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    Hard-Wired for Touch (Episode 138) Apr 04, 2023
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    Edie WeinsteinEdie Weinstein is a colorfully creative journalist, licensed social worker, psychotherapist, and the author of The Bliss Mistress Guide To Transforming The Ordinary Into The Extraordinary. She is also a public speaker and the founder of Hugmobsters Armed With Love, which offers free hugs worldwide. She recently experienced a longtime dream come true by offering her first TEDx talk — Overcoming the Taboo of Touch. Edie was first featured on the show way back on Episode 36 in 2019. In this new conversation with co-host Robin Renée, she tells her story about her journey to the TedX stage, the importance of touch, and the many healthy ways we can pursue meeting this vital need.

    In the Earthscape segment, co-host Wendy Sheridan heads up a discussion on spring gardening in the Garden State. The two Random Facts of the day pertain to a song honored at the 1972 Academy Awards and the intestinal tract of the pigeon. This time in the News: Donald Trump’s indictment and arraignment, Mozilla:ai, a startup building a trustworthy, independent, and open-source AI ecosystem, water treatments in development designed to eliminate “forever chemicals,” Representative Michaela Cavanaugh continues to filibuster in the Nebraska senate to defeat anti-trans legislation, endangered baby tortoises with cute names in Houston, and, well… mammoth meat. In You Got Questions? We Got Answers!, a random fact topic flies back around to bookend the show.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/22/us/houston-zoo-tortoise-babies.html#:~:text=Pickles%20welcomed%20three%20tortoise%20hatchlings,endangered%20species%20rarely%20produces%20offspring.

    Things to do:

    Find Edie Weinstein online and follow her on Facebook.

    Watch “Overcoming the Taboo of Touch | Rev. Edie Weinstein | TEDxFaurotPark”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZQGcp7zf64

    Read “The Famous Celibate Physicist Inventor Who Fell Madly In Love With a Pigeon.”

    Listen to Radio PVS! The North West Coast show currently airs on Fridays, 8pm EDT.

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


    Invited In: Hearing Our Queer Kids (Episode 137) Mar 22, 2023
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    Dr. Lulu headshotDr. Lulu, aka the Momatrician, is a Nigerian-born pediatrician, parent coach, author, and the CEO of Dr. Lulu’s Life Coaching Lounge. She is the mother of a transgender young adult and works with parents struggling with accepting and supporting their LGBTQ+ children. A former Lt Col and Commander in the US Air Force, Dr. Lulu is also an award winning LGBTQ+ and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) advocate. She has been featured on local, national, and international media, including Oprah Winfrey’s The Life You Want masterclass. In this powerful conversation, she covers topics including the intersectional experiences of queer immigrants of color, common mistakes parents make with their queer children, and how we will all do better to reframe “coming out.”

    At the beginning of the show, co-hosts Robin Renée and Wendy Sheridan welcome spring and offer the Random Facts of the day on the origin story of a rock classic and how to extend the life of rubber bands. All the News We Can Handle is a lot: rumors of Donald Trump’s impending arrest, destruction in Madagascar, Mozambique, and Malawi by Tropical Cyclone Freddy, a new anti-drag law in Tennessee, and a roundup of the illiberal trend in Florida. The mood is brightened by a study showing positive impacts of legalization of cannabis and the 10th Annual Bi+ Health Awareness Month. In Why Is This Awesome?, Wendy is excited about Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio. It won Best Animated Feature at the 2023 Oscars after this segment was recorded. Spoilers abound.

    Things to do:

    Learn more about Dr. Lulu and her work.

    Follow Dr. Lulu on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok.

    Pre-order her book, Invited In: How to Become the Parent Your LGBTQ+ Child Needs.

    Watch “Rethinking the Closet: Coming Out LGBTQ* vs Inviting In”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=60B-NChtNiA&ab_channel=TEDxTalks&fbclid=IwAR1FPPIUNe0eUZRe036c0evQ6g7oQBHfTosleTk6wQz7H7S9blJM828Xta0

    Listen to “Drag queen (and ordained minister) Bella DuBalle won’t be silenced by new Tenn. law” on Fresh Air.

    Take part in Bi+ Health Awareness Month! Learn more, get resources, and show support for the bi+ community’s health and wellbeing: BiHealthMonth,org

    Read books by Dr. Lulu:Books on Amazon by Dr. Lulu

    Watch Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio on Netflix.

    Listen to Radio PVS. The North West Coast show airs on Fridays, 9pm EDT.

    Listen to this classic rock earworm!

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

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


    Catching Up With AI (Episode 136) Mar 08, 2023
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    Arinn DemboWriter and game developer Arinn Dembo has been involved with game development for over 25 years. She has helped build a number of popular franchises in science fiction gaming including Homeworld and Sword of the Stars. She has also worked on two different Artificial Intelligence projects and has been interviewed for the AI Ethics course taught by Athabasca University. Dembo recently spoke with Wendy Sheridan about the expert systems that are in use for making artwork today — how they work, their capabilities, limitations, biases, and the need for our laws and ethics to catch up with the current use of artificial intelligence that shows no signs of slowing down.

    Earlier, Robin Renée picks Wendy’s brain about sound recording technology in The Geekscape. The Random Facts of the day involve an escaped cow and the fear of belly buttons. The News ranges from serious to silly: The Supreme Court case regarding user content on social platforms, Gonzales v Google, a Donald Trump lawsuit roundup, another Ohio train derailment, a snow plow naming contest, and a Tennessee whiskey fungus all make the cut. At the end of the show in the You Got Questions? We Got Answers! segment, Wendy and Robin respond to a question sent in by friend of the podcast, Tom Limoncelli.

    Things to do:

    Follow Arinn Dembo on Facebook and Twitter.

    Subscribe to The Dembo Jam – The digital notebook of Arinn Dembo

    Read Monsoon and Other Stories by Arinn Dembo.

    Monsoon and Other Stories - Arinn Dembo - book cover

    Watch Fantastic Fungi: Fantastic Fungi on Netflix

    Support The Leftscape.

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


    Science, Revelations, and Insights (Episode 135) Feb 22, 2023
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    JD StillwaterA graduate of Cornell University, JD Stillwater is a science ambassador and an author who writes and speaks about profound insights from natural reality that drive paradigm shifts and cultural awakening. He spoke with us back in April 2020 for Episode 79, The End of Certainty, about his presentation, Seven Candles. In this conversation, he shares his current thoughts on science as a point of common understanding, the origins of humans’ propensity for world harm, and the potential course-correcting power of Religious Naturalism.

    Co-hosts Wendy Sheridan and Robin Renée are happy to be back after a winter hiatus and catch up at the beginning of the show before offering the day’s Random Facts, this time about Al Capone’s New Jersey hideout and world record-breaking conga canines. Before the featured interview, Robin and Wendy enter The Blanket Fort to hide from/grapple with grief. In the News: a predicted sudden stratospheric warming event, ways to help those in Turkey and Syria affected by the recent earthquakes, increasing far right tendencies in Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, a bill aiming to stop the teaching of scientific theory in Montana schools, the return of the monarch butterfly, and former President Jimmy Carter’s choice to receive hospice care at home at the age of 98. The show comes full circle with a You Got Questions? We Got Answers! question from JD!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3Ha6s3KRac

    Things to do:

    To help those in Turkey and Syria in the aftermath of earthquake, donate to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Disaster Response Emergency Fund (IFRC.org) or PublicGood.com.

    Visit JD Stillwater’s website and follow him on social media including Twitter, Instagram, and Mastodon, and TikTok.

    Watch JD Stillwater and Darryl Purpose in The Great Turning Roadshow – Kickoff event livestream Thursday, March 2nd, 2023.

    Learn more about Religious Naturalism.

    Visit the Unitarian Congregation of West Chester, PA on March 19, 2023 at 10am when JD Stillwater will lead the service.

    Read The Sacred Depth of Nature by Ursula Goodenough.

    Read My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem.

    Check out the record-breaking conga line of dogs!

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

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


    Men Have Feelings, Too (Episode 41 Redux) Feb 08, 2023
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    John TodPlease enjoy our last redux episode before our new season begins. This conversation is another of our favorites: John Tod shares about creating a space for honest, vulnerable conversation among men. What started with one other friend in Fort Wayne, Indiana grew into a weekly safe container where men can talk about all the things they were taught not to express. John was originally featured way back in Episode 41, “Of Memes and Men.” Take a listen to this inspiring story of how the members of a men’s group can grow together, help each other deal with and embrace emotions, and bust the myth of the rugged individual.

    A brand new podcast will be out in two weeks!

    Love,

    Wendy Sheridan and Robin Renée

    Facebook: Leftscape Twitter: @leftscape Instagram: @leftscape Email: insight at Leftscape.com Show Your Support! The Leftscape on Patreon

    Decisions By Reflex (Episode 133 Redux) Jan 25, 2023
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    Susan SzanyiWe’re back with another favorite interview from our last season on DEMOCRACY. Featured guest Susan Szanyi, a lifelong resident of Ohio and an international traveler, shared her insights on Ohio politics post-midterm elections as well as perspectives on the US political landscape from around the world. She discussed how most of our decisions are made by quick reflexes, which is part of the challenge of creating openness to dialogue across the proverbial aisle. Check out the show notes from “Swing State Reflections (Episode 133)” for a great list of resources to help us deepen our conversations and understanding.

    We’ve been doing some great interviews that we can’t wait to share with you in our upcoming season! Got a question for our You Got Questions? We Got Answers! segment? Reach out on social media or send us an email. We always love to hear from you.

    Love,

    Wendy Sheridan and Robin Renée

    Facebook: Leftscape Twitter: @leftscape Instagram: @leftscape Email: insight at Leftscape.com Show Your Support! The Leftscape on Patreon

    Monarchy, Democracy, Autocracy, Art (Episode 131 Redux) Jan 11, 2023
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    Happy New Year! Please enjoy this redux episode while we’re on winter break.

    Kat ArdernIn “Traversing Democracies (Episode 131),” Wendy interviewed Kat Ardern. Kat is an artist, a part-time student (Fine Art BA), and a full-time carer for her wife who has Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME). She shared her insight and knowledge about the various versions of democracy she has experienced while living and working in New Zealand, Australia, and currently, the UK. They spoke in the unique time frame just after the death of Queen Elizabeth II and during the very short tenure of Prime Minister Liz Truss.

    Thanks for listening. We’re working on a brand new season and will be back soon with new episodes for you!

    Love,

    Wendy Sheridan and Robin Renée

    Facebook: Leftscape Twitter: @leftscape Instagram: @leftscape Email: insight at Leftscape.com

    Go Forth and Be Brilliant! (Episode 123 Redux) Dec 28, 2022
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    Susan BillmaierWhile we’re on winter break, we chose a few of our favorite interviews to reshare. This one is with Susan Billmaier, whose professional background is in Religion, Ethics, and Philosophy and whose personal exploration encompasses healing arts, religious ritual, and study of the “big questions” like “Who am I?” and “Why am I here?” In this interview from our season of exploring FREEDOM, Susan speaks about living and working with deep intention around spirituality and the betterment of community, discerning true seeking from spiritual bypass and cultural appropriation, the practices she has come to rely on to uncover “natural divinity,” and the essence of moksha, or freedom from ego. The conversation was first released in “Better and Better Together (Episode 123).” Susan Billmaier’s website is WithPearls.com.

    We’ll be back in 2023 with a brand new season. If you missed our greeting of the sunrise on Winter Solstice, you can still view the glory that is Househenge. We always love to hear from you on social media @Leftscape and please join us on Patreon to support the show and to catch up on all our bonus content and events.

    Love,

    Wendy Sheridan and Robin Renée

    Facebook: Leftscape Twitter: @leftscape Instagram: @leftscape Email: insight at Leftscape.com

    Fighting for Big Things (Episode 118 Redux) Dec 14, 2022
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    Happy Holidays to one and all! While we’re taking our winter break, we hope you enjoy the show rewinds we’ve scheduled for you.

    Halina BrookeWe first featured a conversation with Halina Brooke back in Episode 97, “Therapy, Activism, and Reclaiming Freedom.” She is a therapist at Recourse Counseling, a mental health counselor, and a longtime advocate in Phoenix, Arizona. This is an encore presentation of our second interview with Brooke, which was featured in Episode 118, “Navigating Pay-to-Play Politics.” This conversation, first posted during our season focusing on FREEDOM, approaches the complex question, “How free are we to work within our governmental systems to get bills passed in our legislatures?”

    We’ll be back in the new year with a brand new season. On the morning of December 21st, you can ring in the Winter Solstice with us: Join us for Househenge! Reach out to us anytime on social media @Leftscape and join us on Patreon to catch up on all our bonus conversations and events.

    Love,

    Wendy Sheridan and Robin Renée

    Facebook: Leftscape Twitter: @leftscape Instagram: @leftscape Email: insight at Leftscape.com

    The Science Fiction Conversation (Episode 134) Nov 30, 2022
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    David M. Higgins making a funny faceDavid M. Higgins is a Senior Editor for the Los Angeles Review of Books, and they are the Chair of the English Department at Inver Hills College in Minnesota, where they teach classes on science fiction, graphic novels, and American literature. They are the author of Reverse Colonization: Science Fiction, Imperial Fantasy, and Alt-Victimhood, which won the 2021 Science Fiction Research Association Book Award. Leftscape co-hosts Wendy Sheridan and Robin Renée have a lively discussion with Higgins on the meaning of reactionary victimhood, how it is enabled by reverse colonization fantasy by many on the political right, takes on current science fiction writing and television series, and more.

    Before the featured interview, Wendy geeks out about Star Trek: Lower Decks in The Geekscape segment. After a post-Thanksgiving check-in at the top of the show, Robin and Wendy’s requisite 3 Random Facts tip the hat to “the father of theatrical jazz dance,” competitive art in the Olympics, and the movements of sperm cells. In this edition of All the News We Can Handle: Merriam-Webster’s 2022 word of the year, the high count of US mass shootings, the Senate vote on the Respect for Marriage Act, the recent state election in Victoria, Australia, the first potential payment of reparations in Barbados, and one of the planet’s most massive creatures, Patagotitan mayorum.

    This is the last show of the season of DEMOCRACY! At the end of the episode, Robin and Wendy share some reflections, think of a few holiday plans for listeners to keep an eye out for, and wish everyone HAPPY HOLIDAYS and a great start to 2023.

    Things to do:

    Reverse Colonization book by David M. HigginsRead Reverse Colonization: Science Fiction, Imperial Fantasy, and Alt-Victimhood by David M. Higgins.

    Follow David M. Higgins on Facebook and read their articles for the Los Angeles Review of Books.

    Watch Star Trek: Lower Decks.

    Explore the work of N. K. Jemisin and Joy Sanchez-Taylor.

    Play Coyote & Crow.

    Listen to We Should Be Recording This on The Leftscape‘s Patreon.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3RkBKedKWw

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


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