The Record
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
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Elizabeth Gilbert Returns To Her Fiction Roots
Marcie Sillman sits down with author Elizabeth Gilbert, whose memoir "Eat, Pray, Love" was turned into a movie, about her return to fiction in "The...
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Local High Schools Headed To National Jazz Competition
Marcie Sillman speaks with Matt Wenman, director of Mount Si High School's band program in Snoqualmie, about winning one of 15 spots in Jazz at Lincoln Center's prestigious Essentially Ellington competition. Roosevelt and Garfield high schools are also headed to compete in New York.
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SPD's New Approach For Treating People With Mental Illnessnes And Drug Addiction
Marcie Sillman talks with Bill Hobson, executive director of the Downtown Emergency Service Center, about the Seattle Police Department's new policy for dealing with people who have mental illnesses or drug and alcohol issues. Hobson is also a member of Seattle's Community Police Commission.
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Health Paradox: Why Does U.S. Rank So Low When We Spend So Much?
Why does the U.S. spend much more on health care than other nations, yet lag behind in key measures of wellness? KUOW's Ross Reynolds spoke with author and scholar Lauren Taylor about her research on this perennial question.
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Exploring Artisan Cheese Of The Northwest
Marcie Sillman sits down with cheese writer Tami Parr about local artisan cheese and her latest book, "Pacific Northwest Cheese: A History."
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Anything But Boring: Bertha Updates
Ross Reynolds gets an update from WSDOT Highway 99 Program Administrator Matt Preedy on how and when Bertha will move forward, and who is going to pay for it.
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Behind Enemy Lines: A New Orleans Restaurant On Seahawks Game Day
David Hyde talks with Dean Haugen, owner of Pioneer Square's New Orleans Creole Restaurant, about the Saints' fans seeking refuge at his restaurant on a Seahawks game day.
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Green Is Still The Only Color That Matters In TV
David Hyde talks with Robert Thompson, Director of the Bleier Center for Television & Popular Culture Trustee at Syracuse University about racial diversity on television. From The Cosby Show to In Living Color to Scandal, for the last three decades shows starring and produced by African-Americans have been huge hits; but primetime television still remains mostly white.
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The History Of Revenge Politics
David Hyde gets some historical perspective on revenge politics from Kenneth C. Davis, historian and author of "Don't Know Much About History," in light of the New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's recent traffic scandal.
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With Super Bowl Hopes, Can Seahawks Live Up To The Hype?
Ross Reynolds talks with Seattle Times columnist Jerry Brewer about the Seattle Seahawks' chances to beat the New Orleans Saints in the second round of the NFL playoffs.
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How Much Is Your Mother Worth?
Ross Reynolds talks with professional hacker and author Joshua Klein about why who you know is more valuable than what you have.
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State Sen. Litzow Says Legislature Unlikely To Act On Education Spending This Session
David Hyde talks with the chair of Washington's Senate Education Committee, Senator Steve Litzow, about how the legislature will respond to the state supreme court's warning that education spending is not increasing fast enough.