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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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Paul Auster celebrates the precocious, abbreviated life and work of Stephen Crane
'Crane is now in the hands of the specialists, while the invisible army of so-called general readers, the same people who still take pleasure in reading old standbys such as Melville and Whitman, are no longer reading Crane.’
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What are we willing to do to protect Southern Resident orcas?
What it will take to share this region with Qw'e lh'ol mechen, ‘the people that live under the sea’
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Trans history and one man’s struggle to correct ‘a ghastly mistake’
‘Dr E. Forbes-Sempill henceforth wishes to be known as Dr Ewan Forbes-Sempill’
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Anita Hill on her mission to end gender violence and harassment
‘We know it’s a cultural problem. We know it’s a behavioral problem. But it’s not a problem of a few bad apples.’ – Professor Anita Hill
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Called to investigate, three authors reflect on the body
‘I’m still surprised when I’m noticed. I came to believe I was invisible.’
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Gather ‘round for a roguish, timeless Christmas tale
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas
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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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‘The science isn’t complicated.’ An investigative reporter details the effects of climate change disinformation in public education
‘We’re pumping millions of tons of warming pollutants into the atmosphere every day. The trick is, you don’t need very much of the population to doubt it to stop action.’
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Connection and restoration in the PNW, Ampersand-style
‘If you want to take up space, first see how small you are.’
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The how and why of Elsa Sjunneson’s fight to end ableism
‘I think sometimes that we are a little bit like ghosts. We’re haunting the world because it’s not entirely ours and we scare people.’
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Where a former gun industry executive draws the line on gun culture sustainability
‘I had my son attacked by one of these people and thought, what in the holy hell? How did we get here? It’s this weird mix of strange machismo patriotism, wrapped in a flag, sort of near a bible.’
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Reined in yet vibrant, Lit Crawl Seattle celebrates writerly spirits
Hugo-centric Lit Crawl Seattle 2021 keeps a celebratory torch burning