Siddharta Mukherjee
Scientist and Pulitzer prize-winning author Siddharta Mukherjee on how cells build life.
Steven Johnson: Future Perfect: The Case For Progress In A Networked Age
Science writer Steve Johnson on networked solutions our problems.
Rinker Buck ‘The Oregon Trail’
The Oregon Trail is Rinker Buck’s epic account of traveling the 2,000 mile Oregon Trail in a covered wagon with a team of mules. Buck tells the story of the largest land migration in history.
Barbara Ehrenrech In Memoriam
The late Barbara Ehrenreich on why she felt old enough to die.
David Remnick “Lenin’s Tomb”
David Remnick on ‘Lenin’s Tomb’, fall of Soviet Russia and the role Mikhail Gorbachev played.
Seattle’s Gang of Four
How four Seattle leaders from four different communities bonded to achieve social change.
Christopher Bayley on Seattle Police Payoffs
For King County Prosecutor Christopher Bayley on cleaning Seattle police corruption in the 1970’s.
Rick Anderson on Seattle Vice
The later journalist Rick Anderson on this history of Seattle crime.
Barbara Ehrenrech on the ‘epidemic of wellness’
Barbara Ehrenreich on the ‘epidemic of wellness’.
We deceive ourselves to deceive others. Robert Trivers
Evolutionary biologist Robert Trivers on how we deceive our selves in order to deceive others.
The Decline and Fall of Seattle. 2002 Edition
People always think Seattle is dying. Here’s a time capsule from 20 years ago.
National Night Out
National night out is coming up. It’s a great time to meet the neighbors. We swap good neighbor/bad neighbor stories.
George Saunders: How to talk to a Trump supporter
Novelist George Saunders on how to engage with Trump supporters.
15 years ago - Couples line up to register for domestic partnerships
July 23, 2007. Same-Sex partners line up to become domestic partners expressing optimism that full marriage rights won’t be long. It took another five years.