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.…
Website editors Mark and Simon Furnivall hold a weekly discussion on all things Boroughmuir Rugby, including match reviews, interviews with players and coaches, and opinion.
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After a week off due to the postponement of the Heriot's game, Mark and Simon return with the latest happenings from Boroughmuir. The discuss (in quite pessimistic terms) the defeat at Edinburgh Accies and look forward (not much more hopefully) to the trip to Ayr. There are also interviews with Ally Warnock, Andy Watt, Sam Johnson and Simon Cross.…
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In this week's episode we discuss a win for the 1st XV (finally) over Stirling and how it was built upon the platform of forward domination. We hear from coach Fergus Pringle and flanker Ally MacLeod, and discuss the upcoming week's fixtures, while Mark manages to shoehorn in a Ryder Cup related dig at the Americans.…
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Mark and Simon return for the new season, but it's the same old problems as they discuss the 1st XV's defeat to Currie. There is, however, good news with the 2nd XV continuing their 100% start to the campaign and the Bears getting their first victory of the new season.
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Our last podcast from the 2011/12 season, as Mark and Simon talk over a trio of wins for the club on an enjoyable weekend.
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