The Record

We talk to science fiction author and Chief Information Officer of the City of Kirkland, Brenda Cooper, about what the future Northwest region looks like in her new book, "Keepers." She dubs the new megacity that humans build, "Seacouver."

Bill Radke talks to King City Councilor Jeanne Kohl-Welles about her decision to pull out a bill she originally co-sponsored, to fund maintenance at Safeco field. She now says she will submit a new proposal that will allocate more money toward affordable housing.

Marine biologist Taylor Shedd has told The Record that the grieving orca mother - known as Tahlequah or J35 - is carrying her dead calf for a ninth day. The killer whale delivered her baby on Tuesday last week. Just half an hour later, her calf died.

Firefighters should rethink how they battle wildfires. That's according to environmental journalist Richard Manning who just wrote a piece in Harper's Magazine titled "Combustion Engines."

Bill Radke talks about Attorney General Bob Ferguson's lawsuit over the release of blueprints for a 3D-printed gun online.

Remember that time when Republicans seemed to have backed off shutdowns as a governing strategy? That was then, this is now. The president wants to use a fall spending deadline to force a vote on his border wall, and is threatening a shutdown if he doesn't get his way. Washington state representative Derek Kilmer has been working on immigration reform, and will be voting on the spending deadline.

You probably remember the World Cup last month. But you might not remember the previous major FIFA event: a massive string of arrests for money laundering and bribery that took place in 2015.

Bill Radke talks to Congressman Derek Kilmer about President Trump's announcement that he would consider a government shutdown if he doesn't see a vote on border security. We also talk about the upcoming midterm elections and how to make Congress less partisan.

Host Bill Radke talks to Kasey Champion, program manager at Microsoft's Imagine Academy and software engineer, and Geo Quibuyen, aka rapper Prometheus Brown and MC Geologic of the hip hop duo Blue Scholars, about whether their relationship with Seattle is changing. We discuss the essay by Tyrone Beason titled, " I Hate You, Seattle: A Love Story ."

This week our local Orca pod, the J pod, had something to celebrate. A new Orca was born on Tuesday. For these endangered southern-resident whales every birth is critical.