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Dr. Jillian Peterson, How to Prevent School Shootings Feb 25, 2021

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Nearly three times as many people die in school mass shootings when an armed officer is present. That's the finding of a study of every case since 1980, led by Hamline University professor Dr. Jillian Peterson.

Dr. Peterson joins Dave Ross to discuss why more weapons means more violence, even the hands of "the good guys," what to expect when kids are back in school after a year of pandemic stress, isolation and minimal socialization, and what prevention looks like before we reach the point of barricading classroom doors.

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Dr. Melissa Rice, Landing the Perseverance Rover on Mars Feb 19, 2021

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Searching for signs of life on another planet, choosing which rocks to bring back to Earth: and all from the comfort of home?

That's life right now for Dr. Melissa Rice, who is a member of all three Mars rover science teams and a geology professor at Western Washington University.

After the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover successfully touched down on February 18th, Dr. Rice calls in to chat with Dave Ross about what it means to be on "Mars Time," which sounds much worse than jetlag, and how this mission could help humans visit the Red Planet in the not-too-distant future.

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Sara Nelson on Running for City Council Feb 04, 2021

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Sara Nelson, co-owner of Fremont Brewing, has just announced her campaign for Position 9 on Seattle City Council.

She calls KIRO Radio's Dave Ross to explain why the council needs at least one small business owner in the room. Her priorities include getting back to basics like fixing potholes, holding the council accountable on budgeting, and restarting some long lost environmental protection measures.

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Dr. William Haseltine, We Don't Need a Vaccine to End the Pandemic Nov 06, 2020

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As cases of the novel coronavirus reach new heights, you might be pinning your hopes on finding a vaccine. Dr. William Haseltine is here to shatter that illusion: but luckily, he doesn't think we actually need a vaccine to start dining out, hooking up and dancing in clubs again.

Dr. Haseltine is a former professor and researcher at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health, the founder and president of ACCESS Health International, and an esteemed virologist who may just make an appearance on the next coronavirus task force.

He sits down with Dave Ross to explain why the current vaccines everyone is racing to develop aren't going to be a perfect protection from the virus. But at-home tests and earning $500 a day to stay quarantined might help us get this under control the way Wuhan, China has.

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Jennifer Taub, Big Dirty Money Oct 09, 2020

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Why do we let white collar criminals get away with their crimes? That's the question Jennifer Taub sets out to answer in her new book, Big Dirty Money, after wondering why no one was arrested during the 2008 subprime mortgage crisis.

Taub sits down with KIRO Radio's Dave Ross to answer questions about Trump's tax returns, the sneaky loopholes being slipped into each federal coronavirus relief package, and how we can fight corruption and protect the whistleblowers at companies like Wells Fargo and Purdue Pharma, where early intervention would have saved money, jobs and even lives.

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Jeff McCausland, When the Fate of a Nation Hangs in the Balance, What Makes a Great Leader? Sep 16, 2020

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As two renowned military strategists faced off against each other at the Battle of Gettysburg, they took opposite approaches for rallying their troops, with pivotal consequences for the Civil War.

How do the lessons learned during this historic battle still apply today? Jeff McCausland recounts this story, and other lessons he's learned about leadership during his time in the military, in a new book: Battle Tested! co-authored with Tom Vossler.

Dr. Jeff McCausland is a retired Colonel from the U.S. Army, former Dean of Academics at the U.S. Army War College, and a National Security Consultant for CBS News - which means he's been a frequent guest with Dave Ross on Seattle's Morning News.

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Jevin West and Carl Bergstrom, Calling Bull**** Aug 07, 2020

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KIRO Radio's Dave Ross sits down with biologist and data scientist Carl Bergstrom as well as director of the University of Washington's Center for an Informed Public Jevin West, to discuss misinformation during the pandemic.

From bad communication strategies from local and world leaders, to conspiracy theories spreading online with nefarious ends, Bergstrom and West are here to, well, call it out.

Their new book Calling Bullsh*t is available now.

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Shawn Rochester, A Brief History of the Black Wealth Gap in America Jul 29, 2020

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Dave Ross has been getting emails about the current protests: emails saying that the civil rights movement is behind us, and justice has already been achieved. That things aren't that bad.

So why is the average net worth of a white family nearly 10x greater than that of a Black family?

Shawn Rochester joins to explain the history of economic inequality in this country as briefly as he possibly can. Rochester is the author of The Black Tax: The Cost of Being Black in America, and CEO and founder of several organizations that provide financial education and advice to empower Black business leaders and consumers.

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Thomas W. Jones, From Willard Straight to Wall Street Jul 27, 2020

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Thomas W. Jones is the founder and senior partner of a venture capital investment firm, with a long career in corporate America. But when Dave Ross first heard of him, Jones was an armed revolutionary, staging an occupied protest with classmates at Cornell University to demand a black studies curriculum and the resignation of the university president.

So Dave sits down with his fellow Cornell alum to reflect on racial progress in the years since, and discuss what Jones thinks of this new wave of young protesters raging against the system.

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Spice Waala, Keeping a Restaurant Afloat During a Pandemic Jul 17, 2020

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Uttam Mukherjee and Aakanksha Sinha are the husband and wife team behind Spice Waala, an Indian restaurant in Capitol Hill that doesn't serve your typical Americanized tikka masala. They opened a brick and mortar storefront in 2019 ... and then the pandemic hit.

Aakanksha, a professor at the University of Washington who researches food justice, and Uttam, with his background in the corporate business world, talk to Dave Ross about how they've stepped up for their community with meal donations, navigated the delivery fees and uncertainty of apps like GrubHub and UberEats, and stayed positive while trying to save their business.

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