Brandi Fullwood
Senior Producer, Soundside
About
Brandi Fullwood is a senior producer for KUOW’s midday show Soundside. She joined KUOW in 2019 as a producer on The Record and was promoted to her current position in 2021. She has produced a range of stories from dinosaur experts to misinformation in the 2020 election. They’ve also produced and reported pieces for other KUOW programs like Seattle Now.
Previously, she worked for The World a co-production of the BBC World Service. She focused on tech, culture, and environment stories. Brandi also led a collaborative project for The World and Smithsonian Folkways. She created pieces and reported on music, culture, and communities like this and this and this.
Brandi has written, produced for NPR Music, Noisey Music, and reported for the New Haven Independent. She grew a love for radio through Middlebury College radio station’s WRMC 91.1 FM.
Location: Seattle
Podcasts
Stories
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Soundside
Have you heard about Temperance and Good Citizenship Day?
We didn't think so.
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Soundside
Meet a neighbor: This Leavenworth alphorn player once organized a flash mob
If you're in Leavenworth, you're likely to hear Janet playing solo alphorn up and down Front Street -- and she's also a member of the Bavarian-themed Leavenworth Alphorns.
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Soundside
How will Bruce Harrell tackle one of the toughest jobs in the country?
Can a mayor bring a city together? After two years in a pandemic, a year of reckoning racism in policing, and a surprising electoral result, incoming Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell faces a tough task ahead. Host Libby Denkmann, and Soundside listeners, put their questions to Mayor Harrell.
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KUOW Newsroom
A wildfire burned 85% of this Washington town. This is their recovery story.
If you had to rebuild your town, where would you begin?
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The Record
Do you have questions about rebuilding after wildfire?
It takes time, bureaucracy, and outlook to start again.
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Seattle Now
Your garden might be a fire hazard
If you think you're safe from wildfires because you live in the city, think again. Those pine trees and juniper bushes outside your front door could be putting you in danger.
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For private collectors, dinosaur bones are the new Picasso
There's a market for just about anything — and fossils are hot right now. Collectors are paying tens of thousands of dollars for the latest dig, and that's making it difficult for museums and universities. Private collections are also threatening paleontologists' missions to track important finds.
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Seattle 'ain't what it used to be.' 100 years of grouchy complaints
Susanna Ryan, author of the Seattle Walk Report, takes pride in her archive filled with clippings of complaints. The trove of gripes with the Pacific Northwestern city dates back to 1890.
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Who is stealing catalytic converters in Seattle, and what are they doing with them?
Catalytic converter theft is up more than 3,800% this year over last in Seattle and King County.
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Seattle Now
Why catalytic converters are being stolen in broad daylight
Catalytic converters are being stolen out from under cars all over the city. KUOW producer Brandi Fullwood looked into what's going on, who’s buying all those stolen parts and what you can do to protect yours.