Amina Al-Sadi
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Seattle, WA, United States
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Is Seattle really dying? Mayor Jenny Durkan weighs in
Gun control, bike lanes and homelessness. Mayor Durkan addresses them all. → Read More
This week we're wondering about safety and ethics
Bill Radke reviews the week’s news with Seattle Channel’s Civic Cocktail host Joni Balter, former Washington State representative Jessyn Farrell and former Washington State attorney general Rob McKenna. → Read More
How to rideshare safely in this slushy, snowy mess
Michael Ennis, 26, is a driver for Lyft and shares this advice for rideshare users amid the Seattle snowpocalypse. → Read More
A tale of Sub Pop, the record label that put Seattle on the map
The sound of Seattle was shaped in part by a record label called Sub Pop. Thirty years ago, that label was just a fanzine in Olympia called Subterranean Pop. → Read More
A tale of Sub Pop, the record label that put Seattle on the map
The sound of Seattle was shaped in part by a record label called Sub Pop. Thirty years ago, that label was just a fanzine in Olympia called Subterranean Pop. → Read More
Grocery wars: Microsoft and Kroger team up against Amazon
There’s a new showdown in the high-tech grocery aisle: Kroger, the parent company of Fred Meyer and QFC, has partnered with Microsoft to take on Amazon and Whole Foods. → Read More
Seattle teachers approve contract: 10% raise, less than nearby districts
Under this one-year contract, teachers, librarians and nurses will get 10.5 percent raises. As educators filed into Benaroya Hall in downtown Seattle for the general meeting where the vote took place, some said they were happy about the raise, while others said they wish they had pushed for a better deal. Teachers in neighboring districts have secured more significant raises — Shoreline teachers… → Read More
Strikes, streetcars and Safeco in this week’s news
Bill Radke reviews the week's news with Chris Vance the co-chair of Washington Independents, Erica C. Barnett, writer at the C is for Crank and David Kroman, reporter for Crosscut. → Read More
Last Surviving Crew Member Has 'No Regrets' About Bombing Hiroshima
On Aug. 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. It was the first time a nuclear weapon had been used in → Read More
Megacities, ravaged land, and companion robots. Could that be our future?
Imagine the Pacific Northwest in the future. → Read More
We aren't getting too nostalgic about this week's news
For Seattle to be more affordable do we have to choose between new apartments and historic theaters? We talk Showbox. To attract tourists to Seattle do → Read More
Orca deaths: 'Something is really wrong with our ecosystem'
This week our local Orca pod, the J pod, had something to celebrate. A new Orca was born on Tuesday. For these endangered southern-resident whales every → Read More
The week reviewed on Bainbridge Island
This week the Week In Review crew took the ferry across Puget Sound to record the show in front of a live audience at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art. → Read More
Answering your questions on the proposed Head Tax
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan is not ready to support the proposed employee head tax. This is the proposal for a per-employee tax on the city's highest → Read More
Is a head tax a good idea for Seattle?
Would a tax credit that encourages businesses to donate to social services be more effective in solving the city's affordability and homelessness crisis → Read More
Bowhead whales probably sing better than you do
Bill Radke talks to Dr. Kate Stafford, University of Washington Oceanographer, about her latest study on the songs bowhead whales sing and why they are → Read More
Burns, stitches and lots of love go into Comic Con cosplay
Bill Radke talks to Dyer Oxley who co-hosts the NW Nerd podcast and TyTy, a Northwest cosplayer and the creator of Lead by Example Apparel about what goes → Read More
What is cosplay? You’re probably already doing it (looking at you 12s)
Bill Radke talks to Dyer Oxley, co-host of the NW Nerd podcast, and TyTy, a Northwest cosplayer and the creator of Lead by Example Apparel, about what goes → Read More
Seattle needs a new police chief, and Carmen Best says she’s ready
In the early 1990s, Carmen Best was working as an accountant for a local insurance company when she saw a recruitment ad for the Seattle Police Department. → Read More
Working through the dilemma of free speech on college campuses
Bill Radke talks to Seattle University communication professor Caitlin Carlson about the tension between protecting free speech on campus and protecting → Read More