Ross Reynolds
Stories
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1992: Defying internment, Gordon Hirabayashi went to the Supreme Court instead
Gordon Hirabayashi interviewed by Ross Reynolds. March 30 1992.
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1989: What it's like to come down from the moon
In this 1989 interview, astronaut Buzz Aldrin frankly describes how his unstructured post-NASA life lead to mental health issues and alcoholism.
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1991: Hank Aaron reflects on baseball's less celebrated history
In 1973 as Hank Aaron closed in on breaking Babe Ruth's home run record, he got 900,000 pieces of mail, much of it full of vicious racial hatred.
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1994: Poet Andrei Codrescu wanted to see America by car
Andrei Codrescu is a Romanian-American poet, novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and commentator for NPR. His droll reflections on America and the world delighted audiences with their humor and insight.
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KUOW at 65: The Battle in Seattle
In 1999 the World Trade Organization held it’s annual ministerial meeting in Seattle. President Clinton and other dignitaries came from around the world...
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Yes, talk to Trump supporters, but 'don't do the liberal flinch'
How do you talk to a Trump supporter? You may not know any Trump supporters. Or if you do, you don’t know how to have a conversation that doesn’t go off...
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George Saunders: What happens when you die?
What happens when we die? Writer George Saunders speculates on what happens to Abraham Lincoln’s young son Willie when he dies in his first novel ...
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1 million Washingtonians could lose health coverage if Obamacare goes
State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler estimates one million people in Washington have received health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act,...
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How former slaves got, and lost, universal health care
The Affordable Care Act will be seven years old this March if President-elect Trump and the Republican Congress haven't repealed it by then.
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No Shoes: David Byrne's Disco Musical About Imelda Marcos
David Byrne , rock star with the Talking Heads and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, knew the stories of Imelda Marcos 's thousands of pairs of...