All Episodes

270. Nature, Art, and Literature: Pacific Northwest Book Launch & Season Preview

269. David R. Montgomery: How to Heal Our Soil

268. Perrin Roosevelt Ireland: Poking the Squid

267. Lynda Mapes: America's Arctic: Too Precious to Lose

266. David Epstein with Katy Sewall: Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better

265. Psychedelic Salon: Psychedelics & Grief With Dr. Sunil Aggarwal, Laura Sullivan Cassidy, and April Pride

264. Steve Brusatte with David B. Williams: A New History of Birds: From Their Dinosaur Origins to the Present

263. Psychedelic Salon: Psychedelics & Disordered Eating With Dr. Amanda Downey and April Pride

262. Suzanne Simard with Lynda Mapes: When the Forest Breathes

261. Cate Osborn: Wildly Unprepared

260. ReWilding Seattle Gardens With Dave Hunter, Jessi Bloom, Bill Thorness, Kim M. Camara, and Swil Kanim

259. Psychedelic Salon: Psychedelics & Substance Use With Dr. Nathan Sackett and April Pride

258. Michael Pollan with Jon Mooallem: A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness

257. Dr. Nicole McNichols with Dr. Julie Gottman: You Could Be Having Better Sex

256. Psychedelic Salon: Psychedelics & Seniors: With Scott Wright, Abbie Rosner, Dr. Emily Whinkin, and April Pride

255. Blaise Agüera y Arcas: What Is Intelligence?

254. Psychedelic Law & Nature: What Can Americans Use Legally? Perry Salzhauer, Daniel Shortt, and April Pride

253. Therese Huston with Katy Sewall: Everyday Strategies for a Sharper Mind

252. Psychedelic Salon: Psilocybin & Menopause: With Dr. Patricia Singh, Kelly McGinty, and April Pride

251. Dr. Shelley Sella with Amelia Bonow: Beyond Limits — Stories of Third-Trimester Abortion Care

250. Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian with Taha Ebrahimi: Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature

249. Blaise Agüera y Arcas with Charles Mudede: What Is Life? Evolution as Computation

248. Mariah Blake with Mónica Guzmán: A Legacy of Chemicals & Cover-Ups

247. Dori Gillam: Get Ready for Caregiving – Yours, Mine and Theirs!

246. Craig Mundie and Dr. Jim Heath: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit

245. Psychedelic Salon with April Pride and Sand Symes: The Sacred Path of Women and Psychedelics

244. Mary-Frances O'Connor with Dr. Anthony Back: Grief and the Body

243. Thor Hanson: The Wonders of Nature Just Outside Your Door

242. Psychedelic Salon with April Pride: Psychedelics for Creativity

241. Gary F. Marcus with Ted Chiang How to Make AI Work for Us (And Not the Other Way Around)

240. Amorina Kingdon: Sing Like Fish – How Sound Rules Life Underwater

239. Lynne Peeples with Bill Radke: Shining New Light on Our Rest and Routines

238. Aram Sinnreich and Jesse Gilbert with Daniela Rosner: The Secret Life of Data

237. Lawrence Ingrassia with Robert Merry: A Lethal Legacy — Genetic Predisposition to Cancer

236. Zoë Schlanger with Brooke Jarvis: The Light Eaters

235. Elaine Lin Hering with Ruchika Tulshyan: Learning to Speak Up in a World That Wants You to Stay Quiet

234. Anjali Nayar and Dr. Sean Gibbons: Hack Your Health — The Secrets of Your Gut

233. Sabrina Sholts with Dr. Julianne Meisner: Pandemics and Human Potential

232. Dori Gillam and Mack McCoy: Hello Old Lovers Wherever You Are!

231. Lee McIntyre: A History of Disinformation

230. Emily Calandrelli with Zeta Strickland: Unleash Your Inner Scientist

229. Dr. Charan Ranganath with Chantel Prat: Unlocking the Mysteries of Memory

228. Community is a Radical Act of Love: Growing Older as LGBTQ+

227. Jeffrey McKinnon: Our Ancient Lakes

226. Dr. Linda Eckert with Diane Mapes: Empowering Change in Cervical Cancer Prevention

225. Practicing the Art of the Heart: Promoting Personal Healing and Greater Peace in Challenging Times

224. Dr. Jen Gunter with Amy Bhatt: Decoding Menstruation

223. Britney Daniels: The Cost of Caregiving

222. Understanding Your Pelvic Floor With Dr. Peg Maas, DPT

221. Cat Bohannon with Bonnie Garmus: The Evolution of the Female Sex

220. Jim Al-Khalili: The Joy of Thinking and Living Scientifically

219. Salmon, Cedar, Rock & Rain: Exploring Olympic National Park

218. Michèle Lamont: How We See Others

217. Tanmeet Sethi, M.D. with Rebekah Borucki - Reclaiming Our Power: Using Joy and Imagination to Disrupt Oppressive Systems

216. Denise Malm: Personal Safety Nets – The Next Generation

215. Ben Goldfarb with Brooke Jarvis - Life is a Highway: Protecting Wildlife through Road Ecology

214. Stephen M. Gardiner: Climate Justice: Past, Present, and Future

213. Peter Gleick: The History of Water

212. Leroy Hood and Nathan Price with Jim Heath: Can Data Stop Disease?

211. Rachel Nuwer with Dr. Sunil Kumar Aggarwal: The Ecstasy of Potential

210. Jennifer Levin with Rebecca Crichton: Presence within Absence – Connections with the Deceased

209. Grace Stanke, Miss America 2023 with Scott Montgomery: Nuclear Energy, Climate Change, and Young Women in STEM

208. UW Engage Science 2023: Violet Sorrentino & Tessa Code

207. Philip Plait: A Sightseer's Guide to the Universe

206. UW Engage Science 2023: Rory Mcguire, Keenan Ganz, & Rasika Venkataraman

205. Kaylin Ellioff, Samantha Borje, & Sonya Jampel: UW Engage Science 2023

204. Dementia-Friendly Seattle: Sandy Sabersky and Marigrace Becker

203. UW Engage Science 2023: Megan Gialluca, Abi Elerding, & Emma Scalisi

202. Joan Maloof - The Secrets of Trees

201. Brian Lowery: Who Are You?

200. Rebecca Heisman with Sally James: Where Do the Birds Go?

199. Derek Sheffield, CMarie Fuhrman, and Elizabeth Bradfield - Defining Cascadia: A Cultural Celebration

198. Katie Davis - The Role of Digital Media in the Ages and Stages of Growing Up

197. Nathan Sackett, Jane Adams, and Mike Moon - Seniors and Psychedelics

196. Christopher J. Preston - Tenacious Beasts

195. David B. Auerbach - Automation vs. Humanity

194. Barbara Rae-Venter - Cracking the Case of the Golden State Killer

193. Ginny Ruffner with Dr. Jim Heath - The Intersection of Art and Science

191. Orly Lobel with Beverly Aarons: Greater Humanity through Greater Technology

192. Eric H. Chudler: The Human Brain from A to Z

190. Karen Bakker with Sally James: Uncovering the Secret Sounds of Life

189. Meghan O'Rourke with Jim Heath - The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness

188. Bryn Nelson with Sally James - Unlocking the Secrets — and the Science — of Poop

187. Geoffrey L. Cohen with Ruchika Tulshyan - The Data Behind Divisiveness

186. Blaise Aguera y Arcas and Melanie Mitchell with Lili Cheng: How Close Are We to AI?

185. David Montgomery and Anne Biklé: What Your Food Ate

184. Dr. Maria Carrillo with Denise Whitaker—Advancing the Science: The Latest in Alzheimer's and Dementia Research

183. Cleo Wölfle Hazard with Stephanie Clare: Queer Trans Ecologies and River Justice

182. Liz Carlisle with Latrice Tatsey and Hillel Echo-Hawk: Climate, Justice, and the Deep Roots of Regenerative Farming

181. Leah Thomas with Hannah Wilson: The Intersection Between Environmentalism, Racism, and Privilege

180. Don Stuart with Addie Candib: No Farms, No Food

179. Elena Conis with Sally James: The Rise, Fall, and Toxic Return of DDT

178. Jane McGonigal with Margaret Morris: How to See the Future Coming and Feel Ready for Anything

177. David Bainbridge—Paleontology: An Illustrated History

176. Jack E. Davis with Deborah Jensen: A Cultural and Natural History of the Bald Eagle

175. David Haskell with Lyanda Lynn Haupt: The Evolution of Sound

174. Charlotte Coté with Dana Arviso: Stories of Indigenous Food Sovereignty from the NW

173. Vidya Krishnan with Amber Payne: The Past, Present, and Future of Tuberculosis

172. Matt Richtel: The New Science of the Immune System

171. Dr. Carl L. Hart with Professor Jennifer Oliva: Drug Use for Grown-Ups