Equity Podcast | How algorithms and AI may threaten civil rights 'Coded Bias' filmmaker Shalini Kantayya and researcher Meredith Broussard dissect the inequities perpetuated and created by emergent technologies. by Mark Baumgarten / April 7, 2021
Inside Crosscut Nikkita Oliver, Black liberation and the limits of electoral politics Crosscut managing editor Mark Baumgarten explains what he got wrong about the future of the attorney, activist, and former Seattle mayoral candidate. by Mark Baumgarten / June 30, 2020
Politics Podcast | What makes this year’s election lies different UW researcher Jevin West tells us how the attempts to delegitimize the presidential election could be warping the electorate. by Mark Baumgarten / November 13, 2020
Politics Podcast | Support grew for both Trump and Biden. So what now? Talk radio host Michael Medved and political science professor Christopher Parker consider the future of the parties and our nation. by Mark Baumgarten / November 6, 2020
Culture Podcast | Is this the end of live music in Seattle? Journalist Charles R. Cross tells us what live music has done for this city, and what could happen if local venues don’t see any economic relief. by Mark Baumgarten / October 23, 2020
Politics Podcast | From Big Oil to Big Tech: A brief history of antitrust Columnist Katie Wilson tells us how the law created in the Gilded Age will help shape the next chapter of the Digital Age. by Mark Baumgarten / December 18, 2020
Culture Podcast | How Seattle made hip-hop its own Daudi Abe talks about four decades of hip-hop in the isolated, disrespected, idiosyncratic Northwest. by Mark Baumgarten / December 11, 2020
Equity Podcast | What the life and death of an asylum seeker says about ICE Reporter Lilly Fowler discusses what years of reporting on Mergensana Amar tell us about U.S. immigration policy. by Mark Baumgarten / December 4, 2020
Politics Podcast | What Kamala Harris will bring to the White House Author Ruchika Tulshyan talks about the vice president-elect as change agent and role model. by Mark Baumgarten / November 27, 2020
Politics Podcast | Kim Wyman, the GOP’s great West Coast hope Reporter Melissa Santos discusses the politics and path of the only Republican elected to statewide office in one of the nation’s bluest regions. by Mark Baumgarten / November 20, 2020