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Jini Palmer is a filmmaker, multi-instrumentalist, and the Digital Media Producer at Town Hall. She is the host of In The Moment, as well as Town Hall’s Science, Civics, and Arts & Culture series podcasts. Prior to joining Town Hall’s program team, she interned on 88.5 KNKX‘s Sound Effect.
Fans of Seattle public radio will recognize Steve Scher from his 28 years as a host, writer, and interviewer with 94.9 KUOW. He has earned a national reputation for his beyond-the-headlines approach to issues, and his intelligent and sensitive interviews with authors, scientists, artists and political leaders.
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Feb 1, 2018
This episode of In The Moment highlights four speakers focused on the core values that define (or divide) us. Jini Palmer interviews Town Hall's Curator of Lectures Edward Wolcher about his experience in conversation with Charles Mann onstage; Charles Mann discusses the visions of "the Wizard and the Prophet" and their duel over humanity's technological or environmental future (3:15); Denise Fairchild explores how our democratic confluence of beliefs fuels the way we live and what we choose to change about our energy future (8:08); Maryn McKenna outlines how consumer ideals are pushing the meat production industry away from antibiotics (12:14); and Steve Scher talks with Arlie Russell Hochschild about her interviews with Trump voters and Tea Party activists in the south (19:30). Hosts Jini Palmer and Steve Scher select standout moments from the previous two weeks of events and look forward to the next.