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Graham Meriwether, Producer and Director, on American Meat, August 2012
Description:
Graham Meriwether talks to Peter Shea about his production, director, and cinematography for the film American Meat, and the several years he spent on research and filming due to his attempts to be fair and to get to know all the parties to the dispute over how animals should be treated and how meat can be produced. In this interview, he discuss...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Meriwether, Graham
Created:
2012-08-01
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:
2017-11-28
Graham Meriwether, Producer and Director, on American Meat, August 2012
Michael Fortun, Professor of Science and Technology Studies, on his Ethnographies, April 2009
Description:
Michael Fortun talks to Peter Shea about his work doing oral history/anthropology of ongoing scientific enterprises. Fortun is concerned to convey the messiness and í±humanityí¬ of science, in a public climate in which scientific inquiry is often held up as a model of fairly simple, clear rational procedure. Fortun gives an account of his in...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Fortun, Michael
Created:
2009-04-10
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:
2018-02-13
Michael Fortun, Professor of Science and Technology Studies, on his Ethnographies, April 2009
Rhoda Gilman, Historian, on Social Justice and Human Rights, Feb. 2014
Description:
Rhoda Gilman, retired historian, talks to Peter Shea about the influence of her parents on her personal convictions, her work in social justice and human rights, and role as an activist for women historians. She also discuesses the surprises she's come across throughout her career, most of which stem from her research of Buddhism. She talks abou...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Gilman, Rhoda
Created:
2014-02-24
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:
2018-02-13
Rhoda Gilman, Historian, on Social Justice and Human Rights, Feb. 2014
Linda Levin, Artist, on the Women's Art Institute, Jul. 2013
Description:
Linda Levin, artist, talks to Peter Shea and Patricia Olson about the origins of her artmaking and her involvement in the 2011 and 2013 Women's Art Institutes, the latter at St. Kate's University. She identifies a need in the art world for more recognition of women's work. She exhibits four pieces she produced at the 2013 Institute which draw fr...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Levin, Linda; Olson, Patricia
Created:
2013-07-10
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:
2018-02-13
Linda Levin, Artist, on the Women's Art Institute, Jul. 2013
Matthew Trumbull, Playwright & Actor, on Death, Aug. 2013
Description:
Matthew Trumbull, writer and actor, talks to Peter Shea about The Zebra Shirt of Lonely Children, a one-man show about his father, which he performed at the 2013 Minnesota Fringe Festival. He talks about his development as an actor and the circumstances which gradually convinced him to undertake a one-man show: notably, his father's death and do...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Trumbull, Matthew
Created:
2013-08-07
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:
2018-02-13
Matthew Trumbull, Playwright & Actor, on Death, Aug. 2013
Joe Amato, Author and Teacher, on Education and History, Feb. 2014
Description:
Joe Amato, author and teacher, talks to Peter Shea about how his interest in history and culture developed, his experiences in Europe and Canada, and his research on the decline of regions. He discusses how his family and his upbringing affected his career and life. He also reads from a poem titled "A Trip to a Detroit Cemetary." He also discuss...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Amato, Joe
Created:
2014-02-14
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:
2018-02-13
Joe Amato, Author and Teacher, on Education and History, Feb. 2014
Mary Beth Stein, Catholic Activist, on Church Reform, Aug. 2013
Description:
Mary Beth Stein is a former adjunct theology teacher at St. Catherine’s University, and an activist involved with the Catholic Coalition for Church Reform. In this interview, she talks to Peter Shea about experiences in her life which motivate her to work for social justice, inclusion, and gender equity in the catholic church. She talks about ...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Stein, Mary Beth
Created:
2013-08-15
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:
2018-02-13
Mary Beth Stein, Catholic Activist, on Church Reform, Aug. 2013
Emilie Buchwald, Children's Writer, Mar. 2014
Description:
Emilie Buchwald talks to Peter Shea about how she became a children's writer: her early fascination with poetry, her college opportunities to study with John Cheever and George Plimpton, the completion of her English thesis at the University of Minnesota, her involvment at the Loft Literary Center, and her founding of Milkweed Chronicle with Ran...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Buchwald, Emilie
Created:
2014-03-07
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:
2018-02-13
Emilie Buchwald, Children's Writer, Mar. 2014
Jeremy Iggers, Journalist, on Ethics, Jan. 2014
Description:
Jeremy Iggers, journalist and executive director of the Twin Cities Media Alliance, talks to Peter Shea about his career in journalism, as well as his transition from the Star Tribune to the non-profit sector. He discusses the shortfalls of today's journalism, and the mission of the Twin Cities Daily Planet to bring light to underreported storie...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Iggers, Jeremy
Created:
2014-01-21
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:
2018-02-13
Jeremy Iggers, Journalist, on Ethics, Jan. 2014
Mary Treacy, Librarian and Activist, on Digitization
Description:
Mary Treacy, librarian and activist, talks to Peter Shea about her passion for information accessibility. She describes the conception of The Minnesota Center for the Book and how the center filled an important void in the world of libraries and information ciruculation. The Minnesota Center for the Book's first major project involved the preser...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Treacy, Mary
Created:
2014-05-22
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:
2018-02-13
Mary Treacy, Librarian and Activist, on Digitization
Candy Simmons, Producer & Actor, on Solo Performance, Aug. 2013
Description:
Candy Simmons, producer and actor, talks to Peter Shea about performing her one-woman show, Expiration Date, at the 2013 Minnesota Fringe Festival. She talks about her development as an actor, leaving her family home in Alabama, trying to make it in New York, and settling in Minneapolis as an independent producer. She discusses her passion for s...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Simmons, Candy
Created:
2013-08-06
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:
2018-02-13
Candy Simmons, Producer & Actor, on Solo Performance, Aug. 2013
Freya Manfred, Poet, on Her Work, June 2014
Description:
Freya Manfred, poet, talks to Peter Shea about the influence of her childhood embedded in nature on her writing. She discusses the different poets and writers who have impacted her work and guided her as a person and poet. Growing up, Manfred had a rather solidary childhood. This is manifested in much of her work, which focuses on the human rela...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Manfred, Freya
Created:
2014-06-21
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:
2018-02-13
Freya Manfred, Poet, on Her Work, June 2014
Jack Rose, Actor, on His Life and Career, Aug. 2013
Description:
Jack Rose talks to Peter Shea about his career path, his interests in technological gadgetry, radio broadcasting, and acting in community troupes, and how he became involved with Kristin Anderson's 2013 Fringe production Hitler, Satan, and Me: A Love Story. He talks about some of his tenets of acting and about his time living in Germany in the 1...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Rose, Jack
Created:
2013-08-03
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:
2018-02-13
Jack Rose, Actor, on His Life and Career, Aug. 2013
Sarah Stonich, Author, on Sense of Place, July 2014
Description:
Sarah Stonich, best-selling author, talks to Peter Shea about her writing process. She discusses the influence of Minnesota in her novels. Stonich recounts the story of her building a cabin in northeastern Minnesota with her young son following her divorce. This process motivated her to write a memoir on the events. She discusses how this connec...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Stonich, Sarah
Created:
2014-07-29
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:
2018-02-13
Sarah Stonich, Author, on Sense of Place, July 2014
Jack Zipes, Professor of German, on Fairy Tales, Feb. 2014
Description:
Jack Zipes, Professor of German, talks to Peter Shea about his experiences living in Germany. He discusses his how these experiences shaped the way he views and understands the United States, as well as his Jewish heritage. Zipes talks about his varied interests in literature and language, and how these passions have converged throughout his aca...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Zipes, Jack
Created:
2014-02-28
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:
2018-02-13
Jack Zipes, Professor of German, on Fairy Tales, Feb. 2014
Louis Jenkins, Poet, on Evolving as an Artist, Apr. 2014
Description:
Louis Jenkins, poet, talks to Peter Shea about his work. As an Okalahoma transplant who settled in Duluth, Jenkins' work was deeply influenced by Minnestoa culture and landscape. His connections with other Minnesotan artists and poets have allowed him to take part in numerous meaningful collaboratives. Jenkins discusses his upbringing in Oklamho...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Jenkins, Louis
Created:
2014-04-13
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:
2018-02-13
Louis Jenkins, Poet, on Evolving as an Artist, Apr. 2014
Thomas Schmidinger, Scholar of the Middle East, Aug. 2014
Description:
Thomas Schmidinger, political scientist, social and cultural anthropologist, and scholar of the Middle East, talks to Peter Shea. He recalls his wealthy, conservative Catholic upbringing as it framed his early awareness of racial and social inequity and prompted his interest in the Middle East and the relationships between religion, state, and s...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Schmidinger, Thomas
Created:
2014-08-21
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:
2018-02-13
Thomas Schmidinger, Scholar of the Middle East, Aug. 2014
David Haynes, Novelist and Teacher, on Teaching Creative Writing, Nov. 2013
Description:
David Haynes, novelist and teacher, talks to Peter Shea about his career, from elementary teaching to direction of the creative writing program at SMU. He talks about his students and the ways in which his teaching helps his writing. He thinks about his readers and his own reading, then describes a course on Speculative Fiction he taught in 2013...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Haynes, David
Created:
2013-11-27
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:
2017-11-28
David Haynes, Novelist and Teacher, on Teaching Creative Writing, Nov. 2013
Kristin Anderson, Playwright & Actor, on Hitler, Satan, and Me, Aug. 2013
Description:
Kristin Anderson, actor and writer, talks to Peter Shea about her play, Hitler, Satan, and Me: A Love Story, presented at the 2013 Minnesota Fringe Festival. She talks about the experience which led her into Catholic seminary and Lutheran ministry, and the exorcisms and demonologies which inform her play. She discusses her marriage and her resea...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Anderson, Kristin
Created:
2013-08-05
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:
2018-02-13
Kristin Anderson, Playwright & Actor, on Hitler, Satan, and Me, Aug. 2013
Danny Robinson Clark, Actor, on his Wife Mattie, Jan. 2014
Description:
Danny Robinson Clark talks to Peter Shea about his wife, Mattie. He recalls memories of her: their childhood experiences in Mississippi, her personality and determination, her family and upbringing, her love of reading, and her labor in cotton fields. He remembers her exposure to the "southern argot" and recalls her gifted storytelling, beginnin...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Clark, Danny Robinson
Created:
2014-01-28
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:
2018-02-13
Danny Robinson Clark, Actor, on his Wife Mattie, Jan. 2014