Steve Scher
Stories
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Mandela’s Life, Minimum Wages, And A Seattle Police Shakeup
The world remembers Nelson Mandela, the Seattle Police Department shakes up its top ranks and supporters of a $15-an-hour minimum wage walk from SeaTac...
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Judge Finds Public Defense In Mount Vernon And Burlington Inadequate
Steve Scher talks with Seattle University School of Law professor Robert Boruchowitz about a federal judge's decision that Mount Vernon and Burlington...
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The US Constitution: Loved By Many, Read By Few...Except Colin Quinn
Steve Scher talks with comedian Colin Quinn about what he learned when he decided to sit down and read the entire US Constitution. Quinn's solo show...
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The Fight Against Junk Mail
Steve Scher talks to Alan Durning, the executive director and founder of Sightline Institution, about his crusade against junk mail. He wrote a blog...
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SeaTac Minimum Wage Earners: The Exception Or The Rule?
Steve Scher asks Quoctrung Bui of NPR's Planet Money how SeaTac's (impending) $15 minimum wage fits in among national minimum wage trends.
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Sherman Alexie Returns To His Base: 'White, Liberal Women Of Independent Bookstores'
Poet Sherman Alexie knows who to credit for his success as a writer. “Independent bookstores are the reason why I have a career,” he told Steve Scher on...
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Where’s The Beef From? Starting Saturday, Meat Labels Will Have To Tell You
Meat-eating grocery shoppers will see something new starting this Saturday: A label that includes the location of where the meat they’re buying was born...
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Witchita Shows Solidarity For NW Machinist, But Other Cities Still Wooing Boeing
Ross Reynolds and Steve Scher interview Huntsville, Ala., Mayor Tommy Battle and aviation reporter Daniel McCoy of the Wichita Business Journal about...
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John Hodgman On Flying, Seattle Socialists And 'The Twitter'
Comedian John Hodgman and songwriter John Roderick came by KUOW’s studios to promote their show at 8 p.m. on Friday at the Neptune Theatre in the...
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Nancy Pearl's Picks: Poetry And Football
Steve Scher sits down with everyone's favorite librarian Nancy Pearl for her book recommendations of the week including the collection “The Art Of...