Soldiers miss war. You would too, says Sebastian Junger Jeannie Yandel speaks with Sebastian Junger, author of the new book "TRIBE: On Homecoming and Belonging," about why soldiers long for war and what... Jeannie Yandel
50 years on, what can we learn from Star Trek? Fifty years ago, a new television series took us to space to touch on topics that were perhaps too challenging to discuss frankly back on Earth. Star... Caroline Chamberlain
Finding musical talent at low-income Seattle schools On Thursday afternoons at Bailey Gatzert Elementary School, music lessons are everywhere you look. Woodwinds twittering in the breezeways. Violas... Ann Dornfeld
Three picks for SIFF from Seattle filmmaker Megan Griffiths Kim Malcolm talks with Seattle filmmaker Megan Griffiths about her picks for the Seattle International Film Festival. Griffiths recommends "Captain... Kim Malcolm
Are we on the brink of a massive pandemic? In a 2006 study, 90 percent of epidemiologists predicted a pandemic would kill 165 million people sometime in the next two generations. Research... John O'Brien
The book is dark, but Nancy Pearl thinks you can handle it Marcie Sillman talks with "Book Lust" author Nancy Pearl about the novel "Imagine Me Gone" by Adam Haslett. Marcie Sillman
Lindy West: From 'broken thin person' to badass lady knight Jeannie Yandel talks to Seattle writer Lindy West about her new book, "Shrill: Notes From A Loud Woman." In it West talks about how she found her voice,... Jeannie Yandel
How a poet tackles Seattle's changes Elizabeth Austen talks to Seattle's first civic poet Claudia Castro Luna about how poetry can be used to talk about the changing city. She is holding a... Elizabeth Austen
How this lonely man turned solitude into beauty Francisco Hernandez ushers guests into the tiny living room of his modest White Center apartment. He shows off what looks like a large, colorful... Marcie Sillman
How drag queens pulled a Seattle writer from a crippling funk Seven years ago, Seattle TV writer Melanie McFarland was depressed. “It was like being under water,” McFarland said. “Or having an alien be inside my... Kate OConnell