Ride Sharing Creates Turmoil For Car Service Businesses
You may have seen cars driving around the Seattle area with oversized, hot pink moustaches on their front grills. Those moustaches are trademarks for a new car service company called Lyft, one of...
View ArticleGetting Fresh With Sheryl: How To Cook With Scapes
Have you ever wandered through a farmers market and found yourself staring at a beautiful vegetable and thought, “Man, I have zero idea what that is.” If so, it’s time to pull out a pad and paper....
View ArticleShould Seattle City Councilmembers Be Elected By District?
Beginning in 2015, Seattle residents might see a big change in how they’re represented in city government. A proposal that is likely to make the ballot this fall would create a hybrid system with...
View ArticleYoung Puget Sound Oysters Struggling With Acidification
A new study from Oregon State University shows that young oysters are struggling due to ocean acidification. But adult oysters are still growing. What does this mean for the future of wild oysters in...
View ArticleWhat Is It Like To Be A Northwest Fisherwoman?
Fisherman’s Wharf is bustling as boats gear up for the fishing season in Alaska. Hannah Burn talks to fisherwoman Allison Barrett about what it’s like being a woman in this male dominated field.
View ArticleMarcia Coyle Discusses Her Book On The Current Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has recently heard cases on everything from same sex marriage to DNA evidence. Marcia Coyle’s new book, "The Roberts Court: The Struggle for the Constitution," delves into the...
View ArticleGovernment Report: Coal Companies Are Pocketing Millions At Taxpayers’ Expense
Coal mining companies are saving tens of millions of dollars that should be going into state and federal treasuries, according to a new report by the Inspector General at the US Department of Interior.
View ArticleHow To Cover Your Digital Footprints
Want to evade the prying eyes of the NSA? Not that you have anything to hide; but even if you did, covering your digital footprints is complicated business. Just because you delete that racy video you...
View ArticleMyths Of Sex Trafficking, Tom Doelger And Radio Retrospective
Coming up on Weekday, June 13 at 10:00 a.m. Understanding The Facts Behind Human TraffickingIs Seattle the number one place for sex trafficking in the country? Is Washington state third in the country?...
View ArticleArt Of Our City, And Dan Savage
Coming up on Weekday, June 13 at 9:00 a.m.Art Of Our CityYou may not know his name, but you’ve probably seen Seattle-based artist Buster Simpson’s work. On First Avenue, you’ll find a couple of stone...
View ArticleNW Churches Grapple With Boy Scouts’ OK To Gay Members
Since the Boy Scouts of America lifted its ban against gay youth members in May, a handful of churches around the Puget Sound area have decided to cut ties with the organization. Meanwhile, some...
View ArticleOrganizations Ban Together In Protest Of NSA Surveillance
In the wake of revelations about the National Security Agency’s surveillance program, a coalition of nearly 90 organizations from Greenpeace USA to the Electronic Frontier Foundation have come...
View ArticleA Discussion With "Science Friday’s" Ira Flatow
For those of us without "Dr.” or “Professor” in front of our names, science can be intimidating. But author and public radio host Ira Flatow has spent his career trying to get more people talking and...
View ArticleAndrew Guzman Discusses "Overheated"
Berkley law professor Andrew Guzman’s new book "Overheated: The Human Cost of Climate Change" warns about the eventual disasters that unchecked climate change could cause. He even begins his book with...
View ArticleMaurice Sendak: The Lost Interview
Children's book author Maurice Sendak is a kind of father figure for many of us. He had a profound sympathy for children and never belittled their emotions. He daylit their anxieties and coaxed them...
View ArticleDiscussing Shutdowns, State Government And Nickelsville
Coming up on Weekday, June 14 at 10:00 a.m.It’s Friday—time to talk over the week’s news. Without a budget deal Governor Inslee says the government will shut down. The Seattle City Council is calling...
View ArticleNorthwest Scientist Discovers Unlikely Father
There are lots of great dads out there. Not all of them are human. Lissa Ongman is an animal scientist who grew up in Woodinville, Wash. She's known two great models of fatherhood in her life. One was...
View ArticleDon't Patent Human Genes, Scientific Awards And Letters From Fathers
Coming up on Weekday, June 14 at 9:00 a.m.Don't Patent Human GenesIn a unanimous vote the United State Supreme Court has said you may not patent human genes. The biotech company Myriad Genetics...
View ArticleProposal Seeks To Shrink King County Role In Immigration Enforcement
King County council members on Thursday introduced a measure that would limit when unauthorized immigrants can be held in jail.Every year, hundreds of people booked into King County jail automatically...
View ArticleNew Parent Company Could Mean Changes For KING TV
Two Seattle television news stations, KING and KONG, are being bought by the Virginia-based Gannett Company, which currently owns USA Today and dozens of local news stations across the country. What...
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