On Prime Day, one Amazon factory stands empty
The labor strike kicks off today. A look at the history of Silicon Valley culture (and how it sprang from war). And: why learn music theory from Shostakovich when you could learn from The Sugar Hill Gang?
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Amazon warehouse protests
It’s Prime Day! Which means protests. Workers at a Minnesota Amazon warehouse have walked off the job to protest their working conditions. Nicole Lee is senior editor from Engadget, and has been watching this strike as a possible turning point for modern workers’ rights. Seattle web development engineer Weston Fribley is in Minnesota too, in solidarity.
Margaret O'Mara, The Code
UW History professor Margaret O’Mara’s newest book is called The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America. She spoke with Bill Radke about capitalism, immigration, and the historical forces that created our current tech moment.
Michael Berry, hip-hop music theory
When you were younger, you might have learned music theory by way of Mozart and Bach. UW Music Theory lecturer Mike Berry says that in 2019, we can do better. His classes in Seattle and Tacoma feature hip hop as a window onto the underpinnings of music.
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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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