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Bill Radke talks with KUOW poetry correspondent Elizabeth Austen about the book, " Are You An Echo? The Lost Poetry Of Misuzu Kaneko ," illustrated by Toshikado Hajiri with narrative and translation by David Jacobson, Sally Ito and Michiko Tsuboi .

NPR's White House correspondent joins us with her take on today's Donald Trump news conference. Also, Seattle bestselling author Lindy West will tell you why she quit Twitter. Should we all just leave? And the "hysteria" that has greeted winter this year has set historic records for wailing and chuntering . Is that quote true and what is chuntering ?

Bill Radke speaks with Carolyn Adolph about how — and why — she ended up stuck in traffic with state Representative John Lovick .

Bill Radke speaks with Elissa Washuta about her time as an artist in resident in the Fremont Bridge during the summer of 2016. Washuta had always thought of Seattle as a beautiful city. But that changed as she spent time in the tower — s tarting with the water she looked at every day in the ship canal.

Donald Trump's choice for attorney general is being questioned by the Senate today. Sen. Jeff Sessions doesn't like that marijuana is legal in many states, including Washington. A nd he doesn't like that Microsoft and Amazon hire foreign workers. You'll learn more about that. You'll also meet a liberal UC Berkeley sociologist who spent five years with the Tea Party Republicans of rural Louisiana. And we'll talk to a woman who spent her summer atop of Seattle's Fremont Bridge. S he found the more

Bill Radke speaks with Puget Sound Business Journal digital editor Greg Lamm about the impact Jeff Sessions could have on Washington's marijuana and tech industries if he is confirmed as the U.S. attorney general.

Jason Hummel has gone skiing nearly every month for twenty years. And he's been a nature and adventure photographer for eight years. In that time, he's seen climate change dramatically remake the landscape in the Northwest.

Meryl Streep says Donald Trump broke her heart. Trump says Streep is an overrated actress. We'll talk to a politics editor about the culture war. And a photographer who's capturing Washington state's disappearing glaciers will tell you why that matters. You can hear our entire hour-long show during the morning commute from Marysville to Seattle. We'll show you what happens when turn cities into bedroom communities.

North Korea says it will be able to send a nuclear-tipped missile to Seattle. Why would Kim Jong Un want to do that, and is Donald Trump the person to stop him? And Seahawks star lineman Michael Bennett is onstage tonight in Seattle at Town Hall to discuss politics and sports. C an those things go together? Do you really want them to? We'll talk with Bennett's co-host, Dave Zirin, today on The Record .

Journalism is so white. That’s a criticism of newsrooms in America, and the numbers show that it’s true: In radio, just 9.4 percent of journalists are people of color .