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The Washington Post broke the story of Attorney General Jeff Sessions talking to a Russian when he said he didn't talk to a Russian. A political reporter for the Washington Post tells us what exactly will happen next. Also, we fight about growth in this region - a lot. Our guest this hour wants you to know, this fight is thousands of years old and it's going to turn out OK. And we now know how Amazon broke the Internet this week — it was a typo!

Bill Radke speaks with Washington Post reporter Dave Weigel about the "gathering storm" around President Trump's attorney general. The Post broke the story that AG Jeff Sessions spoke twice with the Russian ambassador during the presidential campaign, which sounds fishy because Sessions claimed under oath that he didn't have contact with Russian officials.

Bill Radke speaks with Dennis Box, editor of the Enumclaw Courier-Herald, about what he's learned in his years covering the struggle over development in Black Diamond, and why he thinks the story of this small town "goes to the very core of who we are." "One side is a developer with this vision, it's a remarkable vision, of creating this town. But on the other hand you have a story of people living their lives in a place that they expected to stay one way. And suddenly it's not staying that way,

Bill Radke talks to Todd Bishop, co-founder of the technology news site Geekwire , about the crash that slowed and stopped websites using Amazon's Web Service.

Republican Congressman Dave Reichert joins us live to tell you which parts of President Trump's plans he supports and opposes. The president is now calling for a merit based immigration system like Canada has. Vaughn Palmer will tell you what that means. And Amazon broke the Internet a little bit this week with a cloud computing crash. We'll tell you how concerned you should be.

What should you do if a loved one is contemplating killing themselves? It’s a scary thought — and one most people aren’t prepared to answer.

“What did you have for breakfast this morning?” It was a question to set microphone levels, the first question put to Roxane Gay, feminist-writer rock start, at her Seattle hotel room last week. “I didn’t have breakfast this morning,” Gay said. “Did you have coffee or anything to drink?” “No,” she said. “I had water.” Gay is serious and she is deadpan, but she is also very funny. She seems to write more than some people talk — spinning out fiction and nonfiction and an interview with Madonna for

Bill Radke speaks with Crosscut city reporter David Kroman about the recent move by the City Council to equip Seattle's officers with body cameras by the end of 2017. Kroman says that multiple groups are concerned about privacy issues, decreased accountability for officers, and the possibility that footage could be used to identify undocumented immigrants.

Despite the allure of technology, librarian Nancy Pearl says picture books still draw in readers of all ages. She tells KUOW's Marcie Sillman about two books in particular: "Roberto the Insect Architect," by Nina Laden and "Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear," by Lindsay Mattick with illustrations by Sophie Blackall.

Bill Radke speaks with Leonard Garfield, executive director of the Museum of History and Industry, about what it was like to live in Black Diamond, Washington, when the Pacific Coast Coal Company ran the mines — and also rented the homes, sold the groceries, hired the doctors, and brought in the entertainment. For a laborer in that kind of environment, Garfield says, "you can imagine that you could build up some resentment."