Ross Reynolds
Stories
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Julia Harrison Sees The World Through Her Sweet Tooth
Julia Harrison’s sweet tooth and her training as an anthropologist have led her on some delicious adventures. On her Sweet Travel blog, she writes about
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Puerto Rico Votes For Statehood
Last Tuesday Puerto Ricans cast a public opinion vote to become the 51st state. But what does that mean for those voters and for the rest of the US?Christina Duffy Ponsa is a law professor at Columbia University and the co-editor of "Foreign in a Domestic Sense: Puerto Rico, American Expansion, and the Constitution." She joins us to talk about Puerto Rico's current status and how things might change with this vote.
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State Representatives On Funding Public Education
In January the State Supreme Court ruled that Washington has not met its constitutional duty to fund K-12 education. Representatives Gary Alexander and Ross Hunter serve on the Ways and Means Committee, and they discuss what steps the House is taking to fund basic education.
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Glenn Greenwald On Liberty And Justice
Glenn Greenwald is a columnist on civil liberties and US national security issues for the Guardian. A former constitutional lawyer, he has written for Salon and is the author of three books, "How Would a Patriot Act?" a critique of the Bush administration's use of executive power; "A Tragic Legacy," which examines the Bush legacy; and "With Liberty and Justice For Some: How the Law Is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful."Greenwald On Seattle's Police Drone ProposalGreenwald is concerned about a Seattle Police proposal to start using unmanned drones in the city. “It enables a ubiquitous surveillance state that currently does not exist.”Seattle police spokesman Sean Whitcomb compares the drones to “fancy, remote-controlled helicopters” that would only be used in special instances, such as peering into a barricaded building when there may be hostages. The police also say the drones they’d use can only stay in the air for 10 minutes due to limited battery life. But Greenwald is not reassured. “I’m sure that in the first instance, that is the case – to make people comfortable,” he said. “If you believe the Seattle Police can be trusted to have hovering drones surveilling whomever they want, why have them up for only 30 minutes? Why not have them up continuously? And that’s clearly the direction [this] is headed.”Greenwald is also skeptical that the drone program would be transparent, even if Seattle Police say all of the pictures and videotapes recorded by the drones would be made available to the public. “Looking at the history of federal, state and local police in the United States, do you believe this power won’t be abused?”
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"The Big Screen"
Ross Reynolds talks with film historian critic and commentator David Thomson about why he decided to undertake nothing less than the story of the movies in his new book, “The Big Screen.”
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Charles Sabine On Genetic Testing
Charles Sabine was a war correspondent with NBC for 25 years, covering conflicts all over the world — including Bosnia, Baghdad, and the Rwanda genocide. His reporting garnered him an Emmy and many other journalism awards. But four years ago his focus completely changed after getting a genetic test that revealed a lethal fate.Ross Reynolds talks with Charles Sabine about what it is like to know you have deadly and degenerative disease in your future and the risks and rewards of genetic testing.Charles Sabine recounts his family's struggles with Huntington's Disease.http://youtu.be/e7Ub8DcJxyg
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Washington's Results: Red Vs. Blue
The results are in! Well, almost. We discuss how the races played out for each side of the isle. Joining us are Chris Vance, former chair of the Republican Party in Washington, and Christian Sinderman, a Democratic political consultant and the founder of Northwest Passage.
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Washington Election Roundup
We take a deeper look at last night’s elections with polling expert Matt Barreto to see what strategies led to success.
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Top Sites To Watch Tonight As Election Results Roll In
Hanson Hosein, director of the digital media program at the University of Washington, recommends top websites to watch for election results and commentary on election night.Hanson's Top 10 Resources For Election Night:GigaOM: a list of mainstream media outlets streaming live elections coveragezeebox: a mobile app for iOS, integrates video and social mediaBreakingNews.com: NBC News Digital's web app for breaking news from hundreds of news sourcesFiveThirtyEight: elections forecasts by New York TimesThe Fix: elections forecasts by Washington PostUW Election Eye: regional coverage by UW students in partnership with the Seattle TimesTwitter’s Political Engagement Map: Romney and Obama tweets, organized by geographic engagementTwitter’s Political Index: indexes sentiment expressed online towards the candidatesFacebookInstagram: mobile photo-sharing app, follow photographs tagged #electionHanson writes more on the role of the "second screen" on his blog, Storyteller Uprising.
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Are You Voting?
Eighty five percent of registered voters cast ballots in Washington state back in 2008, breaking the prior record for turnout that was set back in World War II. Secretary of State Sam Reed says he expects more than 80 percent will turn out this year. Still, not everyone exercises the right to vote. What about you?