Ep. 130: "We Hold These Truths" LIVE BROADCAST from Town Hall Seattle on Dec. 15, 2025

This episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY features a live broadcast of a performance of “We Hold These Truths," a radio play written by Norman Corwin and originally performed on December 15, 1941 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the Bill of Rights. This live broadcast was performed before a live audience at Town Hall Seattle on December 15, 2025 - the 234th anniversary of the Bill of Rights. The 2025 cast featured Frank Abe; Enrique Cerna; Lisa Craze Brooks; Jim Dever; Mike Fuller; Heather Hirotaka; Naomi Ishisaka; Stephanie Johnson-Toliver; John Maynard; Dave Ross; Ken Workman; Bill Yeend; and Ken Zick. Live sound effects were designed and performed by Curtis Takahashi. Live music was arranged and performed by Silas Berlin. Sound engineering for Town Hall was by Rob Witmer. Town Hall production by Lillian Cantwell. Special thanks to Aisha Shah and all the staff, volunteers and donors who support Town Hall Seattle for agreeing to host this performance. Special thanks to SPACE 101.1 FM’s Eric Zappa, Mark Patterson and Mitch Etter for their support of live remote broadcasts such as this, and to Mitch, especially, for running the mixing board back at the station for this show. This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 7:30pm Pacific Time on Monday, December 15, 2025 via SPACE 101.1 FM and gallantly streaming live via www.space101fm.org from historic Town Hall Seattle on First Hill on the edge of downtown. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms and never miss regular weekly episodes of Sunday night broadcasts as well as frequent bonus episodes.