The TV getting us through, and reacting to, the COVID-19 pandemic
How much we do and don't want to see the pandemic reflected in our favorite TV. Tenants react to the extension of the federal eviction moratorium. And we talk policing and vaccines with Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan.
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TV in the COVID bubble
From "Blackish" to "Chicago PD," a variety of television programs have found ways to incorporate the coronavirus pandemic into their story worlds. But with COVID-19 filling every corner of our daily lives, how much do audiences want their shows to reflect reality? Salon.com's Melanie McFarland joins us to talk about TV in the COVID bubble.
An extension on the federal eviction mortarium, and what that means to local tenants
In one of his first executive orders as President, Joe Biden extended the federal eviction moratorium to March. Is this enough to help landlords and their tenants? Bill Radke is joined by Holly Blue of the Puget Sound Tenants Union.
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan 1.21
Our weekly conversation with Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan. Bill asks about what the mayor hopes to see from the new Biden Administration, COVID-19 vaccination rollout, and the latest news out of the Seattle Police Department.
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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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