Clare McGrane
Podcast Producer
About
Clare produces KUOW’s news podcast, Seattle Now. She specializes in episodes on health, especially the Covid-19 pandemic and vaccine, and occasionally produces the show’s Casual Friday episodes. She previously worked as KUOW’s Emerging Platforms Producer, where she was the primary product manager for new digital products and helped to develop, pilot and launch Seattle Now.
Before joining KUOW she was the health sciences beat reporter and podcast producer at GeekWire, and she holds degrees in journalism and creative writing from the University of Washington. Outside of work, you’ll find her rock climbing and playing the teenage sorceress Elspeth Margaster in her current Dungeons & Dragons campaign.
Location: Seattle
Languages Spoken: English
Podcasts
Stories
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Seattle Now
Seattle Now: Definitely no crimes in this episode
The second week of 2022 was a lot like the first week of 2022: wet, gray and filled with Omicron. We talk school closures and judging risk in this new not-lockdown times. Plus, escape to a different kind of
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Seattle Now
How do we make the city safer for pedestrians?
More Seattle walkers and bikers are dying on the city's roads than five years ago, despite an initiative to eliminate traffic fatalities by the end of this decade. KUOW's Gracie Todd dug into why it's happening and what could be done to reverse the trend.
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Seattle Now
Casual Friday: The Homer Simpson Transformation
It's a new year, but Covid didn't get the memo that it's no longer invited to the party. Between scrambling to find rapid test kits and returning to our home offices, it's been a hell of a week. Plus, we look ahead to the good food Seattle can expect to see in 2022.
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Seattle Now
Drama at Stevens Pass
It's been a rip roaring start to snow season, but half of the ski resort at Stevens Pass is still closed. It's not alone — other Seattle area ski repor
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Seattle Now
Skagit Valley Chorale
Another favorite story from 2021, about a choir in Mount Vernon trying to sing together again a year after the pandemic came to their community.
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Seattle Now
Casual Friday: A very Krampus Christmas
It's Christmas Eve! Lots of folks are hoping for snow this weekend, everyone is hoping Omicron doesn't show up uninvited. Plus, Leavenworth is the new front on the "War on Christmas," according to one guy with a Bratwurst stand at least. We dig into it all with Jeannie Yandel, host of Battle Tactics for your Sexist Workplace, and Libby Denkmann, host of a new KUOW show, Soundside.
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Seattle Now
Casual Friday: An augmented reality New Year's
The Space Needle says it's bringing back real fireworks this year, but please stay at home and watch them online. Washington names its newest state ferry. And should cars be allowed to drive through Pike Place Market?
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Seattle Now
The secret history of nukes in WA
Since the launch of the Manhattan Project 80 years ago, Washington has been a hub for both facilities that make components of nuclear weapons and the weapons themselves. KUOW investigative fellow Gracie Todd dug into our legacy with nukes and is here to tell us all about it.
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Seattle Now
Casual Friday: Outsmarting the package thieves
We learned more about Omicron this week, and it's causing some people to rethink their holiday plans. But there's still plenty of festive spirit around the city, including the holiday tradition of trying to outsmart package thieves.
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Seattle Now
It's coyote o'clock in Seattle. Should you bring your cats in?
If you're going by NextDoor, it sounds like an army of coyotes is cruising Seattle streets for pet cats. But cats may not be on the menu as much as cat owners fret. Patricia Murphy speaks with KUOW editor Isolde Raftery about why she started looking into coyotes — and what they like to eat. Turns out, coyotes may be to thank for curbing the city's rat population.