Months after a catastrophic fire, the town of Malden is still waiting for aid
Wildfire recovery hampered as the federal government stalls. How friendship is shifting in #quarantimes. And how to detach from your devices, according to the man who got you hooked in the first place.
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Malden calls for aid
A small town. Smoke in the air. An alarm that failed to sound. What happened when fire swept into Malden, WA on Labor Day, 80% of the town burned to the ground. Months later, displaced residents are still waiting for federal disaster relief. Scott Hokonson is a town council member for Malden, and he’s leading the Pine Creek Community Restoration force.
Is the pandemic changing how we see our friendships?
Socially distant walks, standing weekly Zoom calls: how are you maintaining your friendships through the pandemic? Rhaina Cohen is a longform podcast producer at NPR, and she’s written about friendship for several outlets. Her most recent piece for The Atlantic is “What if Friendship, Not Marriage, Was at the Center of Life?”
Nir Eyal, Indistractable
For those who are working and connecting from home, devices are more important than ever. Behavioral designer Nir Eyal’s first book, Hooked, helped teach developers how to build a habit-forming app. His latest book is to help the rest of us resist them. It’s called Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life.” He spoke with Bill Radke pre-pandemic.
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Bill Radke
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Bill hosts Week In Review and Words in Review. After starting with KUOW as a University of Washington student in 1985, Bill was KUOW's morning host in the '90s and the creator of past show, Rewind, a news-satire show heard on KUOW and nationwide on NPR. Bill moved away to Southern California to host American Public Media's Weekend America and Marketplace Morning Report and returned to KUOW in 2012.
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