Olympics Opening Ceremony Composer Steps Down And Apologizes For Bullying Keigo Oyamada, who performs under the stage name Cornelius, resigned from the Tokyo Olympics after critics uncovered interviews in which he boasted of bullying classmates with disabilities. Anastasia Tsioulcas
Rising From The Ashes, Jacob's Pillow Welcomes Back Dancers, Audiences Jacob's Pillow had a particularly tough 2020, closed by pandemic and struck by a fire that consumed one of its theaters. This summer the dance center rises from the ashes, literally and figuratively. Jeff Lunden
More than 100 athletes with Pacific Northwest ties entered in Tokyo Olympics If you like cheering for hometown athletes — or former Ducks, Zags or Huskies — you're in luck when the Summer Olympics start in less than a week. The team rosters for the USA and a bunch of foreign countries are chockablock with athletes with Pacific Northwest ties. By our count, 50 Team USA Olympians have strong connections to Oregon or Washington. At least 51 more athletes are at the Olympics representing foreign countries after starring for universities or turning pro in the Northwest. Tom Banse
Meet KUOW's summer 2021 RadioActive youth producers KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media is proud to offer our 18th annual summer introductory workshop for teens. In our second all-virtual workshop, fifteen teens, aged 15-18, will spend four weeks learning about radio journalism and audio storytelling. Eva Solorio
'This came from a dream.' How this Navajo family is healing with dance Eugene Tapahe never dreamt the coronavirus pandemic would bring the world to a stop. Nor could he have known when the virus struck that another pandemic a century earlier - and a tradition that grew out of it - would send his family on a 30,000-mile journey to heal. Katie Campbell
AI Brought Anthony Bourdain's Voice Back To Life. Should It Have? The director of the new Anthony Bourdain documentary Roadrunner says he used AI to generate Bourdain reading from letters he'd never spoken aloud, triggering a debate about technology and ethics. Andrew Limbong
Other Tens Miracle Workers actors Geraldine Viswanathan and Karan Soni take on this latest installment, venturing through the "tens" of centuries past.
We Ship It It's anchors aweigh for comedians Naomi Ekperigin and Andy Beckerman. They're given imaginary cruises themed around a word ending in "ship," and must decipher what "ship" it would happen on.
Hey There, Hot Stuff Miracle Workers stars Geraldine Viswanathan and Karan Soni play a game about things that reach very, very hot temperatures. Please bring flame resistant clothing, or at least some oven mitts.
Real Or Fake Chia Pet Chia Pets come in all sorts of fun shapes— But what about a murderous clown? Couples Therapy hosts Naomi Ekperigin and Andy Beckerman find out!