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Does learning just stop when you hit 22 or 25? Of course not! So why should it stop at 50 or 70 or ever? The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Washington is for people who are truly lifelong learners. For those who are forever curious about the world around us, past, present, and future. This podcast, Forever Curious, will be full of discussions with experts, free lectures, conversations with OLLI-UW members and more. We hope you'll join us here, as we listen to lectures ...
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Episode 12: Interview––Equity, Justice, & Climate Change
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In the first half of this episode, our host Charlene and Dr. Heather Price, Chemistry Faculty and Climate Scientist at North Seattle College and co-PI of a National Science Foundation Climate Justice in Undergraduate STEM Incorporating Civic Engagement (C-JUSTICE), discuss the arc of climate justice as a focus of climate activism and why people who…
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The Hebrew phrase “tikkun olam” translates to “repairing the world” and is a fundamental value to Bernard Osher, leader of the Osher Foundation. In the first half of this episode, Kelly Jane Rosenblatt, Program Director at the Bernard Osher Foundation, and Steve Thaxton, Executive Director at the National Resource Center for Osher Institutes, talk …
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In this very special episode of Forever Curious, we’re giving you a “taste” of OLLI! The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute truly is for the forever curious, and that’s on both sides of the teacher’s desk. What curiosity drives our instructors to gain the knowledge and life experience they share with their students? Hosts Charlene and Murray are cha…
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Episode 9: Presentation –– Telescope Technology: Learn about the Webb
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Dr. Bruce Balick’s long and distinguished history at the UW doesn’t go back quite as far as the Big Bang, but his impact on the University’s astronomy program is nearly as significant! In this episode of Forever Curious, we have the enormous pleasure to present Bruce Balick, Professor Emeritus in Astronomy at the University of Washington. In the fi…
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Episode 8: Presentation –– To Hell & Back with Jordan Ray Claytor
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What do you do with a kid who tries to capture every tiny animal that crosses his path? You take him to the Natural History Museum. A LOT. Fortunately for the critters, graduate student and OLLI instructor Jordan Ray Claytor quickly discovered that paleontology was more his passion, so he switched to fossils. As a paleontologist, Jordan studies at …
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Episode 7: Interview –– Our Extraordinary Bird Lady
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Master birder and nature author Constance Sidles has (no exaggeration) an encyclopedic knowledge of birds. She’s written for 65 different publications and is the CEO and Founder of Constancy Press, and she can answer questions about the ascending or descending call of the Swainson’s thrush at a moment’s notice and off the top of her head. Connie ha…
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Osher Lifelong Learning (OLLI) Instructor Misha Berson has — in the understatement of 2023 — been busy. Writer and arts critic, journalist and long-time educator, author, singer, and jazz enthusiast … she’s done it all. She comes to OLLI - UW to share her passions with students. When writing, she says, she is often operating on a deadline and withi…
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Episode 5: Interview — Faith, Spirituality, & Organized Religion
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Dr. David Smith is a popular lecturer in the OLLI - UW program, and if you haven't discovered his courses yet, you'll want to, after you hear this discussion with host Charlene Joy and a panel of OLLI - UW members. David grew up in a very religious, evangelical family, but life events and his own research and reflection pulled him in a different di…
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Episode 2: Presentation — How to Find & Hear Your Next Podcast Binge
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If you want to listen to a podcast, do you have to "borrow" your neighbor's 14-year-old to figure out how? Look, it's totally fine. Technology moves at lightening speed, and needing a little help to figure out the latest-and-greatest is as normal as it gets. In this one-hour workshop by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at the University…
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Episode 4: Interview — You Heard the Lecture, Now Meet the Scholar Behind It
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Brian Gutierrez, PhD, earned his doctorate in Literature, and he taught for many years in the English Department at the University of Washington. Now a Professional Programs Development Specialist, he helps professionals translate their work experience and industry expertise into academic curricula. As Brian tells us in this conversation with host …
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Episode 3: Presentation — Frankenstein: Revisited
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The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute is renowned for its extraordinary lecture series, and this episode is no exception. In this talk, Frankenstein expert Brian Gutierrez, PhD, delves into the history behind the famous novel and how it continues to have resonance today. Brian Gutierrez has particular expertise in poets and writers of the late 18th…
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Episode 1: Discussion — What is Osher and Why Am I a Member?
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Welcome to Forever Curious, the podcast of OLLI-UW! In this episode of Forever Curious, we ask members of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at the University of Washington why they joined and why they stay. And, as Natalie Lecher, Director of OLLI-UW asks, why listen to this podcast? As one member described it, OLLI is a “buffet” of lear…
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You didn't stop being curious at 18 or 22 or 30, right? Fortunately, we live in an age when learning opportunities and resources are all around us. One of the best is the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (affectionately know as OLLI). The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Washington (OLLI-UW) invites adults over the age of 50 …
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