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Episodes
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Seattle Now: Historic wildfires engulf Washington
Like so many things in 2020 this year...the wildfire season is historic.
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Seattle Now: First day of school
Virtual school is back in session... so how did it go? And what's the etiquette for a Zoom classroom?
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Seattle Now: What otter poop can tell us about a river
A story from our friends at KUOW's The Wild, about how otter poop is helping scientists keep tabs on the health of one of America's most polluted rivers right here in Seattle.
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Seattle Now: Casual Friday with Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong + Sydney Brownstone
Another week, another shot at making sense of what life is like now with KUOW's Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong and Seattle Times reporter Sydney Brownstone.
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Seattle Now: Covid goes to college
Washington State University is seeing a huge Covid outbreak, even though classes are all online. What can we learn from how colleges are tackling this challenge? Trish talks with NPR higher education reporter Elissa Nadworny.
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What it means to lose Black Panther
People around the world are grieving the loss of the actor Chadwick Boseman, who died last week at 43. He’s most famous for playing T’Challa or Black Panther in 2018. Trish talks with Eula Scott Bynoe, cohost of Everything's on Fire with Eula and Jeannie, about what his life and legacy means to her.
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Seattle Now: Nikki Blake Chafetz on justice for her nephew, Jacob Blake
President Trump visits Kenosha, Wisconsin today, but he won’t be meeting with the family of Jacob Blake. The president says it’s because the family wanted lawyers there. Trish talks with Jacob Blake’s aunt, Nikki Blake Chafetz, about why her family is prepared to fight for justice.
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Seattle Now: Pete Carroll shows up
Seahawks coach Pete Carroll has coached football for 50 years. On Saturday, he decided it was time to go fully on the record for the mostly Black athletes who've made his career. Trish talks it over with The Athletic's Michael-Shawn Dugar.
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Seattle Now: Casual Friday with Zaki Hamid + Margaret O'Mara
Another week, another shot at making sense of what life is like now with Zaki Hamid, co-host of KUOW's "Are We Going to Be Okay?" series and University of Washington history professor Margaret O'Mara.
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Seattle Now: Power shift in the gig economy
Covid has upended the economy, even the gig economy, and some of the changes are here to stay.
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Seattle Now: Making the most of takeout
Restaurants who want to survive the pandemic have had to switch it up for take out. And a lot of them have gotten pretty great at it.
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Seattle Now: Murder charge for Auburn cop
King County is putting a new state law to the test by charging an Auburn Police Officer with murder. It's only the third time a case like this has been brought since the 1930s.