We are very excited to share that Arizona Public Media (AZPM), which is Southern Arizona’s NPR and PBS affiliate is airing our 13-Part Series on Women in Science and Technology from Silicon Valley. Each episode airs thrice: Sundays at 1.30 am and 5.30 am and Tuesdays at 11.30 am on Cox 82 and Comcast 396.… Continue Reading
Kimberly Reedis the director & producer Dark Money(2018), a documentary that traces the role of dark money in the state politics of Montana. What did Montana do differently compared to other states in tracking the role of dark money in their elections? How did Republicans and Democrats in that state come together to take this… Continue Reading
“My mother is my role model,” shares Bill Atkinson, who is well-known for his pioneering work at Apple Computers.QuickDraw,MacPaint,HyperCard,dropdown menu are some of the things that Atkinson created when he was with Apple.He then went on to co-found General Magic with Andy Hertzfeld and Marc Porat. We caught with Atkinson during the San Jose premiere… Continue Reading
KSMQ-TV, PBS member station in Austin, MN is broadcasting Season 2 of our 13-part TV series on Women in Science and Tech from Silicon Valley. The series airs on Sundays at 9.30 pm CST from July through mid-September 2018.
Hadiyah Mujhid is on a mission to promote entrepreneurship in colleges.She is the founder and CEO of HBCUvc that help students in the historical black colleges and universities in the US. The goal is to help students develop an interest in startups and entrepreneurship and help them understand what venture capital is and how startups… Continue Reading
PBS Guam starts airing our 9-part series on Women in Science and Tech from Silicon Valley on Sundays at 6.00 pm Guam time, which is 1.00 am PST. The first episode features Suzanne Frey of Google and airs on Sunday, July 15. 2018 at 6.00 pm. The series on Women in Science and Tech is… Continue Reading
Our 13-part series on Women in Science and Technology from Silicon Valley starts airing from July on KSMQ, PBS station for Southern Minnesota and Northern Iowa. The weekly episode air on Saturdays at 9.30 CST right after Masterpiece Theatre. KSMQ is available on on Dish Network, Direct TV, Jaguar or Antenna on Channel 15 and Channel 779… Continue Reading
Filmmaker Guneet Monga is consumed by films and filmmaking and it should come as no surprise that earlier this year she became a member of Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. We caught up with Monga earlier this year in San Francisco Bay Area to find out how she became a filmmaker and what… Continue Reading
Dr. Leila Takayama is a cognitive scientist with a deep interest in human-robotics interaction. She is a teacher at University of California, Santa Cruz. This is a highlight of an upcoming interview with Dr. Takayama where she shares how she got interested in math and science and how she developed an interest in cognitive science… Continue Reading
Our TV series on Women in Science and Tech in Silicon Valley continues to air this week on KCSM TV on Comcast 17 and 717 and Direct TV 43 in San Francisco Bay Area. On Tuesday, July 3, 2018 watch our interview with Shivani Govil, VP, Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Products, SAP Ariba at 6.30 pm on KCSM TV. This… Continue Reading
Our TV series on Women in Science and Tech in Silicon Valley continues to air this week on KCSM TV on Comcast 17 and 717 and Direct TV 43 in San Francisco Bay Area. On Sunday July 1, 2018 catch our interview with Dr. Gini Deshpande founder and CEO of NuMedii at 7.30 pm on KCSM TV. This interview is part of our Women in Science… Continue Reading
Silicon Valley-based Alka Jarvis works, teaches and writes about quality assurance and software testing. She is Cisco Distinguished Quality Engineer and has worked in the networking company for the past 25 years. I sat down with Jarvis to find out her journey from Nairobi, Kenya to Silicon Valley and how she got started in quality assurance and software… Continue Reading
Catch our interview with educator, author and film historian Dr. Annette Insdorf of Columbia University on Oakland’s KTOP TV on Friday, June 22, 2018 at 7.30 pm. The program airs on Comcast 10 and folks in Oakland, East Bay and even some parts of San Francisco. We spoke with Dr. Insdorf about her love for films and how she… Continue Reading
Our 13-part TV series on Women in Science and Technology from Silicon Valley is currently airing on KCSM TV in San Francisco Bay Area. The series features scientists, entrepreneurs, engineers, rocket scientist and an astronomer, who share their journey and how they discovered their love for science and math. Thank you to Genentech for sponsoring 7 episodes from our… Continue Reading
RBG traces Justice Ginsburg life growing up as a first generation American in Brooklyn to studying law at Cornell & Columbia and then making her career as a lawyer and a teacher. She became the second woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court in 1993 by President Bill Clinton.
We caught up with Academy award-winning director Michel Hazanavicius when he was in San Francisco for the SFFILM festival. We spoke to him about his new film Godard Mon Amour. The film is based on the memoirs of Anne Wiazemsky, who was married to Godard and looks at a specific time period in the couple’s life –… Continue Reading
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the subject of filmmakers Julie Cohen and Betsy West’s documentary RBG. Justice Ginsburg, who is in her 80’s hits the gym 3 times a week. Cohen describes how they got to shoot the Justice exercising in the gym for their film. We have an extended interview coming up with Cohen and West… Continue Reading
Los Angeles-based Ben Rekhi shares how the idea for his new film THE ASHRAM (2018) was born while he was traveling in India. The film is available online and starts Sam Keeley, Melissa Cox, Kal Penn, Radhika Apte and Hera Hilmar. This is a highlight from our upcoming extended interview with Rekhi where we talk about… Continue Reading
Director Michel Hazanavicius talks about his Academy Award winning film The Artist (2011) and about his new French film Godard Mon Amour (2018). Louis Garrel essays the role of the famous French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard. Godard Mon Amour is based on the memoirs of Anne Wiazemsky, who was married to Godard. Godard Mon Amour stars… Continue Reading
Dr. Cynthia Lee teaches computer science at Stanford University. Dr. Lee shares how young children (girls and boys) are equally interested in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), but by the time they enter middle school that interest appears to undergo a change and the number of girls interested in STEM declines. She shares how… Continue Reading
We are very excited to share that a PBS member station in Illinois is broadcasting our special series on Women in Science and Technology from Silicon Valley. WEIU-TV a member of the Public Broadcasting Station (PBS) located in Charleston, IL. WEIU-TV is currently broadcasting our 9-part TV special on Women in Science and Technology from Silicon Valley… Continue Reading
We are excited to share that folks in Boston can catch The Kamla Show on Mondays at 3.30 pm EST. The TV show airs on RCN 83 and Comcast 23.
Filmmaker Aaron Katz talks about the making of GEMINI, a noir film set in Los Angeles. The film centers around the relationship between a famous young actress (Zoe Kravitz) and her personal assistant (Lola Kirke). Often, the boundaries between their personal and professional life is blurred. We met Katz in San Francisco and spoke on… Continue Reading
We are excited to share that Pasadena in Southern California will broadcast our weekly TV show on Saturdays starting from March 17, 2018. You can watch The Kamla Show in Pasadena on Saturdays at two different time slots – 8.30 am in the morning or 8.30 pm in the evening on Charter 32 and… Continue Reading
Renowned British physicist Dr.Stephen Hawking passed away on March 14, 2018. He was 76 years old. In 2014 Eddie Redmayne essayed the role of Dr. Hawking in the film The Theory of Everything. I got a chance to interview Redmayne about how he prepared for the role and his meeting with Dr. Hawking. Here is… Continue Reading
Filmmaker Alexander Dean shares why she made Bombshell:The Hedy Lamarr Story. The Hollywood actress was known for her beauty but not her interest in technology. During World War II Lamar co-invented a secret communication systems based on frequency hopping. It was only decades later that Lamarr got recognition for her work. Bombshell:The Hedy Lamarr Story… Continue Reading
We spoke with filmmaker Sebastian Lelio and transgender actress Danila Vega about the making of A Fantastic Woman and how they got the idea to make a film about a transgender actress. The film is about love and politics of identity. Last week A Fantastic Woman won an Oscar in the foreign language film category and… Continue Reading
How do you combine your passion for writing and science? We turned to Rina-Shaikh Lesko, who trained and worked as an epidemiologist for many years before embracing her passion for writing. She combined her twin interests: writing and science and became a science writer But, before becoming a science writer Shaikh-Lesko went back to school… Continue Reading
A highlight from our upcoming interview with Chilean filmmaker Sebastian Lelio and transgender actress Danila Vega. I got to ask them a couple of questions from the famous Proust Questionnaire. We have a longer interview coming up with Lelio and Vega. Lelio’s film A Fantastic Woman is Chile’s entry in the best foreign-language film category for… Continue Reading
Dr. Cynthia Lee teaches computer science at Stanford University. She shares how girls and boys are equally interested in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) as children. But around middle schools the number of girls interested in STEM declines? Why is that? Tune in to find out. This is a highlight of our upcoming interview… Continue Reading
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