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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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'Seismic' literature inspires and changes Seattle through story
“Literature is an unopened umbrella in the rain ... literature is a cathedral.”
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Pandemic parenting. It gets better? A tool kit
‘Kids need to feel safe, they need to feel secure, they need to be seen, and they need to be soothed. Talk to them about what make them feel safer, or what makes them feel soothed.’
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Claudia Rankine on the unbearable lightness of whiteness in America
‘The indifference is impenetrable and reliable and distributed across centuries, and I am stupidly hurt when my friends can’t see that.’
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Best-selling author discusses the fact and fiction in her sequel to ‘The Handmaid’s tale’.
As we approach a spooky time of the year (No, I’m not referring to the US election season) we may be finding ourselves slowly drawn towards unnerving but entertaining cautionary tales. One of those stories just may be the award-winning TV show The Handmaid’s tale based on the best-selling novel by author Margaret Atwood.
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It was an economic theory with little traction, then the pandemic hit
Modern Monetary Theory and you, with Stephanie Kelton
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Erica Barnett shakes-up and stirs the conversation around alcoholism and addiction
When Seattle based reporter Erica Barnett took her first sip of alcohol as a young teen, she had no idea just how impactful that moment would later become. Nor did she realize how inadequate rehabilitation centers, inspirational self-help mottos, and truisms about a “rock bottom” (something Barnett never truly felt) would be for her.
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Eve Ensler’s journey to recovery from an unconscionable abuse
Author Eve Ensler was the victim of prolonged sexual, physical and mental abuse at the hands of her father.
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How to break the ice with boys and girls on the 'birds and bees'
Peggy Orenstein helps us have ‘the sex talk(s)’
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How’s our country's health care? Not the worst, or the best
Ezekiel Emanuel explains why, and what needs to change
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Lyric World presents poetry of loss and collective grief
‘Elegies ceased being / elegant.’
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Race and justice in journalism, with Nikole Hannah-Jones
The 1619 Project is a New York Times undertaking led by reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones. It was launched in 2019, on the 400th anniversary of the arrival of enslaved Black people in America.
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Ijeoma Oluo on Seattle: ‘We are NOT a liberal city’
More than talk, Ijeoma Oluo wants action and what is owed to people of color