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Town Hall Seattle Science Series — 100 episodes

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

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

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255. Blaise Agüera y Arcas: What Is Intelligence?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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242. Psychedelic Salon with April Pride: Psychedelics for Creativity

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

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

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

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

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

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236. Zoë Schlanger with Brooke Jarvis: The Light Eaters

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

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

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

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

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231. Lee McIntyre: A History of Disinformation

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

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

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

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227. Jeffrey McKinnon: Our Ancient Lakes

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

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

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

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223. Britney Daniels: The Cost of Caregiving

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

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

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

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

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218. Michèle Lamont: How We See Others

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

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

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

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

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213. Peter Gleick: The History of Water

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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202. Joan Maloof - The Secrets of Trees

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201. Brian Lowery: Who Are You?

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

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

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

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

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196. Christopher J. Preston - Tenacious Beasts

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195. David B. Auerbach - Automation vs. Humanity

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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177. David Bainbridge—Paleontology: An Illustrated History

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

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

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

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

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

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

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170. Robin George Andrews: What Volcanic Eruptions Can Reveal About Our Planet

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169. Howard Frumkin with Joseph Winters: A Roadmap for Protecting Nature to Protect Ourselves

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168. Lynda V. Mapes: The Natural History of the Orca and the Threats to Their Survival

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167. Neal Stephenson: Termination Shock

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166. Hannah Zeavin with Dr. Margaret Morris and Dr. Orna Guralnik—The Distance Cure: A History of Teletherapy

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165. Dr. MeiLan K. Han with Dr. Albert Rizzo: A Doctor's Guide to Lung Health

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164. Dr. Jack Gilbert with Dr. Sean Gibbons: The Promise of the Human Microbiome

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163. Beth Shapiro with Carl Zimmer: The Perks of Meddling with Nature

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162. Saul Griffith with David Roberts: A Realistic, Optimistic Plan for our Clean Energy Future

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161. Michael Lenox and Rebecca Duff with Nick Licata: Decarbonizing the Global Economy by 2050

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160. Kyle Harper—Plagues Upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History

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159. Bartow J. Elmore—Seed Money: Monsanto's Past and Our Food Future

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158. Michelle Millar Fisher, Amber Winick, and Zoë Greggs: Things that Make and Break Our Births