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A local author recounts her story of war, persecution, and hope. We discuss The Whitmans as former heroes and the politics of memory. And a UW professor helps Homeland Security identify some ancient coins.

Marcus and Narcissa Whitman were heralded as heroes after they were killed in 1847. That's not so much the case anymore. How should we remember the Whitmans today? Bill Radke spoke with Cassandra Tate about her new book Unsettled Ground: The Whitman Massacre and Its Shifting Legacy in the American West.

Fifty one Greek Hellenistic and early Islamic empire coins were seized by border patrol agents in Blaine. Homeland Security contacted a University of Washington professor to help identify them. Why are they going to the UW? Bill Radke spoke to Professor Sarah Stroup of Ancient Greek and Roman studies at the University of Washington, about helping homeland security with an ancient coins case.

As a young Baha'i girl in Iran, Mahvash Khajavi-Harvey was subjected to war, displacement, and persecution. When bombs came down at night she prayed for a spaceship to escape and bring her to daylight. Bill Radke spoke with Mahvash Khajavi-Harvey, about growing up as a Baha’i in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution and the Iraq-Iran War.

Mike Baker is the Seattle bureau chief for the New York Times. His recent article, “Seattle’s Virus Success Shows What Could Have Been” details why Seattle saw success and what trade-offs had to be made to achieve it. He joins Bill Radke today to talk more about this.

On Monday, Governor Jay Inslee signed an emergency order requiring schools to offer some in-person instruction. King County Executive Dow Constantine discusses vaccine eligibility and hate crimes against Asian-Americans. And how Seattle's early response to the pandemic helped make it a national leader in lowering COVID-19 deaths.

King County Executive Dow Constantine provides an update about the county's vaccination efforts and discusses the next tier of eligibility and what he thinks is behind the rise in hate crimes against Asian-Americans.

On Monday, Governor Jay Inslee signed an emergency order requiring all public schools in Washington to provide some in-person classroom instruction by April 19. KUOW education reporter Ann Dornfeld talks about the order and answers listeners' questions about this and other education developments.

Angela Garbes, a Seattle mom and the author of “Like a Mother,” spoke with Bill Radke last October about raising her children during the pandemic. She’s back today to give an update on how things are going and how she’s really doing.

How do you manage the emotions of being a parent during a pandemic? Bill Radke spoke to author Angela Garbes about how she's been managing. Plus, why Americans are working more than ever, and an argument to change how we view our "certain, unalienable rights".