
A COMEDY WRITER’S STORY by Ali Rushfield
In 2001, when I just started out working in TV comedy, I worked in one of the most difficult writer’s ...
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A NOVEL IDEA by Kristin McCloy
When I'm writing I often ask my small charges to help me channel the genie, and so often they will ...
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A SHY TV ANCHOR by Wendy Tokuda
I was a living stereotype of the nice little Japanese girl: quiet, polite, and obedient. My mom worried that I ...
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AGORAPHOBIA AND ANTHROPOLOGY by Molly Doane
I cannot precisely place the transformation. I feel however that I have less and less interest in what goes on ...
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AN INDEPENDENT WOMAN by Sohini Chakraborty
The traditional way of life in India is that children continue to live with their parents or their families until ...
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FINDING MY VOICE by Renel Brooks-Moon
I’ve been announcing San Francisco Giants’ games for many years and every game is a new experience; it’s more fun ...
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FULL CIRCLE by Terri Lyne Carrington
Due to the fact that I am a drummer, playing an instrument predominantly played by men in the male-dominated music ...
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HEART by Julia Butterfly Hill
The root word for courage comes from the French and means “heart.” True courage can only come when we are ...
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HER NAME WAS HONG by Jill Robinson, MBE
There can be no more proud or joyous feeling than to look into an animals' eyes, knowing that you have ...
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IN VINO VERITAS by Ginny Lambrix
I had to convince the French owner of the company, Jean Charles, that I could be completely happy in grubby ...
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IT’S ALL ABOUT THE CLICK by Barbara Stitzer
When I was a little girl, every shooting star, every coin tossed into every fountain, every candle blow of the ...
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LOVE MADE VISIBLE by Jo-Anne McArthur
It's summer in the Antarctic and on sunny days I can venture out onto the bow of our Sea Shepherd ...
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ON SELF-ESTEEM by Gloria Steinem
It was the late sixties, those days that were still pre-feminist for me. I didn’t question the fact that male ...
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TALKING TO THE DEVIL by Dianne Reeves
Ironically, one song in particular Endangered Species, which I wrote with a good friend, seemed to sum up the situation ...
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THE ADVENTURE OF CHANGING ONE’S WORLD by Tabra Tunoa
I am Tabra Tunoa, Fabulous, Creative, Jewelry Designer, Artist, and Very Courageous World Traveling Adventurer. That's how I like to ...
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VIEW FROM THE TOP by Nalini Nadkarni
I have a great job; I climb trees to study the rainforest canopy. My journey to understand trees started early ...
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WHERE THERE’S SMOKE, THERE’S FIRE by Caroline Paul
Join me now at a fairly typical fire. That’s me, crawling down a hallway. I’m hauling hose, but you can’t ...
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WHY I BECAME A BUDDHIST by Pema Chödrön (a story told on video)
In this short video, Pema Chodron candidly and humorously shares the story of her broken marriage and how it ultimately ...
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