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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The ballad of the 8th Precinct
"You have the riot to remain heard."
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June 9th | “That’s not in the DNA of American policing”: a former chief calls for change
What 50 years on or observing the force has taught Norm Stamper. A chat with the county executive. And what a KUOW reporter saw last night at the East Precinct.
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Who has the right to violence in America?
"If violence is a political language, white Americans are native speakers. But black people are also fluent in the act of resistance."
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June 8th | These doctors say: no more gas
How tear gas spreads COVID-19. What the House of Representatives is doing to reform police. Who’s allowed to wield violence in America. And youth-led protest in Burien.
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"You don't see this type of youth influence anywhere else in the area"
In fight for equality, young People of Color in Burien, Washington say their city can be a model for other communities
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June 5th | Tanks in the streets?
A tough look at just how militarized police should be. Also: protester demands, a reversal on the consent decree, and a voice of the pandemic.
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June 2nd | Four days of protest in Seattle
How to change the status quo. The leaders of Pierce and Snohomish county respond to the protests. And a King County defense attorney on the Seattle Police Department.
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What it would take to demilitarize police
Recent protests have catapulted concepts like police abolition and demilitarization into the spotlight. But what would that look like here?
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June 3rd | In the wake of protests against brutality, how might policing change?
We hear from the Community Police Commission and County Executive Dow Constantine. What if school was never out for the summer again? And a voice of the pandemic.
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King County Executive responds to the protests
King County Executive Dow Constantine responds to the ongoing protests in Seattle, Bellevue, and throughout the county.
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The backstory of how #BlackOutTuesday became a thing
Bill Radke spoke with Shaun Scott and author and organizer in Seattle
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Seattle Mayor responds to protests
Over the weekend, thousands gathered in Seattle and cities throughout the state, to protest the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.