Present Tense

Present Tense

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Present Tense episodes

  • S1 E3 | Rita Feldman's Journey

    Host Anne Markham Bailey interviews singer, healer and family constellation therapist Rita Feldman on family loss, the Holocaust, evacuation to Uzbekistan from the Ukraine, cultural life in Tashkent and her eventual emigration to Birmingham, Alabama.

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    1 hr 12 min
  • Emerge Alabama: Voices of Progress #2
    In the second episode of the Emerge Alabama Voices of Progress series, we hear from Amy Wasyluka, Lindsey Deckard and Dr Stacie Propst, Executive Director of Emerge Alabama. These are women who have committed to a vision of the future that is more just, equitable and inclusive. These women see governance as a way to serve and to shape a better Alabama, in which citizens are educated and valued, offered opportunities for economic and community empowerment, in which well-being is not a dream but is a premise of leadership.
    1 hr 19 min
  • Emerge Alabama: Voices of Progress
    In this episode we hear from Cara McClure, a boots on the ground activist and candidate for Alabama Public Service Commission Place 1. Cara talks about the 70 hours of candidate training offered by Emerge Alabama, the state affiliate of Emerge America whose goal is to train Democratic women to run for public office and win. Cara discusses activism, public service, the future that she imagines and is in the process of shaping in Alabama.
    Music from the Red Dirt Roses, a Birmingham acoustic trio. Beverly Corbin, Caroline Baker and Jean Marie Campbell
    48 min
  • S1 E1 | Not Too Bad - Part 1

    Writer Anne Markham Bailey presents the story of J Everett Batterbury (1922-1997), milker of cows, squirter of milk, lover of cats and exemplary human being.  Not Too Bad is a story from 12th Street South in Birmingham, Alabama.

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    39 min

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Host Anne Markham Bailey presents stories that tell it like it is.