Pencils Down And Listen Up To This Week’s News If you don’t like standardized tests, how should we assess our kids’ learning? Do we really want to ban all cell phone use in the car, or do we just say... Bill Radke
Kenya's Money Crackdown Hits Seattle Somali Families It just got tougher for Somali-American immigrants in Seattle send money to family back home. KUOW’s Liz Jones reports. Liz Jones
Listen: Patton Oswalt’s Epic Movie Binge Patton Oswalt is an American writer, actor and comedian. You may have read one of his books, seen him on film or television, heard him as the voice of... John O'Brien
The Future Of Religion? A Researcher Looks To Seattle For Clues Marcie Sillman talks with Chris James of Dubuque University about his study on Seattle churches and what they can tell us about the future of religion. Hannah Burn
Skip Testing? Two Kirkland Moms Debate The Ethics It’s the day before state testing, and the Dimpsey and Rasche kids gather for a playdate in Kirkland. Pearl, a third-grader at Peter Kirk Elementary,... Joshua McNichols
Seattle Hula Expert Moodette Ka'apana Dies at 60 To people who knew Moodette Ka’apana, she was Aunty Moody. “There’s a saying in the Hawaii community: ‘Huiiii, Aunty! How you?’” said Stephen Gomes, a... Ruby de Luna
'Few Know the Blood We Shed,' Say Seattle's Hmong Farmers If you’ve bought one of those big flower bouquets at Seattle’s Pike Place Market, there’s a good chance a Hmong farmer sold it to you. Liz Jones
New Research Suggests Synchronizing Creates Empathy Marcie Sillman talks to Dr. Tal-Chen Rabinowitch from the University of Washington's Institute For Learning and Brain Science about her new research on... Marcie Sillman
Why Does Seattle Have So Few Kids? Marcie Sillman speaks with journalist Alan Greenblatt about the lack of children in Seattle. Greenblatt recently wrote about the issue for Governing... Kate O'Connell
Great Wolf Debate: 'People In Downtown Seattle Haven't A Clue' Washington state’s wolf population grew by 30 percent last year – a big success for the state's wolf recovery plan. But rancher Len McIrvin of Diamond M... Hannah Burn
