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Mar 20, 2024 • 18min
Boeing urges employees to 'speak up' about product safety. But what impact does a whistleblower really have?
Former Boeing Quality Manager John Barnett's recent death has renewed conversations about whistleblower safety and impact.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 19, 2024 • 27min
'Asking for the right to dream.' The view of Haiti’s gang crisis from Seattle
The situation in Haiti, which is caught in the grip of a weeks-long outbreak of gang violence, is “90% chaos,” according to Pierre Stanley Baptiste, the managing director and co-founder of the co-working space Impact Hub Port-au-Prince. The Impact Hub is supported by Kay Tita, a Seattle-based social impact organization that supports Haitian entrepreneurs and small business owners.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 18, 2024 • 26min
As Congress pushes potential TikTok ban forward, users wonder what happens next
Last week, the House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to force TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to sell the video sharing platform within 180 days. If that doesn’t happen, TikTok could be banned from U.S. app stores and web hosting platforms. Now the legislation heads to the Senate, and its future is far from clear.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
