On The Shoulders Of Giants

Be Curious, Be Curious, Be Curious: Jan Reynolds is an award-winning author of 17 books and photographer whose work has appeared in numerous publications, including National Geographic, The New York Times, and Outside magazine. Jan is also a world class skier who holds the women’s record for high altitude skiing; an Olympic biathlete and Triathlete, Esquire magazine called her the Athlete of the Decade, she is a mountain climber and was one of the first women to climb and ski around ALL the peaks of Mt. Everest; she has also been an expeditioner and photojournalist for major publications.  But what really caught Jan’s imagination and what sets her apart from her peers, are the 17 books she has written about all the indigenous people she met along these mind blowing adventures and the vanishing cultures that she has immersed herself in. Jan lives in Stowe, Vermont.

Jan Reynolds: www.janreynolds.com

The Voice of Vermont: Jane Lindholm is the host of the award-winning Vermont Public Radio program "Vermont Edition" and is also the host and creator of "But Why: A Podcast For Curious Kids". Jane joined VPR in 2007 to expand Vermont Edition from a weekly pilot into the flagship daily program that it is today. Jane is now the unofficial voice of Vermont and helps inform Vermonters navigate complex, social, political, environmental, economic, etc. issues at the local, regional and national level. 

Jane Lindholm: http://digital.vpr.net/people/jane-lindholm

Vermont Edition: http://digital.vpr.net/programs/vermont-edition

The Voice of Vermont: Jane Lindholm is the host of the award-winning Vermont Public Radio program "Vermont Edition" and is also the host and creator of "But Why: A Podcast For Curious Kids". Jane joined VPR in 2007 to expand Vermont Edition from a weekly pilot into the flagship daily program that it is today. Jane is now the unofficial voice of Vermont and helps inform Vermonters navigate complex, social, political, environmental, economic, etc. issues at the local, regional and national level. 

Jane Lindholm: http://digital.vpr.net/people/jane-lindholm

Vermont Edition: http://digital.vpr.net/programs/vermont-edition

Unconditional Love: Most transgender children still live in the shadows, viewed as freaks of nature: rejected by their families, many grow up hating their bodies, falling victim to high rates of drug abuse, violence, depression and suicide.

Rebecca Roose and Timna Dulmer are two parents of two children who have taken the decision to allow their children to live as the gender they identify with in order to save them from a future of heartache and pain. Please open your heart and your minds as we hear the extraordinary and intimate journeys of these two families that are re-writing the definition of normal family life.

Outright Vermont: www.outrightvt.org/

Pride Center of Vermont: https://www.pridecentervt.org/

Unconditional Love: Most transgender children still live in the shadows, viewed as freaks of nature: rejected by their families, many grow up hating their bodies, falling victim to high rates of drug abuse, violence, depression and suicide.

Rebecca Roose and Timna Dulmer are two parents of two children who have taken the decision to allow their children to live as the gender they identify with in order to save them from a future of heartache and pain. Please open your heart and your minds as we hear the extraordinary and intimate journeys of these two families that are re-writing the definition of normal family life.

Outright Vermont: www.outrightvt.org/

Pride Center of Vermont: https://www.pridecentervt.org/

Community Driven: Ali Dieng is a Councilman for Burlington Ward 7. Ali is a passionate and dedicated community leader. Only having been in the U.S. for 10 years, Ali is now the Family Outreach Coordinator and Parent University Manager in the Burlington School District, and is deeply engaged in the community in everything from the the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity to the West African drumming and dance association he co-founded, Africa Jamono. He studied international law at the University of Mauritania in Africa and in his recent election to the Burlington City Council, he is the only person of color and second immigrant American to sit on the council.

Ali's Website: http://alidieng.com/

Community Driven: Ali Dieng is a Councilman for Burlington Ward 7. Ali is a passionate and dedicated community leader. Only having been in the U.S. for 10 years, Ali is now the Family Outreach Coordinator and Parent University Manager in the Burlington School District, and is deeply engaged in the community in everything from the the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity to the West African drumming and dance association he co-founded, Africa Jamono. He studied international law at the University of Mauritania in Africa and in his recent election to the Burlington City Council, he is the only person of color and second immigrant American to sit on the council.

Ali's Website: http://alidieng.com/

Informed Choice: Katherine Bramhall is the founder of Gentle Landing Midwifery and President of Yayasan Bumi Sehat in the US. Katherine specializes in pregnancy, at home childbirth, postpartum, women's sexual and reproductive health, and newborn care. In 2004, in response to the earthquake in Bam, Iran, Katherine began her intensive years of disaster relief work, focusing on the long-term effects of trauma on family and maternal/child health systems.

Gentle Landing Midwifery website: http://www.gentlelanding.com/

Bumi Sehat Foundation International website: http://www.bumisehatfoundation.org/

Informed Choice: Katherine Bramhall is the founder of Gentle Landing Midwifery and President of Yayasan Bumi Sehat in the US. Katherine specializes in pregnancy, at home childbirth, postpartum, women's sexual and reproductive health, and newborn care. In 2004, in response to the earthquake in Bam, Iran, Katherine began her intensive years of disaster relief work, focusing on the long-term effects of trauma on family and maternal/child health systems.

Gentle Landing Midwifery website: http://www.gentlelanding.com/

Bumi Sehat Foundation International website: http://www.bumisehatfoundation.org/

A Bold Explorer Into The Great Unknown: Bruce Duncan is the Managing Director of the Terasem Movement Foundation Inc. The Terasem Movement Foundation is a Vermont-based organization that supports scientific research and development in the areas of cryonics, biotechnology, and cyber consciousness and they are the inventors of Bina48, one of the most advanced social robots in the world. Equipped with artificial intelligence software called a character engine, Bina48 uses artificial intelligence based on human memories, attitudes, beliefs, and mannerisms to interact with people - Bina48 can think, engage, evolve and remember everything! Is Bina48 the blueprint by which one day our lives can be recreated by digitally uploading, preserving, evoking and reviving human consciousness.

Website: http://www.terasemmovementfoundation.com/

Lifenaut: https://www.lifenaut.com/