# Jeanne Jordan

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82: Our Towns, w/ Deb & James Fallows, Jeanne Jordan & Steven Ascher

James and Al bring on the creators of HBO’s Our Towns-- Deb Fallows, James Fallows, Jeanne Jordan and Steven Ascher to discuss their journey to towns across our nation during the pandemic era.  In the process, they saw that the causes of our division pale in comparison to the bonds we build when we…

After Atlanta, Allyship And Community Are How We Move Forward

The advocacy group Stop AAPI Hate had already documented more than 3,000 anti-Asian incidents of racism before the Atlanta murders. Worse, the March 16 murders of eight spa workers - six of them Asian women - did not stem the tide of anti-Asian racist animus. Instead, the reported episodes of physi…

Our Towns Filmmakers Steven Ascher and Jeanne Jordan

In their new film for HBO "Our Towns," Boston filmmakers Steven Ascher and Jeanne Jordan look at how small towns across America are reinventing themselves.  The husband and wife team join Heath to discuss their working relationship, how the focus of the film shifted after the pandemic, and their pa…

Our Towns – An HBO Documentary

Directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmakers Steven Ascher and Jeanne Jordan, the HBO documentary OUR TOWNS is a remarkable portrait of America and how the rise of civic and economic reinvention is transforming small cities and towns across the country. Based on the bestselling book “Our Towns: A…

So Much So Fast: Documenting the Earliest Days of ALS TDI

25 years ago, Steven Ascher and Jeanne Jordan began filming a documentary about a new, one-year-old organization and the family that founded it. That organization was called the ALS Therapy Development Foundation, and its mission was to find treatments for ALS. It was started by Jamie Heywood, whos…

Gospel-Homily for Second Sunday of Ordinary Time (2025)

Luck or Gift. Does it ever happen that once in a while, you get lucky, and something great happens? Paul, in his letter this week, does not call it luck. He tells us it is because of the Spirit that we are able to do great things. Jeanne Jordan was 47 years old when she... The post Gospel-Homily f…

Jeanne Jordan: Navigating Motherhood's Joys and Challenges, Near-Fatal Birth Experience, and the Strength of Family Resilience

What happens when motherhood comes earlier than expected or survives a life-threatening complication with the sixth pregnancy? Join us for an illuminating conversation with Jeanne Jordan, a seasoned labor and delivery scrub tech, who shares her extraordinary journey of love, family, and survival. J…

Dr. Jeanne Jordan on Virology, Global Health, and Empowering Women in Science

Dr. Jeanne Jordan discusses her long and exemplary career, which was prompted by growing up in the era just before the polio vaccine was created and an outbreak of Newcastle disease in her father’s flock of chickens. Jeanne talks about her work in global public health, scientific education, and her…