• ABOUT
  • SPEAKING SCHEDULE
  • PROGRAM TOPICS INDEX
  • DEEPER DIVES 1-20
    • 1. THE AUDACIOUS NELLY BLY
    • 2. GODS AND MONSTERS
    • 3. WILLA CATHER
    • 4. SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
    • 5. TRUMAN CAPOTE
    • 6. RUTH BADER GINSBURG
    • 7. JOHN SINGER SARGENT
    • 8. BIRDS: DINOSAURS AMONG US
    • 9. GRIMM TALES
    • 10. UNDERGROUND RR & WM STILL
    • 11. CLEOPATRA
    • 12. BLACK SCIENTISTS WE SHOULD KNOW
    • 13. AFR. AMER. IN SPACE
    • 14. TONI MORRISON
    • 15. LANGSTON HUGHES
    • 16. MLK: UNKNOWN THINGS
    • 17. HARRIET TUBMAN
    • 18. SOJOURNER TRUTH
    • 19. BAYARD RUSTIN
    • 20. MARY ANNING
  • DEEPER DIVES 21-40
    • 21. FRIDA KAHLO
    • 22. HUMAN JOURNEY: SEX STONE AGE
    • 23. HUMAN JOURNEY: MIGRATION
    • 24. A CHARLES DICKENS CHRISTMAS
    • 25. FIFTEEN HOLIDAY JEWELS
    • 26. SANTA CLAUS: THE BIOGRAPHY
    • 27. FOUNDING WRITERS, PART ONE
    • 28. FOUNDING WRITERS, PART TWO
    • 29. THE REAL THANKSGIVING
    • 30. HAUNTED HISTORY OF HALLOWEEN
    • 31. QUAKES, VOLCANOES, TSUNAMIS
    • 32. AGATHA CHRISTIE
    • 33. CHANGING PERSPECTIVES 5 WOMEN
    • 34. CHANGING PERSPECTIVES 5 Books
    • 35. CHANGING PERSPECTIVES Verne & Wells
    • 36. WOMEN OF THE STARS
    • 37. WINDOWS TO NATURE
    • 38. EARLY MAMMALS
    • 39. 15,000 BCE: THIS IS YOUR LIFE
    • 40. OUR NEANDERTHAL COUSINS
  • DEEPER DIVES 41-50
    • 41. GEORGE ORWELL
    • 42. TARZAN & CARTER: SUPERHEROES
    • 43. CHARLES DARWIN
    • 44. ROSWELL & BEYOND...
    • 45. MARY SHELLEY
    • 46. UNSUNG CIVIL RIGHTS HEROES
    • 47. THE SALEM WITCHES
    • 48. A WORLD OF DINOSAURS
    • 49. T.rex AND ITS FAMILY
    • 50. THE HOLIDAYS UNWRAPPED
  • DEEPER DIVES 51-70
    • 51. SENECA FALLS LEGACY
    • 52. JILL TARTER & THE SEARCH FOR E.T.
    • 53. NIKOLA TESLA: LIGHTNING MAN
    • 54. BANNED IN AMERICA
    • 55. VAN GOGH
    • 56. HEDY LEMAR
    • 57. E. R. BURROUGHS
    • 61 and 62. NEVER TOO EARLY/LATE
    • 63. THE SILK ROAD
    • 64. THE SIXTY-MINUTE UNIVERSE
    • 65. FAILURE? SAYS WHO?
    • 66. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
    • 67. ALLEN GINSBERG
    • 68. QUEEN BOUDICA
    • 69. EINSTEIN
    • 70. JUDY GARLAND
  • DEEPER DIVES 71-80
    • 71. SUMMER OF 1969
    • 72 FREDERICK DOUGLAS
    • 73 THE SONNET
    • 74 JACK LONDON
    • 75 ROBERT FROST
    • 76 THE FOUR BRONTES
    • 77 WE ARE THE MARTIANS
    • 78 FLY ME TO THE MOON
    • 79 TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
    • 80 EDGAR ALLAN POE
  • DEEPER DIVES 81-97
    • 81 CHARLES DICKENS
    • 82 SUSAN B ANTHONY
    • 83 MARK TWAIN
    • 84 JACK THE RIPPER
    • 85 WOMEN SCIENTISTS YOU SHOULD KNOW
    • 86 IMAGINARY WORLD JULES VERNE
    • 87 KING ARTHUR
    • 88 STOLEN
    • 89 H G WELLS
    • 90. CASANOVA
    • 91. HUMAN ORIGINS
    • 92. SEVEN NOBEL WOMEN
    • 93. WHAT'S THE BUZZ?
    • 94. MONET'S GARDEN
    • 95. O'KEEFE: FLOWERS, SKULLS, DESERT
    • 96. MICHELANGELO: POETRY
    • 97. STONEWALL HERITAGE
    • 98. AMNH: 34M TREASURES
  • ENG. ROMANTICISM
    • INTRO and PEDECESSORS
    • WORDSWORTH
    • COLERIDGE
    • BYRON
    • PERCY SHELLEY
    • KEATS
  • OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
    • SUN
    • MERCURY
    • VENUS
    • EARTH & MOON
    • MARS & MOONS
    • ASTEROID BELT
    • JUPTER & MOONS
    • SATURN & MOONS
    • URANUS & MOONS
    • NEPTUNE & MOONS
    • KUIPER BELT
    • PLANET 9
    • OORT CLOUD
  • WRITING
  • ART
  • RESUME

Never Too Early, Never Too Late

Mozart
Grandma Moses

Web Resources

7 PRODIGIES: https://www.britannica.com/list/7-famous-child-prodigies8 PRODIGIES: https://www.history.com/news/8-famous-child-prodigies11 PRODIGIES: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/29227/11-child-prodigies-and-amazing-things-theyd-done-age-11TOP 20: https://historyplex.com/most-famous-child-prodigies-in-history
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LATE BLOOMERS IN ART: https://theabundantartist.com/5-late-bloomers-that-changed-the-art-world/LATE BLOOMERS IN WRITING: https://bookriot.com/8-authors-success-after-age-50/LATE BLOOMERS IN WRITING: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/63112/11-writers-who-started-lateLATE BLOOMING COMPOSERS: https://www.classical-music.com/composers/late-blooming-composers/

Starting Early

Mozart
Mendelssohn
Neumann
de la Cruz
Ramanujan
Wonder
Jackson
Pascal
Polgar
Fermi
Picasso
Turner
Rimbaud
Thomas
Schumann
Champollion
BIOGRAPHIES 1. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart2. Felix Mendelssohn: https://www.biography.com/musician/felix-mendelssohn3. John von Neumann: https://www.ias.edu/von-neumann4. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz: https://www.biography.com/writer/sor-juana-ines-de-la-cruz5. Srinivasa Ramanujan: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Srinivasa-Ramanujan6. Stevie Wonder: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Wonder7. Michael Jackson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson8. Blaise Pascal: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Blaise-Pascal9. Judit Polgar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judit_Polg%C3%A1r10. Enrico Fermi: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1938/fermi/biographical/11. Pablo Picasso: https://www.pablopicasso.org/ 12. J. M. W. Turner: https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/j-m-w-turner-ra13. Arthur Rimbaud: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/arthur-rimbaud14. Dylan Thomas: https://poets.org/poet/dylan-thomas15. Clara Schumann: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Schumann16. Jean Francois Champollion: https://gcpawards.com/blog/jean-francois-champollion/
  • YOUTUBE RESOURCES 1. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: SYMPHONY NO. 6 (aged 11) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGb0j-xUd-Q
  • 2. Felix Mendelssohn: STRING SYMPHONY NO. 1 (aged 11)
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UcfWfAwZHM
  • 3. John von Neumann: Computer Programming
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po3vwMq_2xA
  • 4. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz: Overview of life (4:30 minute TED Talk)
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wSOt3z_-YY
  • 5. Srinivasa Ramanujan: Overview of life (4:30 minutes; History Channel “Ancient Aliens) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Yn7QAS5Wpw
  • 6. Stevie Wonder: Overview
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZqdGDmS4EE
  • 7. Michael Jackson: “Who’s Lovin’ You” Ed Sullivan Show 12/14/1969 (11 years old)
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9U9A4_cgyI
  • 8. Blaise Pascal: Overview
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nb4nYqNXyM
  • 9. Judit Polgar: 2016 TED Talk
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-ttu7dyBCU
  • 10. Enrico Fermi: Overview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAp9dO2RCZc
  • 11. Pablo Picasso: Overview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0XyFupLpbA
  • 12. J. M. W. Turner: Overview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxKpM4JoqN8
  • 13. Arthur Rimbaud: Overview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6NAq2n748w
  • 14. Dylan Thomas: Overview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7un92sotdOc&t=3s
  • 15. Clara Schumann: Excerpt Piano Concerto: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsPEMVP13AI Overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxuo6-JFfK0
  • 16. Jean Francois Champollion: Overview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAoegNDfOZg

Starting Late

Grandma Moses
Cezanne
Traylor
Purifoy
Delany
Wilder
Adams
McCourt
Janacek
Aristotle
Carter
Douglas
BIOGRAPHIES
1. Grandma Moses: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandma_Moses2. Paul Cezanne:https://www.britannica.com/biography/Paul-Cezanne3. Bill Traylor:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Traylor4. Noah Purifoy:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah_Purifoy5. Mary Delany:
  • https://blog.britishmuseum.org/late-bloomer-the-exquisite-craft-of-mary-delany/
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Delany
6. Laura Ingalls Wilder https://www.biography.com/writer/laura-ingalls-wilder7. Richard Adams https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Adams8. Frank McCourt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_McCourt9. Leos Janacek https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leos-Janacek10. Aristotle https://www.britannica.com/biography/Aristotle11. Elliott Carterhttps://www.elliottcarter.com/biography/12. Marjory Stoneman Douglashttps://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/marjory-stoneman-douglas
YOUTUBE RESOURCES 1. Grandma Moses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjF__UqywwQ2. Paul Cezanne: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKT84w1xUGE3. Bill Traylor:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrLvjnq3KpE4. Noah Purifoy:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HthDv890ac85. Mary Delany https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzpQ_Pptk4M6. Laura Ingalls Wilder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4hL5VCFoIU7. Richard Adams (Interview): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUBrxPMntG48. Frank McCourt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hlq7OBCqCSc9. Leos Janacek Overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh7neSVrZHcSinfonietta: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aFTv50AoEQ10. Aristotle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTfnAYZXUww11. Elliott Carter (Interview @ 103) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1stGn4NA-tU12. Marjory Stoneman Douglashttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWD9MC6cpFg
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