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Jenny Durkan is a fan of Ken Jennings, is not a fan of AG William Barr

caption: Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan speaks at a news conference Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018, in Seattle.
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Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan speaks at a news conference Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018, in Seattle.
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How is more screen time, from zoom school and remote work to online gaming, affecting families? Two experts give tactics for handling screen time. Winningest Jeopardy! contestant and local Ken Jennings talking about joining Alex Trebek as a producer and presenter when the show returns this week. And Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan lays out the multiple crises the city’s facing and takes listener calls.

Individual segments are available in our podcast stream or at www.kuow.org/record.


How much screen time is too much screen time when we’re using screens for everything?

Peggy Gomula and Sally Kidder Davis have been thinking about this question since well before the pandemic. They’re parent coaches at the Hallowell Todaro ADHD center in Kirkland and Seattle. They talk with Bill Radke about how to approach the way families are using screens.

GOAT Jeopardy! contestant Ken Jennings joins the show as producer and presenter

Jeopardy! is back this week. And show champion Ken Jennings will be working on the show, writing and presenting new trivia categories. He gives Bill Radke a behind-the-scenes look at the now physically-distant game show, and explains why he’s not ready to live in a world without Alex Trebek.

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan

Mayor Jenny Durkan talks with Bill Radke about Seattle’s infrastructure worries, how ongoing wildfire smoke is affecting the city, and what it’s like to learn that the federal government might be looking into arresting you.


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