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First Person
A series featuring the leaders, innovators and other compelling characters who make the Bay Area unique.
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Forum | Tuesday, Apr 24, 2012, 10:00 AM
First Person: Peter Coyote
Marin resident Peter Coyote may be best-known as an actor, film narrator and voice of the Academy Awards. But Coyote was also a major countercultural figure during the 1960s, a former chair of the California State Arts Council and a published author.
Forum | Thursday, Feb 02, 2012, 10:00 AM
First Person: Lera Boroditsky
Aboriginal people in Australia are better at finding their way around because they use compass directions instead of simply describing things as to the left or right. That's just one of several findings from Stanford psychologist Lera Boroditsky, who claims language greatly influences our thoughts and perceptions. It's a radical departure from modern linguistic theory.
Forum | Friday, Nov 11, 2011, 10:00 AM
First Person: Mitch Altman
Mitch Altman may be best known for inventing a one-button universal remote control called TV-B-Gone, used for turning off TVs in public places. But he's also the co-founder of Noisebridge, a hacker-space in San Francisco. He joins us as part of our "First Person" series featuring the leaders, innovators and other compelling characters who make the Bay Area unique.
Forum | Tuesday, Oct 18, 2011, 10:00 AM
First Person: Marc Bamuthi Joseph
Celebrated hip-hop performance artist Marc Bamuthi Joseph joins us as part of our "First Person" series, profiling the leaders, innovators and other compelling characters who make the Bay Area unique. A national poetry slam champion, Joseph is artistic director of San Francisco-based Youth Speaks.
Forum | Monday, Aug 22, 2011, 10:00 AM
First Person: Tom Luddy
We talk with Berkeley-based film maven Tom Luddy, co-founder and co-director of the prestigious Telluride Film Festival. We'll find out about the festival, his early work as curator of Berkeley's Pacific Film Archive and his three decades of collaboration with Francis Ford Coppola's American Zoetrope.
Forum | Friday, Aug 12, 2011, 10:00 AM
First Person: Maurice Lim Miller
We continue our "First Person" series featuring the leaders, innovators and other compelling characters who make the Bay Area unique. Host Dave Iverson checks in with social entrepreneur Maurice Lim Miller, founder of the Oakland-based Family Independence Initiative, a national center for anti-poverty innovation.
Forum | Friday, May 20, 2011, 10:00 AM
First Person: James Kass
Fifteen years ago, James Kass founded Youth Speaks in San Francisco to introduce poetry and creative writing to young people. Since then, the group has helped tens of thousands of young people nationwide express themselves -- and it's helped launch a vibrant youth poetry movement.
Forum | Tuesday, May 17, 2011, 10:00 AM
First Person: Dr. Nadine Burke
From what she sees at her clinic in San Francisco's Bayview district, Dr. Nadine Burke has come to believe that childhood stress, trauma and poverty can lead to physical changes and illness in adulthood. Burke joins us to talk about her practice -- and her groundbreaking theories -- as part of our "First Person" series on the leaders, innovators and others who make the Bay Area unique.
Forum | Tuesday, Apr 26, 2011, 10:00 AM
First Person: Jill Vialet
Some studies suggest that recess and physical education are on the decline in many school districts. But Oakland-based social entrepreneur Jill Vialet is working to keep play in the nation's school playgrounds.
Forum | Monday, Jan 24, 2011, 10:00 AM
First Person: Angela Glover Blackwell
Social Justice advocate Angela Glover Blackwell joins us as part of our "First Person" interview series, profiling the leaders and innovators who make Northern California unique. For almost 35 years, Blackwell has been promoting public policies aimed at advancing opportunities for disadvantaged and impoverished communities. She's the founder of PolicyLink, an Oakland-based non-profit.
