Rainn Wilson: Nerd King Of The Pacific Northwest Rainn Wilson – Dwight Schrute on The Office – grew up in the Seattle area and attended the University of Washington. He spoke recently with KUOW Ross... Ross Reynolds Play AudioListen 24 mins
Do You Need To Garden Your Gut? David Hyde interviews Seattle-based biologist Anne Bikle ad University of Washington Professor David Montgomery about their new book on the beneficial... David Hyde Play AudioListen 7 mins
Local Poet On Trying To Hold On To Love's Beginning Washington state poet laureate Elizabeth Austen presents a "darkly beautiful love poem" from Tacoma-based poet Rick Barot. In his poem "After Darwish,"... Elizabeth Austen Play AudioListen 6 mins
Nancy Pearl's Pick Asks: Can We Really Transform Public Education? Marcie Sillman gets the week's reading recommendations from Nancy Pearl, "The Prize: Who's in Charge of America's Schools?" by Dale Russakoff. This new... Marcie Sillman Play AudioListen 6 mins
How A French Teenager Helped Save Us From 'The Fatal Tendency Of Disunion' In 1777 Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de Lafayette was a French aristocrat looking for military glory. Since the French weren’t at war,... John O'Brien Play AudioListen 2 hours
Ursula K. Le Guin On Getting ‘Permission’ To Write Like A Woman Legendary science fiction writer Ursula K. Le Guin visited Seattle University recently to meet with students and read from her novel "The Lathe of... John O'Brien Play AudioListen 60 mins
Stories Of The Pacific Ocean Ross Reynolds talks to writer Simon Winchester about his book "Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators and... Ross Reynolds Play AudioListen 9 mins
Seattle's First Library Was Also Its First Counterculture David Hyde travels back in time through the magic of radio with writer Knute Berger to the site of Seattle's first library. David Hyde Play AudioListen 9 mins
Nancy Pearl Chooses Timeless Kids' Classics Marcie Sillman talks with reading guru Nancy Pearl about a series of reprints of classic children's books, including "The Highly Trained Dogs of... Marcie Sillman Play AudioListen 4 mins
How A Guy From Olympia Became A Mixed Martial Arts Superstar In Russia Ross Reynolds talks to Doug Merlino, author of "Beast: Blood, Struggle, and Dreams at the Heart of Mixed Martial Arts," about the legacy of mixed... Allie Ferguson Play AudioListen 8 mins
