Tonight will be the big debut of the 12th edition of the Chelsea Film Festival in New York City. Hopefully, I’ll get to be there again next year to speak with the filmmakers and actors from around the world once again. I’m looking forward to not only the new crop of films from this year, but the ones that should crop up next year that I will hopefully get to see in person.
Read MoreI had the chance to sit down and speak with the CEO and President of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Marie-Hélèn Bernard during that evening's show’s intermission.
By this time in the program, Marie-Hélèn had already talked to the audience in a pre-concert address where she updated everyone on the progress of the Powell Hall construction and refurbishment. We talked about other construction details, the coming season's programming, and continued community evolvement all around the St. Louis area.
Read MoreI had the chance to talk to neuroscientist Dr. Rebecca Schwarzlose. She’d just released her first general audience book, “Brainscapes: The Warped, Wondrous Maps Written In Your Brain - And How They Guide You” by HarperCollins and Mariner Books. Dr. Schwarzlose holds a Ph.D from MIT, is a researcher at Washington University in St. Louis and is the past chief editor of the journal “Trends in Cognitive Science”.
The book explores how the neural pathways in the human brain are actually hard written maps that can be measured electrically and occupy specific physical spaces in all brains.
Read MoreIt’s time for the start of the 2024 - 2025 season of broadcasts of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra on St. Louis Public Radio!
I’m back for my 3rd season as one of the broadcast hosts along with my co-host Dr. Lauren Eldridge Stewart. This year I’m going to try a little something different and post a preview video like this on social media!
Writer and journalist for “The Atlantic” and “Politico”, Kathy Gilsinan, has penned a reminder of the first year or so of the COVID-19 pandemic as seen in the United States. Her book, “The Helpers: Profiles from the Front Lines of the Pandemic” tells that story via the accounts of six people that she feels went above and beyond the call of duty to try to aid their neighbors, the country and the world during an unprecedentedly difficult time in the nation’s history.
Read MoreHere’s my January 2022 interview with Robert Child, author of the book “Immortal Valor: The Black Medal of Honor Winners of World War II”. In this book, he tells the incredible tales of the only 7 Black men that were awarded this highest US military honor…and were only given it in 1997 after intense investigation since it was found that there was an unofficial ban on letting any Black soldier get the award by the Department of Defense.
Read MoreGetting ready to head out in the early April snow flurries for my 7th author interview with St. Louis based writer for The Atlantic, Kathy Gilsinan about her new book, "“The Helpers: Profiles from the Front Lines of the Pandemic”.
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