Clare McGrane
Senior Producer, Seattle Now & Seattle Eats
About
Clare produces and reports for Seattle Now, KUOW's daily news podcast. She takes listeners on field trips to vibrant places around the Puget Sound, breaks down complex stories shaping Seattleites' lives, and curates conversations about pop culture in the city. Clare is also the senior producer for Seattle Eats with Tan Vinh, leading the production team and appearing as an on-air co-host for the show's "Tip of the Week" segment. Clare has extensive experience reporting on health and technology, along with an eye for covering Seattle's queer community and the arts.
Previously, Clare was KUOW's emerging platforms producer, leading strategy and product development for digital audio channels. Before joining KUOW, she covered health technology at GeekWire. Clare is a University of Washington graduate with a dual degree in Journalism and Creative Writing. Outside of work, she is an avid rock-climber, reader, and gamer.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English, some French
Pronouns: she/her
Podcasts
Stories
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Arts & Life
Casual Friday with Chase Burns and John Moe
This week, we started counting down to wide-open vaccine eligibility, Amazon ticked off some workers by expecting them to come back to the office and Seattle got cast in a new Steven Soderbergh movie.
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Shots in lucky arms
If you aren't eligible to get vaccinated yet, you can still try your luck at finding a last-minute leftover dose somewhere. Seattle Now producer Clare McGrane visited a city-run vaccination clinic in Rainier Beach to see how it works.
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Arts & Life
Casual Friday with Tan Vinh and Eva Walker
This week was a reopening bonanza: bars and restaurants increased capacity (and were tied to more Covid cases), Seattle gets its first in-person live concert this weekend, and we're even considering going back to the office. Plus: A vaccine hunting story straight out of a sci-fi movie.
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Business
Keeping small businesses alive
We're entering the recovery phase of the Covid pandemic. What does that mean for businesses who have spent the past year barely hanging on?
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Arts & Life
Casual Friday with Marcus Green and Isolde Raftery
Lots of vaccine news this week, plus conversations about how to respond to anti-Asian violence, an anecdote about pandemic dating and the demise of Aplets and Cotlets.
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Arts & Life
Sir Mix-A-Lot and Rachel Flotard regale us with stories from lockdown. (This interview is so good)
Seattle is home to some stellar artists who haven't played a live show in a year. On Thursday, some of them are pulling together to make sure the venues they love are still around by the time we're going to concerts again.
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Arts & Life
Casual Friday with Hannah Weinberger and Paige Browning
This week: Vaccinated people can officially hang out, Washington defends its title as America's best state and a local billionaire marries a science teacher.
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Arts & Life
Casual Friday: Pandemics anonymous
It's been a year since our first Casual Friday. Today, we reflect on the ups and downs of a year in Covidland, and hear some pandemic confessions.
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Politics
Seattle Now: Trying to tax WA's wealthy
Democrats in Olympia have tried and failed to pass a tax on capital gains for years. They have a good chance this year, but the bill faces significant legal hurdles.
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Casual Friday with Melissa Hellman and Matthew Inman
Seattle's anarchist jurisdiction officially ends, the Mariners throw a man overboard and a woman finds an amazing deal on some used crochet in a Greenwood thrift store.