Beasts of Seattle: Sea Otters
Only the occasional sea otter swims in Puget Sound, yet the adorable marine mammal is a local mascot. Cuddly cartoon otters appear on posters lining o...
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Love Town Hall? Become an insider! In The Moment with Jini Palmer offers a slice of Town Hall culture and puts you in the room for exclusive behind-the-scenes conversations. Listen in as a rotating cast of prominent local voices, along with Chief Correspondent Steve Scher, get to know upcoming speakers before they visit our stages. Get an insider perspective you won’t find anywhere else—a weekly snapshot of all things Town Hall. Fans of Seattle public radio will recognize Steve Scher from his 28 years as a host, writer, and interviewer with 94.9 KUOW. He has earned a national reputation for his beyond-the-headlines approach to issues, and his intelligent and sensitive interviews with authors, scientists, artists and political leaders. Jini Palmer is the Digital Producer at Town Hall. Prior to joining Town Hall’s program team, she worked on 88.5 KNKX‘s Sound Effect, in addition to various film and music projects.
110. Margaret D. Jacobs with Steve Scher: After One Hundred Winters
Can there ever be reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in a nation rooted in a legacy of violence and systemic racism? In Town ...
Beasts of Seattle: Salmon
From Pike Place Market to the Ballard Locks, Salmon are stalwart icons of Seattle. But as they face warming waters and stormwater runoff, their future...
109. Lyric World: Ian Boyden with Shin Yu Pai
In May of 2008, a 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck Sichuan, China in the middle of the afternoon. Entire towns were destroyed, schools collapsed, and o...
Beasts of Seattle—Trailer
The Pacific Northwest is proud of its wildlife. Here in Seattle, certain creatures have become local mascots, like the salmon swimming up Pipers Creek...
108. Kathryn Bond Stockton with Megan Burbank: Gender(s)
“Gender is queer for everyone,” Kathryn Bond Stockton claims in her newest book with MIT Press, Gender(s). And no matter how “normal” people try to ma...
107. Margaret Levi with Steve Scher—A Moral Political Economy: Present, Past, and Future
Lately, the words of Greek Philosopher Heraclitus seem to ring truer than ever: Change really is the only constant. As societies grapple with COVID-19...
106. Daniel M. Davis with Dr. Michael McCarthy and Megan Clark: The Secret Body
Have you ever wished you could know what’s going on inside your body, or at least have a better way to monitor its well-being? What if you knew the pr...
105. Milenko Matanovič with Steve Scher: Everyday Democracy
For over 30 years, the Pomegranate Center was an organizational force that helped convene communities and build over 60 art-filled gathering spaces ac...
104. Phoebe S.K. Young with Erika Lundahl: Camping Grounds
Pacific Northwesterners love to camp. Chances are, at this very moment, someone you know is packing away an impossibly tiny stove and donning a puffy ...