The Record

The Record

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The Record episodes

  • Supreme Court considers Trump's travel ban
    Bill Radke talks to Lisa Marshall Manheim, associate professor at the University of Washington School of Law, about what arguments were presented in front of the Supreme Court Wednesday in favor and against Trump's travel ban. Washington state was among those suing the president over the executive order.
    11 min
  • When life gives you transit debt, make lemonade
    Let's say you owe me $20. You decide that to pay me back, you'll set up a lemonade stand. There's about $50 in overhead: lemons, sugar. And don't forget wages for the younger siblings you'll be pressing into service to man the booth. In the meantime, I decide to charge you $13 in interest. And suddenly, you find yourself needing to raise $100 to pay me that original $20.
    6 min
  • The Record: Tuesday, April 24, 2018
    The Seattle Times’ Nina Shapiro has been reporting on the tragedy of the Hart family, whose SUV plunged over a cliff last month in what authorities have reason to believe was no accident. Why were the warning signs ignored?
    52 min
  • Amazon wants to put your junk in the trunk of your car
    If you buy from Amazon and worry about package theft, where do you send your stuff? One of those Amazon lockers? The mailroom at work? How about the trunk of your car? Starting today, Amazon Prime members in Seattle and 36 other cities can use Amazon Key In-Car to do just that. Geekwire's Todd Bishop explains.
    8 min
  • Cost of doing business? Seattle considers employee head tax
    Seattle has an affordability and housing problem, and the City Council is considering asking businesses to chip in. A proposal in the works would tax Seattle businesses with at least $20 million in taxable gross receipts 26 cents per employee for every hour they work. The city estimates that an employee tax would raise about $75 million a year. Should businesses pay more? We debate the pros and cons with Seattle City Councilmember Mike O'Brien and Seattle Chamber of Commerce president and CEO
    13 min
  • The Record: Monday, April 23, 2018
    You can't pick up a magazine or turn on the TV lately without seeing James Comey. The fired FBI director is promoting his new book, "A Higher Loyalty." Some FBI agents are critical of their former leader's public statements. We'll find out why from former agents Kathy Loedler and Carolyn Woodbury, who spent a combined 40 years with the FBI. On Friday, the Seattle City Council proposed a head tax on big businesses in Seattle to pay for affordable housing and homeless services. We'll hear from
    51 min
  • Judge sends deadly force initiative to November ballot
    State lawmakers worked with police and community groups during the last legislative session to change the rules for prosecuting police who use deadly force. But it will be voters who decide whether those changes become law. On Friday, a Superior Court judge in Thurston County said lawmakers violated the state constitution, and put Initiative 940 on the November ballot. KUOW's Olympia correspondent Austin Jenkins explains the situation with Ross Reynolds.
    6 min
  • Former FBI agents weigh in on Comey's media tour
    Ross Reynolds talks with Kathy Loedler, a 23-year veteran of the FBI and now CEO of the Rampart Group, and Carolyn Woodbury, former supervisory special agent in Seattle who spent more than 20 years with the FBI. They discuss former FBI Director James Comey's book tour and what it means for the FBI's reputation.
    16 min
  • The Record: Wednesday, April 18, 2018
    Starbucks is going dark for an afternoon, as 8,000 stores across the US close to give employees racial bias training. But does the training work? How can you really measure impact? Bill asked Rachel Godsil, co-founder and director of research at the Perception Institute at Rutgers University-Newark. She studies implicit bias, racial anxiety, and stereotype threat. King County is building a new juvenile justice center. State law mandates that we have one, and the old facility is crumbling. Voters
    51 min

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Host Bill Radke leads in-depth conversations about what matters today in Seattle and beyond.

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