Sleeping outside is no longer a crime in Boise: is Seattle next?
Seattle’s streetcar may not be named Desire after all – eventually, it might just be known as "canceled."
Episode Clips
Boise homelessness ruling, 9.12.18
Last week a judge in Boise ruled that criminalizing sitting, lying, and sleeping in public spaces was cruel and unusual punishment. What does that mean for homeless people in Seattle? Tristia Bauman is a senior attorney with the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty; she talks with Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes.
AI and dementia, 9.12.18
If you have a parent or grandparent dealing with dementia, they may struggle with something called sundowners syndrome. As night falls, many adults become agitated and afraid. Right now, that’s usually treated with sedatives. But what if you could simply hand someone a calming object? That’s the idea behind a robotic harp seal named Paro. Quartz reporter Corinne Purtill has written about the technology and the ethics of robots in the context of cognitive decline.
Streetcars with Mike Lindblom, 9.12.18
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan has a dilemma. Should she fulfill the promise of a new downtown streetcar? Or should she scrap the over-budget project? We asked Seattle Times reporter Mike Lindblom.
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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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