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Seattle Band Ravenna Woods Plays Live At KUOW
Steve Scher talks with guitarist Chris Cunningham and drummer Matt Badger of the Northwest indie band, Ravenna Woods. The band performed a few songs from its new album, "The Jackals," in the KUOW...
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Seattle Residents Testify For, Against $15 Minimum Wage At Packed Hearing
Hundreds of people descended on Seattle's Town Hall last night for the first in a series of public hearings on the minimum wage.
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If These Velvet Walls Could Talk
Across from the Seattle Center on Mercer Street, there’s a white, pre-fabricated, nondescript building with a couple of flags outside. The exterior is really camouflage for a 100-year-old velvet tent...
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To Reshape Seattle's Waterfront, Planners Look To Past
Historians point to the early months of 1852 as the time that downtown Seattle was founded. One Sunday in late winter of that year, members of the Denny Party, a group of settlers from Illinois who’d...
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Welcome KUOW's Spring 2014 RadioActive Youth Producers
KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media is proud to offer our spring radio journalism workshop for youth ages 16-18. Six students will spend 11 weeks learning what it means to be a journalist. During that time,...
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Why Northwest Mills Want China To Buy Lumber Instead Of Logs
Mark Elston followed his father into the timber industry back when business was booming."When I started, you could really mess things up and still make good money," he said. "You can't do that anymore."
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Addiction Recovery Programs In Danger Of Losing Funding
Steve Scher talks with Linda Grant, CEO of Evergreen Manor, about potential funding cuts to drug treatment programs for low-income patients in Washington state. Evergreen Manor is a non-profit drug and...
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Demise Of The Alpaca Bubble
David Hyde talks with Rich Sexton, chair of the Agricultural and Resource Economics Department at the University of California, Davis. Sexton explains the making of the alpaca boom and why it's now...
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Vibrant Or Eyesore: Seattle's Great Wall Ad Debate
David Hyde interviews Erica C. Barnett on a city proposal to regulate multi-story advertisements that are cropping up on the sides of buildings around Seattle.
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Peanuts: From Hog Food To Gourmet Spread
Steve Scher talks with Jon Krampner, author of "Creamy and Crunchy: An Informal History of Peanut Butter, the All-American Food," about how peanuts went from hog food to the organic peanut butter that...
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Top Army Prosecutor Of Sexual Assault Cases Accused Of Groping
The top Army prosecutor for sexual assault cases has been suspended after being accused of sexual assault.Sources told the paper Stars and Stripes that an Army lawyer has alleged that Lieutenant...
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Latest Plans For Seattle Waterfront Include A Pool On A Floating Barge
Steve Scher talks with architect James Corner about his vision for Seattle waterfront's future.
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How Humans Are Contributing To The Sixth Extinction
Steve Scher talks with New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert about her book "The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History."
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Seattle Officials Probe 'Twilight Zone' Of Police Discipline Reversals
Seattle officials plan to seek changes to the obscure union appeals process that has allowed reversals of police misconduct findings.
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‘Game Change 2012’ With John Heilemann And Mark Halperin
Coming up on Speakers Forum, March 13 at 9:00 p.m.John Heilemann and Mark Halperin are the authors of "Game Change," the best-selling story of the 2008 presidential election that was turned into an HBO...
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Milestone: Washington Now Has More People Working Than Before Recession
Washington’s Employment Security Department says the state now has more people working than before the start of the Great Recession.It's an important milestone in the recovery. And though it comes as a...
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Washington Skiers In Sync For Sochi Paralympics
Bill Radke talks with alpine skiers Mark Bathum of Mercer Island and Cade Yamamoto of Quincy about their sport. The 2014 Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, kick off March 7.
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Why Do Earthworms Love To Come Out In The Rain?
This week when I’ve asked my kids about their school day, their answers have been all about worms. Their recess playgrounds have been lively with earthworms surfacing, as they typically do during a...
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Minimum Wage Concerns, Pot Licenses, And Waterfront Week
Small business owners voice concerns on a proposed $15 minimum wage, and the state issues its first marijuana business license to a grower from Spokane. Seattle also gets a glimpse into its future...
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Ukraine Crisis: Crimea Military Base Stand-Off 'Ends'
Pro-Russian soldiers are reported to have stormed a Ukrainian military base outside the Crimean city of Sevastopol, before withdrawing soon afterwards.
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