The Latest Soundside's producer picks: Seattle's Civic Poet, Deciding to See, and hummingbird bills Soundside is taking a break this week. Don’t worry - we’ll be back with new episodes next week. Until then, we’re bringing you some of our favorite stories from the show. Gabriel Spitzer Immigration Diocese of San Bernardino issues dispensation saying Catholics who fear ICE don't have to attend Mass The diocese is the first in the U.S. to issue a special dispensation because of fears over immigration detentions. Aleja Hertzler-McCain National Supreme Court blocks part of Florida's immigration law Immigrant rights organizations sued the state arguing that its new law conflicts with federal immigration law, and under longstanding Supreme Court precedent, states must bow to federal law in the event of such conflicts. Nina Totenberg National Clinging to a tree, and praying: how a family survived the Texas flash floods "I thought my mom was going to die in front of me," said Taylor Bergmann, a 19-year-old who fought to save the people in his family after the Guadalupe River smashed through their home. Sergio Martínez-Beltrán Politics Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, started calling itself 'MechaHitler' On Sunday, the chatbot was updated to "not shy away from making claims which are politically incorrect, as long as they are well substantiated." By Tuesday, it was praising Hitler. Lisa Hagen Arts & Life 'Always Sunny' and 'Abbott Elementary' mash-up in a unique network crossover In January, the characters of the FX series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia showed up as court-appointed volunteers on an episode of the ABC sitcom Abbott Elementary. The crossover continues July 9. David Bianculli Arts & Life A young novelist takes on misconceptions about teen moms in 'The Girls Who Grew Big' Mottley's latest novel follows three young women as they navigate pregnancy and motherhood in a small town in Florida. She sees the novel as an extension of her work as a doula. Tonya Mosley Arts & Life It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s not like other ‘Superman’ films With a K9 sidekick, a sense of humor, and a Man of Steel who says “dude,” 2025’s “Superman” might not be the Superman you expect, or even want. But for our modern times, it’s the “Superman” we all need. Dyer Oxley Business Linda Yaccarino steps down after a turbulent two years leading X Yaccarino, a traditional business executive, was in many ways a strong foil to the mercurial and controversy-courting Musk. She did not cite a reason for her departure. Bobby Allyn Crime New Washington hotline to report hate crimes launches in 3 counties Washington has launched a hotline to report hate crimes and bias in three of the state’s biggest counties. Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard Prev 719 of 1651 Next Sponsored
Soundside's producer picks: Seattle's Civic Poet, Deciding to See, and hummingbird bills Soundside is taking a break this week. Don’t worry - we’ll be back with new episodes next week. Until then, we’re bringing you some of our favorite stories from the show. Gabriel Spitzer
Immigration Diocese of San Bernardino issues dispensation saying Catholics who fear ICE don't have to attend Mass The diocese is the first in the U.S. to issue a special dispensation because of fears over immigration detentions. Aleja Hertzler-McCain
National Supreme Court blocks part of Florida's immigration law Immigrant rights organizations sued the state arguing that its new law conflicts with federal immigration law, and under longstanding Supreme Court precedent, states must bow to federal law in the event of such conflicts. Nina Totenberg
National Clinging to a tree, and praying: how a family survived the Texas flash floods "I thought my mom was going to die in front of me," said Taylor Bergmann, a 19-year-old who fought to save the people in his family after the Guadalupe River smashed through their home. Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
Politics Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, started calling itself 'MechaHitler' On Sunday, the chatbot was updated to "not shy away from making claims which are politically incorrect, as long as they are well substantiated." By Tuesday, it was praising Hitler. Lisa Hagen
Arts & Life 'Always Sunny' and 'Abbott Elementary' mash-up in a unique network crossover In January, the characters of the FX series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia showed up as court-appointed volunteers on an episode of the ABC sitcom Abbott Elementary. The crossover continues July 9. David Bianculli
Arts & Life A young novelist takes on misconceptions about teen moms in 'The Girls Who Grew Big' Mottley's latest novel follows three young women as they navigate pregnancy and motherhood in a small town in Florida. She sees the novel as an extension of her work as a doula. Tonya Mosley
Arts & Life It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s not like other ‘Superman’ films With a K9 sidekick, a sense of humor, and a Man of Steel who says “dude,” 2025’s “Superman” might not be the Superman you expect, or even want. But for our modern times, it’s the “Superman” we all need. Dyer Oxley
Business Linda Yaccarino steps down after a turbulent two years leading X Yaccarino, a traditional business executive, was in many ways a strong foil to the mercurial and controversy-courting Musk. She did not cite a reason for her departure. Bobby Allyn
Crime New Washington hotline to report hate crimes launches in 3 counties Washington has launched a hotline to report hate crimes and bias in three of the state’s biggest counties. Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard
