Oscar, Schmoscar. What makes a BAD movie?
For Oscar week, a conversation about what makes a BAD movie? There are as many ways to make a bad movie as there are to make a good movie. What are the categories, elements, taxonomy, and causes of bad movies? Author David Schmader (who uses Paul Verhoeven’s ‘Showgirls’ as the ur-text bad movie), author and radio host John Moe, movie critic and author David Thomson (any movie with Alan Alda), movie critics Jeff Shannon and Christy Lemire radio and podcast host Jeannie Yandel, and callers dissect the elements and taxonomy of bad movies.
Happy Birthday Terry Jones!
Monty Python member Terry Jones on writing, directing, and starring in ‘Eric the Viking’.
Siddharta Mukherjee
Scientist and Pulitzer prize-winning author Siddharta Mukherjee on how cells build life.
Steven Johnson: Future Perfect: The Case For Progress In A Networked Age
Science writer Steve Johnson on networked solutions our problems.
Rinker Buck ‘The Oregon Trail’
The Oregon Trail is Rinker Buck’s epic account of traveling the 2,000 mile Oregon Trail in a covered wagon with a team of mules. Buck tells the story of the largest land migration in history.
Seattle’s Gang of Four
How four Seattle leaders from four different communities bonded to achieve social change.
Christopher Bayley on Seattle Police Payoffs
For King County Prosecutor Christopher Bayley on cleaning Seattle police corruption in the 1970’s.
Rick Anderson on Seattle Vice
The later journalist Rick Anderson on this history of Seattle crime.
We deceive ourselves to deceive others. Robert Trivers
Evolutionary biologist Robert Trivers on how we deceive our selves in order to deceive others.
The Decline and Fall of Seattle. 2002 Edition
People always think Seattle is dying. Here’s a time capsule from 20 years ago.
National Night Out
National night out is coming up. It’s a great time to meet the neighbors. We swap good neighbor/bad neighbor stories.
15 years ago - Couples line up to register for domestic partnerships
July 23, 2007. Same-Sex partners line up to become domestic partners expressing optimism that full marriage rights won’t be long. It took another five years.
An Entirely Synthetic Fish: How Rainbow Trout Beguiled America and Overran the World
Anders Alverson on the entirely artificial fish.
Ballard Seafood Fest Lutefish Eating Contest
There’s a lutefisk eating context at the Ballard Seafood Fest. Who would do that?
Eric Weiner - The Geography of Bliss
Philosophical traveler, former NPR reporter and self-described grump Eric Weiner on The Geography of Bliss
Measuring Happiness
Can we measure societal happiness and use those measurements to increase happiness?
Brian Copeland - Not A Genuine Black Man.
Actor and performer Brian Copeland on what it means to be an authentic Black man.