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Sierra Club Wants Coal Out Of PSE's Stocking
ListenPuget Sound Energy owns and operates a coal-fired power plant out of Billings, Montana, that the Sierra Club calls "the dirtiest coal plant in the West." The Colstrip Plant meets EPA emission...
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Simon Winchester: SKULLS
ListenSkulls are potent symbols of death, life and danger, and they also can tell a fascinating story about natural history. Ross Reynolds talks with writer Simon Winchester about his new book about...
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Sub Pop Records: Going Out Of Business Since 1988!
ListenSub Pop Records may have started small but the label has always made a big impression. Sup Pop, which began as a fanzine and evolved into a record label in the late 1980s, is considered the...
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Seattle Web Entrepreneur's Efforts To Re-Brand Marijuana
Enlarge image Credit courtesy/Leafly.com Leafly.com has several features, including a color-coded chart that links different marijuana strains to specific diseases and symptoms.ListenMarijuana has been...
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Finding Love At 90
Coming up on KUOW Presents on Friday, November 30 at 2:00 p.m.Nate Kalichman, who is 90, and Paula Givan, 67, are spending their first holidays as a married couple. Sit with them and it seems like...
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One Month After Superstorm Sandy, A Long Recovery
Enlarge image Credit AP Photo/Seth Wenig A man walks past destroyed homes on the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens, New York, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Officials say New York City's free repair program for...
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Sea Trial Leaves Shell's Arctic Oil-Spill Gear "Crushed Like A Beer Can"
Shell Oil has been building and testing equipment designed for the Arctic Ocean here in Puget Sound. In September, a key test of underwater oil-spill equipment was a spectacular failure.
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King County Prosecutor Aims For Tougher Gun Penalties For Kids
Coming up on The Conversation, November 30 at noon.King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg is pushing for tougher penalties for kids that commit crimes with guns in Washington state. Under current rules...
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Fighting Infertility
ListenIn the popular television series Jon and Kate Plus 8, a couple suffering from infertility used artificial insemination to have children. What they didn’t plan on was the set of twins that arrived...
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Get Paid To Weatherize Your Home
ListenLots of people want to help pay to weatherize your home. But that money can be hard to get. Navigating all the public utility rebates and incentive programs — what a headache!In Seattle, there's...
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Becoming Dale Chihuly
ListenDale Chihuly was born in Tacoma, attended the University Of Washington, and went on to revolutionize glass art. His work is displayed all over the world, though it has been many years since he...
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The Year In Music
Coming up on Weekday at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, December 3What kind of year was 2012 musically? Which artists rose to the top? What musical trends did you hear? We review the year in music with The Vera...
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Nancy Pearl's Favorite Books Of 2012
Coming up on Weekday at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, December 3Enlarge imageBook commentator extraordinaire Nancy Pearl joins us with her picks for the best books of the year. Grab a pen, jot these titles...
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Left Brain Vs. Right Brain
Coming up on KUOW Presents on Monday, December 3 at 2:00 p.m.People often describe themselves as either left-brained — logical, analytical — or right-brained — intuitive, creative. According to...
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Baseball: A Mirror For America
Enlarge image Credit Seattle Municipal Archives University Heights Baseball Team, Seattle, circa 1920sListenWhat does Baseball history tell us about America? That we’re a nation of scandals and corrupt...
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Medicating Children
Enlarge image Credit Pink Sherbet Photography / Flickr ListenKids and drugs don't mix, unless you're talking about antipsychotic medication. Then they go together like peanut butter and jelly.From 2001...
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State Of The Re:Union: Jacksonville
Enlarge image Credit courtesy NPR and PRX State Of The Re:Union, hosted by Al Letson.Scheduled for Spotlight on December 3 at 8:00 p.m.Jacksonville, Florida is a lot of things: a military town. A...
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