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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Mayor Durkan on clearing homeless encampments during the pandemic
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan joins us for her weekly check-in.
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What are antibody tests really good for?
Spoiler: not an immunity passport.
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May 20th | Scientists' job is to learn from being wrong
But during COVID-19, we desperately want the certainty of them being right. Also, what will happen to the cruise industry?
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What will happen to Seattle's cruise industry?
Walking by Elliot Bay this summer, you'll notice something different. All those giant cruise ships that are usually docked with water slides and hundreds of balconies won't be around. Because Seattle's summer cruise season has been canceled.
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What lead to Amazon's biggest coronavirus outbreak
Many workplaces are only as good as their managers. But the stakes skyrocket when your employer is Amazon, and the question is enforcement of social distancing rules in a crowded warehouse during a pandemic.
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May 19th | Amazon warehouse workers have famously faced on-the-job hazards. One new one? COVID-19.
How to stay safe in close quarters, in warehouses and farm housing. A chat with the King County Executive. And a look behind the clippers as hairstylists prepare to reopen.
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To shame, or not to shame
If you see someone and they’re not wearing a mask, you may be tempted to say something to them. But will it actually help?
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King County's mask mandate takes effect
Today King County's new directive on mask wearing takes effect. Masks are now required when in indoor public spaces, or otherwise unable to stay socially distant. But are they following the rules?
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What makes people sign up for clinical trials?
And are you one of them?
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May 18th | Mask-shaming: tempting, but unhelpful
Are you wearing a mask? Are you shaming those who aren’t? Would you participate in a clinical trial? How would you feel if you learned your workplace was going to become a COVID-19 epicenter? And, in a non-coronavirus moment: a talk with the man who saw Mt. St. Helens erupting forty years ago and flew directly towards it.
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Now serving: masks.
Nostalgic for the days when you could feel the wind on your lips? You're not alone.
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May 14th | We’d love to share a bus ride with Mayor Durkan
As long as it was an essential trip + we were wearing a mask. Perhaps even… a stylish mask??? Plus, the dilemma of too many potatoes.