Week In Review

Todd Myers, a free-market policy analyst; Brian Callanan, Seattle reporter and podcaster; and Claudia Rowe, columnist and author on foster care. They tackle Washington’s new millionaire income tax and looming legal fights. They debate rising Seattle joblessness, workforce training and shelter plans. They also weigh whether prediction markets count as gambling and the ethics of state lottery revenue.

In this bonus episode, Bill Radke interviews the author of a new book about the influence of religion in this country, Matthew Avery Sutton. The book is called Chosen Land: How Christianity Made America and Americans Remade Christianity. The event was presented on March 15th, 2026, by Town Hall Seattle.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Erica Barnett, local policy reporter and PubliCola co-founder; Libby Denkmann, KUOW Soundside host and political commentator; Dave Ross, longtime broadcaster and civic voice. They talk about the new east-west light rail link and construction disputes. They debate upzoning, congestion pricing, and the Sonics NBA return. They grapple with stadium cameras, surveillance tradeoffs, and community protests.

Host Bill Radke discusses the week’s news with KUOW politics reporter, co-host of Sound Politics podcast Scott Greenstone,  Executive Director of ZEV Co-op, actor, former Seattle mayoral candidate Ry Armstrong, and lawyer and former Seattle City Attorney Ann Davison.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bill Radke discusses the week's news with Seattle Times Shauna Sowersby, Earth Finance's Reuven Carlyle, and Gamoran Legal Consulting's Saul Gamoran.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Host Bill Radke discusses the week’s news with The Stranger Editor-in-Chief Hannah Murphy Winter, political analyst and contributing columnist Joni Balter, and Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Joe Nguyen.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Host Bill Radke discusses the week’s news with co-host of Too Beautiful to Live podcast, Andrew Walsh, writer, Senior Manager in tech, and former Seattle City Council candidate, Heidi Stuber, and writer for the Washington Observer, Jonathan Martin.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Host Bill Radke discusses the week’s news with PubliCola co-founder and publisher Erica Barnett, Republican strategist and media commentator Randy Pepple, and KUOW Soundside producer Maleeha Syed.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Host Bill Radke discusses the week’s news with political and public affairs consultant and co-host of Seattle Nice and Blue City Blues podcast Sandeep Kaushik, lawyer and former Seattle City Attorney, Ann Davison, and Jeopardy! host and Seattle's own Ken Jennings.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Host Bill Radke discusses the week’s news with Seattle City Councilmember, Position 8, Alexis Mercedes Rinck, lead singer of The Long Winters, co-host of the Omnibus and Roderick on the Line podcasts John Roderick, and longtime KIRO radio host Dave Ross.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.