Instructional Video6:18
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Bella Mahaya Carter - Where Do You Hang Your Hammock? Finding Peace of Mind While You Write

Higher Ed
Bella Mahaya Carter is the author of Where Do You Hang Your Hammock?: Finding Peace of Mind While You Write, Publish, and Promote Your Book. She is a creative writing teacher, empowerment coach, and speaker, and author of an...
Instructional Video5:35
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Renee Linnell - Still On Fire: A Memoir - Magic, Miracles, Travel and Romance

Higher Ed
Renee Linnell is a serial entrepreneur who has founded or cofounded five companies and has an MBA from New York University; before that she was a model and professional dancer. Having an unorthodox childhood and being surrounded by death...
Instructional Video14:56
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Sanaz Fotouhi - Love Marriage in Kabul: A Memoir

Higher Ed
Sanaz Fotouhi was born in Iran soon after the revolution, during the Iran-Iraq war. Her father’s job as a banker took her and her family to many countries before she landed in Australia.She holds a PhD in Literature from the University...
Instructional Video1:56
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Susan Campbell - Teachers Make a Difference - Richard Massa

Higher Ed
Susan Campbell is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a widely-read newspaper columnist, and the author of three books. She has worked across the media landscape as an award-winning print journalist, a regular commentator on WNPR, and a...
Instructional Video2:47
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Susan Campbell - Why Journalism Matters

Higher Ed
Susan Campbell is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a widely-read newspaper columnist, and the author of three books. She has worked across the media landscape as an award-winning print journalist, a regular commentator on WNPR, and a...
Instructional Video3:18
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Amy Nawrocki - Teachers Make a Difference - Roxie Ray

Higher Ed
Amy Nawrocki is a poet who teaches English and Creative Writing at the University of Bridgeport. I graduated with a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College, and I earned my M.F.A. from the University of Arkansas. She lives now in Hamden,...
Instructional Video5:11
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Mark Tredinnick - Teachers Make a Difference - Barry Lopez

Higher Ed
In 2020, Tredinnick was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for services to literature and education.Tredinnick’s other honours include two State Premiers’ Literature Prizes, The Blake and Newcastle Poetry Prizes, the ACU and Ron Pretty...
Instructional Video3:00
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Bessy Reyna - Teachers Make a Difference

Higher Ed
Bessy Reyna is the author of two bilingual books of poetry, The Battlefield of Your Body (Hill-Stead Museum, 2005) and Memoirs of the Unfaithful Lover/ Memorias de la amante infiel (tunAstral, A.C., 2010, Toluca Mexico). A chapbook of...
Instructional Video3:17
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Bessy Reyna "Is This Really Broad Street, Hartford?"

Higher Ed
Bessy Reyna is the author of two bilingual books of poetry, The Battlefield of Your Body (Hill-Stead Museum, 2005) and Memoirs of the Unfaithful Lover/ Memorias de la amante infiel (tunAstral, A.C., 2010, Toluca Mexico). A chapbook of...
Instructional Video4:24
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Bessy Reyna "What We Left Behind"

Higher Ed
Bessy Reyna is the author of two bilingual books of poetry, The Battlefield of Your Body (Hill-Stead Museum, 2005) and Memoirs of the Unfaithful Lover/ Memorias de la amante infiel (tunAstral, A.C., 2010, Toluca Mexico). A chapbook of...
Instructional Video1:45
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Bessy Reyna "I Was Born On An Island"

Higher Ed
Bessy Reyna is the author of two bilingual books of poetry, The Battlefield of Your Body (Hill-Stead Museum, 2005) and Memoirs of the Unfaithful Lover/ Memorias de la amante infiel (tunAstral, A.C., 2010, Toluca Mexico). A chapbook of...
Instructional Video1:34
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Mark Tredinnick "Soft Bombs"

Higher Ed
In 2020, Tredinnick was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for services to literature and education.Tredinnick’s other honours include two State Premiers’ Literature Prizes, The Blake and Newcastle Poetry Prizes, the ACU and Ron Pretty...
Instructional Video5:00
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Mark Tredinnick "The Godwit"

Higher Ed
In 2020, Tredinnick was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for services to literature and education.Tredinnick’s other honours include two State Premiers’ Literature Prizes, The Blake and Newcastle Poetry Prizes, the ACU and Ron Pretty...
Instructional Video2:52
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Mark Tredinnick "Gaudeamus Igitur"

Higher Ed
In 2020, Tredinnick was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for services to literature and education.Tredinnick’s other honours include two State Premiers’ Literature Prizes, The Blake and Newcastle Poetry Prizes, the ACU and Ron Pretty...
Instructional Video3:45
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Mark Tredinnick "Lotus Pond"

Higher Ed
In 2020, Tredinnick was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for services to literature and education.Tredinnick’s other honours include two State Premiers’ Literature Prizes, The Blake and Newcastle Poetry Prizes, the ACU and Ron Pretty...
Instructional Video2:03
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Renee Linnell - Teachers Make a Difference - Brenda Gooden

Higher Ed
Renee Linnell is a serial entrepreneur who has founded or cofounded five companies and has an MBA from New York University; before that she was a model and professional dancer. Having an unorthodox childhood and being surrounded by death...
Instructional Video1:58
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Nikki Moustaki - "For a Minute There, I Thought We Could've Been Happy" by Cathleen Chambless

Higher Ed
Nikki Moustaki, author of the memoir, The Bird Market of Paris (Henry Holt, 2015), holds an MA in poetry from New York University, an MFA in poetry from Indiana University, and an MFA in fiction from New York University, and has taught...
Instructional Video0:53
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Nikki Moustaki - Teachers Make a Difference - My 11th Grade English Teacher

Higher Ed
Nikki Moustaki, author of the memoir, The Bird Market of Paris (Henry Holt, 2015), holds an MA in poetry from New York University, an MFA in poetry from Indiana University, and an MFA in fiction from New York University, and has taught...
Instructional Video4:06
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Bella Mahaya Carter "Messa Road"

Higher Ed
Bella Mahaya Carter is the author of Where Do You Hang Your Hammock?: Finding Peace of Mind While You Write, Publish, and Promote Your Book. She is a creative writing teacher, empowerment coach, and speaker, and author of an...
Instructional Video7:48
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Yascha Mounk - The Great Experiment: Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure

Higher Ed
Yascha Mounk is a writer and academic known for his work on the crisis of democracy and the defense of philosophically liberal values. Born in Germany to Polish parents, Yascha received his BA in History from Trinity College Cambridge...
Instructional Video3:42
Curated Video

Portugal, Sintra - Pena Palace

12th - Higher Ed
The castle's history started in the Middle Ages when a chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Pena was built on the top of the hill above Sintra. According to tradition, construction occurred after an apparition of the Virgin Mary. In 1493,...
Instructional Video6:27
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Michael Schnabel - Daddy's Girl: A Father, His Daughter, and the Deadly Battle She Won

Higher Ed
Michael Schnabel is the author of Daddy’s Girl, a memoir about the challenges and struggles of parenting through a medical crisis. A graduate of Northern State University Michael developed his passion for writing and story telling during...
Instructional Video2:25
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Michael Schnabel - Teachers Make a Difference - John Butaud

Higher Ed
Michael Schnabel is the author of Daddy’s Girl, a memoir about the challenges and struggles of parenting through a medical crisis. A graduate of Northern State University Michael developed his passion for writing and story telling during...
Instructional Video6:40
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Cory Richards - The Color of Everything: A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within

Higher Ed
Cory Richards, a former professional mountain climber and National Geographic photographer, has transitioned into writing, focusing on his experiences with mental health. His memoir, "The Color of Everything," delves into his journey...