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Episodes
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From offices to apartments and back: Could transformable buildings help revive downtowns?
All across this region, we have a housing shortage. On the other hand, downtown Seattle is littered with vacant offices. This has some people asking: Why don’t we turn underused office buildings into apartments?
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Seattle hospital puts patients under without overheating the planet
The gases that are used to sedate patients also heat up the climate in a big way.
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Democracy vouchers are back, but do they neutralize big money in local politics?
The Democracy voucher program is Seattle’s system for public financing of city elections. It’s designed to combat big money in local political campaigns, and to ease the financial burden that prevents many cash-strapped households from donating to local races. But does the program work as intended?
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Seattle teen tracks private jet emissions of the rich and famous
Akash Shendure’s website turns a spotlight on mega-wealthy jetsetters and their mega-emissions.
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Tacoma tests program to turn food waste into chicken feed
For Tacoma residents who don’t want to deal with smells and fruit flies, there’s a new alternative to composting. The city is testing a pilot program that aims to reduce food waste going into landfills by turning it into food for chickens.
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Consumer Reports finds heavy metals in popular chocolate bars, including 2 products from Seattle
According to Consumer Reports, toxic heavy metals were found in 28 popular dark chocolate bars, including two from Seattle-based Theo Chocolate.
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With new chairs, Washington's GOP and Democrats focused on next round of local candidates
Washington state's two major political parties voted on party leaders recently. Here's a look at their priorities for the year.
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With office employees gone, downtown Seattle residents became the neighborhood's economic lifeblood
Downtown Seattle was decimated by the pandemic. Office buildings are 22% vacant right now — that’s like one in five towers being dark. But the downtown core is showing surprising signs of life.
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Air India’s historic Boeing purchase is big news for the PNW
Air India announced a historic purchase of more than 200 Boeing Aircraft, and even President Biden is excited about the news. A look at what this means for the Pacific Northwest.
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Word in Review: Can chatbots really feel?
Every week, Bill Radke takes a word or phrase in the news and asks: “Why that language?” This week’s words come from Microsoft’s new AI chatbot that revealed its "feelings" to a New York Times reporter. Bill asked Peter Clark, who heads the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence: What do the words “I feel” mean, when uttered by a chatbot?
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ChatGPT infiltrates the arts world
ChatGPT is an Artificial Intelligence (AI) software that has stirred controversy and sparked debates throughout the country. From newsrooms to classrooms, the ChatGPT AI has caused a wave of conversation around the ethics and capabilities of the software. Now, AI software has also infiltrated the arts world. Local entrepreneur, Karl Stedman, did something most writers could never do - he wrote and published a sci-fi novel in 7 hours.
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Claim alleges Garfield County Jail failed to detect suicide for 18 hours
The family of a man who took his own life in a Garfield County Jail last April has filed an $8.5 million tort claim over his death.