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Tamiko Nimura
Episode 549
Tamiko Nimura, Ph.D., is an award-winning Asian American (Sansei/Pinay) creative nonfiction writer, community journalist, and public historian. She writes from an interdisciplinary space at the inter…
Published on 8 hours ago
Soji Kashiwagi
Episode 548
Soji Kashiwagi has been the Executive Director and Playwright of the Grateful Crane Ensemble since its founding in 2001. As a playwright, Soji's works such as "The Camp Dance: The Music & The Memorie…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
John Mills
Episode 547
John Mills has changed the way we live with fire through his 501c3 non-profit organization Watch Duty. John spent many years in Silicon Valley focusing on underserved markets that had been overlooked…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Chessie Thacher
Episode 546
Chessie Thacher is a senior staff attorney at the ACLU of Northern California, where she devotes her time to First Amendment issues, government transparency, criminal justice reforms, and voting righ…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
Dr. Adwoa Opong and Dr. Justin de Leon
Episode 545
Dr. Adwoa Opong is an Assistant Professor of History at Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at Chapman University. Dr Opong earned a BA in history in the study of religions fro…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Takeo Rivera
Episode 544
Takeo Rivera is a specialist in performance studies with a focus on race, sexuality, and gender in U.S. American cultural production. He is currently an Assistant Professor of English at Boston Unive…
Published on 4 months ago
Abdi Soltani
Episode 543
Abdi Soltani has served as the executive director of the ACLU of Northern California since 2009. During his tenure, he has pursued long-term priorities to deepen the ACLU’s presence in the California…
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
John Fischer
Episode 542
John Fischer has served as director of the Normal Public Library since 2023. In this role, Fischer leads teams responsible for the educational, cultural, informational and recreational resources prov…
Published on 5 months ago
David Weinstein and Hugh Coxe
Episode 541
David Weinstein has been Trust for Public Land’s Western Conservation Finance Director for a decade. He advises local and state governments throughout the Western United States on how to design, pass…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
Selicia Applegate
Episode 540
Selicia Applegate is the Workshop Manager at Palatine Public Library. With over 10 years at the library, Selicia helped grow the department from a traditional tech support desk into a bustling makers…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago