The Record

Can you predict the social media cycle of #metoo? First, the allegations. Then the apology, lackluster or seemingly heartfelt. Then the backlash: shows canceled, jobs lost, formerly prominent men stricken from the public domain. It's happened in film, in television, in comedy. And now it's happening to author Sherman Alexie.

It's March 14! The day before the Ides of March, three days before St. Patrick's Day, but 3.14 is a special day all its own: Pi Day. This year is the 30th anniversary of a whimsical holiday that celebrates the irrational, infinite, transcendent excellence of the universal constant.

Today is Pi Day — March 14. (Geeeeet it? Pi is 3.14.) We used math as a thinly veiled excuse to celebrate with Instagram phenomenon Lauren Ko, of lokokitchen . She came by the studio to share everything from charcoal crust to beet as coloring agent, and to explain why she's “a firm believer in butter.”

Bill Radke talks to Seattle Times reporter Paige Cornwell about her reporting on dogs on King County Metro buses.

Mayor Jenny Durkan is just over 100 days into her tenure as mayor. She came by the studio to answer your questions about everything from taxes to parking.

Father Antonio Illas was a federal immigration agent for 25 years before he turned his life to God.

You might have heard about protests over the weekend against a Canadian pipeline project that would mean more oil tankers in Washington waters. But that pipeline already exists, so why the fuss? We'll get Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer on the phone to explain.

Jeannie Yandel speaks with Ben Blum about his new book "Ranger Games: A Story of Soldiers, Family, and Inexplicable Crime." The book tells the story of his cousin, Alex Blum, and how he turned from an Army Ranger to a bank robber.

What does it feel like to be in the room with $100 million? You can find out soon. The most expensive piece of American artwork ever sold at auction — a painting by artist Jean-Michel Basquiat — is coming to the Seattle Art Museum .

Sherman Alexie is a beloved native writer, filmmaker and poet. He also stands accused of sexual harassment by three women on the record and many more anonymously. KUOW reporter Liz Jones is following the story and sat down with Bill Radke after her first piece on the story published.