Bill Radke sits down with Crosscut's Knute Berger to talk about Hoovervilles, the shantytowns that sprang up during the Great Depression, and how they can inform our current debates over homelessness.

Bill Radke speaks with Mark Mitchell and his partner Kurt B. Reighley about why they decided to move to Tucson after living in Seattle for 30 years. Mitchell is a costume designer and artist, Reighley is DJ El Toro on KEXP.

Bill Radke sits down with lawyer and activist Nikkita Oliver to discuss her stance on de-funding the police. Oliver feels that not only should money allocated to more officers be directed somewhere else, she also would like to see a society that doesn't have any cops at all.

"Defund the police." That's what some activists call for -- What do they mean? What would our city be with a smaller police force or none at all? Also, Seattle once sheltered the homeless with a giant shantytown, a Hooverville. Could that work for us again? And, so many people are coming to Seattle. Why would you leave? And what do you have to tell us on the way out? Listen to the full show above or check out one of the stories: Thousands to get free health care in Seattle this weekWould

Bill Radke speaks with The Nation contributor Joshua Holland and Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant about the merits of voting for Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein. Read why Sawant supports Jill Stein and why Holland thinks voting for Stein is a waste.

Bill Radke talks with Bill Steele of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network at the University of Washington about how Washington state is unprepared for a large earthquake. Last June, Washington held the Cascadia Rising earthquake response drill. A report in the wake of the drill found that Washington is unprepared. Steele explains what we should be doing individually and regionally before a major earthquake strikes.

Bill Radke speaks with Seattle Times columnist Jon Talton about a tax Vancouver, B.C. imposed on foreign real estate buyers and its impact on Seattle's housing market.

Bill Radke sits down with Seattle journalist McKenzie Funk, the author of the New York Times Magazine piece "Should We See Everything a Cop Sees?" It's an exhaustive look at the Seattle Police Department's difficulty outfitting every officer with a body camera. Funk explains the harm that can be done when everything is caught on film.

Let's hope Washington doesn't receive a massive earthquake because we're not ready for it. We'll tell you why not and what you can do. Green party presidential candidate Jill Stein has canceled today's local speeches because of illness. But we'll still debate whether a third party vote is a wasted vote. And Seattle Police keep talking about wearing body cameras. So where are thy? We'll tell you why body cams are not such an easy answer. Listen to the full show above or check out one of the

Today we have the latest on the presidential campaign with New York Times columnist Tim Egan. Also, local teachers wore Black Lives Matter T-shirts Wednesday, we'll hear teachers and students discussing that. And is that conversation about race enough? Or do white people have to give something up for the cause of racial equity?