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Seattle was recently named the most "hygge" city in the United States. Hygge is a way of life that has been imported from Denmark. It essentially means coziness. To combat the long, dark nights of winter, a hygge practice would include lighting your fireplace, filling a room with candles, reading cuddled up in a blanket, spending time with friends, drinking lots of wine and eating lots of cake.

Let’s talk about death. No, seriously. It’s time we all had a conversation with our loved ones about dying.

Matt Calkins was in junior high when he first started feeling intense social anxiety. "I remember I would go on high school debate trips and I wouldn't say a word for like three days until I was actually debating," he said, speaking with Bill Radke on KUOW's The Record.

Nobody likes to wait in line. So today, Amazon removed that unpleasantness from the neighborhood grocery store. At Amazon Go, you walk in, pick up your groceries and walk out.

So you want to talk about race. (You do want to talk about race, right?) Even if the person you're talking to is oblivious, or defensive? Or maybe you're oblivious and defensive? Writer Ijeoma Oluo stops by for a conversation about how we can make the race talk more doable, more productive and more hopeful.

One of them went viral in a collaboration with Yo Yo Ma; the other played Michael Jackson for the Cirque du Soleil. But you might know dancers Lil Buck and Jon Boogz best for their collaboration on the haunting video Color of Reality.

Amazon just opened a grocery store with no checkout lines — not even self-checkout scanners, you just grab your stuff and walk out. What will that convenience cost you? We talk with Geekwire's Todd Bishop and University of Washington law professor Ryan Calo about Amazon Go.

So Amazon won't be building HQ2 in Seattle. Honestly, it was a long shot. But where the company's second headquarters and its 100,000 jobs will go is still anybody's guess. Bill Radke talks with KUOW's Carolyn Adolph and Geekwire's Todd Bishop about the 20 cities that still have a shot.

Josh Gotbaum is used to helping people. He worked on disaster relief efforts in the Clinton administration, helped bring Hawaiian Airlines back from bankruptcy, and served as founding CEO of The September 11th Fund. But on May 12th, 2015, the helper became the helped when the train he was on came off the tracks.

On today's show we get local reaction to the hint Amazon has given us as to which city will be their new second headquarters. Also, Amtrak promises to pay for the fatal derailment near Tacoma. They'll pay medical expenses and cleanup. But a man who was on a derailed Amtrak train three years ago says our local victims are in for a rude awakening. And should Seattle get rid of on-street parking downtown to make room for dedicated bus lanes so buses become fast, so you won't want a car, so you won