Speakers Forum Neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett discusses ‘that big grey blob’ between your ears If you’ve ever found yourself wishing you could better understand how the human brain works, then this talk is just for you.
KUOW Newsroom Pandemic reading ideas: Author Donna Miscolta shares some books she admires ‘We won’t unforget all we’ve been made to stuff back into our darkest places and sew shut.’
Speakers Forum Jill Lepore on the ethically challenged birth of the computer age 'These men are going out to build a machine to understand how humans think and feel and would behave, and they don’t understand their wives and they don’t understand their children.'
Speakers Forum Where a booming oil market meets wind and solar alternatives, geopolitics happens ‘Peak oil, at this point, it looks like it’s around 2030, which used to sound far away, but it isn’t anymore.’
The Record From the Black Panthers to the No-Cop Co-op, the long history of American mutual aid When systems fail marginalized groups, mutual aid is a way for them to take collective action and make change.
Speakers Forum Dare to Speak. Discourse amid difference ‘We’re in an extremely polarized moment as a country, and we have to find ways to talk about these things.’
The Record “I can take it back”: how a strong Black woman reclaimed her time How are your time management skills? Because Congresswoman Maxine Waters’ are famously on point.
Speakers Forum Eve Ensler’s journey to recovery from an unconscionable abuse Author Eve Ensler was the victim of prolonged sexual, physical and mental abuse at the hands of her father.
Speakers Forum How to break the ice with boys and girls on the 'birds and bees' Peggy Orenstein helps us have ‘the sex talk(s)’
The Record Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman reflect on their Big Friendship An OG socially distant bond.
