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Readings, debates, lectures from around Seattle, and so much more. Hear fascinating talks by authors, intellectuals, officials and regular folks with important stories recorded live.

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Bill Gates is bullish on climate change mitigation, but warns ‘We don’t have time to waste’ Apr 03, 2021

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How to unmake a man-made global disaster

Becoming Rebecca Solnit: a room and a life of her own Mar 26, 2021

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‘I was trying not to be the subject of someone else’s poetry and not to get killed.’

Lawrence Wright looks for America through the lens of Covid-19 Mar 19, 2021

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How the acclaimed writer and investigative journalist saw it coming

Seattle leaders talk gender inequality, and the ‘glass cliff’ problem Mar 12, 2021

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On suffering and surviving the slings and arrows of a woman leader’s fortune

Essays on life, lineage, and the inheritance of whiteness Mar 05, 2021

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White women explore epistemic injustice and healing wisdom

White advantage. Racialized trauma. Paths forward Feb 25, 2021

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‘America doesn’t have a race problem. It has a racism problem.’

Re: Building Democracy explores ways to mend our political, social, and cultural divides Feb 19, 2021

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‘Class blindness is the tendency for people with social class privilege to be unaware or blind to their advantages.’ -Professor Jennifer Sherman

Lyric World: You Don’t Have to Go to Mars for Love Feb 17, 2021

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Poet Yona Harvey on arrivals, departures, and renewals

Re: Building Democracy explores the state of civic discourse, east of the mountains Feb 11, 2021

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‘I think both of us realize that you don’t get anywhere by staying in your corners and being completely polarized. We just know that the more we communicate and talk about things the better it will be, even if we’re not on the same page.’

Scott Turow reflects on his dual roles as a best-selling fiction author and practicing attorney Feb 10, 2021

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‘Some speak of the nobility of the law. Stern has not always found that to be true. Too much of the grubby bone shop, the odor of the abattoir, emanates from every criminal courtroom.’

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