Week in Review: Amazon HQ2, #MeToo, Boy Scouts
This week, some Seattle-area leaders told Amazon they'd like to hit the refresh button on their relationship with the company. Is Seattle going overboard with the apologizing? And what does Amazon owe Seattle for its success?
Social media saw a flood of stories of sexual harassment and abuse tagged #MeToo this week. Are there signs the Harvey Weinstein allegations will change things for anyone besides Harvey Weinstein?
A King County judge blocked an initiative that would have let voters decide whether to ban public funds for drug consumption sites. Who gets to vote on matters of public health?
Get caught up on the news:New York Times: Tarantino on Weinstein: 'I knew enough to do more than I did'Seattle Times: Seattle leaders look to push 'refresh' button with AmazonSeattle Times: Initiative to ban safe-injection sites in King County knocked down by judge
Our panel this week:
Cathy Allen @cathyallen206, president and CEO of political consulting firm The Connections Group
Zaki Barak Hamid @zakiseapod, program director at Humanities Washington
Rob McKenna @robmckenna, former Washington State Attorney General
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Bill Radke
Host
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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Jason Pagano
Interim News Director
Jason Pagano is KUOW's Assistant News Director. He previously worked as a producer on many of KUOW's local shows, including The Conversation, Weekday, The Record, Morning Edition and Week in Review. In 2020, he helped launch KUOW’s daily news podcast, Seattle Now.
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