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The Record: August 23

There’s a new Alexa in town, and she’s come for your kids. A new setting called Free Time allows the Amazon Echo to turn from a question answerer into a question dodger. Amy Nelson is founder and CEO of women’s coworking space The Riveter; Todd Bishop is co-founder of the tech news site Geekwire. Both are parents. They sat down with Bill Radke to discuss what answers children get, and what they deserve.

There’s a new Alexa in town, and she’s come for your kids. A new setting called Free Time allows the Amazon Echo to turn from a question answerer into a question dodger. Amy Nelson is founder and CEO of women’s coworking space The Riveter; Todd Bishop is co-founder of the tech news site Geekwire. Both are parents. They sat down with Bill Radke to discuss what answers children get, and what they deserve.

Republican state Representative Matt Manweller is still polling well, but last week he was fired from his job as a political science professor at Central Washington University. At issue were sexual misconduct allegations, which Manweller has either denied or dismissed as trivial. Now CWU has released a report detailing the investigation. KUOW Olympia correspondent Austin Jenkins has been following the story; he explained what Manweller left out in his self-defense.

Republican state Representative Matt Manweller is still polling well, but last week he was fired from his job as a political science professor at Central Washington University. At issue were sexual misconduct allegations, which Manweller has either denied or dismissed as trivial. Now CWU has released a report detailing the investigation. KUOW Olympia correspondent Austin Jenkins has been following the story; he explained what Manweller left out in his self-defense.

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