Like so many of our neighbors, do you feel unsheltered?
Novelist Barbara Kingsolver’s new book explores what happens when you do everything right and still can’t find the ground beneath you. Separately: what should you do if you see a spider in your home? And for teens who carry guns: why? And is there a better way?
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Barbara Kingsolver on Unsheltered
We are a country divided, and Barbara Kingsolver has a front-row seat. As someone who works in publishing but lives in Appalachia, she sees the disconnect between her coastal friends who can’t believe she lives in “the middle of nowhere,” and neighbors who don’t always trust outsiders. Her new book Unsheltered contrasts the present day with another moment when the nation’s house was divided against itself: the 1870s.
Youth gun advocacy
Why do teens carry guns? KUOW’s Patricia Murphy asked a youth named Millionaire Lavish and Will Jimerson. Will is a community advocate who was one of the first juveniles to be tried as an adult in King County, for murder. Bill Radke spoke to Patricia and Will after that interview, to learn more about why nearly half of the county’s shooting victims are under 25, and what they hope will change.
Spider season debunked
You may have noticed an eight-legged invasion of your home this fall: and every fall, really. Did you know that most of these spiders are male, prowling for a female to mate with? Or that “spider season” might actually be a myth? Here to explain, and to answer the most important question – should you kill them, or not? – is spider expert and Portland State University biology professor, Susan Masta.
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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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