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Nancy Pearl's Summer Reading Suggestion, And What's In Your Fridge?

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The Rise In Heroin Use

There has been an alarming rise in the number of young people using heroin according to a newly released UW study. What is causing the increase? Heroin users are hard to monitor. What numbers were crunched to give us these latest statistics? Caleb Banta-Green researched and authored the report on “Heroin Trends Across Washington State.

Nancy Pearl Recommends Mysteries

Book commentator Nancy Pearl stops by with a brief book recommendation for your summer reading. This week she recommends "The Last Policeman" by Ben Winters and "Crashed" by Timothy Hallinan.

What's In The Fridge?

Americans waste a lot of food, partly because we don’t know how to reinvent our leftovers. The Chef in the Hat regularly helps us imagine new cooking ideas. So look in your fridge, and tell us what you have on hand. Then call 206.543.5869 and Thierry Rautureau will tell invent a new meal for you tonight!

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