The Gee and Ursula Show

GEE & URSULA AGREE, TO DISAGREE // Listeners share who they're grateful for, and we do too // WE HEAR YOU! and WORDS TO LIVE BY See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

GUEST: Dr. Angela Rasmussen answers our COVID questions about BOOSTERS // GUEST: Jenna, a nurse at Evergreen hospital in Kirkland on whether it's “really that bad” at hospitals right now // SCENARIOS See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

URSULA'S TOP 5 // We need to talk about a listener who touched our lives. He passed away this week. His name is Dan. . . // GUEST: Chris Sullivan with his annual “don't be a. . . while driving in the rain” reminder See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

GEE & URSULA AGREE, TO DISAGREE // Facebook Knows Instagram Is Toxic for Teen Girls // WE HEAR YOU! and WORDS TO LIVE BY See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW: GUEST - Casey McNertheny, KCPO, on the 15 year old charged with murder in a hit and run // GUEST: Hanna Scott on the study of WSP that finds no systemic bias in traffic stops // SCENARIOS See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

URSULA'S TOP 5 // 8% of state workers say they won't get the vaccine // WE NEED TO TALK about what we want to leave behind for our kids See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

GEE & URSULA AGREE, TO DISAGREE // GUEST: Kody Zalewski from Decriminalize Nature Seattle on CM Andrew Lewis' push to make psychedelic therapy legal // WE HEAR YOU! and WORDS TO LIVE BY See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW: Hospital group sounds alarm about rising number of COVID case // GUEST: Chris Sullivan on Sound Transit dropping fare enforcement // SCENARIOS See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

URSULA'S TOP 5 // Patients from Idaho filling up WA hospitals // WE NEED TO TALK about parents and lunch shaming See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

GEE & URSULA AGREE, TO DISAGREE // GUEST - Tony Micelli - firefighter who almost died from COVID and was unvaccinated.  Tells his story to help others // WORDS TO LIVE BY See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chris Christie urging GOP to stop with the conspiracy theories //  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

URSULA'S TOP FIVE // GUEST - Stacy Jo on Seahawks and Huskies // WE NEED TO TALK. . . about Awkward moments when you don't know if you should hug or not See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

GEE & URSULA AGREE, TO DISAGREE // Thoughts on 9/11 // GUEST: Allen Martinez, a retired Port of Seattle firefighter who created a 9/11 memorial at SeaTac, and who JUST finished climbing 110 stories of the FDNY training tower to honor the first responders who lost their lives  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW // GUEST: Mike Salk on the first game of the NFL season, with the Seahawks heading to Indianapolis for a 10:00am kickoff // SCENARIOS See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

URSULA'S TOP 5 // GUEST: General Barry McCaffrey (ret.) on the legacy of 9/11 on the America's military, those who serve, and their families // WE NEED TO TALK about “Miss America is pivoting their mission to define women's wellness as being based on optimal health, rather than physical appearance” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

GEE & URSULA AGREE, TO DISAGREE // Another round of airplane incidents // WE HEAR YOU! and WORDS TO LIVE BY See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

GUEST: Dr. Angela Rasmussen answers our COVID questions about why people who've had COVID should be required to get vaccinated, Ivermectin, the new Mu variant, etc. // GUEST: Bruce Harrell talks Compassion Seattle, the homeless encampment at Greenlake // SCENARIOS See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

URSULA'S TOP 5 // GUEST: Chris Sullivan clambers onto the deck of the largest floating bridge construction project in the world // WE NEED TO TALK. . . SeaTac is unveiling a food ordering app for travelers, who can order food and have it delivered to the gate by a robot See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

GEE & URSULA AGREE, TO DISAGREE // Women way outnumber men in colleges now // WE HEAR YOU! and WORDS TO LIVE BY See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nicole Jennings on CoVid hospitalizations. How are they deciding who to treat? // GUEST - RN NURSE WHO DOESN'T WANT TO GIVE HER NAME ON HOW HARD WORKING AT A HOSPITAL IS RIGHT NOW // SCENARIOS See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

URSULA'S TOP FIVE // Zip tie elementary school guys in Arizona arrested // WE NEED TO TALK. . . about adversity See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Booster shots on hold //  Should the minimum wage really be $26 an hour? // SCENARIOS See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

URSULA'S TOP FIVE // Seattle is the 2nd most expensive city in the country to host a BBQ // WE NEED TO TALK about drugs... Fentanyl is everywhere See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

GEE & URSULA AGREE, TO DISAGREE // GUEST - Lewis Rudd co-founder of Ezell's, Ezells chicken to provide Grants for black businesses // WE HEAR YOU! and WORDS TO LIVE BY See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

THREE THINGS // Are classic songs are strangling new music? // SCENARIOS See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

URSULA'S TOP FIVE // Why McDonalds ice cream machines keep breaking  // WE NEED TO TALK about a guy who's working to call attention to old stretches of US Highway 10 in Eastern Washington  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

GEE & URSULA AGREE, TO DISAGREE // San Francisco to pay at risk people to try to reduce crime and shootings // WE HEAR YOU! and WORDS TO LIVE BY See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

THREE THINGS // GUEST - Nicole Jennings on the Maritime High School // SCENARIOS See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

URSULA'S TOP FIVE // GUEST - Hanna on what hospitals looks like right now, she spoke to emergency room doctor // WE NEED TO TALK See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

GEE & URSULA AGREE, TO DISAGREE // Could therapists and social workers be as close by as your neighborhood CVS? // WE HEAR YOU! and WORDS TO LIVE BY See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW // Dominique Davis from Community Passageways on King County's rise in gun violence, and investing in prevention // SCENARIOS See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

URSULA'S TOP 5 // Why the 6-week Texas abortion ban is heartbreaking - and hypocritical // WE NEED TO TALK - an update from the couple who invoiced no-shows at their wedding for the cost of dinner See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

GEE & URSULA AGREE, TO DISAGREE // If your kid is going off to college and gets homesick ... here's what you should do // WE HEAR YOU! and WORDS TO LIVE BY See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW with Nicole Jennings // Jon Scholes, President and CEO of the Downtown Seattle Association, joins us to discuss: is Seattle dying? // SCENARIOS See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

URSULA'S TOP 5 // Cancelling unemployment benefits hasn't led to more people being employed, analysis finds // CBS National Security Analyst Col. Jeff McCausland joins us to discuss the end of the war in Afghanistan, and where we go from here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

GEE & URSULA AGREE, TO DISAGREE // Is it better to quit your job, or get fired? // WE HEAR YOU! and WORDS TO LIVE BY See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW // A federal rule about price transparency has put hospitals and insurers under scrutiny // SCENARIOS See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

URSULA'S TOP 5 // GUEST: Nick Bowman on how Seattle's history of redlining is reflected in modern voting patterns // WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT - there are robot waiters in restaurants now?! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

GEE & URSULA AGREE, TO DISAGREE // Do men identify more with their jobs and careers than women? (reader email) // WE HEAR YOU! and WORDS TO LIVE BY See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

URSULA'S TOP 5 // GUEST: Chief Rafael Padilla from the Kent Police Department discusses how new policing laws are impacting policies (in the case of a suicidal man with a gun) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

GEE & URSULA AGREE, TO DISAGREE // When is it time to hang it up? // WE HEAR YOU! and WORDS TO LIVE BY See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW // Jeopardy's EP is out, Mayim Biyalik is in. . . and now she's the subject of a Rolling Stone takedown piece for her views on pregnancy/childbirth, vaccines and an op-ed on Harvey Weinstein. Are we too demanding of perfection in today's society? // SCENARIOS See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

URSULA'S TOP 5 // Delta's extra $200 insurance fee. Is this fair? // WE NEED TO TALK See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

GUEST: Dr. Angela Rasmussen answers our COVID questions // The baby on Nirvana album cover is suing the band 30 years later // SCENARIOS See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

URSULA'S TOP 5 // GUEST: Hanna Scott on the lack of jurors willing to serve if they have to go to the KC courthouse // WE NEED TO TALK. . . if someone is invited to a wedding, and they no-show, should they pay the couple for the cost of the meal?  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

GEE & URSULA AGREE, TO DISAGREE // Disney stores will be closing across the country -- is Disney dying? // WE HEAR YOU! and WORDS TO LIVE BY See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW // Careers that are more likely to lead to divorce and Careers most attractive to the opposite sex // SCENARIOS See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

GEE & URSULA AGREE, TO DISAGREE // Trump urges crowd at a rally in Alabama to get vaccinated... and gets booed // WE HEAR YOU! and WORDS TO LIVE BY See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW // An encampment in Lower Woodland limits use of the park // A 35-year-old left America for Croatia. Now he can live comfortably on $47 a day. Would you consider leaving the States? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.