Democracy vouchers go national
Kirsten Gillibrand might take a local experiment across the country. Is it possible to consume in a carbon neutral way? A look at how the values that made America great are now bringing America down. And what happens when the roller derby leaves your town.
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Democracy Dollars
Presidential Kirsten Gillibrand has unveiled a plan called “Democracy Dollars.” Eligible voters could opt into the program and get vouchers to give to the candidate of their choice. Sound familiar? Margaret Morales, a researcher at the Sightline Institute, discusses how democracy vouchers would play on a bigger stage.
Amazon carbon neutrality
What if you could order all the short-turn consumer goods you wanted and not have to worry about the carbon downsides? There are offsets for that. But do they work? We spoke to Amazon employee Emily Cunningham and Paula DiPerna, North America special advisor at CDP.
Steven Brill, Tailspin
Steven Brill says his generation broke America. He's a baby boomer who says over the past five decades, the values that made America great are now bringing America down. His new book, Tailspin, tracks how that happened – and explains why he’s surprisingly optimistic.
Rat City Rollers
Roller derby is retro cool again, but increasingly far from Seattle. Rat City Roller Derby founding member Carmin “Clobberin Mame” Thomas came to explain what a community loses when their derby team has to leave town.
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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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