Belly Lying
When you were born, there were no rules about how a baby was supposed to be positioned in the crib. Sometimes you slept on your belly. Sometimes you slept on your back. There was usually a blanket...
View ArticleLivestream with Julia Hanna and Guest Dr. Paul Connett
On May 4, 2018, Julia Hanna and Aya Katz spoke with Dr. Paul Connett about the effects of water fluoridation on the health of human populations exposed to this practice. Dr. Paul Connett is a...
View ArticleLive Interview with Julia Hanna and Guest Kathy Freeze
On May 18, 2018 Julia Hanna and Aya Katz spoke with guest Kathy Freeze about the novel she is writing, her purple martin colony, her nature photography, trips to Yellowstone Park, mentoring of other...
View ArticleFive Generations of Handwriting Samples
Because I inherited the correspondence that belonged to my grandmother Klara Goldstoff Katz at the time of her death, the five generations will be counting from her mother, Mirla Goldstoff all the way...
View ArticleA Review of “The King’s Letters”, a Movie About Hangul
By metalslick – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=63996191 “The King’s Letters” (나랏말싸미) is a historical Korean drama released in July of 2019. Set in Joseon...
View ArticleAn Interview with Professor Esmat Babaii from Iran
Last night Julia Hanna and I had the great privilege and pleasure of interviewing Esmat Babaii, an Iranian academician and author. Some of the topics that we discussed include: The effect of social...
View ArticleMisconceptions About Religion
The greatest misconception that one person can have about another person’s religion is that the other person is somehow less informed or not as intelligent or more primitive to be taken in by the...
View ArticleThe Life of Dr. David Meier Beker
Dr. David Meier Beker was born April 25, 1913 in Poland. He was the son of Samuel and Reisie Beker. I happen to have some documents pertaining to him, because he was a first cousin of my maternal...
View ArticleKate Gladstone on the Writing Systems of Africa
On November 3, 2023, handwriting expert Kate Gladstone gave a presentation on the writing systems of Africa. The livestream is part of the “Interviews with Aya Katz” podcast. Kate Gladstone on the Aya...
View ArticleWhy Use Statistics When Probability Will Do?
There are 22 letters in the Hebreew alphabet — It is Finite Last night I gave a presentation on Project Bow, an ape language research project, and what issues concerning rigorous proof were presented...
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