Is nature really healing?
If only the memes were true. A chat with King County Executive Dow Constantine, and with Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman. And a look at how one area already plagued by gentrification is weathering the pandemic.
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Is nature healing?
Dolphins in the canals of Venice was news that so many of us wanted to be true, a silver lining to the deadly disease that was ravaging the globe. But the dolphins were a trick of the internet, and reports of nature healing while we’re all on lockdown are greatly exaggerated, Grist reporter Kate Yoder told KUOW’s Jeannie Yandel.
King County Executive Dow Constantine 8.4
Protesters have been on the move lately – often to local officials’ houses. It’s perfectly valid as long as people aren’t threatening, says King County Executive Dow Constantine. He spoke with KUOW’s Zaki Hamid about that, COVID numbers, the county’s response to homelessness, and more.
Secretary of State Kim Wyman on Election Day
It’s primary election day! We spoke to Kim Wyman, Secretary of State (and current candidate on the ballot) about what they’re seeing now and what it forebodes for the big Election Day in November.
OPB on Vancouver WA
What happens when you take an area already fighting to hold in against gentrification and add a pandemic that’s robbing many of their livelihoods, and thus their ability to pay business or personal rent? Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Troy Brynelson spoke with folks in Vancouver, WA’s Fourth Plain corridor.
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Zaki Barak Hamid
Director of Community Engagement
Zaki leads the Community Engagement department, whose main goal is to facilitate connections between the various communities of the Puget Sound area and the content division, so that KUOW's news coverage is more holistic and informed by listeners' needs. His favorite programs include initiatives that facilitate understanding between people who might disagree with each other, such as StoryCorp's One Small Step.
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