The Record

In "1984," surveillance devices were installed in homes by the government. In 2018, we pay corporations to install the surveillance ourselves. Kashmir Hill, a journalist with Gizmodo, chatted with Bill Radke about her own foray into smartening up her home.

Carob. Some see it as a heroic stand-in for chocolate. Others, like one Twitter wag, see it as "chalky nonsense." Whatever your thoughts, it's a food that evokes a strong response.

Why do lawmakers want to exempt themselves from the state's Public Records Act? Why did they pass a bill to do that in just two days? Will Governor Inslee veto it? Why are newspapers across the state running front-page editorials saying he should? And how did we even get here? Bill Radke gets answers from KUOW Olympia correspondent Austin Jenkins.

The phones are ringing off the hook in Olympia after newspapers across the state editorialized against lawmakers for exempting themselves from the Public Records Act. The bill, S.B. 6617, is on Governor Inslee's desk. KUOW's Olympia correspondent Austin Jenkins brings you the latest in the fight over legislative transparency.

How much right does the public have to pull back the curtain and see the communications of their state lawmakers? Washington state has had a Public Records Act since 1972. News organizations love it. It’s how we find out the stuff that sometimes people would rather we didn't see.

State lawmakers voted on Friday to exempt themselves from the state's Public Records Act and keep some of their records from being disclosed. Why'd they do that? And will Governor Inslee sign it into law? We'll talk with Associated Press Olympia correspondent Rachel LaCorte.

Filmmaker, author and professional millennial Shaun Scott has a bone to pick about participation trophies. They're just one of many broad brushes with which millennials are painted. But, Scott reminds us, millennials weren't the ones giving out the trophies. The parents were.

A KUOW listener wants to know: Now that Seattle's minimum wage is starting to hit fifteen dollars an hour, should I still leave a tip? We'll answer that question with KUOW’s David Hyde and Seattle restaurateur Tom Douglas.

Bill Radke talks to Phillip Chavira, the executive director of Intiman Theatre in Seattle, and Marcie Sillman, KUOW's arts and culture reporter, about the musical "Hamilton" and why it resonates with audiences.

After the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, there's another call for gun regulations in Washington state. What might actually pass here and why? We'll ask Everett Herald state government reporter Jerry Cornfield.