This mini-episode is part of a playlist designed to provide a soundtrack to your MOHAI experience. If you’re at the museum, we encourage you to pop in some headphones and listen to the introductions and curated songs while you walk through MOHAI’s core exhibit, True Northwest: The Seattle Journey. To access the playlist, click on the link below or visit rainydayhistory.org. Part 3 of 3 provides a musical pairing for the World City gallery. 

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This mini-episode is part of a playlist designed to provide a soundtrack to your MOHAI experience. If you’re at the museum, we encourage you to pop in some headphones and listen to the introductions and curated songs while you walk through MOHAI’s core exhibit, True Northwest: The Seattle Journey. To access the playlist, click on the link below or visit rainydayhistory.org. Part 2 of 3 provides a musical pairing for the WWII and Suburban Seattle galleries.

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About the podcast

This mini-episode is part of a playlist designed to provide a soundtrack to your MOHAI experience. If you’re at the museum, we encourage you to pop in some headphones and listen to the introductions and curated songs while you walk through MOHAI’s core exhibit, True Northwest: The Seattle Journey. To access the playlist, click on the link below or visit rainydayhistory.org. Part 1 of 3 provides a musical pairing for the Native Ground gallery. 

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About the podcast

What makes Seattle a great place to write and to write about? Learn about three writers past and present whose work has shaped and been shaped by the city. This piece was created by Karly during the 2022 session of History Lab, a summer intensive for high school students interested in local history and storytelling. 

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In this bonus episode we have an extended interview from Season 2, Episode 4: Serenity, Surprise, and Delight. Special guest Dr. Paul Kidder, Professor of Philosophy at Seattle University, discusses with our very own Karl on the life and work of Minoru Yamasaki, in particular his style influences and highlighting specific works by him. 

Original episode, show notes, and transcript available on our website.  

It’s the final episode of the season! There’s no denying it: Seattle is a tech city. After Microsoft moved to the Pacific Northwest, the Seattle area became a hub for computer and internet tech start-ups in the 1990s. Some saw incredible success, while others just weren’t able to survive. We’ll be looking at the 90s-era and contemporary tech booms, and the effects that large companies like Amazon and Microsoft have had on Seattle.

Plus, hear from special guest Naud Frijlink, Principal Design Manager at Microsoft, about what it’s been like working in the sector across multiple decades and cities.

Show notes and transcript available on our website. 

Since the 1970s, Capitol Hill has been a home for the LGBTQ+ community in Seattle. Over the decades, LGBTQ+ businesses and services have both contributed to gentrification and been at risk from it. Learn about what it took to grow and build a supportive district for Seattle’s LGBTQ+ residents, as we explore the relationship between place and community.

Hear from special guest Ken Shulman, Executive Director of Lambert House, about where queer youth fit into this history and the importance of the neighborhood to the organization.  

Show notes and transcript available on our website. 

We hope you’re ready to rock, because this episode we’re diving headfirst into the 1990s Seattle music scene. From grunge, to riot grrrl, to hip hop, learn about how these young artists put Seattle music (and its style) on the map at the same time the Teen Dance Ordinance made all-ages shows nearly impossible to produce.   

Our special guest this episode is Tova Gaster, director of outreach for the TeenTix New Guard, Teen Editor with the TeenTix Press Corps, and avid all ages show-goer.

Transcript and show notes available on our website. 

The now gone but fondly remembered Kingdome stadium came into being in the 1970s as a result of a package of ballot initiatives called Forward Thrust. Although the proposal to build a new stadium did well at the polls, finding a place to put it proved more than difficult. When its location near King Street was decided, community activists in the Chinatown International District pushed back, sparking a larger neighborhood preservation movement whose work and legacy still continues today.

Hear from special guest Gary Iwamoto about this era of activism and the founding of InterIm CDA, an affordable housing and community development organization.

Show notes and transcripts available on our website. 

Explore the life, times, and creations of architect Minoru Yamasaki, designer of many iconic buildings including the Pacific Science Center arches, downtown Seattle’s Rainier Tower, and the original World Trade Center. Although Yamasaki’s buildings are spread across the globe, his life and career are deeply connected to Seattle’s history.

Hear from special guest Dr. Paul Kidder, professor of philosophy at Seattle University who is currently writing a book about Yamasaki, about what he finds fascinating about Yamasaki’s designs.

Show notes and transcript available on our website. 

Seattle transit plans have always had a hard time at the polls, going all the way back to 1911, when voters overwhelmingly rejected Virgil Bogue’s vision for a Seattle with public transit at its core. The Bogue Plan was the city’s first comprehensive plan and included big and bold ideas: 90 miles of rail transit, a brand-new civic center and grand central station, converting all of Mercer Island into a public park, and more! How did the plan’s spectacular failure at the polls shape the way we navigate and inhabit our city today?

Hear from special guest Eric Scigliano, writer and journalist, about what he’s learned from researching the Bogue Plan and other “Seattles that might have been”.

Show notes and transcripts available on our website.