Jeannie Yandel Videos

There's a reason a brisk post dinner walk isn't a Thanksgiving tradition. Usually our after dinner traditions involve unbuckling our belts and rubbing our overly full bellies. Warren Etheredge wants to rethink eating at Thanksgiving and the rest of the year. He runs the Seattle based movie and entertainment Website The Warren Report. So, he turned to three films that shed light on overeating. He talked with KUOW's Jeannie Yandel.

In 1993, Washington passed Initiative 593. It was the nation's first persistent offender legislation, more commonly known as a three strikes law. The law says if you commit three felonies, you are sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole. Vance Bartley didn't care about the three strikes law, or any other law. Then he was brought to trial for a third felony. And under Washington's three strikes law, he was put in prison for the rest of his life. That's when Vance started studying the law to try and find a way out. He tells KUOW's Jeannie Yandel his story.

Today, Kells Pub in Seattle's Post Alley is where you'd go for a pint of Guinness or to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. But a hundred years ago, it's where people brought dead bodies for embalming. The bar is in the basement of the building that used to house Butterworth Mortuary. It was the city's first place for comprehensive death related services from corpse retrieval to coffin sales. Mercedes Yaeger runs Market Ghost Tours in Pike Place Market. She also wrote a book about the haunted history of the Market. And she sees a connection between the bodies that came through Butterworth Mortuary in the past, and the stories of hauntings in the building now. KUOW's Jeannie Yandel went to Kells to find out more.

The most successful horror movie franchise of all time is called Saw. There are five Saw movies, and each one features prolonged scenes of gory torture and victimization. But not all modern horror movies focus on graphic murder scenes. Gabe Rapier isn't a huge fan of horror movies. But he thinks when they're done right, they can give us a way to safely explore some of the darker elements of humanity. Gabe also works at the Columbia City branch of the Seattle Public Library. He talked with KUOW's Jeannie Yandel about three horror movies in Seattle Public Library stocks Nang Nak, El Rey De La Montana, and Blind Mountain that are all worth checking out.

In 2008, close to 100 million people watched the New York Giants defeat the New England Patriots during Superbowl XLIII. With the exception of the finale of the TV show MASH, that Superbowl was the most watched television show ever. Not everyone spends winter Sundays in front of the television watching football, Warren Etheredge understands that. But he also thinks people who don't watch football miss a great opportunity to learn about American identity and values. Warren's the founder of the entertainment website The Warren Report. He's also the author of three books about football. And he loves the Dallas Cowboys. Warren tells KUOW's Jeannie Yandel about three football movies that also teach us about American identity.

Currently, more than 5 million people in the U.S. have Alzheimer's Disease. And every 70 seconds someone else develops the disease. That's according to the Alzheimer's Association. Colleen Lindsay Hughes died of Alzheimer's in 2001. Her daughter Holly was one of her caretakers. Holly's also a poet. And she wrote about what it was like to live with her mom and the disease. After her mom's death, Holly started asking other writers if they had pieces about Alzheimer's. The result is the book Beyond Forgetting: Poetry and Prose About Alzheimer's Disease, which Holly compiled and edited. She told KUOW's Jeannie Yandel why she wanted to share writing about Alzheimer's.

Cookus Interruptus is a radio cooking comedy starring Cynthia Lair. Her kitchen adventures are proof that it is possible to cook healthy, home cooked meals despite life's constant interruptions.

Cookus Interruptus is a radio cooking comedy starring Cynthia Lair. Her kitchen adventures are proof that it is possible to cook healthy, home cooked meals despite life's constant interruptions.

The average American supermarket does not encourage its consumers to learn where the food they stock came from. And reading labels on many foods can be an exercise in frustration. But Warren Etheredge has some ideas to help us learn more about our food. Warren's the founder of the entertainment website The Warren Report. He told KUOW's Jeannie Yandel about three films that reveal what our food goes through before it shows up in our stores and on our tables.Extra! Warren's Food Flicks (pdf)

During the 1920s, one logger a day died doing his job in West Coast forests. The men had no safety equipment, and the work itself was physically grueling. But the job paid better than almost any other line of work at that time, and there were other positives as well. Larry McPhail knows a lot about the perils of logging in the early 20th century, and he knows about the benefits. He learned about it from his grandfather. KUOW's Jeannie Yandel visited Larry on his farm near the U.S. Canada border to find out why he still practices old logging techniques.

Cookus Interruptus is a radio cooking comedy starring Cynthia Lair. Her kitchen adventures are proof that it is possible to cook healthy, home cooked meals despite life's constant interruptions.

It's vital to stay informed and engaged in the political process, but it can also feel like you're fighting a beast you have no hope of overcoming. So becoming jaded and disconnected is an understandable response. Sandy Cioffi is a documentary filmmaker, whose latest film is Sweet Crude. She also teaches filmmaking and video production at Seattle Central Community College. And she gets that urge to detach, but she recently rewatched three movies that she thinks can give us fresh ways to engage with the beast of politics. She talked with KUOW's Jeannie Yandel about those movies.

Cookus Interruptus is a radio cooking comedy starring Cynthia Lair. Her kitchen adventures are proof that it is possible to cook healthy, home cooked meals despite life's constant interruptions.

On August 31, Seattle Public Library closed for eight days to save money. And Gabriel Rapier was thrilled when they reopened. Gabe works at the Columbia City branch of the Seattle Public Library. And he's also a movie fan who borrows films from the library all the time. Gabe talked with KUOW's Jeannie Yandel the week after the library reopened. He told her about three films he wants other library patrons to borrow.

Cookus Interruptus is a radio cooking comedy starring Cynthia Lair. Her kitchen adventures are proof that it is possible to cook healthy, home cooked meals despite life's constant interruptions.

Most of us are busy enough with everyday life. So it's hard to step outside of our routines and see things in a new way. But movies can remind us of how valuable it can be to get liberated from the predictable. Robert Horton is the film reviewer for the Seattle Channel and the Everett Herald. He told KUOW's Jeannie Yandel about three movies that show us what can be gained from letting our lives be shaken up a little.

In a good debate, two sides put forward well reasoned, truthful arguments, and the audience decides which argument makes more sense. And while many high schoolers learn how to build a rational argument, it seems we forget that skill as adults. You can look to our national discussion of health care as an example. It's too late for most of us to go back to school and re learn the rules of good debate. But there are some movies that can teach us how to use debate to tackle divisive issues in real life. Warren Etheredge is the founder of the entertainment Website The Warren Report. He told KUOW's Jeannie Yandel about three movies that model good debate.

Travel is a wonderful experience and it can also be really expensive. But you can visit other places through the magic of cinema. Simone Andrus owned Wide World Books and Maps, a travel store in Seattle's Wallingford neighborhood until recently, and she still works there now. Simone tells KUOW's Jeannie Yandel about three films that can allow you to experience traveling without leaving your house.

If you've ever used a large handled can opener or a door with a lever instead of a knob, you've benefited from universal design. Universal Design is a relatively new approach to creating products and buildings. The goal is to make everything usable and effective for everyone. That means people who have disabilities, and people who don't. Wendy Chisholm is a computer programmer and developer. She's also coauthor of the book Universal Design for Web Applications. KUOW's Jeannie Yandel visited Wendy in her home office in Seattle's north Ballard neighborhood. And she found out why Wendy strives to make the Internet universally accessible.

If you've ever seen the Coen Brothers movie The Big Lebowski, these lines will sound familiar to you: Ever heard of the Seattle Seven? That was me. Well, me and six other guys. That's the main character, The Dude, talking about himself. Much of The Dude's life and habits are fiction. But the Seattle Seven were a real group of people. They were brought up on federal charges in early 1970. Their trial garnered national attention. And Jeff Dowd was one of the seven. He's also the real life inspiration for the character of The Dude. Jeff Dowd lived in Seattle for more than a decade. But he never expected to get national publicity for being part of the antiwar movement. Jeff tells KUOW's Jeannie Yandel how he became a political activist.