The Record

The show must go on-line! Throughout the pandemic, theater teens have gotten creative about putting on the show. Staging it on Facebook Live or YouTube. This year for a second time, the journalists of KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media program and The 5th Avenue Theatre found a way to create musicals based on the journalists' photo essays, articles, and podcasts. Bill Radke spoke with Jadenne Radoc Cabahug about her photo essay turned musical and we hear the full show.

A Teacher at Sacajawea Middle school in Spokane taught a lesson on the industrial revolution and cotton gin, by having students pick cotton. Two Black twin students in class were hurt and humiliated by the lesson. Bill Radke spoke with KUOW web producer Noel Gasca about this story.

Last summer, RadioActive journalist Jadenne Radoc Cabahug captured scenes of her neighbors stuck inside. Pictures of supportive signs, waves, and routines became a musical by students at The 5th Avenue Theatre. We talk about the inspiration for the musical and hear the entire showcase. Then, perhaps delusion can be a good thing. Shankar Vedantam shares how self-deception may boost your success and well-being. Also, we hear about what happened when a teacher in Spokane created a lesson plan around picking cotton. And, finding a psychiatric bed in Washington is a years old problem that has worsened in the pandemic. KUOW's Austin Jenkins tells a story about one man in southwest Washington.

Seattle area protesters marched from downtown to the East Precinct building on Capitol Hill for a anti-police brutality demonstration, after Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd on May 25, 2020. On June 8th, protesters awoke to an abandoned precinct and they seized an opportunity. The so called CHOP would get national attention and scrutiny.

One year ago, a few blocks near Capitol Hill’s Cal Anderson Park became the center of a protest movement in an area that became known as the CHOP. While people set up camp and protestors made speeches, artists got to work on a brilliantly colored Black Lives Matter street mural that is a permanent marker of the movement.

After more than a week of protests and clashes Seattle Police abandoned the East Precinct, and organizers and protestors set up an autonomous zone, a part of Capitol Hill designed to be free of police.

It’s been a year since protestors established CHOP on Capitol Hill following demonstrations against police violence. Now we’re looking at the changes that have been made in law enforcement in the aftermath of these events.

After the protests of June 2020, some people don't just want to reform the Seattle Police, or cut its budget, they want to abolish it. How would that work? And has the city taken any steps in that direction?

A year ago protestors marched in cities around the U.S. in demonstrations against police violence following the murder of George Floyd by a police officer. Seattle area protesters converged around a few blocks on Capitol Hill that became known as the CHOP. This hour, we look back on the site and how it has a place in Seattle history. Guests include KUOW reporter Casey Martin, mural artist Angelina Villalobos, Washington State Representative Nicole Macri, Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz, and Attorney Sadé Smith.

A return to normal means a return to nightlife. For many, bars and other venues offer personal affirmation through community. But a drop in the number of lesbian bars is making it difficult for the community to create those safe spaces. Bill Radke speaks with Filmmakers Erica Rose and Elina Street about their work with The Lesbian Bar Project.