Rising Popularity Of Microhousing
As the cost of living continues to rise in the city, people are finding it harder to find an affordable place to live. To accommodate the demand, developers are building microhousing -- tiny studio...
View Article"Salt, Sugar, Fat: How The Food Giants Hooked Us"
David Hyde sits down with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Michael Moss to talk about the role that processed food companies play in obesity and the health of consumers and what they learned from...
View ArticleThe Physics Of Wall Street
What can physics teach us about finance? A great deal according to physicist and mathematician James Owen Weatherall. He says markets can be understood, and to a degree even predicted, by using...
View ArticleNaked Statistics: Stripping The Dread From The Data
In his new book author Charles Wheelen makes the claim that statistics can be really interesting, and most of it isn't that difficult. Not convinced? Ross Reynolds lets Charles Wheelen makes his case...
View ArticleJon Ronson Discusses His Wacky Experiences In Journalism
Journalist Jon Ronson has interviewed a wide array of interesting characters, ranging from the hip-hop duo, Insane Clown Posse, to a man who tried to split the atom in his kitchen. Ronson is the...
View ArticleWhat Are Your Blindspots?
What are our hidden biases or blind spots, and how can they divert us from doing what we think is right? Ross Reynolds interviews University of Washington psychology professor Anthony Greenwald,...
View ArticleHow Children Succeed: Paul Tough
Coming up on The Conversation, February 20 at noon.Why do some children succeed and others fail? Paul Tough went looking for the answer to that question, and in the process learned the answer is...
View ArticleJared Diamond: Learning From Traditional Societies
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jared Diamond joins Ross Reynolds in front of a live studio audience. For decades he has studied Papua New Guinea cultures. He writes about what we can learn from...
View ArticleShining Light On The Age Of Edison
When Thomas Edison displayed the first lightbulbs the reaction was utter amazement. University of Tennessee history professor Ernest Freeberg talks with Ross Reynolds about how Edison’s wonder invented...
View ArticleShould Washington Get Tougher On DUIs?
The King County prosecutor filed four felony charges of vehicular homicide and vehicular assault yesterday against Mark W. Mullan. He’s the alleged drunken driver who killed two people and wounded two...
View ArticleRay Suarez On "Latino Americans"
Journalist Ray Suarez just finished writing a new book called "Latino Americans." The way he sees it, American history as it's currently taught tends to ignore Latinos. He hopes to change that. His...
View ArticleThe Revised Fundamentals Of Caregiving
Northwest novelist Jonathan Evison talks about how he buried his first three novels before achieving his first success. Ross Reynolds talks with Evison about that and his most recent book, "The Revised...
View ArticleDavid Sheff Comes Clean On Addiction
Journalist and author David Sheff struggled to save his son Nic from addiction and he recounted his experience in the memoir "Beautiful Boy." In his new book "Clean," Sheff argues addiction is not a...
View ArticleHas The Internet Turned All Us Davids Into Goliaths?
According to Nicco Mele the Internet is the great leveler and the age of "big" has ended. Who has power and control when almost everyone has access? Ross Reynolds talks to Nicco Mele about the...
View ArticleMichael Gruber: From Ghost Writer To Novelist
Seattle writer Michael Gruber published the first novel under his own name 10 years ago when he turned 63. Since the he’s published four more thrillers and one children’s book.Stephen King said...
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