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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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The power of self-deception: Why and how our brains deceive us
"In any given moment the human eye takes in about a billion bits of information. The brain discards the vast majority of that information, and processes about 40 bits of information."
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'Attractive for an Asian man’: Photographer reframes Asian American masculinity
Chinese American photographer Andrew Kung is reclaiming representation of the all-American man one portrait at a time.
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On Asian America: Living in the rural NW, historical and contemporary stories
‘And as she walked by, she said ‘In America, we say excuse me!’ She just looked angry, and I looked around. I was stunned.’
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On Asian America: Not backing down
The surge of hate crimes committed against Asian Americans has swelled since the start of the Covid 19 pandemic. It's a sad but known truth that racial hatred against Asians (or racial hatred, in general) isn't just a new phenomenon in the US. But neither is standing up to and confronting that hatred...
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On Asian America: Sex, gender and the 'exotic other'
From adult films to a portrait series on Asian men, stereotypes of Asian identity are being disrupted in surprising and creative ways.
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What’s overheating the planet? Kate Aronoff says capitalism is
‘For better and for worse, our choice now is between eco-socialism or eco-apartheid.’
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Poet’s search for grace, justice amid historic and current anti-Asian hate
Brian Komei Dempster’s ‘poetry of remembering, and the reverberations of our ancestors.’
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Jess Zimmerman subverts the dominant monster myth paradigm
‘These are the bedtime stories the patriarchy tells itself.’
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Glowing bunnies and climate change denial. What could go wrong?
Nathaniel Rich considers ‘the horrific interconnectedness of all things’
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Raising boys the non-toxic way: a how-to manual
‘I want him to be able to have those qualities that I saw men wanting, but not being able to have. Like being able to cry.’
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A visionary constellation of poetry, five decades in the making
Lyric World presents the celebrated poet Arthur Sze
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Bill Gates is bullish on climate change mitigation, but warns ‘We don’t have time to waste’
How to unmake a man-made global disaster