Soundside
Get to know the PNW and each other. Soundside airs Monday through Thursday at 12 p.m. and 8 p.m. on KUOW. Listen to Soundside on Spotify, iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Additional Credits: Logo art is designed by Teo Popescu. Audio promotions are produced by Hans Twite. Community engagement led by Zaki Hamid. Our Director of New Content and Innovation is Brendan Sweeney.
Mission Statement:
Soundside believes establishing trust with our listeners involves taking the time to listen.
We know that building trust with a community takes work. It involves broadening conversations, making sure our show amplifies systemically excluded voices, and challenging narratives that normalize systemic racism.
We want Soundside to be a place where you can be part of the dialogue, learn something new about your own backyard, and meet your neighbors from the Peninsula to the Palouse.
Together, we’ll tell stories that connect us to our community — locally, nationally and globally. We’ll get to know the Pacific Northwest and each other.
What do you think Soundside should be covering? Where do you want to see us go next?
Leave us a voicemail! You might hear your call on-air: 206-221-3213
Share your thoughts directly with the team at soundside@kuow.org.
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Episodes
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NASA is going back to the moon ... eventually
First it was a technical issue with the rocket's engines, then Hurricane Ian, but, NASA's Artemis mission will soon begin and eventually put someone on the moon for the first time in 50 years.
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'This is for all of us.' Hundreds gather in Bellevue to protest death of Mahsa Amini
On Sunday, hundreds of protestors gathered in Bellevue to demand justice for Mahsa Amini. The 22-year woman died in Iranian police custody earlier this month
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How technology is mapping the unheard conversations of our natural world
When you step into a forest, or walk along a beach, there's a lot to take in -- the sound of waves, crashing against the sand, birds chirping to each other in the trees. But there's a lot we don't hear
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'Critical Race Theory' and gender studies take center stage in Spokane
The Mead School District in Spokane recently voted on policies banning "Critical Race Theory" and gender studies materials from libraries. Soundside host Libby Denkmann looks at the conversation surrounding these policies.
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Hear It Again: Barriers to Recreation
Soundside talks to Rico Bembry of the Black Washingtonians Workgroup on Recreation, about the challenges faced by communities of color as they enjoy the outdoors.
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Hear It Again: Seattle Mountain Rescue
Soundside talks with David Dunphy of Seattle Mountain Rescue about their mission, and their new headquarters in North Bend.
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Is Canada about to ease requirements for crossing the border?
How two and a half years of changing restrictions and an app caused disruption to businesses and residents living along the border
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How long will smoky skies linger above Puget Sound?
The smell of the air around the Puget Sound today is... not pleasant. Some KUOW employees described it as "like a smoked ham" or "similar to a car backfiring". So, how long will we be living with this burnt ham, car backfiring, badly-made bonfire smoke? And what is breathing it in doing to our bodies?
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Space, our final dumping ground. Can we clean it up?
Last week, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) introduced a new bill calling for the removal of "space junk." The Orbital Sustainability Act, or the ORBITS Act, aims to promote the development of technology and methods to clean up rocket and satellite debris orbiting Earth.
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'Local Sightings' brings PNW films back to Seattle
Last Friday the Northwest Film Forum launched "Local Sightings" - a film festival dedicated to movies made by and about the Pacific Northwest.
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A week without driving challenges motorists to learn about transportation inequity
City council members, state senators and transit CEOs from around Washington are taking to sidewalks and light rail stations to better understand what it's like to not have access to a car.
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Incoming SDOT director promises ‘top to bottom review’ of Vision Zero
Before taking the top job at SDOT, Greg Spotts was in Los Angeles, leading the city of L.A.'s street services bureau. Soundside host Libby Denkmann spoke to Spotts about some of his priorities for the department in his first year on the job, Vision Zero, and creating a more climate-resilient transportation infrastructure.