Earth Day has been celebrated with large, public gatherings worldwide for fifty years.
This year, KDRT is working with the Davis Climate Strike and a coalition of climate activists from Davis, Yolo, Solano, and Sacramento counties to put together a special Earth Day Sing Out for you! Listen to this special show, first airing at 5pm on Earth Day 2020.
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On this episode of Meraki Radio: Perpsectives- Al Filreis of the University of Pennsylvania joins the show and gives us insight into the development of massive online open course (MOOC) ModPo. Alison B and Al discuss collaborative learning, the value of diversity, and more. Al recites Emily Dickinson from memory and we close the show with a robust chat about a shard of green glass that William Carlos Williams brings to light. If you want to join ModPo or learn more head to ModPo.org.
Works Cited:
Gertrude Stein "A Substance in a Cushion": https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/51214/a-substance-in-a-cushion
Emily Dickinson's #556: http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88v/ed556.html
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On Tuesday's Episode 11, we'll find out what it's like to run our community's largest health care provider in a conversation with Rachael McKinney, CEO of Sutter Davis Hospital. We'll also chat with David Lichtenhan, of Yolo Interfaith Immigration Network (YIIN), which recently launched the ApoYolo Project to support immigrant families in Yolo County during the COVID-19 pandemic.
We hear about the large-scale daily communication network that Sutter Davis Hospital is involved with, their infectious disease preparation timeline, and their ongoing adaptations to keep all safe and still be available to the community via their tele-medicine program and other resources available on their website.
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On the 4th Meraki Radio: Perspectives episode, Alonna Shaw joins Alison B and reads her recent creations adapted from the script of the first episode of The Twilight Zone. We discuss robots, language, poetry and art in the time of COVID-19. Alonna gives insight into her artistic process and encourages all to join in and find their niche, their meraki. See Alonna's post about the show here, with references: http://www.alonnashaw.com/2020/04/interview-perspectives-alonna-shawthe....
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Latest addition dedicated to Jazz, swinging jazz , includes tributes to Cannonball Adderly, Nina Simone, Duke Ellington, Clifford Brown as well as other cuts from Bethlehem records 3 cd compilation from early to late 50's featuring Chris Connor Carment McRae and Herbie Mann. The Cannonball Adderly material is from a cd of 8 remastered lps issued on Riverside Records and Capital Records as well as a few other labels.
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