Read The Fine Print: Your Home May Have A Hidden Racist Past
Ross Reynolds speaks with James Gregory, director of the Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project at the University of Washington, about the history of racial exclusion in early 20th century...
View ArticleWhy Drowning Is A 'Cultural Condition'
Public health researchers have struggled with a leading cause of death in young children: drowning.Black children face the highest risk – even when they're supervised. The most recent data for...
View ArticleIn Seattle, Scoffing At The Word 'Scofflaw'
Sometimes the words we use cause offense we never intended. That’s what happened on Monday at a Seattle City Council meeting, when one word derailed a bill officials say could bring in $21 million in...
View ArticleStrangers In A Strange Land
What if you had to leave your entire life behind you in Vietnam? Or face the scariest monster you've ever heard about - in the Philippines? In today's podcast, Maria Delmar Caoagdan and Angela Nguyen...
View ArticleMAP: Stories From The Darkest Places On Earth
A night so black you can’t see your hand waving in front of your face. So dark you could just reach out and grab a star.True darkness is daunting and mesmerizing. For city slickers, it can be...
View ArticleNancy Pearl Dishes On Delightful Tween Detective
Ross Reynolds talks with book-lusting former librarian, Nancy Pearl, about Alan Bradley's mystery, "The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches," and its adorable, but brilliant, tween heroine, Flavia de Luce.
View ArticleWestern State Hospital Facing Lawsuit Over Wait Times
Ross Reynolds talks with Snohomish County public defender Cassie Trueblood about a civil rights lawsuit filed in federal court against Western State Hospital.
View ArticleCenturyLink Unveils Plan For High-Speed Internet In Seattle
Jeannie Yandel talks with Bill Schrier, the former chief technology officer for the City of Seattle, about CenturyLink's plan to offer high-speed internet for residents of four Seattle neighborhoods.
View ArticleJBLM No Longer Under Consideration As A Place For Undocumented Immigrants
Washington Congressman Danny Heck said the Department of Health and Human Services is no longer seeking facilities for temporary shelters for refugee children at Washington’s Joint Base...
View ArticleWhy Young People Lose Out When They Don't Vote
Ross Reynolds talks with Matthew Segal, co-founder of OurTime.org, about why young people have such low voter turnout and how to improve it.
View ArticleSeattle Parks District Proposition Ahead In Tuesday Primary
Seattle’s Prop 1 is ahead 52.4 to 47.6 percent in Tuesday’s primary election totals. The measure would change the way park maintenance is funded. Supporters promise parks that are better maintained;...
View ArticleSuperfast Internet Service Heads To Seattle Neighborhoods
If your heart stops, a defibrillator can help restart your heart. But how do you revitalize an economically stagnant neighborhood? Seattle Mayor Ed Murray believes he can do it with faster Internet...
View ArticleFrom The Past To The Present In Our Communties
What are the amazing stories in our community that get looked over? Nia Price-Nascimento learns about West Coast jazz by starting in her sub-basement, and Ahlaam Ibraahim shares how computer science...
View ArticleWhy Washington Ferries Are Such A Headache To Replace
Washington’s ferry fleet is among the largest and oldest in the country. Last week we learned just how vulnerable it is when, at the height of tourist season, one of the ferries broke down.Buying a new...
View ArticleA Look Ahead To Fall's Congressional And State Legislative Campaigns
Ross Reynolds talks with Austin Jenkins of the Northwest News Network about what the August primary election returns say about this fall's state legislative races. Also, Reynolds talks with political...
View ArticlePromising Year For Sockeye Salmon In Canada
Ross Reynolds talks to Vaughn Palmer, columnist for the Vancouver Sun, about the projected sockeye boom in the Fraser River this year.
View ArticleReflections On Seattle's Parks Proposition After Primary Night
Ross Reynolds talks to Don Harper, from Our Parks Forever and the the No on Prop. 1 campaign, Christopher Williams, superintendent of Seattle Parks, and Erica C. Barnett, political reporter for...
View ArticleThe 12-Year Struggle To Build A Bellevue Arts Center
Ross Reynolds talks with John Haynes, executive director of the Tateuchi Center, which is slated to be major performing arts venue in Bellevue. Fundraising began in 2002, slowed because of the...
View ArticleThe Plethora Of Problems Facing Washington Ferries
Jeannie Yandel speaks with former Washington State Secretary of Transportation, Doug MacDonald, about why the ferry system has trouble replacing boats, finding a permanent assistant secretary and...
View ArticleSeattle Opera's Wagner Tubas: 'A New Sound We've Never Heard'
As German composer Richard Wagner contemplated the Ring cycle in the 19th century, he decided it wasn’t enough to create a four-night saga of gods and humans.He also envisioned an instrument that...
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