-of-age story about girlhood and friendship, as well as the resilience required to transcend poverty, Just Like Us is also a book about identity.

In unserem Coming of Age Podcast sind wir, Birger (23) & Lennart (30), zwei Brüder, auf einer Reise, um uns besser kennenzulernen und unsere Beziehung zu vertiefen. Wir sprechen über die Herausforderungen und Freuden des Lebens als junge Menschen und schaffen dabei eine Community, die sich von Nächstenliebe, Positivität und Lebensfreude tragen lässt. Authentisch & herzlich teilen wir persönliche Anekdoten & nehmen uns Themen an, die uns bewegen. Die wahre Magie unseres Podcasts entfaltet sich in der wöchentlichen Herausforderung, die uns & Euch zum Handeln einlädt. Eure Hosts, Birger &...

A coming-of-age memoir about a young boy in rural Arkansas who searches for himself and his distant father through soul music Growing up in rural Arkansas, young Rashod Ollison turned to music to make sense of his life. The dysfunction, sadness, and steely resilience of his family and neighbors...

Egal ob aus der Puppenstube oder der Hippiekommune - erwachsen werden muss JedeR. Kindheit - Stufe Eins. Schulzeit - Stufe Zwei. Und Jetzt?! Sind wir im angeblich schönsten Teil des Lebens angekommen, nach der Kindheit, vor dem Kinderhaben. Hosen voll oder Hosen runter? Wie es uns dabei geht, welche Fragen wir uns stellen (und welche sich uns ungebeten in den Weg stellen), darüber sprechen wir hier miteinander - und mit Euch, wenn Ihr wollt.

“The Love You Save will console and inspire countless people."—J.R. Moehringer, New York Times bestselling author of The Tender Bar I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings meets Educated in this harrowing, deeply hopeful memoir of family, faith and the power of books—from acclaimed journalist and...

In medical charts, the term "N.A.D." (No Apparent Distress) is used for patients who appear stable. The phrase also aptly describes America's medical system when it comes to treating the underprivileged. Medical students learn on the bodies of the poor - and the poor suffer from their mistakes. Rachel Pearson confronted these harsh realities when she started medical school in Galveston, Texas.

From these disparate phenomena: Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse who as president of a Midwestern college observed the trials of this generation up close, sees an existential threat to the American way of life. In The Vanishing American Adult, Sasse diagnoses the causes of a generation that can't grow up and offers a path for raising children to become active and engaged citizens. He identifies core formative experiences that all young people should pursue.