Six series recorded in Seattle between 2013 and 2022 by Steve Scher — conversations about books, film, gardens, science and the long work of civil rights. Every episode is preserved at the Internet Archive and plays here.
with Nancy Pearl
2014–2017 — 68 episodes
Steve Scher, longtime host of KUOW's Weekday, sits down with Nancy Pearl, the famous librarian with her own action figure, to talk about books with a changing group of readers.
2014–2020 — 56 episodes
Steve Scher holds long-form conversations with writers, scientists and thinkers, given room to go where they want to go. Guests include Neal Stephenson, Michael Pollan, Masha Gessen, Dolores Huerta and Mary Norris.
University of Washington Civil Rights Pilgrimage
2015–2018 — 35 episodes
Steve Scher joins a group from Project Pilgrimage (now Common Power) visiting the meaningful places across the American South and meeting the still-working heroes of the civil rights movement — from the 16th Street Baptist Church, to Emmett Till's marker, to the bridge at Selma.
Town Hall Seattle
2014–2015 — 15 episodes
Recorded during Steve Scher's term as Scholar in Residence at Town Hall Seattle, in conversation with the writers and thinkers visiting Town Hall.
with Willi Galloway, Greg Rabourn and Marty Wingate
2015–2016 — 36 episodes
Gardening in the maritime Northwest — tackling soil improvements, watering, the value and promise of planting native plants, fighting noxious weeds. And always, digging deep into the practical side of gardening, like what to do with the tomatoes when summer refuses to arrive and how to get those flowers blooming early.
with Robert Horton
2013–2017 — 96 episodes, 80 recovered
Steve Scher and respected film critic Robert Horton discuss the movies within the frame as well as those odd film quirks that happen just beyond the edge of the screen.