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FORUM IN FOCUS: Mimi Tempestt + Cat Bohannon

KQED's Forum

KQED

News Commentary, News, Politics

4.2727 Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

This week we smash the patriarchy with interviews with multidisciplinary artist, poet, and author Mimi Tempestt on her new collection of poetry, "The Delicacy of Embracing Spirals" and writer and researcher Cat Bohannon on her book “Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution.” Catch up on the week's most compelling interviews in 30 minutes or less. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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first-time guests. Learn more at Rancho LePuerta.com. Support for Forum comes from Broadway

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SF, presenting Parade, the musical revival based on a true story. From three-time Tony-winning composer

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Jason Robert Brown comes the story of Leo and Lucille Frank, a new story. From three-time Tony-winning composer Jason Robert Brown comes the story of Leo and

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Lucille Frank, a newlywed Jewish couple struggling to make a life in Georgia. When Leo is accused

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of an unspeakable crime, it propels them into an unimaginable test of faith, humanity, justice,

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and devotion. The riveting and gloriously hopeful parade

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plays the Orphium Theater for three weeks only, May 20th through June 8th. Tickets on sale now

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at Broadway, sF.com.

1:08.3

From KQED.

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Music From KQED.

1:17.0

Hey, I'm Alexis Madrigal.

1:25.4

And I'm Mina Kim, and this is Forum and Focus, where we bring you compelling interviews from the week recorded live on our radio show Forum from KQED in San Francisco.

1:26.2

That's right. We distilled down a whole week of live shows to bring you two of the very best interviews in just 30 minutes.

1:33.4

So Alexis, tell me why you picked your interview with poet Mimi Tempest to feature.

1:39.0

Mimi Tempest, Mina, is an absolute powerhouse poet.

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The thing that was so compelling about the interview I thought is just, you know,

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sometimes you have a poet on who just has like superstar presence.

1:52.7

That's what Mimi Temp has said.

1:54.3

Yeah.

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