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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June 4th | Meat thieves and Divine: John Waters in his own words
Everyone’s favorite reprobate. Co-ed cheers at Seahawks games. Doug Baldwin on public discourse. And Sara Porkalob on the shape of trust.
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June 3rd | This year saw a drop in people occupying their vehicles – but how do we know for sure?
Counting the Seattleites living in their vehicles. Engaging with round earth skeptics. And reliving the dread of school dress codes.
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May 30th | We talk to Mayor Durkan about ADUs
Should we wait on backyard cottages and let the voters decide? Amazon calls in union labor. With unemployment so low, why does Seattle have such a homelessness problem? And Karen Russell looks at elsewhere through the lens of here.
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May 29th | Is centrism dead in Washington state politics?
Why Don’t We Go For What We Say We Want: Political Centrist Edition. So is socialism the answer instead? And why aren’t people going into the trades?
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Black bear goes island hopping around Puget Sound
Bill Radke talks to Lyanda Haupt about the bear that's been swimming to the different islands.
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May 28th | Rainn Wilson reflects on a changing Seattle
"The Office" actor joins us to talk about his hometown. Plus, should the Seattle City Council make a major rezoning decision 5 months before the election? How did a bear swim to Orcas Island? And how the Oregon Shakespeare Festival is trying to reach younger audiences.
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The sounds and silences of the Fremont Bridge
From the outside, the Fremont bridge is loud, both metaphorically and physically. The noise, the alarms, the neon-festooned bridge towers. But that’s from the outside.
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May 23rd | Is it okay to feel joy while the world is burning?
High anxiety: meet huge, phenomenal, amazing joy. Personalized love notes to Jeff Bezos at the Amazon shareholders meeting, and a check in about Amtrak. Lastly, the notes and the silence in the Fremont bridge.
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May 22nd | Dear America: Jared Diamond thinks you should talk to someone
Why America needs to get on the couch. What to call the sleek, squared surfaces that loom large in the Seattle suburbs. And a look at Four Women, from the vantage point of Nina Simone.
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Journalist: What we don't know about domestic violence can kill us
One in four women, one in nine men. That’s how many people in the U.S. are affected by domestic violence, which accounts for 15% of the violent crime in the country.
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May 21st | Dear Sugars’ Steve Almond has advice for you: look inward.
Our shift from a culture of character to a cult of personality. We ask MOHAI’s Clara Berg again: is Seattle fashionable? One reporter looks deeply at domestic violence. And high school students take what might be their last stand.
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May 20th | A chat with Carmen Best about SPD exit interviews
Many cops reported feeling unsupported and demonized – so we asked their boss about some of their complaints. How do you raise kind kids? And why you should be eating more seaweed.