Radio

The Oldest Needle Exchange in the Country is in Tacoma

KEXP Sound & Vision: BabexHouse Brings House Music Back to its Black, Queer Roots in a Gentrifying Seattle

After-school Satan club tests the limits of church and state

Breaking The Taboo Against Talking About Death

KUOW: Overheard In The Green Room

Bullitt Center: A Building That Functions Like An Organism

Homeschooling Gains Ground In Washington

Map: Do We Still Need Record Stores?

Farming 2.0: Young farmers use sustainable methodsÂ and social networks for a new kind of nationwide harvest The landscape of farming in this country is changing- the average age of the U.S. farmer is 57, and when these farmers retire, their land will go up for sale. In some cases this land ends up in…

The Fatal Shooting of John T. Williams

The fatal shooting of John T. Williams in downtown Seattle last week by a police officer has provoked outrage and questions from his family, friends, and community members. Amber Cortes presents this profile of John T. Williams and some of the people who knew him.

The George Jackson Brigade

Not your hipsterâ€™s Seattle: the political bombings of the George Jackson Brigade The George Jackson Brigade was an underground revolutionary collective active in the Seattle area from 1975-1977. They set off 15 bombings in solidarity with the prison and labor movement in the mid-seventies. Most of their bombings either destroyed buildings or cut power to…

Dredging The Hudson

This year people all along the Hudson River are celebrating the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s historic journey of discovery. Over the summer, I got to spend some time along the Hudson and learned that the river is in a state of recovery from years of pollution and damage. I produced a radio piece for…

‘The Dance of The Giglio’

Every year, men from Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Williamsburg, Brooklyn hoist a four-ton, 68-foot statue called the Giglio into the air and move it six blocks while dancing ‘the Giglio’ under the sweltering sun. The event commemorates the San Paolino de Nola Feast, which originated in Nola, Italy. This year, Weekend America…

The Brian Lehrer Show

I just finished up an amazing internship at The Brian Lehrer Show at WNYC in New York City. The Brian Lehrer Show is a live, daily, two-hour long call in show that covers issues and news in New York and beyond. Working in live radio was an exciting challenge and I got to pitch and…