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Matthew Metz, Why We Should Ban Gas-Powered Cars Mar 05, 2020

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Dave Ross is joined in the studio by reporter Hanna Scott and car whisperer Chris Sullivan to ask Matthew Metz why he wants to ban gas-powered cars.

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Trevor Moawad, Russell Wilson's 'Mental Coach' Feb 19, 2020

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It doesn't just take peak athletic form to become a star athlete in the NFL and a household name. It takes mental conditioning, too.

Dave Ross interviews Trevor Moawad, the guy who has been Russell Wilson's mental conditioning coach for years. Moawad grew up in the Pacific Northwest, and his dad, Bob Moawad, was an original contributor to 'Chicken Soup for the Soul.'

Moawad will talk about how staying in the present and keeping a neutral mindset can help anyone excel both personally and professionally. And he'll talk about why he refuses to listen to country music, too.

Moawad's book is called It Takes What It Takes: How to Think Neutrally and Gain Control of Your Life.

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Derek Thompson, How Capitalism Broke Young Adulthood Feb 12, 2020

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Senator Bernie Sanders has become a serious contender to win the Democratic nomination.

So Dave Ross talked to Derek Thompson from The Atlantic about why Sanders' campaign is so appealing to young people. And, they discuss why Democrats over 65 might be hypocrites for preferring Joe Biden to the new wave of democratic socialism sweeping the progressive left.

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Kathleen Vasquez, Who Cherry-Picks the History in Public School Textbooks? Feb 03, 2020

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A recent New York Times article put nearly identical textbooks from California and Texas side by side. It revealed some startling differences, with each state choosing to interpret certain parts of US history (slavery, the Second Amendment) pretty differently.

Seattle's Morning News had some questions about how textbooks are selected for the public schools here in Washington state. So Dave Ross sat down with Kathleen Vasquez, the Literacy and Social Studies program manager at Seattle Public Schools.

Turns out, choosing a textbook is a pretty involved process, heavily dependent on community input. What goes into raising an all-American, patriotic young citizen? Especially when you might be tempted cherry-pick history, to make America sound 'great' again?

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Carol Leonnig, A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America Jan 28, 2020

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Dave Ross talks with Washington Post reporter Carol Leonnig about her new book, co-authored with Philip Rucker, 'A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America.'

Talking to over 200 sources inside the Trump Administration, the president's closest confidantes and allies have now turned against a White House they call reckless, chaotic and presenting a clear and present danger to America's stability at home and abroad.

On Wednesday, Jan 29 at 7pm, Dave Ross will discuss the book with Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker at the Broadway Performance Hall in Seattle. Tickets can be purchased here.

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Kshama Sawant, Taxing Amazon Jan 22, 2020

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Dave Ross talks to District 3 Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant, a democratic socialist who defeated Amazon's outsized campaign spending in her last election.

Sawant wants to reignite enthusiasm across the city for a tax on the very largest of Seattle's corporations - and the revenue would fund solutions to Seattle's now infamous homelessness and housing crisis.

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Kate Murphy, The reason why listening to people we disagree with terrifies us Jan 15, 2020

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When a deeply held belief of ours is challenged, our brainwaves show the same stress and panic as if we're being chased by a bear. We see it as a life or death threat, and it triggers a fight or flight response.

But when we're having an easy conversation with someone at a party, our brainwaves actually sync up.

Dave Ross talks with Kate Murphy, author of "You're Not Listening," about how to sync our brainwaves more than chase each other with bears. She has some great advice about how to be a good listener - and how to make sure other people want to listen to you, too.

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Jeff Siddiqui, Surviving a Heart Transplant Jan 08, 2020

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Jeff Siddiqui has been on the program before, speaking to you as an activist on behalf of the Muslim community. But today, he joins us to tell the harrowing story of receiving a heart transplant this summer.

He'll talk to Dave Ross about what it was like to go from feeling absolutely fine to having a heart attack, his experience waiting on the national donor list, and the feeling of receiving another person's heart that saved his life.

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Nathan Vass, The Friendliest Bus Driver in Seattle Jan 06, 2020

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Nathan Vass drives an overnight Metro bus route through Seattle's downtown core. He's also a filmmaker, an artist, and now, an author. On his well-known blog, Nathan tells stories about the people he encounters along his route, and that blog is now a book, called "The Lines That Make Us."

Nathan joins Dave Ross in the studio to tell us some of those stories, and explain why he's stuck around on one of the least popular routes as long as he has.

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Sabrina Tavernise, Exhausted Trying to Follow the News? You're Not Alone Jan 02, 2020

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Dave Ross calls New York Times reporter Sabrina Tavernise to discuss her recent article, 'No One Believes Anything.'

Tavernise interviewed people across America who are overwhelmed by the amount of filtering and critical reading necessary to understand a 24-hour, internet-based and clickbait-driven news cycle. So instead, they're turning off their TV's, unsubscribing from national papers and trying to tune it all out.

Why is this new era of news driving everyone so crazy - either far to the right, far to the left, or frozen in the middle?

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