Beasts of Seattle: Salmon

In The Moment podcast

From Pike Place Market to the Ballard Locks, Salmon are stalwart icons of Seattle. But as they face warming waters and stormwater runoff, their future is threatened and uncertain. As part of the Beasts of Seattle Series, Town Hall’s Podcast Artist-in-Residence Samantha Allen interviews artist and American Indian Studies instructor Joe Seymour, Pike Place Fish Market co-owner Jaison Scott, Chef Shota Nakajima of Taku, and salmon stewards Jeff and Allison Lilly.

Samantha Allen is the author of Patricia Wants to Cuddle and the Lambda Literary Award finalist, Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States. A GLAAD Award-winning journalist, Samantha’s writing has been published by The New York Times, Rolling Stone, CNN, and more.

Credits: The music for this podcast was written and performed by John Gould. You can find more of John’s music at johngould.bandcamp.com. The art for this podcast was made by Sadie Collins. Sources: https://www.npr.org/2012/08/28/160129982/parks-vie-for-space-in-miamis-forest-of-condos https://www.tpl.org/city/seattle-washington https://www.theolympian.com/entertainment/arts-culture/article249610718.html https://www.carkeekwatershed.org/annual-salmon-spawning-survey-kicks-off-at-carkeek-park/ https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/the-elwha-dams-are-gone-and-chinook-are-surging-back-but-why-are-so-few-reaching-the-upper-river/ https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/chum-salmon https://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article253404075.html https://www.seattleaquarium.org/blog/seattle-aquarium-salutes-pike-place-fish https://www.pikeplacefish.com/about https://seattle.eater.com/2021/7/2/22560835/shota-nakajima-season-finale-of-top-chef-recap https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/how-do-salmon-know-where-their-home-when-they-return-ocean-1?qt-news_science_products=0#qt-news_science_products

Presented by Town Hall Seattle. Beasts of Seattle is part of Town Hall’s Artist-in-Residence program.