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Readings, debates, lectures and so much more. Hear fascinating talks by authors, intellectuals, officials and regular folks with important stories recorded live all around Seattle.
Episodes
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Listen to the voices of Seattle's African-American Writers' Alliance
For 26 years, Seattle’s African-American Writers’ Alliance has held a reading at The Elliott Bay Book Company on the last Saturday in February. The...
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For better, not worse: How the best marriages work
Marriage conjures up so many things, but here’s a longish shortlist: union, promise, vow, relationship, interdependence, security, sacrifice, contract,...
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David Barsamian: 'This is a moment where we cannot look away'
If you listen to David Barsamian’s long-running public affairs program Alternative Radio, you know his distinct voice, full of passionate analysis and...
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How bad is it? 'Even worse than you think,' says author
Journalist David Cay Johnston has known and reported on President Donald Trump for nearly 30 years. When they first met in Atlantic City, Johnston says...
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The 'impossible position' of being president
Here’s a test for you. Who was the first U.S. President to be born an American, i.e., after the Revolution? Hint: He is the same man who said “As to the...
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Stories from children of immigrants: ‘An antidote to divisiveness’
Several years ago, Seattle poet Tina Schumann was inspired to compile an anthology of memoir, essays and poems by children of immigrants in the United...
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We quit eating chicken after hearing this unsettling interview
We take for granted living in a post-antibiotic world. Go ahead: climb that ladder to hang Christmas lights, get a stent to open a blood vessel, let...
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Ijeoma Oluo: ‘Now that we’re all in the room, how do we start this discussion?’
Seattle-based writer Ijeoma Oluo has been widely recognized for some time now as a person who speaks sometimes uncomfortable truths about racism in...
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So much to do. But still make time for poetry
In a parallel universe, poets stand on street corners and recite for us. We stop what we’re doing and gather together with friends and strangers to...
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Choreographer Bill T. Jones on dance, life and 'a space that is a memory space'
"Art is going to save us, right?" Choreographer Bill T. Jones opens his talk. He says it’s not a laugh line. His answer is sobering. In the iconoclastic...
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ICYMI: Listen in on this panel from Women’s March Seattle
The second annual Women’s March was celebrated in Seattle on January 20. Organizers say as many as 100,000 people attended. But those organizers had...
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Seattle — you complicated, gorgeous, coffee-scented chimera — why do we stay with you?
As of the 2010 Census, 80 percent of U.S. citizens lived in urban areas. Human beings are drawn to cities for work, culture, camaraderie and hipster...