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Dave Eggers: How Can Kids Learn Human Skills in a Tech-Dominated World?

Fiction can serve as a window into multiple realities--to imagine different futures or understand our own past. This hour, author Dave Eggers talks tech, education, and the healing power of writing.
- Fiona Geiran
Casual Friday: Enough with the atmospheric rivers

It’s another Friday and another week filled with Omicron. At least the free at-home Covid tests are on the way. Plus we’ve had a break from the rain, and our hockey team got an adorable new puppy. Aww. We’ll get into all of that with Seattle Weather Blog’s Justin Shaw and KUOW’s Paige Browning.
- Caroline Chamberlain Gomez
22 tips for 2022: You don't need an intense workout. Small moves make a difference

Making exercise a daily habit can feel daunting if it feels like it counts only when you go all in. Instead, remember that every small movement counts.
- Maria Godoy
A preview of this year's (virtual) Sundance Film Festival

The Sundance Film Festival begins Thursday. Festival goers can expect Jesse Eisenberg's directorial debut, a docuseries about comedian Bill Cosby and a number of films about reproductive rights.
- Mandalit del Barco
How my brother's mental toughness through a Covid deployment helped bring us closer

Petty Officer Serigne Diakhate spent nearly a year out at sea on an extended deployment. Navy Deployments usually last about six months but because of Covid, this became the longest Naval deployment since the Vietnam War. RadioActive’s Khassim Diakhate tells his brother Serigne's story.
- Khassim Diakhate
No more yurts. Orcas Islanders want affordable places year-round

If you can find a place to live and work on Orcas Island you’re set. But who's got the land?
- Libby Denkmann
New audiences, less money. How local arts organizations are doing now

Federal programs that supported the arts during the pandemic have dwindled. The 2020 surge of financial support for Black, Indigenous and People of Color-led organizations amid racial justice protests has faded. Still, some groups say they've learned lessons about how to connect with new audiences that will continue to pay off after Covid.
- Joshua McNichols
Paul Auster celebrates the precocious, abbreviated life and work of Stephen Crane

'Crane is now in the hands of the specialists, while the invisible army of so-called general readers, the same people who still take pleasure in reading old standbys such as Melville and Whitman, are no longer reading Crane.’
- John O'Brien
Joss Whedon was once hailed as a feminist. Then came the stories about his behavior

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with reporter Lila Shapiro about the allegations against writer-director Joss Whedon.
- Ailsa Chang
22 tips for 2022: Get creative, even if you aren't feeling inspired

There are lots of benefits to creating art. Experts say if you spend just 10 minutes of random art marking, it will help you kick-start the habit — no creative inspiration required.
- Malaka Gharib

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