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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Documentary: Inside ICE Detention
A new KUOW documentary, “Inside ICE Detention,” opens a window into this time of rapid transition at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma and looks into who is getting detained, how they are treated and some of the new pressures people are facing as they try to fight deportation.
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Soundside's "Weekend Warmup" - Oct 30-Nov 4
Halloween, Schmalloween. Let's talk about all the events AFTER the spooky stuff is finished, like the CAT CONVENTION or the TOY SHOW!
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Aid for Gaza remains tenuous despite ceasefire
The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas remains a fragile thing. There have been several instances of attacks and crushing retribution since it went into effect. Caught in the middle of this is the humanitarian aid that was promised as part of the ceasefire agreement. That aid is so crucial and has been a clarion call for supporters of Palestinians. How are aid distribution efforts doing in meeting the overwhelming need?
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Bridge over troubled Washington: Billions needed for infrastructure repair
WSDOT is in the “early stages of critical failure” with funds for highway and bridge restoration & preservation, but the WA State Senate has plans to help bolster that effort in upcoming budget sessions.
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As SNAP benefit cutoff looms, WA food banks brace for impact
Local food banks say now is the time to volunteer, or give if you're able. Nearly 930,000 Washingtonians will get cut off from those benefits if the government shutdown continues.
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Why is the U.S. striking boats off the coast of South America?
The strikes have killed at least 57 people since they began in early September.
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Air traffic controllers lose first full paycheck, adding stress to an already stressful job
Air traffic controllers got their first zero-dollar paycheck since the government shutdown began. This is only the latest in a list of grievances bogging these workers down.
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New documentary looks at why shipwrecks led to conflict in the PNW
A new documentary explores how shipwrecks led to tension - and, sometimes, violence - between Indigenous communities and colonists in the Pacific Northwest.
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Soundside's "Weekend Warmup" - Oct 23-27
While we won't be watching the Mariners in the World Series this weekend, there are still a TON of awesome events happening...
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What's actually happening in Portland
The Portland described by President Trump doesn't match the conditions on the ground.
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This Seattle playwright's latest show is about his terminal illness. But don't worry, it's funny.
A Seattle playwright is exploring his experience of living with, and dying from, a terminal illness in his latest production.
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What to know about Seattle's sales tax increase, plus the latest city hall news
We get news on a potential deal between the city and the Seattle police union, a slightly better city budget projection and how the city might spend the revenue from the sales tax increase