Casual Friday with Jane C. Hu and Marcus Harrison Green
Seattle Now
KUOW News and Information
2.4 • 613 Ratings
🗓️ 6 June 2025
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
This week…
Former Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant is back in the game, and this time she’s running for Congress.
Public media, including stations like KUOW, are facing a funding threat from the Trump administration.
And acclaimed restaurant Canlis has a new executive chef… Big news, he’s a local.
Freelance Science Journalist Jane C. Hu and South Seattle Emerald Founder Marcus Harrison Green are here to break down the week.
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| 0:00.0 | On the latest episode of sound politics, the vast majority of Americans say that money in politics is a threat to democracy. |
| 0:08.8 | Seattle came up with a novel solution. |
| 0:12.2 | Give everyone money to donate to candidates. |
| 0:14.6 | Now, is that working? |
| 0:15.9 | We'll talk about it ahead of the August 5th primary when voters will decide if the Democracy Voucher program should |
| 0:22.8 | stick around. That's on the latest sound politics, wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:32.1 | Hey, good morning. I'm Patricia Murphy. It's Friday. This is Seattle now. This week, former Seattle City Council member Shama Sawant is back in the game. This time she's running for Congress. Public media, including stations like KUOW, are facing a funding threat from the Trump administration, and acclaimed restaurant Canlis has a new executive chef. |
| 0:54.8 | Big news, he's local. |
| 0:56.9 | Freeland science journalist Jane C. Who? |
| 0:59.5 | And South Seattle Emerald founder Marcus Harrison Green are here to break down the week. |
| 1:03.9 | But first, let's get you caught up. |
| 1:08.8 | A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration must restore hundreds of millions of dollars in AmeriCorps funding and reinstate volunteers if they're willing and able to return. |
| 1:19.9 | The lawsuit was filed by multiple states, including Washington, after the federal government canceled grants that had already been approved by Congress. According to |
| 1:28.3 | AmeriCorps, the agency deploys more than 9,000 volunteers in Washington. Transit note, if you're |
| 1:34.9 | planning to take light rail this weekend, Sound Transit is closing five stations in the downtown |
| 1:40.1 | core, stretching from Westlake to stadium. The closures begin Saturday night at 10 p.m. |
| 1:45.9 | They'll reopen early Monday morning. During that time, the agency is doing electrical and software |
| 1:51.0 | testing. A shuttle bus will carry passengers between Capitol Hill and Soto stations every 15 minutes. |
| 1:57.8 | And if you're still making weekend plans, Washington State Parks are free this weekend, |
| 2:02.6 | Saturday and Sunday. That means you don't need a Discover Pass or to pay for parking on site. |
| 2:08.3 | And it's the unofficial kickoff of Pride Month in Seattle with Pride in the Park on Saturday. It starts |
| 2:14.6 | at noon at Volunteer Park. There'll be live music, drag performances, |
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