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Booming — 100 episodes

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A sobering reality for Washington's wine and beer industries

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What will it take to save our favorite small cinemas?

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Fake humans. Real products. Advertising embraces AI influencers

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Does AI belong in the classroom?

5

Microsoft's stern warning for AI frontier labs

6

Is San Francisco leaving Seattle behind?

7

Where have all the diners gone? The disappearing middle class economy (encore)

8

Copper theft is surging. Can anything be done about it?

9

Will Seattle ever star in its own movies again?

10

AI supercharged scammers. Here's how to protect yourself

11

How bots took over our national parks

12

Buy now, worry later? How 'Doom Spending' is taking over the economy

13

Matchmaking is booming. Could it solve the relationship recession?

14

Is Xbox's big reboot a new dawn, or its last life?

15

Did the US Congress just save affordable housing?

16

From Control F: Does shopping at Costco actually save you money?

17

The $6,000 shortcut to driving electric

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Big Tech is bankrolling the clean energy transition...while emitting more than ever

19

Seattle banned data centers. Now what?

20

4-day work week or brain fry? How AI will change work

21

Would you buy a house with friends? Meet some people who did

22

From tech to the trades: One laid off worker's big career pivot

23

Where's my tariff refund?

24

What will it take to break Seattle's real estate standoff?

25

Is big business souring on Seattle?

26

How indie bookstores escaped Amazon's shadow

27

Will federal research cuts kill the innovation economy?

28

Live: The risks and realities of AI chatbots

29

Planet Money and the hidden laws that run our economy

30

Where have all the diners gone? The disappearing middle class economy

31

Could light rail across Lake Washington turn Seattle into the new Copenhagen?

32

Is 'millionaire migration' really a thing? Lessons from states that already tax the rich

33

From software engineer to bus driver: Where laid off tech workers are now

34

From Control F: The weird way we decide who sits below the poverty line

35

Will this summer's World Cup be an economic win for Seattle?

36

Grocery sticker shock and the rise of the dollar-store dinner

37

Could the hottest real estate market become... driveways?

38

The great data center space race

39

16,000 Amazon employees just lost their jobs. Are we in a tech recession?

40

Lessons from the state that made child care free

41

How a bad bet built the internet: a short history of bubbles

42

Housing costs dropped in Austin. How they did the impossible

43

Sports ticket prices have skyrocketed. Here's why (encore)

44

How stores are spying on you (encore)

45

How does Seattle's cost of living stack up to other cities?

46

The climate migrants seeking refuge in the PNW

47

What happens to Seattle if the AI bubble pops?

48

BONUS: The future of Seattle's highways

49

Can the power of a star lower our electric bills?

50

Is coding dead? This professor doesn't think so

51

Is AI fueling a trade school boom?

52

Nine families, one roof: Urban cohousing in Seattle

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Babies aren't booming. Is that a problem?

54

Can AI really cure cancer?

55

Does AI mean game over for video game developers?

56

The cleanup crew mopping up AI slop

57

Inside Amazon's surprising settlement

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'Dark patterns' and the case against Amazon

59

Who should profit from college sports?

60

How can Seattle keep tourists from loving it to death?

61

Is thrifting still thrifty?

62

Why music festivals can't find their rhythm

63

So much for starter homes

64

Is our AI obsession good for small town America?

65

The next earthquake is coming. Is old Seattle worth saving?

66

Can light rail make Bellevue hip?

67

Is AI the new electricity?

68

Could tariffs bring back the lumberjack?

69

Layoffs, lost faith, and 'cruel optimism' in tech

70

Seattle's to do list isn't penciling out

71

How much does it cost to live comfortably in Seattle?

72

ICE fears turn sweet cherry season sour

73

The real threat to trees isn't housing

74

Pharmacies are sick. Is there a cure?

75

Will AI collapse the career ladder?

76

Whiplash at the Port of Seattle

77

The plan to boost Black homeownership

78

There's no such thing as local and these Northwest industries prove it

79

Microsoft President Brad Smith on how to defend your job from AI

80

Should social media have a bedtime?

81

An inside look into Seattle's AI startup scene

82

Could layoffs lead to a startup baby boom?

83

Why you can't afford to ski anymore

84

REI and the steep climb to unionize retail

85

How to avoid being tariffed out of business

86

Making six figures? You could qualify for affordable housing in Seattle

87

What's behind Amazon's all-or-nothing return to office policy?

88

How stores are spying on you

89

Sports ticket prices have skyrocketed. Here's why

90

If free trade isn't free, what's next for Washington's economy?

91

Washington's plan to make billionaires share the wealth

92

Downtown countdown: Top 5 notes Seattle could take from other cities

93

Could paying more for gas save you money?

94

Can historic transpo levy fix Seattle's traffic problems?

95

Are we on the brink of a tax revolt?

96

A robot took his job. And he's happy about it

97

Can buildings learn?

98

The risky business of airplanes

99

Why free money makes you more likely to get a job

100

The solution to our struggling power grid could be hiding in your closet