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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

  • Monday Evening Headlines

    The Olympic pipeline is running again, SeaTac is getting a new city hall, and Seattle businesses had a good holiday weekend. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.

  • In Seattle, this is how they Find it Fix it

    In Seattle, when you find issues that the city should fix, there’s an app to let them know. And there are a lot of requests. So we got curious about how it all works and ended up on a cleanup run with Seattle's Find It, Fix It team.

  • Weekend Listen: A sci-fi approach to Washington’s struggling power grid

    Today, we’re bringing you the best from another KUOW Podcast, Booming. Our power grid is maxing out. We're plugging in electric cars, massive data centers, and heat pumps all at once.   And the increasing demand is spiking energy bills. But big tech is betting on a solution straight out of science fiction...  Could nuclear fusion fix our growing electricity crisis?  Joshua McNichols and Monica Nickelsburg from KUOW’s Booming podcast have this story.

  • Best of 2025: "Live at the Neptune" grant gives a Seattle band the rockstar treatment

    The Neptune Theatre in the U-District is usually a place for touring musicians. Now a new grant from local arts organizations is opening the door to local music - earlier this year they hosted a Seattle band on stage at the 1,000-person venue for a live recorded show.  Grant winner RUB talked to us about their music, and this opportunity. 

  • Teriyaki turkey: making the Thanksgiving staple uniquely Seattle

    Turkey is central to a Thanksgiving meal, but it's also notoriously hard to cook without losing flavor and moisture. Sushi Kappo Tamura chef Taichi Kitamura has hacked the Thanksgiving bird, in the most Seattle way. Meet the teriyaki turkey.  Hear the recipe's origin story and what to pair with it on this bonus episode of Seattle Eats.

  • Casual Wednesday with Rachel Belle and Geraldine DeRuiter

    This week… It's almost Thanksgiving. We're talking about why fewer people are choosing turkey this year Which grocery store chain has the best pumpkin pie? And what on earth is the "Bird Test?" Author and Blogger Geraldine DeRuiter and Cascade PBS host Rachel Belle are back to break down the holiday.

  • Seattle lei makers provide a sense of home for local Hawaiians

    Washington is home to a growing number of native Hawaiians. And Polynesian culture and traditions are flourishing in the Pacific Northwest. Lei makers are keeping busy in the area, weaving lei for celebrations and milestones. Jeannie Yandell talks with the Seattle Time’s Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton about how things are going in the lei business.

  • Weekend Listen: Seattle social workers treating atypical anorexia, southwest Washington’s shark superhighway, and Vancouver, WA’s blind high schoolers playing goalball

    Today, we’re bringing you the best from the KUOW Newsroom. When we think of someone suffering from anorexia, the image that usually comes to mind is someone who’s skinny, even skeletal… But actually, you can suffer from anorexia in any size body. Southwest Washington’s Willapa Bay is known around the world for its oysters… But every summer the bay also turns into a shark superhighway. You probably know most sports by name, even if you’re not a fan. But, have you heard of goalball? That’s the sport of choice for some athletes at Washington State’s School for the Blind.

  • Friday Evening Headlines

    Community clinics brace for an influx of patients, international enrollment has declined at UW, and the Seattle Torrent take the ice for the first time.

  • Casual Friday with Alex Hudson and Joe Veyera

    This week… Holiday travel is looming, but improvements are on the way at Sea-Tac Airport. Seattle has issued nearly 650,000 parking tickets in the last two years, and the Seattle Times found out where you’re most likely to get fined. And after three years, a “guerilla crosswalk” on Capitol Hill finally became legit. Transit advocate Alex Hudson and Factal Editor Joe Veyera are here to break down the week. .

  • Thursday Evening Headlines

    Gov. Ferguson declares emergency over shut down oil pipeline, Mayor-elect Katie Wilson announces transition team, and SIFF's executive director steps down.