Why you need to be in Oregon on Aug. 21
Bill Radke talks to former NPR reporter David Baron about why he believes everyone should witness a full solar eclipse in their lifetime. Baron also talks about his new book "American Eclipse" that tells the story of the 1878 full solar eclipse that stretched across the American West and drew the nation's scientists and eclipse chasers.
If you are interested in seeing the eclipse in the "path of totality," you can visit Madras, Oregon. Bill talks to Lysa Vattimo who is helping the town prepare for the thousands of people expecting to travel to Madras to camp out and watch the eclipse. Visit Madras Eclipse for more information.
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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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