Every week we talk about the most fascinating stories in the news and what they say about the Pacific Northwest. We call it Front Page.

It’s our chance to talk about the latest news with a rotation of plugged-in journalists and guests, taking a look at the headlines from the weekend and the stories that we'll be following as the week moves forward.

Guest: sports journalist and author of the newsletters The Dang Apostrophe and The Grudgery, Danny O'Neil

Related Links:
Mamdani Emerges as Kingmaker, Pushing His Slate to a Primary Sweep - NYT
Seattle mayor endorses challenger to WA Senate majority leader - Washington State Standard
WA’s rich are leaving? Another tax on wealth smashes records - Seattle Times
Has VAR become a lottery at the World Cup? - BBC

Thank you to the supporters of KUOW, you help make this show possible! If you want to help out, go to kuow.org/donate/soundsidenotes

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Every week we talk about the most fascinating stories in the news and what they say about the Pacific Northwest. We call it Front Page.
It&rsquo;s our chance to talk about the latest news with a rotation of plugged-in journalists and guests, taking a look at the headlines from the weekend and the stories that we'll be following as the week moves forward.
Guest: sports journalist and author of the newsletters <a href="https://www.dannyoneil.com/">The Dang Apostrophe </a>and <a href="https://www.grudgery.com/">The Grudgery</a>, Danny O'Neil
Related Links:
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<li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/24/nyregion/mamdani-politics-influence.html">Mamdani Emerges as Kingmaker, Pushing His Slate to a Primary Sweep - NYT</a></li>
<li><a href="https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/06/27/seattle-mayor-endorses-challenger-to-wa-senate-majority-leader/">Seattle mayor endorses challenger to WA Senate majority leader - Washington State Standard</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/was-rich-are-leaving-another-tax-on-wealth-smashes-records/">WA&rsquo;s rich are leaving? Another tax on wealth smashes records - Seattle Times</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c8e2ynrp7kro">Has VAR become a lottery at the World Cup? - BBC</a></li>
</ul>
Thank you to the supporters of KUOW, you help make this show possible! If you want to help out, go to <a href="http://kuow.org/donate/soundsidenotes">kuow.org/donate/soundsidenotes</a>
Soundside is a production of KUOW in Seattle, a proud member of the NPR Network.

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Every week we talk about the most fascinating stories in the news and what they say about the Pacific Northwest. We call it Front Page.