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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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Author tackles workplace sexism women face: ‘You belong at the table’
Michaela Kiner discusses responding to bias and being an advocate for women in the work setting.
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Before you try reading the entire Harry Potter series to your child…there might be another way to spark a love of literature.
Raising children in a time when technological advances skew traditional modes of learning can be challenging. But many children prefer screen technology to books. Before you’re tempted to take away the tech to boost a young child’s vocabulary, you might want to listen to what New York Time’s editors Maria Russo and Pamela Paul have to say.
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Everyday superheroes tell their stories
Ignite Seattle always inspires
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Migrants: Locked up and forgotten? How U.S. citizens hold the key
According to immigration lawyer César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández, the dissolving of immigration prisons in the US is a good first step towards mending our immigration system.
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One last holiday hit before the new year arrives
Brad Craft reads Truman Capote’s ‘A Christmas Memory’
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Tradition is the key to progress for these Native storytellers
In an age of technology and speedy progress, traditions can even be seen as a roadblock towards change and societal growth. But according to the speakers of this talk, traditional storytelling is a key asset to forward, progressive thinking.
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Seattle storytellers share seasonal spirit
You’ll have to make your own Stargazy Pie
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‘Tis the season for rascally tales from Short Stories Live
A seasonal rogue by any other name wouldn’t sound as sweet
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Becoming America, a work in progress
Civic Saturday celebrates active citizenship
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Terry Tempest Williams holds space for anger and healing
On the living earth, erosion, death and following the light
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Conquer your fears — with science!
Understanding hazardous products
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André Aciman revisits his heralded lost love story
And indeed there will be time to wonder, ‘Do I dare?’