Town Hall Seattle Civics Series
414 episodes - English - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★ - 11 ratingsThe Civics series at Town Hall shines a light on the shifting issues, movements, and policies, that affect our society, both locally and globally. These events pose questions and ideas, big and small, that have the power to inform and impact our lives. Whether it be constitutional research from a scholar, a new take on history, or the birth of a movement, it's all about educating and empowering.
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142: Frank Langfitt: The Shanghai Free Taxi
July 02, 2019 18:10 - 51 minutes - 71.3 MBThe Chinese economic boom, with its impact on the environment, global trade, and the tech industry, has been one of the most important stories of the 21st century. Yet few Americans realize that the boom is largely over, and that the new reality in China—unequal growth, political anxiety, and a newly empowered strongman president—looks eerily like their own. Frank Langfitt took Town Hall’s stage to help us understand this new world. He shared stories from his time in Shanghai offering people...
Frank Langfitt: The Shanghai Free Taxi
July 02, 2019 18:10 - 51 minutes - 71.3 MBThe Chinese economic boom, with its impact on the environment, global trade, and the tech industry, has been one of the most important stories of the 21st century. Yet few Americans realize that the boom is largely over, and that the new reality in China—unequal growth, political anxiety, and a newly empowered strongman president—looks eerily like their own. Frank Langfitt took Town Hall’s stage to help us understand this new world. He shared stories from his time in Shanghai offering people...
141: Lawrence Lessig: Fidelity and the American Constitution
June 27, 2019 18:30 - 1 hour - 128 MBThe immense age of our nation’s Constitution presents a fundamental challenge for interpreters. After so much time has passed, how do we read such an old document? Legal scholar Lawrence Lessig arrived at Town Hall to explore one of the most basic approaches to interpreting the Constitution—the process of translation. With insight from his new book Fidelity & Constraint, Lessig contended that some of the most significant shifts in constitutional doctrine are products of the evolution of the ...
Lawrence Lessig: Fidelity and the American Constitution
June 27, 2019 18:30 - 1 hour - 128 MBThe immense age of our nation’s Constitution presents a fundamental challenge for interpreters. After so much time has passed, how do we read such an old document? Legal scholar Lawrence Lessig arrived at Town Hall to explore one of the most basic approaches to interpreting the Constitution—the process of translation. With insight from his new book Fidelity & Constraint, Lessig contended that some of the most significant shifts in constitutional doctrine are products of the evolution of the ...
140: Anna Fifield: The Great Successor—Understanding Kim Jong Un
June 25, 2019 23:36 - 1 hour - 108 MBNorth Korea is one of the oddest and most isolated political regime in the world—one that is broken yet able to summon a US president for peace talks, bankrupt yet in possession of nuclear weapons. To understand this unique nation and its significance in our modern political landscape, journalist Anna Fifield contended that we must understand the man who leads it. Fifield offered us a deep and involved portrait of Kim Jong Un, one of the world’s most secretive dictators. Fifield shared ins...
Anna Fifield: The Great Successor—Understanding Kim Jong Un
June 25, 2019 23:36 - 1 hour - 108 MBNorth Korea is one of the oddest and most isolated political regime in the world—one that is broken yet able to summon a US president for peace talks, bankrupt yet in possession of nuclear weapons. To understand this unique nation and its significance in our modern political landscape, journalist Anna Fifield contended that we must understand the man who leads it. Fifield offered us a deep and involved portrait of Kim Jong Un, one of the world’s most secretive dictators. Fifield shared ins...
Parenting Without Pity: Disability Rights Washington
June 21, 2019 23:10 - 1 hour - 103 MBHow many individuals with disabilities grow up isolated, wishing they could have built childhood connections with a larger community earlier in their lives? Town Hall Seattle and Disability Rights Washington presented a panel of parents with disabilities who share their insight into how we can build community connections for children with disabilities early in life, as well as ways we can maintain these connections throughout adulthood and create ties among parents with and without disabilit...
139: Parenting Without Pity: Disability Rights Washington
June 21, 2019 23:10 - 1 hour - 103 MBHow many individuals with disabilities grow up isolated, wishing they could have built childhood connections with a larger community earlier in their lives? Town Hall Seattle and Disability Rights Washington presented a panel of parents with disabilities who share their insight into how we can build community connections for children with disabilities early in life, as well as ways we can maintain these connections throughout adulthood and create ties among parents with and without disabilit...
Annie Jacobsen: The Secret History of the CIA
June 19, 2019 19:39 - 54 minutes - 75.5 MBWhen diplomacy fails and war is unwise, the president calls on the CIA’s Special Activities Division—a highly-classified branch of the CIA and the most effective black operations force in the world. Almost every American president since World War II has asked the CIA to conduct sabotage, subversion, and even assassination. To unveil the secret world of the president’s guerrilla warfare corps, Pulitzer Prize finalist Annie Jacobsen took the stage with excerpts from Surprise, Kill, Vanish, her...
139: Annie Jacobsen: The Secret History of the CIA
June 19, 2019 19:39 - 54 minutes - 75.5 MBWhen diplomacy fails and war is unwise, the president calls on the CIA’s Special Activities Division—a highly-classified branch of the CIA and the most effective black operations force in the world. Almost every American president since World War II has asked the CIA to conduct sabotage, subversion, and even assassination. To unveil the secret world of the president’s guerrilla warfare corps, Pulitzer Prize finalist Annie Jacobsen took the stage with excerpts from Surprise, Kill, Vanish, her...
Red May: Down With Work!
June 12, 2019 23:44 - 1 hour - 129 MBMany of us find ourselves frustrated with our 40-hour work weeks, wondering about the purpose and practicality of our jobs, and even whether or not work is necessary. We find ourselves questioning our capitalist society’s conception of work—that it’s normal and necessary to commit massive amounts of personal time and emotional energy to our jobs. To conduct an inquiry into the activity we least like doing, Kathi Weeks, Michael Hardt, Peter Frase, and Charles Mudede came together for a Red...
137: Red May: Down With Work!
June 12, 2019 23:44 - 1 hour - 129 MBMany of us find ourselves frustrated with our 40-hour work weeks, wondering about the purpose and practicality of our jobs, and even whether or not work is necessary. We find ourselves questioning our capitalist society’s conception of work—that it’s normal and necessary to commit massive amounts of personal time and emotional energy to our jobs. To conduct an inquiry into the activity we least like doing, Kathi Weeks, Michael Hardt, Peter Frase, and Charles Mudede came together for a Red...
136: George Packer: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century
June 07, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 89.6 MBFrom his days as a young adviser in Vietnam to his last efforts to end the war in Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke embodied the postwar American impulse to take the lead on the global stage. Journalist George Packer took Town Hall’s stage to relate Holbrooke’s ambitious, headstrong narrative in Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century. Through Holbrooke, Packer shared the story of America during its era of supremacy: its strength, drive, and sense of possibility, as well ...
George Packer: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century
June 07, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 89.6 MBFrom his days as a young adviser in Vietnam to his last efforts to end the war in Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke embodied the postwar American impulse to take the lead on the global stage. Journalist George Packer took Town Hall’s stage to relate Holbrooke’s ambitious, headstrong narrative in Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century. Through Holbrooke, Packer shared the story of America during its era of supremacy: its strength, drive, and sense of possibility, as well ...
135: Rachel Louise Snyder with Sydney Brownstone: No Visible Bruises
May 29, 2019 23:24 - 1 hour - 95.1 MBWhether we call it domestic abuse, private violence, or even intimate terrorism in America domestic violence accounts for 15 percent of all violent crime. The World Health Organization deemed it a “global epidemic,” and yet too often it remains locked in silence, even as its tendrils reach unseen into so many of our most pressing national issues. Acclaimed journalist Rachel Louise Snyder took the stage to deliver a reckoning with this urgent and widespread problem with insight from her pow...
Rachel Louise Snyder with Sydney Brownstone: No Visible Bruises
May 29, 2019 23:24 - 1 hour - 95.1 MBWhether we call it domestic abuse, private violence, or even intimate terrorism in America domestic violence accounts for 15 percent of all violent crime. The World Health Organization deemed it a “global epidemic,” and yet too often it remains locked in silence, even as its tendrils reach unseen into so many of our most pressing national issues. Acclaimed journalist Rachel Louise Snyder took the stage to deliver a reckoning with this urgent and widespread problem with insight from her pow...
Red May: Neoliberal Seattle
May 24, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 137 MBRed May is a month-long festival of radical thought and art that brings together speakers and thinkers to explore alternatives to capitalism. This event centered the discussion on investment and expansion in our own city. Here’s what the organizers of Red May have to say about this evening: “You think it’s your home but it’s their investment. You think you belong in this city. In reality, you’re just collateral damage. Ask the Urban Growth Machine and the Electeds who enable its relentless...
Red May: Nancy Fraser and Bhaskar Sunkara "The Old Is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born"
May 16, 2019 22:53 - 1 hour - 129 MBAccording to some, politics as usual is being rejected across the globe and faith in neoliberalism is fracturing beyond repair. Leading political theorist Nancy Fraser, in conversation with Jacobin publisher Bhaskar Sunkara, dissected neoliberalism’s current crisis and asserted that we might be able to wrest new futures from its ruins. Fraser outlined the ways that global political, ecological, economic, and social breakdown—symbolised, but not caused, by Trump’s election—has destroyed faith...
133: Red May: Nancy Fraser and Bhaskar Sunkara "The Old Is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born"
May 16, 2019 22:53 - 1 hour - 129 MBAccording to some, politics as usual is being rejected across the globe and faith in neoliberalism is fracturing beyond repair. Leading political theorist Nancy Fraser, in conversation with Jacobin publisher Bhaskar Sunkara, dissected neoliberalism’s current crisis and asserted that we might be able to wrest new futures from its ruins. Fraser outlined the ways that global political, ecological, economic, and social breakdown—symbolised, but not caused, by Trump’s election—has destroyed faith...
132: Stacey Abrams: Lead From The Outside
May 08, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 134 MBLeadership is hard. Convincing others—and often yourself—that you possess the answers and are capable of world-affecting change requires confidence, insight, and sheer bravado. Political leader Stacey Abrams took the stage to share her awareness of the experiences and challenges that hinder anyone who exists beyond the structure of traditional white male power—women, people of color, members of the LGBTQ community, and millennials ready to make a difference. Abrams presented insight from her...
Stacey Abrams: Lead From The Outside
May 08, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 134 MBLeadership is hard. Convincing others—and often yourself—that you possess the answers and are capable of world-affecting change requires confidence, insight, and sheer bravado. Political leader Stacey Abrams took the stage to share her awareness of the experiences and challenges that hinder anyone who exists beyond the structure of traditional white male power—women, people of color, members of the LGBTQ community, and millennials ready to make a difference. Abrams presented insight from her...
Alex Kotlowitz with Ross Reynolds: Love and Death in Chicago
April 24, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 83.5 MBThe numbers are staggering: over the past twenty years in Chicago, 14,033 people have been killed and another roughly 60,000 wounded by gunfire. What does that do to the spirit of individuals and community? Journalist and storyteller Alex Kotlowitz joined us with a deeply intimate collection of chronicles from the lives of individuals who have emerged from this violence—all gathered together in his book An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago. Kotlowitz met with KUOW’s Ross Reynolds...
131: Alex Kotlowitz with Ross Reynolds: Love and Death in Chicago
April 24, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 83.5 MBThe numbers are staggering: over the past twenty years in Chicago, 14,033 people have been killed and another roughly 60,000 wounded by gunfire. What does that do to the spirit of individuals and community? Journalist and storyteller Alex Kotlowitz joined us with a deeply intimate collection of chronicles from the lives of individuals who have emerged from this violence—all gathered together in his book An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago. Kotlowitz met with KUOW’s Ross Reynolds...
130: Roger McNamee with Ross Reynolds: A Reckoning With Facebook
April 17, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 90.1 MBLongtime Silicon Valley investor Roger McNamee would have howled with laughter just a few years ago if he had been told he would soon be devoting himself to decrying the massive social media engine that is Facebook. But despite his career as a mentor of tech leaders and his large shareholdings in Facebook, that’s exactly what McNamee is doing. He took the stage in conversation with KUOW’s Ross Reynolds for an exploration of his book Zucked. McNamee offered us his unflinching account of Face...
Roger McNamee with Ross Reynolds: A Reckoning With Facebook
April 17, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 90.1 MBLongtime Silicon Valley investor Roger McNamee would have howled with laughter just a few years ago if he had been told he would soon be devoting himself to decrying the massive social media engine that is Facebook. But despite his career as a mentor of tech leaders and his large shareholdings in Facebook, that’s exactly what McNamee is doing. He took the stage in conversation with KUOW’s Ross Reynolds for an exploration of his book Zucked. McNamee offered us his unflinching account of Face...
Karl Eikenberry: Fighting Extremism in Fragile States—From Crisis Response to Prevention
April 10, 2019 23:33 - 1 hour - 107 MBWhat can we do to prevent violent extremism and promote peace in the world? For some—such as Karl Eikenberry, former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan—the answer comes through understanding. Eikenberry drew on his thirty-five year career in the United States Army to lead a discussion about the role of diplomacy and development in addressing the root causes of conflict. Joining him was Najia Hyder, Mercy Corps Regional director for Caucasus, and Central and South Asia. Eikenberry shared insigh...
129: Karl Eikenberry: Fighting Extremism in Fragile States—From Crisis Response to Prevention
April 10, 2019 23:33 - 1 hour - 107 MBWhat can we do to prevent violent extremism and promote peace in the world? For some—such as Karl Eikenberry, former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan—the answer comes through understanding. Eikenberry drew on his thirty-five year career in the United States Army to lead a discussion about the role of diplomacy and development in addressing the root causes of conflict. Joining him was Najia Hyder, Mercy Corps Regional director for Caucasus, and Central and South Asia. Eikenberry shared insigh...
Transforming Washington’s Mental Health System
April 03, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 93.6 MBWith a lack of access to mental health services, people with mental illness often get swept into the criminal justice system. But on December 11, 2018 a federal judge approved a landmark class action settlement known as “Trueblood” that addresses this criminalization of mental illness—and has the potential to transform Washington’s mental health system. Town Hall Seattle joined forces with Disability Rights WA for a panel discussion on the state of mental health services and protections tod...
128: Transforming Washington’s Mental Health System
April 03, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 93.6 MBWith a lack of access to mental health services, people with mental illness often get swept into the criminal justice system. But on December 11, 2018 a federal judge approved a landmark class action settlement known as “Trueblood” that addresses this criminalization of mental illness—and has the potential to transform Washington’s mental health system. Town Hall Seattle joined forces with Disability Rights WA for a panel discussion on the state of mental health services and protections tod...
127: That’s Debatable: Technology Will Save Us
March 27, 2019 18:43 - 1 hour - 88.3 MBWill advances in artificial intelligence, geoengineering, and bioengineering save or destroy the human race? That’s debatable. KUOW and Town Hall invited you to join us at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute on Sunday, March 24 for the latest event in KUOW’s That’s Debatable series. At this Oxford-style debate, a panel of smart Seattlites squared off on the proposition, “Technology will save us.” The conversation kicked off with an audience vote. Then both sides gave their argument...
That’s Debatable: Technology Will Save Us
March 27, 2019 18:43 - 1 hour - 88.3 MBWill advances in artificial intelligence, geoengineering, and bioengineering save or destroy the human race? That’s debatable. KUOW and Town Hall invited you to join us at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute on Sunday, March 24 for the latest event in KUOW’s That’s Debatable series. At this Oxford-style debate, a panel of smart Seattlites squared off on the proposition, “Technology will save us.” The conversation kicked off with an audience vote. Then both sides gave their argument...
13th Annual Urban Poverty Forum
March 25, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 105 MBThe Urban Poverty Forum is an effort to open a dialogue around the systemic issues surrounding urban poverty and to unite a diverse community of care—including faith based organizations, nonprofits, and concerned citizens in addressing problems faced by the poorest among us. For this year’s 13th annual Urban Poverty Forum, Town Hall presented speakers from Northwest Immigrant Rights Project and Veterans For Peace, Puget Sound Chapter 92, as well as a performance by The Mahogany Project. T...
126: 13th Annual Urban Poverty Forum
March 25, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 105 MBThe Urban Poverty Forum is an effort to open a dialogue around the systemic issues surrounding urban poverty and to unite a diverse community of care—including faith based organizations, nonprofits, and concerned citizens in addressing problems faced by the poorest among us. For this year’s 13th annual Urban Poverty Forum, Town Hall presented speakers from Northwest Immigrant Rights Project and Veterans For Peace, Puget Sound Chapter 92, as well as a performance by The Mahogany Project. T...
Amber Tamblyn
March 20, 2019 08:00 - 43 minutes - 59.6 MBWhen we see our own moments of character crisis reflected in the world around us, we often find ourselves compelled to help guide others through these dramatic changes. For actress, director, and author Amber Tamblyn, the massive upheaval to break out of her acting career led her to what she calls an Era of Ignition—a phenomenon which she sees all around her in America today. Tamblyn joined us with insight from her new book Era of Ignition: Coming of Age in a Time of Rage and Revolution, o...
125: Amber Tamblyn
March 20, 2019 08:00 - 43 minutes - 59.6 MBWhen we see our own moments of character crisis reflected in the world around us, we often find ourselves compelled to help guide others through these dramatic changes. For actress, director, and author Amber Tamblyn, the massive upheaval to break out of her acting career led her to what she calls an Era of Ignition—a phenomenon which she sees all around her in America today. Tamblyn joined us with insight from her new book Era of Ignition: Coming of Age in a Time of Rage and Revolution, o...
John and Julie Gottman with Bill Radke
February 14, 2019 01:23 - 1 hour - 95.5 MBHappily ever after is not by chance. Award-winning marriage researchers and bestselling authors Drs. John and Julie Gottman contend that lifelong happiness happens by choice—the choice each person in a relationship makes to remain open, remain curious, and, most of all, to keep talking to one another. The Gottmans arrived on Town Hall’s stage to offer an ingenious and simple-to-implement approach to effective relationship communication. They met for a conversation with KUOW’s Bill Radke, hos...
124: John and Julie Gottman with Bill Radke
February 14, 2019 01:23 - 1 hour - 95.5 MBHappily ever after is not by chance. Award-winning marriage researchers and bestselling authors Drs. John and Julie Gottman contend that lifelong happiness happens by choice—the choice each person in a relationship makes to remain open, remain curious, and, most of all, to keep talking to one another. The Gottmans arrived on Town Hall’s stage to offer an ingenious and simple-to-implement approach to effective relationship communication. They met for a conversation with KUOW’s Bill Radke, hos...
123: Marc Freedman with Eric Liu
December 28, 2018 23:48 - 1 hour - 86.6 MBWith so many people living so much longer, what is the meaning of the increasing years beyond 50? How can a society with more older people than younger ones thrive? How do we find happiness when we know life is long and time is short? Encore.org founder and CEO Marc Freedman joined us to answer these questions and more with a poignant and unique perspective contained in his book How to Live Forever: The Enduring Power of Connecting the Generations. He met onstage with Eric Liu, CEO of Citize...
Marc Freedman with Eric Liu
December 28, 2018 23:48 - 1 hour - 86.6 MBWith so many people living so much longer, what is the meaning of the increasing years beyond 50? How can a society with more older people than younger ones thrive? How do we find happiness when we know life is long and time is short? Encore.org founder and CEO Marc Freedman joined us to answer these questions and more with a poignant and unique perspective contained in his book How to Live Forever: The Enduring Power of Connecting the Generations. He met onstage with Eric Liu, CEO of Citize...
Randy Shaw with Monica Guzman
December 17, 2018 09:00 - 1 hour - 93 MBMany real estate experts around the country warn us that trends of skyrocketing rents and home values are pricing the working and middle classes out of urban America. Randy Shaw, Director of the Tenderloin Housing Clinic, came to Town Hall’s stage with his perspective on the national housing crisis, and offered insight from his book Generation Priced Out: Who Gets to Live in the New Urban America. Shaw exposed how baby boomer homeowners restrict millennials’ access to housing in big cities a...
122: Randy Shaw with Monica Guzman
December 17, 2018 09:00 - 1 hour - 93 MBMany real estate experts around the country warn us that trends of skyrocketing rents and home values are pricing the working and middle classes out of urban America. Randy Shaw, Director of the Tenderloin Housing Clinic, came to Town Hall’s stage with his perspective on the national housing crisis, and offered insight from his book Generation Priced Out: Who Gets to Live in the New Urban America. Shaw exposed how baby boomer homeowners restrict millennials’ access to housing in big cities a...
The Myth of Capitalism
December 10, 2018 09:00 - 1 hour - 105 MBMany Americans envision capitalism as a driving ideal of our country, but some economists contend that a few digital monopolies have risen to restrict our nation’s capitalist ideals and act as gatekeepers to the free market. Economist author Jonathan Tepper and Business Development manager Denise Hearn took Town Hall’s stage to tackle issues of growing economic inequality. They presented perspectives from their book The Myth of Capitalism: Monopolies and the Death of Competition, asserting t...
121: The Myth of Capitalism
December 10, 2018 09:00 - 1 hour - 105 MBMany Americans envision capitalism as a driving ideal of our country, but some economists contend that a few digital monopolies have risen to restrict our nation’s capitalist ideals and act as gatekeepers to the free market. Economist author Jonathan Tepper and Business Development manager Denise Hearn took Town Hall’s stage to tackle issues of growing economic inequality. They presented perspectives from their book The Myth of Capitalism: Monopolies and the Death of Competition, asserting t...
120: Rob Reich and Jeff Raikes
December 03, 2018 09:00 - 1 hour - 106 MBIs philanthropy, by its very nature, a threat to today’s democracy? Some believe that such generosity is not the unassailable good we think it to be, and in its current form might even be undermining democratic values and set back aspirations of justice. Political science professor Rob Reich took Town Hall’s stage to cross-examine philanthropic practices of our age. He presented insight from his book Just Giving: Why Philanthropy Is Failing Democracy and How It Can Do Better, decrying big ph...
Rob Reich and Jeff Raikes
December 03, 2018 09:00 - 1 hour - 106 MBIs philanthropy, by its very nature, a threat to today’s democracy? Some believe that such generosity is not the unassailable good we think it to be, and in its current form might even be undermining democratic values and set back aspirations of justice. Political science professor Rob Reich took Town Hall’s stage to cross-examine philanthropic practices of our age. He presented insight from his book Just Giving: Why Philanthropy Is Failing Democracy and How It Can Do Better, decrying big ph...
119: Francis Fukuyama
November 28, 2018 09:00 - 1 hour - 106 MBIn 2014, Francis Fukuyama wrote that American institutions were in decay, as the state was systematically captured by powerful interest groups. Two years later, political outsiders have risen to power by leaning on direct charismatic connections to “the people,” who are usually defined in narrow terms that offer an irresistible call to an in-group and exclude large parts of the population as a whole. Now Fukuyama arrived at Town Hall to lend us his perspective from his book Identity: The D...
Francis Fukuyama
November 28, 2018 09:00 - 1 hour - 106 MBIn 2014, Francis Fukuyama wrote that American institutions were in decay, as the state was systematically captured by powerful interest groups. Two years later, political outsiders have risen to power by leaning on direct charismatic connections to “the people,” who are usually defined in narrow terms that offer an irresistible call to an in-group and exclude large parts of the population as a whole. Now Fukuyama arrived at Town Hall to lend us his perspective from his book Identity: The D...
L.A. Kauffman
November 19, 2018 09:00 - 1 hour - 116 MBIt feels powerful to march in a protest, but the enduring work that results from these demonstrations cannot often be seen in the moment. How and when does marching matter? Journalist and organizer L.A. Kauffman made her way to Town Hall to lend us her thirty years’ experience on the front lines of numerous protests and demonstrations. Sharing wisdom from her book How to Read A Protest: The Art of Organizing and Resistance, Kauffman dove into the history of America’s major demonstrations, be...
118: L.A. Kauffman
November 19, 2018 09:00 - 1 hour - 116 MBIt feels powerful to march in a protest, but the enduring work that results from these demonstrations cannot often be seen in the moment. How and when does marching matter? Journalist and organizer L.A. Kauffman made her way to Town Hall to lend us her thirty years’ experience on the front lines of numerous protests and demonstrations. Sharing wisdom from her book How to Read A Protest: The Art of Organizing and Resistance, Kauffman dove into the history of America’s major demonstrations, be...
117: Fly to the Assemblies!
November 14, 2018 09:00 - 42 minutes - 58.9 MBSeattle has long been considered a center of progressive thought and action. But like any other growing city it has wrestled with familiar demons: racism, class struggles, economic opportunism, sexism, and more. Since the 2016 election, many progressive voices throughout the city have emerged with the goal of transforming Seattle into a central staging ground for resistance against the rise of restrictive and damaging policies in our nation. Amid such turbulent times, Town Hall joined forc...