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Pramila Jayapal, Is the House Judiciary Committee Working to Impeach Trump? Mar 27, 2019

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal talks to Dave Ross about where things stand with the Mueller Report. Will Congress be able to read the full report? Is all this time the House Judiciary Committee has spent investigating the president becoming counter-intuitive to getting bills passed that could improve people's lives? And most importantly, is she working towards an impeachment?

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Dr. Wayne Monsky, Replacing Screens for Surgeons with Virtual Reality Headsets Mar 27, 2019

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Could a surgeon operate wearing a virtual reality headset? Dr. Wayne Monsky is the director of Interventional Radiology at Harborview and an associate professor of radiology at the University of Washington. He talks with Dave Ross about his new research, which he presented today at the Society of Interventional Radiology's Annual Scientific Meeting, that creates an immersive virtual reality experience of the inside of your blood vessels for your doctor. Eventually, an entire procedure that before would have required major open heart surgery could be done simply by threading a sensor-laden catheter into your arm.

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Jesse Wineberry, Affirmative Action in Washington State and Initiative 1000 Mar 21, 2019

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Former state legislator Jesse Wineberry talks to Dave Ross about I-1000, which seeks to restore affirmative action and allow race and gender to be considered as factors in hiring decisions in Washington state. The campaign behind I-1000 recently broke a state record for the highest number of signatures on any initiative in Washington state history.

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Andrew Yang, A Presidential Candidate On The Move Mar 20, 2019

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Andrew Yang just received enough donations to qualify for the first Democratic presidential debate in June. And as his campaign picks up speed, so does he! Dave Ross talks with Yang while he drives through Manhattan about Yang's "tech check" policy proposal that has everyone talking: the presidential hopeful wants to hand Americans $1000 every month, and he wants it to come from the pockets of companies like Amazon.

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Jevin West & Carl Bergstrom, How Can You Tell if a Person isn't Real? Mar 19, 2019

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Jevin West and Carl Bergstrom teach students at the University of Washington how to sort through misinformation in the digital age. Their latest development? A new game called Which Face Is Real that asks you to choose between an image of a real person and an image of a completely fake, computer-generated person, placed side-by-side. It's surprisingly difficult, and they talk with Dave Ross about how fake people, fake videos and even fake audio will soon become nearly impossible to detect.

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Chris Bretherton, Could Climate Change Cause Clouds to Disappear? Mar 18, 2019

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Chris Bretherton, an atmospheric scientist and mathematician at the University of Washington, talks with Dave Ross about how increased CO2 in the atmosphere could cause clouds to disappear, dramatically increasing the effects of global warming. Bretherton simulates clouds in global climate and weather forecast models, and he takes us back to an ancient era when volcanic eruptions had alligators swimming in the Arctic.

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James Eyers, What is Afterpay, and should credit card companies be worried? Mar 14, 2019

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James Eyers is a senior reporter and former Legal Affairs editor at the Australian Financial Review in Sydney, covering banks and financial technology. He talks with Dave Ross about Australia's recently lax regulation of the "Buy Now, Pay Later" industry dominated by companies like Afterpay and Affirm, one that a young millennial market nervous about credit cards has so far found very appealing.

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Jim Lopez, How the City of Kirkland Reformed Its Own Healthcare Mar 01, 2019

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The City of Kirkland, WA appears to have figured out a way to make employee healthcare work for everyone. Assistant City Manager Jim Lopez tells us how they did it

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Dr. Duane Hyde, WWII veteran and Legion of Honour recipient Feb 26, 2019

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Dr. Duane Hyde is a decorated World War II combat veteran, who this month received the Legion of Honour at the French Consulate in San Francisco. Dr. Hyde talks with Dave about his military service and the legacy of the Greatest Generation

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Jesse Eisinger — Who Benefits From Gutting the IRS? Dec 13, 2018

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Spoiler: Rich Americans are audited much less than the poor. Jesse Eisinger with ProPublica explains how gutting the IRS has enabled Americans to dodge about $660 billion in taxes every year — and the problem is getting worse. While Congress looks to cut programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security to make up budget shortfalls, the IRS no longer has the capacity to go after the wealthy, who are well aware they're unlikely to face an audit.

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