Arts & Life This musician helps keep an ancient language alive for Sephardic Jews “Why there are so many Sephardic Jews in Seattle?” That’s the question we dove into on our latest episode of SoundQs, our podcast where you ask a question and KUOW explores the answer. Kyle Norris Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Arts & Life 130 years ago, the Great Seattle Fire changed the city forever Kim Malcolm talks with MOHAI's Leonard Garfield about the Great Seattle Fire of 1889, and how it changed Seattle forever. Kim Malcolm Andy Hurst
Why does Seattle have so many Sephardic Jews? Seattle has the third largest Sephardic Jewish community in the United States, according to some estimates. Anna Boiko-Weyrauch Deborah Wang
Pacific NW pilots will fly a special plane in D-Day and Berlin Airlift commemorations Get ready to hear a lot of World War II memories: The milestone 75th anniversary of D-Day is coming up on June 6. Pilots from the Pacific Northwest aboard a historic plane have arrived in the United Kingdom to take part in a reenactment of the invasion of Normandy. Tom Banse
Arts & Life Why is Seattle's street grid such a disaster? You can blame Doc Maynard, Arthur Denny and glaciers. Caroline Chamberlain Gomez Deborah Wang
Environment These Italian bears survived gladiators and Mussolini Just two hours from Rome is one of the richest ecosystems in Europe, a little island of mountains that to this day is home to wolves, wild boar and bears. Matt Martin Chris Morgan
Arts & Life Old photos of Black Seattle delivered in boxes: Help us ID them In March 2015, tens of thousands of black and white photographs by Al Smith were donated to MOHAI — the Museum of History and Industry — in Seattle. Isolde Raftery Marcie Sillman
Arts & Life Who are the Benaroyas? They’re not our city’s most magnanimous family, but their name is on a major music hall, a research institute, and wings of the Seattle and Tacoma art museums. Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
PHOTOS: Makah Indian whale hunts from 1900s The Makah Tribe held a final hunt in 1999, but has not since practiced its whaling rights. Isolde Raftery Paige Browning
Arts & Life What killed grunge? Seattle was the capital of grunge… until grunge was no longer a thing. So what happened? Zak Kindrachuk Bill Radke