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Week in Review Live Tour
Every Friday on KUOW, Bill Radke and a panel of guests dig into the weekās top stories. In the coming months, weāre taking the show on the road ā bringing Week in Review to communities throughout the...
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Six months after the Parkland shooting, local student activists reflect
Bill Radke talks to two local student activists about how they were inspired to organize. We talk to Justin Velasco, who helped found the Seattle chapter of Students Demand Action, and Sophie Poole,...
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Judge dismisses kids' lawsuit seeking to protect the climate they'll inherit
A judge in Seattle has dismissed a lawsuit from a group of children seeking to protect their generation from climate change.
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PHOTOS: 'Mad Max' smokescape envelops Washington state
The sky is ash gray; the lake is too. Wenatchee and Chelan, popular summer destinations for middle class Seattleites, look like the end of the world right now, like sets from the movie āMad Max,ā as...
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What to do when the smoke starts to get to you
If you're a longtime Seattleite, this may seem like one of the worst weeks ever for air pollution. Air quality experts say ... that's probably true. Executive Director Craig Kenworthy says āwe've hit...
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Is your joint helping to ruin the environment?
Washington state is dealing with a lot of weed waste ā and we're not talking about the stuff you dig out of your yard. Our legal marijuana industry is creating a new waste problem. Seattle journalist...
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Is a plane from Sea-Tac going to crash onto your house?
Seattleites worry a lot about disasters. Earthquakes, landslides, forest fires (or at least the smoke from them) ... Then there's the concern that a plane might land on your head.
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Wildfires in B.C. rage as Seattle's smoke slowly clears
Ross Reynolds talks about the wildfire state of emergency in British Columbia with Ian Bailey , reporter for the Globe and Mail. We also talk about the consequences for the air quality in Seattle, with...
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How we realized we needed to question other people's biases
Everyday we encounter things we donāt question and just accept. Things like stop signs: why are they octagons? And fire trucks: why are they red? At first, these things donāt seem significant, but do...
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This Yakima newspaper isn't backing down from Trump's attacks on the press
Kim Malcolm talks with Yakima Herald editorial page editor Sam McManis about why he published an editorial denouncing President Trump's attacks on the press. The Yakima Herald joined hundreds of...
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Tuck some berries in your cake, says this Seattle baker
Right now, the markets are brimming with berries. Charlie Dunmire is scoping out the berries at the stands, taking mental notes before deciding which ones sheāll buy. āBlackberries and raspberries are...
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How important is the 'Crazy Rich Asians' film?
The new film Crazy Rich Asians features the first all-Asian cast since the Joy Luck Club . We speak to Hsiao-Ching Chou , author of Chinese Soul Food: A Friendly Guide for Homemade Dumplings, Stir...
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One former drug user is on a mission to help the most vulnerable on Seattleās...
In Seattleās bustling downtown, hundreds of people are living on the streets and battling drug addiction. Thatās also where social worker Mikel Kowalcyk believes she can make a real difference.
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Some immigrants withdraw from public benefits for fear of losing green cards
Ross Reynolds talk to Sarah Sumadi, senior program manager at One America, and Aliya Haq, nutrition services supervisor with the International Community Health Services, about a rule change that could...
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When will the smoky summer end?
Ross Reynolds talks to Ian Bailey, a reporter for the Globe and Mail, about the provincewide state of emergency in British Columbia due to the ongoing wildfires. Those fires are causing a smoky summer...
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Can modular homes help the city's housing affordability crisis?
Ross Reynolds talks to Janet Pope, executive director of the Compass Housing Alliance. The group has been trying to build lower cost modular housing for homeless and low-income people for several years...
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Week In Review: Live from Renton!
After Richard Russell stole, flew and crashed a Horizon Air Q400 turboprop, an odd thing started popping up online: YouTube tribute videos. What drives people to glorify an incident like that and what...
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Rep. Matt Manweller sues Central Washington University after firing
Rep. Matt Manweller (R-Ellensburg), who is seeking a fourth term in the state legislature, is suing Central Washington University after the school fired the legislator following a workplace conduct...
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Boycott Chinook salmon to save orcas? It won't do much, says one expert
Kim Malcolm talks with University of Washington fisheries science professor Ray Hilborn about whether boycotting Chinook salmon will help the recovery of southern resident killer whales.
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Welcome to SeaCouver! Brenda Cooper envisions the Northwest of the future
In the struggle to shape what life on earth will be like years from now, visionary futurists inspire us with dread and hope at turns. Author Brenda Cooper captures both in her books. Perhaps her day...
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