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  Author Coll Thrush interprets PNW history through the wreckage of colonialism

  The KUOW Book Club read "Wrecked: Unsettling Histories from the Graveyard of the Pacific" by Coll Thrush in February. Thrush joined KUOW's Katie Campbell live at Seattle Central Library Thursday to talk about how shipwrecks brought settlers and Indigenous peoples suddenly, violently together — and how we’ve made sense of time and space through the wreckage.

  • Katie Campbell
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  Winter author series kicks off with Coll Thrush's 'Wrecked'

  The KUOW Book Club is embarking on a winter series of book talks in partnership with The Seattle Public Library this month. Our first pick is Coll Thrush's "Wrecked: Unsettling Histories from the Graveyard of the Pacific." Thrush will join us for a live interview at the Seattle Central Library on Feb. 26. Register for free here.

  • Katie Campbell
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  What's hidden behind your credit score?

  Follow along as we try to buy a hat in each of America's three major credit eras to see what data is collected and used to determine creditworthiness at different points in American history.

  • Clare McGrane
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  At age 94, Seattle's oldest bartender announces 'last call'

  A north Seattle institution is closing its doors for now. The 94-year-old owner of the Shanty Tavern in Lake City is retiring after more than six decades behind the bar. His family — plus longtime regulars — raised their glasses recently for the Shanty’s last call.

  • Casey Martin
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  MOHAI exhibit celebrates the rebellious history of Seattle's motorcycle culture

  Western Washington is home to sweeping, scenic drives and twisting mountain roads. It’s a motorcyclist's wonderland. A new exhibit at the Museum of History and Industry in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood explores the rich history of freedom, rebellion, and risk from the saddle of a moto.

  • Casey Martin
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  Seattle Mariners' historic season ends in a dramatic Game 7 loss

  The Seattle Mariner's historic 2025 season officially has come to an end.

  • Vaughan Jones
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  Remembering Quintard Taylor: Historian of the Black West and beyond

  Dr. Quintard Taylor taught history at the University of Washington and created BlackPast.org, an online collection of global Black history. He died Sept. 21, 2025, at the age of 76.

  • Angela King
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  This colorful mystery of Ancient Egypt was just solved in Washington state

  Scientists at Washington State University not only discovered how to recreate the color known as "Egyptian Blue," they also found this ancient pigment has potential modern uses that its inventors may not have realized.

  • Natalie Akane Newcomb
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  What the eruption of Mount St. Helens reveals about kite-flying spiders

  May 18, 2025, marks the 45th anniversary of Mount St. Helens' eruption — a catastrophic event that transformed the landscape and killed 57 people. From this devastation emerged an incredible scientific calculation about millions of spiders traveling through the sky.

  • Brandi Fullwood
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  Seattle’s 135-year-old ‘irrational’ love affair with Bartell Drugs draws to a sad close

  We learned recently that all of the remaining Bartell Drugs stores will close this year unless Rite Aid finds a buyer. KUOW’s Kim Malcolm reached out to local historian Feliks Banel to mark the sad final chapter of a remarkable business story. They talked about what led to the moment in 1890 when 22-year-old pharmacist George H. Bartell Sr. bought a drug store in Seattle, and what happened next.

  • Kim Malcolm

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