Seattle Children’s Hospital closes ORs as dangerous mold is found
What’s sickening kids at Seattle Children’s Hospital? The equity problems with gifted and talented education, and how Seattle hopes to fix them. An ancient Hopi flute, and an ode to lithium.
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Seattle Children's Hospital mold
The most famous hospital-borne illness is probably MRSA. But Seattle Children’s Hospital is suffering from another issue – aspergillus mold in the operating rooms that has sickened or killed several patients. The hospital is transferring people to other hospitals for treatment while they work to address the issue, which also cropped up earlier in the year. KING 5’s Chris Ingalls has been following the story.
Seattle Superintendent of Schools Denise Juneau
Gifted and talented programs often have a very visible diversity problem. In order to achieve more proportional representation of educationally advanced kids, Seattle Superintendent Denise Juneau says the whole program needs an overhaul. KUOW education reporter Ann Dornfeld joined Bill Radke for context.
Gary Stroutsos, Ongtupqa
Flautist Gary Stroutsos is renowned for his work playing the Hopi flute. A new documentary called Ongtupqa chronicles his time playing the flute in Salt Canyon.
Shira Erlichman, Odes to Lithium
Poet Shira Erlichman wrote a series of odes to something she initially found un-odeable: a psychiatric medication that has inspired fear, shame, and further illness. Odes to Lithium chronicles her journey with bipolar disorder.
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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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