Our Lives Matter

About Our Lives Matter

Are you a student activist? Or do you feel school is missing something? Or is someone trying to keep you from learning about racism or sex or evolution or transgender people and you wish you had a way to push back? Many scientists and teachers have been working for decades reboot the public education system. Shouldn’t we use our 21st century knowledge to tell a story of the world for the 21st century? I’m from a tri-racial family of teachers, artists, and scientists. We’ve been connecting ideas to tell a bigger story of the world for almost a century. I’m a professional theatre artist and also a Certified Flight Instructor. I help create worlds to tell stories, and I can also teach you to feel science happening with your hands and feet. How do you help people see a bigger picture of the world? Do you raise your hand in class and ask insightful questions? Do you set up an after school club? Do you organize open mic nights? Do you go on strike every Friday like Greta Thunberg? Do you… (Teachers, parents, and supporters of science and education are welcome to listen too. Education is a community effort!)

Publisher

STEAM APE

Category

arts · education · science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

25 Nov 2023

Latest episode

2 Jan 2025

Latest episodes

49 episodes in the feed.

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   2 Jan 2025

   S1E48  Courage, Not Hope:  Preparing for the Future

   And now, for our season finale… Our story of Being Human on Planet Earth needs one last thing.  How do we use it to plot a new course into the future?  What can young activists start doing now that will add up to a future they want?  What opportunities do young people have that they can take advantage of?   ACT I Scene 1 How is the story of Being Human on Planet Earth supposed to end?   There’s only one way that story can end, and we don’t want that.  That’s what Extinction Rebellion is rebelling against.   As…

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   20 Dec 2024

   S1E46 The Evolution of Economics

   Classical economics treats money as if it’s the foundation of economic systems.  But that doesn’t explain why people want things in life that money can’t buy.   Environmental economics is the study of how organisms try to get energy and resources they need to live and that they can use to grow and reproduce.  Human economics is a subset of environmental economics, where we all try to get the things we need to live and prosper.  Money is a very complex social development that’s built up around a simple technological development.  The real value of money comes from an interaction…

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   13 Dec 2024

   Our Lives Matter S1E26: Black Theatre Artists Matter!

   (Here’s the missing Episode 26.) The principles of modern theatre let actors create realistic human behavior onstage consistently.  That means all human behavior.   The economics of the theatre industry have led the business managers of theatre companies to choose plays that will bring in the most money.  That means plays that appeal the most to wealthy old White people, the traditional base of theatre patrons.  That means plays that are mostly by White playwrights, about White characters.. That has a number of negative effects on Artists Of Color.  It makes it harder for Playwrights Of Color to get their…

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