Library Podcasts
Each year the Library hosts readings, lectures, and discussions by authors and other public figures. You may watch video recordings of recent programs on our YouTube channel. Our archive of audio recordings goes back more than 10 years and includes thousands of memorable Library events.
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Virtual Thrilling Tales: This World is Taboo Chapter 6
Hello, and welcome to Thrilling Tales, Seattle Public Library's Story Time for Grownups, virtual edition. Thrilling Tales is a lunch hour short story program presented live at the downtown Library twice monthly. Since we can't gather now, we wanted to send some thrilling tales to wherever you are. To kick things off, we're featuring an eight part science fiction serial by Murray Leinster that first appeared in Amazing magazine in July, 1961, entitled This World is Taboo! It is the story of a Med Ship man - or space doctor - confronted with the terror of plague and an unjustly quarantined planet in a distant galaxy. There will be eight episodes in all: here is chapter six, episode six. Enjoy! Recorded on May 3, 2020.
Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 28.93MB] [Play time: 0 hr 33 min]
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Virtual Thrilling Tales: This World is Taboo Chapter 5
Hello, and welcome to Thrilling Tales, Seattle Public Library's Story Time for Grownups, virtual edition. Thrilling Tales is a lunch hour short story program presented live at the downtown Library twice monthly. Since we can't gather now, we wanted to send some thrilling tales to wherever you are. To kick things off, we're featuring an eight part science fiction serial by Murray Leinster that first appeared in Amazing magazine in July, 1961, entitled This World is Taboo! It is the story of a Med Ship man - or space doctor - confronted with the terror of plague and an unjustly quarantined planet in a distant galaxy. There will be eight episodes in all: here is chapter five, episode five. Enjoy! Recorded on April 29, 2020.
Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 30.79MB] [Play time: 0 hr 35 min]
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Virtual Thrilling Tales: This World is Taboo Chapter 4
Hello, and welcome to Thrilling Tales, Seattle Public Library's Story Time for Grownups, virtual edition. Thrilling Tales is a lunch hour short story program presented live at the downtown Library twice monthly. Since we can't gather now, we wanted to send some thrilling tales to wherever you are. To kick things off, we're featuring an eight part science fiction serial by Murray Leinster that first appeared in Amazing magazine in July, 1961, entitled This World is Taboo! It is the story of a Med Ship man - or space doctor - confronted with the terror of plague and an unjustly quarantined planet in a distant galaxy. There will be eight episodes in all: here is chapter four, episode four. Enjoy! Recorded on April 26, 2020.
Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 28.39MB] [Play time: 0 hr 32 min]
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Virtual Thrilling Tales: This World is Taboo Chapter 3
Hello, and welcome to Thrilling Tales, Seattle Public Library's Story Time for Grownups, virtual edition. Thrilling Tales is a lunch hour short story program presented live at the downtown Library twice monthly. Since we can't gather now, we wanted to send some thrilling tales to wherever you are. To kick things off, we're featuring an eight part science fiction serial by Murray Leinster that first appeared in Amazing magazine in July, 1961, entitled This World is Taboo! It is the story of a Med Ship man - or space doctor - confronted with the terror of plague and an unjustly quarantined planet in a distant galaxy. There will be eight episodes in all: here is chapter three, episode three. Enjoy! Recorded on April 22, 2020.
Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 26.03MB] [Play time: 0 hr 30 min]
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Virtual Thrilling Tales: This World is Taboo Chapter 2
Hello, and welcome to Thrilling Tales, Seattle Public Library's Story Time for Grownups, virtual edition. Thrilling Tales is a lunch hour short story program presented live at the downtown Library twice monthly. Since we can't gather now, we wanted to send some thrilling tales to wherever you are. To kick things off, we're featuring an eight part science fiction serial by Murray Leinster that first appeared in Amazing magazine in July, 1961, entitled This World is Taboo! It is the story of a Med Ship man - or space doctor - confronted with the terror of plague and an unjustly quarantined planet in a distant galaxy. There will be eight episodes in all: here is chapter two, episode two. Enjoy! Recorded on April 19, 2020.
Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 2.56MB] [Play time: 0 hr 30 min]
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Virtual Thrilling Tales: This World is Taboo Chapter 1
Hello, and welcome to Thrilling Tales, Seattle Public Library's Story Time for Grownups, virtual edition. Thrilling Tales is a lunch hour short story program presented live at the downtown Library twice monthly. Since we can't gather now, we wanted to send some thrilling tales to wherever you are. To kick things off, we're featuring an eight part science fiction serial by Murray Leinster that first appeared in Amazing magazine in July, 1961, entitled This World is Taboo! It is the story of a Med Ship man - or space doctor - confronted with the terror of plague and an unjustly quarantined planet in a distant galaxy. There will be eight episodes in all: here is chapter one, episode one. Enjoy! Recorded on April 15, 2020.
Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 31.05MB] [Play time: 0 hr 36 min]
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Ginger Gaffney discusses 'Half Broke: A Memoir'
Listen to this top-ranked horse trainer discuss her life-affirming memoir that offers profound insight into the ways both horses and humans seek relationships to survive. Recorded on Feb. 25, 2020.
Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 33.60MB] [Play time: 1 hr 13 min]
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Courtenay Hameister and Luke Burbank talk about 'Okay Fine Whatever'
Listen to Live Wire's hosts Hameister and Burbank talk about Okay Fine Whatever, Hameister's hilarious account of facing her fears. Recorded on Feb. 12, 2020.
Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 49.68MB] [Play time: 0 hr 54 min]
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Sarah Abrevaya Stein discusses 'Family Papers'
Listen to a conversation with author Sarah Abrevaya Stein on her new book Family Papers: A Sephardic Journey Through the Twentieth Century with Devin E. Naar, Sephardic Studies Chair at UW. Recorded on Feb. 4, 2020.
Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 30.81MB] [Play time: 1 hr 07 min]
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5th Avenue Theatre Preview: Behind the Scenes of 'Bliss'
Listen to a look behind the scenes of the new musical Bliss, premiering at The 5th Avenue Theatre. Recorded on Jan. 27, 2020.
Listen to Audio (mp3) [file size: 31.69MB] [Play time: 1 hr 09 min]