The Politics of Living - Episode 6

August 2, 2017

•  "Life should be an adventure": Comic Sharon Lacey shares her journey of reimagining her work - from media to teaching to comedy.   Sharon discusses her fear of Alzheimer's, her personal challenge not to waste a single moment, and her brand of motivational humor with contributing producer Inessa Anderson.
• The She-Ra Solution, August 2017 - Kristin Thiel reveals the real creator of the game Monopoly - Lizzie Magie Phillips, and the woman who helped give birth to the Pill - Katharine McCormick.   
• Rebecca Gummere, self-professed 'professional wonderer', is chronicling a cross-country trip on her blog.  Travelling by RV, Rebecca stopped in Portland in June, and met with executive producer Dennise Kowalcyk to discuss her journey.  
• Local singer/songwriter Rachel Taylor Brown performs "This Bird".  Contributer Darka Dusty interviewed Rachel about her creative process and her writing.  Read the full interview here.   Rachel will be releasing a new album sometime this fall and you can check out more of her music by visiting her website at racheltaylorbrown.com.
  
   

Resources:

•  Sharon Lacey - motivational comedy - http://www.sharonlaceycomedy.com/
•  Rebecca Gummere, professional wonderer - https://www.rebeccagummere.com/
•  Hart, Maria Teresa. “She-Ra and the Fight Against the Token Girl.” The Atlantic, June 16, 2016.
   https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/06/she-ra-the-female-centric-80s-kids-show/487145/.
•  SassyBlack. “Me and Mines (Cute Chicks).” https://sassyblack.bandcamp.com/track/me-and-mines-cute-chicks.
•  Brown, David W. “Elizabeth ‘Lizzie’ Magie, Inventor of Monopoly.” Mental Floss, February 6, 2013.
   http://mentalfloss.com/article/48787/retrobituaries-elizabeth-lizzie-magie-inventor-monopoly.
•  Pilon, Mary. “Lizzie Magie Invented Monopoly, so Why Haven’t We Heard of Her?” The Guardian. April 10, 2015.
   https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/apr/10/lizzie-magie-invented-monopoly-landlords-game.
• Smith, Monica M. “The Woman Inventor Behind ‘Monopoly.’” Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, Smithsonian Institution, March 26, 2015. http://invention.si.edu/woman-inventor-behind-monopoly.
• Bianculli, David. “The Great Bluff that Led to a ‘Magical’ Pill and a Sexual Revolution.” Fresh Air, NPR, October 2, 2015.
  http://www.npr.org/2015/10/02/445089125/the-great-bluff-that-led-to-a-magical-pill-and-a-sexual-revolution.
• Wanucha, Genevieve. “A Mind of Her Own.” MIT Technology Review, February 22, 2011. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/422810/a-mind-of-her-own/.
• Singer/songwriter Rachel Taylor Brown - racheltaylorbrown.com
• Darka Dusty Q&A with Rachel Taylor Brown - Interview

Host:  Dennise Kowalczyk

Producers:  Inessa Anderson & Dennise Kowalczyk

Executive Producer: Dennise Kowalczyk

Music Director: Darka Dusty

Editor: Liam Delta

Web: Vicky Mazzone