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  RadioActive

  How my best friend and I stay connected to our culture through dance

  Folklorico – dances of the people – is a style of dance from Mexico. It helps preserve traditions of spirituality, storytelling, music, and clothing design. And for many Mexican American teens, it serves as a connection to a culture not commonly represented in mass media. Fifteen-year-old Kylie Hooks is a Folklorico performer with Joyas Mestizas, a Western Washington-based Mexican Youth Group. This is the story of her relationship with the dance.
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  KUOW Newsroom

  This former cult member is helping 'deprogram' QAnon believers

  Diane Benscoter escaped a religious cult when she was 21. Now, she's helping others "deprogram" their loved ones who are being manipulated by QAnon and other forms of misinformation and disinformation.
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  KUOW Newsroom

  In timely but unexpected vote, U.S. Senate goes for permanent daylight saving time

  The U.S. Senate Tuesday voted to adopt year-round daylight saving time. The measure now goes to the House for further consideration. This timely, but unexpected development raises the prospects for ending the twice-yearly changing of our clocks.
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  Soundside

  Something wicked this way codes: The rise of the tech villain in pop culture

  Movie villains are packing up their cloaks and picking up their sweatshirts.
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  KUOW Newsroom

  How our Winter Olympians fared: No medals, but personal triumphs for athletes with Northwest ties

  None of the thirteen Winter Olympians with ties to the Pacific Northwest is coming home from the Beijing Games with a medal. Still, many of the Northwest's elite skiers, skaters and sliders will leave Sunday's closing ceremony with feelings of accomplishment, or relief just to have made it through the ever-present COVID-19 testing gauntlet, not to mention the geopolitical tensions of competing on Chinese soil in 2022.
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  KUOW Newsroom

  Pipeline of short track speedskaters from Washington to Olympics grows longer

  A roller skating rink in Federal Way, Washington, has a remarkable track record of minting future ice skating Olympians. The rink is probably best known for being the early training ground for Apolo Ohno, among others. The streak continues now for an eighth consecutive Winter Olympics with a new short track speedskater on Team USA named Corinne Stoddard. But meanwhile, the storied roller rink is for sale.
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  KUOW Newsroom

  A paid holiday in March? It'd be Women's Suffrage Day if Washington state lawmakers vote yea

  Washington state workers and perhaps many others could get an extra day off in honor of women getting the right to vote. That idea for a Women's Suffrage Day holiday got a friendly reception on the opening day of Washington's 2022 legislative session.
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  KUOW Newsroom

  Bosco brings villain drag from Seattle to 'Drag Race'

  Tonight the 14th season of RuPaul's Drag Race launches on vH1. This time, Seattle's own Bosco will compete against America's top queens.
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  KUOW Newsroom

  Noche Buena: Tacoma chef shares her family’s Christmas Eve tradition

  Noche Buena is about family gatherings and food for the Filipino community. One Tacoma chef shares her family's Noche Buena traditions.
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  Seattle Now

  Casual Friday: Our guilty music pleasures

  Everyone was talking about their Spotify Wrapped top music of the year this week. But the real question is, when is it okay to start blasting the holiday tunes? Plus, sports (and some concerts) are getting so pricey in the city that people just aren't going. We dig through it all with The Stranger's Chase Burns and Jas Keimig.

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