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What Does Progressive Education Look Like In Seattle Classrooms?
Marcie Sillman talks with co-founder of Social Equality Educators and high school teacher, Jesse Hagopian, about his goals for Seattle classrooms.
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An Update On The Valley Fever Investigation In Eastern Washington
Ross Reynolds talks to Dr. Tom Chiller, a fungal expert at the CDC, about the discovery of Coccidioides in eastern Washington. The fungus causes Valley Fever, and so far three cases have been...
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Seattle Is Putting The 'Park' In Parking Space
Ross Reynolds speaks with Jennifer Wielund, public space program manager at the Seattle Department of Transportation, about the crop of a dozen new pilot parklets which will appear in parking spaces...
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In Washington And Colorado, Bankers Are Entering The Marijuana Industry
Posey Gruener speaks with Russ Rosendal, CEO of Salal Credit Union, about why they decided to offer banking services to licensed marijuana growers in Washington state.And, Ross Reynolds speaks with AP...
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President Of Pixar And Disney Animation On Fostering Creativity
David Hyde talks to Ed Catmull, the co-founder of Pixar Animation Studios and president of Pixar and Disney animation, about managing creative people and his new book "Creativity Inc: Overcoming The...
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Washington's Tuition Hike During Recession Was Second-Highest In The Nation
Marcie Sillman talks to Seattle Times reporter Katherine Long about tuition increases in Washington since the beginning of the recession. According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, the...
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King County's Transportation Future: Divide Or Unite?
Marcie Sillman talks with political consultant Benjamin Anderstone about the competing visions for the future of King County's transportation.
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Americans Don't Understand The Budget, And It's Partially The Media's Fault
Ross Reynolds talks with economist Dean Baker about why the way we talk about numbers is wrong, and how we can do it better.
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Seattleites Share Fond Mom Stories
In honor of Mother's Day, we sent Producer Posey Gruener to Green Lake Park in Seattle to gather fond recollections of moms.
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Looking Back: A Young Irish Mom's Painful Decision
In 1988, Sian Cullen was an Irish teenager who had fallen in love with an older guy. Their relationship was brief and she got pregnant. Cullen, now a hairstylist in Seattle, told KUOW's Isolde Raftery...
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Billy Frank Jr. Remembered, White House Climate Report, And Metro's Funding...
A White House report foretells more rain, droughts and big storms due to climate change; Nisqually Indian civil rights leader and environmental activist Billy Frank, Jr. dies; and Seattle Mayor Ed...
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Flight Path: Bees, a Hackathon, and Sea-Tac Airport
Did you know there are bees at Sea-Tac Airport? Twenty beehives are already in place in green space around the airport. And tonight, a two-day hackathon gets going that’s centered around the idea of...
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DNR Promises Tighter Controls On Logging Near Landslide Zones
Washington State officials announced new restrictions on logging near landslide zones Friday afternoon.The change in policy comes six weeks after a landslide near the town of Oso killed at least 41...
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Parents Discover That Even Obamacare Has Gaps
Not all health plans are the same, as Washington consumers have learned the hard way.
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Seattle Opera Director Speight Jenkins Takes A Bow
Speight. That's the name that conjures Seattle Opera for tens of thousands of fans.
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Us Too! King County Considers Minimum Wage for Employees
In the “me too” department, King County is jumping on the bandwagon to consider a higher minimum wage for its employees. Seattle Mayor Ed Murray issued a similar proposal for city workers soon after he...
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How The First Openly Gay NFL Player Could Open Doors For Others
Ross Reynolds talks with Dave Zirin, sports editor at The Nation, about Michael Sam — the first openly gay football player to be drafted by a National Football League team.
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Researcher: West Antarctic Ice Sheet Headed For Unstoppable Collapse
Steve Scher speaks with Ian Joughin, a glaciologist with the University of Washington's Applied Physics Laboratory, about the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, which his research indicates is headed for collapse.
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Using Seattle's Comprehensive Plan To Find Housing For The Homeless
Ross Reynolds speaks with Sharon Lee, executive director of the Low Income Housing Institute, at Ernestine Anderson Place, an apartment house for homeless people in Seattle's Central District.
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The Origins Of The Black Box
Ross Reynolds talks to Joseph Janes, University of Washington professor from the information school, about the origins of the black box in airplanes. Janes is host of the podcast "Documents That...
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