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Exploring the Long Journey of LGBT Rights and Positive Public Perception

http://lftlc.com/carriage/InDeep_AngieCoiro_151114A_H1.mp3 Show #110 Hour 1 | November 14, 2015 | Author Lillian Faderman documents the history of LGBT Community efforts to build positive public opinion in The Gay Revolution: They Story of the Struggle. Guests: Lillian Faderman is an internationally known scholar of lesbian history and literature, as well as ethnic history and literature. Her new book, The Gay Revolution, is a New York Times Editors’ Choice. Among her many honors are six Lambda Literary Awards, two American Library Association Awards, and several lifetime achievement awards for scholarship, including Yale University's James Brudner Award, the Monette/Horwitz Award, the Publishing Triangle Award, the ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives Culture Hero Award, and the American Association of University Women's Distinguished Senior Scholar Award. Permalink for this podcast here. ...

Convenience vs. Capitalism – Exploring Our Gig Economy Workforce

http://lftlc.com/carriage/InDeep_AngieCoiro_151114A_H2.mp3 Show #110 Hour 2 | November 14, 2015 | Author Steven Hill dissects today’s capitalism using Uber, AirBNB, and TaskRabbit, among others, in his new book Raw Deal: How the Uber Economy and Runaway Capitalism are Screwing American Workers. Guests: Steven Hill is a writer, lecturer and political professional based in the United States with two decades of experience in politics. He currently is a Senior Fellow with the New America Foundation. Mr. Hill is a frequent speaker at academic, government, NGO and business events, speaking on a wide range of topics related to politics, economics, climate change, global complexity, and future trends. Previous books include Europe’s Promise: Why the European Way is the Best Hope in an Insecure Age, 10 Steps to Repair American Democracy: A More Perfect Union, 2012 Election Edition, and Fixing Elections: The Failure of America’s Winner Take All Politics. Permalink for this podcast here....

Racing Toward the Future at Sake of the Present

http://lftlc.com/carriage/InDeep_AngieCoiro_151107A_H1.mp3 Show #109 Hour 1 | November 7, 2015 | Author and futurist Hal Niedzviecki discusses today’s obsession with getting to the future first and challenges it presents today’s culture and society. Guest: Hal Niedzviecki is a writer, speaker and teacher. His work is known for challenging preconceptions and confronting readers with the offenses of everyday life. He writes and thinks about the effects of mass media, pop culture and consumer technology on individual life and society. He is the author of books of nonfiction and fiction, most recently the collection of short stories Look Down, This is Where it Must Have Happened (City Lights Books) and the nonfiction books Trees On Mars: Our Obsession with the Future (Seven Stories Press), The Peep Diaries: How We’re Learning to Love Watching Ourselves, and Our Neighbors (City Lights Books). Niedzviecki is the current fiction editor and the founder of Broken Pencil, the magazine of zine culture and the independent arts. Permalink for this podcast...

A Decade of Rehabbing the Fastest Things on Wings

http://lftlc.com/carriage/InDeep_AngieCoiro_151107A_H2.mp3 Show #109 Hour 2 | November 7, 2015 | Hummingbird rehabber, teacher, and writer Terry Masear shares her passion for the magical, mythical hummingbird and her efforts to rescue over 1000 a year in discussing her book, Fastest Things on Wings: Rescuing Hummingbirds in Hollywood. Guest: Terry Masear is a Los Angeles based hummingbird rehabilitation specialist who tells tales of amazing rescues and the many glorious birds she’s met in her book Fastest Things on Wings: Rescuing Hummingbirds in Hollywood. Masear knows first hand people go to great lengths to save birds: they’ll jump into swimming pools fully clothed, face down rottweilers and dodge cars to rescue a hummingbird they think is in peril. Permalink for this podcast here....

Several New Definitions of Family

http://lftlc.com/carriage/InDeep_AngieCoiro_151031A_H1.mp3 Show #108 Hour 1 | October 31, 2015 | Angie interviews author and professor Joshua Gamson on his latest book, Modern Families: Stories of Extraordinary Journeys Through Kinship. Guests: Joshua Gamson is an award-winning author of four books: Modern Families (New York University, 2015), Claims to Fame: Celebrity in Contemporary America (California, 1994); Freaks Talk Back: Tabloid Talk Shows, and Sexual Nonconformity (Chicago, 1998). Gamson’s work has been published in magazines such as "The New York Times Magazine" and "The American Prospect." Gamson is a professor of Sociology at the University of San Francisco, where he moved in 2002 after nine years on faculty at Yale University. He has been a Guggenheim Fellow (2009-10) and is a 2015-16 Fellow at the Stanford Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. Permalink for this podcast here....

Haunting Intersection of Performance, Music, and Whiskey

http://lftlc.com/carriage/InDeep_AngieCoiro_151031A_H2.mp3 Show #108 Hour 2 | October 31, 2015 | A synthesis of performance, music, and spooky things: Ghost Quartet. Guests: Dave Malloy is a composer / writer / performer / sound designer who describes his musical Ghost Quartet as “a song cycle about love, death, and whiskey.” Malloy’s written the music for eleven musicals, including award winning Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, an electropop opera based on War & Peace, Three Pianos, a drunken romp through Schubert’s “Winterreise,” Preludes, a musical fantasia about Rachmaninoff and hypnosis, and Don’t Stop Me, a dance-a-thon to the death musical for teenagers, among several others. Permalink for this podcast here....

People to People Peace Process in Vietnam

http://lftlc.com/carriage/InDeep_AngieCoiro_151024A_H1.mp3 Show #107 Hour 1 | October 24, 2015 | Amidst the Vietnam War’s destruction of life, land, and property a handful attempted to stop the mayhem through people to people peace talks. Their efforts were chronicled in The People Make the Peace: Lessons from the Vietnam Antiwar Movement. Co-editor Frank Joyce is a lifelong political activist, heads the board of a media production nonprofit supporting the anti-hate movement Not In Our Town (NIOT). For many years he has been on the board of the Michigan Coalition for Human Rights (MCHR). Contributor Judy Gumbo was an original Yippie. She is the author of Yippie Girl™, a memoir in progress about love and conflict among the Yippies and other romantic revolutionaries of the late 1960s. Judy co-authored The Sixties Papers: Documents of a Rebellious Decade (1984). In her later life, Judy was an award winning fundraiser for Planned Parenthood. Judy is the widow both of Yippie founder Stew Albert and of David Dobkin,...

United Nations Documentaries Explore RUNNING OUT OF TIME

http://lftlc.com/carriage/InDeep_AngieCoiro_151024A_H2.mp3 Show #107 Hour 2 | October 24, 2015 | The 2015 United Nations Association Film Festival (UNAFF) is made up of documentary films dealing with key global issues. This year's theme RUNNING OUT OF TIME continues the ongoing celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and focuses on time-sensitive aspects of the Millennium Development Goals. Angie interviews four filmmakers: Guests: Director/Producers Abby Ginzberg, Vanessa Warheit, Dyanna Taylor, and Director Catherine Wigginton Greene. Permalink for this podcast here....

Attack of the Ad Blockers – Privacy, Choice, and Ad Technology

http://lftlc.com/carriage/InDeep_AngieCoiro_151017A_H1.mp3 Show #106 Hour 1 | October 17, 2015 | Angie explores ad blockers, ad technology, privacy, and the overall ad industry with a diverse panel of experts. Guests: Bob Hoffman is the author of Marketers Are From Mars, Consumers Are From New Jersey, former head of two advertising agencies, and writer of the industry blog, The Ad Contrarian which was named one of the world's most influential advertising and marketing blogs by Business Insider. In 2012 Bob was selected Ad Person of the Year by the S.F. Advertising Club. Sandy Pelland is the founder of lifestyle destination website MomLifeTV and member of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB). Her site’s mission: Being a Mom is one of the most rewarding experiences. But, parenting isn't always easy. Sometimes you just need help. At MomLifeTV, we've assembled talented professionals and organizations who give you great tips, advice and information. We also feature great stories from Moms, to help you, on your journey...

A Documentary on Three Struggling San Francisco Comedians in the 80’s

http://lftlc.com/carriage/InDeep_AngieCoiro_151017A_H2.mp3 Show #106 Hour 2 | October 17, 2015 | Comedians Will Durst, Johnny Steele, and Documentary Director Robert Campos discuss 3 Still Standing about three San Francisco comedians striving to make it big in the 1980s. Guests: Comedian Will Durst is a 5 time Emmy nominee; has been fired by PBS three times; told jokes in 14 countries; racked up 7 nominations for Stand-Up of the Year; and his 800+ television appearances include Letterman, HBO, Showtime, CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox News, the BBC and many more. The critically acclaimed Off-Broadway run of his one man show: “The All American Sport of Bipartisan Bashing,” The All American Sport of Bi-Partisan Bashing was subsequently turned into a book of the same name by Ulysses Press. Comedian Johnny Steele began performing comedy in 1984 after quitting graduate school in a move his parents named: Operation $40K Down The Drain. But Johnny quickly got the hang of the craft and was soon performing –...