Arts & Life Podcast recs for that last summer road trip Kim Malcolm talks with KUOW's Jeannie Yandel about her podcast recommendations for road trips. Yandel is co-host of the KUOW podcast Battle Tactics for your Sexist Workplace. Kim Malcolm Andy Hurst
Welcome to SeaCouver! Envisioning the Northwest of the future In the struggle to shape what life on earth will be like years from now, visionary futurists inspire us with dread and hope at turns. Author Brenda... John O'Brien
A novel idea from an environmental activist: Secession Northwesterners and people around the world have been inspired by Bill McKibben’s prolific environmental activism. McKibben took some time off from his... John O'Brien
'I'm beginning to hear a needle drop.' Poet reflects on family ghosts Denver poet Diana Khoi Nguyen's family is haunted by bees. It's easier for them to speak about the bees than it is to speak about her brother's suicide.... Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong Alison Bruzek Bill Radke
Author Sallie Tisdale has 'Advice For Future Corpses' Ross Reynolds talks to Zen Buddhist and palliative-care nurse Sallie Tisdale, about death, grieving, and her new book, "Advice For Future Corpses: A... Ross Reynolds Alison Bruzek
Bees: The 'hippie wasps' we all need It seems there’s a "how things work" theme on Speakers Forum recently. Last week it was tides , this week, bees. Our guide is Thor Hanson, an uber... John O'Brien
Blowing the whistle on the ugly side of the beautiful game You probably remember the World Cup last month. But you might not remember the previous major FIFA event: a massive string of arrests for money... Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong Bill Radke
A sailor's poetic primer on the science of tides Before you listen to this talk by Jonathan White , you might want to be somewhere by the sea as the moon rises or sets. That would be ideal. If not that... John O'Brien
It took a village, and a pediatrician, to expose the Flint water crisis The city of Flint, Michigan represents the height of American ingenuity, productivity and economic progress — and also the mirror opposite. John O'Brien