The Record

Many cops reported feeling unsupported and demonized – so we asked their boss about some of their complaints. How do you raise kind kids? And why you should be eating more seaweed.

How the corpses we show create a hierarchy of grief. A chat about the recent SPD exit interviews. Would you eat fake chicken nuggets? (What if you didn’t know they were fake?) And the glamorous origins of Seattle’s Norwegian festival.

Why you might want to take a vicarious walk around Bainbridge. A new neighborhood could spring up across the Magnolia Bridge. San Francisco just says no to facial recognition software. Arethere really fine people on both sides of every argument? And a BBC play brings a Seattle landmark back to life.

Dr. Sandro Galea talks about his new book "WELL: What We Need to Talk about When We Talk about Health". The EPA wants to allow more chemicals in our state's waterways. Unprecedented numbers of grey whales are dying along the West Coast. And, does knowing about neighborhood crime make us more prepared or just paranoid?

The singer-songwriter on what happens when you write a song you wish you could stop playing. Chinese tariffs hit home in Washington State, along with climate change-driven floods. And, says Melinda Gates, we could be doing a lot better at lifting women off.

What’s behind our fascination with charismatic murderers? Scooters are nipping at the heels of e-bikes in Seattle. The governor gives permanent DST a go. How worried should we really be about cougar attacks? And a look at seasonal workforce migration in eastern Washington.

Now you can graduate without standardized testing. Cash: the newest frontier in retail? How to survive a bear in the wild. And infiltrating white nationalism in the Pacific Northwest.

Eric Liu says we need better arguing, and less stupid arguing, to make our democracy better. KUOW's Joshua McNichols explains the tax hike passed by the state legislature. And UW Professor Saadia Pekkanen tells us about the new space race.

Former U.S. Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano talks about her book, "How Safe Are We?" We also talk about our complicated relationships with our mothers with Michelle Filgate. And we look at how Washington state is prepping for ... the plague?

Bill McKibben says it might be curtains for humanity. Cass Sunstein says social movements may surprise you, but they shouldn’t. And a look at one controversial social movement: affirmative action.