Tag: Ken

Ken Jennings is funnier than you’d think.

When I travel, I try to mix in some fun activities that are not on the average tourist’s to-do list. During a recent trip to Los Angeles, I sat in the studio audience for the taping of three ‘Jeopardy!’ shows. It was more fun than I ever anticipated. I had the idea while plannin...

From ‘Waking Up’ to ‘Growing Up’ With Ken Wilbur

My experience reading Ken two years ago — because he is such a big thinker — I was a bit challenged to hold all of his integrated thinking together while digesting his expansive vocabulary. In other words, his books can be tough sledding at first, for me anyway. Which is why I was ver...

The Ken Gutzeit Case: No Truth or Justice in the American Way

Within the Netflix series, Worst Roommate Ever, the final episode deals with the story of Jamison Bachman and his reign of terror and tragedy. This episode is based on a New York Magazine article from 2018 of the same title. Embedded in this story lies the murder case of Kenneth Gutze...

Ken Burns’ Message of Warning to America

The final minutes of the last episode of the new three-part documentary “The U.S. and the Holocaust,” produced by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, and Sarah Botstein, are not about the Holocaust. Instead the filmmakers show us the following montage: the signing of the 1965 Immigration Act, whi...

Why Finally Having an Asian Ken in the New Barbie Movie is a Win for Representation

Hey folks! Have you heard the news? We’re finally getting an Asian Ken in the new Barbie movie, and Simu Liu is playing the role! Simu Liu in “Barbie.” — Warner Bros For years, Asian men have been underrepresented in Hollywood, especially in leading roles. It’...