Month: April 2022

Craft & Career – Jennifer Harrison Newman MFA ’11, artistic director, performance artist – Part 1

Craft & Career – Jennifer Harrison Newman MFA ’11, artistic director, performance artist – Part 1

The Craft & Career series connects with professional creatives from the arts, entertainment, and media industries, to discuss the nuances of their craft, the reality of their careers, and how, in often surprising ways, these two concerns can work together.

We welcome to the show the vibrant Jennifer Harrison Newman, artistic director, producer, choreographer, performance artist, and artistic director for the Yale Schwarzman Center, to discuss the healthy balance that can exist between practice and profession.
schwarzman.yale.edu/jennifer-harrison-newman-mfa-11

Bonus Episode: Hank Green on How to Talk About Climate Change

Bonus Episode: Hank Green on How to Talk About Climate Change

What’s the best way to approach climate denialism? How should we feel if oil companies get rich solving the climate crisis? Do individuals have any power to address climate change? Casey discusses these questions and more with YouTube royalty Hank Green, a science communicator, author, and entrepreneur. Read more at pricingnature.substack.com.

Time with Ian

Time with Ian

Join us in some Time for the Soul as Yale University Chaplain Sharon Kugler and Senior Associate Chaplain for Protestant Life and Pastor of UCY, the Rev. Ian Oliver discuss the steadying power of new habits, how the inward affects the outward, knowing one’s own capacity, and the human intersecting with the academic.

A conversation w/ Jeremy Lin & Esther Choo: Mental Health, Race, Culture & Wellness in AAPI communities

A conversation w/ Jeremy Lin & Esther Choo: Mental Health, Race, Culture & Wellness in AAPI communities

This week, pro-basketball star Jeremy Lin & ER doctor and healthcare equity advocate, Esther Choo join for a candid discussion about mental health, culture & wellness in Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities. We’ll hear both guests describe their lives growing up in the US and their experiences navigating different cultural communities from childhood through adulthood. We’ll also talk through the realities of the last year, including Jeremy’s time living and working in China, and Dr. Choo’s experience as an ER doctor during the pandemic. Jeremy also shares transparently about mental health challenges and lessons learned, during his complicated COVID-related experience in China. Join us for an authentic and generative conversation, as we learn from each, as we discuss our societal progress, and as we consider opportunities for further growth.

A conversation with Yale’s Abdul-Rehman Malik: Ramadan, Islamophobia, and the Islamic Roots of Coffee

A conversation with Yale’s Abdul-Rehman Malik: Ramadan, Islamophobia, and the Islamic Roots of Coffee

Yale Lecturer Abdul-Rehman Malik discusses the significance of the holy Islamic month of Ramadan, the Islamic origins of coffee, and combating Islamophobia.

Time with Asha

Time with Asha

Join us in some Time for the Soul as Yale University Chaplain Sharon Kugler and Director of Hindu Life Dr. Asha Shipman discuss connecting body and mind with breath, the simple joys of the outdoors, nurturing the self by nurturing others, the power in how we ask questions, and the radical hospitality of aloo palak and spinach potatoes.

Craft & Career: Sharon Louden MFA, artist, educator, Chautauqua Institute – Part 2

Craft & Career: Sharon Louden MFA, artist, educator, Chautauqua Institute – Part 2

The Craft & Career series connects with professional creatives from the arts, entertainment, and media industries, to discuss the nuances of their craft, the reality of their careers, and how, in often surprising ways, these two concerns can work together.

We dive deeper with discussion of the practical realities, as well as the inspiration, of the artist life with Sharon Louden, artist, arts advocate, educator, Yale MFA alum, and Artistic Director at Chautauqua Institute.

www.sharonlouden.com/
Chautauqua Visual Arts
Chautauqua Institution
Living and Sustaining a Creative Life
ocs.yale.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/77/2022/03/relationship-circles_Sharon-Louden.pdf