B-Town Bridges with David Albright
Let’s cross bridges—both real and metaphorical—in this episode with urbanist David Albright. An author and multimedia journalist, David has roots in Seattle’s Lake City and Capitol Hill neighborhoods and now calls Bremerton, Washington, home.
David’s work has been featured in Reuters, The New York Times, The Seattle Channel, and PBS, showcasing his talent for elevating everyday voices across the Pacific Northwest. He excels at weaving powerful stories from the smallest details of a place.
Joining this episode are the voices of Amy Burnett and Frances Lee, essayists whose reflections feature in David’s project Urban Bremerton. This 2020 photographic journal captures the spirit of Bremerton during the COVID-19 era, shifting the focus from the city’s past or future to instead celebrate the essence of its present moment.
David also introduces A Braver Way, a podcast by Monica Guzmán, which he produces and edits. This timely series aims to heal American civil society by fostering thoughtful conversations across the partisan divide. Such bridge-building is a consistent theme throughout David’s work, inviting listeners to experience the Pacific Northwest in new and insightful ways.
Host: Edward Krigsman
Guests: David Albright
Sound Engineering: Daniel Gunther
Recording Studio: Jack Straw Cultural Center, Seattle
Photography: Travis Lawton
Administration: Mary Mansour
Series music: Theme by Tomo Nakayama as performed Grand Hallway; additional music by Andrew Weathers and Fox Hunt
We record on the traditional lands of the Coast Salish peoples. Special thanks to Frances Lee and Deena Taylor.
“It’s not my story, and I have an idea of what their story probably is, or I have a larger narrative in mind that I’m hoping their story will fit into, but you must be careful about doing that because you’re not always reflecting their reality. So…that’s why when I think about storytelling, I try and be as open to taking the story where the subject wants to take it.”
