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Trinity School NYC Podmissum

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Podmissum, is the podcast series of Trinity School in New York City, a diverse community of learning creating engaged and inspired citizens since 1709. Trinity is a k-12, independent, coeducational school on Manhattan's Upper West Side. These podcasts highlight innovative education programs, explore k-12 education initiatives, and share the presentations of compelling speakers from within and from outside the Trinity community through interviews, guest speakers, documentaries, performances, athletic competitions, and other events at the School. We invite you to explore this library and subscri...

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Kathy Spillar—executive vice-president of Feminist Majority Foundation and the Feminist Majority 09.01.2014 33:02

This episode of pod missum features Kathy Spillar, the executive vice-president of Feminist Majority Foundation and the Feminist Majority, national organizations working toward women’s equality, empowerment, and non-violence. In addition, she is the executive editor of Ms. magazine. Ms. Spillar has been a national leader in the struggle to counter the effects of extremist anti-abortion groups that...

Stella Shout out 19.12.2013 19:23

This episode of Pod missum features the Stella Shout out, which began at Trinity in 2009 when Upper School English Teacher Cindy Muñiz started the tradition as a way to encourage students to speak in her Grade Eleven English class. Featured in this episode: Upper School English Teacher Cindy Muñiz, Upper School History Teacher Michael Berkowitz, Upper School Performing Arts Teacher and Physical E...

Najla Said '92—author of "Looking for Palestine" 22.10.2013 30:51

This episode features Najla Said, Trinity class of 1992. Najla is a writer, comedienne, and actress who has appeared in numerous plays, in film, and on television. The daughter of Edward Said, a professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University and an advocate for Palestinians, Najla grew up as a Palestinian Lebanese American and attended the Chapin School before coming to Tri...

Jeff Orlowski—director, producer, and cinematographer of "Chasing Ice" 18.10.2013 29:09

This episode features Jeff Orlowski the director, producer, and cinematographer of the Sundance Award-winning film, Chasing Ice , which has been screened at the White House, the United Nations, the United States Congress, on all seven continents as well as on a ship in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It has received over thirty awards from film festivals around the world. As founder of exposurela...

Memorial Service for Douglas Tobin - Trinity School Classics Teacher 11.10.2013 1:10:02

This episode features the memorial service for Douglas Tobin, a Classics Department teacher at Trinity since 1987. Mr. Tobin lost his brave fight against lymphoma on 26 August 2013. He was sixty-three years old. The memorial service was held on Wednesday, 11 September 2013 in the Hawley Chapel of Trinity School. The program runs for about eighty minutes and includes Head of School John Allman, Cla...