Current Speakers
Daudi Abe
“Emerald Street: Race, Class, Culture, and the History of Hip Hop in the Northwest”
Judith Adams
“A Fierce Language: Falling in Love with Poetry”
Charles Andrews
“Great Writers and the Great War: Literature as Peace Activism”
Feliks Banel
“Diamonds in the Ether: Tuning In to Northwest Radio History”
Harriet Baskas
“The Ancient Fruitcake: What Really, Really Old Food Tells Us about History, Culture, Love, and Memory”
Paula Becker
“The Truth and I: Reading Betty MacDonald in the Age of Memoir”
David Berger
“The Razor’s Edge: The Washington Razor Clam Phenomenon”
Rachel Cardone
“H2OMG! Making Sense of Water Scarcity in an Insecure World”
Cornell Clayton
“Crazy Politics: Populism, Conspiracy Theories, and Paranoia in America”
Llyn De Danaan
“What It Means to be Human: What We Know about Our Ancient Predecessors”
Sarah Eltantawi
“State of a Civilization: Islam and Muslims in the 21st Century”
Tanya Erzen
“God Behind Bars: The Rise of Faith-Based Ministries in an Age of Mass Incarceration”
David Fenner
“The Long Haul: Stories of Human Migration”
Ben Gardner
“A Road Runs Through It: Tourism, Culture, and the Politics of Conservation”
Don Glickstein
“What Our Teachers Never Told Us about the American Revolution”
David George Gordon
“Sasquatch: Man-Ape or Myth?”
Brian G. Henning
“The Ethics of Eating Meat on a Small Planet”
Rituja Indapure
“The Healing Tale: How Stories Can Move Us Beyond Shame”
John Jensen
“Hollywood and the Homefront: Tinsel Town’s Contribution to World War II”
Natalie Jolly
“Should We Call the Midwife? How Culture Shapes Childbirth”
Turan Kayaoglu
“American Muslims: History, Culture, and Politics”
Jessica Maucione
“Writing in the Margins: Transforming the Stories We Tell about Race”
Lorraine McConaghy
“Washington at War: The Evergreen State in World War I”
Tony Osborne
“The High Road: Fighting Selfishness through Dialogue”
Shin Yu Pai
“The Written Image: Blending Poetry with the Visual Arts”
Amy Peloff
“Feminism and Popular Culture”
Jane Richlovsky
“When Artists Get Together They Talk About Real Estate”
Anu Taranath
“Not Just for Kids: How Children’s Literature Inspires Bold Conversations”
Trillium-239
“Bandanas to Badges: Songs and Stories of Northwest Workers”
Mayumi Tsutakawa
“The Pine and the Cherry: Japanese Americans in Washington”
Mike VanQuickenborne
“The Good Game: On the Moral Value of Sports”
Amanda Wilde
“The Hidden History of America’s Favorite Music”
Jeb Wyman
“Coming Home: How the Humanities Help Soldiers Find Meaning after War”