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Rachel Belle
Breast cancer vaccine is being tested at University of Washington
The UW Medicine Cancer Vaccine Institute is testing a breast cancer vaccine on breast cancer survivors, with the hope the disease will never come back.9 years ago
Rachel Belle
Mother of Tacoma Girl Scout speaks out about attempted robbery
Last weekend, an 11-year-old Girl Scout and her mother were selling cookies outside a Tacoma Fred Meyer when two men tried to rob them at gunpoint.9 years ago
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Rachel Belle’s podcast nominated for 2018 James Beard Award
KIRO Radio's "Your Last Meal With Rachel Belle" has garnered the attention of foodie elites with a James Beard Award nomination.9 years ago
Hanna Scott
Student walkout: Message is ‘truly about ending gun violence’
Many argue the people supporting the March 14 student walkout are pushing for a total ban on guns. Not true, Seattle students say.9 years ago
Rachel Belle
Help homeless Seattle Girl Scouts meet their cookie-selling goal
KIRO Radio's Rachel Belle would like you to buy at least one more box of Girl Scout cookies from the Mary's Place Girl Scout Troop.9 years ago
Rachel Belle
NBA star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar talks politics, ‘Airplane!’ and books
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar spent 20 years as one of the NBA's greatest basketball players. Today, he helps other athletes navigate their political stands.9 years ago
Rachel Belle
Seattle lecture series for stoners from Cupcake Royale founder
This Cupcake Royale owner created a marijuana edibles company that led to Higher Education: a lecture series for people while high.9 years ago
Rachel Belle
Rick Steves wants you to travel outside your comfort zone
In the latest edition of his book, 'Travel As A Political Act,' travel guru Rick Steves encourages people to travel to places like Iran, Palestine and Cuba. He urges Americans to put their fear aside and open their minds, hearts and perspective.9 years ago
Rachel Belle
America’s food spy: He snuck 15,000 exotic plants to the US
How did America get such a wide variety of food? It's not by accident. It's all thanks to a man who was America's international food spy.9 years ago
Rachel Belle
Take a volunteer vacation: Have fun & make a difference
Service-based travel -- a volunteer vacation -- is the second-fastest growing tourism sector. Ron Upshaw has jumped on the trend volunteering in Nicaragua.9 years ago
Rachel Belle
Ayurveda: a 5,000 year old tradition of eating where food is medicine
Singer/songwriter Nicki Bluhm is the latest guest on Rachel Belle's podcast, Your Last Meal. Bluhm eats an Ayurvedic diet, an ancient Indian eating philosophy that's designed to ward off disease and create balance.9 years ago
Rachel Belle
The world’s first tearless onion now for sale in Washington
It took thirty years of breeding, but Bayer has just introduced Sunions, the first tearless onion grown here in Washington state.9 years ago
Rachel Belle
Washington state legislators express their creativity with colorful socks
Representative Laurie Jinkins started a hashtag: #walegsox. She takes photos of her colleagues socks and posts them on Twitter.9 years ago
Rachel Belle
Amazon opens its own mini rain forest within ‘The Spheres’
After years of anticipation Amazon's "The Spheres" are open -- three glass domes in downtown Seattle with 40,000 plants from around the globe.9 years ago
Rachel Belle
Jeopardy champ Ken Jennings: Trivia, Jell-O & Trebek’s breakfast
Seattle's Ken Jennings is a record-breaking, Jeopardy champion and the latest guest on Your Last Meal podcast, where he talks trivia, Jell-O and more.9 years ago
Rachel Belle
Shareholders make life decisions for publicly-traded man
Since 2008, Mike Merrill has been a publicly traded person. He has about 630 shareholders. In turn, they get to vote on the biggest decisions in his life.9 years ago
Rachel Belle
Financial dominatrix made $1 million spending CEOs’ money in 2017
Theodora is a Paris-based financial dominatrix. Powerful, rich men give her control of their bank accounts and credit cards to feel submissive.9 years ago
Rachel Belle
Bainbridge’s waterbed inventor making a comeback 50 years later
Bainbridge Island's Charlie Hall invented the waterbed in 1968. He's improved on the original design and is hoping it'll make a comeback.9 years ago
Rachel Belle
The oldest living artifact in Seattle might be in a local bakery
Essential Baking Company uses a sourdough starter that is believed to come from the Klondike Gold Rush, in the late 1890's.9 years ago
Rachel Belle
Would wearing the same exact outfit every day simplify your life?
Spurred on by a collection of highly successful men who swear by wearing a 'uniform' every single day, The Hustle's managing Editor, Lindsey Quinn, took on a 30 day challenge.9 years ago
Rachel Belle
Hungover? How about a revitalizing IV treatment
A Redmond medical office offers hangover IVs for patients, before or after going out drinking. It generally only takes about 15 minutes for someone to feel fresh again.9 years ago
Rachel Belle
A King County Health inspector grades KIRO Radio’s moldy, slimy office refrigerator
If you work in an office, you might be familiar with the horrors of a shared office fridge. KIRO Radio's was so disgusting, Rachel Belle called in for help. But she was shocked by the inspector's evaluation.9 years ago
Rachel Belle
Christmas: The busiest day at Seattle’s oldest Chinese restaurant
Christmas day is the busiest day of the year at Seattle's Tai Tung as more and more people are spending the holiday at Chinese restaurants.9 years ago
