This year saw a drop in people occupying their vehicles – but how do we know for sure?
Counting the Seattleites living in their vehicles. Engaging with round earth skeptics. And reliving the dread of school dress codes.
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One Night Count: living in vehicles
King County’s latest One Night Count shows a drop in the number of people who were homeless. But not all populations are equal. This year’s count shows a 35% drop in people living in their vehicles. Graham Pruss, doctoral candidate at the University of Washington and executive director at WeCount helped create the methodology volunteers use to count vehicle residents. And Jennifer Adams works with the Scofflaw mitigation team, helping people managed the court when cited for parking their vehicles.
Lee McIntyre, The Scientific Attitude
Hieronymus Bosch might be delighted to learn that belief in a flat earth is having a resurgence. Many modern day science advocates, however, are more dismissive. You might expect Lee McIntyre, a philosopher of science at Boston University, to be among their ilk – but he might surprise you. He recently attended the Flat Earth International Conference, and is author of The Scientific Attitude: Defending Science from Denial, Fraud, and Pseudoscience.
Amber Thomas, data visualization and dress codes
The tyranny and caprice of school dress codes has left lasting scars on many, but data engineer Amber Thomas is doing something about it. Her latest visual essay is called “The Sexualized Messages Dress Codes are Sending to Students;” she spoke to KUOW’s Marcie Sillman.
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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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