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Episodes
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'Like nothing we've ever seen.' How to beat a Seattle scorcher
With three days hitting over 100 degrees in the Seattle area, Jake DeFlitch with the National Weather Service admits “It’s nothing like we’ve ever seen."
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It's hot
This weekend was hot, historically hot. We talk to Seattleites battling the heat and get an update from the National Weather Service.
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Casual Friday: How to survive the heatpocalypse
Seattle prepares for a historic heat wave. A Pride party has to deal with death threats because some people don't like their cover charge. And the pandemic is still here, but we're opening back up next week.
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Seattle summer nights are warming up, and yes, that's because of climate change
Growing up in Seattle, I wore a fleece on summer evenings. Daytimes were warm, sometimes even wilting, but nights, starting around 7 p.m., were crisp.
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At Amazon you're either in, or you're out
We already knew that Amazon is a competitive workplace. But internal documents obtained by the Seattle Times reveal just how competitive.
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The city's next housing crisis
Seattle's eviction moratorium has been extended for another three months, meaning folks who are hurting financially can stay in their homes, even if they can't afford rent. But the extension only delays a reckoning over housing that could have disastrous consequences.
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Seattle's next housing crisis
The city’s eviction ban will be around for another three months, meaning folks who are hurting financially can stay in their homes, even if they can't afford rent. But the extension only delays a reckoning over housing that could have disastrous consequences.
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Dave & Dave and the midnight orca ride
A story about a man named Dave, another four guys named Dave, and two majestic killer whales taken from the Northwest.
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Casual Friday: 'Do I have to pull a busboy aside?'
A top Seattle chef's bad behavior catches up with him. Amazon realizes it could actually run out of warehouse workers. And murder hornets try to replace crows as nature's top local menace.
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Amazon's existential problem
Amazon's success has come from its obsessive focus on customers. But that focus is causing an existential problem for the company — and its huge force of hourly workers.
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Trans identity in the Old West
Our popular image of the American West is that the cowboys were the heroes, Native Americans were the villains, women were frail and treated like property and trans people didn't even exist. Except, of course they did.
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'We have to stop celebrating these frickin' chefs'
One of the city's biggest big-deal chefs is taking a step back after a Seattle Times investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct and harassment against him. We talk with Melissa Miranda, chef and owner of Beacon Hill's Musang about how the industry needs to change.