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Weekday tracks the trends in society that become tomorrow's headlines. This program is no longer on air.

Episodes

  • Ira Glass On The Future Of Radio

    With NPR’s popular Car Talk hosts retiring, public radio approaches a crossroads. Which way to go? Hit the archives to keep popular programs on the air, or create more new shows? The creator and host of This American Life has some ideas. We talk with Ira Glass about the present and future of public radio.

  • "Half The Sky" Author Sheryl WuDunn On The Fight For Gender Equality

    Is gender inequity the biggest issue of our time? Around the world, it’s not unusual for young girls from poor families to be kept out of school. In India, the mortality rate for girls under age five is 50 percent higher than it is for boys. Pulitzer Prize–winning author of “Half the Sky” Sheryl WuDunn talked with us earlier this year about education, poverty, maternal mortality, sex trafficking and gender inequality, and what can be done to help.

  • A Conversation With Dave Matthews

    Musician Dave Matthews has a new album called “Away From The World.” He's just home from tour and joins us to muse on everything from the upcoming presidential election to avoiding wheat. Tune in for an off-the-cuff conversation between Dave and Steve, and pledge your support for KUOW.

  • caption: Stephen Tobolowsky and KUOW's Steve Scher on stage at Seattle's Neptune Theater during Weekday Live.

    Actor And Storyteller Stephen Tobolowsky

    Character actor Stephen Tobolowsky is well-known for his roles as Ned Ryerson in "Groundhog Day" and Sandy Ryerson in TV’s "Glee." Lately, he’s become highly regarded as a storyteller for his podcast and radio show The Tobolowsky Files, and a new book, "The Dangerous Animals Club." Stephen Tobolowsky joins us.

  • caption: Librarian Nancy Pearl.

    Nancy Pearl's Books To Pass Along

    Many of us pass along books we love to family and friends. If you could only pass along one book — one you truly love — which book would it be? Librarian Nancy Pearl gives Weekday her list of books that should be passed along to loved ones.

  • The Life and Death of Planet Earth

    The earth is a blue planet, pulsing with oxygen, carbon and life. But it won't last. Four, five, maybe six billion years from now, the sun will be a cool star and the earth a dusty husk. How and why will this happen?