The Record

Bill Radke talks to Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan about her plans for the city in the next four years.

Bill Radke talks to Geekwire's Todd Bishop about Microsoft's planned remodel of their building and what it says about the company's future in the region.

Jenny Durkan has been Seattle mayor for a full day. Has she solved everything yet? The mayor joins us to talk about her plans for the next four years.

Shaun Sears, owner of Canopy Cat Rescue , and his brother-in-law Tom Otto have rescued hundreds of cats from trees since launching their nonprofit in 2009. Sometimes they climb as high as 175 feet. Here are some important tips they've gleaned from their climbs.

It’s the first day of her new job. Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan reads her name on the door of her office at City Hall. What’s going through her head? “It’s real. And the responsibility is enormous,” she told KUOW’s The Record .

Seattle says it can double the number of homeless people leaving the streets, cars and shelters for a permanent home. And to do it, the city will cut money for programs that aren't getting results. Sharon Lee with the Low Income Housing Institute thinks the city is about to leave more homeless people out in the cold. She joins us along with Jason Johnson with Seattle's Human Services Department to talk about a new approach to getting people housed.

Bill Radke talks to Dr. Sam Sharar, professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Washington, about how doctors are using virtual reality to manage burn treatment pain.

Americans will spend hundreds of millions of dollars shopping online this Cyber Monday, and a lot of that money will go to Amazon. Should you feel guilty about shopping online instead of in stores? We'll talk it over with KUOW’s Joshua McNichols, co-host of Prime(d) .

Seattle is having a crazy restaurant boom — there are more than 2,600 restaurants in the Seattle area, up 25 percent from a decade ago. So why are so many restaurant owners feeling high anxiety? We'll talk it over with Seattle Times food writer Bethany Jean Clement and Brandon Pettit, owner of Seattle’s Delancey and Dino's Tomato Pie.

At a public school where parents can afford to give big, should the PTA be able to pour in as much money as it wants? Or should they have to share that money with other schools? We'll talk about the idea of PTA equity with KUOW's Ann Dornfeld and OPB's Rob Manning.