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FAQs about The Record:How many episodes does The Record have?The podcast currently has 2,607 episodes available.
April 02, 2018The Record: Monday, April 2, 2018What can you do if someone you love is addicted to a drug? If reasoning, pleading, and staging an intervention fail? In Washington state, soon you'll have a new option. It's called Ricky's Law. We spoke to the woman pushing for that legislation in 2016; she's back to tell us what's changed since the law passed....more50minPlay
April 02, 2018Is Amazon really skirting antitrust law?In 1890, the Sherman Act was passed. Its purpose was to preserve a competitive marketplace against potential consumer abuses. But the law isn't supposed to punish "innocent monopoly," or monopoly achieved by merit alone. So the question is: how innocent is Amazon’s monopoly?...more7minPlay
April 02, 2018This woman found her identity outside fundamentalismYour views on politics, your understanding of history, your personal identity: You feel pretty solid about them, right? But what if you didn't?...more18minPlay
April 02, 2018When Russian spies lived on Seattle's Capitol HillIn the early 2000s ten Russian nationals were living normal lives in the United States. They went to school, got jobs, and tried to infiltrate the inner circles of U.S. policymakers and businesses to send information back to Russia....more10minPlay
April 02, 2018Washington's involuntary commitment law for addiction goes into effectIf someone you love wants to hurt themselves, what can you do? If the underlying cause is mental illness, one option is to have them involuntarily committed for psychiatric treatment. But if the underlying cause is addiction, that was not an option until the passage of Ricky's Law in 2016. Ricky Garcia and Lauren Davis worked with state lawmakers to pass a bill that would let someone in Washington state involuntarily commit an addict who is found to be a danger to him or herself. Bill Radke...more16minPlay
March 30, 2018What we can expect from the Roseanne rebootBill Radke talks to Melanie McFarland, TV critic at Salon about the new reboot of Roseanne and what it says about America today....more14minPlay
March 29, 2018The Record: Thursday, March 29, 2018In January 2017, Seattle implemented a law saying that landlords were required to rent their units to the first qualified applicant. The law was the first of its kind in the nation, and designed to fight bias and discrimination. As of yesterday, that law has been struck down. Liz Dupee of the Tenants Union of Washington State and Chris Benis of the Rental Housing Association of Washington joined Bill Radke to discuss the law’s intention and consequences....more49minPlay
March 29, 2018Seattle's first-in-time rental law has been struck down. Who wins, who loses?If you’ve rented a new apartment in Seattle in the last year, chances are that you ran into the first-in-time law. It required landlords to rent to the first qualified applicant. When enacted, the law was touted as a first in the nation attempt to protect tenants’ rights. Landlords argued that it overrode their property rights – and yesterday, a judge agreed....more15minPlay
March 29, 2018What's the 'Philly cheesesteak' of Seattle?Bill Radke talks to Naomi Tomky, Seattle food writer about a dish that she thinks is a strong contender to be Seattle's 'signature dish.' Hint: there is seafood involved. No, not geoduck. Seattle TV critic Melanie McFarland joins the conversation....more13minPlay
March 29, 2018'An active tide': swimming against the forces of pay inequityStarbucks claims to have solved the thorny problem of pay equity. At least in their current workforce. At least in the US. And this isn’t a final announcement, just a milestone in an ongoing endeavor…...more14minPlay
FAQs about The Record:How many episodes does The Record have?The podcast currently has 2,607 episodes available.