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Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women 2 – Prayer Skirt Sewing Circle

Indigenous women have taken the lead in increasing awareness of the high numbers of their sisters who go missing and die to violence. KBCS’s Yuko Kodama takes you to a red skirt sewing circle, a community building event which builds support for, honors, and assists in the healing of the community mourning their missing and

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women 1 – What’s Needed

Roxanne White, of the Yakama, Nez Perce, Nooksack and Gros Ventre tribes, is an activist who advocates for the families of missing and murdered women (MMIW). KBCS’s Yuko Kodama spoke with White about the MMIW movement at an indigenous prayer skirt sewing circle organized as a community building event in honor of Missing and Murdered

Unmute the Commute: Biker, Lawyer… Bike Lawyer

Over the last four years, deaths of pedestrians and bicyclists in Washington State have doubled. This comes at a time when the state wants to get to zero traffic fatalities by the year 2030. So, how do we get there? We talk to Seattle bike lawyer Bob Anderton to hear one proposal. Produced by Jennie

Seattle Youth Climate Strike

On Friday, March 15th, 2019, hundreds of thousands of youth all over the world left school to participate in a global youth climate strike. Youth Climate Strikes took place in over 1,300 locations across 98 countries according to CBS News. The strike was inspired by 16 year old, Greta Thunberg of Sweden, who opted out

African-American Suffragettes of 1913

What do the recent Women’s Marches and the Women’s Suffrage March of 1913 have in common? Racial controversy. Listen in on what it took for people with intersectional identities to fight for the right to vote.

Unmute the Commute: I Believe You Can Do More

Each week, power lifter Mark Bryant puts down his weights and teaches a senior fitness class.

Unmute the Commute: Your Driver is Mayor David Baker

Everyday we rely on people to get us around – in buses, carpools, rideshares… but who are the people driving us? On this week’s Unmute the Commute, we hear from an Uber driver who also happens to be the mayor of Kenmore.

Black Power in the Ivory Tower

What is navigating academia like for many people of color? Graduate student, Francesca Simmons sat down with Dr. Georgia McDade, who received a doctorate in English from the University of Washington, to share their experiences.

Childhood Cancer

Each year in the United States, well over 15,000 children from birth to 19 are diagnosed with cancer. KBCS’s Kendra Hanna speaks with Kelly Forebaugh of St Baldrick’s Foundation and a mother of a cancer survivor, about how treating cancer in children is different than cancer treatment for adults.

Unmute the Commute: The Ferry Riot

In 1987, a riot on a Washington State ferry resulted in over $30,000 worth of damage to the SV Kitsap. On this week’s Unmute the Commute, we talk to people who were there about what happened, and more importantly, why there was a riot in the first place.