Burned out? Here’s some advice.
Millennials: burned out? Not a new phenomenon, with possibly ancient cures. Do you want your airline safety features to be like the after-market upgrades on your car? And: electroconvulsive therapy is the second most controversial medical procedure, other than abortion. Now the legislature might legalize its involuntary application.
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Burnout
¬¬Do you feel exhausted all the time? Run down, in a way that even #selfcare can’t fix? If you’re a millennial, says Buzzfeed’s Anne Helen Petersen, that might just be your normal. On the heels of her piece "How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation,” we spoke with her about the phenomenon. We also spoke to spiritual baby boomers Pastor John Haralson of Grace Church Seattle and Rabbi Daniel Weiner, from Temple De Hirsch Sinai in Seattle.
Boeing safety features: optional?
When you rent a car, there’s that screen that offers you an array of extra insurance. You usually skip it, right? Why pay for something that will likely never happen? Some airlines made a similar bet when it came to optional safety features on Boeing’s 737 Max 8 jets, and it may have increased the danger of crashes like the two that have happened in the last five months. We spoke to Jimmy Anderson, attorney at the Aviation Law Group.
Involuntary electroshock therapy
The phrase “involuntary electroshock therapy” conjures images of being strapped to boards in sanitariums, in a bygone era. But it can be a useful last resort for severe depression, and now the Washington state legislature is considering legislation that would allow it to be applied without consent. Hisam Goueli is a psychiatrist at the Northwest Hospital and Medical Center.
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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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