Name: Bouting with Beauties: A Look at Roller Derby by Photojournalist
Duration: 7 min 12 s
Description: This is a short intro into the rich history of roller derby from the origins of Leo Seltzer until the day that TV killed the roller derby girl.

Ruby Bridges was just six years old when she became the focus of the American civil rights movement in November 1960. 

She was one of the first black children to go to a white elementary school.

Her presence caused riots on the streets of New Orleans.

There is language used in this programme which some listeners may find offensive. Published on November 12, 2010.

Desegregation of US schools - 1960

The week that Prince William chose to announce his engagement coincides with the anniversary of an interview that the late Princess Diana gave to the BBC TV programme  Panorama. Published on November 19, 2010.

Princess Diana and Panorama

On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walked into Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. Over the course of minutes, they would kill twelve students and a teacher and wound twenty-four others before taking their own lives.

For the last sixteen years, Sue Klebold, Dylan’s mother, has lived with the indescribable grief and shame of that day. How could her child, the promising young man she had loved and raised, be responsible for such horror? And how, as his mother, had she not known something was wrong? Were there subtle signs she had missed? What, if anything, could she have done differently?

These are questions that Klebold has grappled with every day since the Columbine tragedy. In A Mother’s Reckoning, she chronicles with unflinching honesty her journey as a mother trying to come to terms with the incomprehensible. In the hope that the insights and understanding she has gained may help other families recognize when a child is in distress, she tells her story in full, drawing upon her personal journals, the videos and writings that Dylan left behind, and on countless interviews with mental health experts.

Filled with hard-won wisdom and compassion, A Mother’s Reckoning is a powerful and haunting book that sheds light on one of the most pressing issues of our time. And with fresh wounds from the recent Newtown and Charleston shootings, never has the need for understanding been more urgent.

All author profits from the book will be donated to research and to charitable organizations focusing on mental health issues.

A Mother's Reckoning by Sue Klebold (audiobook extract) read by Andrew Solomon and Sue Klebold

Having fun teaching my sweet daughter some basic interview skills . Our topic is Who she loves the most. Silly but fun. We hope you enjoy it.

Interviewing  Emma

This is a short intro into the rich history of roller derby from the origins of Leo Seltzer until the day that TV killed the roller derby girl.

Bouting with Beauties: A Look at Roller Derby

In this second of four podcast series, we interview a Mokan Roller Girl from Joplin, Missouri, Ladon Hathaway, aka.. Psych-Anna-Lyzer. She will give us some details about the sport and clue us in what to expect at a roller derby bout!

Bouting With Beauties: A Look At Roller Derby

This four part series takes a look at the rich history of roller derby, the more modern adult themed game and what you can expect at your first bout. This third podcast in the series takes us live and on location to a Mokan Roller Derby Double Header featuring the Prairieland Publishers and the Maidens of Mayhem. We get to hear some live action and get a chance to talk to three derby girls and hear their unique perspectives on the game. be sure to join us so you don't miss all the fun!

 I am a specialist in convergent media journalism looking to work for an awesome media company. I have a past as an on-air personality for two major radio stations, was a TV host for a show on KGCS and currently am a writer/photograph for three publications. I will graduate in May 2016 with a BS degree in Mass Communications.

Bouting with Beauties: A Look at Roller Derby

Photojournalist

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