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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July 15th | “We just want to be close to other people. Coronavirus wants to be close, too.”
What we can do to curb COVID-19’s most extroverted tendencies. Why one county is comfortable moving backwards in phases if it saves lives. And a conversation on law enforcement with United States Representative Pramila Jayapal.
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July 14th | Wildland firefighters find themselves between coronavirus and a blaze
How are the people battling our wildfires protected? We also hear from the county executive and a city councilmember.
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King County Executive on oversight of Sheriff's office
Dow Constantine talks to Marcie Sillman about the Sheriff's office, Covid-19 cases in the county, and more bad news for the West Seattle bridge.
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July 13th | Climate change might lead to much more frequent pandemics
Just in case you needed even more cheerful news. What would changes to policing look like in the budget, and in fire department response? A chat about isolation’s effect on the brain, and a look back at a dark weekend on Capitol Hill.
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Wearing down the experts, at our peril
“Expertise is not a renewable resource. It is finite. There is only so much of it to go around, and we are throwing it away.”
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July 9th | Public health workers under threat
Essential workers who are being threatened and ignored. Jenny Durkan takes your calls. And: is training enough to transform policing?
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Seattle Mayor on payroll tax and police
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan joins us for our weekly conversation.
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July 8th | What does ballet mean to you?
Is it about a body type or racial identity or history? Or is it, at its core, just about dance? A trip into Black imagination, and a look at how a Pioneer Square artist community is hanging on.
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Students belong in the classroom this fall, pediatricians say
But the experience would be nearly unrecognizable.
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July 7th | Tax the rich
Says a not-quite-technically billionaire. We speak with the county executive, the county’s top public defender, and a Yakima pediatrician who says kids should be in school this fall.
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How slavery and the confederacy show up on the Washington state map
King County is now named for the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. – but that didn’t happen without a fight.
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July 6th | Books for a summer of coronavirus
What to read this summer while you’re probably not at the beach. Why the model minority myth must fall for solidarity to rise in its place. And the racist men who still decorate our maps.