Weekly Programs

October is End Polio Now month on the Rotary calendar.  This week's program  by CBS Sunday Morning was broadcast in May of 2020.  It tells the story of the fight against polio that Rotary has been involved [...]

Just in time for 10/4 good buddy (1970's CB radio reference from the U.S.) we have Simone Giertz here to tell us "Why you should make useless things." This week's program ( and not the bad CB [...]

Our first program this week is "What makes a good life?" Harvard researcher Robert Waldinger speaks on what years of research have shown.  Elda Dylgjeri suggested this program. September is literacy month on the Rotary calendar so [...]

First off, 9/21 is International Peace Day.  Promoting peace is one of Rotary's prime causes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DiH4nn1TMg&t=27s Next is a recording of our last meeting when PDG Tina Hall spoke on Operation Pollination. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvTgtFZWZKU

One of the possible upsides of the pandemic is that cities are taking a hard look at their transportation infrastructure.  How can we better use the space now used for cars? So as the world opens up, [...]

September is Basic Education and Literacy month on the Rotary calendar so this week's programs celebrate teachers.  The first Monday in September is also the Labor Day holiday in the U.S.  To honor both of those, our [...]

Last month was the hottest July in recorded history.  It rained at the top of the Greenland icecap for the first time in recorded history.  Those are facts but communicating them and relating them to people to [...]

This week's programs are for all of you who have enjoyed the love of a good cat or dog.  First for all of you with canine companions, "How do dogs see with their noses?"   And then an [...]

This week's program is the recording of last week's meeting where our District Governor Mary Aufdenkampe joined us. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjBBGqPwYJU

At TEDGlobal 2010, author Matt Ridley shows how, throughout history, the engine of human progress has been the meeting and mating of ideas to make new ideas. It's not important how clever individuals are, he says; what [...]

This week's program supports one of Rotary International's causes, providing clean water throughout the world.  Lana Mazahreh is a Project Leader at Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Based in Johannesburg, she also spent a year working in BCG's [...]

Fascinated by the leaders who make impact in the world, companies and politicians with the capacity to inspire, Simon Sinek has discovered some remarkable patterns in how they think, act and communicate.  Described as "a visionary thinker with [...]

Neuroscientist Kay M. Tye investigates how your brain gives rise to complex emotional states like depression, anxiety or loneliness. From the cutting edge of science, she shares her latest findings -- including the development of a tool [...]

Filmed in one of the largest refugee camps in the world, Brave Girl Rising tells how a courageous girl named Nasro, inspired by the magical dreams of her mother and the sisterhood of her friends, succeeds in [...]

Kakenya Ntaiya turned her dream of getting an education into a movement to empower vulnerable girls and bring an end to harmful traditional practices in Kenya. Meet two students at the Kakenya Center for Excellence, a school [...]