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How Seattle is launching the rest of the country into space (you're welcome)

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Last month, KUOW's Sydney Brownstone broke a story about sexual misconduct allegations against Seattle nightlife entrepreneur Dave Meinert. Since then, six more women have come forward. Sydney joined Bill to talk about the allegations, and whether or not stigma has changed in the wake of #metoo.

Hold or fold? The housing market is giving off mixed signals, and there are multiple opinions about whether or not it's a good time to sell. Bill spoke to the director of the Washington Center for Real Estate Research at UW, James Young. The economic research director at Zillow, Aaron Terrazas, also weighed in.

Did you make it to the Pearl Jam concert last night? If not, we've got you covered with a quick clip from Eddie Vedder. Sticking with the music vein, we spoke to Ben Gibbard of Death Cab For Cutie about how the city has changed over the course of his Seattle music career.

Is Seattle entering a new space age? Tim Fernholz, who covers space, the economy, and geopolitics for Quartz, has a book called "Rocket Billionaires: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the New Space Race." He says Seattle is a hotbed of space exploration, starting with Bezos.

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