Sandi Klein's Conversations with Creative Women

A return appearance for the wonderfully refreshing, no-holds barred actress/voice-over artist/commentator Nancy Giles...who, since 2002 has been sharing her views, comedic and cutting, on CBS Sunday Morning. Sit back and enjoy another fascinating, provocative, and entertaining conversation with the irrepressible Nancy Giles.

Author, social thought leader, innovator, Robin Rice doesn't believe in the status quo, especially when it's not working. And to that end, her company, Be Who You Are Productions, is behind a wide range of free creative social change projects including Stop The Beauty Madness Campaign and YourHolidayMom.com. Tune in to a conversation that is thought provoking, empowering and even somewhat unorthodox.

Aleah Chapin is one of a kind. The artist from Washington State, who currently lives and works in Brooklyn, calls a woman's body a map of her journey through life. She makes sure to capture that map accurately in her portraits, that will either shock you, take your breath away...or both. Experience her work for yourself - www.aleahchapin.com.

Meet Rachel Pasternak and Rachel Fisher, the women behind Joachim Prinz: I Shall Not Be Silent. This powerful, riveting documentary tells the story of Rabbi Prinz. His impassioned sermons at synagogues in Berlin helped save many lives by encouraging Jews to leave Germany in the 1930s. Arrested numerous times and eventually expelled by the Nazis, Rabbi Prinz came to the U.S. where he wound up becoming a major player in the civil rights movement... helping to organize the 1963 March on Washington. This is a conversation you'll want to hear and a movie you must see.

In her more than 30 years working in broadcast, print and digital journalism, Lisa Anderson has covered a lot of territory - fashion, politics, war, terrorism. Twenty-five of those years was spent as a reporter at the Chicago Tribune and its New York Bureau Chief. Most recently, Lisa developed TrustLaw Women, a web site devoted to global women's legal rights and issues for the Thomson Reuters Foundation. She also covers women's rights, good governance, anti-corruption and humanitarian issues.

Late in the summer of 1939, as war loomed over Europe, curators worked feverishly to protect not only the Mona Lisa, but other masterpieces housed in the Louvre. The story of how the world's most famous painting and other precious works of art survived World War II and Hitler's henchmen is recounted in the book, Saving Mona Lisa: The Battle to Protect the Louvre and its Treasures During World War II. Researched and written by Gerri Chanel, this is a compelling story of art, beauty, intrigue, drama, determination and remarkable courage that saved France's precious art collection.

Jenny Dixon's arts career, which began in 1977, has taken her all over New York City. Since 2003, she has been Director of the Isamu Noguchi Museum in Long Island City, New York. When it opened in 1985, the Noguchi had the distinction of being the only museum in the country created by an artist during his lifetime and dedicated to his work. Noguchi was one of the 20th century's most important and critically acclaimed sculptors.

An internationally recognized underwater and conservation photographer, Michele Westmorland is a much sought after speaker who has lectured all over the world. While her topics are usually about marine and cultural life, she prefers to share the story of a Caroline Mytinger, a young American portrait painter. She and a female friend set out from San Francisco in the 1920s on a 4-year journey to the South Pacific to "record some of these people before they vanished forever." More than 80 years later Michele and her team embarked on a 2-month expedition to retrace their steps. What Michele has to share is riveting.

Who isn't familiar with Little Golden Books? Billions have been sold since they were first introduced in 1942. Diane Muldrow, who was raised on them, told her mom when she grows up she's going to 'make books like these.' She wasn't wrong! Diane's the editorial director at Golden Books. She's written dozens and also penned the New York Times best-selling, Everything I Need To Know I Learned From A Little Golden Book. Tune in for this fabulous journey down memory lane.

Angela Bonavoglia calls herself a bleeding heart liberal, and has spent her career writing about and championing the cause of women - with particular emphasis on religious, social and health issues. An award-winning journalist, Angela's also the author of Good Catholic Girls: How Women Are Leading The Fight to Change The Church, and, The Choices We Made: 25 Women and Men Speak Out About Abortion. Make sure to tune in.

What if you find yourself faced with a life altering situation with no resources - no one to lean on, or help you navigate those rough waters? That's exactly what happened to Kelsey Crowe. When she was 21, Kelsey lost her mother and only known relative, to mental illness. Falling apart and losing your core, can be a tall order. This prompted her to write an instructional manual - and....thus Help Each Other Out was born. Sometime later, Help Each Other Out, the organization was formed. Its goal is to bring empathy into public spaces with art and conversation. You'll want to listen to this conversation.

Carla Kaplan, Professor of American Literature at Northeastern University, introduces us to "Miss Anne", the collective term used to describe a group of white rebellious, romantic, risk taking women who were part of the Harlem Renaissance, but until now, mostly relegated to the sidelines. Seven years in the making, her book, Miss Anne in Harlem, brings their stories to light. They're fascinating and amazing. This is a conversation you won't want to miss.

Meet Mongolian paleontologist Bolor Minjin. She has made protecting and preserving the fossil heritage of the Gobi desert her mission in life. Bolor's the founder and director of the Institute for the Study of Mongolian dinosaurs. In 2012, she was instrumental in stopping the sale of an illegally collected Tyrannosaur baatar skeleton from her country. Hers is a fascinating and not often heard story.

Meet Valerie and Jean, aka the Idiosyncratic Fashionistas. Since 2009 these style and fashion bloggers have been working to raise the visibility of older women, and as such, are role models for those often ignored by designers and society. The IF's credo is 'growing old with verve,' while at the same time, to set a bad, bad example for older women everywhere!

You'll find Maya Tolstoy, PhD both on land and on the ocean floor. An Associate Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia, University, she is also a marine geophysicist, who specializes in seafloor earthquakes AND volcanoes. Dr. Tolstoy has participated in 31 ocean-going expeditions - leading or co-leading more than half of them. In 2005, she was part of director James Cameron's expedition that filmed the 3-D Imax documentary "Aliens of the Deep." Does Maya have plenty to share? You betcha!