Behind addiction, a cult, and a fractured family, this memoir tells a surprisingly universal story
On loneliness and family. Mask enforcement and more. And a past police chief’s view of the current moment.
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Mike Jollett, Hollywood Park
The band Airborne Toxic Event’s name is not, in fact, a reference to coronavirus. And lead singer Mikel Jollett’s new memoir Hollywood Park is not a book for this moment, he says. But it’s a book about loneliness and family, growing up and finding your place in the world by facing yourself. In that way, it might be a book for every moment.
King County Executive Dow Constantine 6.16 H
How should policing change in King County? Youth detention? Mask enforcement? We asked the King County Executive Dow Constantine, and took your calls.
Former SPD chief Jim Pugel
Current SPD chief Carmen Best says policing needs to change in Seattle. For a look back at the way it was, and what reforms might help that change, Bill Radke was joined by former chief Jim Pugel. (edited)
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Bill Radke
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Bill hosts Week In Review and Words in Review. After starting with KUOW as a University of Washington student in 1985, Bill was KUOW's morning host in the '90s and the creator of past show, Rewind, a news-satire show heard on KUOW and nationwide on NPR. Bill moved away to Southern California to host American Public Media's Weekend America and Marketplace Morning Report and returned to KUOW in 2012.
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