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All Episodes

Town Hall Seattle Arts & Culture Series — 100 episodes

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357. Isaac Fitzgerald with Jon Mooallem: American Rambler: Walking the Trail of Johnny Appleseed

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356. Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen with Jon Mooallem: The Art of the Picture Book

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355. Melissa Auf der Maur with Gillian Gaar: Even the Good Girls Will Cry: A '90s Rock Memoir

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354. Lori Matsukawa with Mimi Gan: Being There: Memoir of an Asian American Journalist

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353. Straight Talk on Wills, Trusts, and Your Legacy: With Steven Schindler and Wendy Norman

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352. Planet Money: A Guide to the Economic Forces That Shape Your Life With Alex Mayyasi, Kenny Malone, Daryl Fairweather, and Jack Corbett

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351. Maria Semple with Ken Jennings: An Existential Meet Cute

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350. Terry Tempest Williams: The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary

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349. Lindy West: Adult Braces: A Memoir

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348. V.E. Schwab and Cat Clarke with Moira Macdonald: The Ending Writes Itself: A Novel

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347. David Pogue: The Most Iconic Brand in the World: The History of Apple

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346. Burl Dirkman: Power Thru It! With Special Guests J. Kenji López-Alt and Tomo Nakayama

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345. Lauren Groff with Amber Flame: Brawler: Short Stories

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344. Andrew Yang with Jonathan Sposato: Hey Yang, Where's My Thousand Bucks?

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343. Judith Enck with Bellamy Pailthorp: The Problem with Plastic

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342. John Patrick Green with Ben Clanton: InvestiGators: Agents of S.U.I.T.: Sew Much Trouble

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341. Kate Quinn with Elise Hooper: Astral Library: A Novel

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340. Thomas Mallon with Katie Campbell: Opera Talk: Fellow Travelers

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339. Chuck Klosterman:The Football Phenomenon

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338. Letters Aloud: Love Me or Leave Me: Letters of Loving, Longing, and Leaving

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337. Vivian Tu with Tori Dunlap: Well Endowed: The Secrets to Strategic Spending

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336. Jackson Cooper with Dr. Laura Marie Rivera: A Kids Book About Kindness

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334. David Guterson with Karen Maeda Allman: Evelyn in Transit

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335. Jenn Lueke with Cailee Fischer: Don't Think About Dinner

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333. Karl Ove Knausgård with Elizabeth DeNoma: The School of Night

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332. David Spafford with Paul Atkins: Binging Shogun: Can Historical Fiction Be Good for History?

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331. Jeff Chang with Shannon Lee, Doug Palmer, and Sue Ann Kay: Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America

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330. Elyse Myers: That's a Great Question, I'd Love to Tell You

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329. Michael W. Twitty with Kristi Brown: Recipes From the American South

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328. Ruchika T. Malhotra with Ijeoma Oluo, Ekin Yasin, and La'Kita Williams: Uncompete: Rejecting Competition to Unlock Success

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327. Julian Brave NoiseCat with Joshua L. Reid: We Survived the Night

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326. Raina Telgemeier & Scott McCloud: The Cartoonists Club

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325. Joe Hill: King Sorrow: A Novel

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324. Emily Baker-White with Steve Scher: The War Over TikTok

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323. Irish Arts & Literature Showcase: Celebrate Contemporary Irish Art and Literature

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322. Oliver Burkeman: Meditations for Mortals

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321. As Many Weirdos As Possible: Celebrating the Pacific Northwest Music Scene (1985-1995)

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320. Jimmy Wales with Mónica Guzmán: The Seven Rules of Trust

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319. Our Brains on Art: How the Arts Transform Community Health: A Conversation with Susan Magsamen

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318. Dr. Wendy Johnson with Tessa Hulls: Connection as the Way to Wellness

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317. Nicholas Meyer with George Meyer: Sherlock Holmes and The Real Thing

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316. Lisa Jewell with Andrea Dunlop: Don't Let Him In: A Novel

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315. Joyful Resistance: Leveraging the Power of Arts Activism

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314. Who Decides What Art We Get to See? A Conversation About Gatekeepers

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313. Daniel Brook: The Einstein of Sex: One Doctor's Revolutionary Work Around Gender and Sexuality

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312. Dr. Jessica B. Harris with Kristi Brown: Recipes and Stories on the Origin of American Cuisine

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311. Danielle Leavitt with Sasha Senderovich: By the Second Spring: Seven Lives and One Year of the War in Ukraine

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310. Caroline Fraser with Bruce Lanphear: Murderland—Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers

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309. Coll Thrush with Joshua L. Reid: Wrecked — Unsettling Histories from the Graveyard of the Pacific

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308. Dave Barry with Brett Hamil: Class Clown: A Memoir

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307. Steve Oney with Steve Scher: On Air: The History of NPR

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306. Karen Polinsky and Ian Mackay with Kenny Salvini: Ian's Ride: A Long-Distance Journey to Joy

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305. Susan Lieu with Quynh Pham: The Manicurist's Daughter

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304. Juliette Aristides in conversation with Mike Magrath: The Inner Life of the Artist: Conversations from the Atelier

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303. Richard Bienstock and Tom Beaujour with Kim Thayil and Mike Squires: Lollapalooza — The Uncensored Story of Alternative Rock's Wildest Festival

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302. Daryl Gregory with Matt Dinniman: When Simulations Search for Meaning: A Novelist Explores Human Truths Within Illusion

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301. Torrey Peters: In Conversation with Aster Olsen, Ebo Barton, Corinne Manning, and Amber Flame

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300. Arigon Starr: Sacred Breath: An Indigenous Writing and Storytelling Series

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299. Sabina Nawaz with Frank X. Shaw: Are You a Good Boss? Navigating Leadership, Power, and Performance

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298. Keeonna Harris with Jodi-Ann Burey: Mainline Mama: Raising a Family Through Incarceration and Resistance

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297. Shiza Shahid: Dinner at Our Place

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296. Kay Smith-Blum in Conversation with Joshua Frank, Moderated by Gerry Pollet: Nuclear Secrets, Past and Present

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295. Cynthia Brothers with Tom Eykemans: Signs of Vanishing Seattle

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294. Unlearning with Lindsey T.H. Jackson: Misogynoir — The Intersection of Misogyny and Anti-Blackness

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293. Rob Sheffield: An Era Like No Other — How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music

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292. Opening Doors to the Outdoors: Inclusivity in Climbing

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291. Alison Fensterstock with Emily Fox and Rachel Flotard: How Women Made Music — A Revolutionary History

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290. Trimpin in Discussion with Gary Faigin: The Sound of Invention

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289. Tonya Lockyer with Jackson Cooper: Navigating Creative Administration — With Advice from Firsthand Accounts

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288. Nathan Myhrvold with Bethany Jean Clement: Modernist Bread at Home

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287. André Aciman with Marcie Sillman: Coming of Age in The Eternal City — A New Book by the Author of "Call Me by Your Name"

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286. Tui T. Sutherland with Ben Clanton: Wings of Fire – The Dragonet Prophecy

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285. Louise Erdrich with Karen Russell: Dark Realities and Glimmering Hopes in the Red River Valley

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284. Eva Walker and Jacob Uitti with Molly Sides, Jimmy James, Evan Flory-Barnes, and Marco Collins: The Sound of Seattle

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283. Edward Burns with Katy Sewall: A Kid from Marlboro Road

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282. Sahaj Kohli with Ruchika T. Malhotra: When Mental Health, Family, & Culture Intersect

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281. Inspired Natives®: Celebrate Native Art, Culture, and Food

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280. David Yeager with Tricia Raikes: The Science of Speaking to Young People

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279. Khushbu Shah with J. Kenji López-Alt: Culture & Cuisine

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278. Jesmyn Ward with Ijeoma Oluo: Let Us Descend

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277. Marisel Salazar with Agueda Pacheco Flores: Latin-ish — Bold Flavors that Break Boundaries

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276. Daniel J. Levitin with Brian Nova and Marc McKennon: Music, Healing, and Human Biology

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275. Anna Marie Tendler with Jen Soriano: Men Have Called Her Crazy — A Literary Self-Portrait

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274. Big River: Resilience & Renewal in the Columbia Basin

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273. Reagan Jackson with Quenton Baker and Bettina Judd: Exploring Seattle's Evolution

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272. Nicholas D. Kristof with Timothy Egan: A Journey Through Journalism

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271. Sebastian Junger: Musings on Mortality

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270. Miranda July with Laurie Frankel: A Novel of Alluring Adventure

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269. Julian Randall with Ally Ang: Past, Present, and Prevail

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268. Ruth Dickey with Rebecca Hoogs: Our Hollowness Sings — Poetry Celebrating Resilience

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267. Alua Arthur with Rebecca Crichton: A Friend At the End of the World

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266. Hanif Abdurraqib: Reflections on Basketball, Life, and Home

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265. Cory Richards with Marcus Harrison Green: A Climber's Quest for Heights and Healing

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264. Carissa Stanton with Rachael DeVaux: Seriously, So Good — A Culinary Adventure

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263. Patric Gagne with Katy Sewall: Sociopath

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262. Geraldine DeRuiter with Scott Heimendinger: Feminism and Food

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261. Becky Selengut with Bethany Jean Clement: Misunderstood Vegetables

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260. Scratch Night 2024 with Maia Brown and Brivele

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259. Lifecycle of Seattle Artists: A Panel Discussion with Local Artists

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258. Shain Shapiro with Greg Scruggs: How Music Builds Cities