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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How do you sing America?
Tomorrow is the nation's 242nd birthday. The 4th of July brings citizenship ceremonies and fireworks displays. But this year it will also bring protests...
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How science fiction can prepare us for the future
How can sci-fi prepare businesses and governments for the future? Berit Anderson, CEO of Scout.ai, along with the company's advisors, Brenda Cooper and...
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UW professor's essay sparks debate about why women are underrepresented in computer science
Why are women underrepresented in computer science? Is is systemic forces? Or personal preference? We speak to a University of Washington lecturer who...
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Amid Supreme Court shakeups and labor changes, in search of Barack Obama
President Trump is loud. Why is former President Obama quiet? Bill Radke put that question and others to Ben Rhodes, former Obama adviser and...
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Echoes of the past, fears for the future in the upheld travel ban
The Supreme Court today upheld the Trump Administration travel ban, which primarily targets people from majority Muslim countries. AP reporter Mark...
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Disguise-ghazi comes to a dugout near you
The Supreme Court may have taken the cake earlier this month, but they won’t be arranging the flowers. This morning, the court declined to rule on the...
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Welcome to summer! What's on your playlist?
Today is the longest day of the year: the summer solstice. And although it won't be truly summer in Seattle for a few weeks, it's never too early to get...
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Separations at the border meet rifts within a church
The Trump administration's policy of separating families at the country's southern border has caused consternation, outrage, and attempts to remedy the...
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King County Executive Dow Constantine believes we can get by without a head tax
How will King County work on homelessness and home prices without money from Seattle's head tax? King County Executive Dow Constantine discusses his...
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Seattle's Mayor on what the city will do next without the head tax
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan negotiated a comparmised head tax on big businesses in Seattle, but now the tax has been repealed. So how will the city pay...
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Is there good news about your parental anxiety?
The fall of the house of head tax in Seattle might cast a shadow all the way to California. Mountain View is considering a head tax on its own tech...
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Business owners won the head tax fight. Now, do they have a plan to fund housing?
Yesterday, the city council voted 7-2 to repeal its freshly passed head tax. Glenn Kellman of Redfin and Saul Spady of Cre8ive Empowerment opposed the...