Speakers Forum

Puget Sound PR

Readings, debates, lectures from around Seattle, and so much more. Hear fascinating talks by authors, intellectuals, officials and regular folks with important stories recorded live.

Episodes

Local journalists reflect on racist media legacies, and paths forward

A wild literary ride from rural Vancouver Island to Station Eleven and Sea of Tranquility

‘What will I carry forward?’ A journey through wilderness, dementia, and memory

One man’s story of the scourge of child sexual abuse

Poet reflects on the intersection of Black art and a new generation of racial trauma

Mayor Bruce Harrell looks back on his first 100 days and details his plans moving forward

In honor of women: poetry and music of struggle and joy

DEI ’R’ US: Setbacks and progress on the road to belonging at work

Can INTOIT moments bridge our partisan divide? Perhaps, if we seek them out

Telling modern world history with Africa at the center

New book narrates lessons for organizing across borders and generations

New book traces Black women’s innovative advances across the history of human rights

An environmental scientist points to Indigenous knowledge for sustainability solutions

The highs and lows of a prized and vulnerable freedom

New book explores advances in immune system science

From prison chain gang to art world notoriety, the life and work of Winfred Rembert

Authors reckon with the aftermath of childhood sexual abuse

Defining disability justice and celebrating ‘crip-centric liberated zones’

Paul Auster celebrates the precocious, abbreviated life and work of Stephen Crane

What are we willing to do to protect Southern Resident orcas?