Town Hall Seattle Civics Series

Town Hall Seattle Civics Series

Author: Town Hall Seattle Language: English Episodes: 100
Recorded live from a historic venue in the Pacific Northwest, the Town Hall Seattle Civics Series podcast brings the stage to your headphones. Each episode captures a vital conversation from Town Hall Seattle's ongoing programming, where experts, activists, and thinkers grapple with the ideas shaping our collective life. You’ll hear historians reframe our past, legal scholars dissect constitutional questions, and community organizers explain the mechanics of emerging movements. This isn't just theoretical discussion; it's a direct engagement with the policies and cultural shifts that touch our neighborhoods and the wider world. Tuning in feels like finding a seat in a thoughtful, often provocative public forum. The series operates on a belief that an informed community is an empowered one, and this audio archive makes that process accessible to anyone, anywhere. By focusing on the substance of live civic dialogue, this podcast provides the context and depth often missing from daily headlines, fostering a deeper understanding of how society functions and changes.
Episodes
320. Gregory Smithers with Hailey Tayathy: Decolonizing Gender [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:02:09
Before 1492, hundreds of Indigenous communities across North America included people who identified as neither male nor female, but both. They went by aakíí'skassi, miati, okitcitakwe, or one of the hundreds of other tri…
319. Nate G. Hilger with George Durham: The Parent Trap [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:00:13
Few people realize that raising children is the single largest industry in the United States. Parents are expected not only to care for their children but to help them develop the skills they will need to thrive in today…
318. Nate Gowdy: The Insurrection in Photos [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:08:19
Nate Gowdy had previously photographed 30 Donald Trump rallies. He thought he was fully prepared for what should have been the grand finale, but the events that unfolded on January 6th, 2021, were more than anyone could…
315. Afterglow - Envisioning a Radically Different Climate Future [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 51:37
Could the power of story-telling help create a better reality? Afterglow is a stunning collection of original short stories in which writers from many different backgrounds envision a radically different climate future.…
314. Krista R. Pérez with Jasmine M. Pulido - Deracinating Racism [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 53:18
No matter how we identify, we all have a lot to unpack. While there is a multitude of texts with universal application, community organizer Krista R. Pérez has written a book specifically with a BIPOC audience in mind. I…
313. Erik M. Conway with David Roberts - The Big Myth of Free Markets [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:08:28
Why do Americans believe in the "magic of the marketplace"? The answer, as Erik M. Conway contends in The Big Myth (with coauthor Naomi Oreskes), is a propaganda blitz. Until the early 1900s, the U.S. government's guidin…

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