Welcome to Crosscut now the show that# takes you beyond the breaking news goes## deeper into the issues you care about and brings# awareness to stories affecting today's episode Seattle's own historian Knute# Berger talks Mossback's Northwest new season,## plus we'll look at a noteworthy Union win for# some Starbucks Baristas in Eastern Washington,## and more therapeutic courts# are now in a major Washington City.

I'm Paris Jackson in today's episode history# and culture season of one of our most popular shows.

We'll# get a sneak peek with the show's host ahead of## the latest series debut.

He's back, Knute Berger# will soon share with us more history culture and## Oddities for a new season of mossbacks# Northwest season 8 airs on October 5th## on kcts9.

The surprises and through lines about# the Region's history are are what viewers have## come to love about mossbacks Northwest.

This new# season will explore bold themes and people like## Visionary women fearsome bears in an Italian# Garden that bore as canoe calls it Civic fruit## many lessons are learned throughout the episodes# even for the Moss editorial team that history is## everywhere.

Knute says they're very selective on# stories and finding good stories isn't rare the## editorial team also learned for season 8 the# importance of digitizing historic archives to## increase access access to documents artifacts# and original Source materials.

You'll soon be## able to watch eight new Fall mossback episodes as# well as listen to The companion mossback podcast## and coming up in December watch for a half-hour# Anthology special of mossbacks Northwest.

We sit## down with Knute Berger inside the Mossback den# in for interesting nuggets for what's to come## in season 8.

Welcome Knute Berger thank you for# joining us today.

Welcome to you Paris you're in## the mossback den that's very exciting.

Excited to# be in here now you have mossbacks Northwest season## 8 debuting October the 5th.

Eight Episodes and one# thing about what you do in each and every season## is you're shining the light on those stories we# may have forgotten or you're telling us stuff that## we don't even know about.

What keeps you excited# and just curious about storytelling?

Well I love## Northwest history I grew up here it's just been# part of my life since the very beginning and uh## there's so many stories that are relevant to# today in other words that you can find some## aspect that sheds light on where we are now and# so that's a real interest of mine and I look for## stories that I think are kind of I describe it as# undertow not you may have heard the story before## but we we'll find aspects that you haven't we were# having a conversation and you were sharing with me## some of the the main highlights of what viewers# can expect from uh season 8 and you mentioned## cataclysm heroism and racism explain a little# bit more about that well I think the season## just covers a huge gamut it goes around the world# it looks at some disastrous things that happened## in our past and it also looks at at acts of uh# heroism and I I just think it reflects the kind## of Rich variety of the history of the Northwest we# kind of have a little bit of everything one thing## that you continue to highlight is Seattle is the# city of so many firsts and coming up we're going## to learn about that First Flight Around the World# tell me a little bit more about what we can expect## with that episode well this is something that# unless you're a real Aviation buff you probably## don't know that the first successful around the# world flight took off and landed in Seattle in the## 1920s so we're headed up to the 100th anniversary# of this event and at the time it was huge it was## like the original astronauts going into space yeah# there were eight men were selected and they took## four planes and they hopped around the globe and# some of them made it back can you have an episode## that's dedicated to pea patches and in that we're# learning about a connection to a Seattle Farm kind## of give us a little bit of a nugget don't give too# much away but tell us a little bit about that if## pea patches come from somewhere the idea they're# in every neighborhood now but the original P patch## is really interesting story and it stems from an# Italian immigrant family that moved to Seattle in## the late 19th century and they farmed in what's# now the city and the farm lasted into the early## 1960s now this is the era of Century 21 and uh# post-war sprawl and somebody came up with the## idea of preserving a piece of that farm to to# uh be a b a pilot test for pea patches and it's## grown into quite a thing and so we tell the story# of how that happened for people that may not be## familiar with mossbacks northwest why should# they watch I think people who are interested## in Northwest history will be really interested in# these shows I think people who aren't particularly## interested will find good stories that appeal to# a broad cross-section of people and cover a lot## about who we are where we came from what we have# struggled with and I think they'll find that these## episodes collectively have relevance to how we're# living now can it was a pleasure speaking with## you if you want to learn more about season 8 of# mossback on kcts it's coming up on October the 5th a group of Eastern Washington Baristas joins# the ranks of other unionized Starbucks workers## more on what it means for them more yes votes# led to a notable win to unionize for Eastern## Washington Starbucks workers a rare occurrence# since organizing started at the coffee Giants## franchises about two years ago the recent# majority vote happened in mid-september by## Benton County Starbucks Baristas to join the# National Workers United Union making the prer## location the 27th franchise in Washington to# vote to joined the union and just the third in## Eastern Washington while unionization moved more# slowly at the region Starbucks cafes Barista say## it's because there are fewer stores less# visible Workers United reps and job loss## fears Starbucks in an email said while Starbucks# prefers a direct relationship with his Partners## we respect the outcome of all fairly conducted# elections and continue to make an effort to meet## those unions at the bargaining table to progress# good faith contract negotiations however none of## the roughly 9500 company-owned Starbucks# shops Nationwide have secured an initial contract.

Washington's trend of treatment courts# expanded to the state's third largest city will## explore how it aims to curb recidivism this# summer the city of Tacoma launched what are## called therapeutic courts an alternative system of# justice that other Washington municipalities have## participated for nearly 3 decades.

The mental# health court aims to treat and rehabilitate## people accused of crimes who are also dealing# with mental illness diagnosis Washington has## experimented with treatment courts where instead# of jail time those accused are offered help to## address the root causes of why they're in# the system in the first place in hopes of## reducing their chances of reoffending.

A 2021# report on King County Community Court found## that by the third year after enrolling in# Community Court participants saw 87% fewer## jail bookings compared to the year before they# enrolled, but there are critics.

This year the## city of Seattle terminated its Community Court# model citing Low Court completion rates and a## lack of screening for individuals with serious# criminal histories as evidence of the Court's ineffectiveness I'm Paris Jackson thank you# for watching Crosscut now your destination## for nonprofit northwest news# go to crosscut.com for more