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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How a doctor copes with his incurable lung cancer
A University of Washington family doctor reassessed his life after being diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. He decided to collect the stories of patients living with similar diagnoses.
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October 8th | An urban planner on Seattle's transit plans
How Seattle's transit ranks against other metro areas in the U.S. How women can go from sabotage to support at the workplace. And the lost slang you should know.
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October 7th | “We treat it like Vegas: what happens there stays there.” A (small) peek inside the House in the age of impeachment
How one Washington representative makes the case for impeachment. Voiding old warrants to help the homeless. Why do Lake Washington’s levels vary enough to merit the Ballard Locks? And Austen’s Pride onstage.
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October 3rd | Whistles blowing in the sky
Issues of safety and image continue to dog Boeing’s 737 fleet. An attempt to make electric vehicles generate revenue. Should local lawmakers wade into issues of free speech? And Screenagers 2.0.
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Turning tough conversations with your kid into Good Talk
“Is it bad to be brown?” Novelist Mira Jacob’s new memoir tackles the questions her son asked that she couldn’t answer, and the moments in her own life that defy neat lines.
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October 2nd | Beef: it’s what’s for dinner (again)
What should you eat? How should you have hard questions with your kids? And 50 years ago this week, did you expect the Spanish Inquisition?
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October 1st | A chat with the mayor of King County
The county’s plan on crime. Whether Democrats have lost the White House but won the war. And e-book wait times.
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September 30th | Through success and secrets, learning that you are Enough
A local cookbook author turns to essays. The increasingly fragmented internet. Tech in the ancient world. And you wanted to know: why is Seattle dating so terrible?
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September 26th | Is a UFO by any other name still as alarming?
How a member of Blink-182 cracked the unidentified case. How could we keep kids in school? Seattle gets a new NHL team, and an immigrant writer confronts the violence of masculinity while imagining a better way.
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September 25th | How an Unbelievable story became a true crime drama
A new Netflix documentary. What are the grounds for impeachment? City cameras won’t be watching you – anymore. And a new book from Malcolm Gladwell.
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September 24th | Bartell departs from downtown… sort of
What does it mean when you close one store due to crime, but leave two others in a four block radius? Mayor Durkan’s new budget is out. And a Seattle woman struggles with whether or not she could have saved her son.
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September 23rd | A chat with the internet’s gynecologist
The line no one will cross with the internet’s gynecologist. A look at the District 5 and 6 city council races. An ode to the wild. And the uneven profits of college athletic programs.