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    Asexuality. Animaniacs. (Episode 92) Dec 02, 2020
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    Samantha Poole as Tank GirlSamantha Poole has been a member of the Asexual Visibility and Education Network (AVEN) since it began in 2002. She was recently credited by members of AVEN as being the first person to coin the now frequently-used terms describing romantic attraction apart from sexual attraction. She defines herself as heteroromantic asexual. Samantha is a psychiatrist with a special interest in the LGBTQ+ population. In her spare time she likes to bellydance, play the banjo, attend cosplay cons, as well as DEVOtional, the annual Devo fan gathering, where she met co-host Robin Renée in 2005. Listen in to Samantha’s conversation with Robin as she shares candidly about her journey toward understanding her asexuality, navigating relationships, and finding community.

    The 3 Random Facts Wendy Sheridan, Robin Renée, and Mary McGinley impart this time to begin the show involve public transportation in Iceland, the political structure in Ethiopia, and how biological sex works for clownfish. All the News We Can Handle is a Thanksgiving holiday report followed by the harsh reality check of the dire COVID-19 third wave in the United States. Dr. Deborah Birx warns that if you travelled for Thanksgiving, you have to assume that you were exposed and became infected. The COVID Act Now website added a color beyond red — maroon now indicates severe outbreak. There is hope in coming vaccines including one from Moderna. In other news, Biden’s bone break and action to take to help get out the vote in Georgia. Later, Robin raves about the new Animaniacs reboot in the Why Is This Awesome? segment.

    Things to do:

    Connect with Samantha Poole on Facebook.

    Learn more about the Asexual Visibility & Education Network.

    Stay home as much as possible to reduce the risk of COVID-19. Visit COVID Act Now.

    Help elect Democratic candidates Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff to the US Senate: Adopt a State

    Wish Wendy a HAPPY BIRTHDAY on December 3rd!

    Follow The Leftscape on Facebook and attend Househenge: A Winter Solstice Event on December 21st!

    Watch The Mutant Mountain Boys: “Bob” Dobbs is Watching Us

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YaNX0OfGyw

    Watch Animaniacs – Official Trailer (2020) and check out the show on Hulu.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeOrUvOPfgg

    Sound engineering by Wendy Sheridan
    Show notes by Robin Renée
    Fake sponsor messages by Thomas Limoncelli
    Web hosting by InMotion
    Remote recording by SquadCast

    Cognitive Dissonance With Pandora Scooter (Episode 91) Nov 18, 2020
    Show notes

    Pandora ScooterPandora Scooter is a poet, performer and provocateur. She’s an award-winning playwright and spoken word artist. She is the winner of Best Musical with Rachel Felstein for her punk rock, all-female feminist musical, wRETCH. Two of her solo shows, OUTwordly Fabulous and I AM ENOUGH, both focused on helping LGBTQ+ teens, have toured the U.S. She has taught at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Drew University, Rider University, and currently teaches at NYU. In this featured interview from August 2020, Pandora reads from her work-in-progress, Cognitive Dissonance or How to Speak to Woke White People. She critiques liberals’ tendency to hide from their complicity with oppression and inequality, shares her experience as a biracial person in conversations on race, talks about taking on the most challenging, real-life topics in the theater arts, and much more.

    Earlier in the show, Robin Renée, Wendy Sheridan, and Mary McGinley discuss “all the news they can handle,” including congratulations to President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, Moderna’s promising COVID-19 vaccine trials, the Space-X launch headed for the International Space Station, and a charity run in Philadelphia from the famous Four Seasons to the lesser-known spot. As usual, Three Random Facts kick off the show. Find out about the leaf sheep, The Outer Space Treaty, and the longest one-syllable word in the English language. Later in The Blanket Fort: a vulnerable conversation about panic and anxiety. What does it feel like when there’s even more to deal with than the overall fears that 2020 brings? What are some of the tools we have to handle it all?

    Things to do:

    Visit pandorascooter.com and contact Pandora to find out more about her work.

    Read A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn

    Do the Fraud Street Charity Run from Four Seasons Total Landscaping to Four Seasons Hotel, Philadelphia

    Try an expressive writing technique to help with emotional regulation.

    See Wendy’s sympathetic magick for the presidential election: “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” by Katsushika Hokusai puzzle

    Check out even more leaf sheep!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_twa1nd3Rc

    Sound engineering by Wendy Sheridan
    Show notes by Robin Renée
    Fake sponsor messages by Thomas Limoncelli
    Web hosting by InMotion
    Remote recording by SquadCast

    A Socially-Distanced Samhain (Episode 90) Nov 04, 2020
    Show notes

    Wendy Sheridan, Mary McGinley, and Robin Renée discuss the U.S. presidential election and try to manage their stress as votes are counted. They have some fun with random facts, speculate about what could be happening in voting trends, and contemplate the challenges to making the best case for liberal and progressive candidates. Robin and Mary report on The Leftscape Election Night Hangout, which included previous show guests, John C. Tod, Anne Sabagh, Elisebeth VanderWeil, and Analysis. Then the co-hosts recount their recent socially-distanced Samhain gathering and spend some time remembering loved ones and other notable people who have died in 2020.

    Congratulations go out to Sarah McBride, who made history as the first transgender woman to be elected to the state senate in Delaware. Congrats also to Arizona, South Dakota, Montana, and The Leftscape‘s home state of New Jersey for passing legislation legalizing recreational cannabis. Fingers crossed for the presidency.

    “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” by Katsushika Hokusai

    Things to do:

    Learn about celebrating Samhain.

    Watch the Philadelphia City Commissioners Live Stream as election workers count the ballots.

    Become a patron of The Leftscape!

    Sound engineering by Wendy Sheridan
    Show notes by Robin Renée
    Fake sponsor messages by Thomas Limoncelli
    Web hosting by InMotion
    Remote recording by SquadCast

    Featured image by ksyfffka07 from Pixabay

    Anji Marth’s Paintings From Quarantine (Episode 89) Oct 22, 2020
    Show notes Anji Marth - The Horrors book coverAnji Marth been a professional tattoo artist and painter since 1999. Her published books include Tar and Gravel, Knuckle Sandwich, the resonant eyes series, and The Horrors coloring book for adults. Her current project is a series of abstract paintings, Paintings From Quarantine. She also works in taxidermy as assemblage art as well as illustration. Anji grew up in coal country, Pennsylvania and has lived in the Pacific Inland Northwest for 24 years. She and Wendy share a wide-ranging conversation on the left/liberal/conservative/right political spectrum, what it is to be a prepper, and her painfully beautiful paintings in response to this very heavy year.

    The show kicks off as usual with 3 Random Facts and the News. In the Facts Dept. are some revelations about the stone heads on Easter Island, Travis Gienger’s big win at the 2020 World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off, and the U.S. tornado count in 2010. Then co-hosts Wendy Sheridan, Mary McGinley, and Robin Renée discuss the U.S. Presidential election that is now less than two weeks away, early voting, and opportunities to volunteer to get out the vote (See links in “Things to Do” below.). In non-voting news, Amy Suskind published “This is Not Normal” in The Washington Post, a list of things that shifted during the Trump presidency (and need to be rolled back or otherwise remedied) and Jeffrey Toobin’s masturbation misadventure. Later in The Geekscape, Mary, Robin, and Wendy talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly among beliefs and remedies sometimes called “woo.”

    Things to Do:

    Make your plan to volunteer and VOTE: VoteSaveAmerica.com

    Learn more about Anji Marth at resonanteye.net and follow her @resonanteye on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter, and support her on Patreon.

    Back Anji Marth’s Paintings From Quarantine coffee table book project on Kickstarter.

    Get Anji Marth prints and art and check out her books.

    See how Pro Publica and The Guardian are tracking mail-in ballots in critical states.

    Fight Voter Suppression with Reclaim Our Vote.

    Help out one or more of these Democratic GOTV postcard campaigns.

    Use USVoteFoundation.org’s Where’s My Ballot page to find and use your state’s ballot tracker.

    painting Anji Marth

    Sound engineering by Wendy Sheridan
    Show notes by Robin Renée
    Fake sponsor messages by Thomas Limoncelli
    Web hosting by InMotion
    Remote recording by SquadCast

    Change the Calculus (Episode 88) Oct 07, 2020
    Show notes

    Lisa Yancey on Reframing Business and Building Abundance

    Lisa YanceyLisa Yancey is an entrepreneurial strategist who has built a practice solving problems for nonprofit organizations. Through her company, Yancey Consulting, she specializes in strategic organizational planning, leadership coaching, and much more. She is also the co-founder of The We’s Match, which is dedicated to creating an ecosystem of scale wealth and wellness for Black women entrepreneurs and of SorsaMED, a biologics company dedicated to building plant-based options for chronic pain management with a focus on sickle cell anemia. Lisa Yancey is a member of the New York State Bar Association and lives in Mount Vernon, NY. In this featured interview, find out about her exciting projects that help everyone involved thrive. Lisa shares a powerful message about doing work that centers community, collaboration, and holistic profit. Hear her advice for getting on the path of living your best life without apology.

    Co-hosts Wendy Sheridan, Mary McGinley, and Robin Renée start the show off with 3 Random Facts and the News: The facts this time involve this day in birthdays (Toni Braxton and Vladimir Putin among them), cats’ toes, and a tip for autumn – the benefits of planting garlic. In the news is Donald Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis, the skepticism and conspiracy theories that cropped up immediately, and the policing of how we should feel about it. Speaking of conspiracy theories, QAnon is increasing in alternative health and spiritual communities. Also in the news, Proud Boys problems, the Nobel Prize for the discovery of hep C, and a new project by artist Anji Marth, Paintings From Quarantine. In the Ikigai segment, Wendy leads a discussion on what she’s learned about the Japanese concept of ikigai, discovering one’s life purpose, creating community connections, doing meaningful work, and living well overall.

    Things to do:

    Ikigai - The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy LifeLearn more about Lisa Yancey and Yancey Consulting, The We’s Match, and SorsaMED.

    Listen to “The Rise of Conspirituality,” a conversation with yoga instructor Seane Corn on On The Media.

    Read about this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the hepatitis C virus.

    Back Anji Marth’s powerful Kickstarter project, Paintings From Quarantine.

    Read Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life by Hector Garcia and Francesc Miralles.

    Try working with My Little Ikigai Journal by Amanda Kudo.

    Watch “Make Our Garden Grow” from Candide.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlVD-jrq_Yk

    Sound engineering by Wendy Sheridan
    Show notes by Robin Renée
    Fake sponsor messages by Thomas Limoncelli
    Web hosting by InMotion
    Remote recording by SquadCast

    YolandaNanda! (Episode 87) Sep 23, 2020
    Show notes

    YolandaNanda album coverRev. Yolanda is a singer/songwriter/trans-femme genderqueer performance artist and interfaith minister, originally from Muscle Shoals, Alabama — the hit recording capital of the world. Rev. Yolanda has been honored with induction into the GLBT Hall of Fame, the Blues Hall of Fame, and also with two MAC Awards from the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs. A brand new recording, YolandaNanda, is based on her love for mantras of the Buddhist, Hindu, and Sikh traditions. She shares her story of journeying from a Christian background to growing to understand her sexuality and gender to life and spirituality through The Radical Faeries and an interfaith seminary to the music ministry she has today. Don’t miss her excellent anecdotes and memorable music!

    The Episode starts off with 3 Random Facts: Wendy Sheridan teaches us that octopi can change in more ways than most of us may have heard, Mary McGinley tells us about a company’s attempt to make broccoli more appealing to kids (epic fail), and Robin Renée speaks of mysterious appearances by a flute-playing André 3000. The News turns to the heart-wrenching loss of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the new Bob Woodward book, Rage, cannabis legalization on the ballot, and a “UFO” over New Jersey. At the end of the show, Wendy, Mary, and Robin enter The Blanket Fort to process grief, think about creativity during the COVID-19 pandemic, and to offer congrats to recently newlywed friends and family. Reminder: Be kind to yourself.

    Things to do:

    Get the new album, YolandaNanda!

    Attend Church With a Two Drink Minimum.

    Learn about Drag Queen Story Hour.

    Get ready to VOTE and find out how you can VOLUNTEER at VoteSaveAmerica.com.

    Learn about Celebrate Bisexuality Day and follow hashtags #BiVisibilityDay, #BiWeek, #BiVisibilityMonth for events and conversation.

    Watch My Octopus Teacher on Netflix.

    Check out the Church of the SubGenius. Get ordained, get some sacred SubGenius music downloads, and more. Praise “Bob!”

    Sound engineering by Wendy Sheridan
    Show notes by Robin Renée
    Fake sponsor messages by Thomas Limoncelli
    Web hosting by InMotion
    Remote recording by SquadCast

    Time Management for Busy Activists (Episode 86) Sep 09, 2020
    Show notes Tom LimoncelliTom Limoncelli is a time management author and trainer from New Jersey who also happens to be an internationally recognized bisexual activist. In this featured interview, he merges his knowledge in these fields with life, work, and LGBTQ equality movement experiences to share advice on time management for activists. Listen in for tips you can start using right away like “Invest 5,” “The Small Batch Principle,” and “Time Boxing” to get more done and to achieve better focus so there is less to do. Tom’s books include Vol 1: The Practice of System and Network Administration, Vol 2: The Practice of Cloud System Administration, and Time Management for System Administrators. He is also the humorist behind the wonderful Leftscape “sponsors” featured in recent episodes. Co-hosts Wendy Sheridan, Robin Renée, and Mary McGinley are happy to be back to The Leftscape after summer break. They begin the show with 3 Random Facts, this time involving employers and your COVID-19 status, a cool study on the acoustics of ancient Stonehenge, and the color of cats (A Geekscape segment on cats facts appears to be forthcoming.). They discuss a few lighter items from the firehose that is the news: the ill-fated boat parade, Novak Djokovic’s ill-fated U.S. Open moment, and Bi Visibility Month. There is one essential news item/reminder: the upcoming U.S. presidential election on November 3rd and the importance of making sure you’re registered and have a solid plan to vote. In the Why Is This Awesome? segment, Wendy talks about the historical drama, Mrs. America, its telling of the 1970s feminist movement for adoption of the ERA, and its conservative opposition. Spoilers abound.

    Things to do:

    Mrs. America promo Learn more about Tom Limoncelli at Tom on Time.

    CONTACT TOM NOW if you can help him make connections to reach his goal of teaching time management to 100 tech workers at political campaigns working to defeat Donald Trump.

    Visit Can I Vote to register to vote, check your registration status, find your polling place, become a poll worker, and more.

    Watch Mrs. America on Hulu.

    Read about a study on the acoustics at ancient Stonehenge.

    Become a patron of The Leftscape!

    Sound engineering by Wendy Sheridan
    Show notes by Robin Renée
    Fake sponsor messages by Thomas Limoncelli
    Web hosting by InMotion
    Remote recording by SquadCast

    We are on vacation this August. Aug 07, 2020
    Show notes

    We’re on vacation! Hope you enjoy the rest of your summer. Look for new Leftscape shows in September.

    But we won’t be completely idle this month. We’re doing an August Patreon Membership Drive.

    Your support helps us out with our production costs and equipment so we can continue to produce the podcast and create content you’ll love. We had the opportunity to produce a very limited edition of Leftscape pins and we are offering them to the first five people who join our Patreon at the Stage Door ($5/mo) level or higher, in addition to the perks listed on Patreon. You’ll get those, too.
    If you are already supporting us at that level, or if you increase your support level, there is a pin for you. Tell your friends… and THANK YOU!

    August Patreon Membership Drive
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    The Happiness Paradigm (Episode 85) Jul 22, 2020
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    Ginny Sassaman and friends promote Gross National Happiness at a climate marchGinny Sassaman is a co-founder and past president of Gross National Happiness USA. She has a Masters in Mediation and a Certificate in Positive Psychology. Ginny created the Happiness Paradigm as a platform for teaching, writing about, and advocating for greater personal happiness and creating systems change for maximum well-being for all. Since 2013, she has served as a lay preacher in Unitarian Universalist churches on these topics. A book of 16 of these sermons, called Preaching Happiness: Creating a Just and Joyful World, was published in May 2020 by Rootstock Publishing. In this uplifting featured interview, she talks about how factors like childcare, attention to climate, friendship, personal fulfilment, as well as the economy can be taken together to gauge overall societal wellbeing. Listen in for tips on cultivating personal happiness and the creative, grounded optimism needed for effective activism.

    Wendy Sheridan, Robin Renée, and Mary McGinley start off the show as usual with 3 Random Facts and the News. Info about tennis scoring, Wendy’s weather station, and vending machines vs. sharks bring some levity to offset the harsh news: the killing of the son of Judge Esther Salas, unmarked agents detaining activists in Portland, the CDC’s decreasing access to coronavirus information, and the passing of Civil Rights giant, John Lewis. After the interview in the Ikigai segment, the co-hosts vent frustrations about the practical matter of sorting through way too much email and share a few pointers and positive effects of deleting digital clutter.

    Things to do:

    Preaching Happiness book cover - Ginny SassamanOrder Preaching Happiness: Creating a Just and Joyful World from your local independent bookstore.

    Contact Ginny Sassaman for information on her classes, workshops, and UU teachings.

    Learn more about Gross National Happiness USA. Get involved!

    Discover your greatest strengths: VIA Institute on Character

    Read Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner.

    Refer to the John Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center.

    Read information on BIPOC and COVID-19 by Jennifer L. Kasten, MD.

    Become a patron of The Leftscape!

    Sound engineering by Wendy Sheridan
    Show notes by Robin Renée
    Fake sponsor messages by Thomas Limoncelli
    Web hosting by InMotion
    Remote recording by SquadCast

    Black Masculinity and the She-Ra Finale (Episode 84) Jul 08, 2020
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    Dillon CarmichaelDillon Carmichael is the founder of Redefining Black Masculinity. The Redefining Black Masculinity project works to document and express the black masculine identity in all of its facets, with the intention of providing insight and helping to expand the culture through deeper understanding. In this interview, Carmichael, who hails from Irvington, NJ, shares the family story that helped spark the project, he explains a bit about how black masculinity is traditionally policed with “no homo” assertions and more, and he talks about what he learned about masculinity and race while attending an all boys’ school in Pennsylvania. He discusses his quest to capture not only the struggles, but the joy and happiness of an inclusive black masculine experience through interviews, poetry, dance, and beyond. Carmichael is doing a lot for someone who humbly calls himself, “just a 24-year-old trying to find his way.”

    The 3 Random Facts that begin the show include New York’s law making it legal for women to go topless in public, a tale of Coke and Pepsi, and Robin remembers her father, who passed away 14 years ago to the day this episode first posts. Then in News, Wendy Sheridan, Robin Renée, and Mary McGinley discuss the horrors of Russian bounties for US soldiers, the exciting news about polyamorous domestic partnerships now recognized in Somerville, MA, and proposals for combination online and in-person college classes that has Mary wondering if it’s safer to retire. (Post-recording, Wendy wondered if maintaining some in-person classes is a move by the universities to retain their foreign students in the US on student visas since ICE has announced that any college students attending a 100% online school must leave the country.) Robin gives a report on a beach trip, during which social distancing was possible, but the behaviors of some were cause for concern.

    She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Season 5 posterSPOILER ALERT for the Geekscape segment — It’s all about She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, with an emphasis on its fifth and final season. Wendy, Mary, and Robin consider the relationships between Scorpia and Catra, Bow and Glimmer, and Catra and Adora, the portrayal of and instrumental role of Entrapta, and the journey to the Heart of Etheria as a metaphor for inner work and possibly environmentalism. They celebrate the overall queerness of the series and the way it advances portrayals of queerness in media. Is She-Ra a playbook for how to fight fascism? Will love save us in the real world?

    *Apologies for the sound quality at times during this show. Robin will have a new headset in time for the next episode… Promise!

    Things to do:

    Follow the Redefining Black Masculinity project on Instagram.

    Watch Redefining Black Masculinity videos on YouTube.

    Watch She-Ra and the Princesses of Power!

    Become a patron of The Leftscape and help mold the shape of progressive conversation.

    Sound engineering by Wendy Sheridan
    Show notes by Robin Renée
    Fake sponsor messages by Thomas Limoncelli
    Web hosting by InMotion
    Remote recording by SquadCast

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