Jon Krakauer On Our Ignorance And Tolerance Of Campus Sexual Assault Shocked by the story of a family friend, author Jon Krakauer began an exploration of why sexual assault is at once so prevalent and yet so unreported... John O'Brien Play AudioListen 9 mins
Robotics, unemployment, and the democracy of the future Robert McChesney and John Nichols, co-authors of the book "People Get Ready: The Fight Against a Jobless Economy and a Citizenless Democracy" spoke on March 9, 2016 at Town Hall Seattle. John O'Brien Play AudioListen 16 mins
Mr. Booker Goes To Washington, And Has Some Advice For The Rest Of Us In this talk, Sen. Cory Booker (D-New Jersey) challenges all Americans -- left, right and center-- to rise above cynicism and treat one another with... John O'Brien Play AudioListen 13 mins
In Which Dan Savage & Lauren Weedman Talk Like Sailors In the late 1990s actor and comedian Lauren Weedman starred in the Seattle sketch comedy series “Almost Live!” That launched her career in TV and film... John O'Brien Play AudioListen 12 mins
Close Enough For Government Work? Robert Gates On Leadership In his varied career, Robert Gates has gone from CIA recruit to director; academic to president of Texas A&M University; Air Force veteran to U.S.... John O'Brien Play AudioListen 6 mins
Nancy Pearl Wants You To Read A Novel About One Of The NFL's Most Gruesome Plays Marcie Sillman talks with "Book Lust" author Nancy Pearl about her pick of the week, "The Throwback Special" by Chris Bachelder. Marcie Sillman Play AudioListen 5 mins
Forgiveness And Not Forgetting In The Wake Of A Horrific Seattle Crime In the summer of 2009 a terrible crime was committed in the South Park neighborhood of Seattle. Jennifer Hopper and her partner Teresa Butz were... John O'Brien Play AudioListen 6 mins
How Technology Is Transforming Human Perception Kara Platoni took a year off to travel around the world searching for cutting edge investigations into sensory perception -- including what the taste of... John O'Brien Play AudioListen 5 mins
Nancy Pearl Picks A Posthumous Memoir Marcie Sillman talks with "Book Lust" author Nancy Pearl about her pick of the week, "When Breath Becomes Air," by Paul Kalanithi. Marcie Sillman Play AudioListen 5 mins
Geraldine Brooks On Her Writerly Ways Geraldine Brooks, an Australian-American journalist and author, spoke at McCaw Hall in Seattle about her writing method. "I swim in a sea of words. They... John O'Brien Play AudioListen 41 mins
