What These Dead Whalers Tell Us About Climate Change When the steamship Belvedere left San Francisco in the spring of 1897, its crew members couldn’t have known what a treacherous voyage awaited them. Ashley Ahearn
When Did Northwesterners Stop Speaking Chinook Jargon? Chinook Jargon was a trade language that once ruled the Northwest. But when was it used, and how many people spoke it? Listener Michelle LeSourd of... Liz Jones
Will The Silicon Age Replace The Atomic Age On UW's Campus? Jeannie Yandel speaks with Chris Moore from the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation about the recent decision by the University of Washington's... Jeannie Yandel Matt Martin
Why Does Seattle Have Such A Large Local Chocolate Industry? Listener Beth Ann Johnson asked Local Wonder about Seattle's chocolate industry, and reporter Ruby de Luna agreed to report. (We know. Tough assignment.) Ruby de Luna
Seattle's Best Chinese Restaurant? (Trick Question: There Isn't One) What’s the best Chinese restaurant in Seattle? Seattle food writer Hsiao-Ching Chou gets this question all the time. She struggles to answer, she told K... David Hyde
A Wild Tale Of Kidnapping And Newshounding In The Northwest It was the Northwest’s most notorious kidnapping case. Little George Weyerhaeuser had been snatched off the streets of Tacoma and held for $200,000 rans... Isolde Raftery
That Time When Fascism Was On The Ballot In Washington State David Hyde speaks with Knute Berger about how Washington became the only state in the union to put a fascist presidential candidate on the ballot. David Hyde
The Irony Of Moving To 'Atomic City' After Internment When Roy and Alice Ko were released from internment camps after World War II, they ended up in Richland, Washington – home to the Hanford Nuclear... Ross Reynolds
Seattle Woman Changes Mindset After Working In Japanese Internment Camp In this StoryCorps segment Anne Roda, 70, interviews her mother, Marie Prichett, 98, about the time her family spent at Manzanar, a Japanese Internment ... Ross Reynolds
How One Tacoma 'Superpredator' Turned His Life Around Ross Reynolds speaks with University of Washington sociology professor Katherine Beckett about the story of Jeff Coats who, along with two 17-year-old... Posey Gruener Marcie Sillman
