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Today, we’ve got a special feature from Seattle Now host Paige Browning…

One community has been looking forward to Seattle's damp weather and chilly days: sauna goers.

Sauna culture is big here in the PNW. In fact, this weekend The Nordic Museum in Ballard will host the Seattle Sauna Festival. We talked about it on Casual Friday this week.

But for a growing community of Seattleites, this is a weekly endeavor... and it's paired with a cold plunge.

Paige Browning takes us to meet the Coldwater Collective, which swears by polar-bear plunging for therapy, and to crack the Seattle freeze.

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Seattleites rally in support of trans girls, titans of tech had a rough political week, and a proposal to rename Hood Canal hits a fjordblock.

It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.

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This week…

We've got a breakdown of the biggest election results, and what a national blue wave means for Seattle and Washington state... 

Plus, Starbucks wants to use AI to give you "the usual," and Seattle is celebrating its sauna culture this weekend.

KUOW’s Sound Politics hosts Cat Smith and Scott Greenstone are here to break down this election week.

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Campaign to repeal millionaire’s tax admits defeat, Seattle Public Schools expands guardrails around screen time, and lawsuits are likely over WA's ban on trans girls in sports.

It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.

The interview in this episode was produced by John O'Brien.

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Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson recently vetoed legislation aimed at tackling the visible problem of people who live in their RV’s.

While there is general agreement that more services and shelter options are necessary, so far there’s no clear agreement about how to fully get the vehicles off the street. 

KUOW’s Joshua McNichols will tell us more. Read his reporting here.

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Ban on trans girls in sports is leading in early returns, effort to repeal millionaires tax is trailing, and Amazon cuts more jobs in WA.

It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.

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Grab a hot beverage.

We’re going to get right into early returns from yesterday’s midterm election, and there is plenty to talk about. 

Statewide initiatives, races that will impact the balance of Congress and our state legislature, and some consequential votes at the city level. 

Seattle Now host Paige Browning is here to break it all down.

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Mayor Wilson partially vetoes RV regulations, conservative money pours into WA's Supreme Court races, and the CDC rejects WA's request for a faster measles test.

It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.

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Earlier this year, a Seattle woman died after she stopped taking her life-saving medication for epilepsy. She did so, after consulting ChatGPT. Her family is now suing OpenAI. We talk with UW professor Chirag Shah about AI's growing role in dispatching medical advice and how to navigate it.

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Some Washington immigration organizations are suing to stop Trump administration interference in the upcoming election, a dairy worker in Washington has died from bird flu, and the last original Reign player has retired.

It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.

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