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Covering all the major professional sports teams in Seattle as well as the University of Washington and Washington State University. Kirsten and Art also talk about the business of sports, such as the proposal to build a new arena in Seattle. Other issues they've discussed include head injuries in sports and the crackdown on domestic violence.Thiel offers a unique and informed perspective to KNKX listeners. His philosophy for his commentary on KNKX is to give the casual sports fan "enough in ...
Homelessness on the West Coast is rising to crisis levels at a time of historic economic growth and prosperity. Why? KNKX Public Radio and The Seattle Times' Project Homeless spent one year in a city that’s grappling with homelessness. What’s it like to live outside for months on end? What’s it like when tents come to your neighborhood? What new solutions can city leaders find? This is Outsiders.
Transmission is a podcast about life at the heart of an epidemic. As the nation copes with the unfolding Coronavirus pandemic, hear what it’s like in the Pacific Northwest, at the vanguard of the COVID-19 outbreak.
McNeil Island in South Puget Sound is the Alcatraz you've never heard of. The now-abandoned prison on McNeil operated for 136 years. Today, the island is home to the Special Commitment Center, which houses Washington state's "sexually violent predators." A collaboration between KNKX and the Washington State Historical Society, Forgotten Prison tells the stories of inmates, guards, and children who grew up on the island. The history of this forgotten place can tell us a lot about how and why ...
Jazz Northwest, produced by Jim Wilke, focuses on the regional jazz scene from Portland to Vancouver, B.C. Albums by the best resident musicians from Seattle, Portland and Vancouver are featured, and the program also includes news about the best places to go for live jazz in the region. In addition, Jim goes "on location" to concerts, clubs and jazz festivals to record performances by resident and visiting artists for playback on Jazz Northwest. These one-of-a-kind recordings are available n ...
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Recent releases from Ben Thomas, Rich Pellegrin and Kelly Eisenhour featured on Jazz Northwest
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Recent releases by Ben Thomas, Rich Pellegrin and Kelly Eisenhour will be featured on today on Jazz Northwest.By Jim Wilke
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Seahawks' 'smart' draft selections offer hope to fans in new era
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The Seattle Seahawks added nine players in the NFL draft that wrapped up over the weekend. But none was a quarterback to replace Russell Wilson, who was traded to the Denver Broncos in the offseason.By Kirsten Kendrick
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Reclaiming the Education Policy Narrative from the Grifters & Moral Panickers — Jose Vilson, Co-Founder – the EduColor Movement — #163
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Vilson is a veteran of the classroom, a math teacher from the Bronx, and the author of This is Not a Test, Jose is currently away from the classroom pursuing a Ph.D. from Columbia. He and Nate discussed lessons they’ve learned from their past education advocacy, finding your voice as an advocate, and how we can reclaim the narrative from the moral …
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Part 2 of Anschell-Crosara piano duo concert
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The second show of highlights from a two piano concert by Bill Anschell and Francesco Crosara will air today on Jazz Northwest.By Jim Wilke
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Bill Anschell and Francesco Crosara Piano Duo
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Bill Anschell and Francesco Crosara play two restored Steinways from the 1920s from the collection at Stage 7 Pianos. in this show, they're playing music by Chick Corea, Francesco Crosara and Duke Ellington.By Jim Wilke
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Black Conservatism and the Peril for the Democratic Party — Tori Douglass, Host – White Homework — #162
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Tori Douglass is an ex-evangelical, ex-conservative anti-racist educator. She was born and raised in the Portland Area and since 2015 has been an outspoken critic of American evangelicalism and the racism present in many evangelical communities. We brought her on for a conversation about Black conservatism. We tried to categorize the varieties of B…
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Exploring the regional jazz scene on Jazz Northwest
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This week's show begins with the Jill Townsend Big Band from Vancouver B.C. playing music by the late saxophonist Ross Taggart, then we dip down to Portland for a trio with John Gross and Dave Frishberg and Charlie Doggett. We'll have Seattle guitarist Marco de Carvalho, revisit The Evergreen Classic Jazz Band and hear favorites by Oregon and Ernes…
The late Bob Hammer was a highly regarded bi-coastal arranger and pianist who spent his last years in Seattle. On today's episode of Jazz Northwest, we'll hear some of his arrangements of the music of Charles Mingus, whose centennial is being celebrated this month.By Jim Wilke
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With a rookie phenom on the roster, is this the year the Mariners finally return to the playoffs?
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After barely missing the playoffs last year, the Seattle Mariners' season of high expectations begins Friday in Minnesota. Seattle Mariners rookie phenom Julio Rodriguez is on the Opening Day roster.By Kirsten Kendrick
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Protecting Your Online Privacy — Bill Fitzgerald, Privacy Activist — #161
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Big tech companies like Facebook, Amazon, and Google are swimming in an absolute ocean of our private data. In any ways, we have been worn down and lulled into a sense of helplessness about it. They track our searches, to sell us ads; they track our movement, to aggregate our location data; they track our purchases, sharing them with God knows who.…
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Versatile reedman Scott Robinson on Jazz Northwest and in Seattle this Sunday
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Scott Robinson is well known as a saxophonist playing the entire family of saxes from contrabass to sopranino. Recently it's his baritone sax with Maria Schneider Orchestra as well as Bob Brookmeyer, Toshiko Akiyoshi and others that attracted attention.By Jim Wilke
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What Everyone (Especially Teachers) Should Know About Ramadan — Amy Daraiseh — #160
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Ramadan begins April 3. Millions of Americans and millions of students in the US will be fasting during daylight hours for a month. We invited on Amy Daraiseh, a teacher and life coach from Chicago, as a Jordanian-American and observant Muslim, she’s offering her perspective on how we can do our best to support people in our lives who are fasting d…
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Wrapping the 2022 State Legislative Session – Melissa Santos, Crosscut – #159
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Melissa Santos is a political reporter for Crosscut and a regular guest on the show. She joined us this week to talk about what passed and what didn’t in the 2022 Washington State Legislative Session. Cast of Characters Melissa Santos – Twitter The Nerd Farmer Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and Google Podcasts and is bro…
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Pianist Jessica Williams remembered on Jazz Northwest
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Jessica Williams was a unique artist with an evocative touch at the piano. She passed away March 12 at the age of 73. She was a restless person who was born in Baltimore, studied classical piano, and built her career as house pianist at Keystone Korner in San Francisco where she backed many different international soloists including Dexter Gordon a…
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Jovino Santos Neto solos on Jazz Northwest
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Jovino Santos Neto played his most recent solo piano album "Luz" in one continuous session, like a live performance. It's a very enjoyable set and it engages the listener like an actual concert.By Jim Wilke
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Departure of Seahawks QB Russell Wilson worthy of return of KNKX sports commentator Art Thiel
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The Seattle Seahawks' blockbuster trade of quarterback Russell Wilson this week was enough to bring back former KNKX sports commentator Art Thiel.By Kirsten Kendrick
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The State of Teaching, Burnout, and His Latest Book, Raising Ollie – Tom Rademacher – #158
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Tom Rademacher is the 2014 Minnesota Teacher of the Year and the author of two books: It Won’t Be Easy, An Exceedingly Honest (and slightly unprofessional) Love Letter to Teaching and Raising Ollie. The last time we spoke to him was in the early days of the pandemic for a conversation about anti-racist teaching. He returned to the show to talk abou…
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New CD by Tom Keenlyside, Mardi Gras coming on Jazz Northwest
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This week on Jazz Northwest, Vancouver flutist Tom Keenlyside debuts a new CD remembering an all-night coffeehouse where he found his love for jazz.By Jim Wilke
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An Expert’s Read on the Russian Invasion of Ukraine – Jeff Hawn, London School of Economics – #157
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Jeff Hawn is a doctoral candidate at the London School of Economics with an area of expertise in US/Russia relations. He previously joined us in October on episode 143 to talk about democratic erosion in Russia in the post-Soviet era. In light of events, we invited him back on the show to discuss the rapidly evolving situation in Ukraine. Note: Dur…
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Bigger than a Rivalry: the Abuse Scandals in Portland Football – Sheba Rawson, 107IST – #156
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The Portland Timbers are a men’s professional soccer team playing in Major League Soccer (MLS). The Portland Thorns are literally their sister club, a women’s team, playing in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL). Both teams are owned by millionaire Merritt Paulson, son of former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, and both teams have recently be…
Pianist Kenny Barron is no stranger to Seattle stages. He first appeared here in 1963 as a nineteen-year-old pianist with the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet at The Penthouse in Pioneer Square. Now an NEA Jazz Master, Kenny Barron brings his trio to play Jazz Alley next Tuesday and Wednesday and we'll hear the trio on today's episode.…
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'It's not goodbye; it's see you later': Art Thiel ends weekly sports commentaries on KNKX after 15+ years
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For more than 15 years on KNKX, Art Thiel has been musing about sports in weekly conversations with Morning Edition host Kirsten Kendrick. That is changing after this week. Art sat down with Kirsten to talk about his big announcement.By Kirsten Kendrick
This Sunday, we'll mark Valentine's Day with songs from three singers including Eugenie Jones from her new CD "Players", Jenny Davis, and Ernestine Anderson, none of whom will sing MFV.By Jim Wilke
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LA Rams receiver Cooper Kupp among Super Bowl players with ties to Washington
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The Super Bowl takes place on Sunday. The NFC-champion Los Angeles Rams play the AFC-champion Cincinnati Bengals. There are some storylines — and players — for local fans to follow.By Kirsten Kendrick
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Let’s Talk about Safe Seattle and their New Offspring Tacoma Safe – #155
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Tacoma Safe is a new group spearheaded by Angela Connoly. Connoly is a wealthy, socially conservative, activist, who previously led and funded an anti-LGBT effort called the Just Want Privacy Campaign. That campaign sought to restrict access to public bathrooms for transgender people, forcing them to use the restrooms of their sex at birth. She is …
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Seattle Storm signs key free agents, poised to go for it all in newly revamped home
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The Seattle Storm this week locked up their top three players for the 2022 season. It's a season that has them returning to their revamped home: Climate Pledge Arena.By Kirsten Kendrick
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Performers and composer of the Pacific Northwest jazz scene
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Jim Knapp, Ralph Towner, Milt Kleeb, Tom Keenlyside ... these are some of the great composers and performers who've contributed to the regional jazz scene. We'll feature these and others, past and present on this today's episode.By Jim Wilke
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The spotlight is on Gonzaga men's basketball in more ways than one this season
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Washington's Gonzaga Bulldogs are again atop the men's college basketball world. They're No. 1 in the coaches' poll and No. 2 in The Associated Press poll. But the program has also received some unwanted attention recently.By Kirsten Kendrick
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Why We Need Regional Housing Solutions – Rep. Jessica Bateman, Washington State Legislature, 22nd District – #154
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Jessica Bateman is a former planning commissioner and former member of the Olympia City Council. She currently represents the cities of Olympia, Tumwater, and Lacey in the Washington State Legislature. She joined us on the pod as a follow-up to our conversation last episode with Joe Tovar about “middle housing”. She talked in-depth about why we nee…
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More from Brazilian guitarist Bola Sete live from The Penthouse
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We feature more music from Brazilian guitarist Bola Sete recorded live in 1966 for broadcast from The Penthouse club in Seattle on this week's Jazz Northwest.By Jim Wilke
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Seahawks defensive captain Bobby Wagner among big question marks in team's offseason
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Following a disappointing 2021 season, the Seattle Seahawks will have an offseason full of change.By Kirsten Kendrick
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The Missing Middle in Housing – Joseph Tovar, American Planning Association – #153
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Joseph Tovar helped draft Washington State’s growth management act and has served as lead planner for cities across Western Washington. He has a theory: we’ve gotten good at building condos, we’ve always been good at building detached single-family housing, but to meet the coming population growth in the region we need to build what he calls “middl…
This week's show includes music by Julian Priester, trombonist and educator who taught at Cornish College from 1979 until he retired in 2011. His professional career included touring and recording with many major jazz artists from Lionel Hampton and Duke Ellington, to John Coltrane and Sam Rivers, to Herbie Hancock, Dave Holland and many others.…
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Can the Seahawks find a balance in the offseason to return to playoffs? Pete Carroll, Russell Wilson play a big role
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After their first losing season in the time of head coach Pete Carroll and quarterback Russell Wilson, the Seattle Seahawks are spectators this weekend, as the NFL playoffs begin.By Kirsten Kendrick
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The Congressional Agenda in 2022 — Rep. Derek Kilmer, 6th Congressional District — #152
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The current Congress is our country’s 117th. They were elected in 2020 and will face voters in the midterms later this year. Today they are returning after their winter break to take up the many, many remaining unfinished items on the Biden Agenda. If we’re being honest, a lot of people are really pissed at Congress right now. But in this conversat…
It's relatively rare that musicians become proficient with both woodwinds and brass instruments. Even rarer are two with the same hometown, the late Floyd Standifer and Jay Thomas were both active in the Seattle scene. We'll open this week's show with one tune from each, but you'll have to tune in to hear which one plays which instrument on this we…
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Kyle Seager's farewell to Mariners fans in October was his farewell to baseball
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Seattle Mariners fans are still adjusting to the news that the longest-tenured player on the team — third baseman Kyle Seager — has retired from baseball. Seager made the announcement via Twitter shortly after Christmas.By Kirsten Kendrick
Composer-arranger-pianist Bob Hammer had a long and successful career in New York and Los Angeles before coming to the Pacific Northwest. He passed on December 26 at the age of 92 and we'll hear some of his arrangements played by The Full Circle Jazz Ensemble on today's episode.By Jim Wilke
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Previewing the 2022 Washington State Legislative Session — State Senator Yasmin Trudeau, 27th Legislative District — #151
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A founding premise of the show is that political engagement in state and local politics is essential. It is because of this that each year we preview the upcoming state legislative session. This week we are joined by newly appointed State Senator Yasmin Trudeau. We discussed the upcoming session, legislation she plans to introduce and support, some…
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New NHL team Seattle Kraken in new Climate Pledge Arena: region's top sports story of 2021
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For their final conversation of the year, KNKX sports commentator Art Thiel and Morning Edition host Kirsten Kendrick recount the region's top five sports stories of 2021.By Kirsten Kendrick
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The Bottom End of the Housing Market Has Been Destroyed — Will James, Special Projects Reporter, KNKX FM — #150
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In arguably the most important piece of local journalism of 2021, Will James did a three part story on the displaced residents of the Merkle Hotel in Downtown Tacoma. The Merkle was the last of its type: a residential hotel that provided no strings attached housing to very low income and disabled Tacomans. The conditions in the hotel were deplorabl…
With an expected dip in temperatures and snow in the forecast we'll feature some winter songs, some snow songs and perhaps some you haven't heard before including a couple of Christmas songs we don't hear often enough.By Jim Wilke
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Virtually eliminated from playoffs after loss to Rams, Seahawks now playing for 'personal pride'
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The Seattle Seahawks host the Chicago Bears at Lumen Field Sunday afternoon. Their loss to the Los Angeles Rams on Tuesday night left the Seahawks with a 5-9 record and virtually eliminated from the playoffs.By Kirsten Kendrick
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White Backlash Politics and Imagining a Post-Democratic Future — Dr. Will Horne, Editor of The Activist History Review — #149
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Dr. Will Horne is a history professor at Villanova University. He is also the founder and editor of The Activist History Review, an online journal created in 2017 to contextualize US history in light of ongoing threats to our multiracial democracy. Horn jumped on to talk about recent counter-majoritarian trends in US society and the threat to democ…
The recent discovery and issue of radio broadcasts by Brazilian guitarist Bola Sete's has stirred enthusiasm from coast to coast. The three-CD set includes music from six live radio shows from the Penthouse in Seattle from 1966 to 1968. Several selections from 1966 will air on today's episode of Jazz Northwest.…
After three years in Tacoma, Seattle's team in the National Women's Soccer League, OL Reign, will once again be in Seattle, starting in 2022. We learn more about what's behind the big news in this week's conversation between KNKX sports commentator Art Thiel and Morning Edition host Kirsten Kendrick.…
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New releases and holiday music on Jazz Northwest
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Releases include the last album to be issued by the Jim Knapp Orchestra, plus The Westerlies, Phil Parisot, and Tad Britton.By Jim Wilke
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Was the Seahawks' trade for Jamal Adams worth it?
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The Seattle Seahawks play the Texans in Houston on Sunday morning. The Hawks followed a dramatic win this week over the San Francisco 49ers with a dismaying loss: a shoulder injury that ended the season of safety Jamal Adams.
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Understanding and Confronting Antisemitism Online and Off — Miri Cypers — Anti-Defamation League, NW Regional Director — #148
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Our guest this week is Miri Cypers. She is the Regional Director of the Anti-Defamation League in the Northwest. The ADL’s is a legacy civil rights organization whose mission is to “stop the defamation of the Jewish people, and to secure justice and fair treatment to all.” Miri was also a prior guest at 2018’s Adult Civics Happy Hour, a conversatio…
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