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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Seattle Now: Trump's refusal to concede
President Trump has refused to concede the election and allow President Elect Biden to start the transition process. Today, we ask what history can tell us about what will happen next.
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Seattle Now: Reconciling our differences
Joe Biden may be the President Elect, but he’ll be leading a deeply divided country. Before we reconcile our differences we need to take a hard look at why they exist in the first place.
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Seattle Now: WA's election results
We’re still on tenterhooks waiting for the results of the presidential election, but lots of races in Washington have already been called. Today on the show: five things you need to know about Washington's results.
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Seattle Now: WA's Obama-Trump vote
Five counties flipped from blue to red in 2016, and the reason why could tell us how the next election will go.
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Seattle Now: Students left behind by online learning
More than a month into the online school year, it's clear many students are struggling. Students with disabilities have been largely left behind.
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Seattle Now: Politics is in for young voters
Years of youth-led protests over climate change, gun control and policing have ignited a new generation of voters. Now young people are turning up at the polls in record numbers.
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Seattle Now: How's our transit system holding up?
Our transit budget may have dodged a bullet in the defeat of I 976, but Covid is creating financial and safety problems for busses and light rail.
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Seattle Now: Conspiracy theories are on the ballot
President Trump has been challenged for sharing information about far-fetched conspiracy theories, but he's far from the only politician doing so. Conspiracies and misinformation are showing up in elections all over Washington.
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Seattle Now: Should I go to the movies?
Theatres are opening in the Seattle region for the first time since March, and restaurants and weddings will have looser restrictions. How should we gauge the risks of these new options?
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Seattle Now: WA's Latinx vote
Latino voters are the "sleeping giant" of politics. In Washington, they're becoming an increasingly important part of the electorate.