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Pop singer Beck’s latest record isn’t actually recorded at all. It’s a binder full of sheet music. The idea behind it hearkens back to the days before mass-produced recorded music, when people bought popular songs on sheet music and gathered to play the songs together. Local composer Wayne Horvitz loves that idea, so he’s getting musicians from all over Seattle together to play some of the pieces Saturday night. He talks with KUOW’s Dave Beck. 

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In the days before records were mass-produced, people learned about popular songs through sheet music.  The pop musician known as Beck (no relation to KUOW’s Dave Beck) was so intrigued by that idea that his latest album isn’t even a recording at all. 

"Psychopath" is a weighted, sometimes terrifying word. But psychologist Kevin Dutton makes the argument that not all psychopaths are violent. In fact, some of their qualities -- fearlessness, confidence, charisma -- set them up for success in today's society. Dutton spoke at Seattle's Town Hall on Oct. 30, 2012.

Until recently, only men competed in boxing at the Olympics. That ended at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where women climbed into the ring to compete for the first time. Claressa Shields is a 16-year old from Michigan, and she was one of the boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics. We’ll hear her story today.

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