American Girl dolls explore the strange history of… the 80s
Courtney is here, and she’s coming to a mall near you. Also, what really happened at last night’s city council meeting and how UW professors are preparing to return to the classroom.
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Courtney, the 1986 American Girl doll
Remember American Girl dolls? There was the colonial era one, the formerly enslaved one, the suffragette one – and now there’s one from 1986, whose historical trappings include a Heathers poster and trips to the mall. Alison Horrocks and Mary Mahoney host the American Girls podcast, and joined Bill Radke to discuss this relatively recent history.
City council's scuffle with Durkan over police budget continues
There’s that scene in Sleeping Beauty when the two fairies keep turning Briar Rose’s dress blue, then pink, then blue, then pink from across the room. Something with a more than passing similarity just happened in the Seattle City Council, where the mayor expressed opposition to the budget that they then passed and the mayor then vetoed, which veto the council just overturned. Crosscut’s David Kroman explains it all.
Joe Janes on a remote back-to-school
After a chaotic transition during spring quarter, UW professors are returning to remote coursework with some experience and prep time. What will that look like? To find out, Bill Radke spoke with former Faculty Senate leader Joe Janes.
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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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