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FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH with Blake Melnick
Changing the world, one mind at a time, For What it's Worth...“For What it’s Worth” is an interview-based podcast series which focuses on exploring innovative ideas for a changing world; ideas related to people, culture, business, education, science and more. The show features well-known guests from across a variety of industries and disciplines, each presenting their views, theories, and predictions about issues related to new ways of thinking, working, and learning. From education to technology, social justice to the future of work, from politics to culture change, "For What it's Worth" explores where we are, how we got here, and whether or not we want to continue along these same paths in a post-COVID 19 world. The show will also feature “The Space [in Between]” co-hosted with Cameron Brown. “The Space” is an opinion-based exploration of a broad spectrum of cultural issues from current events, entertainment and the Arts. “The Space” is a free-flowing, non-scripted dialogue between Blake Melnick and Cameron Brown, and may appear as a stand-alone episode, or as an episode segment, you just never know... To access resources mentioned in the episode or to comment on the show, please visit: http://forwhatitsworthpodcast.blogspot.com
Contributors
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Cameron Brown
Guests
Guest
Ken Klonsky
Ken is a playwright, author and wrongful conviction advocate. In 1983, he co-authored, “Taking Steam,” that was performed in New York and Toronto. In 1992, he published Songs of Aging Children. In 2011, he co-authored the spiritual autobiography of Rubin Hurricane Carter, Eye of the Hurricane. After joining Carter at Innocence International, reversing wrongful convictions has become the central mission in Ken’s life. After Carter’s death, in 2014, Ken became Director of Innocence International, participating in the freeing of David McCallum in October 2014. His last case, that of Atif Rafay and Sebastian Burns, remains active. Ken published his novella, Life Without, published in 2011. His most recent work, before “Out Of the Fire,” is an account of the McCallum case: Freeing David McCallum: The Last Miracle of Rubin Carter. (Chicago Review Press, 2018)