Hans Anderson
Producer, Soundside
About
Hans Anderson is a producer on KUOW’s Soundside, where he covers a diverse range of topics from conflicts over how to use busy streets to how the open spaces of the Palouse inspire modern musical compositions. He primarily produces segments about politics, the arts, and transportation.
Location: Seattle
Languages Spoken: English
Pronouns: he/him
Podcasts
Stories
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Remembering the Legion of Boom era of the Seattle Seahawks
A new book from The Athletic's Michael-Shawn Dugar looks at the football team's glory years
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Republican candidates from WA find new political life with federal appointments
Two familiar Republican names from last year’s election are back in the news: Joe Kent and Pete Serrano.
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August slipped away for Seattle incumbents
This week we take a look at two different primary election trends. At the city level, voters have an anti-incumbent bent, but in state legislative races, incumbent Democrats who voted for tax increases seem to (mostly) be okay.
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Scientists finally solve the mystery of melting sea stars
For more than a decade, scientists studied the wasting disease but couldn’t figure out why it was happening. A new paper in Nature Ecology and Evolution details the likely culprit.
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Could moving local elections to even years boost voter turnout?
It’s primary election day. If you fail to perform that most sacred civic duty of a free democracy, you won’t be alone. In fact, you’re in the majority.
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New report reveals thousands of unfilled federal firefighting jobs
A new report from ProPublica shows the extent of firefighting job vacancies
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Polls, primaries, and a weird b-day for a 1-year-old pod
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To hear an iconic sound of the Northwest, listen to a driftwood log
Acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton shares one of his favorite field recordings from the Washington coast
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President Trump goes after housing first and harm reduction in executive order
Libby Denkmann spoke with KUOW's Will James about the Trump administration's attempt to revamp homelessness policy in the United States.
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Everybody hates big $ in elections. Is this a fix?
The vast majority of Americans say that money in politics is a threat to democracy. Seattle came up with a novel solution: give everyone money to donate to candidates. In 2015, voters approved the Democracy Voucher program, but is it working?