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Can the power of a star lower our electric bills?
19. nov. 2025 16m

Our power grid is maxing out. We're plugging in electric cars, massive data centers, and heat pumps all at once. And it's not stopping anytime soon. D...

Is coding dead? This professor doesn't think so
12. nov. 2025 16m

On our most recent episode, we reported on how tons of young people are choosing trade school over college out of fear of white-collar jobs drying up....

Is AI fueling a trade school boom?
5. nov. 2025 20m

When it comes to the white-collar workforce, warning signals are blinking red. That uncertainty has more kids going blue collar. Trade schools are boo...

Nine families, one roof: Urban cohousing in Seattle
29. okt. 2025 16m

Seattle has more single people living alone than any major U.S. city. The average new apartment size in Seattle is just 650 square feet -- that’s th...

Babies aren't booming. Is that a problem?
22. okt. 2025 19m

Seattle and Portland are wrestling for the title of the city with the lowest birth rate. But it's not just the Pacific Northwest. Birth rates are decl...

Can AI really cure cancer?
15. okt. 2025 16m

In the debate over how fast we should be embracing artificial intelligence, one thing comes up again and again. The claim from tech CEOs that AI can c...

Does AI mean game over for video game developers?
8. okt. 2025 22m

Electronic Arts (EA), one of the largest video game companies in the world, just sold for $55 billion, a record for a leveraged buyout.  The sale is...

The cleanup crew mopping up AI slop
1. okt. 2025 18m

Coding looks like one of the first real-world skills AI is close to mastering. And AI coding tools are helping a lot more people build apps and websit...

Inside Amazon's surprising settlement
26. sep. 2025 9m

The long-awaited trial between Amazon and the FTC is over... after just a few days. Amazon has agreed to pay $2.5 billion to settle the case over its ...

'Dark patterns' and the case against Amazon
24. sep. 2025 20m

Have you ever found it impossible to find the “unsubscribe” button? Maybe you’ve accidentally opted into “accepting all cookies?” Then you may have fa...

Who should profit from college sports?
17. sep. 2025 20m

College football season is here! If you follow college athletes on Instagram, you may have noticed -- they're doing a lot more commercials lately. A...

How can Seattle keep tourists from loving it to death?
10. sep. 2025 26m

Every year, tens of millions of tourists visit Seattle’s Pike Place Market, the Elliot Bay waterfront, and sports stadiums.   That tourism industry ...

Is thrifting still thrifty?
3. sep. 2025 14m

Thrifting has long been a favorite pastime of Seattleites, so much so that we have the biggest Goodwill store in the world.   But buying second-hand...

Why music festivals can't find their rhythm
27. aug. 2025 24m

It's music festival season. Seattle's own Bumbershoot is just days away. But music festivals across the country are on shaky financial ground, and the...

So much for starter homes
20. aug. 2025 22m

For decades, owning a home was considered a golden ticket to economic security. The reality looks a lot different today -- the median price of a sin...

Is our AI obsession good for small town America?
13. aug. 2025 25m

Millions of people are asking tools like ChatGPT questions every day. But your questions don’t just fly up into the ether. They go to a real place.  ...

The next earthquake is coming. Is old Seattle worth saving?
6. aug. 2025 23m

It's been almost 25 years since the Nisqually earthquake, the last "big one" to hit Seattle.  But the region is due for an even bigger one -- one th...

Can light rail make Bellevue hip?
30. jul. 2025 12m

Bellevue, Washington – Seattle's neighbor to the East - is having a bit of an identity crisis. For decades it’s been the younger sibling... trying to ...

Is AI the new electricity?
23. jul. 2025 13m

Microsoft is spending $4 billion dollars on workshops, technology, and other initiatives to get artificial intelligence into the hands of millions of ...

Could tariffs bring back the lumberjack?
16. jul. 2025 20m

For nearly a century, Washington’s timber industry produced everything from paper to 2x4s to the massive wood beams that hold up the Tacoma dome. But ...

Layoffs, lost faith, and 'cruel optimism' in tech
9. jul. 2025 15m

Microsoft’s latest round of layoffs leaves even more tech workers in Washington without a job – and with a new worldview called "cruel optimism." Ju...

Seattle's to do list isn't penciling out
2. jul. 2025 15m

Mayor Bruce Harrell has a big to do list. He’s got to fix bridges, build housing, and spruce the place up for the World Cup next year.  But to make al...

How much does it cost to live comfortably in Seattle?
25. jun. 2025 17m

Seattle is one of the wealthiest and most expensive cities in the U.S. One out of every fourteen Seattleites is a millionaire.  By some estimates, cos...

ICE fears turn sweet cherry season sour
18. jun. 2025 13m

Washington state is known for its cherries. We produce more sweet cherries than any other state in the country, and we export them all over the world....

The real threat to trees isn't housing
11. jun. 2025 19m

After years of heated arguments, Seattle just passed a law allowing up to four houses per residential lot -- and six, in some cases.   The hope is t...

Pharmacies are sick. Is there a cure?
4. jun. 2025 18m

Bartell Drugs is a Pacific Northwest icon. But its corporate owner, Rite Aid, is going belly-up — and that’s put the future of Bartell’s in jeopardy. ...

Will AI collapse the career ladder?
28. maj 2025 19m

It's graduation season. When today’s grads started college four years ago, an entry-level job in tech was a sure bet. Now, it's anything but. And it's...

Whiplash at the Port of Seattle
14. maj 2025 13m

A lot of people have been wondering if the Port of Seattle is dead. Spoiler alert: the ports haven’t been knocked out by the trade war, but they defin...

The plan to boost Black homeownership
30. apr. 2025 18m

In Seattle's Central District, the number of Black homeowners has reached a historic low. And across Seattle, less than half as many Black households ...

There's no such thing as local and these Northwest industries prove it
16. apr. 2025 20m

If you've got tariff whiplash, you're not alone.  The Trump administration's on-again, off-again tariffs are meant to protect domestic businesses an...