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  Speakers Forum

  Becoming Rebecca Solnit: a room and a life of her own

  ‘I was trying not to be the subject of someone else’s poetry and not to get killed.’
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  Speakers Forum

  Lawrence Wright looks for America through the lens of Covid-19

  How the acclaimed writer and investigative journalist saw it coming
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  Speakers Forum

  Essays on life, lineage, and the inheritance of whiteness

  White women explore epistemic injustice and healing wisdom
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  KUOW Newsroom

  Seattle's chief librarian is moving on: What will he remember, and be remembered for?

  The Seattle Public Library’s celebrated chief librarian is about to leave a big hole in the community. Marcellus Turner has served the library for a decade, earning accolades for expanding technology and digital services, especially during the pandemic.
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  Speakers Forum

  Scott Turow reflects on his dual roles as a best-selling fiction author and practicing attorney

  ‘Some speak of the nobility of the law. Stern has not always found that to be true. Too much of the grubby bone shop, the odor of the abattoir, emanates from every criminal courtroom.’
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  Speakers Forum

  Liberty’s white roots and the racial history of that idea

  White Freedom: ‘The belief (and practice) that freedom is central to white racial identity, and that only white people can or should be free.’
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  The Record

  February 3rd | Is this romance novel about a Seattle public radio station about us?

  An apparently fictional romance story from a former KUOW employee is an ode to public radio with a little tough love for the industry. A discussion on what the Biden Administration plans for immigration, landlords weigh in on how the eviction moratorium is impacting them, and we somehow find a moment to take a deep breath thanks to a soundscape from Eastern Washington.
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  Speakers Forum

  Bridging the American divide: A search for civic responsibility

  An exploration of unsettling shifts and signs of hope in word and song
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  Speakers Forum

  Neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett discusses ‘that big grey blob’ between your ears

  If you’ve ever found yourself wishing you could better understand how the human brain works, then this talk is just for you.
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  KUOW Newsroom

  Pandemic reading ideas: Author Donna Miscolta shares some books she admires

  ‘We won’t unforget all we’ve been made to stuff back into our darkest places and sew shut.’

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