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How A Blind Person Can "See" Using Echolocation
Brian Bushway is blind, but he says he can "see" just as well as anyone else using a technique called echolocation. Like a bat, he makes sounds with his mouth to locate and identify cars, bushes, walls...
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Canada, Culture And Commerce
Coming up on Weekday, July 31 at 10:00 a.m.Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer brings us the latest news from Canada, Everett Herald film critic Robert Horton looks at how rain is used in film and...
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Al-Jazeera America Comes To Seattle And Tips For Preserving Summer Fruits
Coming up on Weekday, July 31 at 9:00 a.m.Al-Jazeera America Launches In SeattleLongtime KING 5 television reporter and anchor Allen Schauffler signed off this week, but not for good. Schauffler has...
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Anti-Smoking Cuts Pose Risk To Public Health
Washington state is cutting back funding for the smoking cessation hotline. That means some people will only be able to call once. Are stop-smoking hotlines effective? Will this cutback lead to more...
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Scholars Want To Embargo Dissertations
Many Ph.D. candidates have been putting their dissertations online when they’re done. But that means academic publications are less interested in publishing their research, since it’s already out...
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Getting Fresh With Ross And Sheryl: Blueberries
Heading to the farmers market this week? Pick up some blueberries! They are the world’s super fruit, high in antioxidants and other nutrients. Ross Reynolds talks to Sheryl Wiser of the Puget Sound...
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NSA: America’s Most Secret Agency
For 31 years journalist James Bamford has been writing about the National Security Agency and the threats he sees it posing to our privacy. Even after all the recent revelations about NSA spying on...
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How Do You Balance Work And Life?
Balancing work and the rest of your life can be incredibly hard, especially in the contemporary work environment. A recent study found that almost 40 percent of men and 25 percent of women in...
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Burn Ban Issued Across Washington State
The Department of Natural Resources issued an updated burn ban to include all lands protected by the DNR in Washington state. The ban will be in effect until September 30 and includes prescribed burns...
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Regulators Announce New Scrutiny Of Proposed Coal Export Terminal
A proposal to build the West Coast’s biggest coal export terminal will face stiff environmental scrutiny by regulators.
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The Elusive Digital Stradivarius
Ever since the ballad of John Henry, the man who raced against a steam drill to see which could lay railroad tracks the fastest, we've had a fascination with pitting humans against machines. People...
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Call-In: Road Trip Lessons, And The Rare Female Detective
Coming up on Weekday, August 1 at 10:00 a.m.Call-in: Lessons Learned From Your Worst Road TripThe most memorable road trips are often those that don’t go well. What lesson did you learn from your worst...
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Providing Equal Health Care, Art Of Our City, And The Interfaith Amigos
Coming up on Weekday, August 1 at 9:00 a.m. Providing Equal HealthcareThe Human Rights Campaign released its 2013 Healthcare Equality Index. The HEI is a survey of how health care facilities treat...
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Homeless Encampments: A Necessary Evil?
On Monday the Seattle City Council voted against legislation to expand homeless camp sites, like Nickelsville and Tent City. Reverend Sandy Brown was a founding member of the Committee to End...
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The Future Of Labor Movements In America
Fast food workers around the country are agitating for higher wages and better working conditions. Here in Seattle, workers are trying to get fast food restaurant managers arrested for the crime of...
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Seattle Times Editor Departing For Dean Position
In this era of digital media David Boardman, the departing executive editor of the Seattle Times, said he sees a great future ahead for newspapers.
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Seattle Opera Creates Backstage Magic For "Ring Cycle"
If a Hollywood filmmaker decided to make a movie version of composer Richard Wagner's epic "Ring Cycle," he would probably have the latest computer wizardry at his fingertips. But the "Ring" is...
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A Symphony Of Sirens
What is the sound of Seattle? Metro buses? Drum circles? Every city has distinctive sounds, and collectively, they form a kind of soundtrack beneath the "movie" of your life.Arseny Avraamov was...
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Biotech News, And What's In The Fridge?
Coming up on Weekday, August 2 at 9:00 a.m.Biotech NewsWhat's happening in the world of biotech? Journalist Luke Timmerman from Xconomy tells us about the region’s big stories.What’s In The Fridge?“The...
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Your Take On The News
Coming up on Weekday, August 2 at 10:00 a.m.It's Friday: time to talk over the week's news with Seattle Times assistant political editor Joni Balter, Crosscut writer Knute Berger and Q13 Fox political...
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