How to improve your life by... limiting choice?
Contrary to what Starbucks and Tinder would have you believe, innumerable choices might just be making you miserable. Now that the viaduct’s gone, what will you see in its place? What really goes on after you send your (improperly sorted) recycling to the facility? And finally, some true tall tales about Seattle.
Barry Schwartz, The Paradox of Choice
Trader Joe’s wildly popular podcast is in its second season right now. It's the logical audio accompaniment to the many breathless listicles about 11 Things You Can't Miss in the Trader Joe's Beauty Aisle. Why does a grocery store have such a cult following? Possibly because everything is the same store brand, says psychologist Barry Schwartz. In complicated times T Joe's keeps things simple... and that may be what we all secretly want.
Welcome to Viadoom
What does Viadoom have to do with cupcakes? Or dress rehearsals? Or Grindelwald calling his followers? (Okay, that last one is a stretch, but tl;dr they both involve covering buildings with a scrim.) We spoke to KUOW’s Joshua McNichols and Casey Martin about what you can expect to see in place of the Alaskan Way Viaduct.
Wishful recycling
Wishful thinking can make you late for work, wreck your budget, and land you with a gym membership you’re never going to use. It can also severely disrupt a $37.6 billion industry, as KUOW’s Anna Boiko-Weyrauch learned during a visit to the recycling plant.
Robyn Powell on straw ban
This session, the Washington State Legislature is debating a law that would ban all straws - compostable and biodegradable, in addition to plastic. Last summer on the heels of Starbucks’ ban, we spoke with attorney and disability rights activist Robyn Powell about the disproportionate impact straws ban have on the disability rights community.
Dorothy Wilhelm, True Tales of Puget Sound
Like all places, the Puget Sound has its share of wacky history and tall tales. Dorothy Wilhelm’s new history book, True Tales of Puget Sound, captures some of each.
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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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