Latest Activism Documentary Podcast Episodes
Lateral Reading & Other Media Literacy Skills, with Sarah McGrew (University of Maryland)
Education for Sustainable Democracy - January 21, 2024 14:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsIn today’s media environment, there’s no shortage of information and disinformation – so how do we know if we’re being misled? How can young people know? The ability to tell fact from fiction is vital for maintaining a healthy civil society, and researchers are exploring how to teach these skill...
How Eco-Fiction Can Push Forward The Fight Against Climate Crisis With George Paxinos
Care More Be Better: Social Impact - Sustainability - Regeneration - January 17, 2024 11:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsThe climate crisis is worsening each day that passes, and yet society continues to turn a blind eye to its alarming impact on the entire planet. Climate activist George Paxinos, celebrated as the world’s most cited neuroscientist, has decided to try a different approach to catch everyone’s atten...
Buñuel's Banquet: Feasting on Satire in The Exterminating Angel (1962)
Politics of Cinema - January 12, 2024 12:00 - 52 minutesLuis Buñuel was a master at creating lasting images that stay in the viewers brain long after the film is over. He had a career that spanned multiple decades and working in multiple countries, yet he consistantly took aim at political and social elites. In his 1962 masterpiece, The Exterminat...
The Palestinian Experience: Documented and Portrayed
Politics of Cinema - December 22, 2023 12:30 - 1 hourOn this episode, we're looking at two cinematic exampoles of the Palestinian expereince. One documentary and one fictionalized portrayal. The documentary, Gaza Ghetto: Portrait of a Palestinian Family (1985), captures exactly what the title implies. We get the lived experiences from grandmoth...
Best of ESD: Guiding Productive Political Discussions, with Diana Hess (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Education for Sustainable Democracy - December 17, 2023 21:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsWhat do students learn when they discuss controversial political issues? What are the benefits and limitations? How can teachers guide these discussions and maintain a positive classroom environment? In this episode - published originally in late 2020, renowned social studies education scholar D...
FOREVER YOUNG RADIO SHOW: How To Turn Your Metabolic Fire Back On with Dr. William Li, NYT Bestselling Author of Eat To Beat Your Diet
Care More Be Better: Social Impact - Sustainability - Regeneration - December 13, 2023 01:05 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsRepublished with permission and with thanks to Kelly Cappasola and the Forever Young Radio Show Team. I was honored to co-host this interview episode with my favorite doctor in health & wellness, Dr. William Li. This will be the 3rd time my loyal listeners have heard from him on this podcast, ...
3 Years of Podcasting: Reflections, Top Episodes, and Listener Feedback Request (guests discussed include: Paul Hawken, Mo Gowdat, Mokhtar Alkhanshali, Dr. William Li, Nina Simons, Tzeporah Berman, Donna Grantis, Kelly Ryerson, Starhawk, Jeffrey Smith, and the incredible Beth Craig)
Care More Be Better: Social Impact - Sustainability - Regeneration - December 06, 2023 06:48 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsThis week, I'm thrilled to share a few of my reflections and takeaways after reviewing my top episodes of all time after 3 years of podcasting. This will be our 168th episode. The primary goal of this podcast episode is to connect with my audience. What have you liked over the past 3 years? What...
The Hard And Noble Work Towards Education Equity With Rosalinda Agana
Care More Be Better: Social Impact - Sustainability - Regeneration - November 29, 2023 11:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsAround 95% of girls in the most disadvantaged African rural communities never completed senior high school. Rosalinda Agana grew up in Northern Ghana and experienced the lack of access to quality education herself. But now, she is on a mission to build education equity on a global scale. Joining...
Addressing the Israel-Hamas War in Schools, with Lauraine Langreo (Education Week)
Education for Sustainable Democracy - November 21, 2023 15:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsThe recent conflict in Israel and Gaza has been upsetting to so many of us and to so many young people. How should educators respond? How should they help their students make sense of these events? On this show, I speak with Lauraine Langreo, a staff writer at Education Week who has written two ...
Eliminating Algae Blooms Using Ultrasonic Tech With Lawrence Field
Care More Be Better: Social Impact - Sustainability - Regeneration - November 20, 2023 22:58 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsIf algae blooms go out of control, they can cause devastation to aquatic life and destroy coastal communities. This is typically addressed through chemical-based techniques, which are highly effective yet lead to other environmental problems. Lawrence Field presents an ecologically safe way to e...
How Permaculture And Regeneration Can Lead To A Better World With Starhawk
Care More Be Better: Social Impact - Sustainability - Regeneration - November 18, 2023 08:14 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsPermaculture is a unique agriculture approach that mimics natural patterns to meet human needs while keeping the environment on a healthy regenerative cycle. Corinna Bellizzi sits down with author and activist Starhawk who shares how this particular farming technique can save the world from furt...
Systemic Risk: Killing Them Softly (2012) & the Precarity of Modern American Crime
Politics of Cinema - November 10, 2023 13:30 - 1 hourThe fallout 2008 financial crisis has been portrayed on film in a number of ways; from documentary's like Iniside Job (2010) and Capitalism: A Love Story (2009) to ficiton films "inspired" by the events like The Big Short (2015) and Margin Call (2011). Andrew Dominik's Killing Them Softly (20...
Marc Plinke | Powering Hyper-regional Food Production Through Greenhouse Solutions
Care More Be Better: Social Impact - Sustainability - Regeneration - November 08, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsWith rising food costs, security issues and more all around the globe, more communities and individuals are starting to think about growing their own food. As it stands, simple solutions sometimes seem too far off. What about pests, water use limits, winters that are too cold and without enough ...
Find A Common Ground: Free The Soil Of Glyphosate With Kelly Ryerson @GlyphosateGirl
Care More Be Better: Social Impact - Sustainability - Regeneration - November 01, 2023 10:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsIt is not surprising to find glyphosate in our bodies because it is basically everywhere. It is in the food we eat, the water we drink, the rain that falls on our roofs, and the air we breathe. Despite its rampant use, it is a poison that slowly kills us and must be eliminated from our bodies, a...
Diving, Discovery, and Ocean Preservation with Jean-Michel Cousteau
Care More Be Better: Social Impact - Sustainability - Regeneration - October 25, 2023 10:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsThe ocean may seem like a far-flung place from home, but its destruction directly impacts our daily lives. One man is using scuba diving to increase awareness about this matter, inviting people to take part in an exciting activity to save our water planet. Corinna Bellizzi chats with explorer, e...
Green Room & Fascist Tendencies in the Pacific Northwest
Politics of Cinema - October 20, 2023 10:31 - 1 hourThis Halloween season we take a look at a recent film we hope gets to cult status soon, Green Room (2015). Anton Yelchin and his bandmates are forced to battle against Patrick Stewart and his group of Neo-Nazis. We get into the pros and cons of non-political punk bands, why the Pacific Northw...
Understanding Aluminum And Achieving Industrial Sustainability With Dr. Saleem H. Ali
Care More Be Better: Social Impact - Sustainability - Regeneration - October 18, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsAluminum is the most abundant metal in the Earth’s crust. Nowadays, it is almost present in our everyday lives, from the containers of our beverages to the wrapping of our food. How is it mined, extracted, and processed? Does it have a negative impact on our bodies and the environment? Joining C...
The True Destructive Impact Of GMOs On Global Health With Jeffrey Smith
Care More Be Better: Social Impact - Sustainability - Regeneration - October 11, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsGenetic modified organisms or GMOs have transformed the entire food industry and global health on a massive scale. And with the recent advent of CRISPR technologies and more complex genetic engineering methods, the new landscape of GMO 2.0 has arrived. Although they are a testament to our scient...
Civic Education amid a Democratic Crisis, with Walter Parker (University of Washington, Seattle)
Education for Sustainable Democracy - October 07, 2023 17:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsHow should educators prepare youth for democratic participation at a moment when democracy itself seems so fragile? For ESD's third anniversary episode, Walter Parker, professor emeritus at the University of Washington - Seattle, explores the answer to this question by sharing ideas from his new...
Civic Education during a Democratic Crisis, with Walter Parker (University of Washington, Seattle)
Education for Sustainable Democracy - October 07, 2023 17:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsHow should educators prepare youth for democratic participation at a moment when democracy itself seems so fragile? For ESD's third anniversary episode, Walter Parker, professor emeritus at the University of Washington - Seattle, explores the answer to this question by sharing ideas from his new...
Recover from STRESS, TRAUMA And ADDICTION Using Self-Hypnosis with Dr. David Spiegel
Care More Be Better: Social Impact - Sustainability - Regeneration - October 04, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsTrauma, stress, and addiction are problems deeply embedded in a person’s identity and cannot be eliminated on a whim. Instead of drowning yourself in medication that could be making your body even worse, hypnosis is one effective way to redefine and rebuild yourself. Corinna Bellizzi talks with ...
Resource Frontiers: Commodity Zones and the Vampiric Nature of Capitalism
Politics of Cinema - September 29, 2023 12:00 - 1 hourOne of the topics that first inspired us to start this podcast, Resource Frontiers. Back in 2016, when Hell or High Water was released, Isaac and I were still working at our beloved art house theatre and our discussion of the film kept coming back to its multi-layered resource frontier setting. ...
Nature: The Antidote To Social Media Addiction For Children And Teens With Emanuel Rose
Care More Be Better: Social Impact - Sustainability - Regeneration - September 27, 2023 10:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsYoung people are glued to their screens almost every single minute of the day, checking out their friends’ posts on Instagram and watching endless videos on YouTube. Social media addiction severely damages the lifestyle of teens and children. There is only one antidote to this: bringing them out...
Soil and Health Forum: Permaculture with Starhawk; The California Watershed with Brock Dolman
Care More Be Better: Social Impact - Sustainability - Regeneration - September 20, 2023 10:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsThose of you who have been following our social media over the course of the last few weeks, or who subscribe to our newsletter have heard about the Soil & Health Forum hosted at Tara Firma Farms in Petaluma on September 16, 2023. It was an incredible gathering of like-minded individuals who are...
The Consequences Of Farmed Salmon With Simen Sætre, Author of The New Fish, Published by Patagonia Press
Care More Be Better: Social Impact - Sustainability - Regeneration - September 13, 2023 10:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsDue to its popularity, farmed salmon became one of the fastest-growing industries right now. However, cultivating this particular fish within concentrated environments comes with a long list of consequences that negatively impact the environment and human health. Corinna Bellizzi digs deep into ...
Double Feature: Strike!
Politics of Cinema - September 08, 2023 11:30 - 1 hourOn this Double Feature episode, we take a look at films about strikes. As the WGA and SAG continue to strike, we thought it would be a good time to examine how Hollywood has protrayed strikes throughout the years. We discuss; Norma Rae (1979), The Pajama Game (1957), Sorry to Bother You (2018)...
How One Film Aims To Put An End To Sex Trafficking With Melody C. Miller
Care More Be Better: Social Impact - Sustainability - Regeneration - September 06, 2023 10:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsTrigger Warning: Sex Trafficking Sex trafficking is one of the most serious crimes in the world right now. But with so much obscurity surrounding it, no one pays that much attention to solving it. Melody C. Miller puts this topic into the spotlight by making it the central plot of her film C...
Creating "Brave Spaces" for Learning, with Dr. Kewsi Burgess (Hackett Middle School, Albany, NY)
Education for Sustainable Democracy - September 06, 2023 10:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsHow can literacy learning support civic engagement? How can educators best support the literacy learning of young African-American males? On this episode, Brett speaks with Kewsi Burgess, a veteran middle school teacher in the City School District of Albany. Dr. Burgess recently earned his docto...
Edge Computing: A Greener, Better Data Solution With Tom Frazier
Care More Be Better: Social Impact - Sustainability - Regeneration - August 30, 2023 10:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsIn today's rapidly expanding digital landscape, data centers play a crucial role that cannot be overlooked. Since data is expected to increase nonstop, such structures will only require more energy and resources to continue to operate. This is where edge computing comes in. Corinna Bellizzi is j...
How Regenerative Farming Can Lead to Healthier Living With Mollie Engelhart
Care More Be Better: Social Impact - Sustainability - Regeneration - August 23, 2023 10:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsAdapting a fully organic diet and lifestyle requires a huge amount of effort and dedication. Mollie Engelhart responds to the call for healthier living by focusing on regenerative farming. Joining Corrina Bellizi, she talks about her work as a farm-to-table farmer who promotes organic diet by ad...
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