Let's take a walk through some of the books I have read and see what they can teach us about the world we live in.
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Join award-winning actor, Vongai each week as she brings you exclusive, honest and insightful conversations from Zimbabwean changemakers and trailblazers across the diaspora. Grab your plate of sadza and a cold drink cos it's a celebration! #zimexcellence
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IN HER LENS is a series hosted by Nadine Reumer that centers underrepresented voices in film and television. The podcast features female and non-binary creators who make and shape films, tv shows, and media. Through this, the series explores the impact of our storytelling on culture and society. In every episode, Nadine speaks with a new person in field of visual storytelling about their work and vision. "IN HER LENS: In Conversation" is series of specials on the podcast created to widen the ...
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Send us a Text Message. In J.B Priestley's An Inspector Calls, we encounter the unfortunate "Eva Smith/Daisy Renton", a young woman whose misfortunte is exacerbated by encounters with members of one wealthy family, The Birlings. In this 2 part episode, I talk about the factors that might have affected the life of a real life Daisy Renton, from Trad…
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Send us a Text Message. A dead girl in the mortuary, an engagement party and an all-knowing Inspector. J.B. Priestley’s play “An Inspector Calls gives us food for thought as we are invited to consider the circumstances leading to the death of one Eva Smith, also known as Daisy Renton. In this episode I consider the different factors which might hav…
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31: Rumbi Katedza & Moreangels Mbizah on Zimbabwe's Landscapes
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Rumbi Katedza (she/her) is a filmmaker and writer living in Zimbabwe. She produces corporate and independent narrative and documentary content through her production company, Mai Jai Films. A company focused on pioneering a new generation of Zimbabwean films & filmmakers through creative co-productions. Mai Jai Films runs Postcards from Zimbabwe, a…
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30: Dr. Judith Keilbach on Greening Dutch Film & Social Sustainability
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Dr. Judith Keilbach (she/her) is Associate Professor in the Media and Culture Studies Department at Utrecht University in The Netherlands. She received her Ph.D. in Film Studies from the Freie Universität Berlin. Her interests include media infrastructures, television history and theory, the relation of media technology and historiography. In 2023,…
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29: Tembisa Jordaan on Marine Science & "Ulwandle Lushile"
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Tembisa Jordaan (she/her) is a South African marine scientist and filmmaker, living in in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. Tembisa is the Biodiversity Stewardship & Biodiversity Economy senior manager at Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife. She is also the coordinator for the Biodiversity Economy Initiative (BEI) in the province. She is passionate about sectoral transform…
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28: "Climate Spring" with Lucy Stone & Victoria Steventon
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Climate Spring is a global organization that uses the power of the screen to transform how people see and respond to climate change. They offer early-stage development funding for scripted and unscripted content, and high-level pro-bono editorial consulting on the climate elements of feature film and TV projects for writers, commissioners and produ…
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27: Dr. Laura Marks on Streaming Media's Carbon Footprint
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Dr. Laura U Marks (she/her) is a media scholar, philosopher, author, and programmer. She works on media art & philosophy with an intercultural focus, and on small-footprint media. Dr. Marks is the founder of the "Small File Media Festival." As Grant Strate University Professor, she teaches in the School for the Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser Uni…
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26: Katharina Minwegen on Green Practices (feat. Johan Matton)
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Katharina Minwegen (she/her) is a Berlin-based nutritionist and life coach, and works as a producer at the green, sustainable, environmental production service "Changing Film." Alongside her life and business partner Johan Matton, she is the showrunner of Plant Kitchen- a new original show, currently in development, which highlights incredible, fin…
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25: Loren Waters on Indigenous Environmental Knowledge
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Loren Waters (she/her) is a filmmaker and citizen of the Cherokee Nation and the Kiowa Tribe. Focusing her art on the intersection of film and Indigenous storytelling, Loren has a passion for sharing stories that center environmental knowledge and impact. Loren has participated in fellowships such as Nia Tero 4th World Media Lab and the Intercultur…
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Aishah-Nyeta Brown (she/her) is a storyteller, creative, researcher, and advocate for vulnerable populations. She holds a B.A. in Climate Change and Society From George Mason University, a fine arts degree, and was part of the inaugural and prestigious cohort of the Global Sustainability Scholars. She has been studying climate change since the age …
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23: Bruno Olmedo Quiroga on Strategy at 'Good Energy'
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Bruno Olmedo Quiroga (he/they) is a Miami-based, culture and technology strategist from Cochabamba, Bolivia. He is a founding partner of Maybe Ventures; a boutique design and strategy consulting firm focused on regenerative business; he is the founder of Pixiesmith, a gender fluid fashion company designed to die from the beginning; and he's a Produ…
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Mon mari (My Husband) and the helmet of salvation
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Send us a Text Message. In today’s episode, using the example of Da’Naia Jackson, ex-wife of disgraced love guru Derrick Jaxn, and now a speaker in her own right, and our book for today, Mon Mari, by Maud Ventura, I examine what it means to love someone more than you love yourself. How does it affect you to give more than you are getting back, to t…
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Mon mari (my husband and the helmet of salvation)
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Send us a Text Message. In today’s episode, using the example of Da’Naia Jackson, ex-wife of disgraced love guru Derrick Jaxn, and now a speaker in her own right, and our book for today, Mon Mari, by Maud Ventura, I examine what it means to love someone more than you love yourself. How does it affect you to give more than you are getting back, to t…
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The Lady of Shalott by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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Send us a Text Message. Another day, another episode, in this Valentine's Day Extravaganza, and today, we are talking about Limerence and unhealthy iterations of love. What's wrong with wanting to love and be loved? Nothing, as long as it's not all in your head. Among lonely people, there is often a trend to get caught up in the dream of love, inst…
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Send us a Text Message. How does love grow? Is it possible to find love where you were not looking? What if you were tricked into getting maarried, would you let that stop you from being happy? In A Strangeness In My Mind, Orhan Pamuk lays before us a puzzle, asks us what sort of people we are, and whether we would let circumstances stand in the wa…
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In Conversation: IFFR 2024 with Julia De Simone
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Welcome to the third episode of a 3-part special on the 2024 International Film Festival of Rotterdam. Host Nadine attended the film festival as a journalist and media maker this year. This series was recorded on site and shares three highlights from the dynamic festival. Julia De Simone has been dedicated to audiovisual production since 2003. In c…
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In Conversation: IFFR 2024 with Tamara Tatishvili
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Welcome to the second episode of a 3-part special on the 2024 International Film Festival of Rotterdam. Host Nadine attended the film festival as a journalist and media maker this year. This series was recorded on site and shares three highlights from the dynamic festival. Tamara Tatishvili is the Head of the Hubert Bals Fund at the International F…
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In Conversation: IFFR 2024 with Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich
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Welcome to the first episode of a 3-part special on the 2024 International Film Festival of Rotterdam. Host Nadine attended the film festival as a journalist and media maker this year. This series was recorded on site and shares three highlights from the dynamic festival. Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich is a filmmaker and artist who makes films concerned wi…
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Introducing.. In Conversation: Live from IFFR 2024
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Welcome to a 3-part special about the 2024 International Film Festival of Rotterdam here on IN HER LENS. Host Nadine Reumer attended IFFR24 as a journalist and media maker this year. This series was recorded on the ground to share three highlights from the dynamic festival. In the first episode, you will get to know Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich who is th…
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Send us a Text Message. "What do you like about me, that I like about myself? Do you notice when I make an effort? Do you care? Welcome to Day 2 of our Valentine's Week special, talking about love, from different angles, through different books. In today's episode of there'sabookforthat podcast, I talk about the importance of valuing each other's e…
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Send us a Text Message. In the first episode of our Valentine's Day Week series, I read from Love and Marriage by the Prophet, hoping to glean some wisdom to share at this time when love, apparently, rules the airwaves. What does it mean to love, how can we best go about it? Join me everyday this week as we delve into this subject. Support the Show…
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22: Poppy Mason-Watts on Impact at 'Waterbear' Network
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Poppy Mason-Watts (she/her) is the Amsterdam-based, Chief Growth & Impact Officer at "Waterbear Network." WaterBear is a free interactive multimedia platform that allows you to watch inspirational and award-winning content, interact with hundreds of nonprofits, and take action instantly to improve our future on this planet. She leads and shapes the…
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21: Jennifer Sandoval on Sustainable Production
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Jennifer Sandoval (she/her) is a Vancouver-based Sustainable Production Specialist and the director of Business Development at Earth Angel. A full-service sustainability consultancy dedicated to reducing the environmental impact of entertainment productions. Previously, she worked as the Project Coordinator for Creative BC's Reel Green program. Her…
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Liana DeMasi (they/them) is a queer, non-binary journalist, author, and copywriter. Most of their work centers around climate, queer topics, health, politics, and culture. They are the LGBTQ+ editor of OptOut News and the author of the Atmos article, "The Environmental Cost of Filmmaking." Their work has been published in i-D magazine, The Boston G…
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Welcome to the third season of IN HER LENS, a podcast all about the making of film and television: centering underrepresented perspectives. In this season, host Nadine Reumer is delving into the intersection of filmmaking and the climate crisis. Every week, Nadine welcomes a new guest working in this field; from CEO's to scholars, scientists to dir…
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Send us a Text Message. In today's episode, I talk about our parasocial relationships, taking Wislawa Szymborska's poem, "The end and the beginning" as the point of departure. I talk about how we should perhaps make the choice to be intentional about loving, or caring about strangers, as an act of resistance, an act of awareness. We owe strangers o…
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Send us a Text Message. Love is a wonderful thing, but who is worthy of it. What if you could simply make a wish, and bypass all the requirements? In today's episode, I take a sharp left, with talk of sexual assault woven into the narrative. If that's not for you, join us next week. Support the Show. Thank you for listening, if you enjoyed it- plea…
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Send us a Text Message. How far would you go to be part of a group? What would you do to fit in? Would you commit crimes to get ahead, and encourage others around you to do so too? In one way or another, senior staff at Enron were actively involved, or complicit in crimes. In this episode, we analyse the Enron story through the lense of the Emperor…
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Send us a Text Message. As Palestine burns, there are many powerful voices who support this conflict. They have their reasons. Time will tell if they were justified. There are many who disagree who think that the collective punishment, displacements, and genocide of an entrapped, colonised population is wrong. There are also those who hold their gr…
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In Conversation: Naomi Johnson about 'imagineNative' festival
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In this special episode, you'll get to know Naomi Johnson who is the executive director of the world's largest Indigenous film and media arts festival- imagineNative. Naomi opens up about her work at the festival and its mission; she talks about the protection and amplification of Indigenous storytelling and sovereignty. imagineNative annual festiv…
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The following episode was recorded on 22nd April, 2022. Rest in Peace Dr. Nyarai Paweni. _ _ Dr Nyarai was the founding director of Sage ReStorative Health, which is built on the tenets of naturopathic medicine. Her private practice focused on life-style/functional/holistic medicine in order to make a meaningful impact in the world and our lives. S…
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