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Episodes
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Taylor's coming, are you Ready For It?
Whether or not you’re a Swiftie… Taylor Swift’s presence will have a big footprint on our region For some local fans, her three-and-a-half-hour performance is their wildest dream and the most important event of the year. We'll talk to two local fans about how they’re getting ready and why they feel such a deep connection to her music.
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Can spicy wings help get out the youth vote?
Politics, especially local elections, can be really inaccessible to young people. So, The Stranger and Washington Bus pulled out all the stops for an event called Candidate Survivor. It included everything from tofu hot wings to lip sync battles to help inspire the youth vote. Seattle Now Producer Vaughan Jones is here to break down the event, and its impact.
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The future of AI, in Seattle and beyond
Artificial Intelligence is showing up in our daily lives more and more, from smart search engines to fake images on social media. Government regulation is trying to catch up. The Federal Trade Commission is investigating OpenAI, makers of ChatGPT and backed by Microsoft. KUOW’s Monica Nickelsburg is here to tell us how the investigation might impact AI in our daily lives and in Seattle’s tech scene.
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Casual Friday with Sami West and Chase Burns
This week… The city’s All-Star festivities are going, going, gone, but Seattle’s got another big event on its plate. Ballots for this year’s August primary were sent out this week, but statistics show you might not be voting in it. And our panel defends Seattle’s status as a geek-friendly city. KUOW Education Reporter Sami West and Ticket Editor Chase Burns are here to break down the week.
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YOU get a tree, and YOU get a tree…
As the climate warms up, Seattle’s trees are key to keeping the city cool. Enter the city's Trees for Neighborhoods program: They give away 1,000 trees to residents each summer, and teach them how to take care of the growing giants. Urban forester Jana Dilley, who founded the program, explains how it works and how to pick the right tree for your yard.
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Opening doors for BIPOC home buyers
Seattle area home prices are back up after a slump last year. And high costs are a barrier for many potential buyers. People from marginalized backgrounds face additional challenges in expensive housing markets like King County. Windermere’s Samantha Enos is here to talk about what’s out there to help BIPOC buyers get into the market.
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Julio lit up the Home Run Derby
What a night at T-Mobile Park. Julio Rodriguez stunned his fans at the Home Run Derby last night. We talk to Seattle Times photographer Dean Rutz.
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Smokejumpers: The parachuting firefighters you probably haven't heard about
Summer can sometimes feel like months of worrying about wildfire… When the latest one will be put out, And when the next one will start. But it turns out, there’s dozens of fires every year… That we never even hear about. That’s thanks to an elite crew of firefighters called smokejumpers. Seattle Times Outdoor Reporter Gregory Scruggs takes us to the birthplace of smokejumping.
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Casual Friday with Caroline Chamberlain Gomez and Casey Martin
This week… The MLB All-Star Game is in town, and Seattle’s been cleaning up for its guests. A Seattle Times survey asked an important question: is tech making life better in Seattle? And although we’re known for the Big Dark, researchers found that summer can also mess with your mood. Seattle Now Supervising Producer Caroline Chamberlain Gomez and KUOW Reporter Casey Martin are here to break down the week.
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All Seattle Bagels Considered
Seattle is known for a lot of stuff…but not bagels.
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Want to meet your neighbors? Pet their cats.
Pacific Northwesterners are friendly, but we tend to keep to ourselves. It can be hard to find your people and build a community. Chris Watson has a suggestion: Pet some cats. We took a walk with Chris and his 2 million TikTok followers to meet some of the people he’s brought together in Tacoma through his channel, @Catluminati.
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How two King County hotels became home to Afghan refugees
In an effort to soften the resettlement after the US pulled out of Afghanistan, King County utilized two hotels as temporary refugee housing. One in Federal Way and one in Redmond. Between October 2021 and December 2022, the county helped refugee families through the program known as Health Through Housing. Seattle Times reporter Anna Patrick spent more than a year gathering stories from Afghan refugees who lived in those hotels and is here to give us a peek inside.