Steve Scher
Stories
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Fighting Discrimination Against Disabled Kids In Nepal
Steve Scher talks with Robert Rose, a Bellevue-area portrait photographer, about challenging Nepal's cultural bias against the disabled community. In...
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Noah Strycker: We Learn About Ourselves Through Bird Behavior
Steve Scher talks with Noah Strycker about his book, “The Thing With Feathers: The Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal about Being Human.”
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U.S. Legislators Show Progress In Washington, D.C.
Steve Scher talks with Andrea Seabrook, founder of DecodeDC, about how the so-called lame-duck Congress may be turning over a new leaf.
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Former Pot 'Czar:' Washington's Taking Wrong Approach To Regulating Pot
Steve Scher talks with UCLA public policy professor Mark Kleiman about why Washington and Colorado are taking the wrong approach to legalizing marijuana...
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Medical Pot, Minimum Wage, And Lawmakers Wrap Up In Olympia
State lawmakers adjourn in Olympia, Seattle's $15 minimum wage gets more scrutiny and President Obama tries comedy to pitch the Affordable Care Act to...
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Jim Diers: 'Community Participation,' A Key For Seattle's Future
Steve Scher talks with former Seattle Neighborhoods Department Director Jim Diers about his hopes for the upcoming Seattle Neighborhood Summit in April.
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Nancy Pearl: Mystery And Science Fiction
Steve Scher and librarian Nancy Pearl get reacquainted with old authors and also discover new names on the mystery and science fiction shelves at...
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Local Seniors Share How They Use The World Wide Web
As part of our week-long series on the 25th anniversary of the World Wide Web, The Record takes a trip to the Ballard Senior Center to learn how senior...
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As A First State To Regulate Ridesharing, California Offers Its Progress
Steve Scher talks with San Francisco Chronicle reporter Carolyn Said about California's state-wide rideshare regulations. Said talks about how they are...
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Designing The Happy City
Steve Scher talks with author Charles Montgomery about his book, "Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design."