When a young Eva Kollisch arrives as a refugee in New York in 1940, she finds a community among socialists who share her values and idealism. She soon discovers ‘the cause’ isn’t as idyllic as it seems. Little does she know this is the beginning of a lifelong commitment to activism and her determination to create radical change in ways that include belonging, love and one's full self. In addition to Eva Kollisch’s memoirs Girl in Movement (2000) and The Ground Under My Feet (2014), LBI’s collections include an oral history interview with Eva conducted in 2014 and the papers of Eva’s mother, poet Margarete Kolllisch, which document Eva’s childhood experience on the Kindertransport. Learn more at www.lbi.org/kollisch . Exile is a production of the Leo Baeck Institute , New York | Berlin and Antica Productions . It’s narrated by Mandy Patinkin. Executive Producers include Katrina Onstad, Stuart Coxe, and Bernie Blum. Senior Producer is Debbie Pacheco. Associate Producers are Hailey Choi and Emily Morantz. Research and translation by Isabella Kempf. Sound design and audio mix by Philip Wilson, with help from Cameron McIver. Theme music by Oliver Wickham. Voice acting by Natalia Bushnik. Special thanks to the Kollisch family for the use of Eva’s two memoirs, “Girl in Movement” and “The Ground Under My Feet”, the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College and their “Voices of Feminism Oral History Project”, and Soundtrack New York.…
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http://www.guitargodsecrets.com – In this latest PODCAST episode, we’ll do some exercises to help you control your sound and be more expressive when you play. The trick is in a technique called choking and its close cousin, palm muting, which will keep any unwanted distortion between your strings and avoid sounding “off” or “weird”. This is to cont…
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http://www.guitargodsecrets.com – In this latest PODCAST episode, I’ll teach you how to train both your hands to “think” independently and pull off even more tricks than before. The key is learning what’s known as octave tapping which will help you visualize the fretboard easily. This way, you’ll give your playing that edge that will make you stand…
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http://www.guitargodsecrets.com – In this latest PODCAST episode, we’ll take a walk on the weird side of guitar playing and tackle some funky facts about your beloved instrument. Also, we’ll get into some tech talk about the gear you need to set up your very own mobile rig! Trust me, it’ll be an interesting and ear-opening conversation, so tune in!…
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http://www.guitargodsecrets.com – In this latest PODCAST episode, I’ll reveal the insider secrets that won’t just make you a better guitar player, but a performing one too! We’ll talk about what you need to know to take your guitar playing out of your bedroom (or garage) and in front of a live audience. Whether you want to play for your friends or …
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http://www.guitargodsecrets.com – In this latest PODCAST episode, you’ll get a generous double-serving of informative guitar lessons and valuable online resources you need to check out! First off, we’ll get into a little exercise called “The Slider” which will help you visualize the pentatonic scales in your head and connect them seamlessly. This w…
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http://www.guitargodsecrets.com – In this new PODCAST episode, I’ll give you an awesome exercise that also serves as a nifty brain twister to wrap your mind around! It’s an arpeggio-based lick that you NEED to learn to get better on your trusty axe in HALF the time! Also, I’ll talk about the best guitar albums I’ve listened to over the years and ho…
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http://www.guitargodsecrets.com – In this new PODCAST episode, we’ll talk about the FF-word: Fretboard Freedom Imagine being able to go anywhere on the fretboard without worrying if you’re still in the right key or sound OK. As a guitarist, you know this a BIG deal. One of the first things you learn from playing in a band is how *painful* it is to …
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http://www.guitargodsecrets.com – In this new PODCAST episode, we’ll run through one of my favorite exercises. It’s a hammer-on/pull-off sequence based on a legato technique that’ll make your playing smooth and precise. But it’s not your average scale exercise though – we’ll go in a radically different direction to help you break out of the scales,…
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http://www.guitargodsecrets.com – In this new PODCAST episode, I’ll do something different and talk about “meta learning”, which is learning about HOW we learn to play the guitar. People might have asked you, “How do you remember all that stuff?” and you’ve probably wondered about that yourself. We’ll explore the process of how we internalize music…
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