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IMPACT of Women
IMPACT - October 17, 2020 07:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIt would seem at first blush that working from home might be a boon to women - especially women who endure toxic workplace culture. But it turns out the pandemic has done harm to women. Last month, 865,000 women left the workforce. Only 216,000 men did. The trend line is down for all of us, but...
Feathery Revelry: Glamorous Dress up experience in Showgirl Costumes
Showgirls Life - October 17, 2020 07:00 - 42 minutesWhat happens when you put Showgirl hats and jewelry on a chef and an entrepreneur? Surprising results! These two women, bravely attended a Feathery Revelry and got to experience the magic of the Art of the Showgirl. In this very special episode, they share how they felt before, during and after ...
IMPACT on Voter Safety
IMPACT - October 11, 2020 08:22 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsWhat will happen if a "militia" shows up to a polling place and tries to block people from voting? What if we sign our ballots incorrectly? When will our votes be counted? Carrie asked Clark County Registrar Joe Gloria and Deputy Secretary of State for Elections Wayne Thorley to ease her troubled...
We were there for the opening
Showgirls Life - October 10, 2020 07:00 - 46 minutesThis episode features a woman that became a Bluebell in the opening cast of Jubilee and then went on to create her own showgirl troupes all over the world in the 1980s. We discuss how the Bluebell training she received while performing 13 shows a week informed her standards and creative directio...
We were there for the opening featuring Bluebell dancer Anne Marie O'Connor
Showgirls Life - October 10, 2020 07:00 - 46 minutesThis episode features Bluebell dancer Anne Marie O'Connor in the opening cast of Jubilee who went on to create her own showgirl troupes all over the world in the 1980s. We discuss how the Bluebell training she received while performing 13 shows a week informed her standards and creative directio...
IMPACT on Intimidation: Extremism and the Future
IMPACT - October 04, 2020 03:32 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsExtremism experts Pete Simi and Vegas Tenold Zoomed with Carrie Kaufman to chat about the Proud Boys, Antifa, the makeup of supremacist groups, and what they see happening after the election. It's a sobering conversation. But a much needed one.
IMPACT on Intimidation
IMPACT - October 03, 2020 22:07 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsVegas Tenold spent years as an investigative journalist, reporting on right-wing extremists. Today, he's an investigator for the Anti-Defamation League's Center for Extremism. He wrote the book Everything You Love Will Burn. Chapman University sociology professor Pete Simi spent six years embed...
The Showgirl gave me confidence featuring Su Kim Chung
Showgirls Life - October 03, 2020 07:00 - 1 hourThis episode features the more scholarly side of the history of the Showgirl. My guest, Su Kim Chung, Head of Public Services, talks about her role in the preservation of the Showgirl legacy for the UNLV library Special Collections and Archives in Las Vegas. We discuss a bit of the history of th...
The Showgirl gave me confidence
Showgirls Life - October 03, 2020 07:00 - 1 hourThis episode features the more scholarly side of the history of the Showgirl. My guest, Su Kim Chung, Head of Public Services, talks about her role in the preservation of the Showgirl legacy for the UNLV library Special Collections and Archives in Las Vegas. We discuss a bit of the history of th...
Two Extremism Experts on What Will Happen AFTER the Election
IMPACT - October 02, 2020 03:07 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsI sat down for a longer conversation with Pete Simi - who embedded himself with right-wing extremist groups to write "American Swastika" - and Vegas Tenold, who wrote, "Everything You Love Will Burn: Inside the rebirth of white nationalism in America." This is the last question I asked them. The...
Akiko Cooks on Being Black in America
IMPACT - September 27, 2020 04:16 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsLinks for this segment: Officers Not Charged in Breonna Taylor's Death Black Police Officer Charged in Killing of White Australian Woman Black Mother Stands Between Her Son and a Cop
IMPACT of Breonna Taylor
IMPACT - September 27, 2020 04:04 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsCarrie Kaufman talks real estate and a new arts study that shows how much COVID has really impacted Las Vegas. And Akiko Cooks shares her feelings about the world in the wake of the decision not to charge the officers who killed Breonna Taylor.
Hanging out in the Showgirls dressing room
Showgirls Life - September 26, 2020 07:00 - 1 hourThis episode of Showgirl’s Life features former Principal dancer of the Folies Bergere at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas, Christopher Childers. Christopher’s career took him from Dancing in production shows on the Las Vegas Strip, to touring the world as a dancer with such celebrities as Paula...
Hanging out in the Showgirls dressing room featuring Christopher Childers
Showgirls Life - September 26, 2020 07:00 - 1 hourThis episode of Showgirl’s Life features former Principal dancer of the Folies Bergere at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas, Christopher Childers. Christopher’s career took him from Dancing in production shows on the Las Vegas Strip, to touring the world as a dancer with such celebrities as Paula...
Command that stage with a walk featuring Anna Cooke
Showgirls Life - September 19, 2020 07:00 - 58 minutesIn this episode, featuring my good friend from Jubilee!, Anna Cooke, we go through her career from theme parks to cruise ships to Vegas performer over the course of 27 years. We discuss her experience with small shows versus larger productions, her love of ritual and the beauty of body variety t...
Command that stage with a walk
Showgirls Life - September 19, 2020 07:00 - 59 minutesIn this episode, featuring my good friend from Jubilee!, Anna Cooke, we go through her career from theme parks to cruise ships to Vegas performer over the course of 27 years. We discuss her experience with small shows versus larger productions, her love of ritual and the beauty of body variety t...
IMPACT of Real Estate
IMPACT - September 14, 2020 23:53 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsCarrie Kaufman talked with Nevada Current journalist Dana Gentry and Frank Nothaft, chief economist at CoreLogic about real estate prices in Las Vegas - which have weathered the pandemic pretty well. So far. Nothaft thinks they are headed for a nosedive within a year.
IMPACT on Inclusivity and the Oscars
IMPACT - September 12, 2020 21:27 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsLinks from this episode: Coronavirus might have been in California as early as December Steve Nash, the NBA and White Privilege WGA West Report on Inclusivity in Hollywood Open Letter to Hollywood Michelle Amor Gilles New Oscar Best Picture Rules
Sparkle Darlings featuring Elana Braianis-McKinley
Showgirls Life - September 12, 2020 07:00 - 1 hourToday's episode features Elana McKinley-Braianis, from Australia. She is a former Bluebell turned principal dancer that performed in La Scala Barcelona and later moved to Las Vegas to perform in Merci Beaucoup, Bare Touch of Vegas and Casino de Paris. Her vast experience included musical theater...
Sparkle Darlings
Showgirls Life - September 12, 2020 07:00 - 1 hourToday's episode features Elana McKinley-Braianis, from Australia. She is a former Bluebell turned principal dancer that performed in La Scala Barcelona and later moved to Las Vegas to perform in Merci Beaucoup, Bare Touch of Vegas and Casino de Paris. Her vast experience included musical theater...
IMPACT of Performing Arts
IMPACT - September 07, 2020 21:26 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsCCSD's performing arts programs are some of the best in the country. Carrie Kaufman talked with CCSD performing arts director Jeff Williams about how his teachers and students are adjusting to online learning.
Sisolak's Pre-Labor Day Coronavirus Warning - Anotated
IMPACT - September 06, 2020 04:17 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsA 5-minuted version of Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak's pre-Labor Day press conference - with a bit of commentary.
IMPACT of First Week
IMPACT - September 06, 2020 04:05 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThree sites, donated by Stations Casinos are up and running for free coronavirus testing - through April 18. The sites are at Texas Station in the north and Fiesta Casino in Henderson. Sam Boyd Stadium is also doing testing. And there is a testing site in Mesquite. The effort is a partnership ...
You have to be this tall to ride this ride featuring Sheri Lewis
Showgirls Life - September 05, 2020 07:00 - 1 hourThis very special episode features Bluebells Forever podcast host and former Showgirl, Sheri Lewis. Together, we share the hot seat as we interview each other and discuss why we started our podcasts, the fabulous experience of being Bluebells and Showgirls, the global Bluebell reunion 2019 in Pa...
You have to be this tall to ride this ride
Showgirls Life - September 05, 2020 07:00 - 1 hourThis very special episode features Bluebells Forever podcast host and former Showgirl, Sheri Lewis. Together, we share the hot seat as we interview each other and discuss why we started our podcasts, the fabulous experience of being Bluebells and Showgirls, the global Bluebell reunion 2019 in Pa...
James Bilbray on the Postal Service
IMPACT - August 29, 2020 22:46 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsDid you know that the U.S. Postal Service can't deliver liquor? Those wine clubs... all delivered by UPS or FedEx. Former Congressman James Bilbray - who was on the Postal Commission that oversees the USPS - says that no liquor delivery is a prohibition-era rule, but that every time our modern-...
Better than corporations and Cirque featuring Frieda Bronfin
Showgirls Life - August 29, 2020 07:00 - 1 hourThis episode features a former wardrobe technician in Jubilee for 20 years. Frieda Bronfin was part of the crew that helped us in and out of our costumes and kept them looking dazzling and in good condition, night after night. We talk about her personal experience working with magicians, dressi...
Better than corporations and Cirque
Showgirls Life - August 29, 2020 07:00 - 1 hourThis episode features a former wardrobe technician in Jubilee for 20 years. Frieda Bronfin was part of the crew that helped us in and out of our costumes and kept them looking dazzling and in good condition, night after night. We talk about her personal experience working with magicians, dressi...
IMPACT of States Rights and Voting
IMPACT - August 28, 2020 21:18 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsCarrie Kaufman talked with Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford about how federal changes regarding mail-in ballots impact states rights. Nevada has joined one of several lawsuits against the U.S. Postal Service. We also gained a wealth of knowledge on the topic from former Congressman James Bilbra...
Sofia Stewart Talks About Being The Creator Of The Matrix & Terminator
Vegas Live With Ninon Podcast - August 23, 2020 21:00 - 38 minutesSofia Stewart talks about being the original creator and owner of The Matrix and Terminator Film Franchises and how her book The Third Eye, copyrighted since 1981, is the foundation and framework and core elements of the blockbuster films The Matrix and Terminator. Her other books include Matri...
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