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

Dr. Elizabeth Rosenthal on the generic drug "cartels" // Paging Dr. Cohen -- research into music as an element of medicine and therapy // Julie Rovner live on the ACA being deemed invalid by a federal judge // Colleen O'Brien's dose of kindness -- Steve Hartman's feature on a sneaky secret Santa // Sports Insider Danny O'Neil on Seahawks' cavalcade of penalties // Major Mike Lyons live on the Golsteyn murder investigation // Hanna Scott on the efforts to rename the stretch of SR 530 that runs through Oso

UW Prof Ray Hilborn on saving the orcas // Margaret Brennan on Michael Cohen/ the president's taxes/ Jared Kushner // Michael Medved's review of Green Book // Heather Bosch on the price of Christmas trees // Colleen O'Brien's dose of kindness -- a 7-year-old with a mission to save shelter dogs // Sports Insider // Danny O'Neil previews Sunday's 'Hawks-Niners game // Hanna Scott on Governor Inslee's budget plan and the chance of a capital gains tax

Jesse Eisenberg from ProPublica on the gutting of the IRS // Chris Sullivan's Chokepoint -- 2018 data on WSDOT Incident Response Teams // Hanna Scott on strengthening our state's sexual assault laws // Colleen O'Brien's dose of kindness -- Don Dahler's feature on a long doggy road trip // Sports Insider Danny O'Neil on Seattle being used as leverage in another city's arena fight // Jason Glassberg from Casaba Security on apps that track your movements

Congressman Denny Heck live on the Mueller probe/ Saudi relations // Feliks Banel on the 1899 Carbonado mining disaster // Chuck Bell from Consumer Reports on Grinch-bots, which buy up the hot toys to re-sell to desperate parents // Colleen O'Brien's dose of kindness -- Steve Hartman's feature on an honest and helpful 6th grader // Sports Insider Danny O'Neil on Edgar and Lou's chances for reaching Cooperstown // Hanna Scott on the governor's plans to fix our mental health system // Robert Pollin, UMass economist, on the nuts and bolts of Medicare-for-all

Chris Sullivan's Chokepoint -- lightning round of listener questions // Hanna Scott on Governor Inslee's latest clean energy plan // Denise Juneau, Seattle Public Schools Superintendent, on equality and bus driver shortages // Colleen O'Brien's dose of kindness -- Erin Taylor's feature on care packages for troops overseas // Sports Insider Danny O'Neil on last night's lopsided Monday Night Football game // Heather Bosch on vaccine myths and the rise in totally-preventable diseases // David Fahrenthold live on border wall funding/ the Mueller probe

Rob McKenna live on the document dump related to Trump Campaign investigations // Paging Dr. Cohen -- new research on getting smarter while you sleep // Hanna Scott on the plan to finally clear the enormous backlog of untested WA rape kits // Colleen O'Brien's dose of kindness -- Bellevue Police help move families into transitional housing //  Sports Insider Danny O'Neil on tonight's Seahawks-Vikings game/ last night's wild Dolphins-Pats game // Matthew Gardner, Windermere Chief Economist, on our suddenly softening housing market // Ursula Reutin's Holiday Magic feature -- Mike McCready writing a song with current and former foster kids // Charlie Sykes, conservative commentator, on has a speech for any Republican who wants to challenge Donald Trump in 2020

Tim Parham from the Seattle Planning Commission on future upzoning // Hanna Scott on potential WA firearms legislation in 2019 // Margaret Brennan on our strained relationship with China // Michael Medved's review of Mowgli // Colleen O'Brien's dose of kindness -- Tyler Perry, layaway angel // Sports Insider Danny O'Neil on Russell Wilson's shoe-throwing/ Jon Ryan's standup comedy // Rebecca Scritchfield, host of the Body Kindness podcast, on limiting your french fry intake

Hanna Scott on the final report from the state mass shooting task force // Chris Sullivan's Chokepoint -- what happens to the Battery St Tunnel? // Molly McKew on the Mueller probe // SPU Prof Brad Murg on the trade war with China // Colleen O'Brien's dose of kindness -- Pierce County Deputies take some extra time to help an elderly TV customer // Sports Insider Danny O'Neil on the XFL/ Mallex Smith // Hanna Scott on the final Bellevue prostitution sting sentencing

Major Garrett with a Mueller probe update // Feliks Banel with the untold story of a Seattle family that turned its home into an R&R destination for soldiers and sailors during WWII // Feliks Banel on the upcoming holiday radio play // Chris Sullivan's Chokepoint -- demolishing the Viaduct // Science writer Kate Gammon on killing sea lions // Hanna Scott on tracking attempts at illegal gun purchases // Colleen O'Brien's dose of kindness -- two "grumpy old men" collecting food for the hungry // Sports Insider Danny O'Neil on NHL in Seattle/ UW in the Rose Bowl

Dr. David Belk, from TrueCostOfHealthcare.org, on avoiding supplemental coverage for medicare patients // Hanna Scott on the rape investigation into State Senator Joe Fain // Chris Sullivan's Chokepoint -- changes coming on 99 even before the Viaduct closes // Colleen O'Brien's dose of kindness -- retired firefighter turns to fighting opioid addiction // Sports Insider Danny O'Neil on the NHL announcement/ the Jean Segura trade // David Fahrenthold live on the 2020 White House race/ the Mueller investigation // Carolyn Ossorio on using the teachings of Mr Rogers in a childcare curriculum