Andy Hurst
Senior Producer, All Things Considered
About
Andy Hurst has worked in public radio for more than a decade. He's a senior producer on KUOW's All Things Considered.
Andy previously worked on KUOW's midday newsmagazine, The Record. He's also worked as a producer for both Weekday and The Conversation. Andy spent more than six years behind the microphone at KUOW. His voice could be heard just about everywhere on the KUOW schedule. He first joined the station as an announcer for KUOW2.
He started his career at Northwest Public Radio in Pullman, Wash., where he was a producer and the local host for Weekend Edition. In his spare time, Andy likes digging through record crates, going to shows, watching documentaries, and watching baseball. He's a graduate of the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University.
Stories
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Sen. Patty Murray urges her Senate colleagues to convict Trump in impeachment trial
Kim Malcolm talks with U.S. Senator Patty Murray about the impeachment of President Donald Trump, and the upcoming session in Congress.
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Parler sues Amazon after the tech giant boots the app from its servers
‘Laws about social media that oversee what is allowed, or is not allowed, are really old and long predate this form of technology.’
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Independent Chris Vance still wary of ‘the road towards fascism’
‘We have to make sure that the right people win elections, and that people who are willing to destroy the Constitution, never are in a position of power to actually do it.’
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Is carrying crude oil by rail worth the risk? This expert says no
In Whatcom County on Tuesday, a mile-long oil train derailed and caught fire as it was rolling toward a refinery in Ferndale. No one was hurt, and state officials say there have been no wildlife impacts. Eric de Place is an expert on oil trains and derailments. He's director of energy policy at the Sightline Institute -- a non-profit think-tank based in Seattle. He joined KUOW to talk about the dangers of transporting oil by rail.
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Pandemic reading ideas: Author Donna Miscolta shares some books she admires
‘We won’t unforget all we’ve been made to stuff back into our darkest places and sew shut.’
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Seattle invests in cultural space, with an eye towards inclusivity
"The history of Seattle has been this history of haves and have-nots — of those who have access to capital and to property, and those who don't."
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As U.S. authorizes Pfizer vaccine, UW expert looks at hopes and challenges that lie ahead
For a look at what comes next, KUOW’S Kim Malcolm spoke with vaccine expert Deborah Fuller, professor of microbiology at the University of Washington.
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Larry Mizell, Jr. plays tunes that help us get through Covid afternoons
‘I'm trying to mix a little medicine for everybody.’
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Senator Murray on the need for Covid relief, and the concession-less transition
‘We're in this really struggling position that is frustrating to every one of us living through it.’
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Lessons from the last time Seattle let its pandemic guard down, in 1918
We'll take a look back now to more than a century ago on the dangers of letting our guard down over the holidays. During the 1918 flu pandemic, Seattle put in place some tight restrictions on masking and gathering. The decisions that followed were catastrophic. So writes Knute Birger, Editor-at-large for Crosscut.