Seattle Now: Casual Friday with Marcus Green and Melissa Hellmann This week we learned that Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan won’t run for reelection, and school superintendent Denise Juneau says she’ll be leaving too. Seattle Times reporter Melissa Hellmann and the South Seattle Emerald’s Marcus Green are here to break it all down with us. Clare McGrane
Painting Worth More Than A Quarter Million Dollars Lost At Airport, Found In Dumpster A French businessman accidentally left a precious Yves Tanguy painting at the airport. The police helped track the painting down to a recycling dumpster.
The Best Of Television In 2020 NPR TV critic Eric Deggans gives us his picks for best the TV programs of 2020 and a few more specific things viewers might want to seek out. Eric Deggans
Four Teams Head Into Finals Of The Collegiate A Cappella Championship Described as Pitch Perfect meets March Madness, hundreds of groups submitted their best performance videos in a national collegiate a cappella competition. Groups can win cash prizes for charities. Elizabeth Blair
Bob Dylan Sells Songwriting Catalog In Nine-Figure Deal Universal Music Publishing Group announced Monday that it had bought the lucrative publishing rights to over 600 Bob Dylan songs. The deal is worth a reported $300 million. Anastasia Tsioulcas
Seattle Now: Reinventing live music Live music is a huge part of Seattle’s identity, but the pandemic put a stop to concerts indefinitely. Now we have an opportunity to reinvent the scene, and move on from the city's past. Clare McGrane
Bryan Cranston Discusses Legal Twists And Turns On Showtime's 'Your Honor' Bryan Cranston stars as a judge whose son in involved in a hit-and-run in New Orleans in the new Showtime series, Your Honor. He speaks with NPR's Scott Simon.
Larry Mizell, Jr. plays tunes that help us get through Covid afternoons ‘I'm trying to mix a little medicine for everybody.’ Andy Hurst
Seattle arts leader Randy Engstrom will leave Seattle's Office of Arts and Culture After eight years heading up Seattle’s Office of Arts and Culture, Randy Engstrom says he’ll step down at the end of the year. Marcie Sillman
Rosie Perez: The Flight Attendant Rosie Perez talks about recording safety messages for the New York City subway, her new show The Flight Attendant, and plays a game where she finishes Muhammad Ali's sentences.