Ron Upshaw

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Ron Upshaw was formerly the co-host of The Ron & Don Show on KIRO Newsradio.

New Cornell, Prince tracks spark a whiplash of emotion

There are two new albums from lost greats out Tuesday. The estates of Chris Cornell and Prince released very different musical offerings.
6 years ago

Go see ‘Free Solo’

There's a documentary movie coming out this Friday that I want you to see. It's called "Free Solo," and it's a movie about mountain climbing.
6 years ago

Music is good for your head

See if you can change your mood or boost your workout this weekend merely by switching up the music.
6 years ago

Is there truly a road map to zero youth detention?

King County Executive Dow Constantine has earmarked $4 million in an effort of "refusal to accept any kid as a lost cause" with a Roadmap to Zero Youth Detention.
6 years ago

Shower Thoughts: Bob Woodward or Stormy Daniels?

I wonder which tell-all book will sell more copies, the one by Bob Woodward or the one by Stormy Daniels?
6 years ago

Why isn’t Seattle building affordable housing?

As summer turns to fall on another year, can we please have some leaders that stop talking about affordable housing and start building affordable housing?
6 years ago

Perspective of Seattle through the Moore Theater

Years ago, I was on a crew at the Moore Theater, recording a Mad Season concert with Seattle music royalty. This week, I was on stage with Adam Carolla.
6 years ago

Shower Thoughts: Does $2 billion from Bezos satisfy you?

These are the random things that go through my head while fogging up the mirror. First up, Jeff Bezos just dropped $2 billion to help the homeless.
6 years ago

Is it too late to jump on the Storm bandwagon?

The Seattle Storm are on the verge of winning the WNBA Championship tonight. I asked myself why I'm not more interested in the team?
6 years ago

How do you never forget?

I think about 9/11 differently now. It's message for me is live life with gusto. It's a reminder to love with abandon. Tell the people that are important to you that they are important to you.
6 years ago

Ron Upshaw: We need to add more lanes everywhere

Ron Upshaw believes we need to add more lanes everywhere, and stop using quick fixes for traffic.
6 years ago

Safeco funding was the right move

Ron Upshaw discusses why he believes funding Safeco was the right move, and the window closing on the Seahawks.
6 years ago

Burned out? Lessons from Dee Snider

I doubt it for most of us, but I ran across two stories this week at impressed me. Aging musical front men making a comeback.
6 years ago

Shower Thoughts: Bob Woodward is not fake news

In this edition of Ron Upshaw's Shower Thoughts, Ron considers Portland's new electric scooters and homeless problem, and issues from the sports world.
6 years ago

We can’t build our way out of affordable housing

The Midterm Election season is upon us and the national media is focused on the Red Wave vs. The Blue Wave and Supreme Court nominations. At the local level, officials are being hounded more by pressing issues like housing costs.
6 years ago

We say we don’t care about the NFL, but don’t mean it

So there's a new Wall Street Journal poll that says fans are less interested in the NFL than they use to be.
6 years ago

Shower Thoughts: Softening to unions

Oh man, I really needed a hot shower this morning. These are some of the random thoughts that bounced through my head.
6 years ago

Is the dream of home ownership dead?

I'm not talking to the people who are already on the ownership train. Your dream is still intact.
6 years ago

Why so many Millennials didn’t know John McCain had died

People under the age of 35 live in an entirely different media landscape -- YouTube. That's probably why most millennials I know didn't even hear that John McCain died last weekend.
6 years ago

Find and arrest the cat killer before it’s too late

I'm convinced we have the opportunity to catch a future human killer before it reaches that point.
6 years ago

Shower Thoughts: Laughing at the Cohen charging document

I wonder who Individual-1 could possibly be? I guess Michael Cohen will have take that secret to his grave.
6 years ago

Why you should post on social media when you change your mind

About 14 percent of people have changed their minds because of something they saw on social media. People should start posting about when they have changed their mind.
6 years ago

Shower thoughts: Wildfires, Seattle music, and Paul Manafort

In this edition of Ron Upshaw's Shower Thoughts, he considers all the wildfires and smoke around Seattle, Paul Manafort's legal strategy, and congratulates the new Seattle police chief.
6 years ago

I’m rooting for Robinson Cano, but …

I'm going to root for Robinson Cano because I want the team to do well, not necessarily because I'm a Cano fan.
6 years ago