Speakers Forum

New book narrates lessons for organizing across borders and generations

March 16, 2022

00:58:44

New book traces Black women’s innovative advances across the history of human rights

March 9, 2022

00:52:12

An environmental scientist points to Indigenous knowledge for sustainability solutions

March 2, 2022

00:58:39

The highs and lows of a prized and vulnerable freedom

Feb. 24, 2022

00:56:54

New book explores advances in immune system science

Feb. 17, 2022

00:59:59

From prison chain gang to art world notoriety, the life and work of Winfred Rembert

Feb. 9, 2022

01:16:13

Authors reckon with the aftermath of childhood sexual abuse

Feb. 2, 2022

01:03:30

Defining disability justice and celebrating ‘crip-centric liberated zones’

Jan. 26, 2022

01:00:57

Paul Auster celebrates the precocious, abbreviated life and work of Stephen Crane

Jan. 19, 2022

00:55:29

What are we willing to do to protect Southern Resident orcas?

Jan. 12, 2022

00:59:49

Trans history and one man’s struggle to correct ‘a ghastly mistake’

Jan. 6, 2022

01:02:11

Anita Hill on her mission to end gender violence and harassment

Dec. 30, 2021

01:03:54

Called to investigate, three authors reflect on the body

Dec. 24, 2021

00:52:13

Gather ‘round for a roguish, timeless Christmas tale

Dec. 17, 2021

01:35:27

Claudia Rankine on the unbearable lightness of whiteness in America

Dec. 12, 2021

01:21:20

‘The science isn’t complicated.’ An investigative reporter details the effects of climate change disinformation in public education

Dec. 2, 2021

00:55:22

Connection and restoration in the PNW, Ampersand-style

Nov. 28, 2021

00:52:39

The how and why of Elsa Sjunneson’s fight to end ableism

Nov. 18, 2021

00:51:05

Where a former gun industry executive draws the line on gun culture sustainability

Nov. 11, 2021

01:02:30

Reined in yet vibrant, Lit Crawl Seattle celebrates writerly spirits

Nov. 4, 2021

00:55:02

Rep. Adam Schiff chronicles his search for small-d democratic sanity during the Trump presidency

Oct. 28, 2021

00:56:06

A man, a plan, a sex advice column, 'Savage Love A-Z'

Oct. 21, 2021

01:37:10

A search for meaning in Minoru Yamasaki's life and architecture

Oct. 15, 2021

01:12:27

A Native American scientist on ‘the question of our time'

Oct. 8, 2021

01:21:09

Kat Chow examines the long life of grief in 'Seeing Ghosts'

Oct. 1, 2021

00:55:08

‘Weep. Scream. Hate. Disbelieve. Go numb. Breathe.’ Hard-earned lessons about loss and grief

Sept. 16, 2021

00:56:59

Chinks in the armor: An investigative call to reform the Secret Service

Sept. 10, 2021

01:05:01

Lies, the First Amendment, and the limits of free speech

Aug. 26, 2021

00:56:56

Anna Qu’s fierce memoir grapples with child labor, immigration, and love

Aug. 19, 2021

01:03:03

Civic Saturday aims to rekindle our faith in civic discourse

Aug. 12, 2021

01:05:50

Sasha Issenberg tells the surprising story of how marriage equality was won

Aug. 6, 2021

00:56:25

Ecologist Suzanne Simard’s life work is highlighted in ‘The Mother Tree’

July 30, 2021

01:12:06

A democracy worth saving: Author Ben Rhodes on the rise of global nationalism

July 22, 2021

00:56:40

'Shame changer': Sex tech CEO disrupts Asian stereotypes with adult films

July 15, 2021

00:08:24

'The ingredients for madness': Author Grace M. Cho’s memoir on colonialism, food, and love

July 15, 2021

00:58:12

Liberty’s white roots and the racial history of that idea

July 9, 2021

00:58:08

Author M. Leona Godin shares the trope-free history of 'blindness'

July 2, 2021

01:01:21

It takes (escaping) a village: Sebastian Junger on the search for freedom, and community

June 25, 2021

00:54:24

In 'On Juneteenth' Annette Gordon-Reed chronicles hardship and joy on the path to Black freedom

June 18, 2021

00:55:22

The power of self-deception: Why and how our brains deceive us

June 11, 2021

00:59:39