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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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A world where poetry meets magic and wonder
On being witness to ‘the mystery each of us is’
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Speakers forum: Black voices, origins, and futures
“Part oral history, part poetry, all imagination.”
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Telling fact from fiction in the information age
Who and what can you trust?
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We need to talk about charter schools...
Diane Ravitch was once an avid supporter of charter schools, affiliated with various right wing think tanks. She came to a turning point when she could no longer stay quiet about the fact that charter schools were floundering. A former Assistant Secretary of Education, Ravitch took a bold step. She reversed her previous position and began a journey toward defending public schools and educators
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The real deep state issue, according to Ezra Klein
‘It’s working exactly as designed’
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American Oligarchs: Inside the Trump, Kushner family histories
Andrea Bernstein’s saga of ‘relentless corruption’
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It’s a train, on a bridge, that floats. It’s complicated
An engineering first: answering the challenge of East Link
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NPR’s Daniel Estrin pulls back the curtain on his reporting from the Middle East
'Come on the bus. Why aren't you coming?' -Grandson to Granpa
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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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What is the point of an oath?
Civic engagement: A responsibility of citizenship
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Tricia Rose on ‘hoping in the context of hopelessness’
A cautionary tale: ‘Fighting for justice is not easy work’
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Go west, young man, after you elope with the Senator’s daughter
Steve Inskeep explores the life and times of Jessie and John Frémont