At the dawn of the social media era, Belle Gibson became a pioneering wellness influencer - telling the world how she beat cancer with an alternative diet. Her bestselling cookbook and online app provided her success, respect, and a connection to the cancer-battling influencer she admired the most. But a curious journalist with a sick wife began asking questions that even those closest to Belle began to wonder. Was the online star faking her cancer and fooling the world? Kaitlyn Dever stars in the Netflix hit series Apple Cider Vinegar . Inspired by true events, the dramatized story follows Belle’s journey from self-styled wellness thought leader to disgraced con artist. It also explores themes of hope and acceptance - and how far we’ll go to maintain it. In this episode of You Can't Make This Up, host Rebecca Lavoie interviews executive producer Samantha Strauss. SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't watched Apple Cider Vinegar yet, make sure to add it to your watch-list before listening on. Listen to more from Netflix Podcasts .…
The Huntington’s hit 2016 production of Mike Lew’s Tiger Style! has been newly recorded as an audio play, to be released weekly as a series of four podcast episodes with a companion podcast series "Exploring Tiger Style!" full of insightful conversations with artists, community members, and more! Squabbling siblings Albert and Jennifer Chen reached the pinnacle of academic achievement. But as adults, they’re epic failures: he’s just been passed up for promotion and she’s been dumped by her l ...
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Exploring Tiger Style! "“Chinatown: Creating Home and the Idea of Place”
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27:24A conversation about how Chinatown shapes Boston’s Chinese American community.Panelists: Huntington Playwriting Fellow Rosanna Yamagiwa Alfaro, actor and assistant director Michael Hisamoto, Pao Arts Center Director Cynthia Woo, and teacher and writer Cynthia YeeThe Huntington által
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Exploring Tiger Style! "No More Projections or Preconceptions: Seeing Yourself"
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31:00A conversation about Asian American stereotypes and how the play pushes against them.Panelists: Cast member Francis Jue, playwright Mike Lew, Huntington staff member Megan Berry, and business leader, author, and Huntington board member George YipThe Huntington által
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Exploring Tiger Style "What is Parenting…Tiger Style!?"
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23:48A conversation around Chinese parenting styles, the expectations and hopes that immigrant parents have for their children.Panelists: Playwright Mike Lew, cast member Francis Jue and Huntington staff member Trisha PhamThe Huntington által
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Exploring Tiger Style! "From Stage to Podcast: This Tiger Changes Its Style"
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30:11A conversation about adapting Tiger Style! as an audio play and creating a world through sound.Panelists: playwright Mike Lew, director Moritz von Steulpnagel, and cast members Jon Norman Schneider and Nate Miller Hosted by Huntington Manager of Curriculum and Instruction Regine VitalThe Huntington által
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