Bridget Burns and Emilia Reyes: The Intersection of Gender and International Climate Policy

Bridget Burns and Emilia Reyes: The Intersection of Gender and International Climate Policy

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Bridget Burns, Director of the Women’s Environment and Development Organization, and Emilia Reyes, Coordinator of Gender Policies and Budgets at Equidad de Género, speak about the intersection of gender and climate change, their roles in international climate change negotiations, and what they expect at this year’s U.N. Conference of Parties in Katowice, Poland. They were interviewed by Laura Brush (FES ’19) and Liz Bourguet (FES ’20).

Ep. 4 – Irene Pepperberg on revolutionizing what humans think of bird brains

Ep. 4 – Irene Pepperberg on revolutionizing what humans think of bird brains

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In 2007, Dr. Irene Pepperberg said goodnight to her avian research subject, Alex, an African Grey Parrot. “You be good,” he replied. “I love you.” “I love you, too,” Dr. Pepperberg said, to which Alex asked, “You’ll be in tomorrow?” “Yes, I’ll be in tomorrow.” Alex died the next morning, prompting an international outpouring of grief that included an obituary in the Economist. We speak with Dr. Pepperberg, whose pioneering experiments with Alex revolutionized the field of avian cognition, about how she used communication as a window into his mind.

Eleanor Bergstein – Dirty Dancing Screenwriter

Eleanor Bergstein – Dirty Dancing Screenwriter

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Coming to you live and in person from the Upper West Side of New York, Aaron joins screenwriter Eleanor Bergstein for an intimate chat about one of the most beloved movies of all time, Dirty Dancing. Eleanor is the screenwriter, producer, and principal creative force behind that movie, which she has since adapted into an internationally successful stage show. Hear gripping behind-the-scenes stories about the screenplay and production.

Ep. 3 – Sue Savage-Rumbaugh on learning from humanity’s closest living relatives

Ep. 3 – Sue Savage-Rumbaugh on learning from humanity’s closest living relatives

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Twenty minutes southeast of Des Moines, Iowa, you’ll find a large, unassuming cement complex with fenced in grounds. You’d never know it, but inside are five bonobos—including the world-famous Kanzi—thought to be the only remaining nonhuman apes capable of communicating verbally with humans. We speak with Dr. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh about what she’s learned from and about bonobos, humankind’s gentle cousins, during an extraordinarily ambitious, 30-year investigation into their minds.

Larry Karaszewski — Screenwriter, TV Creator (The People V. OJ, Ed Wood)

Larry Karaszewski — Screenwriter, TV Creator (The People V. OJ, Ed Wood)

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This week, Larry comes on the pod to talk about the craft of writing about real people. He and his partner Scott Alexander have written some of the biggest biopics in Hollywood, including Ed Wood, The People vs. Larry Flynt, Man on the Moon, The People V. OJ, and many others. They’ve written for Jim Carrey, John Travolta, Ed Norton, Amy Adams, Johnny Depp, Sarah Paulson, often giving that actor the best role of their career.