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Hey, good morning. I'm Paige Browning. It's Tuesday. This is Seattle now. Winter has set in and our

team's taking a little holiday break to recharge. All week we're revisiting some favorite episodes of 2024.

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas, just like the ones are

the classic smooth tones of Bing Crosby made the show earlier this year because

the white Christmas singer was a local, Tacoma born and Spokane

raised. Crosby's P&W connection is one of the many dazzling details in the book,

The Sound of Seattle, 101 songs that shaped a city. We could listen to the book's co-authors,

Eva Walker and Jacob Udy, talk all day about the

musical influences that came out of our region, especially those that get little cred.

Here's Patricia Murphy's conversation with Eva and Jacob.

Thanks so much for being here, you two.

Hello.

Yay.

Cool book.

Fantastic book.

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