Boundless Blocks! UW Graduation gets a Minecraft twist
The UDub's Minecraft group is building a blocky world for the official University of Washington commencement ceremony. Also, Seattle's PrideFest is happening in person--just in October. Then, Ronit Plank tells about losing a parent to a cult and why she has zero patience for coercive spiritual leaders.
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Boundless and Blocky: UW gets a Minecraft graduation
The UDub Minecraft group is building a ceremony for the official commencement ceremony. Graduates and alums will visit the server, entering a replica build of the campus and UDistrict. Will they be able to throw their caps in the air? Bill Radke spoke with Evelyn Chew, an administrator and member of the UDub Minecraft team, about the virtual graduation day plans. Sign up for the event here: https://www.udubminecraft.com/events/commencement21
Ronit Plank on family, cults, and her new memoir
Ronit Plank was six years old when her mother announced she was leaving the family to visit a guru on an ashram in India to follow his teachings on dynamic meditation, Hinduism, psychotherapy, the human potential movement, and lots of sex. Then, the colony fell apart amidst charges of fraud, bio-terrorism and an assassination plot. Bill Radke spoke with Ronit Plank about her new memoir, "When She Comes Back," how her mother's search for answers affected the family.
An in-person PrideFest is coming this October
June is Pride Month, and with current recommendations in place for vaccines and masks that means the festivities will be virtual. But, Seattle's PrideFest want to mark the special occasion with an in person event, just later in the year. Will Seattle take on a no cops at pride position like other cities? Bill Radke spoke with Egan Orion, executive director of PrideFest about how he's planning an in person PrideFest for the fall.
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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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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.
More stories from Bill Radke »
