First hour: The importance of bipartisanship in discussing climate change solutions
Second hour: Jazz pianist Matt Savage
We sit down with a panel of conservatives who are concerned about climate change. Our panelists are people who describe themselves as being on the right side of the political spectrum. The stereotype is that progressives care about climate change; conservatives deny it. That's not true of our guests, but that doesn’t mean the solutions are easy, or easily agreed upon. They'll share their ideas for what kinds of policies and ideas make sense regarding climate and conservatism. Our guests:
- John Calia, executive coach and author of "The Reluctant CEO: Succeeding Without Losing Your Soul”
- Paul Kane, media team lead for the Rochester chapter of Citizens’ Climate Lobby
- Kyle Thomas, group leader of the Syracuse chapter of the Citizens’ Climate Lobby, the Citizens’ Climate Lobby’s state liaison to political conservatives, and the principal engineer at Natural Systems Engineering
- Kiera O'Brien, vice president of Students for Carbon Dividends at Harvard College
Matt Savage is not just a musical prodigy who has become an international talent; he's one of the inspiring autism stories on the arts scene. Savage will play two shows at the opening night of the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival; then he's heading off on a kind of world tour. He joins us to discuss his talent, and how to learned to cultivate it, despite growing up without much music in the house in his early childhood. Our guests:
- Matt Savage, pianist
- Maria Battista-Hancock, chair of the Expressive Arts Department, and internship director at Hochstein School of Music
- Megan Resig, co-founder and director of Spectrum Creative Arts LLC
