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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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‘We will be heard!’ Voices from Seattle Women’s March 2.0
Tens of thousands of people participated in the second annual Seattle Women’s March. The day started with a rally of fiery speeches to warm up...
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Carmen Maria Machado's 'The Husband Stitch'
There have been so many momentous days recently. Today, for instance, women around the U.S. and the world (and their allies) are participating in the...
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Sure, things are stressful. But how’s the Constitution?
The political climate in the United States is marked by ultra-partisanship. So it’s a good time to ask, how’s the Constitution holding up? A recent...
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Ijeoma Oluo: MLK and ‘an anger born from love’
This year will mark the 50 th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Today, the United States celebrates the birth of the great...
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How Daniel Ellsberg learned to start worrying and hate the bomb
The acronym MAD stands for mutual assured destruction. The concept has been a cornerstone of U.S. military security policy since the creation of nuclear...
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Maria Hinojosa on due process, 'crimigration' and detention camps in the U.S.
Maria Hinojosa and her team at Latino USA have been reporting on how Latinos and Hispanics experience and impact the United States since 1992. That...
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Tom Hanks has two Best Actor Oscars, and it turns out he’s a writer, too
And now for something maybe completely unexpected. Tom Hanks wrote a book. The prolific actor credits writer and filmmaker Nora Ephron with encouraging...
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Listen to these Native poets read their work
As we begin another new year in these United States of America, it’s an opportune time to listen in to the creative voices of descendants of the...
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Khizr Khan on love, loss and the Constitution
Khizr Khan is an American citizen of Pakistani descent. He is perhaps most famous for the fact that he carries a copy of the U.S. Constitution in his...
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The da Vinci lesson: What really matters is being creative
Looking back at a year that was tumultuous in so many ways, this talk by author Walter Isaacson stands out as something that has almost nothing to do...
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Keep Christmas weird in Seattle: Listen to 'A Rogue's Christmas'
For the past eleven years the crew of Town Hall Seattle’s "Short Stories Live" series has presented a celebration of storytelling they call "A Rogue’s...
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Hillary Clinton: ‘I still find hope everywhere’
There’s a rap against Hillary Rodham Clinton: that she’s cold, robotic. That was certainly not the persona she presented on her visit to Seattle this...