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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Trust, tradition, and balance. Lion dancers in Seattle ward off evil, ring in Lunar New Year
Jan. 29 marks the beginning of the year of the snake, and it's an extra special Lunar New Year in Washington state, because this year, it's a state holiday for the first time.
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A think tank wants to accelerate cleanup at Hanford. Locals, though, aren't in a hurry
Project 2025 wants to finish cleanup at Hanford decades faster than currently expected. Soundside was joined by reporters Anna King and Jeanie Lindsay to discuss the project's strategy for dealing with Hanford's waste, and how the state is reacting to the blueprint.
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Soundside's "Weekend Warmup" - 1/30-2/2
Soundside Producer Jason Megatron Burrows celebrates a birthday, AND gives you the scoop on all the best events happening in our region this weekend.
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"I feel like a foster parent." Outgoing chief Sue Rahr on hiring, leadership, and sexism at SPD
Chief Rahr sat down with Soundside host Libby Denkmann to discuss what’s changed during her time in leadership, and what still needs to happen at SPD.
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Lion Dancing into the Lunar New Year
Lion dancers from Mak Fai Dragon and Lion Dance Association talk about lion dancing during the Lunar New Year. This year is the first time the Lunar New Year is officially recognized as a Washington state holiday.
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Soundside listeners sound off about our coverage of Trump 2.0
Soundside host Libby Denkmann shares listener feedback about KUOW's coverage of the Trump Administration. KUOW News Director Jason Pagano shares the Newsroom's approach going forward, and we talk to Washington Post media reporter Jeremy Barr about the national view.
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How our local newsroom plans to cover the second Trump administration
While there are many uncertainties on the horizon, one thing doesn’t change, said KUOW News Director Jason Pagano: “No matter who’s in office, we have a commitment to fairness, independence, impartiality, accuracy, and responsibility for what we report.”
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Fueling innovation, or exploitation? Trump supporters feud over future of H-1B visas
H-1B visas have drawn recent criticism from anti-immigration conservatives and pro-labor liberals. Soundside is joined by a local panel to discuss how the temporary worker system can improve, and what changes could be on the horizon.
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Seattle counted trees as protected that may not have been in peril
Seattle said its tree ordinance would protect 100,000 trees. But, as InvestigateWest's Robert McClure explains, that “protected” label is often misleading.
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Former Auburn cop sentenced for murder
KUOW reporter Amy Radil explains how one Washington law made this sentencing possible.
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Converge Media wants you to support Black business
Converge Media's Besa Gordan talks about the Support Black Business Campaign.
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WA lawmakers again consider cap on rent increases