A state of emergency had been declared. A stadium employee had tested positive for Covid-19. Why did this Sounders match happen anyway?
What went into the decision to let the game go on. How anxious is social distancing making you? And how are you dealing with thoughts about death? Lastly, some voices of the pandemic.
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The Sounders game that went on despite a pandemic
On March 7th, the Seattle Sounders played a home game. 33,000 people squeezed into CenturyLink Field – where days before, a concessions worker had tested positive for COVID-19. Why did the game go forward, and who made the final call? Ken Armstrong is a ProPublica reporter who collaborated with the Seattle Times on their investigation.
UW social isolation study
Every evening at 7:30, 500 people in King County get a text from Adam Kuczynski. He asks questions like, how anxious are you? When you spoke to others today, was it only about the coronavirus? Adam is a clinical psychology grad student at the Center for the Science of Global Connection studying the health effects of social distancing.
Alua Arthur, death doula
Death is on a lot of people’s minds right now. But according to Alua Arthur, this can be a rich time – a great opportunity to meet ourselves. Alua is a death doula and founder of the end of life planning group Going With Grace. She spoke with Bill Radke about ritual, fear, and what death can teach us about how to live our lives.
Voices of the Pandemic 4.20
KUOW has a new series called Voices of the Pandemic – stories from COVID-19’s frontlines. Today we heard from firefighter Evan Hurley and critical care physician Mike Holmes.
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Bill Radke
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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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