Talking With ... Q&A: How do you get kids to love math? Try a festival. Math is fun, says Nancy Blachman, and the 65-year-old Burlingame resident is trying her best to get others to agree. Blachman founded the Julia Robinson… By Liz Harris Aug 4, 2022
Talking With ... Q&A: Brooke Joseph talks getting teens to vote and making a president Some might view Brooke Joseph as a political junkie who has spent her professional life on election campaigns. But to the 61-year-old San Mateo resident,… By Liz Harris Jul 27, 2022
Talking With ... Q&A: Tina Sacks on ancestral trauma and feeling ‘Jewish enough’ From a young age, Tina Sacks struggled with feeling “Jewish enough.” Growing up in Chicago with a Black mother and a Jewish father, who was not observant,… By Lillian Ilsley-Greene Jul 20, 2022
Talking With ... Q&A: Cindy Cohn fights for digital privacy on the internet frontier Cindy Cohn won her first legal case for the San Francisco-based Electronic Frontier Foundation in 1993, three years after the nonprofit was founded to… By Lillian Ilsley-Greene Jul 8, 2022
Talking With ... Reporter heading to Maccabiah in Israel sees sports as ‘uniting force’ Griffin Epstein, 21, grew up in Petaluma and is now a rising senior at Indiana University, studying media with a sports media concentration. The Petaluma… By Gabe Fisher Jun 16, 2022
Talking With ... Q&A: A ‘little baby clown’ who loves to spread joy around the Bay Jack Weinstock prefers being behind the scenes. After getting interested in technical theater in high school, they majored in drama, with an emphasis in… By Andrew Esensten Jun 10, 2022
Talking With ... Q&A: Sleight-of-hand artist Jay Alexander plays ‘Mind Tricks’ Jay Alexander plays mind tricks. The 53-year-old Sausalito resident discovered the art of magic as a boy, quickly became transfixed and pursued it as a… By Liz Harris Mar 30, 2022
Talking With ... Q&A: This abortion rights advocate is energized, not demoralized Sociologist Carole Joffe, 76, has devoted her professional life to the study and advancement of reproductive rights in America. A professor emerita at UC… By Liz Harris Mar 8, 2022
Talking With ... Q&A: This podcast host is a ‘Proud Stutterer’ Maya Chupkov stutters, though you might not notice it. She has stuttered since childhood, but learned over the years — and with lots of speech therapy —… By Liz Harris Jan 11, 2022