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2018 Smoke Farm Symposium: Watersheds, dementia and 'fake news'
Get out of town for talks on our in-between times
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‘Look, we’re living in bizarre times,’ says John Kerry in Seattle.
Former Senator and Secretary of State John Kerry embraces the straight talk mantle.
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‘Retreat, or perish in place'
As sea levels rise and coastal populations increase, more people are subject to flooding. Author Elizabeth Rush compiled research and the stories of people affected by sea level rise for her new book “Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore.”
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From ‘the projects’ to the Supreme Court: Justice Sonia Sotomayor shares her life story with young readers
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A second life: The poetry of Iraqi-American Dunya Mikhail
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The soccer scandal that stretched across the world and into the White House
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Barn-raised Smoke Farm talks provoke summertime reflection
This week on Speakers Forum we open a time capsule from last summer. It comes from the annual Smoke Farm Symposium. We were drawn there several years ago when the creators gave us a recording of some fascinating talks, punctuated by rainfall on the roof of a barn up in Arlington, Washington.
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Welcome to SeaCouver! Envisioning the Northwest of the future
In the struggle to shape what life on earth will be like years from now, visionary futurists inspire us with dread and hope at turns. Author Brenda...
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A novel idea from an environmental activist: Secession
Northwesterners and people around the world have been inspired by Bill McKibben’s prolific environmental activism. McKibben took some time off from his...
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Bees: The 'hippie wasps' we all need
It seems there’s a "how things work" theme on Speakers Forum recently. Last week it was tides , this week, bees. Our guide is Thor Hanson, an uber...
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It took a village, and a pediatrician, to expose the Flint water crisis
The city of Flint, Michigan represents the height of American ingenuity, productivity and economic progress — and also the mirror opposite.
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Robin DiAngelo: 'I think you’re racist. I think I am, too.'
The term “white fragility” was coined by the Seattle-based educator and author Robin DiAngelo. She defines it as “a state in which even a minimum amount...