The view from a Shanghai taxi
A veteran NPR correspondent’s drive for the story. A tale of two counties. Forced conservatorship in San Francisco. And some of what we don’t know we don’t know about Kim Jong Un.
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Frank Langfitt, The Shanghai Free Taxi
NPR correspondent Frank Langfitt began his career out of college driving taxis in Philly. Years later in Shanghai, he did it again – this time for free. The true cost of the fare was in the conversations. His new book is The Shanghai Free Taxi: Journeys with the Hustlers and Rebels of the New China.
Low level drug prosecutions
King and Snohomish Counties both decided to walk back prosecutions of low-level drug possession charges, opting instead for diversion and treatment. Now King County is doubling down, while Snohomish reconsiders. We called Seattle University law professor Deborah Ahrens to talk about why.
San Francisco conservatorship
San Francisco can now involuntarily treat people who are suffering from a trifecta of homelessness, mental illness, and drug addiction. Does it work? Susan E. Collins directs the Harm Reduction Research and Treatment Center at Harborview.
Anna Fifield, The Great Successor
Washington and Pyongyang continue to be at an impasse. What happens next? Anna Fifield is Beijing bureau chief for the Washington Post, and has investigated the rise and rule of the North Korean leader. Her book is The Great Successor: The Divinely Perfect Destiny of Brilliant Comrade Kim Jong Un.
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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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