Michael Mark Cohen is an Associate Teaching Professor of American Studies and African American Studies at UC Berkeley.

He is the author of The Conspiracy of Capital: Law, Violence and American Popular Radicalism in the Age of Monopoly (UMass Press, 2019)

https://www.umasspress.com/9781625344014/the-conspiracy-of-capital/

, and the creator of the website www.cartooningcapitalism.com which collects the work of Art Young and other early 20th century radical cartoonists. The child of two school teachers, he was born in Denver, Colorado and educated at CU Boulder and Yale University. He currently lives in Berkeley, California with his family, dog and apple trees and he and can be found on twitter as @LilBillHaywood

I speak with Don Colliver about his new book, “Wink: Transforming Public Speaking with Clown Presence”

Available here: https://amzn.to/3zZ2o1a

Don Colliver is a teacher, speaker, writer, and comedian with over twenty-five years of experience helping audiences utilize the power of authenticity, vulnerability, and connection. Don toured as a Clown for contemporary circus Spiegelworld, performed with the Blue Man Group, and is listed in the Cirque du Soleil performer database. He teaches public speaking at Google and speaks for companies including Adobe, Cisco, and Medtronic. Don graduated from Boston University and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. When he’s not helping speakers engage with their audiences, he can be found hiking through the redwoods. You can reach Don at www.doncolliver.com.

Links:

Don’s recommendation: When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/687278.When_Things_Fall_Apart

John Gilkey’s

theidiotworkshop.com/

Why Is That So Funny?: A Practical Exploration of Physical Comedy by John Wright

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/1307744

Intro and Outro music by Daniel Koren’s Hidden Houses, “I Won't Die if You Leave (I Will Die if You Leave)”

https://on.soundcloud.com/1rY3

Chad Damiani joins me to discuss vulnerability, failure, uncertainty, paternalism and a class show I was in.

From the episode:

Samurai Cop: youtu.be/R6OoZNdAQuA

Birdemic: youtu.be/jE5dJDgZ644

The Body Keeps the Score: goodreads.com/book/show/43073230-summary-of-the-body-keeps-the-score

My Grandmother's Hands: goodreads.com/book/show/34146782-my-grandmother-s-hands

Insta: @theChadDamiani

Two Pink Doors: youtube.com/watch?v=FNSB9XTw-q8

Wet the Hippo: theidiotworkshop.com/wetthehippo

How Did This Get Made: earwolf.com/show/how-did-this-get-made

Music by Hidden House: hiddenhousehiddenhouse.bandcamp.com

Dr. Jessica Zitter, MD, MPH discusses her forthcoming film, 'Caregiver: A Love Story' (caregiveralovestory.com/) (trailer: youtube.com/watch?v=jtKTngulaI4).

Screenings

Dec 18-Jan 28th at the Roxie Theater (roxie.com/caregiver-a-love-story/)

Jan 1-Feb 4th at the Laemmle Theater (laemmle.com/film/caregiver-love-story)

Jan 5th 12pm PT (with discussion featuring Jessica) at the Commonwealth Club (https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2021-01-05/dr-jessica-zitter-film-screening-and-discussion-caregiver-love-story)

CME program using the film plus education module, provides credits for physicians, social workers, and nurses (https://iu.cloud-cme.com/course/courseoverview?P=3000&EID=58967)

Jessica can also offer the CME program live.

We also have a live educational program for family caregivers. To arrange any live event, you can reach out to [email protected]

https://twitter.com/JessicaZitter

facebook.com/JessicaZitter/

Author of 'Extreme Measures: Finding a Better Path to the End of Life' (jessicazitter.com/extreme-measures/).

Her work is featured in the Oscar and Emmy-nominated short documentary 'Extremis' (netflix.com/title/80106307)

Some things discussed in the interview:

“There are only four kinds of people in the world. Those who have been caregivers, those who are currently caregivers, those who will be caregivers, and those who will need caregivers.” — -Rosalynn Carter (jessicazitter.com/caregiver)

vitaltalk.org/resources/

The Never-Ending Mistreatment of Black Patients June 29th, 2019 (jessicazitter.com/articles/never-ending-mistreatment-of-black-patients ...or... nytimes.com/2019/06/29/opinion/sunday/hospice-end-of-life-racism.html)

Alameda County Care Alliance (accarealliance.org)

Achieving Goal-Concordant Care: A Conceptual Model and Approach to Measuring Serious Illness Communication and Its Impact (doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2017.0459)

Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple (goodreads.com/book/show/13526165-where-d-you-go-bernadette)

Dual Loyalties and Impossible Dilemmas: Health care in Immigration Detention Linda Briskman, Deborah Zion (https://doi.org/10.1093/phe/phu024)

The Social Transformation of American Medicine by Paul Starr (goodreads.com/book/show/142863.The_Social_Transformation_of_American_Medicine)

“‘Schitt’s Creek’ also has been a beacon for L.G.B.T.Q. viewers, thanks to its casually progressive depiction of a community devoid of homophobia and to the poignant love story between David and his business-partner-turned-fiancé.” (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/arts/television/schitts-creek-final-season.html)

Prelude Cello Suite 3 Exzel Music Publishing (freemusicpublicdomain.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

ANAB: All Nurses Are Beautiful, and yet complicit in an evil, unjust, inequitable, for-profit, medical system. How? Why? What to do?

ANAB: All Nurses Are Beautiful, and yet complicit in an evil, unjust, inequitable, for-profit, medical system. How? Why? What to do?