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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Casual Friday: 'Radio eye roll'
This week, Seattle gets to grips with actually having a pro hockey team. Anyone know how to skate out there? Plus, the Olympics kick off, sans fans. We break it down with co-hosts of the Barbershop podcast Marcus Trufant and Terry Hollimon.
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How to build a hockey team
Seattle will soon have a fifth pro sports team — the Kraken's debut NHL season starts in October. But how do you build a new hockey franchise from the ground up? Seattle Now producer Clare McGrane explains the answer involves a bit of politicking, a bit of player stealing and a lot of transplanted fans.
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Billionaires in spaaaace
Space tourism takes another step closer to reality tomorrow, when the first passenger flight of Kent-based Blue Origin takes off with Jeff Bezos onboard. It's a big step towards space flight becoming accessible to more people, even those of us who can't spend $28 million on a ticket.
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Birding 101: You don’t need fancy binoculars to be a bird nerd
Lots of folks turned to the outdoors during the pandemic — starting container gardens, enjoying the parks, or getting to know the local wildlife. That got the team behind KUOW’s podcast Seattle Now interested in birding — you know, the hobby.
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Reopened and living life again
Fifteen months later, it’s a new day in the fight against the coronavirus: Washington is back open and most of the pandemic precautions are lifted. We get perspective from epidemiologist Judith Malmgren.
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Seattle summer nights are warming up, and yes, that's because of climate change
Growing up in Seattle, I wore a fleece on summer evenings. Daytimes were warm, sometimes even wilting, but nights, starting around 7 p.m., were crisp.
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The city's next housing crisis
Seattle's eviction moratorium has been extended for another three months, meaning folks who are hurting financially can stay in their homes, even if they can't afford rent. But the extension only delays a reckoning over housing that could have disastrous consequences.
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Seattle's next housing crisis
The city’s eviction ban will be around for another three months, meaning folks who are hurting financially can stay in their homes, even if they can't afford rent. But the extension only delays a reckoning over housing that could have disastrous consequences.
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Amazon's existential problem
Amazon's success has come from its obsessive focus on customers. But that focus is causing an existential problem for the company — and its huge force of hourly workers.
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When is the pandemic over?
Seattle is 70% vaccinated, the state is fully reopening in just a few weeks and Covid cases and deaths are at their lowest point locally in almost a year. Things are looking up. But when can we say the pandemic is finally over?