Bill Radke

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  Week In Review

  This week we're talking about safety and ethics

  Bill Radke reviews the week’s news with Seattle Channel’s Civic Cocktail host Joni Balter, former Washington State representative Jessyn Farrell and former Washington State attorney general Rob McKenna.

  Mar 15, 2019 at 4:35 pm
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  The Record

  March 14th | Do we worry too much?

  What do you worry about? Plane crashes? GMOs? Climate change? We speak to two researchers who have investigated some of life's most common concerns. And we hear from the Seattle Times' Heidi Groover about the transit bills that have died in Olympia. Plus: an investigation by Buzzfeed News reveals a dark side to the World Wildlife Fund. And Marketplace Tech host Molly Wood talks about automated airplanes and where automation is headed.

  Mar 14, 2019 at 4:10 pm
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  The Record

  The moral dilemma of Microsoft's HoloLens contract with the military

  Bill Radke spoke with a former creative director for HoloLens Monte Michaelis and Wendell Wallach, scholar at the Yale Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, about how the technology could be used in war, and what Microsoft’s responsibility is.

  Mar 14, 2019 at 2:58 pm
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  The Record

  March 13th | Investigation exposes bribery and fraud in college admissions

  How did you get into college? We look at the scandal that federal authorities are calling the biggest college admissions scam ever prosecuted by the U.S. Justice Department. We also look at why King County has halted its inquests, and what that means for those awaiting justice. And we replay our interview with author Lindy West, whose new Hulu show "Shrill," is out this week, based on her book.

  Mar 13, 2019 at 4:11 pm
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  March 12th | Are we prejudiced against our future selves?

  Embrace that rocking chair. The argument on nuclear power isn’t as cut and dried as it seems. And following this weekend’s crash, Boeing 737 Max 8s have been grounded in countries around the world – but not here.

  Mar 12, 2019 at 1:54 pm
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  The Record

  She was a couch potato. Then she set a U.S. hiking record

  Three-time Triple Crown backpacker Heather Anderson of Seattle discusses thru-hiking with Bill Radke.

  Mar 12, 2019 at 2:53 pm
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  March 11th | Heather Anderson’s thirst to be the best

  Go big (across the entire country) or go home. Boeing’s latest 737 Max 8 crash is raising serious safety and training questions. How do you recover from addiction? And the queer community you might be overlooking in so-called flyover states.

  Mar 11, 2019 at 2:37 pm
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  Week In Review

  This week we’re asking: Do tech companies have too much power?

  Bill Radke reviews the week’s news with KUOW’s web editor Sydney Brownstone, co-chair of the Washington Independents Chris Vance and Crosscut’s politics reporter Melissa Santos.

  Mar 08, 2019 at 2:41 pm
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  The Record

  March 7th | “As you can imagine, it’s a complex decision”: Mike O’Brien on tapping out

  Councilmember Mike O’Brien gives us an exit interview. The Not In My Backyard Olympics have come to Magnolia. And a new law could reverse decades of Native disenfranchisement in Washington State.

  Mar 07, 2019 at 1:37 pm
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  The luxury of saying 'No.'

  "No." The word is an exclamation. It’s a noun. It’s a complete sentence. It's also a luxury, according to poet Anastacia-Reneé Tolbert.

  Mar 07, 2019 at 12:59 pm