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The Relativity Series: The Doctor's Dilemma (Part 1)

The blowhards, the know-it-alls, the scrupulous and the impecunious are all targets for Shaw’s incisive wit in his classic satire of the medical profession. A well-respected physician is forced to...

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The Relativity Series: The Doctor's Dilemma (Part 2)

The blowhards, the know-it-alls, the scrupulous and the impecunious are all targets for Shaw’s incisive wit in his classic satire of the medical profession. A well-respected physician is forced to...

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Sisters Matsumoto (Part 1)

Stockton, California 1945. Three Japanese-American sisters return to their farm after years in an internment camp, but the once prosperous family finds it’s not easy to pick up the pieces of their...

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Sisters Matsumoto (Part 2)

Stockton, California 1945. Three Japanese-American sisters return to their farm after years in an internment camp, but the once prosperous family finds it’s not easy to pick up the pieces of their...

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Sisters Matsumoto Post-Play Discussion with George Takei

Actor and activist George Takei joined us for a panel discussion after a performance of Sisters Matsumoto in 2018, along with playwright Philip Kan Gotanda and director Tim Dang.See Privacy Policy at...

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The Relativity Series: What You Are Now (Part 1)

Pia is a neuroscientist whose research focuses on changing the way we process traumatic experiences. Will Pia’s emotionally distant mother - who survived the Khmer Rouge in 1970’s Cambodia – benefit...

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The Relativity Series: What You Are Now (Part 2)

Pia is a neuroscientist whose research focuses on changing the way we process traumatic experiences. Will Pia’s emotionally distant mother - who survived the Khmer Rouge in 1970’s Cambodia – benefit...

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The Relativity Series: What You Are Now (Part 3)

Pia is a neuroscientist whose research focuses on changing the way we process traumatic experiences. Will Pia’s emotionally distant mother - who survived the Khmer Rouge in 1970’s Cambodia – benefit...

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The Relativity Series: What You Are Now (Part 4)

Pia is a neuroscientist whose research focuses on changing the way we process traumatic experiences. Will Pia’s emotionally distant mother - who survived the Khmer Rouge in 1970’s Cambodia – benefit...

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The Relativity Series Bonus: Dr. Daniela Schiller Interview for What You Are...

Sam Chanse's play "What You Are Now" asks if there's a way to alter our traumatic memories. To help us gain insight into this idea, we spoke with Dr. Daniela Schiller, a Professor of Neuroscience and...

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The Relativity Series: Continuity (Part 1)

A sheet of ice sits in the desert of New Mexico. A mad eco-terrorist plants a bomb in order to save humankind. A beleaguered film crew tries to get in one last shot before losing the light....

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The Relativity Series: Continuity (Part 2)

A sheet of ice sits in the desert of New Mexico. A mad eco-terrorist plants a bomb in order to save humankind. A beleaguered film crew tries to get in one last shot before losing the light....

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The Relativity Series: Continuity (Part 3)

A sheet of ice sits in the desert of New Mexico. A mad eco-terrorist plants a bomb in order to save humankind. A beleaguered film crew tries to get in one last shot before losing the light....

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The Relativity Series: Continuity (Part 4)

A sheet of ice sits in the desert of New Mexico. A mad eco-terrorist plants a bomb in order to save humankind. A beleaguered film crew tries to get in one last shot before losing the light....

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For Us All (Part 1)

A team of lawyers uses a little-known legal writ to fight and overturn the conviction of Fred Korematsu, unjustly sentenced for resisting the WWII mass incarceration of all Japanese Americans on the...

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For Us All (Part 2)

A team of lawyers uses a little-known legal writ to fight and overturn the conviction of Fred Korematsu, unjustly sentenced for resisting the WWII mass incarceration of all Japanese Americans on the...

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For Us All Bonus Interview

In For Us All, a team of legal experts used a creative strategy to overturn the conviction of Fred Korematsu, unjustly sentenced for resisting the WWII mass incarceration of all Japanese Americans on...

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No-No Boy (Part 1)

No-No Boy is sponsored in part by the California Civil Liberties Program from the California State Library.Ken Narasaki's adaptation of the novel by Japanese-American author John Okada is set during...

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No-No Boy (Part 2)

No-No Boy is sponsored in part by the California Civil Liberties Program from the California State Library.Ken Narasaki's adaptation of the novel by Japanese-American author John Okada is set during...

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Hold These Truths (Part 1)

During WWII in Seattle, University of Washington student Gordon Hirabayashi fights the US government's orders to forcibly remove and incarcerate all people of Japanese ancestry on the West Coast. As he...

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Hold These Truths (Part 2)

During WWII in Seattle, University of Washington student Gordon Hirabayashi fights the US government's orders to forcibly remove and incarcerate all people of Japanese ancestry on the West Coast. As he...

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A Conversation with Hold These Truths Playwright Jeanne Sakata

We spoke with playwright and actor Jeanne Sakata about "Hold These Truths."Sponsored in part by the California Civil Liberties Program from the California State Library.See Privacy Policy at...

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The Relativity Series: Relativity (Part 1)

At the center of Cassandra Medley’s play is the controversial idea that higher concentrations of melanin in the genetic makeup of people of color make them mentally, physically, and spiritually...

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The Relativity Series: Relativity (Part 2)

At the center of Cassandra Medley’s play is the controversial idea that higher concentrations of melanin in the genetic makeup of people of color make them mentally, physically, and spiritually...

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The Relativity Series: Relativity (Part 3)

At the center of Cassandra Medley’s play is the controversial idea that higher concentrations of melanin in the genetic makeup of people of color make them mentally, physically, and spiritually...

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The Relativity Series: Relativity (Part 4)

At the center of Cassandra Medley’s play is the controversial idea that higher concentrations of melanin in the genetic makeup of people of color make them mentally, physically, and spiritually...

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The Relativity Series Bonus: Dr. Stanley Nelson Interview for Relativity

A conversation with Dr. Stanley Nelson about the scientific ideas in Relativity. Dr. Nelson is Professor and Vice Chair of Human Genetics and Professor of Psychiatry within the David Geffen School of...

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The Relativity Series Bonus: Dr. Neil Wenger Interview for The Doctor's Dilemma

Hear our interview with Dr. Neil Wenger, the Director of the Healthcare Ethics Center at UCLA. He spoke with us about the fundamentals of good health care and the physician's responsibility to his...

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The Relativity Series Bonus: Dr. Steven Strogatz Interview for Arcadia

Hear our interview with Steven Strogatz, a professor at the Cornell University School of Theoretical and Applied Mathematics, helping us to understand chaos theory and how it figures in "Arcadia."This...

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The Relativity Series Bonus: Ira Nadel Interview for Arcadia

Hear our conversation with Ira Nadel, author of "Tom Stoppard: A Life" recorded in 2009.This piece is part of L.A. Theatre Works' Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the...

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The Relativity Series Bonus: Dan Rockmore Interview for Completeness

Listen to our interview with Dan Rockmore, the Chair of the Department of Mathematics and a Professor of Computer Science at Dartmouth College. He spoke with us about issues raised in the play, in...

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The Relativity Series Bonus: Brian Greene Interview for Moving Bodies

Hear our conversation about Richard Feynman with Brian Greene, a professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia University, recorded in 2009.This piece is part of L.A. Theatre Works' Relativity...

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The Relativity Series Bonus: Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens Interview for Behind...

Hear our conversation with Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens, author of Medical Bondage: Race, Gender and the Origins of American Gynecology.This piece is part of L.A. Theatre Works' Relativity Series of...

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The Relativity Series Bonus: Playwright Charly Evon Simpson Interview for...

Hear our interview with Charly Evon Simpson, Behind the Sheet's playwright.This piece is part of L.A. Theatre Works' Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is...

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The Relativity Series Bonus: Philo T. Farsnworth Feature for The Ruby Sunrise

Hear our piece about Philo T. Farnsworth, one of the early unsung inventors of television, with historian Karen Herman and documentarian Phil Savaneck.This piece is part of L.A. Theatre Works'...

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Bordertown (Part 1)

Culture Clash brashly explores the San Diego-Tijuana region through satire and humor. Bordertown is based upon interviews the trio conducted with more than 100 people from both sides of the border and...

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Bordertown (Part 2)

Culture Clash brashly explores the San Diego-Tijuana region through satire and humor. Bordertown is based upon interviews the trio conducted with more than 100 people from both sides of the border and...

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Bordertown (Part 3)

Culture Clash brashly explores the San Diego-Tijuana region through satire and humor. Bordertown is based upon interviews the trio conducted with more than 100 people from both sides of the border and...

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Bordertown (Part 4)

Culture Clash brashly explores the San Diego-Tijuana region through satire and humor. Bordertown is based upon interviews the trio conducted with more than 100 people from both sides of the border and...

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Zoot Suit (Part 1)

Playwright Luis Valdez masterfully uses the Sleepy Lagoon murder case to examine the Chicano Zoot Suit Culture of the 40’s. Passionate and provocative, Zoot Suit pulses with the beat of big band music...

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Zoot Suit (Part 2)

Playwright Luis Valdez masterfully uses the Sleepy Lagoon murder case to examine the Chicano Zoot Suit Culture of the 40’s. Passionate and provocative, Zoot Suit pulses with the beat of big band music...

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Zoot Suit (Part 3)

Playwright Luis Valdez masterfully uses the Sleepy Lagoon murder case to examine the Chicano Zoot Suit Culture of the 40’s. Passionate and provocative, Zoot Suit pulses with the beat of big band music...

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Zoot Suit (Part 4)

Playwright Luis Valdez masterfully uses the Sleepy Lagoon murder case to examine the Chicano Zoot Suit Culture of the 40’s. Passionate and provocative, Zoot Suit pulses with the beat of big band music...

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Zoot Suit (Part 5)

Playwright Luis Valdez masterfully uses the Sleepy Lagoon murder case to examine the Chicano Zoot Suit Culture of the 40’s. Passionate and provocative, Zoot Suit pulses with the beat of big band music...

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Zoot Suit Bonus Feature: Interview with Alma Martinez

Listen to our interview with actor and educator Alma Martinez, an original Zoot Suit cast member.Sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of...

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Judgment at Nuremberg (Part 1)

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.Abby Mann’s classic story about the Nuremberg trials,...

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Judgment at Nuremberg (Part 2)

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.Abby Mann’s classic story about the Nuremberg trials,...

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Judgment at Nuremberg (Part 3)

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.Abby Mann’s classic story about the Nuremberg trials,...

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Judgment at Nuremberg (Part 4)

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.Abby Mann’s classic story about the Nuremberg trials,...

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Judgment at Nuremberg Bonus Feature: Interview with Judge Bruce Einhorn

This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.Hear our conversation with Judge Bruce Einhorn, who...

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