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Feeling like a fraud at work? At least you're not in charge of the streetcar

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If you, like many Seattle merchants, desire a streetcar, you might be out of luck - at least for now. KUOW's Carolyn Adolph joined Bill Radke to discuss the cost overruns and commerce discontent that plague the transit option. 

While you're waiting for the streetcar to happen, you might choose to drive home from that night of revelry downtown. But Republican State Senator Mike Padden is trying to toughen our laws, so that three DUI convictions would equal a felony. He's worked on the issue with Democratic State Representative Roger Kirkland, who says there are better solutions than tougher prison sentences.

Immovable constants you might not have learn in high school physics include things like Murphy's Law - and Godwin's Law. The latter states, "As an online discussion continues, the probability of a comparison to Hitler or to Nazis approaches one." Godwin himself joined University of Washington historian Laurie Marhoefer to discuss the dangers of that approach in the Trump era.

Have you ever felt that you might not be qualified for something at work, and that everyone will find out? If so, welcome to the club: we meet Tuesdays. 80% of people have experienced imposter syndrome, which doesn't help with the feeling that we're all alone with our incompetence. Jeannie Yandel, cohost of KUOW podcast Battle Tactics for Your Sexist Workplace, joined Bill to talk about their own experiences of feeling like a fraud, and how to fight back.