Ronnie talks with Andy Breslau, executive director of City Futures, the parent organization of the Center for an Urban Future. Topics include the need for affordable housing and the problems immigrants face in finding English language classes.
Majora Carter, Founder and Executive Director of the urban revitalization organization Sustainable South Bronx, joins Ronnie to discuss the many projects her organization is currently involved in.
Ronnie welcomes Newsday columnist, Sheryl McCarthy to discuss current events and her experiences as an African-American woman in the field of journalism.
Liz Abzug, daughter of the late Congresswoman Bella Abzug, sits down to share stories about her mother's passion and achievements in the political field.
Anna Quindlen, a Newsweek columnist and author of the new novel "Rise and Shine", joins Ronnie to discuss her latest book. Covering a wide variety of topics, this episode touches on feminism, issues within our government and much more.
Ronnie is visited by award winning writer and producer Lisa Beth Kovetz to discuss her first novel "The Tuesday Erotica Club." The book covers the lunch time meetings of four women who live very different lives and gather to exchange erotic stories.
Ronnie welcomes Gloria Farber, Director of Education for Columbia University's Head Start Program. Head Start is a comprehensive child development program which serves children from birth until the age of 5.
Author, activist, and editor Robin Morgan discusses her new book “Fighting Words: A Tool Kit for Combating the Religious Right," in which she writes about the separation of church and state, and how Americans are slowly merging the two together.
Ms. Slovin shares what led her to create the American Museum of the Moving Image, which helps preserve examples of television, motion picture and video game history. She discusses current exhibits at the museum and the plans for expansion.
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About Keeping Relevant With Ronnie Eldridge
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Ronnie Eldridge, articulate, outspoken, and passionate discusses issues, institutions and politics that affect us all. Celebrating her tenth decade, and trying hard to keep relevant, Ronnie says, “I…
heard or read this somewhere: ‘… no matter who we are or where we come from, we each grow older every year, but how we handle that process of aging is a personal story. That’s our conversation for today.’”