THIS WEEK with Host Gina Murphy-Darling
Replacing Corporate Capitalism: Why We Need a Next System
Mrs. Green talks with Gar Alperovitz, Co-Founder Democracy Collaborative and co-chair of its Next System Project. As ecological and economic justice movements hit the same hard limits of possibility, being realistic today means getting serious about what might have formerly been impossible: actually replacing our broken corporate capitalist system. Join us to learn how we can begin to build together for the systemic change we need to save both democracy and the planet. As a political economist, author, former legislative director in the House and Senate, nonprofit innovator and scholar, Gar utilizes his vast experience and education to explain to us about breakthrough models for community-based political-economic development and new institutions of community wealth ownership. He will highlight local, state and national policy approaches to community stability in the era of globalization that really work and can spread widely.
THIS WEEK with Host Jana Panarites
Episode 168: Gayle Kirschenbaum on her film, “Look At Us Now, Mother!”
If you’re having a hard time caring for a family member or friend, chances are there are lingering wounds in the relationship. But choosing the path of forgiveness can heal even the most fractured bonds. Take it from filmmaker Gayle Kirschenbaum, whose emotional abuse as a child made her feel like she was born into the wrong family. Her relationship with her mother was especially harsh, but Gayle chose the path of forgiveness and chronicled her journey with her mother from enemies to friends in the film, “Look At Us Now, Mother!” Gayle shares the back story on her funny, short film “My Nose” and tells us how audience reaction to the film led her to make “Look At Us Now, Mother!” She explains how digging into her mother’s past helped to heal their relationship, and she tells us how she’s using what she learned from her experience to help people discover the power of forgiveness. Gayle also tells us how her 96-year-old mother is handling her fame from the movie in her Boca Raton, Florida community and why her mother is still the life of the party.