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?
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Episodes
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An update on the race in the 3rd Legislative District
Election workers are still processing and counting ballots from last week's primary election, and some of the early results we saw on election night have shifted. Right now one of the Washington Republicans who voted to impeach President Trump is staring down defeat.
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The books that bind us -- your favorite Washington books and authors
Summer is a great time to curl up in the park with a good book. It's also a time when we start to thaw a bit from our Seattle freeze and head out to explore everything Washington has to offer. From the Palouse to the Peninsula, we have a lot of landscapes to explore. Those landscapes -- and their histories -- have inspired many of our local authors. Today Soundside speaks with some of your favorite authors about what makes Washington a literary wonderland.
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Move over 'Sleepless in Seattle,' it's time for 'A Splash of Love '
A new summer flick has entered the canon of great Pacific Northwest love stories, and this one has orcas.
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Listen again: What federal reforestation plans mean for Washington state
Last Monday the Biden Administration announced plans to plant more than one billion trees across the western United States to restore forests damaged by climate change. Washington State is already facing a tree seed shortage, and our state's forest nursery is racing to ramp up production.
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Hazard pay is the latest casualty of the 'waning pandemic phase'
Seattle grocery store workers will soon see less money in their paychecks after the Seattle City Council voted to no longer require hazard pay. The move is part of a broader trend in Seattle; even as COVID continues to spread in the community, the city is moving away from some pandemic era policies that have helped people get by.
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Where the music has mattered for 50 years: KEXP's big anniversary
You’re listening to Soundside on 94.9 KUOW. But today, we’re talking about a different Seattle radio station.
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After two long years, contemporary dance looks for a comeback
Dance is an intimate artform. When the pandemic hit, and in person interaction dwindled, choreographers, dancers, and producers went in search of what they could do without a dance floor, a stage, or an audience.
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Seattle Pacific University sues AG Ferguson over investigation into LGBTQ+ employee ban
Seattle Pacific University is suing Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson over his investigation of SPU's hiring practices.
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Sharing 'a life-sustaining energy,' exploring Seward Park with naturalist Ed Dominguez
Since 2011, Ed Dominguez has been working at Seward Park's Audubon Environmental Learning Center in one capacity or another, and has been the Lead Naturalist since 2018. After a pandemic induced year long hiatus, the center is back open, and Ed is leading groups of budding birders and long time nature lovers through the park.
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School's in session, and teachers need help
It’s August. The hottest, longest-feeling stretch of summer stands before us. It’s hard to imagine going back to school. But in just about a month, students will be returning to the classroom for a new year of learning. And so will their teachers.
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Demystifying Washington's Election Process
It is primary election day in Washington State, and while we'll have to wait for returns to answer big questions like what will happen to two Republican representatives who voted for impeachment, or who will make it to the general election in the purple 8th congressional district, we can look into voting itself, an act which increasingly seems under threat.
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Envisioning a cleaner Duwamish River in South Park
Communities who live near the low Duwamish River have long experienced the consequences of living next to a Superfind site, including higher rates of asthma and a lower