Friday Evening Headlines

When it comes to choosing a bike route in Seattle, you can’t always rely on Google Maps. A new “Bike Butler” app allows users to customize their routes to, say, avoid hills. We talk with UW computer science Ph.D. student Jared Hwang about his project.  We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed.  Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online or on the KUOW App.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Layoffs are coming at Boeing, Democrats won a supermajority in the Washington State House, and Seattle Public Schools is meeting to discuss a legal challenge to the initiative that bans trans girls from girls’ sports. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed.  Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online or on the KUOW App.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The midterm election sent an overwhelming message that the country’s voters shifted left. But there’s one major exception: transgender girls in sports.  Meanwhile, Washington state passed one of the more restrictive bans in the country. We’ll talk about why this issue bucked the trend with reporter Brooke Migdon from The 19th*. Find Brooke's reporting here. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed.  Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online or on the KUOW App.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

November is hip hop history month. And you probably know the big names that came from the Seattle scene like Sir Mix-a-lot and Macklemore. But they're not the only hip-hop artists in Seattle.  KUOW's Dyer Oxley was curious about which up and coming artists to watch in the local hip-hop scene. Hip-hop artist and all-ages cafe co-founder Julie C and emcee and producer Gabriel Teodros share  some less-known local artists to pay attention to. Learn more about Julie C's space - Eleven: Eleven on the Block And check out Gabriel Teodros' new album Other artists featured in the episode The Physics Yirim Seck Source of Labor (Wordsayer) Rell Be Free Essam Kenshii Killzz Flor Chicana Yonny Livt    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, we’ve got a special feature from Seattle Now host Paige Browning… One community has been looking forward to Seattle's damp weather and chilly days: sauna goers. Sauna culture is big here in the PNW. In fact, this weekend The Nordic Museum in Ballard will host the Seattle Sauna Festival. We talked about it on Casual Friday this week. But for a growing community of Seattleites, this is a weekly endeavor... and it's paired with a cold plunge. Paige Browning takes us to meet the Coldwater Collective, which swears by polar-bear plunging for therapy, and to crack the Seattle freeze. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed.  Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online or on the KUOW App.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Seattleites rally in support of trans girls, titans of tech had a rough political week, and a proposal to rename Hood Canal hits a fjordblock. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed.  Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online or on the KUOW App.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week… We've got a breakdown of the biggest election results, and what a national blue wave means for Seattle and Washington state...  Plus, Starbucks wants to use AI to give you "the usual," and Seattle is celebrating its sauna culture this weekend. KUOW’s Sound Politics hosts Cat Smith and Scott Greenstone are here to break down this election week. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed.  Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online or on the KUOW App.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Campaign to repeal millionaire’s tax admits defeat, Seattle Public Schools expands guardrails around screen time, and lawsuits are likely over WA's ban on trans girls in sports. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning. The interview in this episode was produced by John O'Brien. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed.  Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online or on the KUOW App.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson recently vetoed legislation aimed at tackling the visible problem of people who live in their RV’s. While there is general agreement that more services and shelter options are necessary, so far there’s no clear agreement about how to fully get the vehicles off the street.  KUOW’s Joshua McNichols will tell us more. Read his reporting here. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed.  Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online or on the KUOW App.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ban on trans girls in sports is leading in early returns, effort to repeal millionaires tax is trailing, and Amazon cuts more jobs in WA. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed.  Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online or on the KUOW App.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.