Matt Martin
Podcast Producer
About
Matt is currently a podcast producer for KUOW. Before switching over to the on-demand side of the station, Matt worked as a producer on The Record for two years.
Matt came to Seattle after spending time up in rural Alaska working as a reporter among the salmon and bears. He also has worked as a reporter in upstate New York and got his start in radio as an intern with StoryCorps in New York City.
Matt is actually a native Washingtonian and grew up in the deserts of the Yakima Valley. He got his undergrad degree in Middle Eastern Studies/Arabic from Brigham Young University.
Stories
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The Wild
A harsh life among ‘super over-caffeinated' penguins
Chris Morgan interviews two filmmakers that got up close and personal with Antarctica penguins.
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The Wild
Bombs, guns and sea lions on the Columbia River
Chris Morgan takes listeners along a complicated journey up the Columbia River, trying to piece together the interplay between people, sea lions, orcas and salmon.
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The Wild
The ‘ghost bears’ of Washington state
Chris Morgan explores the ideas and controversies behind reintroducing grizzly bears to the North Cascades.
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The Wild
Chris Morgan sees a forest therapist
Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about this magazine article I picked up in a doctor’s office called “Take Two Hours of Pine Forest and Call Me in the Morning.”
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The Wild
These Italian bears survived gladiators and Mussolini
Just two hours from Rome is one of the richest ecosystems in Europe, a little island of mountains that to this day is home to wolves, wild boar and bears.
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The Wild
Let the bear make the first move, and other tips to stay safe in the wild
I’m not someone who looks for trouble, but on my travels I’ve been peed on by orangutans, charged by grizzly bears, treed by moose, bitten by squirrels, stalked by polar bears, followed by wolves, chased by wild boar, and even had my finger sliced open by a leaf-cutter ant once.
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The Wild
Living in a freezing hole, watching for tigers that may never come
Host Chris Morgan travels to Russia to meet the man who captured on film the Siberian tigers that are nearly invisible.
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The Wild
Leave it to beavers, seriously
Host Chris Morgan hangs out in Seattle's backyard with some very eager beavers.
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Return of ze big bad wolf
Chris Morgan tracks wolves in Germany.
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The first time I caught a grizzly bear
Weeks of tedium interspersed with moments of absolute terror.