When a young Eva Kollisch arrives as a refugee in New York in 1940, she finds a community among socialists who share her values and idealism. She soon discovers ‘the cause’ isn’t as idyllic as it seems. Little does she know this is the beginning of a lifelong commitment to activism and her determination to create radical change in ways that include belonging, love and one's full self. In addition to Eva Kollisch’s memoirs Girl in Movement (2000) and The Ground Under My Feet (2014), LBI’s collections include an oral history interview with Eva conducted in 2014 and the papers of Eva’s mother, poet Margarete Kolllisch, which document Eva’s childhood experience on the Kindertransport. Learn more at www.lbi.org/kollisch . Exile is a production of the Leo Baeck Institute , New York | Berlin and Antica Productions . It’s narrated by Mandy Patinkin. Executive Producers include Katrina Onstad, Stuart Coxe, and Bernie Blum. Senior Producer is Debbie Pacheco. Associate Producers are Hailey Choi and Emily Morantz. Research and translation by Isabella Kempf. Sound design and audio mix by Philip Wilson, with help from Cameron McIver. Theme music by Oliver Wickham. Voice acting by Natalia Bushnik. Special thanks to the Kollisch family for the use of Eva’s two memoirs, “Girl in Movement” and “The Ground Under My Feet”, the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College and their “Voices of Feminism Oral History Project”, and Soundtrack New York.…
A podcast in which four socialists critically re-examine the famous Canadian anime Reboot.
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Get ready for a five minute bit about having a pet Fong. Also, the Anime Club pays a respectful visit to Haku's Reboot Museum.Topics for discussion include the meaning of art, orangutang carpets, Enzo's thirst for death, and jogging-based theories.Follow us on twitter at @format_guardian, or email us at formatguardianpodcast@gmail.com.…
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The Anime Club straps in for some high octane action as Reboot pretends to be Mad Max, though no safety equipment could prepare our heroes for the reveal at the end of the episode (The podcast episode, I mean. Nothing really happens in the actual show)!Topics for discussion include weasel types, Reboot action figures, computer milk, and the sad nec…
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In this rather *ribald* episode of Format Guardian, the Anime Club get their gamer-gloves on for an action-packed, surprisingly competent episode of Reboot.Topics for discussion include James Spader's ubiquity, spool-based comedy, and the hosts' dream video-game mash-ups.Follow us on twitter at @format_guardian, or email us at formatguardianpodcast…
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