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Angie Coiro - In Deep Radio live at Kepler's Wednesday, May 6, 11:00 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. This event is free to the public.
Featured guests: 11:00 a.m. Jinho "The Piper" Ferriera: Actor, Alameda County Sheriff's Deputy, hip-hop artist Jinho "The Piper" Ferriera. Currently on the boards at The Marsh in San Francisco, "Cops and Robbers" is The Piper's unique look at one of 2015's biggest American conflicts: minorities battling against violence by police. While "Black Lives Matter" is pitted against police defenders under the banner "Blue Lives Matter", Ferriera identifies with both perspectives: a black American who performs hip hop, he put himself through the police academy, graduating in the top percentile and delivering the commencement speech, to become a sheriff's deputy.
12:15 p.m.: Claire Bidwell Smith, bestselling author of The Rules of Inheritance, with her new book After This: When Life is Over, Where Do We Go? Claire Bidwell Smith is a therapist specializing in grief and is also the author The Rules of Inheritance, a coming of age memoir about grief, Her new book, After This, chronicles Claire’s journey as a grief therapist searching for meaning as she explores various beliefs about the afterlife. Claire has a masters degree in clinical psychology and works in private practice, specializing in grief. She regularly teaches writing workshops and gives talks on both writing and grief. Her work has appeared in numerous publications including The Huffington Post, Slate, Salon.com, Chicago Public Radio and BlackBook.
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