The first doses of the Covid-19 vaccine were administered today in Washington state. Dori Monson is bothered that one particularly group might get it first even though he doesn't think they've done enough to comply with the lockdown restrictions. Tom and John wish Elvis Presley was still around to convince people to actually get the shot. And Gee and Ursula explain why your boss should give you a sick day to get vaccinated.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information ..read more

The first doses of the Covid-19 vaccine were administered today in Washington state. Dori Monson is bothered that one particularly group might get it first even though he doesn't think they've done enough to comply with the lockdown restrictions. Tom and John wish Elvis Presley was still around to convince people to actually get the shot. And Gee and Ursula explain why your boss should give you a sick day to get vaccinated.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information ..read more

This week there was a working paper put out by the National Bureau of Economic research suggesting that US media is considerably more negative in their reporting on COVID-19 than other English speaking media.  A couple KIRO Radio shows grappled with why this might be.  Tom Tangney pointed out that some people might actually find negative news comforting somehow. "It's like you're trying to protect yourself," Tangney said. "You want to know everything bad that's out there so you can be safe."  John Curley responded that the problem is this can result in people being less pessimis ..read more

This week there was a working paper put out by the National Bureau of Economic research suggesting that US media is considerably more negative in their reporting on COVID-19 than other English speaking media.  A couple KIRO Radio shows grappled with why this might be.  Tom Tangney pointed out that some people might actually find negative news comforting somehow. "It's like you're trying to protect yourself," Tangney said. "You want to know everything bad that's out there so you can be safe."  John Curley responded that the problem is this can result in people being less pessimis ..read more

We've only just learned this week that Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan won't be seeking a second term. But it's never too early for some irresponsible speculation!  Dori Monson worries this might open the door to a "true marxist." He did, though, make it clear that he won't be in running for multiple reasons. For one, he doesn't live in the city, and he doesn't want to get involved in politics, especially if he doesn't think he can win. Try checking in with him in 4 years when there's another gubernatorial race.  Gee Scott brought up a couple names including fellow host Dave Ross or forme ..read more

This week there was a working paper put out by the National Bureau of Economic research suggesting that US media is considerably more negative in their reporting on COVID-19 than other English speaking media.  A couple KIRO Radio shows grappled with why this might be.  Tom Tangney pointed out that some people might actually find negative news comforting somehow. "It's like you're trying to protect yourself," Tangney said. "You want to know everything bad that's out there so you can be safe."  John Curley responded that the problem is this can result in people being less pessimis ..read more

This week there was a working paper put out by the National Bureau of Economic research suggesting that US media is considerably more negative in their reporting on COVID-19 than other English speaking media.  A couple KIRO Radio shows grappled with why this might be.  Tom Tangney pointed out that some people might actually find negative news comforting somehow. "It's like you're trying to protect yourself," Tangney said. "You want to know everything bad that's out there so you can be safe."  John Curley responded that the problem is this can result in people being less pessimis ..read more

We've only just learned this week that Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan won't be seeking a second term. But it's never too early for some irresponsible speculation!  Dori Monson worries this might open the door to a "true marxist." He did, though, make it clear that he won't be in running for multiple reasons. For one, he doesn't live in the city, and he doesn't want to get involved in politics, especially if he doesn't think he can win. Try checking in with him in 4 years when there's another gubernatorial race.  Gee Scott brought up a couple names including fellow host Dave Ross or forme ..read more

We've only just learned this week that Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan won't be seeking a second term. But it's never too early for some irresponsible speculation!  Dori Monson worries this might open the door to a "true marxist." He did, though, make it clear that he won't be in running for multiple reasons. For one, he doesn't live in the city, and he doesn't want to get involved in politics, especially if he doesn't think he can win. Try checking in with him in 4 years when there's another gubernatorial race.  Gee Scott brought up a couple names including fellow host Dave Ross or forme ..read more

Usually this podcast is a space where we collect the takes from all the shows on the biggest story of the week. I'm not sure I can accurately describe this story as the "biggest." I just thought after like 19 of these we could do a fun one. George Clooney made headlines this week after telling CBS Sunday Morning that he's been cutting his hair with a Flowbee for years.   If you don't remember what a Flowbee is, or, like me, you weren't alive when they were invented, here's the original infomercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK7_VSpTyVY  The Clooney anecdote reminded Dori M ..read more