"Olympia, WA" by jodastephen is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
October 27, 2026 - 9:00 am
Andrew Villeneuve, founder of the Northwest Progressive Institute, has followed the efforts of Brian Heywood and Let’s Go Washington closely. He joined KBCS contributor Jennie Cecil Moore at the KBCS studios to share his analysis.
Kevin P. Henry
October 23, 2026 - 7:00 am
What I hear is: “I would rather avoid this conversation.”
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October 21, 2026 - 7:00 am
Initiative 638 would be one of the most extreme trans sports bans nationwide.
Madinah Slaise at Pike Place Market
October 16, 2026 - 12:00 pm
Tune in to Madinah in the Market every Friday around 12:50 on KBCS just after the latest episode of Travels with Rick Steves. In the Season 3 finale of Madinah In The Market, Rachel Ligtenberg, President & CEO of the Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority (PDA), explores the power of community and the
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Kevin P. Henry
October 9, 2026 - 7:10 am
Men, we have a responsibility to challenge and call out other abusive men who resort to emotional and physical violence.
October 5, 2026 - 12:00 pm
Listening back to the work of former KBCS contributor Geov Parrish
Madinah Slaise and Rachel Ligtenberg
October 2, 2026 - 11:30 am
Rachel Ligtenberg, President & CEO of the Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority (PDA), discusses the institution’s historic character and the complexities of its modernization in this edition of Madinah In The Market LIVE.
Kevin P. Henry
October 2, 2026 - 7:30 am
We all adapt, but as a Black man, the weight of code switching on a regular basis can be significantly heavier.
Teddy bear given to the client by their boyfriend. Photo by Jennie Cecil Moore.
September 25, 2026 - 12:09 pm
On Oct 1, 11,000 refugees, asylum seekers and other immigrants in Washington State are going to lose their health insurance according to the governor’s office.
And that includes hundreds of people who need round the clock care.
It’s because of HR 1, President Trump’s so-called big beautiful bill.
That federal bill cut a trillion dollars from Medicaid and other health programs and those cuts are going to roll out over the next ten years.
But these most vulnerable immigrants are the first group of people to be targeted.
Kevin P. Henry
September 25, 2026 - 9:21 am
Today my thoughts motivated me to write two poems. Both poems stem from my feeling about learning from history so that we don’t repeat the horrible mistakes of the past.
