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    Is Seattle's Mass Transit Massively Bad Or Massively Good?

    Do you have complaints about the RapidRide bus service? Or are you loving the WiFi? Ross Reynolds talks to listeners about the state of their mass transit commute. How’s your bus, train, ferry commute going these days?

  • Best Of The Conversation

    On today's show, we bring you some of our favorite segments of the year. We talk about vulnerability, photography and The Boss.Is There Power In Vulnerability? Being vulnerable and open to failure makes us uncomfortable, but according to the research of Brene Brown, we can’t have success without vulnerability. Ross Reynolds discusses the power of vulnerability with University of Houston Professor Brene Brown.Seattle-Based Artist Goes Small Then Large To Highlight The Big PicturePhotographer Chris Jordan uses his work to make statistics visual -- not with pie charts or graphs, but large scale works of art. You may have seen his TED talk on his "Running The Numbers" exhibit. The artist and former lawyer lives here in Seattle and he sits down with Ross Reynolds to discuss his latest project.Cross Talks Boss: Music Writer Charles Cross Discusses The Work Of Bruce SpringsteenMusic writer Charles Cross maybe be most well-known for his biography of Kurt Cobain and his latest book on the group Heart, but his love for music and writing about it all started with the Boss. Charles Cross talks Bruce Springsteen with Ross Reynolds.

  • Gerrymandering: The Political Impact Of Drawing New Lines

    Republicans will hold a 38-seat lead in the US House of Representatives. But Democrats lead by 0.6 percent in the popular vote. What is the deal? Some experts say the gap can be explained by partisan gerrymandering – the  strategic redrawing of congressional district lines to benefit one political party.Ross Reynolds talks with researcher Nicholas Goedert from Washington University in St. Louis.
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    Mayor McGinn Talks City Budget

    The Seattle City Council is voting on the city budget next Monday. They’ve made some changes in  Mayor McGinn’s original proposal.  Ross Reynolds talks with Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn about the upcoming budget vote.

  • Do You Buy Art?

    The first Thursday of every month you can tour through the downtown galleries and see art from independent local artists, exhibits from out of town artists and masterpieces at the SAM. And if you want, you can do more than look, you can buy. Do you?

  • Are The Rich Taxed Enough? The Rich Say Yes ... And No.

    President Barack Obama is meeting today with members of Congress to try to avoid the fiscal cliff. The president says he’ll let Bush-era tax cuts for families earning over $250,000 a year expire. House Republicans are opposed.

  • South Korean Elections Happen Without Super PACs

    South Korea is electing a new president next month. In their elections, corporate money is banned and the campaign season is limited. Ross Reynolds talks with University of Washington Professor Yong-Chool Ha about the ins and outs of election season in South Korea.