Halloween, Wiccan/Priestess Anne Brannen aka Pandora on letting go of your identity, Jude-Laure Denis, Haitian Buddhist Activist, understanding white supremacy.
#39 Lisa Padovani (Costume Designer) / Emma’s Revolution (Music Activists) “Stay Positive and Sing Out Your Angry Soul”
Lisa Padovani, dynamic costume designer, best known for her work on Party Monster, Mad Men, Gotham and Boardwalk Empire (to name only a few), Emma’s Revolution, Music Activism and Dharma Punx, and L7 Documentary.
#38 Khadijah Ward (EVOLVE) / Joan Ffolliot (Ffolliot Design) “Deep Connection to the Earth, Art As Language”
“Who Is Believed and Who is Blamed” (Kavanaugh hearings), Khadijah Ward works at FAMILY of Woodstock as the program administrator for EVOLVE, a batterer’s intervention program, designer and artist Joan Ffolliot of Ffolliot Design, setting boundaries with clients.
#37 Tani Ikeda (#survivorloveletter ) / Kate Steciw (Multi-Media Artist) “Celebrating Survivors and Communicating Through Images”
RBG documentary is OUT!! Our first guest, Tani Ikeda, is an Emmy winning director who creates narratives, documentaries, music videos, and commercial films, and creator of #survivorloveletter. Our second guest, Kate Steciw, is an artist who works in sculpture, photography, video and image manipulation who explores the collision between representation and materialization
#36 Stephanie Monseu (Bindlestiff Family Cirkus ) / Ariana González Stokas (Inclusive Excellence, Bard College) “Cirkus Arts and Belief in the Common Good”
Revisit Anita Hill! Our first guest is Stephanie Monseu, co-founder of the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus and now new ring mistress of Big Apple Circus!!!
Our second guest is Ariana González Stokas. Ariana is Dean for Inclusive Excellence at Bard Collage and an educator in Latin American and Caribbean Philosophy
#35 Beth Bengtson (Working for Women) / Jem Violet (Trans Singer-Songwriter) “Women Supporting Women and Queer Life in Music”
We believe the women!!! Our first guest, Beth Bengtson founded “Working for Women” whose mission is to help women enter or stay in the workforce. Our second guest isJem Violet. She is a trans singer-songwriter / performer, and LGBTQ activist.
#34 Jessica Dupont (Half Moon Books) / Allison Braun (STDR Hobby Festival) “Books On My Shelf and Learning New Hobbies”
Nike! Emily’s List! PodSaveAmerica! And Our first guest Jessica Dupont of Half Moon Books started her company because she saw a for sale sign while waiting to pick up pizza for her family!! Years later she has a successful book store. Our second guest is Allison Braun, who started Smell the Damn Roses Festival, and whose modo is Adulting can wait until tomorrow.”
#33 Dr. Amy Novatt (Gynecologist) / Eryn Stutts (Pakt and Tuct) “Women’s Health and Food is Love”
Pap Smears, HPV, and IVF! BTW, our first guest is gynecologist Dr. Amy Novatt, activist for women’s health, “vote to change our healthcare”. Our second guest is Eryn Stutts of Pakt, a restaurant here in Kingston NY that hosts LGBTQ events and believes that food is love.
#31 Tina Barry (The Virginia Project) / Carolina Soto (Life After Incarceration) “Telling the Untold Stories of Women”
Queen Aretha Franklin tribute and shout outs to Theresa’s mom! Our first guest is Tina Barry, writer and author of Mall Flower who has special art exhibit called The Virgina Project, a collab between Tina, her stories and 14 mostly Hudson Valley-based women artists. Our second guest, Carolina Soto, is a formerly incarcerated woman who now works to help other women re-enter after being incarcerated and to change the incarceration system as a whole.
#30 Lauree Ostrofsky (Simply Leap) / G.T. Thomas (Musician, Songwriter) “Tuning In and Following the Goosebumps”
This week’s Girl Talk gets us shouting out and celebrating full figures and then Shana talks about her upcoming tour. Watch out, it’s another HOT FLASH! Shana’s blowing off steam about those who preach negativity, and Theresa points us to Solutions Journalism as the answer to negativity and DRAMA. First guest, Lauree Ostrofsky, founder of Simply Leap and Hudson Valley Women in Business, author, coach and hugger joins us in the studio to share her amazing personal story of healing from a brain tumor and how that led her to transform her life and open Simply Leap, her coaching business and writing her memoir titled “I’m Scared and Doing It Anyway.” G.T. Thomas, musician and creative companion, thrives and finds her greatest success whenever she gets to create with others like former collaborators the Fleet Foxes, B52’S and Betty Seveert. She’s a joy and full of wisdom like, In other words, follow the goose bumps and forget the money. Take care of yourself and turn off your devices. Love your body and seek the joy and gratitude.
