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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The fight for $15 has come to a warehouse near you
Amazon is raising its minimum wage to $15. Is it enough to placate Kshama Sawant (or Bernie Sanders, for that matter)? And when it comes to income inequality: is it enough, period?
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From Anita Hill to Christine Blasey Ford, what's changed?
In the 27 years between Clarence Thomas' confirmation hearings and Brett Kavanaugh's, how far has the country really come?
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"When they were good, they were very very good" - a Mariners postmortem
The playoff run that wasn’t.
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How good people become great leaders
A presidential historian reminds us that the country has passed through rocky times before.
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Mayor Durkan explains her first budget
Bill Radke spoke to Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan about her proposed budget and what it says about her priorities for next year.
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Does the city's new budget put its money where its mouth is?
With the new budget out, what will the city of Seattle be funding – or cutting – in the next year?
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Sometimes, #WhyIDidntReport is because of what happens to those who do
This weekend, Twitter lit up with the hashtag #WhyIDidn’tReport. That was in response to the president’s assertion that if the sexual assault Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is accused of was “as bad as she says,” charges would have been immediately filed by either Blasey Ford "or her loving parents."
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Embattled state Rep. Manweller faces fresh pressure to stand down
Republican Rep. Matt Manweller is seeking re-election this Fall. But state party leaders want him to resign, amid allegations of an underage sexual relationship back in 1997. And now a new political action committee campaign plans to unseat him.
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DeRay McKesson will meet you On the Other Side of Freedom
The noted activist's new book makes the case for hope.
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Should the world's future be in the hands of the few?
How wise is it to trust the world's richest individuals to redistribute their wealth in a way that might challenge their own billions?
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Wealthy philanthropists want to disrupt everything - except their own wealth
Like a precocious child, Jeff Bezos recently announced his very first act of philanthropy. Unlike a precocious child, that gift will be two billion dollars to education and homelessness nonprofits.
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This weekend, the story of John Okada comes back to life
During his life, the Seattle author was unsung. A new biography aims to put his story in fresh context.