Business Who puts up all of the holiday lights in Seattle's trees? In Ballard alone, there are 101,650 light bulbs illuminating the neighborhood for the holidays. But first, the neighborhood had to figure out how to foil the enemy of holiday lighting schemes: the squirrel. Katherine Banwell
Seattle’s Fourth of July fireworks hangover: air and water pollution Two major industrial fires darkened the skies over Seattle’s Duwamish Valley in recent weeks and added soot and other pollutants to the area with the... John Ryan
Weekend recap: Are liberals too smug? What's wrong with Mother's Day? Bill Radke talks to our panel about a New York Times opinion piece that argues liberals aren't as smart as they think. We also look at the state's... Bill Radke Alison Bruzek
Keep Christmas weird in Seattle: Listen to 'A Rogue's Christmas' For the past eleven years the crew of Town Hall Seattle’s "Short Stories Live" series has presented a celebration of storytelling they call "A Rogue’s... John O'Brien
Shel Silverstein inspires us to make less holiday trash This holiday season, let's all try to avoid being like Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout. Remember her? The famed profligate from the Shel Silverstein poem who... Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong Bill Radke
Holiday stories of lovable rogues The writer Henry Fielding defined a rogue as a rich man without charity. Merriam-Webster describes a dishonest, worthless or mischievous person. This... John O'Brien
Arts & Life A Holiday Tradition: David Sedaris Reads 'Santaland Diaries' Writer David Sedaris is back as Crumpet the department store elf who finds little joy in the holidays. He first read from his "Santaland Diaries" on Morning Edition in 1992. David Sedaris
Traveling? Maria Semple says it's OK to be the helpless one of the group Bill Radke sits down with local author Maria Semple, author of "Where's You Go, Bernadette?" and the new "Today Will Be Different." Semple discusses the... Bill Radke Shane Mehling
A Grinch stole a Grinch, but fret not, Seattle. Christmas will come I want to highlight a good deed that someone has done this Christmas season. Someone stole Christmas decorations from Seattle's famous Candy Cane Lane... Bill Radke
