Speak Up: 50 Million Americans Are Having Trouble Hearing You
Helen Keller said that, "Blindness cuts us off from things, but deafness cuts us off from people." Ross Reynolds discusses the malady currently affecting 50 million Americans with The New York Times...
View ArticleGovernor Announces Charter School Commission Appointments
Last November, voters approved Initiative 1240 to establish charter schools in Washington state and today the governor announced who is going to sit on the commission that will review and approve...
View ArticleAn Exit Interview With WSDOT Head Paula Hammond
This Friday will be Washington Transportation Secretary Paula Hammond's last day on the job after 30 years with the state department of transportation. Ross Reynolds sits down with Paula Hammond to...
View ArticleYour Passion For Firewood
How much do you love fires and firewood? A book and 12-hour television show about firewood have turned out to be wildly popular in Norway. What about here?Answer this question.
View ArticleWinning The White House In 2016
Coming up on Weekday at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 7In an interview with Fox News earlier this week, Mitt Romney said that failing to reach minority voters was his biggest mistake of the 2012...
View ArticleConnie Rice On Seattle Police Reform
Coming up on Weekday at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 7A plan from the court-appointed monitor overseeing Seattle’s police reforms to address biased policing and excessive use of force within the SPD...
View ArticleFive Minutes Onstage At Ignite Seattle
If you had five minutes on stage, what would you say? That's the premise of Ignite Seattle, a regular worldwide event where presenters get five minutes and 20 slides to get a point across. Speakers at...
View ArticleSinger-Songwriter Shelby Earl Live In Studio
Seattle singer-songwriter Shelby Earl released her debut album, the folk-rock "Burn the Boats," in 2011. Since then she’s been touring and working on her second album, due out this year. She stops by...
View ArticleYour Take On The News
It’s Friday — time to review the week’s news with Knute Berger, Eli Sanders and C.R. Douglas. Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn and City Attorney Pete Holmes clash over police reform. Seattle Public Schools...
View ArticleStates With The Most Gun-Control Laws Have Fewest Gun-Related Deaths
States with the most gun control laws have the fewest gun-related deaths, according to a study published this week in the medical journal JAMA Internal Medicine. Researchers found that states with the...
View ArticleThis Week In Olympia With Austin Jenkins
Ross Reynolds talks with Olympia correspondent Austin Jenkins about the latest legislative action on education, environment, guns and the death penalty.
View ArticleConversation News Quiz!
Have you been paying attention to The Conversation? Ross Reynolds tests the retention of one lucky Conversation listener in the weekly news quiz.
View ArticleTSA Relaxation On Sharp Objects Gets Criticism From Airline Workers
TSA Administrator John Pistole has announced a change to the Prohibited Items List. Starting April 25 of this year, passengers can now include in their carry-on luggage some previously banned items...
View ArticleTell Us Your Story About Discipline In Seattle Public Schools
Students of color are punished in far higher numbers than white students in Seattle. Now the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights is looking at whether black students are disciplined more...
View ArticleEarly Recollections Of Prague And War With Madeleine Albright
Scheduled for Speakers Forum on Thursday, March 14 at 8 p.m.
View ArticleHow Healthy Is Seattle?
What is well-being? How do you measure it? And how do Seattle and Washington state measure up in terms of healthy behaviors and happy outlook?Ross Reynolds talked to Dr. Carter Coberley, vice president...
View ArticleRon Sims And The Seattle Mayoral Race
Coming up on Weekday on Monday, March 11 at 10 a.m.Former King County Executive Ron Sims has retired from his position as deputy secretary for the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. Will...
View ArticleSummer School Back In Seattle Public Schools
Summer school will be back in session on a limited basis in Seattle Public Schools after it was cut from the budget two years ago.
View ArticleThe Curious Fates Of Famous Corpses
American culture loves celebrity. Magazines and television shows follow the lives of celebrities like an ongoing mini-series -- until they die. That’s when we typically set down one tale and start...
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