Town Hall Seattle Science Series
Episodes
159. Bartow J. Elmore—Seed Money: Monsanto's Past and Our Food Future
04 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Whether we can see it or not, the impacts of Monsanto— the agrochemical giant best known for creating the herbicide Roundup and the genetically engi...
158. Michelle Millar Fisher, Amber Winick, and Zoë Greggs: Things that Make and Break Our Births
21 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to human reproduction, particularly from a Western perspective, there's no shortage of physical things involved. Pregnancy tests. Mater...
157. Bill Schutt—Pump: A Natural History of the Heart
17 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We've pondered the puzzles of the human body for millennia, questioning the function of both the visible parts and the parts hidden away behind layers...
156. Paige Harden: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality
14 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
All human beings are 99.9 percent identical in their genetic makeup. All our differences are found in the remaining .1 percent. Our DNA makes us diff...
155. Allison Cobb with Clayton Aldern—Plastic: An Autobiography
10 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Plastic is everywhere, and it lasts forever. But humans have a hard time grasping "forever"— the scope is far greater than our comprehension. That'...
154. Martin Williams: When the Sahara Was Green
07 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Sahara desert, once upon a time, wasn't a desert at all. It was green. It was a pleasant place, fed by rivers and lakes. It was home to crocodiles...
153. Seth Kantner with Bellamy Pailthorp: What Caribou in Alaska Reveal About Climate Change and Ourselves
03 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The web of life is sometimes freezing. Take, for instance, what's happening in the Alaska Arctic. In one of the largest remaining wilderness ecosystem...