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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Vietnamese diaspora in Seattle are tackling misinformation at home
In 2020, the Center for an Informed Public at the University of Washington took a look at misinformation being spread online about voting in person and by mail. They found a surprising number of social media posts in Vietnamese.
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Why is Seattle dropping 2,000 misdemeanor cases?
Last week Seattle city attorney Ann Davison’s office announced that they would decline to prosecute almost 2,000 misdemeanor charges. The office says this is just a portion of the almost 5,000 case backlog left by Davison’s predecessor, Pete Holmes.
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18 sites across WA contain a slur for Indigenous women in their name, but not for long
The names of our cities, landmarks, and geographic features can tell us a lot about the history of our communities. But when you name something - it's impossible to look into the future and determine if those words will always carry the same weight and meaning.
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Sea Otters are both adorable and valuable fighters in the battle against climate change
Chris Morgan, host of KUOW's "The Wild" podcast, talked to Libby Denkmann about the otters' rescue from nuclear testing in Alaska in the 60's, and the part they play in combatting climate change.
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'Sweetheart Deal:' Inside sex work and addiction on Aurora Ave
In the new documentary "Sweetheart Deal," co-directors Elisa Levine and Gabriel Miller follow four sex workers along Seattle's Aurora Avenue. The film tells the story of four women as they battle drug addiction, dangerous circumstances, and a man called Laughn Elliot Doescher, the self described “Mayor of Aurora."
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Microplastics. It's what's for dinner
Microplastics seem to be in everything, everywhere, all at once. The tiny pieces of plastic are two tenths of an inch or smaller and have been found in the ocean and our bodies. That's right, microplastics have been found in poop and even our blood. But how do we fix that?
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President Biden's coming to town — but are Seattleites excited?
President Biden will be celebrating Earth Day with Governor Inslee and other local Democratic officials. He won a record 75% of the vote in King County during the 2020 election. But today he faces the lowest national approval ratings of his presidency. Soundside guest Sandeep Kaushik says that's due to overpromising during his campaign. Can he make up for those promises now?
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Should vehicles be allowed through Pike Place Market?
Earlier this week, a serious confrontation occurred on the cobbled street running through Pike Place market. Involving three motorists, a hammer, and an injured bystander, the altercation is the latest fiasco to reignite a decades-old debate on whether Pike Place Market should stay open to cars.
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The disgusting, and fascinating, case of the worm in the oyster
If you’ve shucked an oyster from Washington State recently, you might have noticed something new. Black blisters on the meat of the oyster. Researchers are attributing many of these blisters to a parasite they’ve never seen before.
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Delivery apps boomed during the pandemic. Gig workers say it's time for companies to pay up.
It's a pandemic story we all know pretty well at this point:
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Washington just designated its first seagrass sanctuary. Here's why
Last month, the state of Washington announced a new kelp and eelgrass protection zone off the shores of Everett. Covering roughly 2,300 acres, this marine plant sanctuary is the first of its kind. Officials hope the designation will help preserve the vital ecosystem seagrass provides, while also opening an avenue to understand the threats seagrasses face.
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What does it mean to 're-Indigenize' contemporary diets?
Dr. Charlotte Coté is the author of A Drum in One Hand, a Sockeye in the Other: Stories of Indigenous Food Sovereignty from the Northwest Coast, and she sat down with Libby Denkmann to discuss "decolonizing" native diets.