Claremont Speaks

Claremont is regarded by many as "where you go for what you can't get anywhere else", which only starts to describe the offerings at 2023's Common Good International Film Festival.  After a COVID-related hiatus, the festival is returning , better than ever.  Festival leaders, eloquent spokespeople (and mega-movie-fans) Jeremy Fackenthal and Jim Fahey share the purpose and goals of the festival and its sponsor, The Center for Process Studies.  Jeremy and Jim provide highlights about the festival's genesis and over twenty year history, discuss its current iteration and do a deep-dive preview of several of the "don't miss" movies being showcased.  Especially interesting is the explanation of how and why the 10 movies that are to be shown, February 17-20 at the Laemmle Theater, were selected.
Aiming for more than just entertainment, the festival's film choices are intended to leave one thinking long after the movie is over, and aims to raise questions about the topic and story...which can be discussed after the film in an open forum, in some cases with the directors themselves.
For those searching for a higher level, unique and an thought provoking movie experience, this year's Common Good International Film Festival is sure to be the holy grail you seek.
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Visit Common Good Films:
Website:  https://commongoodfilms.org
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Common+Good+Films
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CommonGoodFilmFestival
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commongoodfilmfestival/

And Jim Fahey's Blog, which includes more insights and reviews of current cinematic offerings, including The Festival's movies:
https://airplanemode.substack.com/

Feedback, questions, comments, constructive criticism are all welcomed and encouraged.
Send to [email protected] with Feedback in the subject line, or go to the appropriate page on Claremont Speaks' website - https://www.claremontspeaks.com

Claremont Speaks is a Paradise Road Media production. PRM is dedicated to helping you create, launch and produce your own podcast, allowing you to focus on being the creator while PRM does the rest. To explore using the power of your own podcast for your self or to promote your business, charity, political group...or any other reason...email [email protected].

Claremont is regarded by many as "where you go for what you can't get anywhere else", which only starts to describe the offerings at 2023's Common Good International Film Festival.  After a COVID-related hiatus, the festival is returning , better than ever.  Festival leaders, eloquent spokespeople (and mega-movie-fans) Jeremy Fackenthal and Jim Fahey share the purpose and goals of the festival and its sponsor, The Center for Process Studies.  Jeremy and Jim provide highlights about the festival's genesis and over twenty year history, discuss its current iteration and do a deep-dive preview of several of the "don't miss" movies being showcased.  Especially interesting is the explanation of how and why the 10 movies that are to be shown, February 17-20 at the Laemmle Theater, were selected.
Aiming for more than just entertainment, the festival's film choices are intended to leave one thinking long after the movie is over, and aims to raise questions about the topic and story...which can be discussed after the film in an open forum, in some cases with the directors themselves.
For those searching for a higher level, unique and an thought provoking movie experience, this year's Common Good International Film Festival is sure to be the holy grail you seek.
======================================================
Visit Common Good Films:
Website:  https://commongoodfilms.org
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Common+Good+Films
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CommonGoodFilmFestival
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commongoodfilmfestival/

And Jim Fahey's Blog, which includes more insights and reviews of current cinematic offerings, including The Festival's movies:
https://airplanemode.substack.com/

Feedback, questions, comments, constructive criticism are all welcomed and encouraged.
Send to [email protected] with Feedback in the subject line, or go to the appropriate page on Claremont Speaks' website - https://www.claremontspeaks.com

Claremont Speaks is a Paradise Road Media production. PRM is dedicated to helping you create, launch and produce your own podcast, allowing you to focus on being the creator while PRM does the rest. To explore using the power of your own podcast for your self or to promote your business, charity, political group...or any other reason...email [email protected].

Dr. Deepak Shimkhada, PhD, returns to Claremont Speaks to provide some insight into four new books he has either written or been a chief collaborator.   As way of recording the highlights of his nearly eight decades of extraordinary experiences, Dr. Shimkhada chronicles many of his best memories in Nepal to California: A Life of Adventure and Memories.  He recounts growing up in a small village near Mt. Everest, his transition to Kathmandu, Chicago and then Los Angeles,  Dr. Shimkhada takes the reader on a ride of discovery and adventure that few are privileged to experience.
 
Dr. Shimkhada recently completed one of his long-term projects, the translation to English of Sylvain Lévi's monumental work Le Népal: Étude Historique d’un Royaume Hindou, published in French in the early 1900s.  Published as Nepal: Historical Study of a Hindu Kingdom from the original French manuscript, it has stood the test of time as the standard for scholarly work on Nepal.

In addition to his own children's books, Deepak has assisted and guided his young family members in writing their first books.

The Boy from the Planet Zobur, by Sanjan Mahalingam, is a vivid and captivating cautionary tale about the consequences of mis-treating the environment.

Just Keep Going, by Rohin Relan, weaves an inspirational story about growth and the power of family, and includes elements of soccer - popular in Nepal.  The starts in Kathmandu, a city familiar to Dr. Shimkhada and his large, multi-generational family.

Smart, eloquent and engaging to listen to, this insightful review of works is entertaining and informative even before reading them.  Each is available through Amazon - the links above will take you directly to the specific Amazon web-page.  Enjoy the interview and Dr. Shimkhada's latest works, and when you see him in and around Claremont, don't hesitate to tell him how much you enjoyed them.

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Deepak Shimkhada, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor, Chaffey College
President, Indic Foundation (www.indic.org)
Email: [email protected]
Amazon Author 
Twitter: @dshimkhada
www.deepakshimkhada.com
www.nepalmemoryproject.com
http://nepalmemoryproject.com/

Feedback, questions, comments, constructive criticism are all welcomed and encouraged.
Send to [email protected] with Feedback in the subject line, or go to the appropriate page on Claremont Speaks' website - https://www.claremontspeaks.com

Claremont Speaks is a Paradise Road Media production. PRM is dedicated to helping you create, launch and produce your own podcast, allowing you to focus on being the creator while PRM does the rest. To explore using the power of your own podcast for your self or to promote your business, charity, political group...or any other reason...email [email protected].

Dr. Deepak Shimkhada, PhD, returns to Claremont Speaks to provide some insight into four new books he has either written or been a chief collaborator.   As way of recording the highlights of his nearly eight decades of extraordinary experiences, Dr. Shimkhada chronicles many of his best memories in Nepal to California: A Life of Adventure and Memories.  He recounts growing up in a small village near Mt. Everest, his transition to Kathmandu, Chicago and then Los Angeles,  Dr. Shimkhada takes the reader on a ride of discovery and adventure that few are privileged to experience.
 
Dr. Shimkhada recently completed one of his long-term projects, the translation to English of Sylvain Lévi's monumental work Le Népal: Étude Historique d’un Royaume Hindou, published in French in the early 1900s.  Published as Nepal: Historical Study of a Hindu Kingdom from the original French manuscript, it has stood the test of time as the standard for scholarly work on Nepal.

In addition to his own children's books, Deepak has assisted and guided his young family members in writing their first books.

The Boy from the Planet Zobur, by Sanjan Mahalingam, is a vivid and captivating cautionary tale about the consequences of mis-treating the environment.

Just Keep Going, by Rohin Relan, weaves an inspirational story about growth and the power of family, and includes elements of soccer - popular in Nepal.  The starts in Kathmandu, a city familiar to Dr. Shimkhada and his large, multi-generational family.

Smart, eloquent and engaging to listen to, this insightful review of works is entertaining and informative even before reading them.  Each is available through Amazon - the links above will take you directly to the specific Amazon web-page.  Enjoy the interview and Dr. Shimkhada's latest works, and when you see him in and around Claremont, don't hesitate to tell him how much you enjoyed them.

===========================================================
Deepak Shimkhada, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor, Chaffey College
President, Indic Foundation (www.indic.org)
Email: [email protected]
Amazon Author 
Twitter: @dshimkhada
www.deepakshimkhada.com
www.nepalmemoryproject.com
http://nepalmemoryproject.com/

Feedback, questions, comments, constructive criticism are all welcomed and encouraged.
Send to [email protected] with Feedback in the subject line, or go to the appropriate page on Claremont Speaks' website - https://www.claremontspeaks.com

Claremont Speaks is a Paradise Road Media production. PRM is dedicated to helping you create, launch and produce your own podcast, allowing you to focus on being the creator while PRM does the rest. To explore using the power of your own podcast for your self or to promote your business, charity, political group...or any other reason...email [email protected].

The Antikythera Mechanism, an astronomical computer probably crafted in Rhodes in the second century BCE, is regarded as being the first precision, gear driven calculator and the forerunner of modern computers.  Found by sponge-divers as a corroded lump in a 2,100-year-old Roman-era shipwreck in the early 1900's, it is one of the most advanced examples of technology ever discovered from the ancient world.  The level of genius revealed by this wondrous mechanism has fascinated and astounded historians for decades.
A historian of science and a staunch environmental advocate, Dr. Evaggelos Vallianatos returns to Claremont Speaks to relate how the mechanism was created, lost, found and then studied and investigated.  From that foundation, he extrapolates the implications to what today's society could have been had the mechanism and the guiding philosophies and purposes that created it been allowed to flourish.
This interview provides a window into how the achievements and lessons of the past speak loudly as cautionary tales regarding the efforts and pursuits of technology today, and how crucial it is to continually measure the ongoing advancement by whether it is truly good for all of society, not simply to enrich corporate coffers.
Caution: listening to this episode may foster a deeper curiosity about the Antikythera Mechanism and how ancient Greek philosophy, if applied to today's technological advances, might very well help, instead of continue to damage, today's environment.

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For more on the Antikythera Mechanism

Dr. Vallianatos' book,  The Antikythera Mechanism: The Story Behind the Genius of the Greek Computer and its Demise
Available on Amazon

Dr. Vallianatos' presentation on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/8nNbiLf2_Fs

To contact Dr. Vallianatos, please email [email protected].

Feedback, questions, comments, constructive criticism are all welcomed and encouraged.
Send to [email protected] with Feedback in the subject line, or go to the appropriate page on Claremont Speaks' website - https://www.claremontspeaks.com

Claremont Speaks is a Paradise Road Media production. PRM is dedicated to helping you create, launch and produce your own podcast, allowing you to focus on being the creator while PRM does the rest. To explore using the power of your own podcast for your self or to promote your business, charity, political group...or any other reason...email [email protected].

The Antikythera Mechanism, an astronomical computer probably crafted in Rhodes in the second century BCE, is regarded as being the first precision, gear driven calculator and the forerunner of modern computers.  Found by sponge-divers as a corroded lump in a 2,100-year-old Roman-era shipwreck in the early 1900's, it is one of the most advanced examples of technology ever discovered from the ancient world.  The level of genius revealed by this wondrous mechanism has fascinated and astounded historians for decades.
A historian of science and a staunch environmental advocate, Dr. Evaggelos Vallianatos returns to Claremont Speaks to relate how the mechanism was created, lost, found and then studied and investigated.  From that foundation, he extrapolates the implications to what today's society could have been had the mechanism and the guiding philosophies and purposes that created it been allowed to flourish.
This interview provides a window into how the achievements and lessons of the past speak loudly as cautionary tales regarding the efforts and pursuits of technology today, and how crucial it is to continually measure the ongoing advancement by whether it is truly good for all of society, not simply to enrich corporate coffers.
Caution: listening to this episode may foster a deeper curiosity about the Antikythera Mechanism and how ancient Greek philosophy, if applied to today's technological advances, might very well help, instead of continue to damage, today's environment.

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For more on the Antikythera Mechanism

Dr. Vallianatos' book,  The Antikythera Mechanism: The Story Behind the Genius of the Greek Computer and its Demise
Available on Amazon

Dr. Vallianatos' presentation on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/8nNbiLf2_Fs

To contact Dr. Vallianatos, please email [email protected].

Feedback, questions, comments, constructive criticism are all welcomed and encouraged.
Send to [email protected] with Feedback in the subject line, or go to the appropriate page on Claremont Speaks' website - https://www.claremontspeaks.com

Claremont Speaks is a Paradise Road Media production. PRM is dedicated to helping you create, launch and produce your own podcast, allowing you to focus on being the creator while PRM does the rest. To explore using the power of your own podcast for your self or to promote your business, charity, political group...or any other reason...email [email protected].

Kathryn Mora - a popular writer for The Claremont Courier and one of the most favored by Claremont Speaks' listeners - returns to the microphone to relate a story about a recent outpatient visit in which the staff illustrated some of the all-too-common treatment of those who, as Kathryn delicately puts it, "have had a lot of birthdays."  Her experience in one of Claremont's otherwise best medical facilities showcased what can go wrong as a result of culturally ingrained behavior towards older people, and serves as a metaphor for the condition throughout society - which  doesn't have to be that way, 
 
In an effort to offer suggestions for improvement, all in the spirit of constructive criticism, Kathryn spotlights an interactive style people often use.  Though they mean well, the practice is actually quite destructive in its own way.  With that as the framework, she offers sage constructive criticism and suggestions that most anyone can begin using right away, and would inarguably benefit both parties.

Give Kathryn's short but truly heartfelt episode a listen, and see if her experience seems similar - and all too familiar.  Heed her nudge to take action, and take advantage of her offer to help - maybe if/when the next incident occurs, the factors for change can be more easily put in motion, with a measurable improvement as the outcome.

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Kathryn invites anyone who would have had a similar experience and would like to discuss it to contact her by email:
[email protected]
or visit her Facebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/kathrynmora
and contact her using Facebook Messenger

Feedback, questions, comments, constructive criticism are all welcomed and encouraged.
Send to [email protected] with Feedback in the subject line, or go to the appropriate page on Claremont Speaks' website - https://www.claremontspeaks.com

Claremont Speaks is a Paradise Road Media production. PRM is dedicated to helping you create, launch and produce your own podcast, allowing you to focus on being the creator while PRM does the rest. To explore using the power of your own podcast for your self or to promote your business, charity, political group...or any other reason...email [email protected].

Kathryn Mora - a popular writer for The Claremont Courier and one of the most favored by Claremont Speaks' listeners - returns to the microphone to relate a story about a recent outpatient visit in which the staff illustrated some of the all-too-common treatment of those who, as Kathryn delicately puts it, "have had a lot of birthdays."  Her experience in one of Claremont's otherwise best medical facilities showcased what can go wrong as a result of culturally ingrained behavior towards older people, and serves as a metaphor for the condition throughout society - which  doesn't have to be that way, 
 
In an effort to offer suggestions for improvement, all in the spirit of constructive criticism, Kathryn spotlights an interactive style people often use.  Though they mean well, the practice is actually quite destructive in its own way.  With that as the framework, she offers sage constructive criticism and suggestions that most anyone can begin using right away, and would inarguably benefit both parties.

Give Kathryn's short but truly heartfelt episode a listen, and see if her experience seems similar - and all too familiar.  Heed her nudge to take action, and take advantage of her offer to help - maybe if/when the next incident occurs, the factors for change can be more easily put in motion, with a measurable improvement as the outcome.

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Kathryn invites anyone who would have had a similar experience and would like to discuss it to contact her by email:
[email protected]
or visit her Facebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/kathrynmora
and contact her using Facebook Messenger

Feedback, questions, comments, constructive criticism are all welcomed and encouraged.
Send to [email protected] with Feedback in the subject line, or go to the appropriate page on Claremont Speaks' website - https://www.claremontspeaks.com

Claremont Speaks is a Paradise Road Media production. PRM is dedicated to helping you create, launch and produce your own podcast, allowing you to focus on being the creator while PRM does the rest. To explore using the power of your own podcast for your self or to promote your business, charity, political group...or any other reason...email [email protected].

The Random Shorts series is an effort to post the several short but enjoyable interviews that, unfortunately, had to be temporarily set aside (not forgotten) due to life, time and scheduling constraints. 

As everyone was leaving the Happy Crowd's last concert, likable and witty Nancy James accepted the invitation from our roving interviewer to take the mic.  She briefly discusses how much she and her family enjoyed the Happy Crowd that night and over the years, where she's from and what brought her family here, and then opined on her favorite of Claremont's many great qualities.   

Listen and enjoy the brief but sparkling repartee with Nancy, who was so casual and friendly as to leave one wanting to hear more.  Nancy - you're welcome back any time.

Feedback, questions, comments, constructive criticism are all welcomed and encouraged.
Send to [email protected] with Feedback in the subject line, or go to the appropriate page on Claremont Speaks' website - https://www.claremontspeaks.com

Claremont Speaks is a Paradise Road Media production. PRM is dedicated to helping you create, launch and produce your own podcast, allowing you to focus on being the creator while PRM does the rest. To explore using the power of your own podcast for your self or to promote your business, charity, political group...or any other reason...email [email protected].

The Random Shorts series is an effort to post the several short but enjoyable interviews that, unfortunately, had to be temporarily set aside (not forgotten) due to life, time and scheduling constraints. 

As everyone was leaving the Happy Crowd's last concert, likable and witty Nancy James accepted the invitation from our roving interviewer to take the mic.  She briefly discusses how much she and her family enjoyed the Happy Crowd that night and over the years, where she's from and what brought her family here, and then opined on her favorite of Claremont's many great qualities.   

Listen and enjoy the brief but sparkling repartee with Nancy, who was so casual and friendly as to leave one wanting to hear more.  Nancy - you're welcome back any time.

Feedback, questions, comments, constructive criticism are all welcomed and encouraged.
Send to [email protected] with Feedback in the subject line, or go to the appropriate page on Claremont Speaks' website - https://www.claremontspeaks.com

Claremont Speaks is a Paradise Road Media production. PRM is dedicated to helping you create, launch and produce your own podcast, allowing you to focus on being the creator while PRM does the rest. To explore using the power of your own podcast for your self or to promote your business, charity, political group...or any other reason...email [email protected].