Steve Scher
Stories
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Prop 1 Debate: King County's Plan To Fund Metro Transit
Steve Scher moderates a debate over the upcoming King County special election ballot measure. If Proposition 1 passes, it would increase the annual car...
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Surviving Iranian Prison In 'A Sliver Of Light'
Steve Scher talks with American hikers Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal. Their memoir, “A Sliver of Light: Three Americans Imprisoned in Iran,”...
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Garrison Keillor: Poets Should Try To Make Their Mothers Laugh Sometimes
Steve Scher talks with Garrison Keillor about his first collection of original poetry, "O, What A Luxury: Verses Vulgar, Pathetic & Profound.” This...
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Assistant Police Chief Jim Pugel Retires; What's Next For SPD?
Steve Scher talks with Lisa Daugaard, policy director of the Public Defender Association, about the Assistant Police Chief Jim Pugel's decision to...
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The Untold Story Of African American Baseball In Washington State
Steve Scher talks with Chieko Phillips, exhibitions manager at the Northwest African American Museum, about its new exhibit, "Pitch Black: African...
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Oso Mudslide, Affordable Care Act, And Minimum Wage Study
Search and rescue efforts continue after a massive mudslide engulfed the town of Oso on March 22. A study out of Seattle Mayor Ed Murray's office finds...
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Nancy Pearl: 'Understories' And 'The Land Of Steady Habits'
Steve Scher sits down with librarian Nancy Pearl to talk about two books. Pearl says Tim Horvath's collection of short stories, "Understories,"...
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Teju Cole On Being A Perpetual Insider And Outsider
Steve Scher talks with fiction writer Teju Cole about his new book, "Every Day Is for the Thief." Cole will be at the Elliot Bay Bookstore tonight at 7...
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Salman Rushdie And The Heroism Of Ordinary People
It was Valentine’s Day 1989 when Salman Rushdie got a call from a BBC reporter. She asked him how it felt to be sentenced to death by the Ayatollah Khomeini. He thought, “I’m a dead man.”
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'The Samaritans:' When 'The Office' Meets International Aid
Steve Scher speaks with Hussein Kurji, creator of the new comedy TV series "The Samaritans," a mockumentary set in Nairobi, Kenya. Kurji talks about the...