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Host Bill Radke leads in-depth conversations about what matters today in Seattle and beyond. Get in touch at record@kuow.org

Programming Announcement

KUOW and The Record team are excited to kick off a large-scale initiative to expand and innovate our local content offerings, including the development of a new project led by Bill Radke, new local podcast pilots, and a reimagining of our flagship local news show The Record with a new format and a new host this fall. The Record will be going on hiatus as the team develops new approaches, starting June 28. Learn more here.

Episodes

  • Ads Reflect Culture, Whether We Like It Or Not

    Jeannie Yandel talks with Jean Kilbourne, creator of the film series, "Killing Us Softly: Advertising’s Image Of Women," about Nordstrom's decision to include disabled models and what that tells us about society.

  • Poet Michelle Peñaloza Maps Seattle Heartbreaks

    Ever since she moved to Seattle from Eugene a little over a year ago, poet Michelle Peñaloza has been inviting volunteers to walk with her from Hugo House in Capitol Hill to a place in the city where their hearts were broken.

  • The Plethora Of Problems Facing Washington Ferries

    Jeannie Yandel speaks with former Washington State Secretary of Transportation, Doug MacDonald, about why the ferry system has trouble replacing boats, finding a permanent assistant secretary and securing funding.

  • Reflections On Seattle's Parks Proposition After Primary Night

    Ross Reynolds talks to Don Harper, from Our Parks Forever and the the No on Prop. 1 campaign, Christopher Williams, superintendent of Seattle Parks, and Erica C. Barnett, political reporter for Publicola, about the Proposition 1 election results.

  • The 12-Year Struggle To Build A Bellevue Arts Center

    Ross Reynolds talks with John Haynes, executive director of the Tateuchi Center, which is slated to be major performing arts venue in Bellevue. Fundraising began in 2002, slowed because of the recession, and has now picked up again due to Bellevue's decision to publicly finance a piece of it.

  • Nancy Pearl Dishes On Delightful Tween Detective

    Ross Reynolds talks with book-lusting former librarian, Nancy Pearl, about Alan Bradley's mystery, "The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches," and its adorable, but brilliant, tween heroine, Flavia de Luce.