The Latest World In a first, Kim Jong Un will attend a gathering of leaders with both Putin and Xi When North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits China next week for a military parade, it will be his debut at a gathering of foreign leaders for a rare meeting of China, Russia and North Korea. Anthony Kuhn Arts & Life Roots of Rock: Lyricist Jerry Leiber and composer Mike Stoller Leiber and Stoller met in LA when Leiber still was in high school. They went on to write and produce songs for artists like Elvis Presley, The Drifters and Ben E. King. Originally broadcast in 1991. Terry Gross Arts & Life Roots of R&B: Singer Ben E. King Ben E. King was the lead singer of The Drifters, and later went solo with such hits as "Stand By Me" and "Spanish Harlem." He died 2015. Originally broadcast in 1988. Terry Gross Books Seattle author Lynda Mapes shares her love of old-growth forests, from their quiet to their 'fructifying funk' This month, the KUOW Book Club read Lynda V. Mapes' new book, "The Trees are Speaking: Dispatches from the Salmon Forests." Mapes joined KUOW's Katie Campbell for a live conversation at the Seattle Central Library, the final in a three-part summer series in partnership with Seattle Public Library. The full audio and video from the event is available below. Katie Campbell Asia Thai court removes the country's prime minister from office A Thai court has toppled Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, dealing a major blow to her powerful family and plunging Thailand into fresh political chaos. Leila Fadel How does Israeli media cover Gaza? There’s a widening gap between how Israelis and the rest of the world perceive the war and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Much of that is due to how the Israeli media portray the conflict at home. Environment How Europe's disappearing glaciers could change the continent's rivers Europe's Glaciers may disappear by the end of the century. Migrants defer their American dreams to seek asylum in Mexico President Trump has made major changes to asylum policy on the southern border. The new policy essentially ends any possibility of entering the U.S. Business Traveling from NYC to D.C. on Amtrak's Acela — the fastest trains in the U.S. Amtrak’s new Acela trains can hit 160 mph, but on the busy route between Boston and Washington, D.C., they don’t stay at that top speed for long. Scott Galloway says Boomers are robbing Gen Z of their future Americans once assumed their kids would be better off than they were. But business professor Scott Galloway says today's economic policies work to enrich Boomers and steal from younger generations. Manoush Zomorodi Prev 1110 of 1645 Next Sponsored
World In a first, Kim Jong Un will attend a gathering of leaders with both Putin and Xi When North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits China next week for a military parade, it will be his debut at a gathering of foreign leaders for a rare meeting of China, Russia and North Korea. Anthony Kuhn
Arts & Life Roots of Rock: Lyricist Jerry Leiber and composer Mike Stoller Leiber and Stoller met in LA when Leiber still was in high school. They went on to write and produce songs for artists like Elvis Presley, The Drifters and Ben E. King. Originally broadcast in 1991. Terry Gross
Arts & Life Roots of R&B: Singer Ben E. King Ben E. King was the lead singer of The Drifters, and later went solo with such hits as "Stand By Me" and "Spanish Harlem." He died 2015. Originally broadcast in 1988. Terry Gross
Books Seattle author Lynda Mapes shares her love of old-growth forests, from their quiet to their 'fructifying funk' This month, the KUOW Book Club read Lynda V. Mapes' new book, "The Trees are Speaking: Dispatches from the Salmon Forests." Mapes joined KUOW's Katie Campbell for a live conversation at the Seattle Central Library, the final in a three-part summer series in partnership with Seattle Public Library. The full audio and video from the event is available below. Katie Campbell
Asia Thai court removes the country's prime minister from office A Thai court has toppled Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, dealing a major blow to her powerful family and plunging Thailand into fresh political chaos. Leila Fadel
How does Israeli media cover Gaza? There’s a widening gap between how Israelis and the rest of the world perceive the war and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Much of that is due to how the Israeli media portray the conflict at home.
Environment How Europe's disappearing glaciers could change the continent's rivers Europe's Glaciers may disappear by the end of the century.
Migrants defer their American dreams to seek asylum in Mexico President Trump has made major changes to asylum policy on the southern border. The new policy essentially ends any possibility of entering the U.S.
Business Traveling from NYC to D.C. on Amtrak's Acela — the fastest trains in the U.S. Amtrak’s new Acela trains can hit 160 mph, but on the busy route between Boston and Washington, D.C., they don’t stay at that top speed for long.
Scott Galloway says Boomers are robbing Gen Z of their future Americans once assumed their kids would be better off than they were. But business professor Scott Galloway says today's economic policies work to enrich Boomers and steal from younger generations. Manoush Zomorodi