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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

  • caption: Buzz Aldrin walks on the moon in 1969.

    July 8th | Destination: Moon.

    The Museum of Flight takes you (back) to the moon. It’s like a Buzzfeed quiz, but for democracy. And one strong voice in personal investing has a message for you.

  • caption: File photo of Coca-Cola cans

    Seattle pops open new controversy with soda tax

    Seattle’s tax on sweetened beverages – commonly known as the soda tax – has raised about $22 million in the year and a half it has been on the shelves. That’s about 50% more than predicted.

  • caption: Ribs cook on the barbecue pit and Real BBQ and More in Shreveport, La.

    July 2nd | BBQ tips from a SoDo favorite

    We've got a BBQ expert with some tips for your July 4th celebrations. Plus: What should you know about submitting your DNA to a third-party app? How do you write satirical news headlines about Seattle? And we hear about how a church is saving parking lot spots for homeless residents living in vehicles.

  • caption: Ocean Vuong poses for a portrait on Thursday, June 20, 2019, in Seattle.

    Poet Ocean Vuong's new novel is more than Briefly Gorgeous

    "To be queer is to fail into your pleasure." The book, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, is a letter from a son to his mother, who can't read. The poet says it's a monument to failure, to violence, to labor, to silence, to America.
  • caption: One in three high school seniors in Washington state has reported using an e-cigarette, some of them on a regular basis.

    July 1st | Should Seattle ban the sales of e-cigarettes?

    We talk about San Francisco's decision to ban the sales of e-cigarettes. We also look at a bill to protect employees in large hotels. And we air the second part of our conversation with poet and novelist Ocean Vuong. Plus: The anonymous founder of Seattle's satirical news site, "The Needling," reads some of their headlines.

  • June 27th | Jay Inslee hits the big stage (or at least its edges)

    How’d our boy do on the national stage? How will you sign up to cast your vote? What does it mean that citizenship status is off the census (for now)? And how much does your vote matter now that partisan gerrymandering is fair game? And lastly: before Lil Nas X was generating controversy in country music, there was Patrick Haggerty.

  • caption: In this photo, former CIA Chief of Disguise Jonna Mendez displays a prototype of a mask that was airbrushed out of the image for national security purposes.

    June 26th | What happens in Moscow stays in Moscow

    The CIA Chief of Disguise comes clean. Gear up for a summer of smoke on the water and fire in the skies. The cold case that could change what it means to take a DNA test. And: clothing sharing is caring.

  • caption: After Facebook declined to remove a doctored video that portrayed Nancy Pelosi as drunk, a deepfake of Zuckerberg himself was shared to Facebook.

    June 25th | You can’t believe your eyes

    Beware the Photoshop of videos. The Oregon Republican Senate delegation has R-U-N-N-O-F-T. The impact of war, and failure, on many men. And Mike O’Brien wants to bring sunshine to the soda tax.

  • caption: Crowd of people hiking in the woods

    June 20th | How to avoid crowded hiking trails this summer

    Tips and tricks from a National Park Expert. Single-family zoning is practically gospel in America. Seattle isn't the only city in the midst of a homelessness crisis. Presidential hopefuls are open to the idea of expanding the Supreme Court. And did you know WA state has the hardest driving test in the country?
  • caption: Soda shelves at grocery store

    June 19th | Is Seattle's soda tax succeeding or failing?

    Seattle's been taxing sweetened beverages for over a year now. Meet the first-ever LGBTQ committee chair of the NAACP. We get a Boeing update from the Paris Air Show. And retired soccer star Abby Wambach talks about the fight for equal pay in women's sports.