Clare McGrane
Senior Producer
About
Clare is the senior producer and co-host of Control F, a podcast about the data that shapes our daily lives. Clare and co-host Teo Popescu answer big questions about how our world works — from your personal finances to the morning weather report — by digging though data. Clare is also the show's senior producer, managing Control F's production schedule and listener engagement.
Prior to working on Control F, Clare developed and produce the region's premier news podcast, Seattle Now, and KUOW's food podcast, Seattle Eats. Her work on the shows spanned a variety of roles and topics over five years, including extensive coverage the Covid pandemic, stories of foraging for food in the Pacific Northwest, and the drama behind e-book offerings at libraries. Before joining KUOW in 2018, Clare covered the health sciences beat at GeekWire, where she also produced the outlet's podcasts.
Clare grew up between the Seattle area and her family home in Ayrshire, Scotland. She graduated from the University of Washington in 2016 with a B.A. in Creative Writing and Journalism. Outside of work, Clare spends her time crocheting, bouldering, and playing a kind-hearted (if not very smart) Rider of Rohan in her Lord of the Rings roleplaying game campaign.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English, conversational French
Pronouns: she/her
Podcasts
Stories
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WA's most popular hike gets a makeover
Pull out your boots and your bug spray, it's hiking season! Washington’s trails are more popular than ever, but all those extra feet mean our trails need some extra TLC. Today, we'll take you out with a crew fixing up one of the the state’s most popular hikes — Rattlesnake Ledge.
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Amazon vs. Union, Round 2
Amazon workers at the company’s warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, are voting (again) this week on if they want to join a union. It's a question that has divided workers, and the town, in a place where Amazon is viewed quite differently than they are here in Seattle.
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Back to the office
We’re past the Omicron wave and the hybrid work plans are kicking in. But office-based employees are returning to a changed workplace, and there's much for employers to learn. We’ll hear what Microsoft has discovered from two years of research into how people have been working from home.
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Seattle Now: The Great Unmasking
Masks are off... kind of. Our mask mandate ended this weekend, but are people actually ditching their face coverings? We visit two spots a
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Silenced no more
Non-disclosure agreements are a common job requirement, especially in tech. But many NDAs are so broad that they stop employees from speaking up about harassment, assault and discrimination at work. A new state law will change that.
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So long, Russell Wilson
Russell Wilson has played his last game as a Seahawk. We dig into why Wilson is being traded to the Denver Broncos, the legacy he leaves behind and what his departure means for the team next season and beyond.
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Seattle Now: Unions are back in style
Workers at companies including Amazon, REI and Starbucks are pushing to unionize across the country. It's a significant change in the labor landscape, and could signal a sea change in the power of unions in the US -- and
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Revenge of the Hard Pants
Microsoft welcomes workers back to campus today, and office leases in the city are above pre-pandemic levels. This begs the question — are we going to have to give up our sweatpants and go back to formal office attire? We're asking Shea Jensen, Executive Vice President of men's and women's attire at Nordstrom.
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Seattle Now: A lesson on masking
The state's mask mandate for schools will expire next month. That means the decision to wear a mask in the classroom (or not) will be left up to districts, families and students themselves —and the answer is far from simple.
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Ending downtown homelessness?
There's a new vision to end homelessness downtown. If that sentence just made you roll your eyes, we get it. This is a big challenge — but the new approach includes some firsts for the city that might make a big difference. Seattle Times Project Homeless reporter Scott Greenstone explains.