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  • May 7, 2024 · 13 min

    A snowball that became an avalanche. Lessons from the financial struggles of the Bellevue Arts Museum

    What started as an art fair made it big in 2001, when the Bellevue Arts Museum opened its brand-new building on the corner of 6th Street and Bellevue Way. But in the decades since opening its doors, BAM has struggled financially, and in recent reporting, the Seattle Times’ Margo Vansynghel found that a recent fundraiser was just one symptom of larger financial struggles. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • May 7, 2024 · 12 min

    Boeing's Starliner launch delayed by last minute scrub

    Soundside host Libby Denkmann speaks with space & science journalist Jonathan O’Callaghan about Boeing's latest scrubbed Starliner mission, and what's next. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • May 6, 2024 · 23 min

    What would the reclassification of cannabis mean for Washington state businesses, researchers?

    An historic shift to American drug policy is on the way. The United States Drug Enforcement Administration is poised to reclassify cannabis from a Schedule I drug to Schedule III. Weed’s longtime classification has put it at odds with laws in several states, including Washington. We can only make Soundside because listeners support us. Make the show happen by making a gift to KUOW: https://www.kuow.org/donate/soundside See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • May 2, 2024 · 13 min

    As a teen, they found belonging at this LGBTQ+ youth center. Now, they're paying it forward

    Soundside revisits a story produced by RadioActive alum Avery Styer back in 2016. Eight years ago, Avery took us to a space in Capitol Hill that had a special spot in their life - Lambert House, a community center for LGBTQ+ youth. Since that original story, Avery has aged out of the youth programs Lambert House currently offers, but that doesn’t mean they’ve moved on. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • May 2, 2024 · 23 min

    Can King County actually close its youth jail? It's not so simple, audit finds

    In 2020, amid racial justice protests, King County Executive Dow Constantine vowed to close a newly-built youth detention facility in the next five years. A new county audit of the facility, called the Judge Patricia H. Clark Children and Family Justice Center, points out the complications of actually accomplishing Constantine’s goal. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • May 2, 2024 · 14 min

    What former Binance CEO's money laundering conviction could mean for crypto crime

    This week a Seattle federal court sentenced Changpeng Zhao -- founder and former CEO of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance -- to four months in prison. In contrast to the high-profile case of FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, who used his crypto exchange to defraud billions of dollars from its users, Zhao pled guilty to not doing more to prevent money laundering on his exchange. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • May 1, 2024 · 34 min

    Hear it again: How Stephanie Land took on hunger and higher education

    In this encore broadcast, Soundside guest host Diana Opong revisits a conversation with author Stephanie Land. Land had just published a book about her experience of going to college as a single mother, and the struggles she faced working towards her degree. Her second book is titled “Class, A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • Apr 30, 2024 · 16 min

    How tech titans profit off the anxiety of relentless change

    Investigative reporter and economist Loretta Napoleoni tracks the rise of 'tech titans' in her new book, “Technocapitalism: the Rise of the New Robber Barons and the Fight for the Common Good." She argues they have used technology to become massively wealthy at a high cost to most of the rest of us. We can only make Soundside because listeners support us. Make the show happen by making a gift to KUOW: https://www.kuow.org/donate/soundside See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • Apr 30, 2024 · 15 min

    How loopholes in Washington state law can protect abusive school staff

    In Washington state, if a teacher or other certified school staff commits serious misconduct, like abuse, districts are required to report that to the state for investigation – and possibly the revocation of that person’s certification to work in schools. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • Apr 29, 2024 · 14 min

    Would a transfer portal alter the spirit of high school sports?

    The WIAA, which governs high schools sports in Washington, briefly flirted with loosening transfer rules for student athletes this year. The potential changes raised concerns among coaches. We can only make Soundside because listeners support us. Make the show happen by making a gift to KUOW: https://www.kuow.org/donate/soundside See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • Apr 29, 2024 · 26 min

    Amazon's rise to the top explained in 'The Everything War'

    As Amazon faces a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit, a new book is out with a fresh look at how it went from a Bellevue garage to a sprawling empire of online retail, cloud computing, and logistics — and a political lightning rod. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.