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Brilliant performances from the actors @iamedigathegi and @taylerbbuck...
Apr 14
Brilliant performances from the actors @iamedigathegi and @taylerbbuck playing father and daughter in the poignant yet life-affirming film @princessoftherowmovie about homelessness, mental health, war veterans, and family ties. I talk to Edi and Tayler about their life, art, and how they prepared for their challenging roles. Link in bio to guests podcasts. Princess of the Row’s talented cast includes Martin Sheen, Jacob Vargas and Ana Ortiz and is written and directed by Max Carlson and co-written and produced by Shawn Austin. Edi is known for X-Men: First Class, Gone Baby Gone, and Criminal Activities. Tayler is known for Annabelle: Creation, The People Vs. OJ, Key and Peele, and CSI: NY.
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#edigathegi #taylerbuck #ruthcopland #itsaquestionofbalance #martinsheen #warveteran #homelessness #skidrow #mentalhealthawareness #familyties #anaortiz #jacobvargas #fathersanddaughters #actors #interview
Great to see @murs in #santacruz #catalystclub doing classic songs old...
Apr 13
Great to see @murs in #santacruz #catalystclub doing classic songs old and new. #twostep from one of my favourite #murs albums. Check out my interview with him about inspiration for #haveanicelife and catch him on tour across the US if you can - info and tickets at mursraps.com “Gun shots on a good day
No ski masks, that's the hood way
Little kids wishing that they could play
Looking for a hook or something Jay-Z would say”
“..it’s either shut it down or it’s death...”
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This week I feature my conversations on the street asking ‘Can God ...
Oct 28
This week I feature my conversations on the street asking ‘Can God and science coexist?’
Atheists and creationists would have us believe that we have to choose between God and Science - but do we? Science has shown that we are made from the same cosmic dust as stars, quantum physics shows that particles once connected remain so over any distance, even millions of light years; increasingly science shows that we come from one source - and for many this source is God. Pope John Paul II stated “Science can purify religion from error and superstition; religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes. Each can draw the other into a wider world, a world in which both can flourish”. Do you see the possibility of religions and science working more closely to share their different perspectives? Can God and science co-exist? Listen to my conversations and decide what you think 8-9 PM PST on Saturday KSCO.com #radioshow #god #science #ruthcopland #itsaquestionofbalance #conversations #onthestreet #popejohnpaulii #religion #quantumphysics
Photo from @guardian article “If we go back they will kill us all: ...
Oct 21
Photo from @guardian article “If we go back they will kill us all: impossible choices at US border” - photo and article by Nina Lakhani. #thomasbrowne quote via @theeconomist
#unidos #immigrants #empathy #choices #courage #valor #lifeanddeath
Exclusively good news from the Middle East! My interview is with Rama...
Oct 14
Exclusively good news from the Middle East! My interview is with Rama Chakaki - founder of Baraka Bits, the only media venture delivering exclusively good news from the Middle East with a huge focus on the creative arts. Listen live 8-9 PM PST via KSCO.com or link in bio to radio show guest podcasts.
Rama is an incredibly inspiring person making a real difference in the world, despite personal health challenges resulting in 12 surgeries.
We talk about how Baraka Bits is changing the narrative in the media to an intelligent, optimistic and empowering one, providing a more holistic voice to people living in countries often represented simply as areas of conflict. Link in bio to radio show guest podcasts.
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#barakabits #middleeast #art #middleeastart #mena #ramachakaki #arabicart #arts #conflict #goodnews #womeninmedia #interview #ruthcopland #itsaquestionofbalance #womeninradio #optimism #makingadifference
In my interview with Ranking Roger, founding member of the seminal ...
Aug 6
In my interview with Ranking Roger, founding member of the seminal two-tone band The Beat (or The English Beat as they're known in the USA) we talk about how The Beat's music addressed racism, multiculturalism, unemployment, and socio-economic inequality; how Jamaican 'toasting' compares to rap; and the new material which is a mix of chill, EDM, drum and bass, rap and ska. Also we discuss Ranking Roger’s music career spanning three decades, from his mum having to sign his first record deal for him at age 16, to his stadium filling international success. Link in bio to podcasts of all the guests of the radio show.
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This week I featured my interview with Ranking Roger, founding member ...
Aug 2
This week I featured my interview with Ranking Roger, founding member of the seminal two-tone band The Beat (or The English Beat as they're known in the USA). As well as playing songs, we talk about his music career spanning three decades, from his mum having to sign his first record deal for him at age 16, to his stadium filling international success. Also how The Beat's music addressed racism, multiculturalism, unemployment, and socio-economic inequality; how Jamaican 'toasting' compares to rap; and the new material which is a mix of chill, EDM, drum and bass, rap and ska. Link in bio to podcasts of all the guests of the radio show including Ranking Roger.
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#thebeat #theenglishbeat #rankingroger #ska #twotone #reggae #toasting #rap #racism #multiculturalism #inequality #drumandbass #edm #chill #ruthcopland #itsaquestionofbalance #radioshow #talkradio #podcast #womeninmedia #music #interview #mirrorinthebathroom #punk
The words of 6 year old immigration activist Sophie Cruz who ran up to...
Jul 25
The words of 6 year old immigration activist Sophie Cruz who ran up to the Pope when he visited Washington DC in 2015 and gave him a letter she’d written asking him to speak to the president about legalising her parents so that they would not be taken away. She made an impact and the next day the Pope spoke at length to Congress about immigration and later she was invited to meet President Obama. She was the youngest speaker at the women’s march in Washington DC in 2017 where in Spanish and English she spoke the words pictured.
Her story is one featured in Rad Girls Can, the latest book in the Bestselling Rad Women children’s series.
Series author Kate Schatz and artist Miriam Klein Stahl were on the show this week - Link to podcast in bio - talking about their art and the power of young, creative, hopeful, brilliant girls, and all they have done and can do in the world. And about why the Rad Women children’s books are favourites with adults too.
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Bold, brave, and brilliant girls under 20 who are living rad lives in ...
Jul 23
Bold, brave, and brilliant girls under 20 who are living rad lives in ways small and great. Bestselling Rad Women children’s series author Kate Schatz and artist Miriam Klein Stahl were on the show this week - Link in bio - talking about their art and the power of young, creative, hopeful, brilliant girls, and all they have done and can do in the world. And why their children’s books are favourites with adults too. ..
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'El pueblo unido jamás será vencido' - activists’ ...
Jul 11
'El pueblo unido jamás será vencido' - activists’ uniting chant. Can politicians also unite? - if not yet around policy then around empathy, compassion and human dignity while working on solutions? Link in bio to podcast of radio show on 'What does tolerance look like?’ interviews on the street. Photo from @guardian article “If we go back they will kill us all: impossible choices at US border” - photo and article by Nina Lakhani
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#unidos #tolerance #humandignity #compassion #immigrants #immigrationreform #ruthcopland #itsaquestionofbalance #solutions #podcast #talkradio #womeninmedia #womeninmedia #onthestreet #conversations #empathy #allone #allinittogether
‘Incident in the Corridor Near the Kitchen’ reflecting on the ...
Jun 28
‘Incident in the Corridor Near the Kitchen’ reflecting on the tensions of forced communal living in the Soviet Union, installation from Ilya and Emilia Kabakov’s exhibition ‘Not Everyone Will Be Taken Into the Future’. Link in bio to podcast of Part 2 in my special interview series with Emilia Kabakov. Portrait of Ilya and Emilia Kabakov by Luis Sevillano.
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#conceptualart #ilyaandemiliakabakov #kabakov #contemporaryart #artistslife #shipoftolerance #russian #russianamerican #russianart #artinstallation #art #communalliving #sovietunion #utopia #noteveryonewillbetakenintothefuture #tate #statehermitagemuseum #ruthcopland #itsaquestionofbalance #talkradio #podcast #womeninradio #arts
#worldrefugeeday What does tolerance look like? In this ‘Out and ...
Jun 20
#worldrefugeeday What does tolerance look like? In this ‘Out and About’ broadcast I feature my on-the-street conversations discussing what does tolerance mean? Is it necessary? And how do we distinguish between what should and should not be tolerated? We also talk about Ilya and Emilia Kabakov’s remarkable art installation project with children around the world, The Ship of Tolerance, which has had especial significance in areas with high numbers of refugees and immigrants. Link in bio to #podcast
1. Ship of Tolerance in Cuba by Jenna Frijdland
2. SOT in Zug by Luis Eduardo Martinez Fuentes
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