Dirty birds
When eagles become trash-pickers. High capacity magazines. The art of tattooing. And controversy at a Burien high school.
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Trash eagles
Eagles: majestic. Noble. Inspiring. Also, dirty and prone to spreading trash across the manicured lawns of the Pacific Northwest. Steve Osmek, wildlife manager at Sea-Tac Airport, spoke to Bill Radke about a King County plan to disperse eagles from the landfill using… hand-fired pyrotechnics.
High capacity magazines
There’s a bill in Olympia that could make Washington the 9th state in the nation to limit the number of rounds in a firearm magazine. Renee Hopkins, CEO of the Alliance for Gun Responsibility, supports the bill; Dave Workman of TheGunMag.com is in opposition.
Tattoo culture
Seattle is a heavily tattooed city. And the Museum of Pop Culture is recognizing that with a show on tattoing and tattoo culture in the area. Tattoo artists Ricky Gaspar, Emma Kate Shaw, and Nahaan are all featured in the exhibit.
Kennedy Catholic High School protests
Two teachers have departed Burien’s Kennedy Catholic High School under disputed circumstances. The school says they resigned voluntarily; the teachers’ supporters say they were pushed out for being in same-gender partnerships. KUOW digital reporter Ashley Hiruko was at the scene of one of the protests.
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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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