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If you followed Seattle news around 2008, you may remember news clips of so called "Real Life Superheroes" patrolling the city's streets.

Although local heroes aren't on the evening news as much these days, a group of volunteer vigilantes are still fighting crime in the dark of the night. Soundside producer Alec Cowan recently joined two heroes on patrol to hear more about the work local superheroes are doing, and, well... why they're doing it.

Transforming nuclear waste to glass: Hanford cleanup plans take a step forward

Like many school districts across the state and country, Seattle Public Schools is staring down a shaky financial future. The district is projecting a $105 million dollar budget shortfall next school year. Soundside host Libby Denkmann talks with SPS School Board President Liza Rankin about what these potential closures could mean for educators, families, and students.

In late April, the PTAs at Cascadia and Decatur Elementaries, two Highly Capable cohort schools, retained a lawyer and sent a letter to the district outlining concerns about the changes to the highly capable program.

She’s an Oscar nominee, a Golden Globe winner, and the pride of Mountlake Terrace High School. And now, Lily Gladstone has an executive producer credit for her work with "Bring Them Home" a new documentary screening at SIFF next week.

Soundside host Libby Denkmann sits down with Dr. Joachim Moeyens of UW's DiRAC Institute to talk about the algorithm that has helped discover over 27,000 new asteroids in our solar system.