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In 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.

AG Bob Ferguson is racking up lawsuits of the Trump administration at a terrific pace – 23 and counting. We got him to come up for air to give Bill Radke an update on how the suits are going, and whether he’s angling for the governor’s job in 2020.

"When this movie's over, the audience will be halfway across the country." This is not because they'll have fled the scene. Instead, it's an introduction to Astrovision, American Airlines' 1960s answer to other airlines' dominant single screen. It allowed individual film choice and a view of the skies - with consequences that ranged from the dangerous to the absurd.

"Moist." Did you get a little grossed out reading that? If so, you're not alone. Moist is one of the most hated words in the American English language. But why do we have such strong feelings about an ostensibly neutral word?

In retaliation for the assassination of a former Russian spy and his daughter on British soil, President Trump has shuttered Seattle's Russian consulate. Following the closure last fall of the San Francisco consulate, Russians on the Pacific Coast will now have to travel east to get passports, visas, and conduct other business with their government. Seattle Congressmember Pramila Jayapal was in the studio today, and spoke with Bill Radke about why she supports the closing of the consulate,

Bill Radke talks to Don Hellmann, professor emeritus at the University of Washington's Jackson School of International Studies about the U.S. State Department's decision to close the Russian consulate in Seattle and expel 60 Russian diplomats in response to an attack on an ex-spy for Russia in England.

The White House announced today that it was shutting down the Russian consulate in Seattle. The State Department says there are intelligence agents working at the consulate and they are too close to sensitive locations like Boeing and the US navel base in Kitsap County. Don Hellman, professor emeritus at the University of Washington's Jackson School of International Studies explains what that means for U.S. and Russian relations.

Thinking of deleting Facebook? We'll get into just how much the social network knows about you and what you can do about it with University of Maryland computer scientist Jennifer Golbeck and contemplate walking away with The Stranger's Sean Nelson. Then, what are you supposed to do as a woman working in tech when your mostly male company does business at a strip club, in the middle of the day? We'll talk with "Brotopia" author Emily Chang and former Amazon employee Kristi Coulter about Silicon

Bill Radke talks to Bloomberg's Emily Chang, author of the book "Brotopia: Breaking Up The Boy's Club Of Silicon Valley," and Kristi Coulter, former Amazon employee and writer of the upcoming book "Nothing Good Can Come From This," about how the sometimes misogynistic and aggressive work culture in places like Silicon Valley shuts women out of the booming tech industry.

Have you read the NYTimes’ Dear Sugar column? Seen the movie “Wild”? The woman behind those projects is Cheryl Strayed. She found herself on a through hike of the Pacific Crest Trail, and now she’s giving advice on vulnerability and authentic.