Tidings podcast Archives - Hazel Kahan

Tidings podcast Archives - Hazel Kahan

tidings from elsewhere

Episodes

  1. 5d ago

    Thomas Little–artist, ink maker, alchemist: on making ink from guns dissolved in acid

    Thomas Little is a North Carolina-based artist, writer, illustrator, philosopher and proprietor of A Rural Pen Inkworks. a small operation that makes iron-based ink and pigments by dissolving firearms in acid. Speaking in this Tidings interview as both amateur ink historian and ink and pigment maker, Thomas examines his own work through the lens of […] The post Thomas Little–artist, ink maker, alchemist: on making ink from guns dissolved in acid appeared first on Hazel Kahan.

    30 min

  2. May 3

    Suchintan Das, Oxford Rhodes Scholar: Empire, War and Mass Detention in Imperial India

    Rhodes Scholar Suchintan Das talks to Hazel Kahan on Tidings about mass detention, the subject of his D.Phil thesis at Oxford University: Empire, War, and Mass-Detention: A History of Encampment and Internment in India (1937-1967). Through case studies, Das shows how encampment and internment in wartime and post-war India illuminate mass detention policies and practices […] The post Suchintan Das, Oxford Rhodes Scholar: Empire, War and Mass Detention in Imperial India appeared first on Hazel Kahan.

    30 min

  3. Mar 1

    Tara Lohan, author: “Undammed: Freeing Rivers and Bringing Communities to Life”

    Author, editor and environmental journalist Tara Lohan  talks to Hazel Kahan on Tidings from Bend, Oregon about her new book Undammed: Freeing Rivers and Bringing Communities to Lifein which she describes the building of dams and the growing movement to remove them. (WPKN, March 2. 2026 (WPKN, March 2, 2026)    The post Tara Lohan, author: “Undammed: Freeing Rivers and Bringing Communities to Life” appeared first on Hazel Kahan.

    30 min

  4. Jan 2

    Robert Massoud: why Palestine continues worldwide as a conflict without resolution

    Born in Jerusalem, Robert Massoud, is a Palestinian-Canadian activist, entrepreneur, who came to Canada as a child. In 2004, he founded Zatoun, a grassroots organization to support Palestinian farmers in the West Bank by promoting and selling their olive oil in North America for fair trade prices. Speaking to us from Toronto, Robert explains […] The post Robert Massoud: why Palestine continues worldwide as a conflict without resolution appeared first on Hazel Kahan.

    29 min

  5. 12/01/2025

    Chuck Collins: Burned by Billionaires

    Chuck Collins, author, researcher, storyteller and campaigner based at the Institute for Policy Studies, talks about his new book Burned by Billionaires: how concentrated wealth and power are ruining our lives and planet. Chuck also shows us how we can reduce the impact of this wealth concentration on our lives.(WPKN December 1, 2025) The post Chuck Collins: Burned by Billionaires appeared first on Hazel Kahan.

    30 min

  6. 09/09/2025

    John Christian Phifer: Natural Burial and Conservation

    John Christian Phifer  is executive director of Larkspur Conservation and president of the Conservation Burial Alliance. Speaking to us from Tennessee, he describes how, after 15 years in the funeral industry, he transformed his focus to natural burial practices and the protection and stewardship of land through conservation burial. (WPKN, September 10, 2025 )   The post John Christian Phifer: Natural Burial and Conservation appeared first on Hazel Kahan.

    29 min

  7. 08/18/2025

    Jeff Halper analyzes why Israel gets away with it

    Jeff Halper, Jewish Israeli author, activist, advocate, and Nobel Peace Prize nominee, speaks to us from Jerusalem where he has lived since 1973. Jeff is co-founder and Director of ICAHD, established in 1997, a nonprofit advocacy organization of Israelis who work to end Israeli apartheid and a member of the One Democratic State Campaign (ODSC) […] The post Jeff Halper analyzes why Israel gets away with it appeared first on Hazel Kahan.

    29 min

  8. 06/10/2025

    Nick Duffell: how British boarding schools shape children, leaders and the country itself

    Nick Duffell, noted psychotherapist and author calls us from London to speak about the psychological impact of elite British boarding schools on not only the young mostly boy boarders, but on adult ex-boarders, their families and, as ”wounded leaders” on the nation itself. (WPKN July 10, 2024 and WPKN podcast) More about Nick and boarding […] The post Nick Duffell: how British boarding schools shape children, leaders and the country itself appeared first on Hazel Kahan.

    30 min

  9. 05/13/2025

    Dr. Urvi Khaitan: Lessons for climate collapse from WWII-era Indian women

    Dr. Urvi Khaitan, historian and Prize Fellow at Harvard University’s Center for History and Economy, tells us how learning about Indian women and food policies and practices during India’s severe World War II food insecurity, can equip us to better survive threats to the world’s food systems from climate collapse and global human migration. (WPKN, […] The post Dr. Urvi Khaitan: Lessons for climate collapse from WWII-era Indian women appeared first on Hazel Kahan.

    30 min

  10. 04/07/2025

    Maggie Keating at 18: reflections on this threshold moment

    This month Hazel Kahan’s guest on Tidings is her 18-year-old granddaughter Maggie Keating who lives in Long Beach, on Long Island. NY.  Maggie and her friend Issy spoke to Tidings five years ago when they were 8th graders in the middle of Covid-era lockdown, a significant marker for their generation. However,  today, Maggie reflects on […] The post Maggie Keating at 18: reflections on this threshold moment appeared first on Hazel Kahan.

    29 min
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