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Pot Shots: How Marijuana Legalization Tore Apart The Seattle Police Media Unit

In March 2012, the Seattle Police Department made an unorthodox hire: Jonah Spangenthal-Lee, a former cops reporter who had worked at The Stranger and was writing a blog, seattlecrime.com.

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Amazon Expected To Release A New Phone

Marcie Sillman talks to Todd Bishop about Amazon's new phone and the company's Prime music service. Also, tehy discuss  Seattle a booming tech city? The New York Times thinks so.

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Iraqi-Americans Rally In Seattle To Protest ISIS Violence

Marcie Sillman talks with Majid al-Bahadli, a Seattleite who fled Iraq after the first Gulf War. He is among a group of Iraqi-Americans who organized a rally Monday to protest the Islamic State of Iraq...

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Are Teachers Unions On The Decline?

Marcie Sillman talks with Politico's senior education reporter Stephanie Simon about the challenges facing teachers unions.

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UW Research Group Finds Women Make Boards Better

Marcie Sillman talks with University of Washington professor Cate Goethals about her research group, Building Better Boards.

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'The Grunge Of Sport': Understanding Soccer Culture In The U.S.

David Hyde talks to Duke University professor Laurent Dubois about soccer culture in the United States.

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Surprise? Seattle Traffic Has Only Gotten Worse

Traffic jams have plagued the Seattle area for weeks. Now a traffic data company reports that congestion has been getting worse even before the traffic snarls of the last few weeks. 

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Mayor Murray Announces New Rideshare Compromise

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray has announced a new way forward for car services.Murray said a new agreement has been reached that does not cap the number of people who drive for Uber X, Lyft and other similar...

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Whistleblower In Children's Hospital Hearing Alleges Pressure In Ruling

If you have a dispute with a government agency, chances are, your complaint will go through a process called an administrative hearing. These hearings usually haven’t attracted public attention — until...

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Officials: Bertha, World's Largest Tunnel Machine, Will Be More Robust

The builders of the tunnel machine stuck beneath the Seattle waterfront don’t just plan to repair the world’s largest tunnel machine.

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Bill Radke To Host KUOW's Friday News Roundup

The news roundup will return Friday, June 20, with KUOW’s morning host Bill Radke, a veteran of local and national radio programming. “This is one of my favorite hours on KUOW,” says Radke. “I get to...

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Can Comedy Wake Up Your Soul?

Marcie Sillman talks to Imam Jamal Rahman, one of the three Interfaith Amigos, about his new book "Sacred Laughter Of The Sufis: Awakening the Soul with the Mulla's Comic Teaching Stories and Other...

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The HIV Prevention Pill No One is Taking

Marcie Sillman talks with Shaun Knittel, associate editor at Seattle Gay News and founder of Social Outreach Seattle, about why few people in the gay community is taking Truvada, a pill that when taken...

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Why You Shouldn't Buy Into Tweeting Or Relentless Self-Promotion

David Hyde interviews author David Zweig about his new book, "Invisibles: The Power Of Anonymous Work In An Age of Relentless Self-Promotion."

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Rural Americans Waiting On Police In Emergencies

Marcie Sillman talks with Les Zaitz, investigative reporter with The Oregonian, about his series on rural policing in Oregon.

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Why Are There So Few Mosquitos In Seattle?

KUOW listener Nancy Beaudet had a question: Why are there so few mosquitos in Seattle?As part of our Local Wonder series, we sent our environmental reporter, Ashley Ahearn, onto the muddy trails of the...

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African Hair Braider Sues Washington Over License Dispute

An African hair braider is suing the Washington State Department of Licensing after an investigator told her she needs a cosmetology license to stay in business.The suit is one of several filed across...

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How Are You Getting By?

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Robobees: The Future Of Pollination Or Mini Spies?

Marcie Sillman talks with Aljazeera America journalist Kaelyn Forde about her story on the RoboBees Project and why some environmentalists want to stop it.

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Did The U.S. Patent Office Just Mark The End Of Indian Mascots?

Marcie Sillman talks with Jay Rosenstein, journalism professor and producer of "In Whose Honor?", about the history of Indian mascots and the significance of the U.S. patent's office cancelation of the...

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