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King County Sheriff, Sue Rahr Sue Rahr, King County Sheriff, is breaking down barriers in law enforcement. One of the very few women sheriffs in the US, Rahr brings a leadership style intended to bring about solutions rather than enable individuals to develop territories. She indicated “It’s not about winning. It’s about succeeding.” |
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State Department Negotiator, Ron Woods The State Department of the US government employed Ron Woods for 30 years, spanning from the Nixon to Clinton Administrations. Woods discussed the importance of China to the world, Korea, Africa and the perception of America and Americans around the globe. His last assignment was in London during the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall. All Americans should hear what Ron Woods has to say. |
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Sound Month, Connelly and Taylor on 2004 Regular guest experts Joel Connelly (Seattle PI) and Chuck Taylor (Seattle Weekly) looked ever so fondly at 2004 and chose to move ahead to 2005! Not only did they address the Iraq War’s impact on the Puget Sound, but the Presidential AND Washington governor elections. Check out the show to hear the Peach Pie issues of the year, and what 2005 will bring. |
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Naval War College Professor/Author, Thomas Barnett Every US military leader must study the teachings of Dr. Thomas P.T. Barnett. The concepts of the world arranged in a Core and a Gap enable predictions about where the next hot spots will be. Can the US engage the enemy? Can the enemy be defined? How can there be lasting peace after war? Dr. Barnett answers these questions and more. |
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Healing Poverty Through Business, Bill Clapp and Dick Swanson Bill Clapp is the Founder of Global Partnerships and Dick Swanson is the Chairman of the Initiative for Global Development. In late 2004, they visited Nicaragua, one of the poorest countries on earth and discovered that by giving loans of $50 to $500, Nicaraguans could expand their business and feed their families. Microcredit has transformed from concept to reality, and Public Exposure’s guests showed that abject poverty can be alleviated with a business approach. |
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Maria LaMarca Anderson – Northwest Harvest The food bank for all of Washington state is a small agency with a big heart: Northwest Harvest. The agency collected over 18 million pounds of food in the past year and distributed the food to 300 food banks across the state. Companies and individuals alike provide as many as 2,000 volunteers to help prepare meals. For example, Microsoft employees worked to help prepare food for 44,000 families. |
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Gregg Zylstra– United WaY The United Way of King County has tow main focal points during the 2004 holiday season: ending homelessness and helping to prepare children for school. On any given night, nearly 8,000 people are without homes in King County and many of them are employed. Over 48% of King County’s homeless are families with children, and a full 10% of all children in King County live below the poverty level. The problems are difficult, but United Way is helping to find solutions. |
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Joanne Kahl – Junior Achievement Junior Achievement of the Greater Puget Sound is over 50 years-old. The organization has grown to where it teaches free enterprise concepts to over 100,000 students, with more than 2,400 educators in 63 school districts. Funded locally, JA has built a facility in Auburn, Washington, that houses Enterprise Village and Finance Park. These two experiential learning centers permit students in middle school and high school to manage all aspects of ongoing businesses. http://seattle.ja.org |
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Kitty Kelley – author: Bush Family Secrets Scandal-mongering or revealing the truth? The audience and readers can decide as the author of The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty explains how she gathered information about the family of President George W. Bush; the credibility of sources; and the apparent intent of the family as it continues to infiltrate the upper echelon of American politics. Straight from the author’s mouth, Kitty Kelley tells it like she saw it. |
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Stephanie Elizondo Griest – author: Around the Bloc Is Revolution worth it? That is the seminal question asked by Stephanie Griest, who toured Havana, Beijing and Moscow. She lived among the people and developed a deep understanding of resident cultures while finding that her own in the US could not necessarily fit in those countries. Griest spoke the languages, walked the walks and ate the local cuisine in daily life stories that can enlighten the audience about views vastly different than our own. |
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Chuck Taylor – Seattle Weekly Managing Editor and Boeing expert One of the most knowledgeable persons about Boeing in the Puget Sound, Taylor discussed the battles between Boeing and Airbus. Not only is there competition about wings and engines, but the two companies are vying for political preferences regarding subsidies. Taylor also addressed which company holds the winning hands for the checkbook in Asian markets. Additionally, Taylor reviewed the upcoming Democratic gubernatorial primary and the unfortunate dismissal of the Seattle Times business reporter, Steve Dunphy, over plagiarism. www.seattleweekly.com |
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Jed “Duffy” Selter and Don “Scooter” Hill – Caring Clowns International The two affable Vietnam-era veterans learned that landmines still exist in parts of Vietnam causing loss of life and limb to Vietnamese villagers. Children are particularly affected. They traveled to Vietnam to help and ultimately formed Caring Clowns International to bring joy into the hearts and minds of people in poverty. The organization has helped to fund necessary items such as washers and dryers for orphanages, a water buffalo for a family farmer, and a pig farm for an entire village. Now the group is spreading its brand of humor to other nations. www.caringclownsinternational.org |
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Tom Schatz – Citizens Against Government Waste To many longtime viewers of Public Exposure, this could have been a rerun of a 1992 show. Tom Schatz discussed the continual mismanagement and waste of precious tax dollars through pet projects of members of congress. In 2004, Washington state received over $250 million in pork money, and the national trend has been on a record rise for the past four years. Whether it’s tax money to rebuild an old Coca-cola plant or dollars for Disneyland buses, there seems to be an always-full trough of taxpayer money for congress’ favorite projects. www.cagw.org |
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American Students Choose India for a Summer Trip Andrew Doggett and Sean Whitsitt, two seniors-to-be at Lakeside High School in Seattle, took time from their last summer before college to trek across the world on an educational and cultural excursion. They compared American and Indian cultures, talked about their personal growth resulting from the trip, and discussed a personal visit with His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Another great show! |
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Joel Connelly – from Boston and the 2004 Democratic National Convention Joel Connelly, veteran Seattle PI columnist, found Beantown to his liking, except for the overwhelming heat and security while attending the Democratic National Convention. In addition to talking about the winners, he addressed the issues of concern to the attendees and how that will impact the 2004 elections. From his vantage point, the Bush/Kerry presidential will be a cultural war between the Republicans and Democrats, with every issue on the table overshadowed by the fighting in Iraq. For Connelly’s columns, visit: www.seattlepi.com |
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Angela Goldsberry – On the ground in Fallujah
For the first 6 months of 2004, Angela Goldsberry worked in Fallujah, Iraq, as an employee of the Halliburton subsidiary, Kellogg, Brown and Root. Goldsberry’s responsibility was to oversee the water purification system for the US military. Goldsberry encountered an incredibly difficult environment for all Americans in the deadliest area of Iraq and discussed how being a highly paid contractor contributed to the low morale of American troops in the Middle East. |
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Lynn Brewer - Shares her Enron Insight - July 22, 2004 House of Cards: Confessions of an Enron Executive What did they know? And when did they know it? Several of Lynn Brewer’s former fellow Enron employees are in prison. Could former CEO Kenneth Lay be the next? Ms. Brewer engaged us in the million dollar question of what Lay had to know and when he knew it. Ms. Brewer discussed the Enron trader tapes, how the Snohomish County PUD is a hero, and the direct connection between Kenneth Lay and President George W. Bush. To see what Lynn is up to now, visit: http://www.theintegrityinstitute.org |
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Understanding the culture of the Middle East
Frequent Afghanistan visitor, Marvin Taylor, Executive Director of Health Emergent International Services, explained the progress of the Afghan people. He returned from the mountainous country just five days before the show and told how cities such as Kabul are advancing, while the people in rural areas are living in conditions similar to 630 AD. He contrasted the state oriented culture present in the West with the nomadic culture of much of the Middle East. For more information, visit: http://heis.org |
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Should Seattle’s monorail be recalled? The Seattle Popular Monorail Authority has come under greater public scrutiny in recent months, and there is at least one group working for the recall of the elevated transit option. Though the group advocating the recall could not come on the show, monorail expert Dick Falkenbury discussed the difficulties of finance and construction ... as well as some very successful monorails around the world. For more monorail info, visit: http://www.elevated.org Caption: Moscow Monorail 2003 |
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Lifelong Republican says “Pull the shrub” David W. Chapman, Sr. describes himself as a “life-long, registered Republican” But this year he is actively working to defeat the re-election of President George W. Bush. Chapman adds: “Contrary to the snide characterization of we voters as ‘Sheople’ by Washington DC, Republican, insider elitists, they are about to discover that ‘we the sheople’ are growing into a committed, national, coalition of Americans.” David was our guest on June 24th. To visit the website go to: http://www.pulltheshrub.com |
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Bold New Idea for Seattle's Waterfront Viaduct Seattle's aging viaduct is overdue for a complete rebuild. The Washington State Department of Transportation is studying options for a replacement or tunnel to carry the capacity of vehicles this essential roadway carries. A new "people powered" design group has plans for a renovation of the waterfront to include less capacity for cars, a dramatic new use to include beach access. Grant Cogswell and Cary Moon were our guests. To visit the new concept go to: http://www.peopleswaterfront.org |
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First Book Focuses on Early Reading
Education is first, but who is first in education? Parents! Says First Book a national nonprofit organization with a single mission: to give children from low-income families the opportunity to read and own their first new books. Study after study show that educational failure is born in poverty, but First Book and other organizations like it are trying to defeat the cycle of poverty with reading! Puget Sound First Book participant, Greg Gourley, will don his Dr. Seuss Hat and explain how the public can help kids obtain their first books. |
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POWs and the Geneva Convention On November 22, 1966 then US Air Force captain Joe Crecca was piloting an F4C when he was shot down from behind by a Soviet-made Surface to Air Missile. He survived the parachute jump and remained captive in North Vietnam until February 18, 1973. He withstood physical and mental torture and maintained his protection of his unit and his fellow prisoners. Never bending to little food, no word from home except what the Viet Cong want him to have, and minimal direct contact with other Americans, Joe Crecca is an example of an American hero. Now a resident of the Puget Sound, Joe’s story is one of perseverance, strength and honor. |
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Reporting from the Green Zone National CBS commentator and popular KIRO radio host, Dave Ross brought his signature “drive-by wisdom to the masses” to Public Exposure on May 13. Just a few weeks earlier, Ross broadcast live from Baghdad and gained keen insight into the current circumstances in Iraq, and what steps must be taken for peace. We reviewed Dave's daily diary from Baghdad, including the greeting to wear body armor. He discussed his impressions of the feelings of Iraqis he met; how America is perceived; and what the Iraqi people hope for as US involvement in Iraq moves into its second year. Dave Ross is heard daily, Monday through Friday, on 710KIRO from 9am to noon. To visit his website: http://www.daveross.com |
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Dave Louthan, former employee of Verns Meats Our guest Dave Louthan provided a sobering discussion on the safety of U.S. beef after Mad Cow. He should know, he's the former employee of Vern's Meats in Moses Lake, Washington that slaughtered the Holstein on December 9, 2003. Two weeks later, after the beef had been on store shelves and purchased by consumers it was found to have tested positive to BSE. Since then, the USDA has adopted a "don't test, won't find" policy hoping that we'll all go back to eating beef as no additional mad cows are found. You won't find mad cow if you don't test. The Japanese know this. That's why a news crew from Nippon TV follows Dave Louthan around. The Japanese want to import beef from the US again. But they demand that it be safe. They support Dave's position that all cows be tested using the new 4-hour BSE Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy test. The Japanese test 100% of their beef and have found BSE in 11 of their own home grown cows over the last year. To visit his website: http://www.davelouthan.com |
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Tom Luce of the John Kerry for President campaign. http://www.johnkerry.com Local campaign staff member, Tom Luce, shared presidential candidate John Kerry's extensive plans for health care, education and jobs in America. Mr. Luce is a local democrat activist and works locally with Congressman Norm Dicks office. This interview with Tom was just before Washington state's record setting caucus turn-out and Senator John Kerry's campaign visit to Washington to address local supporters. |
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Barr McClellan, former LBJ lawyer and author of Blood, Money and Power: How LBJ Killed JFK - http://www.barrmcclellan.com
In this two part series, Barr McClellan traced the history of criminal involvement and dastardly deeds perpetrated by former US President, Lyndon Baines Johnson. In Episode 1, McClellan discussed the entanglements of Johnson with Texas oil tycoons. He follows the money trail from the oil patch to presidency of the United States Senate. In Episode 1 McClellan discussed the business and political climate in Texas that helped bosses control nearly all parts of Texas, including the suspension of a sentence for murder. In Episode 2, McClellan shows how that same murderer’s fingerprints were found in the same "snipers nest" where Lee Harvey Oswald was supposedly the lone gunmen. Barr McClellan’s trial-lawyer precision has shaken a power structure that protected huge money interests for years...so much that they have tried to keep this story from being told. Episode 1 - 02/03/04 9:30pm; Episode 2 – 02/10/04 9:30 pm. |
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John Taylor, Policy Analyst for former Vermont Governor Howard Dean - http://www.deanforamerica.com
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Hewa Schwan - Iraqi-Kurdish American
Hewa Schwan was born and raised in northern Iraq. A Kurd, Schwan has lived in the US for over 20 years, and offers advice on understanding cultures of Central Asia. Schwan works in international education in the Puget Sound. |
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Northwest Harvest - www.northwestharvest.org
Northwest Harvest operates Washington state’s largest food bank. Privately supplied and funded, the nonprofit agency helps people in poverty have food to eat each day of the year. Shelley Rotondo, Executive Director, and Maria Lamarca-Anderson, Communications Director, told the viewing audience about the increasing number of people in hunger. |
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The Honorable Al
Rosellini - www.historylink.org
One of the most popular governors in Washington state history, Al Rosellini discussed the trials and tribulations of helping a young state mature. The esteemed former Chief of State also told about a fateful trip by President John F. Kennedy to Seattle in November, 1961. |
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King County Snapshots - www.kcsnapshots.org
The Museum of History and Industry located near the University of Washington is the leader in the creation of a remarkable website. The site houses digital copies of photos depicting life in King County over the past 125 years. These photos provide quite a journey into the daily lives of what has become one of the most populated counties in the US. |
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