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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Washington cities turn off Flock cameras after public records ruling and UW report
Flock license plate readers take pictures of vehicles and their license plates – pictures that can be used by police to solve crimes. But questions about who has access to the cameras is leading several jurisdictions to turn off their automated licence plate readers.
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Sound It Out: Time to quit the Thanksgiving turkey?
Americans will eat tens of millions of turkeys this Thanksgiving. But is it time to make a different choice?
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"You don't have to fight me on this" - Gluesenkamp Perez on being booed by her own party
Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez is known for bucking her own party's line. Now she's the center of a new fight in DC - over elections ethics.
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Soundside's "Weekend Warmup" - Nov 20-23 and Nov 28-30
A double-dose of the Weekend Warmup, as Soundside shares everything happening this weekend & next, since we'll be off for Thanksgiving!
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From pizza to policy: how Katie Wilson won this year's mayoral race
The inside story of the Wilson campaign – how the team took a newcomer to electoral politics and got her elected mayor.
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Common PNW fish, uncommon feature: teeth on its forehead
A recent study on the spotted ratfish looked at the fish's unusual feature and what it tells us about evolution
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How air traffic controllers are doing post shutdown
Air traffic controllers are getting paid again, now that the longest government shutdown in U.S. history is over. Steph Winder with the air traffic controllers union tell us how they're doing, post shutdown.
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Is Rad Power Bikes powering down?
Rad Power Bikes, based in Seattle, was one of the first to popularize e-bikes with the general public, and grew to be the largest electric bike company in North America. Now, the company is on the brink of collapse.
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What's happening in Sudan?
Sudan is currently in the middle of a massive humanitarian crisis. Despite this upheaval - which has impacted communities in Washington - it feels like a lot of people don't know it's happening.
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Why your local Starbucks might be closed today
Workers are on strike at Seattle-area Starbucks locations. But what's stopping the union and the company from signing their first contract?
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Ask a doctor: Microplastics edition
You’re probably heard the term “microplastics.” And you’ve probably also heard that they’re bad for you. But what exactly are they?
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Lights, Camera, Closures? - The state of independent movie theaters in Seattle
KUOW's Paige Browning sits down with a panel of film experts to talk about the challenges independent movie theaters are facing in an era of streaming and movie studio consolidation.





