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Casual Friday with Bill Radke and Naomi Ishisaka

This week… Things got heated as the Seattle City Council debated Legislation aimed at drug possession. The east coast is learning what it’s like to live through smoke season. And WSU researchers are tinkering on a crisp new apple. We’ll break it all down with KUOW’s Bill Radke, and Seattle Times columnist Naomi Ishisaka.
- Vaughan Jones
Catch model-walking, voguing, and other competitions at this cowboy-themed Seattle ball

This isn’t your typical 1950s-style ballroom. This type of ballroom is a mashup of model-walking, voguing, and other performance arts.
- Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Author Elise Hu on her new book and K-Beauty critique, 'Flawless'

K-beauty is not a niche market. Built around dewy skin with no visible pores, big eyes, a thin body, it’s the “ideal” for pop stars, celebrities, and regular people across the world.
- Libby Denkmann
The new Spider-Man film shows that representation is a winning strategy

The early box office figures for the new Spider-Man film — and the demographic data of moviegoers — paint a vivid picture.
- Manuela López Restrepo
Bellevue 7th grader wins national Doodle for Google competition
- Kim Malcolm
From Bewitched to Modern Family: Queer representation in TV sitcoms

Soundside host Libby Denkmann sits down with author & YouTube host Matt Baume to talk about his new book, "Hi Honey, I'm Homo: Sitcoms, Specials, and the Queering of American Culture"
- Libby Denkmann
Did the 'Barbie' movie really cause a run on pink paint? Let's get the full picture

A Barbie production designer said "the world ran out of pink" because of how much paint the movie set needed. It had apparently been in short supply to begin with.
- Rachel Treisman
A book becomes a movement

Shawn Wong discovered the first Japanese American novel, No-No Boy, at a used bookstore for 50 cents, after being told by his English professors that Asian American literature didn’t exist.
- Whitney Henry-Lester
Immigrants have helped change how America eats. Now they dominate top culinary awards

Immigrants have long been the backbone of restaurant kitchens. Now they're dominating the industry's top awards for chefs, with a majority of nominations going to immigrants or children of immigrants.
- Joel Rose
Hollywood writers still going strong, a month after strike began

Members of the Writers Guild of America continue to strike against the major Hollywood studios, pushing for higher pay, more residuals and regulations on AI, among other things.
- Mandalit del Barco

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