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We dig into the data around surveillance cameras, like CCTV and Flock automatic license plate readers, and talk about whether they prevent crime and make you safer.  An earlier version of this episode incorrectly stated that Flock makes license plate readers for police cars. It has been amended to state that Flock makes stationary cameras, and to more clearly explain a law that has restricted mobile plate readers in police cars. Have a question we should answer on the show? Click here to tell us using our online form, or email the team at [email protected] Support the show by supporting our home, KUOW Public Radio in Seattle. Sources in this episode: Automated License Plate Readers, Vehicle Theft, and Clearance CCTV Surveillance for crime prevention: A 40-year systematic review with meta-analysis Can place-based crime prevention impacts be sustained over long durations? 11-Year follow-up of a quasi-experimental evaluation of a CCTV project Assessing causal effects under treatment heterogeneity: an evaluation of a CCTV program in Detroit The effects of merging proactive CCTV monitoring with directed police patrol: a randomized controlled trial Annual Surveillance Review: Technology Assisted Public Safety Pilot Program, City of Seattle Consolidated Risk Surveillance Usage Review 2025, City of Seattle  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On November 1, daylight saving time ends in the United States. That means most of us will “fall back” to standard time for the following four months. But many states want to stop this twice-yearly clock change and instead stay on daylight saving time all year. One question is at the center of this proposed change: What would permanent daylight saving time do to our health? Clare interviews Dr. Katie Sharkey, professor at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine, to find out – digging into the data on time changes, the body clock, and how proposed changes to the time system could affect our well-being.  Have a question we should answer on the show? Click here to tell us using our online form, or email the team at [email protected] Support the show by supporting our home, KUOW Public Radio in Seattle. Further reading: Ending clock changes. But which direction should we reset the clock? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode we unpack what makes a poll reliable or not and how us regular people should be reading poll data, especially with the midterms coming up. Our guest is Scott Greenstone, politics reporter and host of KUOW's Sound Politics. He gives us some tips and tricks to make sure we're interpreting poll results correctly.  Have a question we should answer on the show? Click here to tell us using our online form, or email the team at [email protected] Support the show by supporting our home, KUOW Public Radio in Seattle. Sources in this episode: Sound Politics Strength in Numbers Substack Real Clear Polling FiftyPlusOne See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We've all been there: Staring at a screen that prompts you to "leave a tip," and three options to press. How much should you tip for a meal these days? How about a coffee or a hot dog at a baseball game? In this episode, Clare and guest host Brandi Fullwood dig into the data on tipping, and how it impacts workers in restaurants of all shapes and sizes.  Listen to Brandi's podcast Seattle Eats wherever you're listening to this episode.  Have a question we should answer on the show? Click here to tell us using our online form, or email the team at [email protected] Support the show by supporting our home, KUOW Public Radio in Seattle. Sources in this episode: The Land of the Fee (2021), Throughline from NPR, 2021 Tipping Culture in America: Public Sees a Changed Landscape, Pew Research Center, 2022 Average Restaurant Tip Percentages & Tipping Trends in the U.S. (2026), Toast, 2026 Square Food & Beverage Data Reveals Higher Tipping Rates and Growing "High-Low" Spending Pattern, Square, 2026 A Critical Exploration of Tipping Practices in the American Hospitality Landscape from a Qualitative Approach, 2024 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When someone says “reading is dead,” is that really true? Reading for fun has taken a big hit, but what’s really going on here? Teo and guest co-host Katie Campbell look at the data on American reading habits to find the answer, and provide tips for aspiring book nerds to get more pages in. Katie Campbell is KUOW’s book club curator. She has read over 51 books this year so far, but who’s counting?Correction, 9/8/2026: In this episode, we incorrectly state that adult American gamers spend roughly 90 minutes gaming daily. The correct average time per day for gamers is two hours. Have a question we should answer on the show? Click here to tell us using our online form, or email the team at [email protected] Support the show by supporting our home, KUOW Public Radio in Seattle. Sources in this episode: American Time Use Survey, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2003-2026 American Time Use Survey Report, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2025 The decline in reading for pleasure over 20 years of the American Time Use Survey, iScience, 2025 A chapter a day: Association of book reading with longevity, Social Science & Medicine Journal, 2016 Who doesn’t read books in America?, Pew Research Center, 2021 Book reading habits in the U.S. vary by education, age and other factors, Pew Research Center, 2026 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.