This story originally aried on February 8, 2020. Silvana Clark is an author and a corporate trainer, but back in 1977, she had a different idea of how she was going to make money.

This show originally aired on January 25, 2020. Our latest Sound Effect theme is “Friend or Foe.” First, we hear how artists took over a business group and changed Camano Island. Then, we meet an ex-Army Ranger whose flip-flop business is an olive branch for peace . We dive into the epic life of Sidney Rittenberg , a "towering historical figure" who settled near Tacoma. We learn about the ups and downs of having someone else’s DNA . And one woman shares how a bad fortune telling session led to a

This story originally aired on January 25, 2020. The Rev. Chumleigh wasn’t exactly a regular at meetings of the Camano Island Chamber of Commerce. He’s a vaudeville entertainer who, at various times, has been known to walk tightropes, eat fire and get shot out of cannons. He’s also an irascible political lefty — in short, an odd fit for the business group. “The meeting was only attended by a couple of people,” said Chumleigh, whose given name is Michael Mielnik. “This chamber was largely

This story originally aired on January 25, 2020. Matthew "Griff" Griffin did four tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan as an elite fighter with the Army Rangers. While there, he observed a kind of vicious cycle. Extreme poverty creates a breeding ground for extremism. War happens. War provides a kind of economic stimulus. War ends; the economic stimulus does, too. Things fall apart. The problem pained him, but he wasn't sure how to fix it. It was only after his service ended that Griffin struck

This story originally aired on January 25, 2020. Not all of the cells in your body actually belong to you. Some cells might be from your mother, passed to you from when you were in utero. If you had children, their cells passed into your body the same way. Researchers say that this can sometimes even be true for women who have a miscarriage in the second trimester or later, or who decided to terminate a pregnancy. This phenomenon is called microchimerism. So, what are these cells doing in our

This story originally aired on January 25, 2020. Sidney Rittenberg was a singular figure — an American who was a close associate of Mao Zedong, who held high-ranking positions in the Chinese Communist Party, who was on the inside during some of the most important events of the 20th century. And Gregory Youtz was meeting him for lunch. “Well I was quit e nervous,” said Youtz, a professor of music and a China scholar at Pacific Lutheran University. “Here’s this historical figure. I had read his

This story originally aired on January 25, 2020. Back in the late 80s Melissa Reaves was all smiles. She was getting ready to move from Michigan to San Diego, where she could enjoy the sunshine and palm trees, and she had what she thought was a really wonderful boyfriend named Bill. But when it was time to move, Bill was a no-show. “He totally ghosted me. He completely dumped me on the day that I was moving into this new apartment. So I was really upset. And I remember that little voice in my

Members of the community gathered Thursday to remember Tacoma civil rights icon Harold Moss, who died last week . Services were held on what would have been his 91st birthday. People regard Moss as a trailblazer who fought, among other injustices, the discriminatory real-estate practice of redlining. Thursday’s events included a socially distanced funeral with people in their cars, and a procession over the East 34 th Street bridge, which was renamed for Moss last year.

For months, long-term care facilities in Washington were closed not only to visitors but also to state regulatory authorities due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These facilities were early hotspots, driving the nation's coronavirus death toll this spring. That posed a big problem for the staff and volunteers of Washington's long-term care ombuds office . "For our role, visitation is key," ombuds Patricia Hunter told KNKX.

Editor's note: This story originally aired on Feb. 11, 2017. Harold Moss died Monday , Sept. 21, 2020, at the age of 90. KNKX is republishing this story in remembrance of the Tacoma icon. In 1950s Tacoma, Harold Moss and his wife Willibelle faced racism in the search for a home.