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When a young Eva Kollisch arrives as a refugee in New York in 1940, she finds a community among socialists who share her values and idealism. She soon discovers ‘the cause’ isn’t as idyllic as it seems. Little does she know this is the beginning of a lifelong commitment to activism and her determination to create radical change in ways that include belonging, love and one's full self. In addition to Eva Kollisch’s memoirs Girl in Movement (2000) and The Ground Under My Feet (2014), LBI’s collections include an oral history interview with Eva conducted in 2014 and the papers of Eva’s mother, poet Margarete Kolllisch, which document Eva’s childhood experience on the Kindertransport. Learn more at www.lbi.org/kollisch . Exile is a production of the Leo Baeck Institute , New York | Berlin and Antica Productions . It’s narrated by Mandy Patinkin. Executive Producers include Katrina Onstad, Stuart Coxe, and Bernie Blum. Senior Producer is Debbie Pacheco. Associate Producers are Hailey Choi and Emily Morantz. Research and translation by Isabella Kempf. Sound design and audio mix by Philip Wilson, with help from Cameron McIver. Theme music by Oliver Wickham. Voice acting by Natalia Bushnik. Special thanks to the Kollisch family for the use of Eva’s two memoirs, “Girl in Movement” and “The Ground Under My Feet”, the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College and their “Voices of Feminism Oral History Project”, and Soundtrack New York.…

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Welcome to Pointlessly interesting talks, where we talk about interesting topics like science and human behaviour that we find interesting. We aren't by any means scientists, but we are interested and like discussing these topics to try and improving our understanding on them and maybe trigger some curiosity in those that listen to our talks. Contact us: pointlesslyinteresting@gmail.com We hope you enjoy ;)

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Are we gods in our own right? 46:45

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The cost of Immortality: Are we naturally good? or are we Evil? 53:25

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In this episode we are proud to present our guest star, and hopefully a returning voice, Saira! As we all know, the more opinions you have, the more solid a conclusion you may reach (or in some cases a never-ending argument) so in this episode, with our guest star, we discuss an interesting take on immortality and the challenges, pros and cons that come with it. We also talk about the natural instincts of human beings, and finally we finish off with a short section about assisted suicide. Hope you enjoy this episode.…

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Media & Sheep Mentality 31:31

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Is Truth Subjective? 47:51

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In this episode we talk about many things, but mainly whether or not the truth is absolute or can be changed. Throughout human history many truths we altered or event proven to be false, so is there anything in existence that can be described as the absolute truth?

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