The Record

Bill Radke talks to reporter Patricia Murphy about what President Trump's tweets on banning transgender people from the military means for people serving in Western Washington.

Kids are chasing the dream of being pro athletes, by hiding behind a law for homeless students. That's how a former Seattle high school coach describes what he sees as an abuse of school athletics. Also, King County might let people use heroin and other illegal drugs under medical supervision. Would this help addicts or hurt them? And Amazon is now in the Blue Apron business where recipes and ingredients show up at your door. We'll ask how well these services work.

Bill Radke speaks with Seatle Times staff reporter Claudia Rowe about her investigation into how football and basketball teams at Seattle Public Schools use a law to protect homeless students as a way to get around eligibility requirements for student athletes.

Bill Radke talks to Kathleen Flinn , cook and author of "The Sharper the Knife the Less You Cry," and Naomi Tomky , food and travel writer, about the pros and cons of the meal kit delivery service industry.

Bill Radke speaks with Republican state Representative Morgan Irwin and former police chief Norm Stamper about safe injection sites. An initiative may be on the ballot this fall to ban safe injection sites in King County.

Bill Radke speaks with Vox.com senior policy correspondent Sarah Kliff about single payer health care. Kliff explains the political and practical roadblocks to adopting single payer, as well as who the system would likely benefit or hurt. She also discusses the future of the current bills and what President Trump may truly want for health care in the country.

If you don't listen to this episode of The Record , you could get pulled over this weekend and not know why. The state distracted driving law changes on Sunday. We'll tell you what you can and can't do with your phone, and your french fries and your coffee in the car. Also, could this whole health care mess be solved with a single payer system? What are the pros and cons of single payer and what are the odds it happens in America? And has Seattle's population boom ruined our wilderness?

Bill Radke speaks with Fitz Cahall, host of the podcast The Dirtbag Dairies , and Jill Simmons, executive director of the Washington Trails Association , about the impact that our region's growing population is having on hiking trails around Washington.

Bill Radke talks to Seattle City Councilmember Tim Burgess and president of the Seattle Police Union Kevin Stuckey about how contract negotiations are affecting the progress of police reform. The union claims that they are being steamrolled while the city contends the union is being selfish.

Vip the gorilla needed emergency hernia surgery. Dr. Andrew S. Wright explains his process, from inspecting Vip in the smelly gorilla enclosure to hurrying away as Vip woke up from his anesthesia.