Nathan Vass is an 11-year veteran of King County Metro Transit - no small feat at 32. Even more impressive is his ability to stay engaged and delighted by his job over all those years. He's been called 'the only happy bus driver in Seattle', which he's quick to dispute on behalf of other equally cheerful colleagues. But he's pretty stoked to be here.

NFL owners have come up with a new policy for players who want to protest during the national anthem: Stay in the locker room while the anthem plays, or "stand and show respect" on the field.

Bill Radke talks to Congressman Rick Larsen, who broke with fellow Democrats yesterday to vote for a partial rollback of Dodd-Frank banking regulations. The regulations were originally put in place after the Great recession, to help stop the banking abuses that contributed to the recession. No other Washington state Democrat voted in favor of the rollback, but all the state's Republicans did.

Earlier today, a decision about social justice and the right to free speech came down from on high. Not from the Supreme Court, or from the White House. It came from the desk of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. This upcoming season, players will be required to stand for the national anthem.

Bill Radke talks to Congressman Rick Larsen, who broke with fellow Democrats yesterday to vote for a partial rollback of Dodd-Frank banking regulations. The regulations were originally put in place after the Great recession, to help stop the banking abuses that contributed to the recession. No other Washington state Democrat voted in favor of the rollback, but all the state's Republicans did.

What's the worst thing that ever happened to you for a teenage peccadillo? Maybe grounding, or detention - but it's unlikely that you were ever slapped with a $36 million fine. To be super fair, you probably didn't start a giant forest fire, either. The 15-year-old whose firecracker prank sparked the Eagle Creek Fire will be paying it in installments, the balance of which can be forgiven in 10 years... just in time for student loan payments to kick in. Amelia Templeton for Oregon Public

So you're walking down the street - probably not making eye contact with anyone, if you're from Seattle. But with Amazon's help, even if you're not looking at anyone, law enforcement might be looking at you. The tool at issue is called Rekognition, which allows anyone who purchases it to upload a dataset of still and moving images, then check another image against it.

Pearl Jam is coming to Safeco Field this summer. Ichiro is back with the Mariners. Sea-Tac Airport plays a message from Sir Mix-A-Lot. Is it fair to say that Seattle can't get over the 90s? We look at a Seattle Met article that asks, " Why can't Seattle quit the '90s? " Who are the city's cultural icons of today? Bill Radke asks Seattle DJ Marco Collins and grunge photographer Karen Mason Blair. Also restaurateur Tom Douglas joins us to weigh in on his position as an icon of the 1990s.

Two Seattle residents were biking near the Cascade foothills this weekend when a cougar attacked them. S.J. Brooks was an ardent biker who founded Friends on Bikes , a community that promotes diversity in cycling. Brooks was biking with Isaac Sederbaum who was badly injured by the cougor and is recovering at Herborview.

Bill Radke recaps the biggest stories of the weekend, including the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the cougar attack in Washington, and why pop songs are getting sadder. Our panelists include Leah Baltus, editor in chief of City Arts magazine and John Roderick, singer and guitarist of The Long Winters.