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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October 29th | How fanfiction is empowering young people
Boeing's CEO apologizes in congressional testimony. How seniors are staying independent with smart speakers. How young people are finding mentors in fanfiction. And how to deal with a flood.
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October 28th | A spirited debate from the King County Council race
District 4 gets real. A LEAD explainer. Behind the scenes of Minecraft. And the mysterious shift behind the JEDI contract.
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October 24th | On the night shift
Ross Reynolds hosts a special hour of The Record, recorded live at midnight. We heard from night shift workers around the region about what happens while many of us are asleep.
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October 23rd | Need to quit vaping? There’s an app for that.
How to quit vaping. How to think about sex in the future. How to access raw emotion. And how to get through a favorite movie death.
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October 22nd | An apple that’s out of this world
Cosmically crisp, or all hype? Amazon’s funding of city council races, and media’s unequal coverage of candidates based on race. Toy worlds of climate change. And inside the president’s war on the FBI.
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October 21 | Hey Alexa: are you a bad influence on my kid?
Primed is back for another round. Are your kids overexposed on the internet, and is it your fault? And: the myth, the horror, the spider season.
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October 18th | Sourdough on the rise
It’s worth the wait. A party in a rideshare. A new turn in an old mystery series. And the pain of being subdivided: like the body, or the land.
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October 16th | Where’s my self-driving car?
Why autonomous vehicles require so much WAITING. Deliberate stillness. Shadowy condo ownership. And a trek from Gulf to shining sea.
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October 15th | What Susan Rice finds worth fighting for
The former national security advisor has written a new memoir. What’s happening closer to home in Democratic politics? And a liberal columnist goes on a pilgrimage to wrestle with his faith.
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October 14th | Dry brush your way to expensive enlightenment
What to do when you’ve been Goop’d. What is an advisory vote? A city named for Chief Sealth gets its first Indigenous food-focused restaurant. And when the American dream becomes the American nightmare.
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October 10th | How changing the past might show up in the future
Editing the past, the forgotten wave of the future, teacher of the year, and the narrative of history.
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October 9th | How to support wild carnivores? Recognize that they live among us.
Tracking the carnivores in our midst. Living on, long after you were told you would die. How effective are Seattle’s navigation teams? And solitary confinement in a Tacoma immigration detention center.