Podcasts by Town Hall Seattle Arts
The Arts & Culture series enriches our community with imagination and creativity. Whether reinventing the classics for a new audience or presenting an innovative new art form, these events are aimed at expanding horizons. From poetry to music to storytelling, this series leaves our audiences inspired, encouraged, and seeing the world with new eyes.
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243. Sheila Johnson with Gin Hammond: Through the Fire from 2023-12-04T23:04
If you thought billionaire success stories all looked pretty similar, prepare to be surprised. Listen
242. Letters Aloud: Before They Were Famous – letters on the way up from 2023-11-28T23:33
Have you ever dreamed of being famous? Imagined what it would be like to have all your dreams come true? Recognition, adoration, basking in the limelight. Soun...
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241. Peter Boal with Jackson Cooper: From Boyhood to Ballet from 2023-11-21T19:42
From the artistic director of the Pacific Northwest Ballet and former principal dancer for the New York City Ballet comes a deeply personal memo...
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240. Amy Schneider with Mimi Zima: In the Form of a Question from 2023-11-09T21:51
Who is the most successful woman to ever compete on Jeopardy!?
239. Tattoo Artist Panel: Yes It Hurts and You Will Bleed from 2023-11-06T23:28
Professor Scott Méxcal sits down with three of Seattle’s preeminent tattoo artists to chat about life behind the needle. In this discussion, they will explore ...
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238. Myisha Cherry with José Jorge Mendoza: Failures in Forgiveness from 2023-10-12T19:39
Sages from Cicero to Oprah have told us that forgiveness requires us to let go of negative emotions and that it has a unique power to heal our wounds...
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237. Elizabeth (Dori) Tunstall: Antiracist Design from 2023-09-15T19:50
Design theory helps us understand how and why visual information impacts us the way that it does, and how we communicate and receive that information via the d...
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236. Colson Whitehead with Robert Sindelar: Gritty Gotham from 2023-09-12T19:19
Time travel may not be possible, but two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times bestselling author Colson Whitehead transports readers back to...
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235. James Comey with Steve Scher: A Crime Novel from the Former FBI Director from 2023-07-07T19:26
If you’ve kept u...
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234. William Alexander: Ten Tomatoes that Changed the World from 2023-06-26T17:00
The tomato gets no respect. Never has. Stored in the dustbin of history for centuries, accused of being vile and poisonous, appropriated as wart...
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233. David Schmader with Kathy Fennessy: Surveying 100 Years of Pacific Northwest Cinema from 2023-06-23T17:04
Often when we think of cinema, the first places that come to mind are New York or Los Angeles. But did you know that hundreds of films and televi...
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232. Sally James: Scholar-In-Residence Findings Night 2023 from 2023-06-21T15:00
Every year, Town Hall selects exceptional local artists and scholars for paid residencies where they engage with Town Hall programs and collaborate with our...
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231. Dave Barry: Florida Man Releases Book from 2023-06-16T20:02
Have you ever heard the beginnings of a tale involving someone from Florida and not been at least a little intrigued?
230. Jen Sincero: 10 Years of You Are a Badass from 2023-06-07T19:41
Once upon a time, there was a gigantic mess named Jen Sincero.
She bought the cheapest toothpaste...
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229. Chasten Buttigieg with Naomi Ishisaka: I Have Something to Tell You — Growing Up Different in Small-Town America from 2023-06-02T20:05
Growing up, Chasten Glezman Buttigieg didn’t always fit in.
He felt different from his fathe...
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228. Claire Dederer with Sonora Jha and Angela Garbes: Monstrous Artists from 2023-05-24T18:44
Can we still love the work of Hemingway, Polanski, Naipaul, Miles Davis, or Picasso? Should we love it?
227. Anastacia-Reneé with Quenton Baker: Black Culture Through a Feminist Lens from 2023-05-11T18:44
Side Notes from the Archivist is a preservation of Black culture viewed through a feminist lens. The Archivist leads readers through poems ...
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226. Preston Singletary: Honoring Stories Through Glass-Blowing from 2023-05-10T19:34
Town Hall Seattle and Gage Academy of Art present Preston Singletary: Honoring Stories Through Glass-Blowing.
The art of Preston Singletary has become...
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225. Scratch Night 2023: Presentation from Our Scholar-in-Residence, Sally James from 2023-05-04T18:47
Every year, Town Hall selects exceptional local artists and scholars for paid residencies where they engage with Town Hall programs and collaborate with our progr...
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224. V.E. Schwab with Nisi Shawl: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue from 2023-05-03T20:45
Sometimes the impact of our actions and interactions can be vaster and longer lasting than we can predict.
223. Ari Shapiro with Dan Shapiro: Best Strangers in the World Tour from 2023-04-19T18:40
Join award-winning NPR journalist Ari Shapiro for an evening of conversation about his memoir and tales from his storied broadcast career.
The beloved host of “All Thing...
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222. Lane Moore with Angela Garbes and Lindy West: You Will Find Your People from 2023-04-14T18:19
Movies, books, and TV shows tell us we should’ve already found our people — those close, always dependable, tried-and-true forever friends — by the time we’re adu...
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221. Lisa Thompson with Alexandra Oliva - Finding Elevation from 2023-04-06T19:32
Defiance had provoked Lisa Thompson to enter the male-dominated world of high-altitude mountaineering, but defiance could only take her so far.<...
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220. Marita Dingus with Gary Faigin: Assembling a New Art of the African Diaspora from 2023-02-17T22:45
Born and raised on her family’s 7-acre ranch in Auburn, Washington, African American sculptor Marita Dingus has been ex...
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219. Dori Gillam - What’s Age Got to Do With It? from 2023-02-01T22:58
You look good for your age.” “You’re too young to understand.”
In employment decisions, family discussions, medical care, and even in birthday cards, assumptions about being “ov...
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218. Elizabeth George with Moira Macdonald - The Return of Thomas Lynley from 2023-01-31T21:51
Why are mystery novels so captivating? Well, name a better way to be thrilled without ever having to leave your own home … For over 30 years, #1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Georg...
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217. Tom Breihan with Tom Nissley: What the Top Hits Tell Us About Pop Music from 2022-12-13T20:17
The Billboard Hot 100 began in 1958, and for many, that little countdown list provokes some strong feelings of nostalgia. Did you listen in while gathered around a family-room radio? A walkman? ...
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216. Erin Langner with Jen Graves: Las Vegas in Lyric Essays from 2022-12-07T19:19
As an art critic and a museum staffer, Erin Langner was skeptical of what she would find when she visited the Las Vegas Strip for the first time in the mid-2000s. To her surprise, she returned w...
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215. David Sax: Our Not-So-Digital Future from 2022-12-06T19:32
For years, consumers have been promised a simple, carefree digital future. We could live, work, learn, and play from the comforts of our homes, and have whatever we desire brought to our door wi...
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214. Amy Gallo with Ruchika Tulshyan How to Work with Anyone (Even Difficult People) from 2022-11-22T20:05
There’s no denying it: Work relationships can be hard. The stress of dealing with difficult people can dampen creativity and productivity, degrade the ability to think clearly and make sound dec...
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213. Penn Jillette: A Crime Caper That Leaves Everything to Chance from 2022-11-17T20:34
Imagine a world where decisions are decided by the roll of a pair of dice. What to eat? Roll the dice. Who to marry? Roll again. How to die, and when? Get rolling. We can only imagine how differ...
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212. Kate Beaton with Claire Dederer: Alberta’s Oil Boom, Through a Cartoonist’s Eyes from 2022-11-16T02:00
Before there was Kate Beaton, the New York Times bestselling cartoonist of Hark! A Vagrant, there was Katie Beaton of the Cape Breton Beatons — specifically Mabou, a tight-knit seaside ...
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211. Jonathan Franzen with Tom Nissley Crossroads: A Vivid Take on Contemporary America from 2022-11-08T20:38
Jonathan Franzen is known for being, well, a little bit of everything: cantankerous and compelling, celebrated and controversial. Known for his vivid character development, his six novels have p...
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210. Alli Frank and Asha Youmans with Tara Conklin: A Baptist, a Baker, and a New Jewish Neighbor from 2022-11-01T19:47
From the authors of 2020’s Tiny Imperfections comes a new novel that takes a humorous but candid look at issues like race, religion, parenting, and love through the lens of female frien...
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209. Erika Hayasaki with Grace Madigan: A Story of Adoption, Identity, and the Meaning of Family from 2022-10-25T23:23
Imagine having an identical twin on the other side of the world — one you had no idea existed. That was the reality for sisters Isabella and Hà, born in Việt Nam but adopted and raised separatel...
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208. Susan Linn with Nancy Pearl - How Big Tech is Hijacking Childhood from 2022-10-18T16:51
Most kids’ today are very tech savvy, whether they’re playing video games, watching streaming services, interacting on social media, or even — as the pandemic quickly showed us — attending schoo...
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207. Juan Alonso-Rodríguez with Scott Méxcal - Stories from an Accidental Artist from 2022-10-11T16:54
Juan Alonso-Rodríguez describes his paintings and sculptures as an on-going exploration of abstraction based on forms both found in nature, and those conceived by human ingenuity. From horizon l...
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206. Ellen Jovin - A Seat at the Grammar Table from 2022-10-04T23:55
Do you have a strong opinion about things like the Oxford comma, splitting infinitives, or whether to use punctuation in a text message? Well, you’re not alone. When Ellen Jovin set up her first...
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205. Zibby Owens with Julia Quinn: Books, Writing, and Letting Our Stories Unfold from 2022-08-16T23:06:06
When someone recommends a book to you that you end up loving, something special happens: you feel closer to that person somehow, understood on some unspoken level. That could be one of the reaso...
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204. Gene Andrew Jarrett with Tom Morgan - Paul Laurence Dunbar: The Life and Times of a Caged Bird from 2022-08-15T21:39:33
Poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, widely known for penning the famous words, “I know why the caged bird sings!” in his poem, Sympathy. Born in 1872, Dunbar was one of the first African America...
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203. Nabil Ayers with Cheryl Waters: Music, Roots, and Redefining Family from 2022-08-11T23:50:21
Nabil Ayers has been part of the music scene in many capacities: musician, record-label creator, band manager, music executive, and founder of Seattle’s Sonic Boom Records. He is also an author,...
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202. David Duchovny with Jess Walter—The Reservoir: A Twisted Rom-Com for our Distanced Time from 2022-07-15T22:48:44
David Duchovny is best known for his television roles as FBI agent Fox Mulder on The X-Files (1993-2002 and 2016-2018) and writer Hank Moo...
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201. Ceasar Hart—Drag Culture: Beyond Entertainment from 2022-06-30T21:56:07
Typically held at bars and nightclubs, drag is a form of entertainment in which a performer uses clothing and makeup to impersonate a particular ge...
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200. Peter Bacho with Robert Flor: Mostly True Stories of Filipino Seattle from 2022-06-23T22:13:29
According to census data, the greater Seattle area is home to the fifth-largest Filipino American population in the U.S — the majority of which arrived in the area after 1965. F...
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199. Mimi Gardner Gates with Lynda V. Mapes and Catharina Manchanda: The Innovation of the Olympic Sculpture Park from 2022-06-16T10:00
When the Seattle Art Museum opened the Olympic Sculpture Park on the urban waterfront in 2007, it changed the way people could interact with art and experience the city’s environment. Listen
198. Don Lee with Rob Arnold: Stories of Heartbreak, Identity, and Belonging from 2022-06-09T19:26:16
It’s no surprise that people love short stories. They hold all the elements of a great novel — an intriguing theme, characters that seem to come to life, and storytelling that l...
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197. Jim Weber with John Richards: Run, Live, and Lead with Purpose from 2022-06-02T21:27:56
As a hockey-loving kid from Minnesota, Jim Weber always had a competitive spirit and a knack for leadership. In the seventh grade, he wrote that he wanted to become an NHL hocke...
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196. Black Writers Unmasked: Readings from Seattle-area Writers of African Descent from 2022-05-26T23:02:26
In Black Writers Unmasked, members of the African-American Writer’s Alliance will share African proverbs, wisdom, love, hope, and readings from Listen
195. Adrienne Celt with Ruth Joffre—End of the World House: A Novel from 2022-05-19T21:51:53
Sometimes it feels like we’re living the same day over and over again. We wake up in the same bed, eat the same breakfast, do the same tasks, and talk to the same people, just c...
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194. Voices, Words, and Books: An Unprecedented Literary Phenomenon in Spanish from 2022-05-05T22:33:02
On the first stop of the “Las cuatro esquinas Tour” around the United States, Dr. Adriana Pacheco and Seattle Escribe bring t...
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193. Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse, Aldona Jonaitis, and Lou-ann Neel: Unsettling Native Art Histories on the Northwest Coast from 2022-04-21T22:48:33
Examples of Northwest Coast art appear in museums and collections throughout our region, but what does it mean when there is no word for “art” in the language of the people who created i...
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192. Jonathan Galassi with Juan Carlos Reyes—School Days: A Coming-of-Age Story from 2022-04-14T22:03:28
Jonathan Galassi is an acclaimed poet, translator, and longtime publisher at Farrar, Straus and Giroux who has built a life around the art of language. His poetry, described as ...
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191. Frances Kai-Hwa Wang: Lyric Reflections on Family, Hope, and Asian American Culture from 2022-04-08T00:26:46
Frances Kai-Hwa Wang is a prolific writer, passionate speaker, multicultural educator, and activist on Asian Pacific American issues. Listen
190. Jeff Yang, Phil Yu, and Philip Wang: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now from 2022-03-31T18:45:37
When the Hart-Celler Act passed in 1965, opening up U.S. immigration to non-Europeans, it ushered in a whole new era. But even to the first generation of Asian Americans born in...
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189. Mickey Rowe with Laurie Frankel: An Autistic Actor’s Journey to Broadway’s Biggest Stage from 2022-03-25T22:46:16
Growing up as an autistic and legally blind person, actor Mickey Rowe was told that he couldn’t be a part of the mainstream world. As Rowe navigated adulthood, he was ignored an...
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188. Ruchika Tulshyan with Ijeoma Oluo: How Organizations Can Foster Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion from 2022-03-11T00:54:40
It’s no surprise that fair, equitable, and respectful practices bolster engagement and motivation in the workplace. Being inclusive is, quite simply, the right thing to do. But ...
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187. We Need a Reckoning: Poetry, Essays, and Memoir by Tacoma-area Women of Color from 2022-02-17T23:45:15
We Need a Reckoning is a deeply powerful collection of poetry,...
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186. Kyla Schuller with Dr. Sophie Lewis—The Trouble with White Women: A Counterhistory of Feminism from 2022-01-06T19:35:54
Elizabeth Cady Stanton is a famous suffragette who demanded a woman’s right to vote. Margaret Sanger was a sex educator who popularized the term “birth control” and helped estab...
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185. Peter Robison with Dominic Gates: The Unfolding of Boeing’s 737 MAX Crisis from 2021-12-24T03:10:06
The best-selling Boeing 737 plane took its first commercial flight in 1968. Since then, the aircraft has been updated and modified across four generations; the most recent being...
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184. Katie Ives with Allison Williams—Imaginary Peaks: The Riesenstein Hoax and Other Mountain Dreams from 2021-12-16T11:00
In 1962, Summit Magazine tantalized readers with a tale of the Riesenstein peaks, a majestic (and untamed) mountain range in British Columbia. The article described the...
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183. Lead Pencil Studio with Gary Faigin: Artists Annie Han and Daniel Mihalyo from 2021-12-09T21:15:53
Town Hall is thrilled to once again partner with Gage Academy of Art to bring audiences a series of tal...
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182. Justine Bateman—Face: One Square Foot of Skin from 2021-12-02T09:00
The human face is a marvel. Just try to imagine the map of information contained in its creases and folds: the face holds stories of history, heritage, and emotion. Yet, despite...
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181. Sam Howe Verhovek and Melissa Tizon: Honoring the Work of Journalist Alex Tizon from 2021-11-18T11:00
Alex Tizon (1959-2017) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer who built a career telling the stories of people at the margins. The underdogs. The forgotten ones. Everyday people. I...
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180. Ross Reynolds: How Audio Technology Changed the World from 2021-11-11T11:00
Did video really kill the radio star? There’s no doubt that the expansion of visual technology played a huge role in the evolution of communications and entertainment, but consi...
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179. Ilsa Govan and Tilman Smith with Karena Hooks: What’s Up with White Women? from 2021-11-04T08:00
When tackling topics of systemic racism, it’s all too easy to build narratives centered around white men and toxic masculinity. But white women have long held seats at the table— from their pre-...
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178. Susan Orlean with Leigh Calvez: On Our Relationship with Animals from 2021-10-28T19:57:26
Anatole France once said, “Until one has loved an animal a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.” Susan Orlean’s soul has been awake for ...
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177. Richard Culatta with Dr. Margaret Morris—Digital for Good: Raising Kids to Thrive in an Online World from 2021-10-21T20:33:51
How old were you when you got your first cell phone? Did “going online” ever involve listening to a series of pained squeaks and static, willing the family PC to connect to…what...
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176. Marcus Harrison Green with Michele Matassa Flores: Readying to Rise from 2021-10-14T22:07:06
It’s been a watershed year. Social justice, and all that it means to us, is both in our grasp and slipping through our fingers. Seattle journalist Marcus Harrison Green, a dear ...
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175. Farah Jasmine Griffin: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature from 2021-10-07T21:01
Phyllis Wheatley, the first African-American author of a published book of poetry, wrote, “Imagination! Who can sing thy force?/Or who describe the swiftness of thy course?”. Wh...
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174. Judy Temes with Tina Schumann: Girl Left Behind from 2021-10-01T03:01:42
In Hungary, one summer’s night in 1969, Judy Temes’ family packed the car for, what was supposed to be, a vacation to Vienna. Judy’s paren...
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173. Alvy Ray Smith with Charles C. Mann: A Biography of the Pixel from 2021-09-23T12:00
In the beginning there was a bit. And then the pixel: a particular packaging of those bits. With the coming of the pixel, the organizing principle of most all modern media. Near...
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172. Susanna Ryan with Knute Berger: A Guide to Seattle’s Offbeat and Overlooked History from 2021-09-12T04:00
Have you ever visited the defunct coal chutes on Capitol Hill? Do you know where you can find a 100-year-old sidewalk or the nearest pocket park? Listen
171. Emily Rapp Black with Lidia Yuknavitch: An Amputee’s Personal Examination of Frida Kahlo’s Work from 2021-09-02T08:00
At first sight of Frida Kahlo’s painting The Two Fridas, author Emily Rapp Black felt an instant connection with the artist. An amput...
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170. Blake Scott Ball with Gary Groth: The Popular Politics of Charles Schulz’s Peanuts from 2021-08-24T00:59:02
In postwar America, there was arguably no newspaper comic strip more recognizable than Charles Schulz’s Peanuts. It was everywhere, n...
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169. M. Leona Godin with Keith Rosson: A Personal and Cultural History of Blindness from 2021-08-20T23:22:15
From Homer to Helen Keller, from Dune to Stevie Wonder, from the invention of Braille to the science of echolocation. What is the com...
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168. The Mixed-Race Identity: Writing to See Ourselves—Donna Miscolta, Anne Liu Kellor, Rebecca Delacruz-Gunderson,&Sarah McQuate from 2021-08-19T02:12:53
In Living Color: Angie Rubio Stories, author Donna Miscolta traced the social education that a Mexican American girl receives as she experiences and r...
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167. Pardis Mahdavi with Rich Smith: A Social and Personal History of the Hyphen from 2021-08-13T00:18:29
To hyphenate or not to hyphenate, that is the question. It has been a central point of controversy since before the imprinting of the first Gu...
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166. Sebastian Junger with Matt Gallagher: How Do Freedom and Community Coexist? from 2021-08-11T00:26:02
Throughout history, humans have been driven by the quest for two cherished ideals: community and freedom. The two don’t coexist easily. We value individuality and self-reliance,...
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165. Gina G. Warren with Chicken Mike and Nicole Graham: Dispatches from the Backyard Chicken Movement from 2021-08-06T08:00
“Chickens are a lot more mainstream than veganism and a little bit like kombucha: super weird twenty years ago, now somewhat more popular and made even more so by logos, brands, and hash...
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164. Thomas McGuane with Eric M. Johnson: Following Your Dreams in a Material World from 2021-08-04T19:45:44
One thing that seems to be true in all generations of American life is that it can be challenging to summon the courage to follow your dreams in a mate...
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163. Ian Manuel: A Memoir of Crime, Punishment, Hope, and Redemption from 2021-07-26T23:42:48
The United States is the only country in the world that sentences thirteen and fourteen-year old offenders, mostly youth of color, to life in prison without parole, regardless of the sci...
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162. Paul Shoemaker with Doug Baldwin: Five Vital Traits Change Agents Use to Solve Big Problems from 2021-07-22T19:57:47
Paul Shoemaker believes America is approaching a looming inflection point. The author and social impact leader says that the massive upheavals over the last year is emblematic o...
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161. Annie Connole with Frances McCue: A Conversation On Grief and Transformation from 2021-07-15T20:43:17
“By turns raw and mystical, steeped in loss but also reconciliation, it is a book that challenges our preconceptions, in regard to content and form...
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160. Anna Sale with Angela Garbes: Let’s Talk About Hard Things from 2021-07-12T22:32:23
Anna Sale wants you to have that conversation. You know the one. The one that you’ve been avoidi...
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159. Ronit Plank with Alice Ikeda: Family Members Who Leave&Why Personal Stories Matter from 2021-06-24T23:01:37
Ronit Plank was six years old when her mother left her and her four-year-old sister for India to follow Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, a cult guru at the center of Netflix documentary Wild Wild...
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158. Richard Thompson with J Mascis: A Conversation Capturing the Life of a Remarkable Artist from 2021-06-17T20:41:56
“The finest rock songwriter after Dylan.” “The best electric guitarist since Hendrix.” Who is this man? A man who packed more than a lifet...
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157. Elissa Washuta&Theresa Warburton with Kristen Millares Young: The Other Worlds Present in Native Women’s Literature from 2021-06-11T00:23:01
In publishing today, some of the most expressive, form-breaking, innovative writing seems to come from Native authors. While the written tradition often overlooks Indigenous aut...
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156. Marlon Peterson with Darnell L. Moore: An Abolitionist’s Freedom Song from 2021-06-03T21:26:58
Marlon Peterson grew up in 1980s and 90s Crown Heights, raised by Trinidadian immigrants. Amid the routine violence and crack epidemic that would come to shape the perception of his neighborhood...
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155. Peter Ames Carlin with Warren Zanes: Warner Brothers Records&The Past and Future of the Music Business from 2021-05-20T22:58:50
The roster of Warner Brothers Records and its subsidiary labels reads like a roster of the Rock & Roll Hall of F...
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154. R. Michael Hendrix: What Musical Minds Teach Us About Innovation from 2021-05-13T22:58:29
What kind of beat is irresistible to listeners, and how is it achieved? What makes a musical collaboration successful? What can musical minds teach us about innovation? They don’t think like we ...
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153. Sonora Jha with Ijeoma Oluo: Motherhood, Masculinity, and How to Raise a Feminist Son from 2021-05-06T21:45:11
The message that the patriarchy and toxic masculinity negatively impacts men and boys as well as women has gotten ...
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152. Annabelle Gurwitch with Susan Orlean: Adventures in Downward Mobility from 2021-04-29T23:54:51
For many generations, Americans were sold the idea of upward mobility. But today’s generations are unfortunately and unexpectedly struggling with dow...
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151. Emma Smith with K. Elizabeth Stevens—This Is Shakespeare: A New Study of the Bard from 2021-04-24T04:50:25
Was Shakespeare a timeless prophet, a verbal innovator, a technical genius, a man who encapsulated the human condition as no one else has? Well, sort...
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150. Mark Kurlansky: The Unreasonable Virtue of Fly Fishing from 2021-04-21T01:16:20
Fly fishing, historian Mark Kurlansky has found, is a battle of wits, fly fisher vs. fish–and the fly fisher does not always (or often) win. Listen
149. Leila Cobo with Agueda Pacheco Flores: An Oral History of Latin Music from 2021-04-09T04:54:57
Have you ever wanted to ask Enrique Iglesias, Descemer Bueno, and Gente De Zona about their 2014 hit “Bailando”? What’s the story behind that Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine hit “Cong...
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148. Claudio Lomnitz: The Intersections of Jewish and Latin American Culture from 2021-04-02T00:39:23
Tracing his grandparents’ exile from Eastern Europe to South America through to his own experiences, anthropologist Claud...
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147. Anna North and Alexis Coe: Rewriting History Through a Feminist Lens from 2021-03-27T01:17:55
A young woman outlaw in 1894 and a new look at the life of George Washington: what could these two stories have in common?
Perhaps more than you’d think. Both introduce a...
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146. Ronald A. Crutcher with Dr. Quinton Morris: Navigating Race on the Road to Leadership from 2021-03-18T19:23:05
Born to two parents who never graduated high school, Dr. Ronald A. Crutcher grew up to become a leader at the highest levels of academia and the arts. As a child musician, he me...
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145. Jeffrey Stewart with LaNesha DeBardelaben: Alain Locke, the Father of the Harlem Renaissance from 2021-03-12T00:15:25
A tiny, fastidiously dressed man emerged from Black Philadelphia around the turn of the century to mentor a generation of young artists including Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and Jacob L...
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144. Colin Bryar and Bill Carr with Chris Devore: An Insider’s Look at Amazon’s Culture, Leadership, and More from 2021-03-08T00:18:14
Colin Bryar started at Amazon in 1998; Bill Carr joined in 1999. With twenty-seven years of Amazon experience between them, much of it in the early aughts—a period that brought products and serv...
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143. Victor L. Wooten with Wier Harman: The Healing Power and Humanity in Music from 2021-03-03T00:31:18
Grammy Award-winning bass player and author Victor L. Wooten invites us to imagine a world he has created in his book The Spirit of Music. This is a world where three m...
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142. Lisa Iversen, June BlueSpruce, and Anne Hayden with Dr. Bonnie Duran: Whiteness Is Not An Ancestor from 2021-02-19T00:51
For over two decades, family constellations facilitator and therapist Lisa Iversen has been working with groups, including descendants of ancestors who have perpetrated harm or been victimized i...
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141. Catherine E. McKinley with Erika Massaquoi—The African Lookbook: A Visual History of 100 Years of African Women from 2021-02-11T22:04:52
Most of us grew up with images of African women that were purely anthropological–bright displays of exotica where the deeper personhood seemed tucked away. Or they were chronicl...
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140. Spirited Stone: Lessons from Kubota’s Garden from 2021-02-06T00:28:17
Fujitaro Kubota, whose unique gardens transformed Seattle’s landscape in the 20th century, immigrated to the US in the early 20th century, worked as a nurseryman, and eventually...
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139. Tyler Stovall with ChrisTiana ObeySumner: The Intertwined Histories of Racism and Freedom from 2021-01-29T21:34:40
The era of the Enlightenment, which gave rise to our modern conceptions of freedom and democracy, was also the height of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. How were those conceptio...
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138. Jeffrey Jackson:The Artists Who Risked Their Lives Using Art to Defy the Nazis from 2021-01-21T01:22:24
Amidst the danger of Nazi-occupied Island of Jersey in the British Channel, two French women, Lucy Schwob and Suzanne Malherbe, drew on their skills as Parisian avant-garde artists to write and ...
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137. André Gregory and Todd London: Reflections on a Life Lived for Art from 2021-01-14T09:00
Art is fundamental. While in some places and times, it may be deemed nonessential or decorative, the reality is that it is a fundamental expression from one human to another, of curiosity,...
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136. Roger Rosenblatt with Paul Muldoon: On Life, Love, and Responsibility from 2020-12-18T06:46:41
The Cold Moon occurs in late December, auguring the arrival of the winter solstice. Approaching the winter solstice of his own life, author Roger Rosenblatt embarked upon ...
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135. Alone Together Book Club Discussion with Jennifer Haupt, Amber Flame, Claudia Castro Luna, and Lidia Yuknavitch from 2020-12-13T05:56:40
The COVID-19 crisis has led to a moment of grief, isolation, and uncertainty that is nearly unprecedented in recent memory. How are we changing as a result, both as indivi...
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134. Ebo Barton with Tara Hardy: Insubordinate, a Poetry Collection from 2020-12-04T04:09:31
“Ebo Barton is the queer echo to the first whisper of revolution.” This is what author Tara Hardy had to say about spoken word poet Ebo Barton’s first collection of poetry, ...
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133. Alan Mikhail with Resat Kasaba: Sultan Selim and the Making of the Modern World from 2020-11-23T09:00
Long neglected in world history, the Ottoman Empire was a hub of intellectual fervor, geopolitical power, and enlightened pluralistic rule. Yet, despite its towering influence a...
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132. Caty Borum Chattoo with Marcia Smith: How Documentaries Empower People and Inspire Social Change from 2020-11-20T21:17:04
Only a few years after the 2013 Sundance Film Festival premiere of Blackfish—an independent documentary film that critiqued the treatment of orcas in captivity—visits to SeaWorld declin...
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131. Stuart Getty with Max Delsohn: How to They/Them from 2020-11-06T01:06:29
Ever wondered what nonbinary and gender nonconforming really mean? Genderqueer writer Stu...
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130. Michael Ian Black with Mike Birbiglia: How To Be A Better Man from 2020-10-31T01:04:29
Comedian, actor, and father Michael Ian Black wants to get (mostly) serious about the trouble with masculin...
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129. Alex Ross with Ann Powers: Wagnerism—Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music from 2020-10-23T00:58:40
For better or worse, Wagner is often considered the most widely influential figure in the history of music. Around 1900, the phenomenon known as Wagnerism saturated European and...
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128. Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton: One Left, A Novel from 2020-10-17T23:19
During the Pacific War, more than 200,000 Korean girls were forced into sexual servitude for Japanese soldiers. Barely 10 percent survived to return to Korea, where they lived a...
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127. Hailey Tayathy: Indigenous Land Acknowledgement Art Presentation from 2020-10-09T03:45:16
Every year, Town Hall selects exceptional local artists and scholars for paid residencies. This fall, Listen
126. The Deep End Friends Podcast: Black Healing from 2020-09-25T18:47:13
The Deep End Friends podcast is an exploration of liberation, healing, hope, joy, and wholeness. What does it mean to be fre...
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125. Dr. Madeline Levine: Preparing Kids to Thrive in an Uncertain World from 2020-09-17T01:19:52
Dr. Madeline Levine contends that the role of parent has evolved into an unhealthy relationship with achievement and stress. The COVID-19 epidemic is throwing many into dual rol...
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124. Erica Barnett with Claire Dederer—Quitter: A Memoir of Drinking, Relapse, and Recover from 2020-09-02T08:00
Award-winning reporter Erica Barnett her first sip of alcohol when she was thirteen. By her late twenties, her addiction became inescapable. By the time she was in her late thirties, she...
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123. Joanne Bagshaw with Kirsten Harris-Talley: How to Resist Sexism and Dismantle the Patriarchy from 2020-03-25T22:33:49
From reproductive rights and the wage gap to #MeToo and #TimesUp—gender inequality permeates nearly every aspect of our culture. According to award-winning psychology professor ...
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122. Pacific Flyway: Waterbird Migration from the Arctic to Tierra del Fuego from 2020-03-17T18:10:17
Celebrate the magnificence of waterbird migration along the Pacific Flyway—the 10,000-mile migratory corridor from the Arctic to Tierra del Fuego. Join the authors of the book <...
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121. Leah Plunkett: Why We Should Be Cautious With Our Kids’ Data from 2020-03-10T18:26:19
Our children’s first digital footprints are made before they can walk—even before they are born. More and more parents are using fertility apps to aid conception, posting ultras...
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120. Raphaël Liogier: Heart of Maleness from 2020-03-04T09:00
Recent years have witnessed significant progress toward gender equality—from the ousting of prominent men accused of sexual misconduct to the unprecedented popularity of the 2019 Women’s...
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119. Dennis Baron: Exploring The History Of Our Pronouns from 2020-02-28T23:12:55
Like trigger warnings and gender-neutral bathrooms, pronouns are sparking a national debate. They’re prompting new policies in schools, workplaces, and even prisons. Pioneering ...
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118. Julie Blacklow with Pepper Schwartz: Diary of a Badass Reporter from 2020-02-26T09:00
Even as a teenager, Julie Blacklow displayed qualities that marked her as a natural for reporting—courage, tenacity, and a willingness to get in anyone’s face if it served her mission to...
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117. Humanities WA Think and Drink: Is the Internet Making Us Miserable? from 2020-02-19T23:52:08
“Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?” asked a cover story in The Atlantic, citing skyrocketing rates of anxiety and suicide among young smartphone users. But what ...
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116. Anna Wiener with Kristi Coulter: Uncanny Valley from 2020-02-13T09:00
In her mid-twenties, at the height of tech industry idealism, New Yorker writer Anna Wiener left a job in book publishing for the promise of the new digital economy. Sh...
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115. Lyric World: Conversations with Contemporary Poets—Poetry And Wonder from 2020-02-04T18:41:08
How can poetry expand our understanding of civic life? Poet and former Town Hall Artist-In-Residence Shin Yu Pai invited us to Listen
114: Indigenous Reparation and Recognition in Seattle: South Seattle Emerald + Bitterroot Magazine Panel from 2020-01-31T22:19:47
Seattle is one of the wealthiest and fastest-growing cities in the nation, but that growth has come often at the expense of the Indigenous people who first lived here. In a fort...
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113: Nate Sloan and Charlie Harding—Switched on Pop: How Popular Music Works, and Why it Matters from 2020-01-28T09:00
Pop music surrounds us—in our cars, over supermarket speakers, even when we are laid out at the dentist—but how often do we really hear what’s playing? Listen
112: A Scribe Called Quess? with Nikkita Oliver: Dismantling the Colonial Legacy from 2020-01-23T09:00
At the intersection of art and organizing, activists have found success combating white supremacy. Town Hall presented one such activist award-winning poet, educator, and Take E...
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111: Pamela Paul and Maria Russo with Maria Semple: How to Raise a Reader from 2020-01-21T09:00
Pamela Paul and Maria Russo want to encourage our children to develop a lifelong love of reading. They presented insight from their book How to Raise a Reader, an illus...
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110: Beethoven’s Immortal String Quartet Legacy: SCMS Winter Festival Preview from 2020-01-16T09:00
Seattle Chamber Music Society’s Winter Festival brings together some of the finest musicians in the world, offering six exceptional chamber music concerts and a fun Family Concert during the las...
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109: Richard Louv: Connecting With Animals To Transform Our Lives from 2019-12-27T09:00
How can our connections with animals transform our mental, physical, and spiritual lives? Journalist and author Richar...
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108: Death and Music with John Richards and Dr. Amy Richards from 2019-12-18T01:34:49
Music can be a powerful tool for helping us cope with the loss of the ones we love—especially when our community comes together to experience that music live. KEXP’s morning sho...
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107: Mo Rocca with Steve Scher: Mobituaries—Great Lives Worth Reliving from 2019-12-12T09:00
Mo Rocca has always loved obituaries. He has relished the chance to read about the remarkable lives of world leaders, captains of industry, innovators, and artists. But accordin...
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106: Caroline Wright: How To Talk To Kids About Death from 2019-12-10T09:00
How do you talk to kids about death? Author Caroline Wright wondered the same thing when she was diagnosed with an aggressive, terminal brain cancer as a mother to her young son...
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105: Jenny Odell with Austin Jenkins: Reclaiming Our Attention in an Age of Distraction from 2019-12-04T18:00
Artist and critic Jenny Odell sees our attention as the most precious—and overdrawn—resource we have. Town Hall joined with UW Communication Leadership Graduate Program to prese...
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104: Paul Theroux with Katy Sewall: A Mexican Journey from 2019-11-26T09:00
In times fraught with tensions across borders, some of the most critical stories are those that bring us closer to the people on the other side. ...
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103: Annalee Newitz: The Future of Another Timeline from 2019-11-19T09:00
What does it mean to create a better future—literally? Speculative fiction author Annalee Newitz, founding editor of io9, Listen
102: Humanities WA Think and Drink: One Click Away—Hate and the Internet from 2019-11-12T21:22:52
Has the internet made hate more infectious? Personalized feeds and sophisticated algorithms can direct us to content and communities that reinforce our most radical ideas and wo...
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101: Hot Takes w/ Hot Dykes: A Live Podcast from 2019-11-07T09:00
Clara Pluton and Val Nigro are stand-up comedians, radio hosts, and real-life lesbian lovers dishing out the sapphic dirt! Listen
100: Deep End Friends Podcast: Live with Virgie Tovar from 2019-11-05T09:00
The Deep End Friends podcast is an exploration of liberation, healing, hope, joy, and wholeness. What does it mean to be free? What are people of color doing to heal th...
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99: Chase Jarvis with Humans of New York’s Brandon Stanton: Following Your Creative Calling from 2019-10-29T08:00
Chase Jarvis and Brandon Stanton are two creative powerhouses. They’ve been through the creative trenches and produced amazing work, and both consider establishing a creative pr...
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98: TUF Art Collective Takeover from 2019-10-22T20:01:56
Explore and reimagine what space means in Seattle’s rapidly transforming socio-environmental landscape in this immersive and interactive evening with TUF, the Seattle collective...
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97: Amitav Ghosh: Gun Island—A Novel from 2019-10-15T22:17:43
Lauded author Amitav Ghosh arrived on Town Hall’s stage to present his newest book, Gun Island. His ...
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96: Caitlin Doughty: Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And Other Questions About Death from 2019-10-09T08:00
What would happen to an astronaut’s body if it were pushed out of a space shuttle? Do people poop when they die? Can Grandma have a Viking funeral? Every day, f...
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95: Vox: The Weeds Podcast Live from 2019-10-01T17:45:33
In politics, we’re often told not to get lost in the weeds. But at Vox, they love the weeds! Vox voices and regular hosts Listen
94: A Million Suggestions from Suzan-Lori Parks: A lecture and stage play world premiere from 2019-09-25T19:34:06
We’re throwing open the doors of our newly renovated building for a full-day takeover by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks! Listen
93: Colleen Echohawk and Ben Franz-Knight: Intersections and Opportunities for Designing With Indigenous Knowledge from 2019-09-06T01:44:17
How do we approach designing our cities in equitable ways? Colleen Echohawk, Executive Director of the Chief Seattle Club, and Ben Franz-Knight, urban planner and former Executi...
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92: Erik Davis: Drugs, Weirdness, and Visionary Experience in the Seventies from 2019-08-21T08:00
In the 1970’s, Philip K. Dick, Terence McKenna, and Robert Anton Wilson pioneered the emergence of a new psychedelic spirituality founded in American counterculture. These three authors changed ...
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91: Jennifer Dumpert: Dreaming on the Edges of Mind from 2019-08-19T08:00
Liminal dreaming occurs at the boundaries of consciousness between waking and sleep. To guide us in harnessing one of the most unusual human experiences, Listen
90: Beth Macy: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America from 2019-08-14T21:38:50
America’s twenty-plus year struggle with opioid addiction has affected communities of all sizes and walks: from wealthy suburbs to distressed towns in Central Appalachia; from disparate cities t...
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89: David Nickles: Confronting Questions of Psychedelics from 2019-07-31T08:00
Since their introduction to industrial societies, psychedelics have been hailed as catalysts for personal and societal change. Researc...
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88: Darcey Steinke with Dr. Deborah Giles 'Flash Count Diary: Menopause and the Vindication of Natural Life' from 2019-07-17T08:00
The only two creatures on earth that go through menopause are human women and female killer whales. This esoteric fact became a strange point of fascination as author Darcey Steinke grappled wit...
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87: Ed Levine with J. Kenji López-Alt: A Food Lover’s Perilous Quest for Pizza and Redemption from 2019-07-10T08:00
In 2005, freelance food writer Ed Levine sought an unlikely dream: to control his own fate and create a different kind of food publication that would unearth the world’s best bagels, the best bu...
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86: James Ellroy: This Storm from 2019-07-03T08:00
It is January, 1942, and torrential rainstorms in L.A. unearth a body in Griffith Park. The cops rate it a routine dead-man job—but they’re grievously wrong. Lauded writer Listen
85: Esther Wojcicki: How to Raise Successful People from 2019-06-26T19:16:55
Esther “Woj” Wojcicki is famous for three things: teaching a high school class that has changed thousands of lives, inspiring Silicon Valley legends like Steve Jobs, and raising three daughters ...
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84: Neal Stephenson: Fall; or, Dodge in Hell—A Novel from 2019-06-20T08:00
Bestselling author Neal Stephenson is known for delivering novels with poignant and incisive reflections on our present and future. Now the acclaimed novelist joins us for a Town Hall conversati...
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83: John Waters with David Schmader: Mr. Know-It-All from 2019-06-11T08:00
No one knows more about everything—especially everything rude, clever, and offensively compelling—than John Waters. He joined us for a discussion of his new book Mr. Know-It-All: The Tarnish...
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82: Meiyin Wang "This Is How It Ends: Conversations about Emerging Technologies and Performance" from 2019-06-06T18:27:25
How can the arts inform new directions for emerging technologies? From the curatorial mind of producer and director Meiyin Wang comes a collaborative exploration of the intersection of technolog...
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81: Panel: Arts & Action To Better Our Community from 2019-05-31T21:19:45
Can arts change our communities like they change our lives? ArtsFund Listen
80: Andrew Curran: Diderot and the Art of Thinking Freely from 2019-05-21T21:47:38
Denis Diderot is often associated with the decades-long battle to bring the world’s first comprehensive Encyclopédie into existence. But his most daring writing took place in the shadow...
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79: Moby with Ross Reynolds: Then It Fell Apart from 2019-05-15T19:35:09
What do you do when you realize you have everything you think you’ve ever wanted but still feel completely empty? What do you do when it all starts to fall apart? In the summer of 1999, Moby rel...
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78: Mary Norris with Edward Wolcher: "Greek to Me" Adventures of the Comma Queen from 2019-05-07T20:22:58
Few of us are aware of the extent to which the Greek language has influenced English. Fortunately, lauded New Yorker writer Mary Norris has a passion for all things Greek. Listen
77: Irene Butter with Richard Block: From Holocaust to Hope from 2019-05-01T15:27:42
Irene Butter is one of the few Holocaust survivors still alive today. She has shared the stage with the Dalai Lama, Elie Wiesel, Desmond Tutu, and other peacemakers—but she has never told her en...
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76: Ng?g? wa Thiong’o: Minutes of Glory from 2019-04-23T10:00
It takes true versatility for a novelist and playwright to hone their craft and become a master of the short form—and Ng?g? wa Thiong’o is just such a master. Listen
75: Lori Gottlieb and Luke Burbank: Maybe You Should Talk to Someone from 2019-04-16T08:00
What happens when a professional therapist needs to seek council of her own? Lori Gottlieb, Los Angeles therapist and writer of the Atlantic column “Dear Therapist,” fo...
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74: Siri Hustvedt: Memories of the Future from 2019-04-10T00:40:43
When veteran author Siri Hustvedt discovered her old notebook along with early drafts of a never-completed novel, she found herself caught in a dialogue between her past and present selves. The ...
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73: John Lanchester: The Wall from 2019-04-02T08:00
With the U.S. still in the shadow of a potential border wall and the fraught discussions surrounding Brexit still circulating among headlines, journalist and novelist John Lanchester presented u...
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72: Michael Straus and Claudia Castro Luna from 2019-03-26T22:21:27
There are thousands of living languages spoken in the world—and countless literary masterworks written in each of those languages. Translators like Michael Straus offer us a gateway to these inc...
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71: Octavio Solis from 2018-12-18T09:00
The tradition of retablo painting dates back to the Spanish Conquest in both Mexico and the U.S. Southwest. They are humble, usually painted on repurposed metal, and in one small tableau they te...
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70: Limetown from 2018-12-11T09:00
Town Hall presents Zack Akers and Skip Bronkie, creators of the #1 podcast Limetown, for a discussion of their show...
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69: Adam Hochschild from 2018-12-04T09:00
Author and journalist Adam Hochschild has spent his decades-long career offering us insight into the ills of imperialism, racism, and tyranny. Much of his work informs and inspi...
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68: Peter Sagal with Ross Reynolds from 2018-11-27T22:56:24
At the verge of turning forty, Peter Sagal—host of NPR’s “Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!”—started running seriously. And much to his own surprise, he kept going, faster and further, running fourteen ...
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67: Blair Imani with Marissa Jenae Johnson from 2018-11-20T09:00
Despite making huge contributions to the liberation movements of the last century, numerous trailblazers of progress are traditionally overlooked due to their ...
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66: Seattleness: A Cultural Atlas from 2018-11-13T23:29:46
Longtime residents of Seattle have seen the city’s cultures morph dramatically—enough that designers Tera Hatfield, Jenny Kempson, and Natalie Ross have drawn us a thematic guidebook. They arriv...
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65: Dungeons & Dragons from 2018-11-06T09:00
Dungeons & Dragons has become one of the most iconic game brands in the world. Since its genesis in 1974 the game has expanded far beyond its humble beginnings, and its scope increased by magnit...
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64: Dylan Thuras from 2018-10-30T08:00
Many of us share thrilling childhood memories of reading books that made the world feel more vast, mysterious, and magical. To pass along to our children that sense of wonder (and rekindle it fo...
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63: Evelyn McDonnell with Gillian Gaar from 2018-10-25T21:00:32
From Madonna to Beyonce, Amy Winehouse to Dolly Parton, women have played an essential and undeniable role in the evolution of popular music. Writer and professor of journalism Evelyn McDonnell ...
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62: Michael Hebb with Chase Jarvis from 2018-10-23T19:11:41
How do we want to die? Few conversations we have throughout our lifetime are as critical as those about death. But according to Michael Hebb, co-founder of the end-of-life aware...
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61: Kat Holmes with Hanson Hosein from 2018-10-16T08:00
A computer mouse that doesn’t work for left-handed people, an interface whose color scheme is inaccessible for users with colorblindness, a touchscreen payment system that’s only usable by those...
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60: Vishavjit Singh from 2018-10-09T08:00
What happens when we imagine Captain America wearing a turban? Cartoonist and activist Vishavjit Singh, creator of ‘Sikh Captain America,’ has spent his career exploring the power of cultural la...
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59: Mary Gabriel from 2018-10-02T08:00
The world of twentieth-century abstract painting has traditionally been male-dominated—but five women broke from tradition and dared to enter that world and propel a revolution in modern art. To...
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58: Bonnie J. Rough with Amy Lang and Nicole Brodeur from 2018-09-25T05:00
As new movements throw fresh awareness on the ills of gender inequality in American life, how can we ensure we raise children with healthy, positive, shame-free, and egalitarian attitudes about ...
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57: Katherine Reynolds Lewis with Patranya Bhoolsuwan from 2018-06-28T05:00
Why don’t our kids do what we want them to do? In our modern highly-connected age it sometimes seems as though children have less self-control than ever. To offer us some behavioral insight, jou...
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56: In-Residence Showcase from 2018-06-14T05:00
Photographic walking tours to writing workshops, “disruptive” art to small groups talking through modern masculinity—our 2018 Inside/Out Neighborhood Residents created some of the most interacti...
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55: In Residence—Art & Activism from 2018-06-07T05:00
Estimates have placed the number of individuals experiencing homelessness in Seattle at well over 8,000, with nearly half of those people living unsheltered in streets or parks. The city of Seat...
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54: In Residence—Reframe: Five Photographers on the Power of the Everyday from 2018-05-31T05:00
The photographic Everyday Africa project has inspired photojournalists all over the world to follow the Everyday model to fuel conv...
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53: In Residence—How Our Bodies Become Imprinted With Life Experiences from 2018-05-24T07:00
Artists Imani Sims, Tani Ikeda, and Jordan Alam share a passion in creating work relating to the ways personal experiences are held in the body. We’re thrilled to welcome them to present their n...
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52: Richard Powers from 2018-05-17T07:00
An Air Force loadmaster in the Vietnam War is shot out of the sky, then saved by falling into a banyan. An artist inherits a hundred years of photographic portraits, all of the ...
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51: Trust Issues Podcast Live from 2018-05-10T07:00
Town Hall is excited to invite you to a live taping of Trust Issues, a podcast about facts gone wrong. Each week, journalists Sydney Brownstone and Heidi Groover dive into conspiracy th...
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50: William T. Vollmann from 2018-05-03T07:00
In 2011 a magnitude-9 earthquake shook northeast Japan and wracked the coast with a massive tsunami, devastating towns, destabilizing economies nationwide—and causing meltdowns in nuclear power ...
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49: In Residence—Kathleen Alcala with Donna Miscolta from 2018-04-26T07:00
Mexican-American author Kathleen Alcala explored the indestructible link between a people and their land in her novels and nonfiction work. With a deep interest in the forces of history that sha...
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48: Samantha Irby with Lindy West from 2018-04-19T07:00
Writer Samantha Irby is known for her brazen wit and boldly honest feminist writing from her blog bitches gotta eat, as well as her book W...
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47: In Residence—How the Body Holds Its Stories from 2018-04-12T07:00
How do our bodies retain memory of the events they experience? How can we connect with the emotions and life-altering changes recorded within our physical selves? Local artists Neve Mazique and ...
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46: Kory Stamper from 2018-04-09T07:00
Do you have strong feelings about the word “irregardless”? Have you ever tried to define the word “is”? Many of us take dictionaries for granted, and few may realize that the process of writing ...
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45: In Residence — Sacred in the Everyday from 2018-04-05T07:00
Known for the warmth, humor, clarity, and depth of his teachings, Zen teacher Peter Levitt is also the author of fourteen books of poetry and prose. Legendary poet Robert Creeley wrote that Pete...
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43: The Bittersweet Life Podcast Live! from 2018-03-22T19:49:29
Former Town Hall Programing Director Katy Sewall and children’s author and travel writer Tiffany Parks invite you to a special live installment of The Bittersweet Life podcast. ...
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