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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.
- Vaughan Jones
How government hurdles and online protesters changed the shape of Arlington Pride

The city of Arlington was scheduled to have a Pride celebration in early June. But organizers say the city has put up new hurdles that forced the 2023 celebration to be delayed.
- Libby Denkmann
Biggest Hollywood strike in decades: SAG-AFTRA walks out after negotiations collapse

NPR's Adrian Florido talks with Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, National Executive director and Chief Negotiator for SAG-AFTRA, about the decision by the actors' union to strike.
- Carol Klinger
Older athletes find competition and community at the National Senior Games

More than 11,000 athletes from across the U.S. have flocked to Pittsburgh this week to compete in the National Senior Games. The Olympics-style competition celebrates staying active and healthy aging.
- Jillian Forstadt
Michelle Buteau's 'Survival of the Thickest' is a love letter to the 'fatty baddies'

Comedian Michelle Buteau talks about Survival of the Thickest on Netflix, her new romantic comedy series about a fat and fabulous 38-year-old stylist picking up the pieces after a messy breakup.
- Kira Wakeam
Hollywood actors go on strike, say it's time for studio execs to 'wake up'

SAG-AFTRA, the union representing Hollywood actors and performers, is on strike against major studios after negotiations broke down with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.
- Mandalit del Barco
How one kumu keeps her hula lineage

When you think of hula, you might picture dances you’ve seen in Disney movies, or on a summer trip to Hawaiʻi. But that’s just scratching the surface of what hula is. There’s so much more. And RadioActive Youth Media’s Terina Papatu is here to show you.
- Terina Papatu
For this actor, ArtsWest's 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch' is a love letter to the trans community

Sometimes, the themes and characters within a piece of theater can feel even more relevant during the moment we’re taking it in - than the time period it was originally created. That's the case while watching actor Nicholas Japaul Bernard perform as “Hedwig” in Hedwig and the Angry Inch at ArtsWest here in Seattle.
- Mike Davis
Looming actors strike reflects major tensions in Hollywood

SAG-AFTRA, the union representing some of Hollywood's biggest stars, is set to go on strike Thursday. Barring a last-minute breakthrough in talks, it could be the latest strike to shake up Hollywood.
- Kim Masters
Remembering the music that put Grand Coulee on the map

80 years ago Washington state was forever changed by the Grand Coulee Dam. The Dam still provides tons of hydropower today, and created a reservoir for farmers to divert and use as the breadbasket of the state today. When it was finally completed in January of 1943, US Government officials enlisted folk music legend Woody Guthrie to write a series of 26 songs about the dam. It’s a quirky moment in US and music’s history – but it produced instant classics that many will recognize, like “Roll on Columbia.”
- Libby Denkmann

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