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Melissa Godoy, Toxic Homes at Joint Base Lewis-McChord Dec 17, 2019

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Melissa Godoy joins Dave Ross to talk about a persistent toxic mold problem that has been sickening military families like hers at Joint Base Lewis-McChord and elsewhere.

Hear the full interview, including how Lincoln Military Housing allegedly threatened those who are speaking out, the costs that are prohibiting those who want to relocate off post from finding other housing, and the 30 families who have decided to sue.

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Dr. Pedro Noguera, Public School Programs for "Gifted" Children Dec 09, 2019

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Parents are trying to save a program for their children in Seattle Public Schools called the Highly Capable Cohort. It's an advanced track of separate classes and different lessons for students who have first been deemed by their parents as "gifted," and then tested to make sure they meet program standards.

Why would a rigorous program for children who are testing above their grade level be yanked by the district? Because the program's secrecy and inaccessibility is steeped in systemic racial bias.

Dave Ross consults Dr. Pedro Noguera, an expert on public education globally and a fierce advocate for truly equitable schools. His opinion might be different than you would think.

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Admiral James Stavridis, Why Aren't You Working for the Trump Administration? Nov 06, 2019

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Dave Ross sits down with Admiral James Stavridis, former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, to discuss holding a steady moral compass during turbulent times.

His latest book is Sailing True North, a portrait of the lives and careers of ten historic naval commanders.

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Affirmative Action is on Your Ballot Nov 05, 2019

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Dave Ross hosts a heated debate between State Senator Shelly Short and former State Representative Jesse Wineberry over Referendum 88, on your ballot this morning.

Hear Senator Short and Rep. Wineberry argue the merits of a change that would allow public institutions to consider race, age and gender as a factor, when all other qualifications are equal, in hiring decisions and university admissions.

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Tracy Castro-Gill, Is Math Racist? Nov 04, 2019

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After weathering conservative backlash to a draft of Seattle's "ethnic math" curriculum that went viral, the designer of the "math is racist" program joins Dave at the KIRO Radio studio.

Tracy Castro-Gill is the Ethnic Studies Program Manager for Seattle Public Schools. The program could be taught in local math classes by spring 2021.

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Tom Mueller, Whistleblowers Oct 31, 2019

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Whistleblowers might be all over the news right now thanks to Trump's Ukranian quid pro quo. But Tom Mueller has been researching the strange reality of turning your boss over to authorities, and the massive price you'll pay for it, for the past seven years.

He's spoken with over 200 whistleblowers, and 1,000 experts. Now he talks with Dave Ross about the resulting book, Crisis of Conscience. They discuss the whistleblowers who tried to prevent 9/11, but instead found the FBI at their front doors with guns. And the employees at Boeing who called an FAA hotline months before any plane crash.

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Thomas Chatterton Williams, Race is Fictional Oct 29, 2019

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Thomas Chatterton Williams talks with Dave Ross about how his view of himself, as a black American and prolific writer on race issues, shifted after he moved to France, married a white woman, and then gave birth to blonde haired, blue eyed children.

What did it mean to be black if his children didn't look black at all? And how can we shift our understanding and discussion of what it means to be black, or white?

The book is Self Portrait in Black and White.

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Richard Kenney, Poet and MacArthur Genius Oct 23, 2019

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Dave Ross talks with award-winning poet and MacArthur Fellow Richard Kenney, a professor at the University of Washington. His new book of poetry, Terminator, examines how one should navigate the challenges of our modern world (with wit, and a bit of humor).

They read several of Kenney's poems aloud, including an unpublished one about our "Commander in Tweet," and discuss the risk Kenney took years ago to become a poet. Can poetry really be taught, and how do you know if you're any good?

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Rep. Goodman & Judge Larson, How to (Actually) Stop Shoplifters Oct 15, 2019

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Why has shoplifting, a seemingly minor crime, escalated in recent years? People are growing more desperate, more brazen - and the safety of store workers and bottom lines of businesses are at stake.

Dave Ross talks with Roger Goodman, who represents Kirkland and Redmond in the Washington state legislature, and Judge David Larson, a civil court judge in Federal Way.

Rep. Goodman chairs the House Public Safety Committee, and Judge Larson deals with shoplifting theft convictions in his court on a regular basis. Having seen how the system works firsthand, they have some ideas, and opinions, about what will really work to stop repeat offenders.

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Nathalie Asher, ICE Wants to Deport Prolific Offenders Oct 11, 2019

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An illegal immigrant was arrested in connection with a gang murder at a Bellevue park. He'd committed other non-violent offenses before this, but local law enforcement did not turn him over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Why?

Dave Ross talks with Nathalie Asher, who is the director of ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations. They'll discuss Seattle's role as a sanctuary city, how ICE tracks and finds the people it wants to deport, and deporting people who have been arrested but not yet convicted of a crime.

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