Tomorrow is the nation's 242nd birthday. The 4th of July brings citizenship ceremonies and fireworks displays. But this year it will also bring protests...

Now more than ever, many people's relationship with America is... complicated. Three Seattle artists want to hear more about your relationship status with America. How would you describe it to your friends? (How do you describe it to yourself?)

"In a second I'll tell you how little writing rescues." That promise, from the opening poem of Terrance Hayes' "American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin", is only partially kept. The poems in the book are in constant motion. They shuttle back and forth between Emmett Till and Maxine Waters, slavery and hip hop, the nation's future and the past it can't bear to look at.

Tomorrow is the nation's 242nd birthday. The 4th of July brings citizenship ceremonies and fireworks displays. But this year it will also bring protests against the country's treatment of immigrants. Many people are now having a deeper conversation about what it means to be American.

How can sci-fi prepare businesses and governments for the future? Berit Anderson, CEO of Scout.ai, along with the company's advisors, Brenda Cooper and Ramez Naam, tell Bill Radke stories that help us understand how the world is changing and how to keep up.

Bill Radke spoke to Senator Maria Cantwell about filling Justice Anthony Kennedy's seat on the Supreme Court, when he retires at the end of July. President Trump is expected to name his nominee next week, but Cantwell says the process shouldn't be rushed. "We definitely feel there is a whole host of questions we want answered," says Cantwell, "So we definitely think it should be past a time period -- the election -- so we can get those questions answered."

How can sci-fi prepare businesses and governments for the future? Berit Anderson, CEO of Scout.ai, along with the company's advisors, Brenda Cooper and Ramez Naam, tell Bill Radke stories that help us understand how the world is changing and how to keep up.

Bill Radke talks to Catherine Cullen, senior reporter covering politics and Parliment Hill in Ottawa for the CBC about the new tariffs Canada has put on U.S. products like steel, aluminum and strawberry jam.

Rumors of flying cars may have been greatly exaggerated, but the future is changing faster than our brains can keep up. Berit Anderson, CEO of Scout.ai, is trying to change that with a very ancient technology: stories.

Bill Radke talks to our panelists about the 'Familes Belong Together' protests across the country over the weekend, including the rally at the SeaTac Federal Detention Center. We also discuss what the end of the Sasquatch music festival means for the city's arts scene, and if the City of Seattle's app should be used to report homeless encampments .