Marcie Sillman
Stories
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Pipeline Politics, Worker Safety, And Equal Rights Lawsuit
Marcie Sillman talks with Les Leyne of the Victoria Times Colonist about the town of Kitimat speaking up against the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline...
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Navigating Love, Marriage, And Two Different Cultures
Marcie Sillman talks with author Krista Bremer about her memoir, "My Accidental Jihad." In it Bremer reflects on her marriage to a Libyan-born Muslim...
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What's Killing Off The World's Banana Crop?
Marcie Sillman talks with Dr. Lori Carris, plant pathologist at Washington State University, about why the United Nations is warning the world of a...
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How Collaborative Commons Is The Beginning Of The End For Capitalism
Marcie Sillman talks with Jeremy Rifkin about his new book, "The Zero Marginal Cost Society: The Internet of Things, the Collaborative Commons, and the...
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Former Cop On SPD Reform: 'A Huge Insult To The Officers'
Marcie Sillman talks with retired Seattle police officer Steve Pomper about why he thinks the federally mandated reforms to the Seattle Police...
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The Political Chess Game Of The $15 Minimum Wage
Ross Reynolds talks with 15 Now Campaign Manager Jess Spear about its proposed Seattle city charter amendment to change the minimum wage to $15. Then,...
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John Luther Adams Wins Pulitzer For 'Become Ocean'
Composer John Luther Adams was as surprised as anybody when the Pulitzer Prize committee called him Monday, April 14, to let him know he'd won the...
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Emma Donoghue's New Novel 'Frog Music'
Marcie Sillman talks with writer Emma Donoghue about her new book, "Frog Music." It was inspired by the unsolved 1876 murder of a woman named Jenny...
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Peter Boal: From Dancer To Mentor
When Pacific Northwest Ballet artistic director Peter Boal arrived in Seattle in 2005, he was ready to lead Seattle's premier dance company into the...
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Jared Diamond Aims Evolution Education At Youth
Marcie Sillman talks with author and professor Jared Diamond about an adaptation of his book, "The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the...