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Nancy Pearl's Pick For Making It In Art (Hint: Be A Man)
Marcie Sillman sits down with book luster Nancy Pearl and learns about the latest novel from author SiriHustvedt, "The Blazing World, " about one woman's efforts to make it in the art world by using...
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Repeat Offenders May Be The Reason For Washington Prison Overcrowding
Marcie Sillman talks with Marshall Clement, director of state initiatives at the Council of State Government's Justice Center, about his ongoing report on the state of Washington's prisons.
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Oxford Philosopher Says We’re Running Out of Time to Save Ourselves From The...
Ross Reynolds speaks with Nick Bostrom, founder of Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute, about why we should be thinking – now – about how to avoid creating a superintelligent machine that...
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A Bike-Tree Grows On Vashon
On Vashon Island, there's an unusual local attraction.It's an old, red, child's bicycle that's growing out of a tree.
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Hunger Strike Leaders Have Day In Court
Some leaders of a recent hunger strike at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma had their day in immigration court this week.
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Over Here, Mega-Ships! Seattle Angles For Big Business
The Port of Seattle is getting $20 million dollars in federal investment to help the Port prepare Terminal 46 for the arrival of the next wave of mega-ships.
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Seattle Poet Activist Susan Rich Responds To Gaza
Seattle-based poet and human rights activist Susan Rich reads two poems concerning the ongoing conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. The first is "The Wall" from her 2000 collection "The...
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Watergate: Answering Who Knew What And When
Ross Reynolds speaks with John Dean, who was President Richard Nixon's one-time legal counsel and was a pivotal figure in the Watergate scandal that led to Nixon's resignation in 1974.
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Pedro Celis Restructures Campaign With Young Strategists
Ross Reynolds speaks with Todd Donovan, professor of political science at Western Washington University, about U.S. representative candidate Pedro Celis' decision to hire young hotshots who helped...
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When Sally Sees Seals On The Seattle Seashore, She Stops
Marcie Sillman speaks with Brenda Peterson, co-founder of Seal Sitters, about what people should do when they see seal pups lining Washington's beaches.
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Canadian Prime Minister Pushes For Action In Iraq
Marcie Sillman talks to Vaughn Palmer, columnist for the Vancouver Sun, about Prime Minister Stephen Harper's efforts to convince skeptical politicians to help fight against the terrorist organization...
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King County Orders HIV-Positive Man To Stop Infecting Partners
Marcie Sillman speaks with SeattlePI.com reporter Levi Pulkkinen about why King County Public Health officials decided to place an HIV-positive man under court supervision.
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'Liberal Thing' Crosses Lake: Wage Activists Take On Bellevue
Labor activists are targeting the city of Bellevue in the battle for a $15 an hour minimum wage.Yesterday they marched from Seattle across the I-90 bridge and staged a protest that stopped traffic in...
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Goal For The New Chief: Keep the Ferries Running
Washington state ferries has a new boss.She's Lynne Griffith, who is currently the chief executive of Pierce County transit.And a memo from her new boss to the governor indicates her marching...
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Rare Glimpse Deep Inside The University Light Rail Station
The University Link Light Rail station at Husky Stadium is almost finished. The station is part of a route that will eventually connect downtown Seattle to Northgate. On Wednesday, reporters were given...
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Playwright Ayad Akhtar In Search Of The Modern Muslim
Ayad Akhtar is one of those guys you'd hate if he wasn't so likeable.The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright is an award-winning screenwriter, a critically-acclaimed novelist, an actor and a teacher. And...
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CDC Investigating Possible Spread Of D68 Virus In King County
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is testing a cluster of patients at Seattle Children’s Hospital to determine whether their enterovirus infection is the D68 strain that has cropped up in...
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Washington Supreme Court Rules State Legislature In Contempt
Marcie Sillman talks with Olympia correspondent Austin Jenkins about the Washington Supreme Court's ruling that finds the Legislature in contempt for failing to fund basic education.
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Washington Representatives Respond To Obama's Remarks On ISIS
Marcie Sillman speaks with U.S. Representatives Jim McDermott and Denny Heck about their response to President Obama's strategy in Iraq and Syria against the terrorist group ISIS.
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'Teacher Wars': How Tests And The Common Core Effect Classrooms
Marcie Sillman talks to journalist Dana Goldstein about her new book, "The Teacher Wars: A History of America's Most Embattled Profession," which delves into how standardized testing has changed the...
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