Kim Malcolm
Afternoon News Host
About
Kim is the local news host of KUOW's All Things Considered, airing from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. weekdays. Kim covers breaking and developing daily news, both local and regional, as part of NPR's afternoon drive time programming. She has covered the arts, municipal government, politics, and misinformation as part of KUOW's Stand with the Facts live event series, in partnership with the University of Washington's Center for an Informed Public. She really enjoys election night coverage, in spite of herself. Kim started out in broadcast journalism in Calgary at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, before working at NPR member station KERA in Dallas and then KUOW. Kim spends most winters waiting for baseball season to start.
Location: Seattle and the Eastside
Languages: English
Pronouns: she/her
Stories
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Arts & Life
This week in Seattle arts: a holiday favorite, a twist on Dickens, and more
‘It literally snowed on stage. They had this huge Christmas tree that at one point, grew and grew and grew and grew.’ -Mike Davis
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Health
Ongoing rise in fentanyl deaths highlights need for treatment alternatives
‘I haven't seen anything like it in my 27 years of working with folks with opioid addiction and people experiencing overdoses.’ -Caleb Banta-Green
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Arts & Life
Ho, ho, hold on, December! A winter wonderland to-do list
This week we’re bringing you gleeful, exploratory, deep-diving, and extravagant winter season event picks.
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Health
Getting past the ‘hot flash’ cliché: the science of treating menopause
‘Specialists in this area, it's so important that we have shared decision making with our patients and discuss all the risks and all the benefits so women can make choices that are best for their quality of life during this period of time.’ -Dr. Susan Reed
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Crime
New podcast uncovers the hidden realities of Munchausen by proxy
"None of the experts that we talked to think that this abuse is rare. They think it's very rare that it's caught, and even more rare that there is a successful criminal conviction."
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Health
Health officials urge caution as holidays near
Holiday season is right around the corner, the third since the Covid-19 pandemic began. And, once again, health officials are nervous about how the health care system will fare as people gather and viruses spread.
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Business
What Seattle's tech layoffs mean for the region
‘It's not as if Andy Jassy, the Amazon CEO, is waving his wand from the Day 1 tower to do this and might realize tomorrow, as Elon Musk did in Twitter's case, that he made a big mistake.’ -Todd Bishop
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Portland approved a plan to ban homeless camping. Now what?
‘I'd say the next step is really the council trying to nail down the things they're going to need-- money, support, land-- to make this plan a reality.’
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Arts & Life
It’s cold (and rainy) outside, but warm, joyful, and funky in local theatres
“I love when folks like yourself say, ‘Yo, like, I am an adult and it still hit me in a way I didn't expect.’” -Idris Goodwin
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Seattle faces deteriorating economic outlook