Jason Burrows
Producer/Announcer
About
Jason M Burrows is part of the Production Team on Soundside, and takes on announcing duties when needed.
He got his start onboard the USS Abraham Lincoln volunteering for the ship's KRUZ-FM, then spent 15 years as the "Jack of all Trades" at 96.5 Jack-FM.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English
Pronouns: he/him
Professional Affiliations: Military Veterans in Journalism
Podcasts
Stories
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Race & Identity
The lasting effect indigenous boarding schools have had on Washington state
Earlier this month, the Department of the Interior published a report on indigenous boarding schools in the U.S. These schools separated Native kids from their families, forced them to stop speaking their own languages, and often inflicted abuse in the name of "civilizing" indigenous children. The Interior Department says at one point the U-S supported at least 400 of these boarding schools across the country - including 15 here in Washington. The agency’s Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative also found at least 50 burial sites where children were left in unmarked or poorly maintained graves, and the department is still counting.
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Arts & Life
Recruiting young Seattleites to join a long-suffering club: Mariners fans
If you’re a baseball fan in Seattle, then you already know the heartbreak of watching the Mariners fall short season after season... The last time they made it to the playoffs was more than two decades ago! So, REAL TALK: For someone who wasn't even ALIVE the last time the Mariners were a championship team... why go to the ballpark at all? Soundside producer Jason Burrows went to find out.
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Health
The US grows ever closer to the somber milestone of one million covid deaths
According to several news outlets' accounting, the United States has already passed this grim marker. The CDC's numbers have the nation just shy of that. Either way, the pandemic's toll is hard to fathom. KUOW reporters Kate Walters and Ruby de Luna have been spending time learning about who we've lost to Covid here in Washington State.
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Why an encampment clearing at Woodland Park could point toward a policy shift in Seattle
This morning city crews arrived at Woodland Park in Phinney Ridge to clear what Mayor Harrell's administration called “the last remaining park-based encampment of significant size” in Seattle.
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Health
If Roe v. Wade falls, what does that mean for Washington?
A draft opinion published late Monday by Politico indicates the Supreme Court is likely to strike down Roe v Wade in the near future. That's the landmark 1973 ruling that guarantees federal protection of abortion rights across the United States. Now, draft opinions are just that -- nothing is set in stone yet. But should it happen, this ruling would mean abortion would be banned or restricted in as many as twenty eight states. Today we're dedicating the hour to talking about the implications of the fall of Roe in the Pacific Northwest. And how local supporters of abortion rights are responding.
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Environment
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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Health
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.
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Arts & Life
It's the end of an era as Hale's Ales pulls their final pint
Hale's Ales founder Mike Hale sits down with Soundside host Libby Denkmann to talk the history of Hale's and why they're pulling the plug now.