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Politics

Republican strategist talks about the current state of the party

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with veteran Republican strategist Marc Short about the current state of the GOP and its emerging leaders.

National

Family's holiday tamale-making tradition is also a time to make 'new memories'

Making tamales is labor intensive, but they're a staple of the end-of-year holidays for many families in the Southwest. It's hard work, and everyone's got to do it. It's a tradition for Anna Fossom and her family as four generations gather to resume what is an annual tamalada - a tamale-making party - at the home of her cousin in San Antonio

Education

How America’s roads alter our ecology, with Ben Goldfarb (reprise)

A conversation with author Ben Goldfarb on how our roads impact pretty much everything in the natural world.

Front Page: Flooding, affordability and Dave Ross sings

Every Monday on Soundside we catch you up on the top stories that are fascinating right now – and what they say about the Pacific Northwest.

Monday Evening Headlines

Governor Bob Ferguson is mobilizing the National Guard to monitor levees, a University of Washington professor wins a case against the university over land acknowledgements, and Seattle's longest serving police chief has died. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Zaki Hamid.

Arts & Life

Even in the deep South, people dream of a snowy Christmas

People in the South keep hoping for a white Christmas, even though they know chances for snow are very very slim.

Business

Warner Brothers has a long history of messy corporate marriages and divorces

As Netflix and Paramount continue their battle over Warner Brothers Discovery, we take a look back at the company's history of messy corporate marriages and divorces.

Trump announced a peace deal between Congo and Rwanda, but fighting hasn't stopped

Trump's peace deal between Rwanda and Congo hasn't stopped the fighting — and now his expansive mineral deal with Kinshasa is in the balance.