The Record

Bill Radke visits a gun range with journalist and gun advocate Dave Workman. Workman teaches Radke how to fire a semi-automatic weapon and explains why he supports second amendment rights. Workman also discusses why it's so important for him to carry a firearm.

Bill Radke talks to Chris Long, the traffic engineering manager with the city of Bellevue, about adaptive traffic lights and how they can change the flow of traffic in busy areas.

Bill Radke talks with reporter Liz Jones about the May Day protests. She describes the crowds, the increased tensions due to President Trump and what protestors hope to accomplish with their marching.

Bill Radke talks to Eli Sanders , associate editor for the Stranger, about May Day protests — from the traditional immigrants' rights and workers' rights march that has taken place for the last 18 years to the more recent marches lead by anarchists. Sanders wrote about the antigovernment protesters and May Day last year in the Stranger.

We'll take you live to a Seattle May Day march. We'll tell you why Seattle May Day is the way it is and consider how long the anarchy can last. Also, we'll tell you why the West Point Sewage Treatment plant failed and why it matters. And should a violent felon be able to write the New York Times crossword puzzle? We'll tell you the story of a Washington state convict and what it says about redemption.

Bill Radke speaks with Bremerton Police Chief Steven Strachan about a controversial crossword puzzle published in the New York Times.

When Kent, Washington, was first settled by Europeans, it was called Titusville. So why the name change? Because of beer. Or, to be more precise, because of hops. Or, to be even more precise, because of western Washington's great 19th-century hops craze.

Bill Radke talks with Bellevue City Council member Kevin Wallace about homelessness in Bellevue.

Jeannie Yandel talks with Jaimee Garbacik, author of Ghosts of Seattle Past , about how quickly the city is changing, and why it's important to remember the spaces and places that people love and miss.

Bill Radke talks to Jacque Larrainzar, one of the first people from Mexico to be granted asylum in the United States based on her sexuality. She left Mexico for Seattle in the late 1990s and nearly 20 years later was tasked with helping the Seattle Counseling Services conduct a survey of Seattle's LGBTQ refugees, immigrants and asylum seekers to better understand the needs of their community.

Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant has called for a peaceful shutdown of the airport and freeways on Monday — May Day. The Washington State Patrol says that's irresponsible. Sawant joins us. And President Trump is reviewing national monuments, including two in Washington state. What are the pros and cons of rolling back some government protected areas? And we'll talk with the NPR editor who's tracking Trump's many conflicts of interest.

Bill Radke speaks with the New York Times Seattle bureau chief Kirk Johnson about the latest executive order from President Donald Trump to review national monuments created in the past 20 years. There are two of those monuments here in Washington: the San Juan Islands National Monument and the Hanford Reach National Monument.

Seattle's billionaires are changing the world. Sometimes for the better, but sometimes it's a threat to democracy. “Bill Gates has raised a lot of alarms,” said author David Callahan said. “Bill and Melinda Gates helped orchestrate this movement to the Common Core across the entire nation.” Callahan continued: “I don’t want to suggest that Bill Gates is evil at all. I think he has the best of intentions, but I think that it’s pretty alarming stuff seen from a certain vantage point.”

Bill Radke talks to Cal McAllister, co-founder and executive creative director of The Wexley School For Girls, about Nordstrom's expensive, faux mud-caked jeans.

Seattle can still be a sanctuary city despite President Trump's funding threat. That's thanks to a federal judge's ruling. We'll find out what Trump is doing with immigration overall. And a Bellevue City Council member said he wants to keep the Seattle scourge of homelessness away from his city. He'll tell you what he means by that. And Nordstrom is selling jeans pre-caked with mud for $425. Was this a retail fail or a win because I'm talking about Nordstrom right now?