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JFK Show

Submitted by Danielle Smith on Sat, 30 May 2015, 8:14pm

This show features John F. Kennedy's inauguration speech in 1961 paired with jazz related to that period in some way. (Recorded, performed, released on an album, etc.) Note, however, the version of the song in this program might not be the exact 1961 version. The songs in the program are as follows:

My Favorite Things-John Coltrain

Stolen Moments-Oliver Nelson

I'm Late, I'm Late-Stan Getz

Well, You Needn't-Miles Davis

Blues March-Art Blackey

Fantasia-Dizzy Gillespie

Waltz for Debby-Bill Evans

Made in Ridgewood

Submitted by Danielle Smith on Wed, 3 Jun 2015, 9:19pm

Danielle Smith sat down with independent curator Yulia Topchiy to discuss the opening of an exhibit called Made in Ridgewood. The exhibit features the work of Joy Curtis, Riitta Ikonen, Yasue Maetake, Christian Sampson, Adam Sipe, and Josef Zutelgte, all artists who are based in Ridgewood. Made in Ridgewood opens on June 5th at 6:00 p.m. and will be open every day from 1-6 pm until June 30th. The exhibit is located at
1902 Palmetto Street, 1FL Ridgewood, NY.

Trans-Enrollment at Barnard

Submitted by Danielle Smith on Thu, 4 Jun 2015, 12:40pm

Danielle Fox conducted interviews with Barnard students and alumni surrounding the issue of trans-enrollment at Barnard College. Fox also attended a townhall at which Barnard students were invited to discuss this issues and references it throughout the program. The interviews included in this program were all conducted independently of each other.

Apogee Journal

Submitted by Danielle Smith on Mon, 8 Jun 2015, 5:40pm

WKCR programmer Danielle Smith sat down with Alexandra Watson, the managing editor of Apogee Journal, to discuss the release of Apogee's fifth issue. Apogee is a literary journal, whose self-proclaimed mission is to "publish exciting work that interrogates the status quo, providing a platform for unheard voices, including emerging writers of color."

Complexity, Intractability, and Social Change

Submitted by Danielle Smith on Wed, 10 Jun 2015, 6:51pm

Intractable conflicts are those conflicts that persist over time and space. They draw us in and we seem to remain trapped in their grip despite efforts of many to resolve them. Examples are easy to identify – from national and international conflicts to a longstanding family feud. In his 10-minute talk, Dr. Peter Coleman will share a new way of thinking about and engaging in intractable conflict – through the lens of complexity science and dynamical systems theory

Peace is a Pattern: Simple Rules for Sustainable Peace

Submitted by Danielle Smith on Wed, 10 Jun 2015, 6:55pm

In complex adaptive systems, including human social systems, patterns emerge when diverse agents follow the same short list of simple rules. In her talk, Dr. Glenda Eoyang will explore some of these simple rules and the emergent patterns they create in both the natural and human worlds. She’ll then explore the question “How can we use simple rules to see, understand, and influence patterns for sustainable peace?”

Hidden Patterns in Peace and Reform Processes

Submitted by Danielle Smith on Wed, 10 Jun 2015, 7:01pm

Elections, peace talks, protests, and other conflicts are highly visible symbols of countries undergoing political and social change. However, such visible symbols sometimes mask the deeper, hidden patterns that are actually driving the social system. Drawing on examples from Myanmar’s peace and reform process, this talk will illustrate how revealing and acting on hidden patterns can help international assistance avoid inadvertently doing harm, while supporting more sustainable, positive transformation.

Mathematic of Human Behavior

Submitted by Danielle Smith on Wed, 10 Jun 2015, 7:05pm

Physics models are simple but people are complex. How can mathematical models help us understand human behavior? Dr. Larry Liebovitch will share how simple mathematical models and equations can tell us surprising things about the consequences of human behavior.

Social Acupuncture

Submitted by Danielle Smith on Wed, 10 Jun 2015, 7:07pm

For many years, Dr. Orit Gal has been engaged in solving the Middle East conflict and has explored why accumulated actions to resolve the conflict have failed. Dr. Gal suggests that complexity can help us understand why conflict and other social challenges cannot simply be reduced to a list of individual ‘problems to solve’. Rather, she suggests that the metaphor of Chinese acupuncture can offer insights into understanding how small interventions can disrupt and change the behavior of individuals, the dynamics of entire social systems, and the world in which we live.

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