Jane Goodall and Kids Today

Sam & I went to see Jane Goodall -- Judith was supposed to go but it was the start of her being so sick. I was excited to be in the third row, so I got a good view of her. She was great -- a very simple speaker (I think I'd expected her to be an 'orator' but it was kind of nice that she was just very straightforward and approachable) -- she talked about how youth get involved in social change, and how important that was. There was also an interesting question from the floor where a student said that the talk was sponsored by this fund on campus that she felt was an attempt to justify the UA's animal testing practices -- asked in quite an emotional way. JG talked about her belief in non-aggressive activism and the need to have conversations across polarized views, rather than confrontations. Very interesting -- she was able to be respectful to the question asker but firm in her own opinion. But then again, when you're Jane Goodall, maybe you don't need to be aggressive because who wouldn't listen to you speak? The only disappointment was that she didn't bring any chimps with her.

And speaking of political youth, my friend Isaac -- Kirsten's son -- has started PODCASTING. This reminds me of making little cassette-tape radio shows when I was a kid -- but I think all I did was include 70s rock music and make up weird skits.