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Education
9:00 am
Wed April 17, 2013

Closing The Opportunity Gap For Students Of Color

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Closing the opportunity gap for students.

Trish Millines Dziko co-founded the Technology Access Foundation in 1996 to provide science, math, engineering and technology education for Seattle's students of color. Access to technology has improved since the foundation was created, but many low-income students and students of color still face obstacles to becoming innovators and creators. How can we close the gap so all students have equal opportunities? Can programs like this work in all of our school districts? Trish Dziko joins us.

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Author Interview
11:58 am
Tue April 16, 2013

Has The Internet Turned All Us Davids Into Goliaths?

Cover of 'The End of Big" by Nicco Mele.

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 Internet, the distribution of power and his new book, "The End of Big." 

News & Analysis
10:00 am
Wed April 10, 2013

Canada, Culture And Commerce

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Vaughn Palmer in a KUOW studio.

Vancouver Sun political correspondent Vaughn Palmer brings us the latest news from Canada, Everett Herald film critic Robert Horton looks at what's happening at the movies, and Geekwire's Todd Bishop reviews the latest in tech.

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Trivial Interviews
11:41 am
Mon April 8, 2013

Overheard In The Green Room: Ken Jenning's Kryptonite

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Ken Jennings.

In 2011, you were chosen as one of the two humans to be play against IBM's Watson supercomputer. What was it like playing against a robot?

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