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W. Kamau Bell remembers the first time he encountered blatant racism — which until then seemed like an outdated concept his mom talked about. He was 15 years old and shopping at Rose Records in Chicago when a store security officer threw him (literally) out into the street.

The Senate intelligence committee wants to talk to former FBI director James Comey. We'll catch you up on the latest Trump news. Also, New Orleans is tearing down confederate monuments. Should the University of Washington remove the statue of President George Washington, a slave holder? And you have fewer than 90 days to do the stuff you know you shouldn't do when you're driving — like check Facebook, play with Snapchat filters, etc. We'll hear your examples of distracted driving.

Bill Radke talks to Jill Dougherty, a distinguished visiting practitioner at the University of Washington Evans School and former CNN Russia correspondent and Moscow Bureau Chief, about the latest news from the White House regarding how President Trump handled classified information in his meeting with Russian officials.

Why is it a big deal that President Trump gave classified info to Russia? Is this about Trump's decision-making or about our actual security as a nation? We'll ask a Russia expert from the University of Washington. Also, does it do more harm or good to let people in King County use illegal drugs under medical supervision? And how should you be Christian in a city where religious belief is low?

Bill Radke speaks with Rod Dreher about his new book, "The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation." Dreher shares his views on what could happen in America if Christianity fades away and how Christians should live to hold on to their religious identity.

Bill Radke spoke with UCLA assistant professor Sarah Roberts about the psychological risks of moderating social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Roberts describes some of the personal issues moderators have faced by viewing objectionable material. She also describes ways in which such a difficult job could possibly be made better.

Wanna cry? That's not an invitation, it's the name of malware going around the world, attacking giant institutions. You could blame Microsoft. You could blame the government. Either way, what are we going to do about it? Also, President Trump's travel ban is getting inspected again today in Seattle. We'll tell you how that federal court hearing went down. And maybe this bike share will work in Seattle. This time you'll use an app and hopefully park the bikes in the right place.

Bill Radke speaks with founder of the Seattle Bike Blog Tom Fucoloro about a new stationless bike share system that could be could be coming to Seattle this summer. Fucoloro test rode a bike from bluegogo and explains how a new system like this would work.

Bill Radke talks with historian Rutger Bregman and author of the new book "Utopia for Realists." The book details, in part, Bregman's belief that there should be a universal basic income, where everyone is given enough money to put them above the poverty line, even if they don't work. Bregman believes this would solve multiple problems while costing a fraction of what is spent on poverty measures now. He also believes a basic income for everyone would allow people to rethink the true value of

Bill Radke and KUOW poetry correspondent Elizabeth Austen discuss an excerpt of "Pastoral Power," a sprawling, image-driven poem by local poet Jane Wong. The poem is rooted in a trip Wong took as a teenager to the rural village in southern China where her mother grew up.

Right now, if you're running for Seattle mayor, you have twelve other candidates to beat. But local analysts and politicos are saying Jenny Durkan, the newest candidate for mayor, could change the race. We'll find out why. Also, we'll learn how the Mt Saint Helens eruption and the Gwangju Uprising in South Korea are connected. And, we'll explore the powerful force mothers play in our lives with poetry correspondent Elizabeth Austen.

Jeannie Yandel speaks with Kendall Jones, from the Washington Beer Blog, and Robyn Schumacher, co-owner and brewer at Stoup Brewing in Ballard, about Washington's longstanding love story with beer. We have more craft beer makers here than any other region in America — 174 of in the Seattle-Tacoma area, according to market researcher Datafiniti.

Bill Radke talks with Anna King about the collapse of a train tunnel at the Hanford Nuclear reservation. King is a reporter for the Northwest News Network.

Bill Radke talks to James Skwarok, the Victoria-based school teacher who dressed up as a giant brown poop for 13 years to protest Victoria's lack of a sewage treatment center. They talk about humor in protesting and why he's retiring the character.

You don't want to hear the words "nuclear reactor" and "accident," but a tunnel with nuclear waste inside collapsed yesterday at Hanford. We'll tell you why that waste is so hard to seal off and where the next danger might lie. Also, Seattle is expensive. There's income inequality. Robots are taking our jobs. What to do? Here's an idea. The government could give every American money for nothing, just a minimum amount of money to spend as you please. And Seattle's first Upstream Music festival is