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Last year did not start out well for Shota Nakajima. In March, he opened a new restaurant on Capitol Hill called Taku. Five days later everything shut down. His other Capitol Hill restaurant, Adana, closed, too. And suddenly this chef who'd gotten so much critical praise for his restaurants didn't have a restaurant. But he's found other ways to stay busy.

Last month, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Washington Post surveyed health workers nationwide and nearly one in five said they didn't plan on receiving a vaccine. Why would medical professionals be hesitant to get vaccinated?

The world's deepest shipwreck isn't 20,000 leagues under the sea. It's 21,180 feet below the ocean surface, at the bottom of the Philippine Sea. The World War Two Navy Destroyer called the USS Johnston sank in 1944. This month, ocean explores with Caladan Oceanic dove underwater to map it.

The world's deepest shipwreck isn't 20,000 leagues under the sea. It's 21,180 feet below the ocean surface, at the bottom of the Philippine Sea. The World War Two Navy Destroyer called the USS Johnston sank in 1944. This month, ocean explores dove underwater to map it. Plus, why some healthcare workers are hesitant to get the vaccine, Washington's new mermaid museum, and the future plans of Top Chef contestant, and Seattle chef, Shota Nakajima.

Washington state has announced that all standardized exams for public schools will be delayed until the fall.

KUOW reporter Casey Martin talks with Bill Radke about an upcoming homeless encampment sweep.

Our weekly conversation with Mayor Jenny Durkan includes her reaction to the Miller Park sweep and a discussion around vaccine eligibility.

Seattle city officials move to clear a homeless encampment in Miller Park neighborhood. Students are back in the classroom, but debate remains around measuring learning loss. And our weekly conversation with Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan.

Bryan Ohno closed the Seattle art gallery he’d been running for 17 years. He also radically simplified his life to focus on family and his love of making art. We hear about how a year in a pandemic shifted his focused to pottery and raising his grandchildren.

When you say the phrase “I believe in climate change,” it almost makes science sound like religion. Which one do you believe in? Matthew Sleeth has faith in both. An emergency room physician and evangelical leader, he’s author of the book Reforesting Faith: What Trees Teach Us about the Nature of God and His Love for Us.