Listen back as KUT’s Rebecca McInroy talks with Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke about the psychology behind how to interview for a job, manage tensions with peers, lead companies, and much more.    

When strong feelings bubble up, your heart might win out over your head in deciding what happens next. But at times, a more thoughtful approach might prove ultimately more effective. In this episode of KUT’s podcast “Higher Ed,” Southwestern University President Dr. Ed Burger and KUT’s Jennifer Stayton discuss the tug-of-war between feeling and thinking....

The president craves a nationally televised coronation with cheering supporters, but even Republican lawmakers in North Carolina are expressing doubts it can take place as planned.

What do you want from Wayne Krantz anyway? It's a particularly relevant question when new release time rolls around for the guitar icon(oclast). Not that Krantz himself seems to give the question much thought. He's more known for being preoccupied with things like inventing (and reinventing) himself, exploring and capturing ineffable group mojo, or pushing the envelope toward things he has yet to try or accomplish... [ read more ]

A wrong-way driver died early Friday near Auburn after heading south in the northbound High Occupancy Vehicle lane on Highway 167 near Highway 516 and crashing head-on into another vehicle, injuring that driver, according to the Washington State Patrol. State police said the 33-year-old Tacoma woman, whose name is not being released pending the notification […]

Microsoft's executives, with headquarters just a few miles from one of the country’s worst coronavirus outbreaks, were among the first to confront the impact.

PARIS (AP) — Formula One hopes to finally start the season with a double-header in the naturally isolated environment around the venue for the Austrian Grand Prix. Despite the first 10 races having been canceled or postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, the targeted start date is July 5 in Austria. F1 still envisages holding […]

PARIS (AP) — Formula One hopes to finally start the season with a double-header in the naturally isolated environment around the venue for the Austrian Grand Prix. Despite the first 10 races having been canceled or postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, the targeted start date is July 5 in Austria. F1 still envisages holding […]

A last legislative push is needed to save Nisqually River’s storied steelhead run.

THE new year is a little over a month away. Much happened in 2016 that is worth reflection as we look forward and think about what could happen next year. What do you hope to see happen in 2017? Will the state fully fund basic education? Which campaign promises will President-elect Donald Trump keep or […]

Seattle indie rock stars Car Seat Headrest get a sonic makeover with its electro-charged new album “Making a Door Less Open,” dropping May 1.

The Emerald Distaff, the signature race of season for fillies and mares, has been on the same day as the Mile for years. This year, the track added the Muckleshoot Derby and the Washington Oaks.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A top nuclear security official says the U.S. must move ahead with plans to ramp up production of key components for the nation’s nuclear arsenal despite the challenges presented by the coronavirus. Federal officials have set a deadline of 2030 for increased production of the plutonium cores used in nuclear weapons. […]

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A top nuclear security official says the U.S. must move ahead with plans to ramp up production of key components for the nation’s nuclear arsenal despite the challenges presented by the coronavirus. Federal officials have set a deadline of 2030 for increased production of the plutonium cores used in nuclear weapons. […]

The event, titled “Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020,” is set for 8 p.m. Saturday, May 16, and will air on the major networks plus digital streaming services.

In King and Snohomish counties, one in 10 households own a second home or real-estate property elsewhere. Many are fleeing to those vacation homes to hunker down during the coronavirus pandemic.

US author Colson Whitehead has achieved the rare honor of winning the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for a second time. The African-American writer is only the fourth person ever to win the coveted prize twice in its century-old history. Whitehead was adjudged the best fiction writer for his novel The Nickel Boys, whoch tells the devastating story of abuse of black boys at a reform school in Jim Cro

U.K. stocks were moving higher on Wednesday ahead of the Bank of England's decision on interest rates and QE, as well as updated economic forecasts tomorrow.

Asian stock markets are higher on Friday following the positive cues overnight from Wall Street on upbeat corporate earnings results and continued optimism about easing COVID-19 restrictions. A continued decrease in the number of new jobless claims in the U.S. also boosted sentiment. Investors now look ahead to the release of the U.S. jobs data for April later today.

To celebrate the release of Tim Baker's EP 'The Eighteenth Hole Variations' and the new video featuring the live vocal trio

Karl and Jasmine Stefanovic’s newborn baby girl Harper May is headed home for the first time after her birth on Friday night.

With phone scams on the rise and a plethora of streaming services flooding the market, how well are we prepared for the 2020s? Spark host Nora Young talks to CRTC Chairperson and CEO Ian Scott.

Bina Venkataraman, author of The Optimist’s Telescope: Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age, studies the art of looking ahead for solutions during dangerous times. It's a skill she honed while working on the Ebola Task Force for former U.S. president Barack Obama.

YouTube are stepping up their fight against fake news by introducing an all new fact checking feature.

Coronavirus has had a devastating effect on the travel industry, and now it's dripping through to the tech sector as well, with AirBnB announcing they're cutting 1,900 jobs.

Album four from one of folk’s 21st century success stories.

DAILY BRIEFING: A Launceston man who posed as a television producer is jailed for fraud, and heavy rain falls across the state.

Turkeys bred on a farm in western Victoria are at the centre of the global fight to improve the flu vaccine.

A Norwegian film based on the book by crime writer Jo Nesbo about a recruitment specialist with a chip on his shoulder and a sideline as an art thief.

In her time as a professional skier, a research student and working at Google, Annabel Blake noticed a reoccurring theme: an alarming shortage of women, and she's on a mission to change that for the next generation.

Fremantle appoints former player and current Collingwood assistant coach Justin Longmuir as head coach after sacking Ross Lyon last month, with Longmuir declaring he has "unfinished business" at the Dockers.

Managers from the nation's 18 AFL clubs have 10 days to land the deals they believe will propel their side to the next level as the trade period gets underway in Melbourne and star midfielder Tim Kelly is right in the mix for the West Coast Eagles.

The Court of Appeal unanimously overturns the convictions of three men found guilty last year of killing a mother who was left outside a Perth hospital in 2016, with the trio now set to face a retrial.

The W-League is preparing for life without its biggest drawcard, with Matildas captain Sam Kerr informing officials she is pursuing a contract outside of Australia this summer.

Some pundits say capitalism can never recover from Covid-19, and there will need to be bigger government. Others say the future economic recovery rests with the business sector.

An ageing workforce and preconceptions about the transport industry are helping create a nationwide truck driver shortage that has serious implications for the economy.

The 36-year-old's family were preparing to embark on a new chapter in their lives, moving closer to friends and community. Now they're preparing the husband and father's funeral.

Researchers are puzzled by the discovery of a nest of loggerhead turtle eggs in Queensland. The find seems to indicate that the creatures have been unseasonably frisky, which should be impossible.

A large bushfire is continuing to burn through swamp and bushland on North Stradbroke Island, off Brisbane, ahead of an expected influx of 8,000 school holiday visitors.

Wilcannia locals worry their weir won't ever be built, despite State and Federal Government pre-election promises.

The Royal Life Saving Society says WA's latest drowning figures, which reveal a 50 per cent increase on the previous year, should serve as a warning ahead of the festive season. A new report shows 31 people drowned in the state in 2012. Children under the age of four were the highest risk group for drowning and near drowning. Older people over the age of 55 were also at risk.

A victim of a horrific stabbing attack has woken up and remains in intensive care, days after being critically injured during the South Hedland shopping mall rampage in WA's Pilbara.

NRL fans will get to see games this weekend before the code heads behind closed doors and the AFL will not allow fans to games for the "foreseeable future".