The Record

“Expertise is not a renewable resource. It is finite. There is only so much of it to go around, and we are throwing it away.”

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan joins us for our weekly conversation.

Imagine a world where you are loved, safe, and valued. For many Black people that is a difficult world to envision. Ross Reynolds spoke with Seattle artist Natasha Marin about inviting Black people to dream of possibilities.

What does it take to make lasting change to a police department?

One demand demonstrators at the CHOP have is to release the protesters in King County Jail. Marcie Sillman spoke with, Anita Khandelwal, the King County Director of Public Defense about the possibilites.

In a time when many artists have seen their funding dry up, these tenants are still figuring out how to make it in Seattle.

Is it about a body type or racial identity or history? Or is it, at its core, just about dance? A trip into Black imagination, and a look at how a Pioneer Square artist community is hanging on.

Theresa Ruth Howard is the founder and curator of Memoirs of Blacks in Ballet. She danced with the Dance Theatre of Harlem and was a founding member of Armitage Gone! Dance. She tells Marcie Sillman about how ballet must address systemic racism.

But the experience would be nearly unrecognizable.

Washington State's budget is not doing well. We're facing an $8.8 billion dollar hole over the next three years due to lose of revenue. Venture capitalist Nick Hanauer says he has a solution.