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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April 29th | Cranes in the sky
How worried should you be when you look up? Is the Jeopardy! crown being passed to a successor? What exactly happened in the dark of the night in Olympia? And soon, cameras may be watching you from the supermarket aisles: how does it affect your privacy?
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April 25th | Driving through Washington on poetic roads
A state map in poems. Deportation flights in a sanctuary city. Is there an evangelical case for climate change activism? And what one Democrat thinks of impeachment.
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Tracing a state map in lines of poetry.
Washington State Poet Laureate Claudia Castro Luna speaks with Bill Radke about her latest project, Washington Poetic Routes.
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April 24th | The movies that haunt Us
How to survive a horror movie. The nuance Seattle is Dying may have missed. And when does political tolerance become political silencing?
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What can Seattle learn from the most politically tolerant place in the U.S.?
According to an analysis by The Atlantic magazine, Watertown, New York is the least politically prejudiced place in America.
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April 23rd | 'If justice is what you want, then you may often be right, but you will rarely be happy'
The dangers of hard borders around identity. WA takes the lead as the cleanest state in the nation. A look behind the scenes of Nirvana. And a new city counselor – for now.
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April 22nd | Boeing’s safety headache spreads to include the 787 Dreamliner
Not such a dreamy ride in the skies. One retailer results in more criminal charges for shoplifting than any other – and it’s not who you might think. Could we geoengineer our way to a cooler planet? And Ruth Reichl asks us to save her the plums.
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April 18th | It’s Mueller time
The report is out: what does it tell us, and what doesn’t it say? What are we truly grieving when we mourn Notre Dame? Should we really be approaching mental health one day at a time? And a conversation about upzoning in Eastlake.
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April 17th | The last stargazers
The stories behind the telescopes. How is youth mental health changing? We also chat with the man behind “Seattle is Dying” and a woman behind an attempted Seattle dating renaissance.
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'Like a good Catholic girl, I didn’t want to upset anybody.' Abby Wambach finds her power
"This book is my attempt to try and build a bridge for women and men to work together. The only way we can start that process is through education."
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April 16th | Dig into your biases – not with guilt, but with curiosity
We all have them. And you might be able to learn more about yours if you take shame out of the equation. What would happen if buses of asylum seekers arrived in Seattle? Why is the 1040 so extra? And speaking to a megaphone of revolution.
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Redefining borders - not as blockages, but roads
KUOW's Marcie Sillman in conversation with Alsarah, of East African RetroPop band Alsarah and the Nubatones.