Best Benjamin Reid Podcasts (2024)

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Be Our Guest with Carol Ziske & William Linster (Quentin: A Roosevelt Musical) 36:19

2d ago36:19

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Carol Ziske is an accomplished theatre director, choreographer, and actor with over five decades of professional experience in the industry. They have numerous acting credits on Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional theatre and national tours. She has starred alongside the likes of John Lithgow, Jerry Zaks, Bob Gunton, Beth Fowler, Robert Morse, Rudy Va…

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Be Our Guest with Joanna Harte, Megan O’Hara & Simon Pavelich (Wallis: A New Musical) 17:25

12d ago17:25

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Wallis: A New Musical tells the story of a woman swept away by circumstance, and the King who gave up his crown for her. Prince Edward, bored with the constraints of monarchy, falls in love with an American divorcee, Wallis Simpson, and gives up everything for her. Fans of The Crown will instantly recognise the first enactment of this royal twisted…

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Be Our Guest with Dr. Lawrence Joseph Glatt and Benjamin Glat 31:58

17d ago31:58

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Dr. Lawrence Joseph Glatt Composer, Lyricist Lawrence Joseph Glatt Is a composer specializing in musicals and guitar music. After 30 years as a teacher, many of his works deal with issues faced by young people. His work brings together a deep understanding of classical, jazz and the history of musical theater, but also an awareness of current trend…

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Season 7, Ep. 10- Demystifying AI Ethics with Reid Blackman 1:23:17

25d ago1:23:17

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As AI rapidly advances, integrating ethical considerations into AI-enabled products, solutions, and business models is essential, however AI practitioners and business leaders report that putting AI ethics into practice is quite daunting. In this episode of Better Innovation, host Jeff Saviano welcomes Reid Blackman, a world-renowned AI ethics lead…

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Be Our Guest With Douglas J Cohen (Author How to Survive a Killer Musical Agony and Ecstasy on the Road to Broadway 47:21

23d ago47:21

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Douglas J Cohen Doug received the 2010 Fred Ebb Award for Musical Theatre Songwriting and won two Richard Rodgers Awards for writing book, music, and lyrics for NO WAY TO TREAT A LADY (produced twice off-Broadway resulting in over 100 productions worldwide; an upcoming NY commercial production in-the-works through producer Larry Hirschhorn) and THE…

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91. What scares you about AI? Vol.2 9:11

29d ago9:11

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This is a bonus episode we're looking back over answers to our question: What scares you about AI?By Ben Byford and friends

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Be Our Guest with Jeff Whiting (Stage Write Software) 25:02

1M ago25:02

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JEFF WHITING Award-winning director and choreographer, acclaimed as a 'director with a joyous touch' by the New York Times, Jeff Whiting specializes in work for theater, television, special events and concerts around the world, including James Taylor, Bette Midler, Steve Martin, Tony Bennett, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Sting. Jeff is the Owner of th…

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"Serve, Impact, Prosper: Conversations with Benjamin John" #140 1:12:59

1M ago1:12:59

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BENJAMIN JOHN IS AN ENTREPRENEUR, IMPACTFUL SPEAKER, AUTHOR, & MUSICIAN He Is The Owner Of Precision Patio Covers LLC And Massive Impact. He puts massive energy into these different businesses and ventures to help other people achieve prosperity in business and life. He gives his full attention and energy to a cause that is greater than himself and…

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"From Las Vegas to Legends: The Journey of the Madman of Mind Magick" #139 1:15:45

1M ago1:15:45

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The “Madman of Mind Magick” and Award-winning mentalist and magician. As the acclaimed “Madman of Mind Magick,” Israel Mandrake mixes psychological illusions, mind melting Magick tricks, mentalism, and optimistic sarcasm to delight and confound guests along a thrilling psychological ride. With over 25 years’ experience and training in mentalism, hy…

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90. An ethos for the future with Wendell Wallach 1:03:57

1M ago1:03:57

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This time we're chatting with Wendell Wallach on moral machines and Machine Ethics, AGI sceptics, the usefulness of the term of artificial intelligence, a new ethic or ethos for human society, ethics as decisions fast and slow, trade-off ethics, the AI oligopoly, the good and bad of capitalism, conciousness, global workspace theory and more...…

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adrienne maree brown — On Radical Imagination and Moving Towards Life 1:20:13

1M ago1:20:13

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The wonderful civil rights elder Vincent Harding liked to look around the world for what he called "live human signposts" — human beings who embody ways of seeing and becoming and who point the way forward to the world we want to inhabit. And adrienne maree brown, who has inspired worlds of social creativity with her notions of "pleasure activism" …

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Be Our Guest with Adam Martino (Scenes from an Italian Restaurant) 13:38

1M ago13:38

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Adam Martino - Breakaway Entertainment Breakaway Entertainment is a dance entertainment & production company with years of industry experience performing across Canada and abroad. A Musical Theatre Jazz production house, Breakaway Entertainment draws its inspiration from classic 1950s & 1960s performers such as Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Frank Valli…

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Be Our Guest with Elyssia Giancola & Reid Martin (MADAME WINIFRED'S CIRCUS OF WONDERS) 11:18

2M ago11:18

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MADAME WINIFRED'S CIRCUS OF WONDERS Come one, come all, to the show that everyone in the world is talking about! We present to you the most dazzling performances from the wackiest circus ever seen. Embrace the magic and mystery of Madame Winifred's Circus of Wonders! Madame Winifred’s Circus of Wonders was commissioned by Theatre on the Ridge, Care…

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“The End of Poetry” by Ada Limón 1:43

2M ago1:43

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An impassioned plea, a yearning for connection — the poem U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón wrote when she says all language failed her. Take in Ada's reading of her piece, “The End of Poetry” — and hear her read more of her work in the On Being episode, “To Be Made Whole.” Ada Limón is the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States. She’s written six book…

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Atul Gawande — On Mortality and Meaning 1:02:48

2M ago1:02:48

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We are strange creatures. It is hard for us to speak about, or let in, the reality of frailty and death — the elemental fact of mortality itself. In this century, western medicine has gradually moved away from its understanding of death as a failure — where care stops with a terminal diagnosis. Hospice has moved, from something rare to something ex…

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Be Our Guest with Jay Hill (Sheila the Musical) 11:56

2M ago11:56

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Sheila the Musical Step back in time to the 1950s and meet Sheila, the quintessential (bearded) housewife. Join her on a hilarious journey of self-discovery, as she shares her powerful vocals and absurd stories, as she learns that there's more to life than just cooking, cleaning, and keeping her husband happy.…

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89. AI Ethics, Risks and Safety Conference - Special Edition 12:55

2M ago12:55

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In this special edition episode we hear vox-pops recorded at the AI Ethics, Risks and Safety Conference in Bristol on the 15th of May 2024. We hear about AI regulations, AI Standards, AI Ethics frameworks, principles, ethics guiding research, awareness of the ethics of AI, and explainable AI.By Ben Byford and Herbie Robson at the AI Ethics, Risks and Safety Conference

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Be Our Guest with Jewelle Blackman (Rooted: A Musical Poem) 12:23

2M ago12:23

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Jewelle Blackman is a Dora nominated Canadian actor, violinist, singer/songwriter and playwright. Born and bred in Toronto, Jewelle has worked extensively in theatre, television and film across North America. She was most recently seen on Broadway starring as “Persephone” in the Tony and Grammy winning Best Musical HADESTOWN. The same show where sh…

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Be Our Guest with Jerrell L. Henderson 45:43

2M ago45:43

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Jerrell L. Henderson is a Theatre Director, Puppeteer, and African American Theatre Historian and Archivist. Through the mediums of theatre and/or puppetry and film, Jerrell seeks to disrupt generational curses of self-hate (i.e. racism, homophobia, religious intolerance, etc.). Intellectually curious and emotionally dexterous, Jerrell is at home i…

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Be Our Guest with Cyrus Sarfaty (Moe A Rap Opera) 13:10

2M ago13:10

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Moe: A Rap Opera A fifteen-year baseball veteran. A world-class lawyer. A World War II spy. "MOE: A Rap Opera" is the rapped-through musical about the enigmatic real-life baseball-player-turned-spy Moe Berg. With its dynamic rhymes, thunderous beats, and meticulous attention to detail, "MOE" tells the story of one of the most fascinating figures in…

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Be Our Guest with Jewelle Blackman (Boy Boy and the Magic Drum) 12:17

2M ago12:17

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Jewelle Blackman is a Dora nominated Canadian actor, violinist, singer/songwriter and playwright. Born and bred in Toronto, Jewelle has worked extensively in theatre, television and film across North America. She was most recently seen on Broadway starring as “Persephone” in the Tony and Grammy winning Best Musical HADESTOWN. The same show where sh…

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“Ars Poetica #100: I Believe” by Elizabeth Alexander 1:17

2M ago1:17

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Today, a poem with a poignant question to live: “...and are we not of interest to each other?” Carry Elizabeth Alexander’s reading of her poem “Ars Poetica #100: I Believe” with you — and hear Elizabeth read more of her poetry in the On Being episode, “Words That Shimmer.” Elizabeth Alexander is a poet, author, and educator. Since 2018, she has ser…

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Season 7, Ep. 9- Beatriz Sans Sáiz: AI @ Scale 1:01:29

2M ago1:01:29

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Join host Jeff Saviano as he welcomes back to the show Beatriz Sanz Sáiz, EY’s Global Data and AI Partner Leader. Six years and nearly 100 episodes later, Beatriz returns to the microphone to provide a roadmap for embarking on an AI transformation journey within organizations, and the importance of championing diversity along the way. From crafting…

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Luis Alberto Urrea — On Our Belonging to Each Other 59:10

2M ago59:10

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We humans have this drive to erect barriers between ourselves and others, Luis Alberto Urrea says, and yet this makes us a little crazy. He is an exuberant, wise, and refreshing companion into the deep meaning and the problem of borders — what they are really about, what we do with them, and what they do to us. The Mexican-American border was as cl…

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Be Our Guest with Laura Landauer (Being Celine) 12:31

2M ago12:31

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Laura Landauer is an amazingly diverse entertainer, equally comfortable performing as an actor, singer, or comedian. She has received world wide attention for her spot-on portrayal of Celine Dion. Her short films have appeared on television shows, including Entertainment Tonight, across North America and Europe, and have extensive world-wide viewer…

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Be Our Guest with Claire Rice (Get A Clue) 12:39

2M ago12:39

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Claire Rice I have been a theatre nerd for as long as I can remember. Everything is a big song and dance when I’m around. That’s one reason children have always responded well to me! I started babysitting at 12, and continued to nanny into my 30s, making strong connections with every family. After graduating Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts…

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"Unlocking Inclusion: Aaron DeVries' Journey and Insights" #138 52:52

2M ago52:52

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Aaron DeVries, Founder of The Inclusive Dad, is a relentless advocate for building stronger communities through inclusion. He proudly displays an “Inclusion” tattoo on his arm as a testament to his commitment. Residing in Minnesota with his partner and two cats, Aaron is also a proud father of two young adults. Aaron's journey into the world of dis…

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Be Our Guest with Andrew Rannells (Gutenberg The Musical Cast Album) 26:13

2M ago26:13

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Andrew Rannells is an actor, singer, performer, and the author of Too Much Is Not Enough. A Tony, Drama Desk, and Critics Choice Award nominee and Grammy winner, he originated the role of Elder Price in The Book of Mormon and has starred in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Hamilton, Falsettos, and The Boys in the Band. On the small screen, he has appeare…

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Ross Gay — On the Insistence of Joy 59:05

2M ago59:05

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In our world of so much suffering, it can feel hard or wrong to invoke the word "joy." Yet joy has been one of the most insistent, recurrent rallying cries in almost every life-giving conversation that Krista has had across recent months and years, even and especially with people on the front lines of humanity's struggles. Ross Gay helps illuminate…

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Be Our Guest wtih Andrew Seok (Rosamund A New Musical) 12:53

2M ago12:53

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Andrew Seok Born and raised in Toronto, Canada, Andrew Seok began his career as a Musical Theatre Singer & Composer, branching out into Singer / Songwriter, Record Producer, TV / Film Composer, Theatre Creator, and Filmmaker. He is currently the Artistic Director of Eclipse Theatre Company which he co-runs with Artistic Producer, Chilina Kennedy. W…

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Be Our Guest with Kirk Cambridge-Del Pesche (June 2024) 56:09

2M ago56:09

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KIRK CAMBRIDGE-DEL PESCHE hails from the beautiful West Indies archipelago of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. He proudly boasts an eclectic blend of ethnicities. With a portfolio that includes work with MAC Cosmetics, BareMinerals, Broadway; Tours; TV; Boston Ballet; Boston Lyrics Opera; Opera Company of Philadelphia; Boston Symphony Orchestra; N…

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Janine Benyus and Azita Ardakani Walton — On Nature's Wisdom for Humanity 1:16:20

2M ago1:16:20

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In this all-new episode, Krista engages biomimicry pioneer Janine Benyus in a second, urgent conversation, alongside creative biomimicry practitioner Azita Ardakani Walton. Together they trace precise guidance and applied wisdom from the natural world for the civilizational callings before us now. What does nature have to teach us about healing fro…

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Be Our Guest with Carmel Dean (Well Behaved Women) 37:05

2M ago37:05

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Carmel is a composer/lyricist, arranger, music supervisor/director, conductor of musical theatre, based in NYC. Composition credits include Renascence, produced Off-Broadway by Transport Group in 2018. Music director/arranger credits include the Broadway productions of Funny Girl (revival), If/Then, Hands on a Hardbody, American Idiot, The 25th Ann…

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Befriend Your Body: A Compassionate Body Scan 11:16

2M ago11:16

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In a time of stress, uncertainty, and isolation, Christine Runyan turns our attention to what often evades our awareness — the response of our nervous systems. As part of On Being’s 2021 Midwinter Gathering, she offered this brief, practical, gently guided practice as an invitation to befriend your beleaguered body, to “blanket it with a little bit…

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Be Our Guest with Kailey Marshall (Songs For Slutty Girls) 20:44

3M ago20:44

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Kailey Marshall is a New York-based composer/lyricist who creates queer, femme forward, pop-infused musical theatre. Marshall’s work has been featured at 54 Below, Joe’s Pub, Don’t Tell Mama’s, the Highline Ballroom, and Lincoln Center. Her musicals Confirmed and Songs for Slutty Girls received readings in association with Pace University’s New Mus…

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Christine Runyan — On Healing Our Distressed Nervous Systems 1:01:11

2M ago1:01:11

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The years of pandemic and lockdown are still working powerfully on us from the inside. But we have trouble acknowledging this, much less metabolizing it. This conversation with Christine Runyan, which took place in the dark middle of those years, helps make sense of our present of still-unfolding epidemic distress — as individuals, as communities, …

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Season 7, Ep. 8- Navigating the Generative AI Revolution: Insights from Roger Park, EY America’s Innovation Leader 57:37

3M ago57:37

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The spotlight on Generative AI (GenAI) is intense, dominating headlines and sparking novel experiments in many companies. Yet amidst the fervor, the technology’s emergence raises critical questions. Do leaders truly understand its implications for their businesses? What investment and deployment frameworks should they be considering? Joining host J…

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Be Our Guest with Chris James 40:11

3M ago40:11

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Chris James is an emerging on camera talent and a powerhouse presence on screen. Not only is he a skilled actor and dancer, but he broke into the TV and film industry using a wide variety of martial arts skills, and has since been a stunt and fight choreographer for various productions. With a variety of performance skills from an extensive theatri…

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“Joy is the Justice (We Give Ourselves)” by J. Drew Lanham 14:26

3M ago14:26

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We are overjoyed to share this heart-stirring performance with you, which transpired when we invited the ornithologist/poet/former On Being guest J. Drew Lanham to offer some poetry at a live On Being event in January 2024. We could not have imagined the lightning in a bottle that unfolded — a live adaptation of the title poem that appears in Drew'…

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Lyndsey Stonebridge and Lucas Johnson — On Love, Politics, and Violence (Channeling Hannah Arendt) 1:15:26

3M ago1:15:26

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Here is a stunning sentence for you, written by Lyndsey Stonebridge, our guest this hour, channeling the 20th-century political thinker and journalist Hannah Arendt: "Loneliness is the bully that coerces us into giving up on democracy." This conversation is a kind of guide to generative shared deliberations we might be having with each other and ou…

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Be Our Guest with Mateo Chavez Lewis (Tommy Rhodes) 20:18

3M ago20:18

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MATEO CHAVEZ LEWIS (He/They) is a professional musical theatre writer/composer, based in NYC and Toronto. He is best known for his critically acclaimed performance as Jerry Lee Lewis in Million Dollar Quartet at the Arts Club Theatre Company on Granville Island, and for the epic anthem he wrote as a tribute to Greta Thunberg, “Dear Greta” (you can …

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New From Poetry Unbound: A Series on Conflict and the Human Condition 11:09

3M ago11:09

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A taste of a special mini-season of Poetry Unbound — bringing contemplative curiosity and the life-nurturing tether of poetry to the very present matter of conflict in our world. In this first offering, Pádraig introduces the intriguing idea of poems as teachers and ponders Wisława Szymborska’s “A Word on Statistics," translated by Joanna Trzeciak.…

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“Value and Vision with LS Kirkpatrick” #137 1:03:13

3M ago1:03:13

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A multiple Award winning International Bestselling Author, International Speaker, Guiding Life Coach, a dynamo TV host of the “Value In You” show, mentor, editor and publisher, editor in chief of the Wisdom on the Front Porch magazine, and founder of the Orphan and Widows not-for-profit foundation. She is also a loving wife, caring mother of 4, and…

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Be Our Guest with Nicholas Rita, Giulia Lentini, Lisa Malcolm, Nicole Toogood ( TCDSB Staff Arts production of Legally Blonde) 21:58

3M ago21:58

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We spoke with Nicholas Rita (music director), Giulia Lentini (actor), Lisa Malcolm (stage manager) and Nicole Toogood (director) of the upcoming TCDSB Staff Arts production of 'Legally Blonde'

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Be Our Guest with Cornell Christianson 50:35

3M ago50:35

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Cornell Christianson is the Writer-Producer of the upcoming Off-Broadway musical "Marilyn Exposed" that he wrote with original songs by Beth Lawrence and Norman Thalheimer. Show exposes the truth about Marilyn Monroe with six big musical song and dance numbers. Is set to open in fall 2024. Christianson is the Writer-Producer of the award-winning 19…

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Colette Pichon Battle — On Knowing What We're Called To 1:02:38

3M ago1:02:38

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There is an ecological transformation unfolding in the places we love and come from. On a front edge of this reality, which will affect us all, Colette Pichon Battle is a singular model of brilliance and graciousness of mind and spirit and action. And to be with her is to open to the way the stories we tell have blunted us to the courage we’re call…

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88. AI fictions with Alex Shvartsman 35:22

3M ago35:22

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This episode we're chatting with Alex Shvartsman about what is our AI future, human crafted storytelling, the Generative AI use backlash, disclaimers for generated text, human vs AI authorship, practical or functional goals of LLMs, changing themes in science fiction, a diversity of international perspectives and more...…

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Be Our Guest with Mark Janicello (The Finelli Musical) 40:26

3M ago40:26

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Mark Janicello is a multiple Award-Winning, American Renaissance Man. A native New Yorker, there are very few corners of the entertainment universe that Mark has not worked in. He is trilingual (English/ German/Dutch) and has had a stage career spanning more than 30 years, including over 100 productions. Mark is a classically-trained operatic tenor…

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Club Book Episode 171 Melanie Benjamin 56:47

3M ago56:47

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Melanie Benjamin is an acknowledged master of historical fiction, not to mention one of the genre’s bestselling authors. Benjamin’s growing collection of work profiles topics ranging from the Nazi occupation of Paris, to silent movie starlet Mary Pickford, to the real-life inspiration behind Alice in Wonderland. Her most popular novels to date incl…

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Club Book Episode 170 Alice Winn 1:01:02

3M ago1:01:02

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Alice Winn is the pen behind one of 2023’s most talked about literary debuts. In Memoriam is a moving story of first love set against the cataclysmic backdrop of World War I. When young Henry Gaunt enlists in the British Army to dispel rumors of his family’s pro-German leanings, boarding school classmate Sidney Ellwood is quick to follow him to the…

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