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How can colleges protect free speech and the rights of their students, faculty and staff? We'll talk with Seattle University professor Caitlin Carlson about this weekend's Patriot Prayer rally on Red Square at the University of Washington.

Last year the University of Washington's College Republicans invited former Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos to campus. Yiannopoulos is a conservative and provocative speaker whose speeches and rallies often draw protests. The night he spoke at the University of Washington those protests turned violent . This year when the College Republicans decided to hold a rally with the Patriot Prayer group , the university told them to pay a $17,000 security fee.

There are five bike share companies operating in Dallas, Texas. And they all just got marching orders from the city: Find a way to clean up your products, or we'll impound them.

I say bike share, you say ... eyesore? Or worse, public hazard? What should Seattle do about those thousands of candy-colored bicycles all across our city? We talk with Dallas News columnist Robert Wilonski, attorney and disability advocate Conrad Reynoldson, former Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn and KUOW listeners.

We say we don't want children looking at screens too much. But how much is too much? And how can parents limit screen time without an exhausting fight that makes kids stop listening? We'll look for answers with NPR's Anya Kamenetz, author of "The Art of Screen Time," and Seattle filmmaker and physician Delaney Ruston ("Screenagers").

University of Washington sociologist Pepper Schwartz says the takeaway from the allegations against Aziz Ansari is that we should talk about sex before having it. She sat down with Bill Radke to discuss why that is and some of the social programming that gets in the way.

A group of West Seattle homeowners who had city-owned trees cut down to open up their views have reached a settlement. Is it enough to punish and deter? And should we read their names on the air? Bill Radke talks with Seattle City Councilmember Lisa Herbold.

Bob Rondeau, the voice of the Huskies, is retiring Saturday after 37 years in the press box. Bill Radke caught up with him in Arizona, where he’ll be calling the Fiesta Bowl before retiring. He asked Rondeau about an especially memorable call – which has stuck with him for all the wrong reasons.

Merriam-Webster's word of the year: Feminism. Is it the beginning of a lasting change or just another media trend? We’ll talk with Eula Scott Bynoe of the Hella Black Hella Seattle podcast and take your calls.

Eula Bynoe introduces herself as a doula, podcaster, mother, and full-time black woman. Her top priority to make feminism truly relevant as the word of 2017: "Remove the president from office."

The winter solstice was this morning at 8:28 a.m. – if you’re reading this, you’re through the darkest point of the year. But we know it may not feel like it. What to do to beat the winter blues in Seattle? Host Marcie Sillman spoke to some experts to help us answer that question.

Marcie Sillman talks to Anna King, Northwest News Network's Richland correspondent, about the radioactive contamination that was found on six workers and fourteen cars around the Plutonium Finishing Plant in Richland Washington.

The first major overhaul of the nation's tax code in decades isn’t just about taxes – it’s also about oil. Guest host Marcie Sillman talks with Bloomberg’s Jennifer Dlouhy about a provision in the tax bill that requires the government to open the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge to drilling.

A GPS-guided safety system called positive train control was in the works for Amtrak's new, faster Seattle-to-Portland line, but it wasn't up and running when the line opened on Monday. We talk with Seattle Times reporter Mike Lindblom about the "very aggressive schedule" that may have pushed service to begin before all available safety measures were in place.

If you thought it could help save the planet, would you give up flying?