Podcasts about Ross Reynolds

This week, with just days to go before the Nov. 5 election, we take a fresh look at AI, social media, and some surprising trends in the spread of fake content and misinformation, with Danielle Lee Thomson, research manager for election rumors at the University of Washington Center for an Informed Public. Guest host Ross Reynolds speaks with Thomson about AI, social media, and some surprising trends in the spread of rumors online.  Related links and stories:  Substack: Election Rumor Research @ Center for an Informed Public New York Times: As Election Looms, Disinformation ‘Has Never Been Worse' Washington Post: Don't say ‘vote': How Instagram hides your political posts Edited by Curt Milton. Music by Daniel L.K. Caldwell.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our guest this week is Anupreeta Das, author of the new book, "Billionaire, Nerd, Savior, King: Bill Gates and His Quest to Shape Our World." Das is the South Asia correspondent for The New York Times. This week's guest host, Ross Reynolds, is an interviewer and moderator who is well-known in the Seattle region from his 34 years at KUOW, the public radio station from which he retired in 2021. Edited by Curt Milton.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Technology pioneers like Apple, Amazon, and Microsoft (to name a few) are woven into the fabric of Seattle's economy. Yet, on a day-to-day basis, how much do you think about what these techno giants mean for the future of our world? With such enormous amounts of influence and money, how are these powers shaping our world today? Economist and journalist Loretta Napoleoni digs into these questions. At the dawn of the digital revolution, people thought the internet was going to be the great equalizer, a global democratic force. Napoleoni argues that instead, Wall Street funded a new breed of capitalists, the “Techtitans,” who embraced rapid, transformational change while stripping their workers of rights and enriching themselves. Those who control and own the technology are the absolute masters, in Napoleoni's eye. In her book, Technocapitalism: The Rise of the New Robber Barons and the Fight for the Common Good, Napoleoni describes how these phenomena are the beginning of a new world model, born in a period of extraordinary change and acceleration––from the FTX collapse to AI, private space companies to the war in Ukraine, from inflation to the environmental impacts of EV car batteries. The ubiquity of techno giants in Seattle makes it easy to forget what kind of power resides in this city. Napoleoni wants to shed light on the kind of power it really is, and how we can fight against it for our common good to address today's challenges. In the mid-70s Loretta Napoleoni became an active member of the feminist movement in Italy, and later studied as a Fulbright Scholar at Johns Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, DC. She began her career as an economist and went on to work as a London correspondent and columnist for La Stampa, La Repubblica, and La Paîs. Napoleoni is the author of the international bestsellers Rogue Economics: Capitalism's New Reality and Terror Incorporated: Tracing the Money Behind Global Terrorism. She has served as Chairman of the countering terrorism financing group for the Club de Madrid, and lectures regularly around the world on economics, money laundering, and terrorism. Ross Reynolds loves conversation and learning. He hosted a public radio news/talk show on KUOW Seattle called The Conversation for 13 years. He's also been a radio program director, news director, and executive producer of community engagement. He is a public event convener, moderator, and interviewer. Buy the Book Technocapitalism: The Rise of the New Robber Barons and the Fight for the Common Good Elliott Bay Book Company

This week's episode features an interview with Loretta Napoleoni, conducted by Ross Reynolds, the longtime public radio host and occasional GeekWire Podcast guest host, in an event presented by Town Hall Seattle on April 18, 2024. Loretta Napoleoni is an Italian economist and journalist whose books include "Rogue Economics" and "Insurgent Iraq." Her newest book is “Technocapitalism: The Rise of the New Robber Barons and the Fight for the Common Good." In this interview, she explains the concept of the "present future." This refers to the disorienting era in which we're living, characterized by rapid technological change that creates anxiety and a feeling of being constantly behind. She also discusses the control of technology by a few powerful entrepreneurs, whom she calls "technocapitalists," and the failure of society and the state to direct technological innovation for the common good.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our guest this week is Kristi Coulter, whose latest book is Exit Interview: The Life and Death of My Ambitious Career. It's a memoir about what she learned in her 12 years at Amazon about work, gender bias, and herself. Exit Interview is Coulter's second book. Her first, Nothing Good Can Come From This, is a collection of essays about quitting drinking. As you'll learn from this podcast conversation, it intersects with her Amazon career.  Guest hosting is Ross Reynolds, whose voice is well-known in the Seattle region from his 34 years at KUOW, the public radio station from which he retired in 2021. Production assistance from Curt Milton.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A solemn goodbye to a Leominster Marine killed while fighting for his country. WBZ's John Baibak reports.

Leominster residents were asked to line the route and pay their respects, beginning on Mechanic Street near Johnny Ro Veteran's Memorial Park. WBZ's Mike Macklin reports.

Leominster announces plans to honor Marine Capt. Ross Reynolds. A Massachusetts man becomes the first in the state to own an electric Hummer. Some 911 problems in New Hampshire. 5 minutes of news that will keep you in The Loop.

The Marine and three others lost their lives during a training flight in Bodø, Norway while training in the NATO program Exercise Cold Response 2022. WBZ's John Baiback reports.

Did video really kill the radio star? There's no doubt that the expansion of visual technology played a huge role in the evolution of communications and entertainment, but consider the modern successes of podcasts and music streaming services. With over 2 million podcasts in existence and over 400 million people worldwide subscribers to some form of online music streaming service, audio remains alive and well; it still holds plenty of power to create intimacy, spark the imagination, and entertain us. There's nothing quite like it. Veteran broadcaster Ross Reynolds took us on a journey from the first century of radio to today's world of audiobooks, internet streaming, podcasts, and smart speakers. How has audio transmission changed society and what makes it such a powerful form of communication despite decades of change? Reynolds explored these questions and more, and encouraged our in-person and virtual audience members to share stories of their formative audio experiences. Ross Reynolds is KUOW's executive producer for community engagement, before which he was a program host for 16 years. His awards include the 2011 Public Radio News Directors First Place in the call-in category for Living in a White City. In 2015, he was named to the University of Washington Communication Alumni Hall of Fame. Presented by Town Hall Seattle in partnership with Humanities Washington as part of their Speakers Bureau program.

Ross Reynolds reviews the week's news with staff writer at The Stranger, Jasmyne Keimig, publisher of the Washington State Wire, DJ Wilson, and contributing writer at Seattle Gay News, Tacoma Weekly, and Unite Seattle Magazine, Renee Raketty.

Ross Reynolds reviews the week's news with KUOW reporter Esmy Jimenez, New York Times technology correspondent Karen Weise, and Publicola police accountability reporter Paul Kiefer.

Every year blue herons make their nests along the water in Ballard. And every year the Heron Habitat Helpers are there to assist. Ross Reynolds spoke to two of those volunteer helpers last week - father daughter pair Mike and Linda Marsh about why they spend their time helping blue herons. Plus, why prison populations are decreasing, if college athletes will ever be paid in Washington, and a radioactive musical.

We can try are best not to be delusional and orient a 'true' reality for ourselves, but what if it's a good thing? Host of Hidden Brain Shankar Vedantam says that self-deception can boost your success and well-being.Ross Reynolds spoke with Shankar Vedantam about his new book "Useful Delusions."

Have you ever asked someone, “How are you?” while not really caring about their actual response? And why would you need to, when we are conditioned to rarely respond to this question honestly? This is an example of deception and self-deception, and it happens in little and big ways around the world every single day. While this example may seem innocuous, self-deception has caused harm—to us, to our communities, to the planet. But if it is so bad for us, why is it so ubiquitous? The Hidden Brain's Shankar Vedantam argues that, paradoxically, self-deception can also play a vital role in our success and well-being. Vedantam joined us in conversation with KUOW's Ross Reynolds to explore how the lies we tell ourselves sustain our daily interactions with friends, lovers, and coworkers. On the Hidden Brain podcast, Vedantam peels back the layers of lies that keep us from seeing reality clearly and from becoming our best selves, which led to him uncovering and exploring this dichotomous impact of self-deception specifically. Drawing on powerful personal stories contained in his book Useful Delusions: The Power & Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain, he presented a correlation from self-deception to why some people live longer than others, why some couples remain in love and others don't, why some nations hold together while others splinter. But how do we find the line between those lies we tell ourselves that are helpful and those that are harmful? Coupled with new insights in psychology, neuroscience, and philosophy, Vedantam offered a fascinating tour of what it really means to be human. Shankar Vedantam is host of the Hidden Brain podcast and public radio show and the author of The Hidden Brain, a New York Times national bestseller. He lives in Washington, DC. Ross Reynolds is KUOW's Executive Producer for Community Engagement. Before that he was a KUOW program host for 16 years and has also been KUOW's News Director, Program Director, and hosted the weekly KCTS-TV interview program Upon Reflection. Reynolds was previously news director at KBOO Radio in Portland, Oregon and News/Public Affairs Director at WCUW Radio in Worcester, Massachusetts. Buy the Book: https://www.elliottbaybook.com/book/9780393652208  Presented by Town Hall Seattle and KUOW. 

Ross Reynolds reviews the weeks' news with The Stranger staff writer Jasmyne Keimig, SCC Insight founder and writer Kevin Schofield, and The Seattle City Club's Civic Cocktail host Joni Balter.

KUOW's Ross Reynolds tells Kim Malcolm about some upcoming arts events.

Greg, Brian, and Colin talk stimulus before reading a strange, mysterious manuscript of unknown provenance from Professor Ambrose J. Hoag on Alden Blethen, progenitor of the Seattle Times, listening to Ross Reynolds lob treats into the mouth of trained seal and current publisher of the Times, Frank Blethen Jr, and concluding with a listicle from the Seattle Times Editorial Board identifying 15 local heroes in 2020.

Ross Reynolds reviews the week's news with tech reporter for the New York Times Karen Weise, journalist with The C is for Crank, Erica C Barnett, and publisher of The Washington State Wire, DJ Wilson.

We wrap up our NFL check-in by chatting with Lorin Cox of the Locked On Bears and Brian Peacock of the Locked On 49ers. What are the expectations for James Daniels in year three, and will the Bears have enough cap space to lock him up long term after the season? Over on the bay, what to the 49ers see in CJ Beathard, and how good of a chance does he have to beat out Nick Mullens for the #2 spot? Of course, we know how good George Kittle is, but did you realize Ross Reynolds was building a solid case to be in the starting lineup prior to getting injured?Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Rock AutoAmazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you.ManscapedGo to Manscaped.com and use code LOCKED to get 20% Off and Free Shipping. Manscaped is #1 in men's below the belt grooming and offers precision-engineered tools for your family jewels.Built BarBuilt Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON,” and you'll get $10 off your first order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We wrap up our NFL check-in by chatting with Lorin Cox of the Locked On Bears and Brian Peacock of the Locked On 49ers. What are the expectations for James Daniels in year three, and will the Bears have enough cap space to lock him up long term after the season? Over on the bay, what to the 49ers see in CJ Beathard, and how good of a chance does he have to beat out Nick Mullens for the #2 spot? Of course, we know how good George Kittle is, but did you realize Ross Reynolds was building a solid case to be in the starting lineup prior to getting injured? Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!  Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Manscaped Go to Manscaped.com and use code LOCKED to get 20% Off and Free Shipping. Manscaped is #1 in men’s below the belt grooming and offers precision-engineered tools for your family jewels. Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON,” and you’ll get $10 off your first order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ross Reynolds discusses the week's new with Washington state senator Mona Das, Q13 political analyst CR Douglas, and former chair of the state GOP, Chris Vance.

Ross Reynolds reviews the week's news with King 5 reporter Tony Black, Washington State Wire publisher DJ Wilson, and Q13 correspondent Brandi Kruse.

Ross Reynolds reviews the week's news with Joyce Taylor, news anchor at KING 5, Kevin Schofield, writer at SCC Insight, and Knute Berger, editor-at-large for Crosscut.

Ross came in to Iowa, from Waukee, in the fall of 2014. He originally planned to grey shirt and come in after that 2014 season, However a spot opened and Ross was wearing the tiger hawk. Another under recruited Iowa kid, Ross grinded his way through Iowa and "owes everything to Coach Doyle" as many of the Hawkeye players would tell you. Ross saw significant playing time in his junior and senior seasons with Iowa in 17' and 18' and capped his career with the Outback Bowl win over Miss. St. After playing his final game for the hawks he signed as a free agent to San Francisco and has been with the 49ers since where he is currently playing with Kittle and Beathard. We talk about all of this and more! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/washed-up-walkons/support

Broad and principled opposition to Donald Trump’s presidency has drawn millions of previously disengaged citizens to the public square and to the ballot boxes. Journalist E.J. Dionne stepped up to Town Hall’s stage to comment on this inspired and growing activism for social and political change—an outpouring of engagement which hasn’t been seen since the days of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal policies and the Progressive and Civil Rights movements. He draws from his book Code Red: How Progressives and Moderates Can Unite to Save Our Country to call for a shared commitment to decency and a politics focused on freedom, fairness, and the future. In conversation with KUOW’s Ross Reynolds, Dionne cautioned that if progressives and moderates are unable or unwilling to overcome their differences, they could not only enable Trump to prevail again but also squander an occasion for launching a new era of reform. Offering a unifying model for furthering progress, Dionne encouraged progressives and moderates to explore common ground and expand the unity that brought about Democrat victories in the 2018 elections. Breaking through the partisan noise and cutting against conventional wisdom to provide a realistic look at political possibilities, Dionne offered us a strategy for progressives and moderates to think more clearly and accept the responsibilities that history now imposes on them. E.J. Dionne writes about politics in a twice-weekly column for The Washington Post. He is also a government professor at Georgetown University, a visiting professor at Harvard University, a senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution and a frequent commentator on politics for NPR and MSNBC. Ross Reynolds is the Executive Producer of Community Engagement at KUOW. He creates community conversations such as the Ask A events, and occasionally produces arts and news features. Presented by Town Hall Seattle. Recorded live in The Great Hall on February 26, 2020. 

Americans congregate philosophically and politically to the left, right and center. Author and commentator E.J. Dionne has been thinking about what those divisions foretell for opponents of President Trump.Dionne’s latest book is Code Red: How Progressives and Moderates Can Unite to Save Our Country. As the subtitle suggests, he’s urging anti-Trumpers to come together or risk re-electing him.Mr. Dionne is a Washington Post columnist and a professor at Georgetown and Harvard. If you enjoy hearing his Week In Politics analysis on NPR most Fridays, you’ll appreciate hearing him at length. This talk is an informative time capsule in this fast-changing political and public health landscape.E.J. Dionne had this conversation with KUOW’s Ross Reynolds at Town Hall Seattle on February 26. Jennie Cecil Moore recorded the event.As usual, when things were usual, Town Hall’s Weir Harmon introduced the event. We wish our friends at Town Hall and at other venues in the area as quick a return to regular programming as possible. 

Here’s a Leap Day treat for you: an exploration of the nature of the universe from the acclaimed physicist Brian Greene.Look forward to a wide-ranging discussion that touches on The Second Law of Thermodynamics, human consciousness, materialism, how evolution equipped us to survive, quantum mechanics, the future of artificial intelligence and an argument for why you don’t have free will, among other things.Brian Greene is a professor of physics and mathematics, and the director of The Center for Theoretical Physics at Columbia University. The Washington Post called him “the single best explainer of abstruse concepts in the world today.”Greene’s new book is Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe. He spoke with KUOW’s Ross Reynolds on February 27 at the University Temple United Methodist Church. University Book Store presented the event.

Death is an integral part of life—and according to the Right-To-Die movement we should have the freedom to choose to end their own life. Renowned radio host Diane Rehm made her way to Town Hall to address the urgent, hotly contested cause of the Right-to-Die movement with insight from her book When My Time Comes. In conversation with KUOW’s Ross Reynolds, Rehm draws on interviews with terminally ill patients, and with physicians, ethicists, spouses, relatives, and representatives of those who vigorously oppose the movement to give voice to a broad range of people who are personally linked to the realities of medical aid in dying. Rehm presented the fervent arguments—both for and against—that are propelling the current debates across the nation about whether to adopt laws allowing those who are dying to put an end to their suffering. Rehm and Reynolds invited us to investigate both sides of the argument, providing critical context and informed responses that aim to dispel misconceptions and misrepresentations of end-of-life care. Diane Rehm has spent nearly 40 years as radio host for WAMU and NPR. In 1979 she began hosting WAMU’s local morning talk show, Kaleidoscope, which was renamed The Diane Rehm Show in 1984. Rehm is known for her unique mix of curiosity, honesty, and intimacy in her programming.  Ross Reynolds is the Executive Producer of Community Engagement at KUOW. He creates community conversations such as the Ask A events. He is the former co-host of KUOW’s daily news magazine The Record and KUOW’s award–winning daily news–talk program The Conversation. Recorded live in The Great Hall at Town Hall Seattle on February 12, 2020. 

The struggle to pay for college is one of the defining features of middle-class life in America today. Author Caitlin Zaloom took us into the homes of middle-class families throughout the nation to highlight the hidden consequences of student debt and the ways that financing college has transformed family life. With insight from her new book Indebted: How Families Make College Work at Any Cost, Zaloom shared interviews with parents and their college-age children about stressful and intensely personal financial matters. Zaloom was joined in conversation with KUOW’s Ross Reynolds to offer a troubling portrait of an American middle class fettered by the “student finance complex”—the bewildering labyrinth of government-sponsored institutions, profit-seeking firms, and university offices that collect information on household earnings and assets, assess family needs, and decide who is eligible for aid and who is not. Join Zaloom and Reynolds for a discussion that breaks through the culture of silence surrounding the student debt crisis and reveals the unspoken costs of sending our kids to college. Caitlin Zaloom is associate professor of social and cultural analysis at New York University. She is a founding editor of Public Books and the author of Out of the Pits: Traders and Technology from Chicago to London. Ross Reynolds is the Executive Producer of Community Engagement at KUOW. He is the former co-host of KUOW’s daily news magazine The Record and KUOW’s award–winning daily news–talk program The Conversation.  Recorded live in The Forum at Town Hall Seattle on November 20, 2019.

On today's show, Alyssa Jones & Ross Reynolds rep Arab High School. She is a Junior volleyball player (Outside Hitter & DS) & he is the Varsity quarterback. We talk life, sports, practice, lessons learned, legacies to be left and what they love about their sports. Daelyn Houser fills us in on the latest with FCA. We talk about Hope in The Clutch Moment. We make college football picks and talk about last week's local football games. We give away a pair of Boaz 9 Cinema tickets to one smart caller. B&B Video Games sponsors the online trivia prize - an all-day 4 pack to their 80's style arcade. Char Burger hooks us up with some amazing food, and a great time is had by all. Join in!

Ross Reynolds reviews the week's news, live from the Capitol Theater in Olympia! With Rachel La Corte, reporter with the Associated Press, Knute Berger, editor-at-large at Crosscut, and Angela King, KUOW's Morning Edition anchor.

Ross Reynolds reviews the week's news with Jonathan Martin, Seattle Times Project Homeless editor, Monica Nickelsburg, civic editor at Geekwire, and Samatha Pak, senior editor at Sound Publishing.

Ross Reynolds reviews the week's news with Ashley Archibald, reporter at Real Change News, Marcus Green, South King County reporter at the Seattle Times, and Knute Berger, columnist at Crosscut.

Ross Reynolds reviews the week's news with Melissa Santos, reporter for Crosscut, Erica C. Barnett, writer at The C is For Crank, and Naomi Ishisaka, former editor in chief of ColorsNW Magazine.

Today we welcome MOBY to: The B.I.STANDER PODCAST  A conversational podcast unique to Bainbridge Island and Seattle that covers culture, current events, humor, sports, technology, politics, island activities, environment, quality of life issues, wellness and just about everything else. The intent is to introduce interesting people, ideas, and conversations. We are not perfect and that's OK! Thank you for your understanding.  Our Podcast is brought to you by: Seattle Town Hall & Seattle First Baptist Church Eagle Harbor Insurance Blue Canary Great Northern Electric Scott Lever RePointe real estate group Follow us on Facebook  Music performed by Band of Steves of The Island Music Guild. 206-780-6911 lessons@islandmusic.org  *additional sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.com Event details: What do you do when you realize you have everything you think you've ever wanted but still feel completely empty? What do you do when it all starts to fall apart? In the summer of 1999, Moby released Play—the album that arguably defined the millennium and catapulted him to superstardom. He joins us for a reflection on the bling and bluster of the celebrity lifestyle with the second volume of his memoir, Then It Fell Apart. Moby meets with KUOW's Ross Reynolds for a conversation that dives into his extraordinary life story—hanging out with David Bowie and Lou Reed, Christina Ricci and Madonna, taking ecstasy for breakfast, drinking bottles of vodka, and sleeping with supermodels. Moby and Reynolds explore the ephemeral nature of stardom and the reasons such a lifestyle cannot last, why it fell apart. Sit in for firsthand recollections from a titan of modern music, and a shocking and unforgiving look at the banality of fame. Moby is a singer-songwriter, musician, DJ, and photographer. He has released 15 studio albums, including Play, 18, and most recently Everything Was Beautiful, and Nothing Hurt. The first volume of his memoirs, Porcelain, was published in 2016. Ross Reynolds is the Executive Producer of Community Engagement at KUOW. He is the former co-host of KUOW's daily news magazine The Record and KUOW's award–winning daily news–talk program The Conversation. Presented by Town Hall Seattle.

What do you do when you realize you have everything you think you’ve ever wanted but still feel completely empty? What do you do when it all starts to fall apart? In the summer of 1999, Moby released Play—the album that arguably defined the millennium and catapulted him to superstardom. He joined us for a reflection on the bling and bluster of the celebrity lifestyle with the second volume of his memoir, Then It Fell Apart. Moby met with KUOW’s Ross Reynolds for a conversation that dives into his extraordinary life story—hanging out with David Bowie and Lou Reed, Christina Ricci and Madonna, taking ecstasy for breakfast, drinking bottles of vodka, and sleeping with supermodels. Moby and Reynolds explored the ephemeral nature of stardom and the reasons such a lifestyle cannot last, why it fell apart. Sit in for firsthand recollections from a titan of modern music, and a shocking and unforgiving look at the banality of fame. Moby is a singer-songwriter, musician, DJ, and photographer. He has released 15 studio albums, including Play, 18, and most recently Everything Was Beautiful, and Nothing Hurt. The first volume of his memoirs, Porcelain, was published in 2016. Ross Reynolds is the Executive Producer of Community Engagement at KUOW. He is the former co-host of KUOW’s daily news magazine The Record and KUOW’s award–winning daily news–talk program The Conversation. Recorded live at Seattle First Baptist Church by Town Hall Seattle on May 10, 2019. 

Deebo Samuel. Slant god. Jalen Hurd is unique, but is he a freak? A punter in the 4th round !? Day 3 guys not gimmes to make rosterUndrafted free agent guard Ross Reynolds tested like an elite athlete Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Deebo Samuel. Slant god.  Jalen Hurd is unique, but is he a freak?  A punter in the 4th round !?  Day 3 guys not gimmes to make roster Undrafted free agent guard Ross Reynolds tested like an elite athlete  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are bringing a special three show series covering all eligible Iowa Hawkeyes in this week's 2019 NFL Draft and we brought on special guests Nick Kendell and Sayre Bedinger to bring you information directly from the experts. Today's episode if the finale of our series where we finish discussing all remaining Iowa Hawkeyes prospects including Outback Bowl MVP Nick Easley, interior o-lineman Ross Reynolds, defensive end Parker Hesse, and more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We are bringing a special three show series covering all eligible Iowa Hawkeyes in this week's 2019 NFL Draft and we brought on special guests Nick Kendell and Sayre Bedinger to bring you information directly from the experts. Today's episode if the finale of our series where we finish discussing all remaining Iowa Hawkeyes prospects including Outback Bowl MVP Nick Easley, interior o-lineman Ross Reynolds, defensive end Parker Hesse, and more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The numbers are staggering: over the past twenty years in Chicago, 14,033 people have been killed and another roughly 60,000 wounded by gunfire. What does that do to the spirit of individuals and community? Journalist and storyteller Alex Kotlowitz joined us with a deeply intimate collection of chronicles from the lives of individuals who have emerged from this violence—all gathered together in his book An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago. Kotlowitz met with KUOW’s Ross Reynolds to explore these thoughtful and empathetic individuals: a man who as a teenager killed a rival gang member and twenty years later is still struggling to come to terms with what he’s done; a devoted school social worker whose student refuses to give evidence in the shooting death of his best friend; and the witness to a wrongful police shooting who can’t shake what he has seen. Join Kotlowitz and Reynolds for a piercingly honest portrait of a city—and its people—in turmoil, and a perspective that seeks to upend what we think we know about gun violence in America. Alex Kotlowitz is the author of three previous books, including the national bestseller There Are No Children Here, selected by the New York Public Library as one of the 150 most important books of the twentieth century. His book The Other Side of the River was awarded the Chicago Tribune’s Heartland Prize for Nonfiction. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine and on This American Life. Ross Reynolds is the Executive Producer of Community Engagement at KUOW. He creates community conversations such as the Ask A events, and occasionally produces arts and news features. He is the former co-host of KUOW’s daily news magazine The Record and KUOW’s award–winning daily news–talk program The Conversation. Recorded live at University Lutheran Church by Town Hall Seattle on April 17, 2019. 

Longtime Silicon Valley investor Roger McNamee would have howled with laughter just a few years ago if he had been told he would soon be devoting himself to decrying the massive social media engine that is Facebook. But despite his career as a mentor of tech leaders and his large shareholdings in Facebook, that’s exactly what McNamee is doing. He took the stage in conversation with KUOW’s Ross Reynolds for an exploration of his book Zucked. McNamee offered us his unflinching account of Facebook’s malignant applications during the rise of the Trump administration, and the unwillingness of Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg to reckon with the damage it has done. Drawing on insight from a team of Silicon Valley technologists, McNamee highlighted Facebook’s corrosive effects on the foundation of our democracy—and invited us to an urgent conversation about the existential threat it poses to our public health and political order. Roger McNamee has been a Silicon Valley investor for 35 years. He co-founded successful funds in venture, crossover and private equity. His most recent fund, Elevation, included U2’s Bono as a co-founder. He has served as a technical advisor for seasons two through five of HBO’s “Silicon Valley” series and was also responsible for raising the money that created the Wikimedia Foundation. Ross Reynolds is the Executive Producer of Community Engagement at KUOW. He creates community conversations such as the Ask A events, and occasionally produces arts and news features. He is the former co-host of KUOW’s daily news magazine The Record and KUOW’s award–winning daily news–talk program The Conversation. Recorded live at The Summit by Town Hall Seattle on on March 30, 2019.

Ross Reynolds reviews the week’s news with former Washington state Attorney General Rob McKenna, former Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn and Geekwire’s Civic editor Monica Nickelsburg.

We've got to give you our breakdown of last night's disappointing loss to the Michigan State Spartans. Outside of the score, Iowa played a pretty solid basketball game throughout the night. Defensive energy was great and the big men were taking care of business down low. Unfortunately, a lack of fouls being called against Michigan State, some cold shooting by Iowa's guards, and Michigan State's hot start in the second half were enough to bring down Iowa at home. After covering that game we hop right back into our draft analysis with NFL Draft Analyst from 247sports Nick Kendell. On today's show we are giving the breakdown of the draft prospects for Outback Bowl MVP Nick Easley and interior offensive lineman Keegan Render and Ross Reynolds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We've got to give you our breakdown of last night's disappointing loss to the Michigan State Spartans. Outside of the score, Iowa played a pretty solid basketball game throughout the night. Defensive energy was great and the big men were taking care of business down low. Unfortunately, a lack of fouls being called against Michigan State,  some cold shooting by Iowa's guards, and Michigan State's hot start in the second half were enough to bring down Iowa at home. After covering that game we hop right back into our draft analysis with NFL Draft Analyst from 247sports Nick Kendell. On today's show we are giving the breakdown of the draft prospects for Outback Bowl MVP Nick Easley and interior offensive lineman Keegan Render and Ross Reynolds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At the verge of turning forty, Peter Sagal—host of NPR’s “Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!”—started running seriously. And much to his own surprise, he kept going, faster and further, running fourteen marathons and logging tens of thousands of miles on roads, sidewalks, and paths all over the United States and the world. Now his feet have carried him to Town Hall’s stage to reflect on the trails, tracks, and routes he’s traveled with recollections from his book The Incomplete Book of Running. He shared stories of running charity races in his underwear, attempting to “quiet his colon” on runs around his neighborhood, and the experience of running as a guide to visually impaired runners. With humor and humanity, he connected his emotional experience of running to discussions of body image and the similarities between endurance sports and sadomasochism. Join Sagal for a funny, wise, and powerful meditation about running—and about life. Peter Sagal is the host of the Peabody Award-winning NPR news quiz “Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!”, the most popular show on public radio, heard by five million listeners each week. He is also a playwright, a screenwriter, the host of “Constitution USA with Peter Sagal” on PBS, a one-time extra in a Michael Jackson music video, a contributor to publications from Opera News to The Magazine of the AARP and a featured columnist in Runner’s World. He’s run fourteen marathons across the United States. Ross Reynolds is executive producer for Community Engagement. His projects include the person to person conversation event ‘Ask A…’ and That’s Debatable: Amazon is Good for Seattle. Prior to his current job Ross hosted “The Record” (2014-2015) and “The Conversation,” KUOW’s award winning daily news talk program (2000 – 2014). Ross came to KUOW in 1987 as news director and in 1992 became program director. As program director, he changed the station’s format from classical/news to news and yet more news. Presented by Town Hall Seattle and Brooks Running. Recorded live at Seattle First Baptist Church by Town Hall Seattle on Sunday, November 11, 2018. 

How to live well, even joyously, while accepting our mortality is a vitally important philosophical challenge. Author and cellular immunologist Barbara Ehrenreich shared insight from her latest book Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer, and tackled the seemingly unsolvable problem of how we might better prepare ourselves for the end—while still reveling in the lives that remain to us. We tend to believe we have agency over our bodies, our minds, and even over the manner of our deaths. But Ehrenreich shared the latest science which shows that the microscopic sub-units of our bodies make their own “decisions,” and not always in our favor. Ehrenreich was joined onstage in conversation with KUOW’s Ross Reynolds. Together they delve into the cellular basis of aging and showed how little control we actually have over it, starting with the mysterious and seldom-acknowledged tendency of our own immune cells to promote deadly cancers. Ehrenreich described how we over-prepare and worry way too much about what is inevitable. Join Ehrenreich and Reynolds for thoughtful considerations of the aging process (and our control over it) and the offer of an entirely new understanding of our bodies, ourselves, and our place in the universe. Barbara Ehrenreich is the author of over a dozen books, including the New York Times bestseller Nickel and Dimed. She has a PhD in cellular immunology from Rockefeller University and writes frequently about health care and medical science, among many other subjects. Ross Reynolds is the Executive Producer of Community Engagement at KUOW. He creates community conversations such as the Ask A events, and occasionally produces arts and news features. He is the former co-host of KUOW’s daily news magazine The Record and KUOW’s award–winning daily news–talk program The Conversation. Recorded live at Seattle First Baptist Church by Town Hall Seattle on Wednesday, May 2, 2018. 

A conversation with award-winning radio host Ross Reynolds. We discuss the future of radio, asking great questions, how to get people to open up, and more.

L. Randall Wray — The Biggest Drains On The Deficits – 03/02/2011The Biggest Drains On The DeficitRoss Reynolds03/02/2011 at 12:20 p.m.The national debt is growing. Lawmakers and experts are asking the question — what do we do about the biggest expenses of our government; Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and defense spending? 63 percent of the 2010 federal budget went to these programs. Do we have to start making sacrifices?Guest(s)Mike Tanner is senior fellow at the Cato Institute. He deals with domestic issues including budget and debt, and sees the massive deficit as a top federal concern.L. Randall Wray is an economics professor at University of Missouri–Kansas City. He believes the deficit concerns are hysteria, and massive cuts will only worsen the problem. His focus is on growing the economy.DownloadL. Randall Wray's website is: New Economic PerspectivesSource: kuow.orgAired: 3/02/11 12:00 AMThis podcast is an aggregate of audio files freely available online. Please visit the original source and subscribe to the host website.