How do animals get into the drawers at the Burke Museum?
The Record takes a peak behind the glass and in the drawers at the Burke Museum. Richard Louv wants you to combat loneliness in the wild. Grizzlies might be making be a comeback in the North Cascades after all. And the birds we love and the ones we love to hate.
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A behind the scenes tour of the Burke
The Record team takes a tour of the newly remodeled Burke Museum with mammologist Jeff Bradley. He tells us how an animals gets from the road to the drawers at the Burke.
Richard Louv, Our Wild Calling
Are we getting lonelier? Nature writer Richard Louv wants us to connect with animals more, both domestic and wild for our sake and theirs. He talks to Bill Radke about species loneliness and explores special animal encounters in his new book Our Wild Calling: How Connecting with Animals Can Transform Our Lives – and Save Theirs.
Reintroducing grizzly bears to the North Cascades
The controversial decision to bring grizzlies back to Washington may be just around the corner. In 2020, Washington legislators may finally introduce up to 25 bears to the North Cascades. In 2016, Bill Radke spoke with Chris Morgan, host of KUOW's The Wild, about why he wants the bears to make a comeback.
Dumbs Birds of North America
There is something annoying about birds, even when you’re a birder. Bill Radke talks to two Seattle authors and avian savants about how sometimes the worst behaviors of birds are our own fault. Matt Kracht is the author of The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America. Lyanda Haupt is the author of Mozart’s Starling.
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Bill Radke
Host
Bill hosts Week In Review and Words in Review. After starting with KUOW as a University of Washington student in 1985, Bill was KUOW's morning host in the '90s and the creator of past show, Rewind, a news-satire show heard on KUOW and nationwide on NPR. Bill moved away to Southern California to host American Public Media's Weekend America and Marketplace Morning Report and returned to KUOW in 2012.
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Brandi Fullwood
Senior Producer
Brandi Fullwood is a senior producer for KUOW’s midday show Soundside. She joined KUOW in 2019 as a producer on The Record and was promoted to her current position in 2021. She has produced a range of stories from dinosaur experts to misinformation in the 2020 election. They’ve also produced and reported pieces for other KUOW programs like Seattle Now.
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