Quoted: Now–a–days, families and communities seem more fractured. Building developments leave little space for nature. We are at war. We spend more time alone. What does it mean to be human in this era? What relationship do humans have with the natural world? Can we find beauty amidst the trouble? Author and environmental scholar, Terry Tempest

Quoted: KUOW is a valuable resource for understanding the news and the world we live in. National Public Radio hosts and commentators regularly provide information about everything from politics to cooking. Today we revisit three interviews with NPR regulars. At age 91, Daniel Schorr still serves as senior news analyst on All Things Considered. Lynne Rossetto

Quoted: We kick off our fall pledge drive with two great interviews. Last April, Archbishop Tutu granted just one interview during his visit to Seattle: to Steve Scher and Weekday. We met him in his downtown hotel room, looking over the city. He was under the weather, but he still spoke with wisdom and grace. Today, we'll revisit that interview and a conversation

Quoted: Once again it is Friday. What stories caught your attention? What hasn't been covered enough? Is there anything that really made your blood boil? The news is more than the mainstream headlines. Don't let the media choose all the topics. What is your take on the news?

Quoted: Naomi Wolf compared the Bush administration's actions to those of notorious dictators like Hitler in her book "The End of America." Her new book, "Give Me Liberty," is a handbook for ordinary citizens. She hopes it will help stop erosions of democracy in this country. Recently in the Huffington Post, Wolf argued that Sarah Palin

Quoted: The financial system as we know it is failing. Some experts are saying it's the death of 1980s free market capitalism. Certainly it seems true that we are stuck between eras. The old order – the Reagan–age policies built on the premise that the market can do no wrong and the government no right – is dying. What comes next?

Quoted: In this current crisis, trust has been bled from the system. Trust in government, trust in financial institutions and trust that people will do what they promise. Both our political and economic systems are built on trust. How will trust be rebuilt? Who do you trust to get us through this moment? How will a lack of trust change your vote or the way

Quoted: A conversation on the week's news in Canada from our Canadian correspondent, Vaughn Palmer, political correspondent for the Vancouver Sun. Then, the Washington State Commissioner of Public Lands manages about 5 million acres of state land as head of the state Department of Natural Resources. The position is also responsible for the regulation of timber

Quoted: To preface his collection of essays, journalist Robert Fisk writes, "Iraq, I suspect, will come to define the world we live in, even for those of us who have never been within a thousand miles of its borders." Why? What will that definition be? How has the war permanently changed our understanding of the world? Robert Fisk has lived in the