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Meet The Woman Pushing To Make Restaurant Food Safer In King County
Ross Reynolds interviews Sarah Schacht, who has survived two bouts of E.coli, about her grassroots effort to make restaurant inspection results more public in King County.
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Washington State Jobs Picture Shows Slow Growth
The latest figures show the unemployment rate in Washington state is holding steady at 6.3 percent. The Employment Security Department said the state added an estimated 6,700 jobs in March. The biggest...
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Navigating Love, Marriage, And Two Different Cultures
Marcie Sillman talks with author Krista Bremer about her memoir, "My Accidental Jihad." In it Bremer reflects on her marriage to a Libyan-born Muslim and the challenges she faced in a multicultural...
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Pipeline Politics, Worker Safety, And Equal Rights Lawsuit
Marcie Sillman talks with Les Leyne of the Victoria Times Colonist about the town of Kitimat speaking up against the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline and restoring public trust in workplace...
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Ukrainians In Seattle React To Crisis Back Home
When there’s daylight in Seattle, it’s usually night time in Ukraine. But that time difference doesn't matter to many Ukrainians here, who are anxious for news of the crisis unfolding in their...
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Female Pioneer Credited With Bringing Sound Effects To Radio
It’s no secret that radio in the early days was a man’s game. Men were the directors, the producers, the composers and the sound effect technicians. But it was a woman who was a major influence in the...
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King County Prop 1 Vote Expected To Be 'Surprisingly Close'
Even before the Washington State Legislature failed to pass a transportation funding package this session, King County Executive Dow Constantine announced the county would not wait for the...
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SAM's Sandra Jackson-Dumont Leaves For New York
Seattle Art Museum's waterfront Olympic Sculpture Park was still a work in progress when SAM Education Director Sandra Jackson-Dumont arrived here in 2006."The Neukom Vivarium, that big log in the...
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How To Grow An Urban Village In Ballard
Seattle is expecting 120,000 new residents over the next 20 years. To guide its growth, the city is currently drawing up a new comprehensive plan called, Seattle 2035.City officials are seeking public...
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The Challenges Of Medicaid Expansion
Steve Scher talks with Washington state Medicaid Director MaryAnne Lindeblad about how the state plans to accommodate more than 250,000 newly enrolled residents who qualified for Medicaid expansion...
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Why The Black Market For Marijuana May Not Go Away
Ross Reynolds talks with Dominic Corva, executive director of the Center for the Study of Cannabis and Social Policy, about the implications for pot bans and moratoriums in Washington state.
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Does Higher Education Lack Diversity? Western Pres. Says It's A National Problem
Ross Reynolds talks with Western Washington University President Dr. Bruce Shepard about his concerns for the lack of diversity at Western and other schools across the country.In a recent convocation...
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A Look At Russian President Putin's Strategy In Ukraine
Steve Scher talks with Columbia University Professor Stephen Sestanovich about today's meeting between U.S., Ukrainian, EU and Russian officials in Geneva. Sestanovich also discusses what President...
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For Darrington And Oso, A Long Road Back To Normal
The shock is wearing off in Darrington and Oso.Nearly a month after the devastating mudslide destroyed a neighborhood and wiped out the highway between the two towns, people are trying to find a "new...
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Referendum Puts Seattle Rideshare Rules On Hold
Seattle’s new regulations on rideshare companies like Lyft and Uber were supposed to take effect this week, but now they’re on hold. That’s because a group, backed by rideshare businesses, has filed...
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No Access To Route 530 Is Next ‘Emergency’ For Darrington Residents
A month after the devastating mudslide near Oso, Wash., a mile of state Route 530 still sits under landslide debris.As the people from this tiny community and the neighboring towns try to move on,...
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Tom Steps Down, Boeing Moves Jobs Out Of Washington, And Minimum Wage Debate...
As Washington state Senator Rodney Tom announced his decision to not seek re-electionthis week, how does his departure change the dynamic in the legislature. Also, Boeing is shipping nearly 2,000...
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How Do Babies Perceive Fairness? The Answer Might Surprise You
David Hyde talks with Jessica Sommerville, psychology professor at the University of Washington, about her recent study that explores how babies perceive justice.
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William Easterly On Rethinking How We Give International Aid
David Hyde talks with New York University Professor William Easterly about his new book, "The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor."
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Does Seattle Need Better Enforcement Of Labor Laws?
David Hyde talks with Seattle City Councilmember Nick Licata about why he's pushing for better enforcement of labor standards in Seattle.
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