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Description:: Ryland Angel describes the beginnings of creating The Call, which began in the 2015 Spring semester at the Institute for Advanced Study. The project is headed up by Ryland Angel, Ann Waltner, and Nels Cline.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Angel, Ryland; Waltner, An
Created:: 2015-07-02
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Ryuta Nakajima talks to Peter Shea about his experience as a Zen Buddhist monk, and his interest in marine biology, cuttlefish, and artwork.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Nakajima, Ryuta
Created:: 2011-03-05
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Sabina Hoser runs a small grain operation from which she bakes her own bread, Biob√§uerin und B√§cker, Bad Zell.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Hoser, Sabina
Created:: 2014-09-25
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Salah Ammo, Kurdish musician, talks about his path to musicianship, his childhood experiences of nature, and his family. He talks about Syria's many layers of cultural history, his Kurdish background, and his life and music in Damascus and Vienna. He mentions his son's experience of moving from Syria to Vienna.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Ammo, Salah
Created:: 2014-09-20
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Samantha Bohrman is a writer based in Northeast Minneapolis: "Shortly after graduating from law school, I had three children and began writing novels. I have never looked back, though I suspect my husband has. When I‚Äôm not writing you can probably find me at Target forgetting to buy broccoli and shopping for scarves I don‚Äôt need. If it‚Äôs a...
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Bohrman, Samantha
Created:: 2016-02-19
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Sara Evans gives a talk about her life and experience, entitled "Activism and Scholarship: Becoming a Feminist Historian".
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Evans, Sara
Created:: 2011-12-13
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Sara Evans talks to Peter Shea about her involvement in the civil rights and women's movements, and the relevance of those past movements to present-day activism.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Evans, Sara
Created:: 2007-02-27
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

Description:: Sarah Lambert talks to Peter Shea about her work as a set designer, concurrent to her collaboration with Leigh Fondakowsi on The Big Spill.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Lambert, Sarah
Created:: 2012-01-30
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13

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

Description:: Sarah Tracy talks to Peter Shea about taking a humanities approach to address questions in current medical practice, from sports injuries to ADHD treatment, and about the medicalization of social phenomena.
Creator:: Shea, Peter
Contributor:: Tracy, Sarah
Created:: 2008-11-09
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Last Updated:: 2018-02-13