Bill Radke speaks with Ramilya Salem and Yunus Alhobane, two students at Edmonds Community College. Three years ago, they came to America for a 10-month high school exchange program through the state department. Then, a civil war broke out in their home country of Yemen. It was too dangerous for them to go home, so the State Department extended their stay.
Jeannie Yandel talks to Alan Boyle of Geekwire about the possibility of taking a hybrid, electric plane for short regional trips and Jeff Bezos' dream of people in space.
Jeannie Yandel talks with travel writer Harriet Baskas about what airlines can and cannot do when flights are overbooked. Baskas blogs at Stuck at the Airport.
Jeannie Yandel talks to Kate Starbird about her research on how "false flag" rumors are spread on Twitter after a crisis and how they connect with "alternative" media sources, including Russian-funded media.
Fake news. You know it when you see it, right? You'd never fall for it and you'd certainly never share it. We'll talk with a UW researcher who found most of us get tricked by fake news stories even if we don't realize it. But that's not the really scary part — it's where those stories come from. Also, the video of a man getting dragged off a United Express flight has led to calls for a United boycott and prompted a defense of the United staff from the airline. We'll talk about what you're really
Jeannie Yandel talks with "Feminist Fight Club" author Jessica Bennett and Harvard Business School doctoral candidate Lizzie Baily Wolf about why getting upset at work is so risky, and Wolf's new research finding co-workers are more tolerant of outward emotion if it's framed as passion for the work.
Jeannie Yandel talks to Seattle attorney Michael Pfau about the lawsuit filed against Seattle Mayor Ed Murray last week. He explains what happens now as the legal case proceeds and how it might be prosecuted and defended. Pfau has tried sexual abuse cases against the Catholic Church, the State of Washington, the Boy Scouts of America and others.
The Seattle Seahawks and the rest of the NFL has a problem with prescription painkillers. Doctors and trainers give them too easily and too often just to get players on the field. That's the subject of a lawsuit from a former Seahawk. Also, we'll walk through the legal issues surrounding the sex abuse case against Mayor Ed Murray. And a federal immigration program designed to create jobs and increase development also lacks oversight - which has meant both immigrants trying to come to the
Jeannie Yandel speaks with Seattle Times' sports enterprise and investigative reporter Geoff Baker about his story on former Seahawks offensive tackle Jerry Wunsch . The Seahawks had players use a combination of opioids and other drugs to deal with pain on and off the field. Wunsch now deals with joint pain, stomach problems and memory loss. He recently won a workers' compensation claim against the Seahawks and he is part of a class action lawsuit against the NFL.