In Residence Podcast - The House of Podcasts

In Residence Podcast - The House of Podcasts

By Steven ScherSociety & Culture
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In Residence Podcast - The House of Podcasts episodes

  • Connecting to the Icons of NW Art

    Photographer Mary Randlett is known for her portraits of some of the most important artists and writers of the last 70 years. From Tom Robbins back to Morris Graves, Randlett created intimate portraits of many of the people who shaped Northwest culture.  "Mary Randlett Portraits" from UW Press reveals the connections her legacy has made across the generations.  Award wining poet and essayist Frances McCue shaped this book, providing background and details to the people within the frame. 

    I talked to Frances at the UW Press offices, where a number of Mary Randlett's pictures are displayed.

    McCue and Randlett discuss the work at Town Hall, Seattle Tuesday October 14th at 7:30.

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  • Am I hard to hear?
    More than 50 million people in the US have some form of hearing loss. It too often keeps us from going out to public places and enjoying public events. Katherine Bouton is a long-time New York Times editor and author of “Shouting Won’t Help: Why I--and 50 Million Other American’s -–Can’t Hear You.” She talked with Town Hall Fall 2014 Scholar-In-Residence Steve Scher about new technologies, including Town Hall’s new Hearing Loop system, that make it much easier for people with hearing loss to hear at public venues. ​
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  • Daniel Levitin, "the Organized Mind"
    Neuroscientist and one time rock and roll record producer Daniel Levitin explores how the mind categorizes and retrieves information in his book "The Organized Mind." He spoke with Steve Scher at Bumbershoot. Steve is Scholar-In-Residence at Town Hall, Fall 2014
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  • "Tehren's Secret Citizens"
    Iran is a divided nation. Politically, the regimes support among its most stalwart supporters has dwindled. Iranian efforts at reform ebb and flow. At the same time, clashes between modernity and tradition rage on- often beneath an surface calm Ramita Navai is an Iranian-English journalist with a penchant for reporting from dangerous places and a nose for finding the outcasts, underdogs and critics who fill out the story of a society In her book, "City of Lies," she takes us into the forbidden warrens of Tehran, Irans capital, to meet the people who face punishment, even death , for daring to live as they feel.
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About In Residence Podcast - The House of Podcasts

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Steve Scher is Scholar In Residence at Town Hall, Seattle during the Fall of 2014. He sits down with Town Hall's visiting guests for in-depth and wide-ranging conversations.