The Record

Bill Radke sits down with child psychologist Alison Gopnik, author of the new book "The Gardener and the Carpenter." Gopnik explains her problems with modern parenting and how to better face the unexpected that comes with raising a child.

Sometime when your state legislators don't act, the citizens do. They pass a voter initiative. We saw that with same-sex marriage and marijuana, voters changing the law themselves. Well this morning there is a different story. There was about to be an initiative to make it easier to prosecute police officers who use deadly force, but this time, legislators are trying to head off that initiative. Austin Jenkins joins us to discuss this bill and a few others that are trying to make in time before

Marcie Sillman talks to Samuel Woolley , director of the Digital Intelligence Lab at the Institute of the Future, about how social media bots have influenced and driven conversations online and what can be done to stop the flow of disinformation.

Football verges on being an American religion. But instead of the saints being martyred, they're getting hit. Hard. And often. The ensuing concussions can cause severe mental deterioration, erratic behavior, and even suicide.

Last week special counsel Robert Mueller indicted 13 Russians for using bots to interfere with the presidential election. What are bots, how do they work and why can't we seem to stop them? Sam Woolley of Oxford's Computational Propaganda Research Project gives us a Bots 101.

In the early 1990s, Carmen Best was working as an accountant for a local insurance company when she saw a recruitment ad for the Seattle Police Department. “I just wanted to do something different, try something out," she told Bill Radke. "Had no preconceived ideas about staying for a long time, or not staying, just thought I would give it a shot and see what happens.”

"Black Panther," the latest cinematic rendition of the Marvel superhero universe, opens nationwide tomorrow. To call it highly anticipated is an understatement – this opening will blow all previous Marvel film openings out of the water.

Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Underground Railroad” is the story of a young slave named Cora who escapes from a Georgia cotton plantation.

What is there left to say after yet another shooting at a school? We'll talk with Stephen Cohen and Kristina Anderson about how a growing community of survivors are finding and supporting each other.

You probably don't remember the passage of a comet named Hale-Bopp in the late 1990s. But you might remember what came after that. Glynn Washington, host of the podcast Snap Judgment , couldn't look away from that story.

A top Seattle immigration enforcement official is accused of stealing the identities of immigrants. KUOW's Liz Jones has the story.

This is the week of high-pressure dinner reservations, overpriced roses — and, for the enterprising, discount chocolates on the 15th. Valentine's Day is upon us.

Seattle police arrested a man for allegedly printing up fake tickets to Hamilton and selling them on Craigslist. Josh Labelle of the Seattle Theatre Group tells us why he thinks we should do away with the ticket resale market.

The Winter Olympics are underway. Which event is the best? And why is sweeping better than vacuuming?

Bill Radke talks to Seattle University communication professor Caitlin Carlson about the tension between protecting free speech on campus and protecting the rights of students, faculty and staff.