Hi, I'm Monica Nicholsberg, co-host of KUOW's economy podcast, Booming.

Microsoft President Brad Smith's favorite catchphrase of the moment is,

AI is the electricity of our age.

The next great general purpose technology.

So what does that mean for all of us?

On the latest episode, I spoke with a tech historian to find out what lessons we can learn from the last time a truly revolutionary technology took over the world.

Listen to booming on the KUOW app or wherever you get your podcasts.

Hey, good morning. I'm Patricia Murphy. It's Wednesday. This is Seattle now. The Mariners have a superstar. Cal Raleigh has become the face of Seattle baseball. People love him for his home run hitting and his iconic nickname.

They gave him the nickname Big Dumber because he has a pretty large posterior. And he did not like it. Then they're making t-shirts about it and it did come around.

We're getting a close-up.

I don't know if we need that, guys.

Seattle Now Sports correspondent Vaughn Jones is here to talk about Cal's phenomenal season

filled with home runs, accolades, and a big derby win.

But first, let's get you caught up.

Ballots for August's primary election are in the mail today. Why not brush up on your

mayoral candidates at Rainier Avenue Radio's 2025 Seattle mayoral candidate forum tonight.

The in-person event is taking place at the Columbia City

Theater. It starts at 6.30. If you can't make it, check it out online at Rainier Avenue Radio.

And after you check your boxes, ballots are due back August 4th. We already told you it's going to be

hot. The National Weather Service is forecasting a high of 90 in Seattle today, but here's the twist. Axios reports the heat is lingering into the night and it's making it harder for things to cool down. Seattle's overnight low tonight is forecast to be 62 degrees. Axios says that's about five degrees hotter than usual. Average overnight lows in the summer in

Seattle have gone up about three degrees since 1970. And if the heat advisory wasn't enough, the state-run

Washington Smoke Blog is reporting smoke from southern BC wildfires will blow into western Washington

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