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The Babblery features conversations about who we are and how we got this way. Modern humans can seem like the ancients building the Biblical Tower of Babel, cursed by God/nature never to understand each other. As Visiting Translators at the Tower of Babble, our guests delve into their work, their research, and their own experiences to try to explain the bits they've learned about Earth's most perplexing species. Though we all speak different languages, here at The Babblery we aim to promote understanding, one conversation at a time.

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  • October 26 · length unknown

    FOR BROADCAST ONLY: Wide Horizons with Historian Ruth Rosen

    NOTE: This audio is the broadcast version of this episode for radio stations only. Visit BABBLERY.com for the full podcast stream, more information, transcript, and links. In her work in the Second Wave feminist movement, historian Ruth Rosen experien

  • September 28 · length unknown

    FOR BROADCAST ONLY “The Giving Mindset” with violinist Nora Germain

    NOTE: This audio is the broadcast version of this episode for radio stations only. Visit BABBLERY.com for the full podcast stream, more information, transcript, and links. In this emotional and engaging interview, jazz violinist Nora Germain speaks of h

  • August 24 · length unknown

    FOR BROADCAST ONLY Turning the World Upside-Down with Barbara Winslow

    NOTE: This audio is the broadcast version of this episode for radio stations only. Visit BABBLERY.com for the full stream, more information, transcript, and links. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts • YouTube • Spotify • Amazon • TuneIn When Barbara Winslow mov

  • May 29 · length unknown

    FOR BROADCAST ONLY: Fighting for a Better Online World with Cindy Cohn

    NOTE: The audio of this episode is the broadcast version of this episode for radio stations only. Visit BABBLERY.com for the full stream, more information, transcript, and links. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts • YouTube • Spotify • Amazon • TuneIn Cindy Coh

  • April 27 · length unknown

    FOR BROADCAST ONLY: Stepping through the Door with LaDoris Cordell

    NOTE: The audio of this episode is the broadcast version of this episode for radio station use only. Visit BABBLERY.com for the full stream, more information, transcript, and links. Visit BABBLERY.com for more information. About The Babblery: The Babb

  • January 26 · length unknown

    Taking Care of Ourselves with Filmmaker Alexandrine Benjamin

      In her childhood, filmmaker Alexandrine Benjamin experienced the struggles of life in Haiti, a country with a troubled past and present. She had to work hard for every step of her education and career. When it came to making her first short featu

  • Dec 22, 2025 · length unknown

    Not Forgotten Anymore: The African American Composer Initiative

      Sometimes all it takes to change lives is a simple question. One day at her piano lesson, LaDoris Cordell asked her teacher, Jodi Gandolfi, if there were any Black composers of concert music. Concert music is a more inclusive term for what many peop

  • Nov 24, 2025 · length unknown

    Trusting our Survival Mechanisms with Doula Anne Wallen

    American women are so entrenched in our system of birth that it’s hard to see other possibilities, but doula Anne Wallen and the women she works with and trains are evangelical about how different it could be. In this conversation, Anne explores th

  • Oct 27, 2025 · length unknown

    Finding Community in Environmental Justice with Shilpi Chhotray

    Shilpi Chhotray is a storyteller with a purpose. An environmentalist from an early age, her perspective has developed and deepened during her career. Having found inspiration in the social justice movement, she and her production team are now embarking o

  • Oct 18, 2025 · length unknown

    Doing Democracy in Santa Cruz at the No Kings Rally

    From Suki Wessling: Reporting from the October 18 No Kings Rally in Downtown Santa Cruz today, I heard a clear message: What’s happening in this country is not OK. People from all walks of life came together with a message of unity and hope. Althou

  • Sep 22, 2025 · length unknown

    Academic Freedom Under Fire with Scholar Bettina Aptheker

    In feminist scholar Dr. Bettina Aptheker’s early years, she found herself front and center in the 1960s controversy over free speech. As a young academic, she found herself mired in a legal dispute over freedom of association. And throughout her career,

  • Aug 25, 2025 · length unknown

    Listening to Children: In Conversation with Linguist Eve Clark

    Dr. Eve V. Clark has spent a career in academia pursuing one seemingly simple question: How do children learn to talk? The theory in vogue at the beginning of her career was advanced by Noam Chomsky, whose theory of Universal Grammar was all the rage amo

  • Jul 4, 2025 · length unknown

    Proud to be American in coastal California

    Independence Day, 2025 Many Americans in coastal California approached Independence Day with trepidation this year. We see much of what we hold dear about our country being dismantled, our values for respecting all human life being ignored, our ab

  • Jun 23, 2025 · length unknown

    Holding the Inner Flame: On Creativity

    with Joanne Foster and Patrice Vecchione What is creativity, how can we nurture it, and what can it do for us? In this conversation we speak about creativity from two directions: Dr. Joanne Foster researches and writes about creativity in educatio

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