Aunty Monkey is a podcast for ballooning enthusiasts. In each episode we discuss different aspects of the sport of ballooning.
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The Feminist Agenda is a podcast that will explore what it means to be a professional feminist, how to bring feminism into your work no matter what you do, and we’ll talk about how we keep our agendas organized. Some guests have women's studies degrees, some don't. Learn how you can make any job a feminist job. The Feminist Agenda aims to be a mini-podcast. We get you in and out of the conversation because we know there is a lot of patriarchy to smash and white supremacy to address.
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Kim Moldosky on Amelia Earhart's continuing legacy
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Kim Moldofsky is an all-around creative person and lifelong learner with a penchant for adventure. Inspired by Amelia Earhart, she recently flew in a restored 1929 biplane. Read Kim's newsletter to keep up on all the things she has going on. This is her first book. Ways to support The Feminist Agenda podcast (affiliate links): Archer & Olive: Use c…
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Jennifer Baumgardner on feminist literature for all
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Jennifer Baumgardner is a writer, activist, filmmaker, and lecturer. Baumgardner joined The Feminist Agenda to discuss the need to publish feminist children's books, letting projects go, and editing the new feminist book review LIBER. Originally from Fargo, Baumgardner has been working in New York City at the intersection of feminism and publishing…
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Dr. Tara T. Green on the respectability of Black women
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Dr. Tara T. Green has two books out in 2022 that center the respectability of Black women, specifically lesser-known women of the Harlem Renaissance era such as Alice Dunbar-Nelson. Green is an award-winning teacher-mentor-scholar and is currently Professor and former Director (2008-2016) of African American and African Diaspora Studies at the Univ…
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Anne Elizabeth Moore on the real cost of free houses and government corruption
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Anne Elizabeth Moore joins the Feminist Agenda to discuss her latest book, Gentrifier: A Memoir. From Catapult: In 2016, a Detroit arts organization grants writer and artist Anne Elizabeth Moore a free house—a room of her own, à la Virginia Woolf—in Detroit’s majority-Bangladeshi “Banglatown.” Accompanied by her cats, Moore moves to the bungalow in…
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Gloria Feldt on Intentioning the Road Ahead
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Gloria Feldt joins The Feminist Agenda to discuss her latest book, Intentioning: Sex, Power, Pandemics, and How Women Will Take The Lead for (Everyone's) Good. Gloria is a New York Times best-selling author, speaker, commentator and feminist leader who has gained national recognition as a social and political advocate of women's rights. In 2013, sh…
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Episode 17: Jocelyn de Leon on Journaling Away Self-Sabotage
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Author, Publisher, and Hire Women founder Jocelyn de Leon joins The Feminist Agenda to discuss the launch of two new products with the purpose of helping women shift their mindsets, move past limiting beliefs, and level up. Things mentioned in this episode: Mindset Mami Workbook + Journal Dueña Daily Planner + Mindset Check-In Mindset Mami Podcast:…
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Episode 16: Feminist AF and the role of aunties raising the next generation of feminists
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Feminist AF: A Guide to Crushing Girlhood is forthcoming from Norton Young Readers on October 5. It’s a resource guide for young feminists designed to help them navigate some of the most pressing issues young people face. Authors Susana M. Morris and Chanel Craft Tanner join The Feminist Agenda to discuss their book, how they bring feminism to thei…
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Episode 15: Valerie Orth on pushing for more than good enough
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Valerie Orth is a professional singer and songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. Her music is described as electro alt-pop. She writes with a strong sense of self and a fierce feminist perspective, telling stories about alienated humanity and visions of a better tomorrow. Her new album, Rabbit Hole (released Dec 4, 2020) couldn’t be more t…
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Episode 14: Maria Hinojosa, founder of the Futuro Media Group, on owning your story
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Award-winning journalist, Maria Hinojosa, joins The Feminist Agenda to discuss her memoir, Once I Was You. In 2010, Maria created Futuro Media, an independent, nonprofit organization based in Harlem, NYC with the mission to create multimedia content for and about the new American mainstream in the service of empowering people to navigate the comple…
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Episode 13: Ileana Jiménez and her students talk high school feminism
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Ileana Jiménez has been teaching a high school class on intersectional feminism for almost 15 years. The Feminist Agenda visited her class at the end of the fall 2020 term. Intersectional Feminism is an elective - this means each student there wanted to be engaged in the material. For nearly 20 years, Ileana Jiménez has been a leader in the field o…
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Episode 12: Stephanie on learning chemistry and pandemic parenting
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Episode 12 bring us Stephanie Ryan, PhD, who is an author, education consultant, and founder of Ryan Education Consulting LLC. She has a strong background in chemistry and biology and enjoys applying her background to develop superior educational products. She is also interested in how mathematics and science intertwine. Her first book, a children'…
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Episode 11: Kandace Creel Falcón on feminist art, passion planning, and cottagecore life
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Kandace Creel Falcón, Ph.D. is an interdisciplinary feminist scholar, writer, and visual artist. Their life’s passion grounds the power of narrative for social transformation. As a Xicanx femme feminist, KCF engages the power of aesthetics and the need to disrupt conventional Western beauty norms. She currently lives and works in rural Minnesota. T…
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Episode 10: Lisa Levenstein Returns to talk 90s Online Feminism
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Lisa Levenstein, PhD is a professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at UNC-Greensboro. Her latest book, They Didn't See Us Coming: The Hidden History of Feminism in the Nineties, takes a peek into the origins of online feminism in the 1990s and Veronica's role in that history. Things we discuss: * FemFuture Report * Veronica's response to…
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Episode 9: Corinne Kodama on racial justice, pay equity, and Megan Rapinoe
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Thanks to my friend, Corinne Kodama, Policy Analyst at Women Employed, for joining The Feminist Agenda to discuss the themes of Megan Rapinoe's memoir, One Life. Women Employed's mission is to improve the economic status of women and remove barriers to economic equity. They draft testimony, rally students, secure grants, persuade legislators, mobil…
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Episode 8: Brea Grant on Mary Shelley, horror, and feminism
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Brea Grant is a filmmaker/writer best known for co-writing/directing the apocalyptic feature, Best Friends Forever, and acting on shows like Heroes and Dexter. Her latest book, Mary: The Adventures of Mary Shelley's Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Granddaughter, is a YA graphic novel about angsty teenager Mary Shelley who is not interested in carryin…
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Episode 7: Martha Chaves on bridging feminism and comedy
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This episode of The Feminist Agenda features Martha Chaves, a Hispanic-Canadian award-winning comedian, actor, activist, and playwright. Join the conversation as we touch on feminism in comedy, growing up under a dictatorship, witnessing Black Lives Matter, and her learning curve within the Nobel Peace Prize sisterhood. Martha is a regular in the c…
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Episode 6: Torii Wolf on creating music for a pandemic
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This episode of The Feminist Agenda features Torii Wolf, musician and creator, who discusses the beauty of creating music that fits the pandemic esthetic, pandemic puppies, astrology, and CW shows. Find Torii's music at YouTube and Spotify Find Torii on Twitter, Facebook, & Instagram Find Ghost Tense at Spotify Things we mentions in the podcast: Gi…
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Episode 5: Flashing back to the 1990s with Lisa Levenstein, Ph.D.
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Lisa Levenstein, PhD, has a traditional feminist job - she's a professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at UNC-Greensboro. She's on The Feminist Agenda to discuss her latest book, They Didn't See Us Coming: The Hidden History of Feminism in the Nineties, which showcases many feminist activists who were doing non-traditional feminist work…
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Episode 4: Jasmine and Higher Education as a Political Battleground
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Jasmine Banks (she/her), Executive Director of UnKoch My Campus. The vision of UnKoch My Campus is to preserve our democracy through protecting higher education from actors whose expressed intent is to place private interests over the common good. Jasmine mentions the following tools in how she organizes her feminist agenda: Slack Temi People and c…
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Episode 3: Teresa Moreno and the Radical Potential of Library Science
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Teresa Moreno is faculty at the UIC Richard J. Daley Library and is the Undergraduate Engagement Coordinator and Liaison for African American Studies. Trained in feminist methodology, critical race theory and rooted in interdisciplinary practice, Teresa's librarianship and pedagogical praxis are informed by these theories, methodologies and practic…
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Episode 2: Summer Dennis and Being Your True Self in the Music Business
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Summer Dennis hails from Washington DC and is part of the soul/funk project, Summer Dennis & Rhymes. I chatted with her about their new album, Second Summer. Summer suggests "Indelible" and "Party" for your social distancing playlists. You can listen to "Indelible" at the conclusion of this episode. Connect with Summer on Twitter YouTube Instagram …
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Episode 1: Elisa Camahort Page and finding your voice as a professional feminist
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Welcome to the first episode of "The Feminist Agenda" where I catch up with Author Speaker Advisor. BlogHer Founder, Elisa Camahort Page. Elisa Camahort Page hosts her own podcast, The Op-Ed Page, is co-author of, "Road Map for Revolutionaries: Resistance, Activism, and Advocacy for All," and is a co-founder of Blogher. And yes, there is a slight t…
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EP #29 - Bruce Comstock - World Champion and Record Holder
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In this episode Andrew chats to ballooning Hall of Fame legend, Bruce Comstock. Having started ballooning 50 years ago, he has achieved a huge amount in ballooning and has an incredible resume. The below is taken from Bruce's website - A Life in the Air. Bruce Comstock’s extraordinary accomplishments in ballooning eventually landed him in both the …
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EP #28 - Matthew Scaife - Competition and Professional Pilot
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In this episode Andrew chats to professional balloonist and competition pilot, Matthew Scaife. Matt is a second generation pilot that began ballooning as a kid in the UK. Having flown for many years commercially in England, he then migrated out to Australia to fly commercially and now runs Balloon Aloft. Matt, along with his wife Nicola, took up co…
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EP #27 - Brad Temeyer - The Weather Guy
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In this episode, Andrew chats to Brad Temeyer. Brad is an internationally renowned ballooning meteorologist. He has been the meteorologist for many record attempts, ballooning events (including the Albuquerque Fiesta), ballooning competitions and for the US team. Brad was born in Rockford, IL on July 31, 1979. He graduated on the Dean’s List from I…
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This is the first ever Aunty Monkey video episode. Go to http://www.auntymonkey.com to watch the episode. During this episode, Andrew walks through an array of helpful hints and tips about how to produce better ballooning videos. The topics he runs through include: Filming with phones Cameras Mounts Camera Movement Speeding up shots People Storytel…
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Kim Magee is a second generation pilot from Iowa in the US. Having got her license at the age 19, she has achieved a huge amount in the ballooning world in a relatively short period of time. Kim has represented USA at the Women's World Championship, she has won the US BFA Long Jump and last year she did 2 World Record flights. So she is now the hol…
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Deano Pegg has been involved in ballooning since the mid 1990s. In the years since, he has worked extensively as a professional crew person and has been very active in crewing for balloon teams at international events. He is a much loved character in international ballooning and is friends with everyone. In this episode Deano shares his background …
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EP #23 - Leandro Corradini - Light Weight Ballooning
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Leandro Corradini is a multi-discipline pilot and has been intimately involved with the paragliding and paramotoring world. His love of light weight, portable, personal aircraft led him to identify a gap in the ballooning market for this type of aircraft, so he decided to do something about it. After two years of planning and design, he launched hi…
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In this episode, Andrew chats to the newly crowned World Champion, Dominic Bareford. Dom is a young UK pilot that has been dominating competition ballooning this year. You just need to look at some of his results in the last 6 months to see how well his is flying. 1st - 23rd FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championships 1st - 2018 British Nationals 1st -…
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EP #21 - Tim Wilkinson - Experimental Balloonist
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Tim is the lead protagonist in the birth of the modern Annex 2 ballooning scene in the UK, more commonly known as experimental ballooning to the rest of the World. Tim is a force of nature when it comes to his passion for life and encouraging and training other people to get involved in building their own balloons. Tim comes from a family of fixed …
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In this episode, Adam talks to some of the World's best pilots about the upcoming 2018 FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championships in Großsiegharts, Austria. The guests include: Rhett Heartsill - 2016 Open World Champion Nicola Scaife - 2016 Women's World Champion Rokas Kostiuskevicius - 2016 Junior World Champion Daniel Kusternigg - 6 time Austrian Ch…
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EP #19 - Paul Stumpf - Ballooning Classic
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In this episode, Adam sits down and chats with Paul Stumpf. Paul Stumpf has been building, flying and maintaining balloons for over 40 years. He is one of the best known repairmen in the US and is based out of the North East USA in the state of Vermont. Paul's business Stumpf Balloons is best known to the wider ballooning community for its revoluti…
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EP #18 - Phil Kavanagh - Balloon Manufacturer
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In this episode, Andrew sits down and chats with ballooning manufacturer and pioneer, Phil Kavanagh. Phil has been building and flying hot air balloons for 50 years. In this interview, Phil talks about the early days of ballooning and some of his adventures including attempting to fly over Mt Everest in the 1980s and trying to fly across Australia …
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In this episode, Andrew sits down and chats with The Flying Lemmings. They are a self proclaimed bunch of self-indulgent millennials flying balloons and mucking around. The Lemmings are all about promoting the fun of the sport of ballooning and have created an exciting young culture in the the sport that has started attracting more and more like mi…
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EP #16 - Dr John Grubbstrum - FAI President of Honour
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In this episode, Adam chats to FAI President of Honour, Dr John Grubbström. John is one of a kind. Intelligent, respectful, committed, fun, and completely addicted to all forms of aviation. John’s ballooning career started in the early 1970’s and in 1974 he acquired his hot air balloon pilot license. John is not the sort of guy who can just be invo…
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EP #15 - Petr Kubicek - Balloon Manufacturer
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In this episode, Adam chats to Petr Kubicek. From humble and quite recent beginnings Kubicek balloons has grown into one of the powerhouse balloon manufacturers in the World. The Kubicek story is fascinating with the beginnings of the business directly linked to the end of communism in the then Czechoslovakia. Petr’s father Ales founded Kubicek bal…
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EP #14 - Nicola Scaife - Women's World Champion
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In this episode, Andrew talks to Nicola Scaife about competition ballooning. Nicola is an Australian balloon pilot with a passion for competition. She lives and flies in the beautiful Hunter Valley, NSW, Australia, with her husband Matthew and their son Hugo. She works as a commercial hot air balloon pilot for Balloon Aloft, flying up to 20 people …
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EP #13 - Andrew Parker - Flying High For Kids
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In this episode Andrew chats to inspirational New Zealand pilot Andrew Parker. Andrew is daring to live his dream and use his passion for flying to change the lives of children around the world. The Flying High for Kids World Balloon Project was launched in 2013 and aims to reach communities in over 100 countries by 2018.…
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To welcome in the new year, Andrew and Adam chat to each other about some of the Aunty Monkey highlights of 2017 and what is planned for 2018. They also share some stories about some interesting moments in ballooning history that they never knew about. As podcasting is new to many of the Aunty Monkey subscribers, the boys also share details about s…
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Ep #11 - Bert Padelt - Balloon Building Specialist
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In this episode Adam chats to one of the most gifted balloon makers in the World, Bert Padelt. Bert’s is best known for custom building record setting balloons. As testament to his enormous talent and skill, Bert’s balloons hold FAI World records in the hot air, gas and Rozier categories. Along with his wife Joanie, Bert runs a full time repair sta…
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EP #10 - Troy Bradley - Record Breaker
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Troy is a full-time balloonist with over 7,109 balloon piloting hours (296 days aloft). As one of the most prolific record-setters the sport has ever seen, he has set 64 World Records in Hot Air, Gas and Rozier (hybrid) balloons. Troy has flown 223 different balloons ranging in size from 8,000 to 500,000 cubic feet. He has flown balloons on 5 conti…
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