{"id":43955,"date":"2020-11-18T12:17:15","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T17:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/?p=43955"},"modified":"2020-12-14T00:30:24","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T05:30:24","slug":"stories-of-the-nature-of-cities-1-2-hour-episode-3-generational-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/2020\/11\/18\/stories-of-the-nature-of-cities-1-2-hour-episode-3-generational-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"Stories of the Nature of Cities 1\/2 Hour. Episode 3\u2014Generations of Climate Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><b><i>Episode 3: Generations\u00a0of Climate Change<\/i><\/b><\/h3>\r\n<p><span id=\"m_-1174231573089318296docs-internal-guid-6bcef86f-7fff-b6fb-3be8-e1ef1c526cce\"><span id=\"m_-1174231573089318296docs-internal-guid-d22bb2d8-7fff-2f7c-c1e5-840e6cfadf33\"><strong><em>\u201cA Child of the Oasis\u201d<\/em> by Ari Honavar<\/strong>, read by Nora Achrati<br \/><\/span><\/span><span id=\"m_-1174231573089318296docs-internal-guid-6bcef86f-7fff-b6fb-3be8-e1ef1c526cce\"><span id=\"m_-1174231573089318296docs-internal-guid-d22bb2d8-7fff-2f7c-c1e5-840e6cfadf33\">A mother and daughter meet an undocumented refugee on their annual ride to the father&#8217;s Remembrance Wall. <\/span><\/span><span id=\"m_-1174231573089318296docs-internal-guid-6bcef86f-7fff-b6fb-3be8-e1ef1c526cce\"><\/span><\/p>\r\n<div>\r\n<div><strong><em>\u201cNot Icarus\u201d<\/em> by Michael Harris Cohen<\/strong>, read by Dori Legg<br \/><span id=\"m_-1174231573089318296docs-internal-guid-6bcef86f-7fff-b6fb-3be8-e1ef1c526cce\"><span id=\"m_-1174231573089318296docs-internal-guid-d22bb2d8-7fff-2f7c-c1e5-840e6cfadf33\">A grandmother defies social law by killing birds to try to save her granddaughter from disease.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div>The stories are read, and then authors Ari and Michael are joined by social scientist <strong>Laura Shillington<\/strong>, a researcher and practitioner whose work in Canada and Central America often concerns children and families.<\/div>\r\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Stories of the Nature of Cities 1\/2 Hour\u2014Episode 3\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/487014543?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/2020\/11\/18\/stories-of-the-nature-of-cities-1-2-hour-episode-3-generational-impact\/nora-achrati-headshot\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-45374\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-45374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Nora-Achrati-Headshot-700x560.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><strong>Nora Achrati<\/strong> is a voice actress based in Washington, DC.<\/div>\r\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/2020\/11\/18\/stories-of-the-nature-of-cities-1-2-hour-episode-3-generational-impact\/dori-legg-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-45381\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-45381\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Dori-Legg-1-515x560.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"163\" \/><\/a>Dori Legg<\/strong>\u00a0is an actress currently living in New York City.<\/div>\r\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"color: #338e3c;\">\r\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/2020\/09\/28\/stories-of-the-nature-of-cities-1-2-hour-biodiversity\/natureofcities-nonvector-copy\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-44091\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-44091\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/NATUREOFCITIES-nonVector-copy-588x560.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"143\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\r\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;Stories of the Nature of Cities 1\/2 Hour&#8221;<\/strong> is a monthly series of readings from TNOC&#8217;s collection of very short fiction about future cities. Each episode is 30 minutes and features two readings and then a conversation between the authors and an urban practitioner.<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p><i>The stories are drawn from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/a-flash-of-silver-green-tnocs-new-book-of-flash-fiction-on-future-cities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">book of flash fiction<\/a> (less than 1000 words) on future cities TNOC and partners created, called &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/a-flash-of-silver-green-tnocs-new-book-of-flash-fiction-on-future-cities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Flash of Silver Green&#8221;<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\r\n<p>Previously recorded Episodes can be explored also: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/conversations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/conversations\/<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div><strong>Banner image:<\/strong> A swift at the Western Wall, Jerusalem.\u00a0Photo: Mr. Amnon Hahn, Chair of the Swift Lovers\u2019 Society in Israel<\/div>\r\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div>Our sponsors:<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/2020\/11\/18\/stories-of-the-nature-of-cities-1-2-hour-episode-3-generational-impact\/logo-field-w-iclei\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-45439\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-45439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Logo-field-w-ICLEI-1400x529.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"228\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<!-- \/wp:post-content --><\/div>\r\n<div><div class=\"addon_bios\">    <div class=\"wp-biographia-container-around\">\n        <div class=\"wp-biographia-pic\"><img alt='Michael Harris Cohen' src='https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Michael-Harris-Cohen-Headshot-scaled-125x125.webp' srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Michael-Harris-Cohen-Headshot-scaled-250x250.webp 2x\" class='avatar avatar-125 photo wp-biographia-avatar' height='125' width='125' \/><\/div>\n        <div class=\"wp-biographia-text\">\n            <h3>about the writer<br>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/author\/michaelharriscohen\/\">Michael Harris Cohen<\/a>\n            <\/h3>\n            <p>Michael Harris Cohen has stories in The Dark, F(r)iction, Catapult\u2019s Tiny Crimes, and Conjunctions. 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