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Bill Radke talks with Phil Elverum, aka Mt. Eerie, an Anacortes musician whose wife died a little over a year after giving birth to their first child. He wrote an album about his grief, " A Crow Looked at Me ," recorded in the room she died in. Elverum discusses the limits of art when coping with death and why everything is meaningless — but in a good way.

Phil Elverum, aka Mount Eerie, wrote an album about his grief after the death of his wife. This is his story.

Bill Radke talks to KUOW's Olympia correspondent Austin Jenkins about the budget proposals of the House Democrats and Senate Republicans and how these budgets may pay for education.

Bill Radke speaks with KUOW arts and culture reporter Marcie Sillman about the Seattle Opera's plan to close their scene shop in Renton. A couple of weeks ago, Seattle Opera announced it was making budget cuts. Among them was closing the opera’s scene shop. It is a custom-made building in Renton where they build the sets. The opera says it needs to be fiscally responsible to its donors. But whenever you tighten the purse strings, somebody feels the pain. In this instance, it’s the artisans who

We don't have a state income tax here, but we could get a state capital gains tax. Democratic legislators are proposing it to pay for schools. You'll also meet a local musician who recorded his new album in the room where his wife had died just a few months earlier. And if Seattle Opera closes its scenery shop that means more digital sets, but also nobody who knows how to fix the monorail.

Bill Radke talks to Jon Talton, Seattle Times economics columnist, about what it would mean for the Northwest if the proposed cuts to the National Institutes of Health funding were enacted.

Bill Radke talks to Anne Newcombe, the clinical director of emergency services at Harborview Medical Center, about what the hospital has seen since the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, was implemented.

Bill Radke speaks with KUOW reporters Joshua McNichols and Carolyn Adolph about what they learned from their time reporting in Black Diamond for KUOW's Region of Boom team.

Sanctuary cities like Seattle: You're on notice. The U.S. Attorney General just outlined what the White House will do to cities that don't cooperate with federal immigration agents. We'll tell you what he said and what it means for Seattle, Burien and others. Also, is President Trump right that Obamacare is exploding? If so, what could we do in Washington state to improve health care coverage? And from Facebook to games, we'll show you how tech companies make their products addictive to you and

Bill Radke speaks with Kristen Bryant, Dennis Box and Johna Thomson about the controversy surrounding a planned development in Black Diamond. Bryant is a member of Save Black Diamond, an organization that opposes the development. Thomson is a community volunteer who thinks the town would be better off if citizens worked with developers to make the best of inevitable change. Reporter Dennis Box has been following the development fight.