Events

Starla Sampaco speaks to Crosscut’s Science & the Environment editor Ted Alvarez and Director of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, Harold Tobin about the new podcast Crosscut Escapes. They discuss the process of creating the podcast, how listening can help us escape, how worried we should be about “the big one” and how science can enhance the mysteries of nature.

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Physician and health policy expert Dr. Vin Gupta joins Crosscut’s Northwest Newsmakers host, Monica Guzman, to discuss both political and medical issues surrounding the current public health crisis, from public trust of the emerging vaccine to the question of spreading the virus after vaccination.

Special thank you to our Northwest Newsmakers series sponsor Waldron. 

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The latest documentary in Crosscut’s The New Normal series, Senior Year was Crazy, chronicles the life of a Franklin High School senior as she navigates the tumultuous end of her senior year in the midst of the COVID-19 shutdowns​. Director Jen Dev and the fearless student profiled in the film Jackie Jimenez Romero, join us for a special edition of Inside the Newsroom to talk about making the documentary and what it was like to face one of life’s biggest transitions in a time of extraordinary uncertainty. 

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