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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December 31st | The Record's producers share their favorite segments of 2018
We made around 200 shows for you in 2018. These were the segments that producers Amina Al-Sadi, Alison Bruzek, and Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong found most memorable.
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December 27th | What's your anthem of the year?
Emotional and inspirational, we hear about your personal anthem of the year. We also take a look at the new Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, and his time at Boeing and the University of Washington. Plus, a conversation with historians Paul Dorpat and Jean Sherrard about their collaboration, "Seattle Now and Then."
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The music that moved us in 2018
Marcie Sillman speaks to Liz Riley of Three Imaginary Girls and SassyBlack about their anthems of the year.
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December 26th | Traffic, Tacoma, and tsunamis: SoundQs takes over The Record
We get sooo many listener questions that it's just not possible to fit every one in a SoundQs episode. So the podcast team ousted Bill Radke and took over The Record's airtime spot.
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December 20th | Need a books guide for the holidays? We got you.
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Four things to do if you see a stranger in distress
If you see a stranger on the sidewalk who you think might be in trouble — they're yelling or they seem upset, or you don't know if they've passed out — what should you do?
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December 19th | Is this the worst job in Seattle?
A warm welcome to the new head of SDOT. We find out more about the skinhead group behind a Lynnwood attack, plus an update on the private surveillance coming to a public space near you.
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This story will make you a beaver believer
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December 18th | Don’t block the box!
The City of Seattle is unamused by your habit of blocking intersections – and they want to fine you for it. A new charge of sexual harassment is the first test of the State Senate’s respectful workplace procedures. An author writes her way through the pain of losing a son, and we hear more about the Jesuit priests who were shielded by Gonzaga University.
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December 17th | This author wants to make you a beaver believer
Beavers: they’re just like us! (Only more effective.) Is the Affordable Care Act on its way out? Brightly colored edibles might be, in an effort to make it less attractive to kids. And further holiday film controversy: is Diehard a Christmas movie?
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Should we ask about people's personal lives at work?
Should we be asking about coworkers' personal lives at work? Should employees just say 'fine' and be done with it?
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December 13th | Who gets to live in Seattle?
Randy Shaw, Director of the Tenderloin Housing Clinic in San Francisco, says single-family homeowners are at least partially to blame for an increasingly unaffordable city. Also, poet and educator Quenton Baker gives us a preview of his first installation at the Frye Museum. And we get advice on how to answer your boss, when she or he asks you, "How was your weekend?"