"Our political ideas describe a world that no longer exists"
What tech is the city of Seattle using to surveil its citizens? What does today's charter school ruling mean for education in Washington state? And how will we grapple with the increasing overlap between technology and the state?
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Jamie Susskind, Future Politics
With the increasing power and ubiquity of algorithms, says political theorist Jamie Susskind, software engineers are effectively social engineers. His new book, Future Politics, explores how technology is changing who has power, how they wield it, and how we as average citizens must hold them to account.
Surveillance In Seattle
Did you know the city of Seattle uses at least 29 different surveillance technologies? We talk to Seattle's Chief Privacy Officer Ginger Armbruster, spokesperson for the Seattle Police Department Sean Whitcomb, and KUOW reporter Carolyn Adolph.
WA Supreme Court gives charters the go-ahead
Charter schools won a victory today in the Washington State Supreme Court. Why is that a big deal? KUOW education reporter Ann Dornfeld joined Bill Radke to explain.
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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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