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We Are What We Speak - Natalia Rocafuerte - Part 2

Part two with Natalia Rocafuerte - experimental visual artist - about navigating life with a long name, her project “Dream Machine Archive”, living on and near borders, and how language can be a sign of class or power.

Host: Aliyah Mitchell; Editor: Aliyah Mitchell; Produced in partnership with Ann Arbor District Library and recorded at Fifth Avenue Studios. | Featured: “Dream Machine Archive” by Natalia Rocafuerte.

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We Are What We Speak - Natalia Rocafuerte - Part 1

Today in conversation with Natalia Rocafuerte - experimental visual artist - about grappling with English in school, the “faux pas” of mixing English and Spanish in public, and code-switching in everyday life.

Host: Aliyah Mitchell; Editor: Aliyah Mitchell; Produced in partnership with Ann Arbor District Library and recorded at Fifth Avenue Studios.

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We Are What We Speak - Javaad Alipoor

Today in conversation with Javaad Alipoor – playwright, activist, director, and artistic director of Javaad Alipoor Company – about memorable childhood language stories, the way social status can guide languages taught and learned, how he approaches language in his political theatre work, and the role of technology and language in radicalization. Host: Aliyah Mitchell; Editor: Aliyah Mitchell; Produced in partnership with Ann Arbor District Library. With thanks to the University of Michigan’s University Musical Society.

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Groundcover | Volume 14 | Issue 24

Homelessness, addiction, incarceration, love, art, war and peace — nothing is off the table in this episode of Groundcover Speaks. Our feature story is an update on the case of Shibab Jackson and how the community has rallied around this "test case" of Eli Savit's campaign promises. 

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We Are What We Speak - Michela Russo - Part 2

Part two with Michela Russo - lecturer of Italian and Spanish at University of Michigan - about her personal language philosophy, unpacking various language-related faux pas, and navigating language anxieties at places like hospitals, insurance companies, and banks. Host: Aliyah Mitchell; Editor: Aliyah Mitchell; Produced in partnership with Ann Arbor District Library and recorded at Fifth Avenue Studios.

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We Are What We Speak - Michela Russo - Part 1

Today in conversation with Michela Russo - lecturer of Italian and Spanish at University of Michigan - about the story of her Northern and Southern Italian accents, what it takes to learn a language, her father’s yearslong documentation of her speech progression and complexities of assimilation. Host: Aliyah Mitchell; Editor: Aliyah Mitchell; Produced in partnership with Ann Arbor District Library and recorded at Fifth Avenue Studios.

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Presenting Alfred Hitchcock Presents #60 - Number Twenty-Two

Presenting Alfred Hitchcock Presents is a podcast dedicated to examining each episode of the original "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" television series, show by show in chronological order. In this installment, Steve Morgan becomes a number...number 22...when he is arrested and enters a police line-up. Steve thinks it's a game but it is more serious than Steve thinks.

Steve and Skinner face each other in the line-up.

 

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We Are What We Speak | Nancy Savoca & Richard Guay - Part 2

Part two with independent filmmaker Nancy Savoca and independent producer Richard Guay about effective representation of language and accent in film and TV, how they approached language in their films “Dirt” and “Household Saints”, everyday misinterpretations, and more. Host: Aliyah Mitchell; Editor: Aliyah Mitchell; Produced in partnership with Ann Arbor District Library and recorded at Fifth Avenue Studios.

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We Are What We Speak | Nancy Savoca & Richard Guay - Part 1

Today in conversation with independent filmmaker Nancy Savoca and independent producer Richard Guay, about growing up with competing messages around language, what it means to build community with people of diverse language backgrounds, and more. Host: Aliyah Mitchell; Editor: Aliyah Mitchell; Produced in partnership with Ann Arbor District Library and recorded at Fifth Avenue Studios.

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Groundcover | Volume 14 | Issue 23

November 13-21, 2023 is Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. This episode uplifts community perspectives on the problems and solutions for homelessness and poverty in Washtenaw County. Listen to the public comments of homeless community members advocating for expanded shelter services and calls for more low-cost social infrastructure.