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Seattle Now is KUOW's flagship daily news podcast. Seattle Now brings you quick headlines, smart analysis, and award-winning local news. New episodes every weekday morning and afternoon. Start and end your day with Seattle Now, from KUOW and the NPR Network.

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Episodes

  • 5 Fred Meyers wave good bye-er to the Seattle area

    If you’ve got a soft spot for Fred Meyer, this one's gonna sting. Kroger says it plans to close five Fred Meyers and one QFC in the Seattle area. We’ll hear from Seattle Times business reporter Paul Roberts about why.

  • Tuesday Evening Headlines

    LGBTQ community urges Mayor Harrell to cancel permit for Christian activist group, WA officials move to protect more forestland, and Uber Eats to pay $15 million in labor settlement.

  • A new Seattle clinic aims to turn an overdose into recovery

    Stabilizing someone after a drug overdose is critical to their survival, but that’s often not the end of their struggle with opioid use disorder. A new recovery option is opening in Seattle this week. We’ll learn more about it with UW medicine’s Dr. Caleb Banta-Green.

  • Monday Evening Headlines

    Extreme heat warning extended to Wednesday, FBI leads renewed search for fugitive Travis Decker, and Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh makes history, again.

  • Friday Evening Headlines

    Most of WA is under a heat advisory, downtown light rail service will be disrupted on Saturday morning, and President Trump's Border Czar visits the PNW.

  • Casual Friday with Todd Bishop and Jeff Shulman

    Kroger announced upcoming closures to 4 Fred Meyers in the Seattle area. Washington’s only hybrid electric ferry isn’t working. And people are acting up in public.  UW Professor Jeff Shulman and Geekwire Co-Founder Todd Bishop are here to break down the week.

  • Thursday Evening Headlines

    UW researchers detail human rights abuses by ICE, neighbors dedicate benches to dog walker killed in car jacking, and a heat advisory for Seattle begins Friday morning.

  • Local bands light up Bumbershoot

    Labor Day is almost here. In Seattle, that means Bumbershoot. The local music festival has been around for more than 50 years. Crowds love the mix of local bands in the lineup. KEXP music journalist Martin Douglas gives us a rundown.

  • Wednesday Evening Headlines

    Protestors take over plaza at Microsoft’s Redmond headquarters, efforts to reintroduce grizzlies in the North Cascades go into hibernation, and Seattle gets a new contemporary arts space.

  • Therapists are waiting months to begin practicing in WA

    Becoming a mental health professional can take years of training and education. The licensing process is supposed to be quick, though. But lately, it’s been taking months instead of a few weeks. Hannah Furfaro from the Seattle Times dives into how this affects future mental health care workers and patients seeking care.

  • Tuesday Evening Headlines

    Gov. Ferguson doubles down on WA's sanctuary status, Covid reaches its highest point in a year in King County, and Fred Meyer is closing more stores.