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Episodes
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An epic hack of online extremists
A massive hack of a Sammamish-based web hosting company has revealed the personal information of some of the people behind right-wing extremist groups like QAnon and Proud Boys. We’ll find out what researchers and reporters are hoping to learn from all that information.
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Pandemic reality check
There's talk of turning a corner and some people seem ready to move on from the pandemic. We get a reality check from UW epidemiologist Judith Malmgren.
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That was fun while it lasted
What a weekend for baseball in this town. Mariners fans didn’t get the outcome they were hoping for, but still there’s reason to think the team might be turning a corner on one of baseball's longest dry spells.
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Casual Friday: All aboard the M's bandwagon
UW students are back on campus. Light rail is about to hit Northgate. And the Mariners are this close to believing themselves into the playoffs. We’re wrapping up another week in Seattle with KEXP’s Eva Walker and UW's Douglas Ishii.
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The U District is back
As students return to classes and a new light rail station opens, the bustle is coming back to the University District.
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Keeping the ferry boats afloat
If you’ve taken a state ferry lately, there’s a good chance you were waiting a while. Delays and cancellations have frustrated passengers all summer. KUOW’s Noel Gasca tells us what’s been slowing down the boats, and how a new high school is trying to help keep things running.
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The magical murals of Henry
You’ve seen Ryan Henry Ward’s murals around town: A walrus riding a bike. A sasquatch hugging a salmon. A salmon drinking coffee. There’s lots of whimsy and joy in Henry’s work, and as KUOW’s Anna Boiko-Weyrauch explains, he worked hard to find it.
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South Seattle Emerald's Marcus Harrison Green
If nothing else, this pandemic has given us a spotlight on some of society's biggest problems. Today, a conversation about how we can be part of the solution, with South Seattle Emerald publisher Marcus Harrison Green. He writes about the power of turning inward for answers to some of our most complex challenges in his new book, Readying to Rise.
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Casual Friday: 764-HERO to zero
Washington hangs up its hotline for reporting HOV lane cheats. Seattle drivers are honking more. And it's officially fall, so get your daylight while you still can.
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How will the city's eviction ban end?
Seattle's next mayor will have to decide how and when the city unwinds its pandemic evictions ban, because Mayor Durkan just extended it to January. How does this end? And where is the money that's supposed to be helping people out? Seattle Times real estate reporter Heidi Groover explains.
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A long road home
Stable, permanent housing is at the heart of every long-term solution to the city’s homelessness crisis. KUOW’s Casey Martin tells us how it happened for one Seattleite who’d been homeless for a decade.
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When will M's fans see October baseball?
The Mariners have 14 games left to play and about a one-percent chance of making the postseason... something they haven’t done since the iPod was invented 20 years ago. We get a pep talk from M’s announcer Rick Rizzs.