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Comedian George Carlin is funny and serious as he talks about white privilege, things he could do without, and why he dislikes the label Native American.…

Ruth Brown (1928-2006) was known as the queen of R&B. She had a series of hit songs for Atlantic Records in the 1950s, such as "So Long", "Teardrops from…

Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007) was grim about the future in a hilarious way.When Ross Reynolds interviewed him September 13, 1990, Vonnegut's tweflth novel…

Artist Laurie Anderson has written six books, released a dozen albums, created multimedia performances for human and canine audiences and produced an…

Sir Mix-a-lot was born Anthony Ray in Seattle on August 12, 1963. He was rapping in the early ’80s, and co-founded the Nastymix record label in 1983 with…

Andrei Codrescu is a Romanian-American poet, novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and commentator for NPR. His droll reflections on America and the world…

In this 1989 interview, astronaut Buzz Aldrin frankly describes how his unstructured post-NASA life lead to mental health issues and alcoholism.He also…

It was the Northwest’s most notorious kidnapping case. Little George Weyerhaeuser had been snatched off the streets of Tacoma and held for $200,000…

Did Maurice Sendak, author of "Where The Wild Things Are," talk to kids about his work?It was 1991, and Sendak had come into the KUOW studios for an…

Before Bertha was a boring machine stuck under Seattle, she was Seattle’s first female mayor.In 1926, her campaign motto was “municipal…