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The Quarantine Tapes

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Society & Culture
“All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.“ - Blaise Pascal. The Quarantine Tapes: A week-day program from Onassis LA and dublab. Hosted by Paul Holdengräber, the series chronicles shifting paradigms in the age of social distancing. Each day, Paul calls a guest for a brief discussion about how they are experiencing the global pandemic.
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The Quarantine Tapes 031: Keanakay Scott

Keanakay Scott works for the Department of Children and Family Services, and is an advocate for policy change in the foster care system. Scott fights for homeless and fostered youth rights.

May 04, 2020•30 min

The Quarantine Tapes 030: Angel Bat Dawid

Today, Angel Bat Dawid and Paul Holdengräber discuss the art of improvisation, and how it has defined her work as a composer, improviser, pianist and vocalist.

May 01, 2020•30 min

The Quarantine Tapes 026: ADULT.

The prolific, avant-garde electronic duo ADULT. speaks with Paul on today’s episode of The Quarantine Tapes.

Apr 27, 2020•30 min

The Quarantine Tapes 025: Elif Shafak

Award winning novelist, political scientist, and activist Elif Shafak, speaks with Paul in today’s episode of The Quarantine Tapes.

Apr 24, 2020•30 min

The Quarantine Tapes 024: William Gibson

Today on episode 24 of The Quarantine Tapes we hear from Willam Gibson, author of novels Neuromancer, The Peripheral, and most recently, Agency. The father of cyberpunk speaks to Paul about what cyberspace might look like now, were we not facing COVID-19.

Apr 23, 2020•30 min

The Quarantine Tapes 023: Sister Helen Prejean

Today’s conversation is with Sister Helen Prejean, known around the world for her tireless work as an activist against the death penalty. Sister Helen was instrumental in sparking the international dialogue about capital punishment and helped shape the position of the Catholic Church regarding vigorous opposition to all executions.

Apr 22, 2020•30 min

The Quarantine Tapes 022: Dr. Will Feldman

In Episode 022 we hear from William B. Feldman, M.D., D.Phil. a pulmonary and critical fellow at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he has helped develop hospital guidelines around Crisis Standards of Care and has spent time working with patients in the ICU with COVID-19.

Apr 21, 2020•30 min

The Quarantine Tapes 021: Lynell George

Inspiring words from LA Native and award winning journalist and essayist -Lynell George. Lynell and Paul discuss a return to more organic communications e.g. handwritten notes and phone calls, the postal system (USPS), and the effects of COVID-19 on the city of Los Angeles.

Apr 20, 2020•30 min

The Quarantine Tapes 020: Min Jin Lee

Novelist Min Jin Lee - author of “Free Food For Millionaires” and “Pachinko” speaks with Paul in Epsiode 20 of The Quarantine Tapes.

Apr 17, 2020•30 min

The Quarantine Tapes 019: Tracy Rosenthal

LA Tenants Union co-founder Tracy Rosenthal speaks with Paul about the work they do to fight for housing justice and against the forces of gentrification as well as displacement.

Apr 16, 2020•35 min

The Quarantine Tapes 018: Edwidge Danticat

Edwidge Danticat, author of “Breath, Eyes, Memory” and “Everything Inside” converses with Paul about the fragility of life and proximity of death in episode 018 of The Quarantine Tapes.

Apr 15, 2020•30 min

The Quarantine Tapes 017: Lynette Wallworth

Paul hears from award winning Australian artist Lynette Wallworth whose immersive video installations and film works reflect on the connections between people and the natural world.

Apr 14, 2020•30 min

The Quarantine Tapes 016: Sarah Williams

Today Paul speaks with Sarah Williams, co-founder and executive director of Los Angeles Based Intersectional Arts Organization “Women's Center for Creative Work”. The WCCW is a dynamic community space which holds numerous events and artist in residency programs, a publishing press as well as a co-working space. It is a plaform that actively represents the work of women and non-binary artists.

Apr 13, 2020•28 min

The Quarantine Tapes 015: Rosanne Cash

Rosanne Cash, singer, songwriter, author and daughter of Johnny Cash, speaks very openly on today's episode of the grief she is experiencing following the death of some of her closest friends, including songwriter John Prine who passed on Tuesday due to complications from Covid -19. She speaks of kindness to oneself and others during this difficult time. The episode concludes with a moving Acapella of Rosanne Cash’s “7th Avenue” sung over the phone for all of us to enjoy.

Apr 10, 2020•29 min

The Quarantine Tapes 014: Chris Smalls

“They are 500,000 employees nationwide, 800k employees worldwide. God forbid we all become carriers of COVID 19. This virus spreads to 2 1/2 people - do the math. That is a very scary situation. We are talking about ending humanity right here. People need to wake up. Really do.”

Apr 09, 2020•24 min

The Quarantine Tapes 013: Julian Sands

“There is a virtue in slowness that we have lost”. Today Paul speaks with Julian Sands, a British actor best known for his work in film, TV and radio. Due to the nature of his vocation Julian often prepares for weeks and months at home, what he calls his “slow period” or “slow time”. He compares this to the “slow movement” argued for by poets Keats & Shelley who were alarmed by the industrial revolution over 200 years ago. Slow Food was born in the 1990s in Northern Italy with the developmen...

Apr 08, 2020•30 min
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