It's A Question Of Balance with Ruth Copland

What Now USA? | On-The-Street Interviews

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It's A Question Of Balance ® radio show balances the intellectual with the creative, exploring whether we have more in common than divides us through thought-provoking conversations - out and about with people on the street on different topics, and in the studio with inspiring guests from the arts. Balance is not a compromise. Balance is truth distilled from many places creating cohesive understanding.  

Check out podcasts of the different topics and arts guests at www.itsaquestionofbalance.com

Out And About – Conversations with People on the Street about Questions That Matter: What Now USA? Thoughts from the Women's March Santa Cruz, California

After the inauguration of the President of the USA, we ask ‘What now USA?’ For our Out and About feature Ruth Copland interviewed participants at the Santa Cruz Women’s March in California to find out what they would like from the new President and Administration, and why. Ruth Copland interviewed men and women, and people aged 18 to 80; they speak about their hopes and concerns with regard to the environment, civil rights, women's rights, immigrants, and tolerance. 

What do you think? For more info on the show and to hear past shows visit www.itsaquestionofbalance.com 

In Out And About we consider topics with local relevance and global significance. The idea is to get us thinking about the questions that affect us all - to stimulate new thinking, or clarify what we already feel. To hear how other people’s opinions may differ from or be similar to our own.

Copyright 2016 Ruth Copland. All Rights Reserved.

Arts Interview: Jodi Frediani, Marine-Life Photographer

 

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It's A Question Of Balance ® radio show balances the intellectual with the creative, exploring whether we have more in common than divides us through thought-provoking conversations - out and about with people on the street on different topics, and in the studio with inspiring guests from the arts. Balance is not a compromise. Balance is truth distilled from many places creating cohesive understanding.  

Check out podcasts of the different topics and arts guests at www.itsaquestionofbalance.com

Arts Interview: In-Depth Conversation with Jodi Frediani

This week as her special guest from the arts Ruth Copland is pleased to be interviewing renowned marine life photographer Jodi Frediani. Her incredible photos have appeared in publications around the world and she’s particularly known for her remarkable images of whales with whom she swims. We talk about her journey through the flower power of the 60s, travelling all over Africa and Europe, giving Yoko Ono relationship advice, and how (having received her first camera at the age of 12) she became such an incredible marine-life photographer.

For more info on the show and to hear past shows visit www.itsaquestionofbalance.com

Copyright 2016 Ruth Copland. All Rights Reserved.

Special Arts Report: Veronica Roth - Internationally Best-Selling Author

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It's A Question Of Balance ® radio show balances the intellectual with the creative, exploring whether we have more in common than divides us through thought-provoking conversations - out and about with people on the street on different topics, and in the studio with inspiring guests from the arts. Balance is not a compromise. Balance is truth distilled from many places creating cohesive understanding.  

Check out podcasts of the different topics and arts guests at www.itsaquestionofbalance.com

Arts Interview: In-Depth Conversation with Veronica Roth

 

 

This week as my special guest from the arts I’m pleased to be interviewing Veronica Roth, internationally best-selling author of the hugely popular Divergent series of novels - Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant, and also the book Four: A Divergent Collection. Divergent received the 2011 Goodreads Choice Award for Favorite Book, Publisher’s Weekly Best Book of 2011, and was the winner of the YALSA 2012 Teens’ Top Ten. The Divergent trilogy has been adapted into a blockbuster series of four films starring Shailene Woodley and Theo James, with the final film due out in the Spring of 2017.

The much-anticipated first book in Veronica’s next series, a science fiction/fantasy duology, is called Carve the Mark.

For more info on the show and to hear past shows visit www.itsaquestionofbalance.com 

Copyright 2016 Ruth Copland. All Rights Reserved.

Special Arts Report: Helene Cardona - Award-Winning Poet, Actress, Literary Translator

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It's A Question Of Balance ® radio show balances the intellectual with the creative, exploring whether we have more in common than divides us through thought-provoking conversations - out and about with people on the street on different topics, and in the studio with inspiring guests from the arts. Balance is not a compromise. Balance is truth distilled from many places creating cohesive understanding.

Check out podcasts of the different topics and arts guests at www.itsaquestionofbalance.com

Arts Interview: In-Depth Conversation with Helene Cardona

This week as her special guest from the arts Ruth Copland is pleased to be interviewing Helene Cardona - poet, actress, literary translator, film producer and renaissance woman. We talk about the inspiration for her new, acclaimed book of poetry Life in Suspension, her artistic drive to create, why she was featured as one of the modern renaissance women in the recently published Ren Women, how she came to be fluent in 6 languages and much more!

Hélène Cardona is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including a Hemingway Grant and the USA Best Book Award. Her books include three bilingual collections of her own poetry, most recently Life in Suspension, and two translations of poetry by other authors. She has translated the works of many poets and writers. Her own poetry collections have been translated into 13 languages. In addition, Helene contributes to and co-edits an array of literary publications.

A graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, Hélène trained with renowned actress Ellen Burstyn, amongst other teachers. She has worked in theatre performing at the Players Club, The Actors’ Studio, and with The Naked Angels and Ubu Repertory Theater in New York. In film, she has had roles in the films Chocolat, Mumford, The Hundred-Foot Journey, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, World War Z, and Jurassic World. She is the Computer Voice in the TV series Heroes Reborn and her many voice characters include Happy Feet 2 and Muppets Most Wanted. For Serendipity, she co-wrote with Peter Chelsom & Alan Silvestri the song Lucienne, which she also sang. Her eight producing credits include the award-winning documentary Femme: Women Healing the World. She has also trained in shamanic and dream work, past-life regression and astrology. Helene is one of the subjects of the newly published book RenWomen: What modern renaissance women have to teach us about living rich fulfilling lives.

A citizen of the United States, France and Spain, Hélène Cardona was born in Paris of a Greek mother and Spanish father. She studied English Philology and Literature in Cambridge, England; Spanish at the International Universities of Santander and Baeza, Spain; and German at the Goethe Institute in Bremen, Germany. She attended Hamilton College, New York, where she also taught French and Spanish, and the Sorbonne, Paris, where she wrote her Masters thesis on Henry James.

For more info on the show and to hear past shows visit www.itsaquestionofbalance.com

Copyright 2016 Ruth Copland. All Rights Reserved.

Special Arts Report: Geraldine Brooks, Pulitzer-Prize-Winning Author

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It's A Question Of Balance ® radio show balances the intellectual with the creative, exploring whether we have more in common than divides us through thought-provoking conversations - out and about with people on the street on different topics, and in the studio with inspiring guests from the arts. Balance is not a compromise. Balance is truth distilled from many places creating cohesive understanding.

Check out podcasts of the different topics and arts guests at www.itsaquestionofbalance.com

Arts Interview: In-Depth Conversation with Geraldine Brooks

This week as her special guest from the arts Ruth Copland is pleased to be interviewing Pulitzer-Prize-winning author, journalist and prize-winning foreign correspondent Geraldine Brooks.

Geraldine grew up in the Western suburbs of Sydney and is the best-selling author of five novels - Year of Wonders, March, People of The Book, Caleb’s Crossing and The Secret Chord; two non fiction books - Foreign Correspondence: A Pen Pal’s Journey from Down Under to All Over, and Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women, and a collection of lectures entitled The Idea of Home. Geraldine’s first novel, Year of Wonders, the story of a brave young woman during the plague in 17th century England, is an international bestseller and is described by Frye Gaillard as “One of the first classics of the twenty-first century.” Her novel People of the Book, which traces the harrowing journey of the famed Sarajevo Haggadah, a beautifully illuminated Hebrew manuscript, through centuries of exile and war, is a New York Times bestseller translated into 20 languages. She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in fiction in 2006 for her novel March, which animates the character of the absent father, March, from Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women. Caleb’s Crossing is set in the 1660s and is based on a true story of the first Native American graduate from Harvard. Her non-fiction books draw on her time as a foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, where she covered crises in the Middle East, Africa, and the Balkans. Geraldine is married to the author Tony Horowitz and they divide their time between homes in Martha’s Vineyard Massachusetts, and Sydney, Australia. Geraldine’s most recent novel is The Secret Chord, based on the life of King David.

For more info on the show and to hear past shows visit www.itsaquestionofbalance.com

Arts Interview: Maria Semple, Internationally Best-Selling Author and Screenwriter

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It's A Question Of Balance ® radio show balances the intellectual with the creative, exploring whether we have more in common than divides us through thought-provoking conversations - out and about with people on the street on different topics, and in the studio with inspiring guests from the arts. Balance is not a compromise. Balance is truth distilled from many places creating cohesive understanding.

Check out podcasts of the different topics and arts guests at www.itsaquestionofbalance.com

Arts Interview: In-Depth Conversation with Maria Semple

This week as her special guest from the arts Ruth Copland is pleased to be interviewing Maria Semple, best-selling author and screenwriter. As a screenwriter/ producer Maria’s work includes Beverly Hills 90210; Mad About You; Ellen; Suddenly Susan; Three Sisters; and Arrested Development. Maria left TV to write fiction and has published three novels. Where’d You Go Bernadette, is a runaway international best-seller, spent a year on The New York Times best-seller list, has been translated into 18 languages, and is to be made into a feature film. Maria’s latest, much-anticipated novel is Today Will Be Different described as “a hilarious, heart-filled story about reinvention, sisterhood, and how sometimes it takes facing up to our former selves to truly begin living.”

Born in California, Maria spent her childhood travelling around Europe with her Bohemian parents until returning to LA for her father, Lorenzo Semple Jr, to work on the Batman TV series. She currently lives in Seattle, where she moved in 2008 with her partner George Meyer and their daughter. 

We talk about how Maria creates her flawed but loveable characters, what inspires her writing, and explore why Kirkus says “This author is on her way to becoming a national treasure”.

For more info on the show and to hear past shows visit www.itsaquestionofbalance.com 

Copyright Ruth Copland 2016. All Rights Reserved.

Arts Interview: Tess Morris, Screenwriter and 2015 BAFTA Breakthrough Brit

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It's A Question Of Balance ® radio show balances the intellectual with the creative, exploring whether we have more in common than divides us through thought-provoking conversations - out and about with people on the street on different topics, and in the studio with inspiring guests from the arts. Balance is not a compromise. Balance is truth distilled from many places creating cohesive understanding.

Check out podcasts of the different topics and arts guests at www.itsaquestionofbalance.com

Arts Interview: In-Depth Conversation with Tess Morris

This week as my special guest from the arts I’m pleased to be interviewing Tess Morris, screenwriter of the wonderful 2015 romantic comedy film Man Up, starring Simon Pegg and Lake Bell. Born and raised in Wandsworth, London, Tess studied a TV and Film degree at York University. In 1997, while still attending university, Tess wrote the short film Beer Goggles, which was directed by award-winning Scottish director David Mckenzie. Beer Goggles won the Lloyds Bank/Channel Four Film Challenge and was shown on the Channel 4 network in Britain. After university, Morris became a journalist for teen news publishers where she regularly interviewed the cast of Hollyoaks, a popular British soap opera. Tess became a writer for Hollyoaks, writing 18 episodes over two years and becoming known for her comedic scripts. She also wrote for the primetime UK sitcom My Family and worked as script reader for the British Film Institute and Film4, while continuing to work on her own original scripts.

In 2008, Tess was chosen for the BFI/Skillset Think Shoot Distribute Scheme for emerging talent in the British Film Industry. Her first feature film screenplay, the romantic comedy Man Up, made the 2011 Brit List, was picked up by Big Talk Pictures, co-produced by Studio Canal and BBC Films and released in 2015, directed by Ben Palmer and starring the fabulous Simon Pegg and Lake Bell. Tess has worked extensively as a script editor with ‘Seinfield’ writer Tom Leopold, and she also lectures on comedy and screenwriting for the Arvon Foundation and Royal Holloway University, London. In 2015 Tess was honoured as one of BAFTA’s select Breakthrough Brits, an initiative which supports upcoming British creative talent.

Tess is currently writing an original screenplay called Secret Santa for Big Talk/Studio Canal and Textbook Behaviour for Big Talk/BBC Films. She is also doing a rewrite on a feature for Sony and is currently living in Los Angeles.

For more info on the show and to hear past shows visit www.itsaquestionofbalance.com 

Copyright 2016 Ruth Copland. All Rights Reserved.

Women in Power: What Do We Fear? | On-The-Street Interviews

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It's A Question Of Balance ® radio show balances the intellectual with the creative, exploring whether we have more in common than divides us through thought-provoking conversations - out and about with people on the street on different topics, and in the studio with inspiring guests from the arts. Balance is not a compromise. Balance is truth distilled from many places creating cohesive understanding.

Check out podcasts of the different topics and arts guests at www.itsaquestionofbalance.com

Out And About – Conversations with People on the Street about Questions That Matter: Women in Power - What Do We Fear?

There have been only 46 women senators in the whole history of US government since 1789. Women have been running for president for close to 150 years and we still haven’t had a female president. Do you think about the lack of women in positions of power - in government and throughout society? Is it something that concerns you? 

Not all men fear women in positions of power but patently the fear is out there and has held women back. It seems worth exploring what this fear could be about. Paul B Farrell writing for Marketwatch states “Gender research in behavioral economics, neuroscience and brain psychology confirm that women do think, feel, see differently, they value the economy and the world differently, it’s a huge difference. Psychologically, women naturally think long term, see into the future. The male brain is programmed to think short-term.” Men and women are different. Is it possible men fear that women in power will only represent the needs of women? (Maybe because that is largely what men have done all the centuries they’ve been in power?) 

Elie Mystal writing for Above The Law has come up (somewhat tongue in cheek) with the three most obvious reasons why men should fear women in charge.1. Performance Review Would Take 15 Hours And Peer Into Your Soul, 2. You Won’t Even Know Where To Look, and 3. Staffing Decisions Based On Cooperation Instead Of Conflict. Is increased emotional engagement something men fear if women are in charge? Do men feel more comfortable when they control the sexual dynamics and can eliminate them in certain situations where they deem them distracting by excluding women or keeping them subordinate? Do men feel more comfortable competing in the work place and therefore fear the possibly more collaborative style of a woman leader? 

What do you think? Ruth Copland gets the views of people on the street for our Out and About feature. Join us on Saturday 8-9 PM! For more info on the show and to hear past shows visit www.itsaquestionofbalance.com

In Out And About we consider topics with local relevance and global significance. The idea is to get us thinking about the questions that affect us all - to stimulate new thinking, or clarify what we already feel. To hear how other people’s opinions may differ from or be similar to our own.

Copyright 2016. All Rights Reserved.

Arts Interview: Film Director and Writer Chris Scheuerman, and Award-Winning Actor Andrew Jenkins

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It's A Question Of Balance ® radio show balances the intellectual with the creative, exploring whether we have more in common than divides us through thought-provoking conversations - out and about with people on the street on different topics, and in the studio with inspiring guests from the arts. Balance is not a compromise. Balance is truth distilled from many places creating cohesive understanding.

Check out podcasts of the different topics and arts guests at www.itsaquestionofbalance.com

Arts Interview: In-Depth Conversation with Chris Scheuerman and Andrew Jenkins

This week as her special guest from the arts Ruth Copland is pleased to be interviewing film director, producer, and writer Chris Scheuerman and award-winning actor and producer Andrew Jenkins. Their latest project together is the feature film Lost Solace, a psychological thriller, which Chris wrote and directed, and which was an Official Selection at the 2016 Cinequest film festival and Frightfest London. Lost Solace is the story of a young sociopath who after taking a new brand of ecstasy, goes on a mind bending trip that causes him to feel and question his morality for the first time in his life. Chris’s screenplay details his love of character and his desire to explore our fragile human condition through unique and accessible stories. Andrew Jenkins is an award-winning actor and native of Alberta, Canada, who has appeared on stage, as well as in numerous film and television roles including the lead in the series Stormworld; a recurring guest spot on Wayward Pines, working alongside Oscar nominee Matt Dillon; as the love interest of Mireille Enos in the hit show Supernatural; and as Sir Percival in the award-winning TV show Once Upon A Time. Andrew plays the lead role in the feature film Lost Solace, the story of which he helped develop.

For more info on the show and to hear past shows visit www.itsaquestionofbalance.com 

Arts Interview: In-Depth Conversation with Anne Sconberg and Mark Henderson, Founders of Anne and Mark's Art Party

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It's A Question Of Balance ® radio show balances the intellectual with the creative, exploring whether we have more in common than divides us through thought-provoking conversations - out and about with people on the street on different topics, and in the studio with inspiring guests from the arts. Balance is not a compromise. Balance is truth distilled from many places creating cohesive understanding.

Check out podcasts of the different topics and arts guests at www.itsaquestionofbalance.com

Arts Interview: In-Depth Conversation with Anne Sconberg and Mark Henderson, Founders of Anne and Mark's Art Party

This week as her special guest from the arts Ruth Copland is pleased to be interviewing Anne Sconberg and Mark Henderson. Together they founded Anne and Mark’s Art Party, with the support of Georgie Huff. The ‘occasional and irrational’ Art Party started in 2007, and has grown into the largest, most diverse art event in the Bay Area of California. The San José Arts Commission and the Office of Cultural Affairs have announced that Anne and Mark are to be honoured with the 2016 Creative Impact Award stating that Anne and Mark’s Art Party “is completely unique in the operations and opportunities for both exhibitors and viewers. Different from galleries, museums, art shows, and craft fairs, the party is a breathtaking array of stimuli to impact a visitors’ eyes, ears, brain and heart.”

Anne Sconberg says she has “spent her entire life in an attempt to live in the creative hub of the universe”. In addition to Anne and Mark’s Art Party, she has founded Backwater Arts artists’ colony and has served on the City of San Jose’s Creative Entrepreneur’s Panel as well as San Jose’s Peer Review Panel for Creative Industries Incentive Fund.  

She attended Stanford University, where she received a BA in English Literature and developed her photographic skills. She has a degree from the Inchbald School of Design in London, where she received numerous awards and also has a degree in Multimedia Design from Tracor Arts in Madrid. In producing her own art Anne Sconberg works through the medium of photography.

Mark Henderson was born in England, in the county of Kent, grew up in New England then returned to England, where he studied at the Bath Academy of Art and received an honours degree in Ceramics and Three Dimensional Design. As an artist Mark Sconberg has worked as a ceramicist. He is now based in San Jose and when not working on Anne and Mark’s Art Party says he “spends most of his time building anything anyone can think of, collecting and testing cookbooks, and hanging out in his ceramics studio”.

For more info on the show and to hear past shows visit www.itsaquestionofbalance.com