When a young Eva Kollisch arrives as a refugee in New York in 1940, she finds a community among socialists who share her values and idealism. She soon discovers ‘the cause’ isn’t as idyllic as it seems. Little does she know this is the beginning of a lifelong commitment to activism and her determination to create radical change in ways that include belonging, love and one's full self. In addition to Eva Kollisch’s memoirs Girl in Movement (2000) and The Ground Under My Feet (2014), LBI’s collections include an oral history interview with Eva conducted in 2014 and the papers of Eva’s mother, poet Margarete Kolllisch, which document Eva’s childhood experience on the Kindertransport. Learn more at www.lbi.org/kollisch . Exile is a production of the Leo Baeck Institute , New York | Berlin and Antica Productions . It’s narrated by Mandy Patinkin. Executive Producers include Katrina Onstad, Stuart Coxe, and Bernie Blum. Senior Producer is Debbie Pacheco. Associate Producers are Hailey Choi and Emily Morantz. Research and translation by Isabella Kempf. Sound design and audio mix by Philip Wilson, with help from Cameron McIver. Theme music by Oliver Wickham. Voice acting by Natalia Bushnik. Special thanks to the Kollisch family for the use of Eva’s two memoirs, “Girl in Movement” and “The Ground Under My Feet”, the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College and their “Voices of Feminism Oral History Project”, and Soundtrack New York.…
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Quarantine & Black Mental Health
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1:22:03In this episode the co-hosts discuss the state of the mental health of the Black community in the wake of COVID-19 & the Black Lives Matter Movement. Special guest Leo offers her insight as a licensed social worker.BonesToPick által
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Fuck it, MASK OFF: The Good, The Bad & Thee Ugly
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53:16In this episode, the co-hosts discuss the current stay at home orders in New York City and the short term impacts on each individual co-host. The spied begins with a JUICY "So Tell Me Why" where Kru tells listeners the antics following her birthday. Danni D shares some exciting news for her future career and Wisdom drops knowledge on how activism a…
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