Andy Hurst
Senior Producer, All Things Considered
About
Andy Hurst is the senior producer for KUOW’s local broadcast of All Things Considered. He works behind the scenes to produce the conversations you hear each day with newsmakers, community members, experts and journalists. Andy has produced interviews on a wide array of topics, and he’s especially drawn to stories about public health, science and arts & culture.
Andy has worked in public radio for more than 15 years. He was previously a producer for KUOW’s The Record, Weekday and The Conversation. He was also previously a member of the on-air team at KUOW, hosting middays for several years and filling in across the radio schedule.
He started his journalism career as the local host and producer for Weekend Edition at Northwest Public Broadcasting in Pullman, Washington. He’s a graduate of the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University.
Location: Seattle
Languages Spoken: English
Professional Affiliations: 2017 Kiplinger Fellow, Ohio State University
Stories
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KUOW Newsroom
King County public defenders & corrections officers see eye to eye on Covid crisis in jails
‘The situation we have at the jails right now is kind of a perfect storm. You had chronic understaffing at the jail, which ran headfirst into this new Covid variant.’
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KUOW Newsroom
Weekend arts picks: NFT gets a museum, Fannie at Seattle Rep, and NAAM’s Virtual King Day
‘We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.’ - Martin Luther King, Jr.
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KUOW Newsroom
As WA lawmakers consider a safe staffing bill, nurses warn of crisis conditions and risks to patients
'It's really important that we do have this safe staffing standard because adding more patients to the nurse's workload is literally hurting patients every single day. It's not good for them.'
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KUOW Newsroom
Sen. Patty Murray on her push for voting rights and the future of democracy
‘I'm one who believes strongly in the right of the minority party to have a voice, but we have reached a point where the Senate is not productive, because one senator can just say, I don't want to have a debate and we don't even get to debate the issue.’
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KUOW Newsroom
Secret Seattle matinee and nerdy bookclub: arts picks
‘I think it's really cool because you have the kind of nerdy book club vibe of people who have read the same book as you, but you get to see people's interpretations of that novel in a whole different form.’
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KUOW Newsroom
Meet Libby Denkmann, host of KUOW’s new show Soundside
Starting on Monday, KUOW is going to sound very different if you tune in during the noon hour. That's when our new midday show Soundside will make its debut. Libby Denkmann is the host. She talked to KUOW’s Kim Malcolm about her backstory and her plans for the show.
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KUOW Newsroom
Fake SPD radio transmissions during 2020 protests ‘added fuel to the fire’
‘If there's anything else out there around the Seattle protests, let's get it out. Let’s get to the rock bottom of what happened, and that rock bottom is also a good place to build a new foundation.’
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KUOW Newsroom
WA taxpayers paid for three state lawmakers to attend election conspiracy event
‘They said, from their perspective, they have a lot of constituents in their districts reaching out to them and saying, we think there's something wrong with these 2020 election results and we support you looking into it.’
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KUOW Newsroom
Pig, PinkPantheress, and Seattle's Spice Box. 2021 pop culture picks
On Nicholas Cage: ‘He just really commits to whatever role he’s in. I truly believe that he could steal the constitution.’
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KUOW Newsroom
Regulators say Amazon obstructed investigations into warehouse safety violations
Washington state officials say Amazon has stonewalled workplace safety inspectors by attempting to prevent them from entering Amazon warehouse facilities.