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Episodes
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Seattle Now: Covid cases on the rise
You might have noticed headlines this week about Covid cases rising in Washington. One big reason: A huge surge of new infections in Yakima County. The culprit might be your favorite summer fruit.
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Seattle Now: A surge of support for this Black-owned biz
When the pandemic forced Erika White to close down her restaurant temporarily, she pushed the dining tables aside and started offering take out. Business was brisk, but sustainable. Then the protests started, and everything changed.
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Seattle Now: What's going on in Capitol Hill?
The round-the-clock protest for Black lives known as CHAZ (or is it CHOP?) has been at it for a week and counting outside the city's East Precinct. How long will it go? KUOW's Casey Martin gives us the view from the ground.
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Seattle Now: 'That's straight out of Trading Places'
Another week, another shot at making sense of what life is like now with Jeannie Yandel, host of KUOW's series 'Are We Going to be Okay?' and Melanie McFarland, TV critic at Salon.
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Seattle Now: 'Defund SPD'?
There’s a new rallying cry for those protesting police violence in Seattle: Defund SPD. That goal is closer to reality than you might think.
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Seattle Now: Fellow unions push SPD for change
Seattle’s police union is under pressure to reform from politicians, protesters and now, a powerful labor ally.
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Seattle Now: White people, that text isn't helpful
Before you tap out that concerned text to the Black people you know asking if they’re okay during these difficult times... listen to this episode first. You might reconsider.
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Seattle Now: 'A checkup from the neck up'
One organizer of Sunday's 'We Want to Live' rally in South Seattle shares his thoughts on what has to happen to make meaningful change to undo systemic racism.
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Seattle Now: Nothing casual about it
Another week, another shot at making sense of what life is like now with KUOW's Liz Brazile and Ashley Hiruko.
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Seattle Now: The forgotten pandemic
Between the protests and social media black outs this week, it’s easy to forget there’s a pandemic going on. A hundred years ago, the U.S. lived through another pandemic — one that was also, in large part, forgotten.
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A former SPD chief reimagines policing
Seattle has been taking to the streets to demand changes to our system of policing. But we’ve been already been pursuing reform here for years, so what else could we be doing?
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Seattle Now: Trusting the police
Seattle has a long history of biased policing, which is why SPD has been under federal oversight since 2012. And despite reforms, the department still has a trust problem.