Seattle’s Morning News w/ Charlie Harger & Manda Factor

Hanna Scott on the backlog of cases at King County Superior Court // Chris Sullivan's Chokepoint -- how to use the new ramp meters at the 167 to 405 merge in Renton // Hanna Scott on Mayor Durkan and Chief Diaz addressing the spike in gun violence // Dose of Kindness -- friends at a funeral home // Gee Scott on the Jan 6th congressional hearing // David Fahrenthold live on the politics of the Jan 6th hearing/ the 2024 race for the White House

 Dr. Christine Montross, author of Waiting for an Echo: The Madness of American Incarceration // Paging Dr. Cohen -- mandatory vaccinations for healthcare workers // Dose of Kindness -- Great Lakes jumper inspires others // Gee Scott on the impending re-maskening of America // Hanna Scott and Omari Salisbury on the weekend of Seattle-area gun violence

Hanna Scott on Seattle and KingCo plans for addressing violence // Feliks Banel, All Over the Map -- the Willamette Meridian // Ted Buehner, former NWS meteorologist, on the longer-term smoke and drought forecast // Dose of Kindness -- a friendship with a 97-year age difference // Gee Scott on the Seattle and KingCo plans for addressing violence // Hanna Scott on the new WA policing laws that go into effect on Sunday // Jason Stanford, co-author of Forget The Alamo, part 1 and 2

Chris Sullivan's Chokepoint -- hard data on the pandemic's effect on local traffic and transit // Hanna Scott on implementing the new WA policing laws that go into effect this Sunday // Dose of Kindness -- school administrator donates kidney to 11-year-old student // Gee Scott on the wildfires and smoke/ the House Jan 6th panel // Carl Bergstrom, of the UW Calling Bull**** class, on the spread of misinformation on Facebook // Rachel Belle on the unique marketing and distribution for the film Hunting Bigfoot

Feliks Banel on importance of the Peace Arch during the pandemic // Chris Sullivan on plans to clear the I-90 encampment associated with rock throwing // Charity of the Month -- Brigadoon Service Dogs // Dose of Kindness -- A pediatrician's lifetime of service // Gee Scott on the politicization of the COVID vaccines // Pam Falk on the chaos in Haiti // Rachel Belle on the Anthony Bourdain AI voice controversy

Chris Sullivan's Chokepoint -- raising tolls on 520, Tacoma Narrows, and 99 Tunnel // Dave Ross, Heather Bosch, and Chris Sullivan on the Blue Origin launch // Peter Greenberg live on reopening the Canadian border // Dose of Kindness -- park bench therapy // Gee Scott on the Blue Origin Launch/ the precarious Olympics // David Fahrenthold live on regulating Facebook/ the Biden Admin infrastructure framework

Jill Schlesinger on fears of inflation/ rising consumer prices // Paging Dr. Cohen -- expanding the use of telemedicine // Monica Alexander, head of the CJTC, on implementing police reform // Dose of Kindness -- fixing up and donating used cars // Gee Scott on the Olympics moving forwards/ Yankees fan banned from every stadium // Hanna Scott and Andrew Villeneuve on the NPI Seattle polling results

"Jorge," a resident of Cuba, explains this week's unprecedented protests // Feliks Banel, All Over the Map -- Green Book locations in WA // Don DeSantis, Tax Whisperer, on the Expanded Child Tax Credit // John Dickerson on the new crop of Trump Admin books/ ransomware attacks // Hanna Scott on local efforts to curb the spike in overdose deaths // Dose of Kindness -- the gift of breath for a COVID patient // Shannon Drayer gives us an All-Star Break assessment of the 2021 Mariners

Chris Sullivan's Chokepoint -- returning state ferries to pre-pandemic norms // Hanna Scott on expanding WA law enforcement mental health and drug programs // Dose of Kindness -- art exhibit aims to close racial divides // Aaron Mason and Dave Ross discuss the parody songwriting craft // Hanna Scott on slowing rates of other non-COVID vaccinations globally // Rachel Belle on robots that are bad at their jobs

Feliks Banel on the disturbing history of indigenous schools // Hanna Scott rounding up Seattle City Council news of the week // Hanna Scott on the spike in domestic violence incidents during the pandemic // Dose of Kindness -- a seamstress on a mission to restore history // Aaron Mason on the coming Kraken era // Roei Ganzarski of MagniX on their electric plane