The Latest Casual Friday with Alex Hudson and Nathalie Graham This week… A new poll says Governor Bob Ferguson is pretty unpopular right now. Sound Transit has gone to the dogs… Furry friends will soon be allowed on Light Rail. And Lake Union is being swarmed by paddleboarders looking to… rave? Transportation expert Alex Hudson and Stranger Reporter Nathalie Graham are here to break down the week. Vaughan Jones Politics The Jackpod: Strong and wrong On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on how Donald Trump projects strength through his lack of inhibition and self-constraint. Science An FDA panel spread misinformation about SSRI use in pregnancy, alarming doctors A panel organized by the FDA cast doubts on the safety of antidepressants during pregnancy — drawing ire from doctors who say SSRIs are a crucial treatment option for women with perinatal depression. Rhitu Chatterjee Politics France, U.K., others plan to recognize a Palestinian state. What does that change? The recent push by several countries to recognize a state of Palestine is largely symbolic, but it carries diplomatic and potentially legal weight. Scott Neuman Arts & Life Songs of Love writes personalized music for kids — but can AI carry the tune? For nearly 30 years, the nonprofit Songs of Love Foundation has created custom songs for kids with terminal illnesses. Now it has harnessed AI to expand its services to older adults with memory loss. Chloe Veltman Arts & Life Actor Griffin Dunne revisits his Hollywood childhood in 'The Friday Afternoon Club' Dunne talks about fame, growing up in a family of storytellers, and the trauma the family experienced after the 1982 murder of his sister, Dominique. Originally broadcast June 10, 2025. Tonya Mosley Economy The mayor of a General Motors factory town on the impact of new tariffs NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Mayor Andy Schor of Lansing, Mich., about the potential impact of tariffs on the city that is home to two General Motors plants. Steve Inskeep National Morning news brief The White House sets a swath of new tariff rates for dozens of countries, President Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff visits an aid site in Gaza, Jewish leaders from the U.S. sign a letter urging Israel to allow more aid into Gaza. A Martínez Music 'Mean Girl' Reneé Rapp isn't getting much nicer on 'Bite Me' Reneé Rapp conquered Broadway in "Mean Girls" and the small screen on HBO Max's "The Sex Lives of College Girls." Now she's gunning for the pop charts. Her new album is called "Bite Me." {STATIONS NOTE: The word "fucking" is bleeped from the conversation at the 1:50 mark} A Martínez World President Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff to visit an aid site in Gaza President Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff visits an aid distribution site in Gaza, amid rising anger over a deepening hunger crisis in the territory. Steve Inskeep Prev 655 of 1650 Next Sponsored
Casual Friday with Alex Hudson and Nathalie Graham This week… A new poll says Governor Bob Ferguson is pretty unpopular right now. Sound Transit has gone to the dogs… Furry friends will soon be allowed on Light Rail. And Lake Union is being swarmed by paddleboarders looking to… rave? Transportation expert Alex Hudson and Stranger Reporter Nathalie Graham are here to break down the week. Vaughan Jones
Politics The Jackpod: Strong and wrong On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on how Donald Trump projects strength through his lack of inhibition and self-constraint.
Science An FDA panel spread misinformation about SSRI use in pregnancy, alarming doctors A panel organized by the FDA cast doubts on the safety of antidepressants during pregnancy — drawing ire from doctors who say SSRIs are a crucial treatment option for women with perinatal depression. Rhitu Chatterjee
Politics France, U.K., others plan to recognize a Palestinian state. What does that change? The recent push by several countries to recognize a state of Palestine is largely symbolic, but it carries diplomatic and potentially legal weight. Scott Neuman
Arts & Life Songs of Love writes personalized music for kids — but can AI carry the tune? For nearly 30 years, the nonprofit Songs of Love Foundation has created custom songs for kids with terminal illnesses. Now it has harnessed AI to expand its services to older adults with memory loss. Chloe Veltman
Arts & Life Actor Griffin Dunne revisits his Hollywood childhood in 'The Friday Afternoon Club' Dunne talks about fame, growing up in a family of storytellers, and the trauma the family experienced after the 1982 murder of his sister, Dominique. Originally broadcast June 10, 2025. Tonya Mosley
Economy The mayor of a General Motors factory town on the impact of new tariffs NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Mayor Andy Schor of Lansing, Mich., about the potential impact of tariffs on the city that is home to two General Motors plants. Steve Inskeep
National Morning news brief The White House sets a swath of new tariff rates for dozens of countries, President Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff visits an aid site in Gaza, Jewish leaders from the U.S. sign a letter urging Israel to allow more aid into Gaza. A Martínez
Music 'Mean Girl' Reneé Rapp isn't getting much nicer on 'Bite Me' Reneé Rapp conquered Broadway in "Mean Girls" and the small screen on HBO Max's "The Sex Lives of College Girls." Now she's gunning for the pop charts. Her new album is called "Bite Me." {STATIONS NOTE: The word "fucking" is bleeped from the conversation at the 1:50 mark} A Martínez
World President Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff to visit an aid site in Gaza President Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff visits an aid distribution site in Gaza, amid rising anger over a deepening hunger crisis in the territory. Steve Inskeep