
The Whimsy Farm Podcast
Carolyn Crane speaks with good people doing good things for social and environmental justice issues.
Episodes
14 episodes
Episode Seven w/ Elizabeth Minnich
I talk about the life and death importance of thinking with philosopher Elizabeth Minnich. She recently released the expanded edition of her 2017 book The Evil of Banality. Minnich received her doctorate at The New School, where she wa...
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Episode 7
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59:55

Episode Seven Teaser
Coming up July 15th on the Whimsy Farm Podcast, we talk about the life and death importance of thinking with philosopher Elizabeth Minnich. She recently released the expanded edition of her 2017 book The Evil of Banality. Minnich recei...
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Episode 7
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4:33

Episode Six Teaser
In Episode 6 we talk about gun violence and gun safety legislation.with two women, Gwendolyn LaCroix of Michigan and Amanda Wilcox of Colorado. Gwen and Amanda are mothers who suffered the most horrible loss. Each of them lost a child to gun vi...
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Episode 6
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7:52

Episode Five: SE Michigan Pride
We continue our celebration of Pride with a hyperlocal focus on the town of Milan in Southeast Michigan. We have four guests: Ash Eichner-Pendell from the organization ARC, an educational nonprofit that seeks to advocate, represent, and c...
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Episode 5
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1:10:59

Episode 5 Teaser
We continue our celebration of Pride with a hyperlocal focus on the town of Milan in Southeast Michigan. We have four guests: Ash Eichner-Pendell from the organization ARC, an educational nonprofit that seeks to advocate, represent, and c...
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Episode 5
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5:10

Episode Four w/ Kathryn Bond Stockton
Carolyn speaks with Kathryn Bond Stockton. Kathryn is a distinguished Professor of English at the University of Utah. She is the author of Gender(s), Making Out, an (anti Memoir) and The Queer Child, or Growing Sideways in the Twen...
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Episode 4
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1:07:35

Episode Four Teaser
On June 1, Carolyn speaks with Kathryn Bond Stockton. Kathryn is a distinguished Professor of English at the University of Utah. She is the author of Gender(s), Making Out, an (anti Memoir) and The Queer Child, or Growing Sid...
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Episode 4
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6:19

Episode Three w/ Mike Thornton
Community organizer and radio personality Mike Thornton joins Carolyn to talk politics. From liberals to leftists to the Long Memory, we discuss how the Dems have lost touch and how to create lasting change. We also celebrate the 90th anniversa...
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Episode 3
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56:25

Episode Three Teaser
Community organizer and radio personality Mike Thornton joins Carolyn to talk politics. What's the difference between a liberal and a leftist? Where has the Democratic party gone wrong? Tune in May 15 as we discuss these and other current issue...
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Episode 3
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3:00

Episode Two w/ Betsy Leondar-Wright
Meet sociologist and author Betsy Leondar-Wright. She spoke to me from her home near Boston late last winter about her new book, Is it Racist? Is it Sexist? Why Red and Blue White People Disagree, and How to Decide in the Gray Areas.
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Episode 2
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57:47

Episode Two Teaser
I speak with sociologist and author Betsy Leondar-Wright. I’ve followed Betsy’s work for decades, especially her first two books The Color of Wealth and Class Matters. She spoke to me from her home near Boston late last winter...
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Episode 2
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