Leila Philip's guest appearances

Leila Philip

The John Batchelor Show

Writer's Voice with Francesca Rheannon

Princeton Alumni Weekly Podcasts

Behind the Mic with AudioFile Magazine

NPR's Book of the Day

OwlTail

Mimi Lemay

Oh, those pesky beavers, Interfering with our property values! Right? Wrong. We talk with Leila Philip about beavers, a keystone species that we need to protect as we face the challenges of climate chaos. Her book is Beaver Land: How One Weird Rodent Made America. Then, we missed it last week: the Day of Transgender Visibility. But with all the vicious rightwing attacks on transgender people and the fascist laws being passed against them, we thought â€œbetter late than never.â€ So, we bring you a piece from our archives that we first aired in 2019. Itâ€s an excerpt from our interview with Mimi LeMay about her memoir What We Will Become. Itâ€s about how her family learned to come to terms with the fact that their young child was transgenderâ€”and how they came to support him. Writers Voiceâ€” in depth conversation with writers of all genres, on the air since 2004. Like us on Facebook at Writers Voice with Francesca Rheannon, on Instagram @WritersVoicePodcast or find us on Twitter @WritersVoice. Love Writerâ€s Voice? Please rate us on your podcast app. It really helps to get the word out about our show.  April Is Earth Month Today, we begin our programming for â€¨Earth Monthâ€”because one day, Earth Day, is really not enough to celebrate this miraculous only world weâ€ve got. Weâ€ll be featuring segments on the environment for the rest of April. Beaver Land We kick Earth Month off with Leila Philipâ€s wonderful book Beaver Land. An NPR Science Friday Book Club Selection and New York Times Editors’ Choice, Beaver Land is a fascinating exploration of one of the most important animals we hardly ever think of. Philip tells us how beavers engineered the landscape of North America. When they were nearly extirpated, we lost their â€œecosystem servicesâ€ to our detriment. And now, as we face the devastating impacts of climate chaos, beavers can play a key role in making us more resilient. But isnâ€t it the height of narcissism to always think about the worth of other animals from the point of view of what they can do for us? One of the key pleasures of reading Beaver Land is the wonderment and awe the reader feels in learning about this magnificent creature. Beavers have shaped the land for good. We can learn a mighty lesson about being good stewards of our planet from them. About The Author Leila Philip is an American writer, poet and educator. She is the author of award-winning books of nonfiction which have received glowing national reviews. In addition to Beaverland, her books include: A Family Place: A Hudson Valley Farm, Three Centuries, Five Wars, One Family, Hidden Dialogue: A Discussion Between Women in Japan and the United States, The Road Through Miyama) and one collection of poetry (Water Rising). Watch the trailer for The Beaver Believers Celebrating Transgender People 150 bills against transgender people are being considered in state legislatures across the country. This is an unprecedented numberâ€”but even one bill is too much. Back in 2019, when we interviewed Mimi LeMay about her book What We Will Become, it seemed like transgender people were finally beginning to get the respect and love they deserve. Her son Jacob knew he was a boy from the age of three, but his parents didnâ€t accept that fact until he was five. It hurts the heart to think what he must be going through now as he witnesses the mean-spirited bigotry and hatred driving so many Republicans as they try to take away his freedom to be himself. LeMayâ€s memoir unfolds in two strandsâ€”one about her getting free of her upbringing in a conservative Orthodox Jewish family and the other about her son Jacob, and his journey from being LeMayâ€s daughter, Em to becoming accepted as a transgender boy. This excerpt is about Jacobâ€s journey.

Oh, those pesky beavers, Interfering with our property values! Right? Wrong. We talk with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leila\_Philip" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Leila Philip</a> about beavers, a keystone species that we need to protect as we face the challenges of climate chaos. Her book is <a href="https://www.twelvebooks.com/titles/leila-philip/beaverland/9781538755198/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Beaver Land: How One Weird Rodent Made America</a>. Then, we missed it last week: the <a href="https://www.glaad.org/tdov" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Day of Transgender Visibility</a>. But with all the vicious rightwing attacks on transgender people and the fascist laws being passed against them, we thought â€œbetter late than never.â€ So, we bring you a piece from our archives that we <a href="https://www.writersvoice.net/2019/11/mimi-lemay-what-we-will-become-senator-sherrod-brown-desk-88/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">first aired in 2019</a>. Itâ€s an excerpt from our interview with Mimi LeMay about her memoir What We Will Become. Itâ€s about how her family learned to come to terms with the fact that their young child was transgenderâ€”and how they came to support him. <h3>Writers Voiceâ€” in depth conversation with writers of all genres, on the air since 2004.</h3> <h3>Like us on Facebook at Writers Voice with Francesca Rheannon, on Instagram @WritersVoicePodcast or find us on Twitter @WritersVoice.</h3> <h3>Love Writerâ€s Voice? Please rate us on your podcast app. It really helps to get the word out about our show.</h3> April Is Earth Month Today, we begin our programming for â€¨Earth Monthâ€”because one day, Earth Day, is really not enough to celebrate this miraculous only world weâ€ve got. Weâ€ll be featuring segments on the environment for the rest of April. Beaver Land We kick Earth Month off with Leila Philipâ€s wonderful book Beaver Land. An NPR Science Friday Book Club Selection and New York Times Editors’ Choice, Beaver Land is a fascinating exploration of one of the most important animals we hardly ever think of. Philip tells us how beavers engineered the landscape of North America. When they were nearly extirpated, we lost their â€œecosystem servicesâ€ to our detriment. And now, as we face the devastating impacts of climate chaos, beavers can play a key role in making us more resilient. But isnâ€t it the height of narcissism to always think about the worth of other animals from the point of view of what they can do for us? One of the key pleasures of reading Beaver Land is the wonderment and awe the reader feels in learning about this magnificent creature. Beavers have shaped the land for good. We can learn a mighty lesson about being good stewards of our planet from them. About The Author Leila Philip is an American writer, poet and educator. She is the author of award-winning books of nonfiction which have received glowing national reviews. In addition to Beaverland, her books include: A Family Place: A Hudson Valley Farm, Three Centuries, Five Wars, One Family, Hidden Dialogue: A Discussion Between Women in Japan and the United States, The Road Through Miyama) and one collection of poetry (Water Rising). <a href="https://www.thebeaverbelievers.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Watch the trailer for The Beaver Believers</a> Celebrating Transgender People 150 bills against transgender people are being considered in state legislatures across the country. This is an unprecedented numberâ€”but even one bill is too much. Back in 2019, when we interviewed Mimi LeMay about her book What We Will Become, it seemed like transgender people were finally beginning to get the respect and love they deserve. Her son Jacob knew he was a boy from the age of three, but his parents didnâ€t accept that fact until he was five. It hurts the heart to think what he must be going through now as he witnesses the mean-spirited bigotry and hatred driving so many Republicans as they try to take away his freedom to be himself. LeMayâ€s memoir unfolds in two strandsâ€”one about her getting free of her upbringing in a conservative Orthodox Jewish family and the other about her son Jacob, and his journey from being LeMayâ€s daughter, Em to becoming accepted as a transgender boy. This excerpt is about Jacobâ€s journey.

The Wonders of Beavers: Leila Philip, BEAVER LAND plus Transgender Appreciation Day: Mimi LeMay, WHAT WE WILL BECOME

Only one creature, other than humans, substantially engineers the landscape around it: the beaver. Many millions of these furry dam builders once busily trapped water in ponds across North America, keeping the landscape lush and fertile, until colonists in the 1600s discovered the lucrative fur trade. In her new book, titled “Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America,” Leila Philip ’86, an English and environmental studies professor at the College of the Holy Cross, who lives near a beaver pond in Connecticut, traces the Native Americans who viewed beavers as sacred, and the colonial capitalists who nearly drove the beaver to extinction. On the latest PAWcast, Philip spoke with PAW about how reintroduction efforts have brought the beaver back, along with hopes that they can help with ecological restoration and climate change.