Patricia Murphy
Host
About
Patricia Murphy is the host of Seattle Now, a daily news podcast.
Her interviews focus on experts and newsmakers. Previously, you could find Patricia on the beat reporting on military and veteran affairs, justice, and health.
In 2018 Patricia received a regional Edward R. Murrow award for a series about the motivations of young people who carry guns. In 2005 she received a national Edward R. Murrow award for her reporting on injection drug use.
Though her first job in news was throwing hard copies of the Sunday paper from her bike, Patricia also graduated from Emerson College with a B.S. in Communications.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English
Pronouns: she/her
Professional Affiliations: Dart Center, Ochberg Society for Trauma Journalism
Podcasts
Stories
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Arts & Life
Seattle loves streateries. Does Ballard Ave?
Streateries are one of Seattle’s favorite pandemic byproducts. The city made street dining permanent and added an amendment to give historic districts six months to decide whether or not they’re a good fit. Like on Ballard Avenue, where there’s tension about whether one of Seattle’s most successful stretches of streateries gets to stay. The Urbanist’s Ray Dubicki is here to talk us through the decision.
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Crime
Safety? It's a statistic and a feeling
Last week, the Seattle Police Department released their annual crime report for 2022. Violent crime was up, except in the last quarter. Concern and fear about violent crime is up too. And that perception may be more important than the statistics. Seattle University’s Dr. Jackie Helfgott is here to explain why.
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Arts & Life
Casual Friday with Lex Vaughn and Mike Davis
This week, there’s a special election, with one thing on the ballot: social housing. Microsoft is beefing up their search engine to catch up with Google, and the downtown Regal Theater is just like Schrödinger's cat - it’s either dead, or alive, but we don’t know which. Needling Editor in Chief Lex Vaughn and KUOW Arts and Culture Reporter Mike Davis are here to break it all down.
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Faux spring hits Seattle’s housing market
Here's a forecast for Seattle area homebuyers: partly cloudy with a chance of less competition. The start of Seattle's 2023 housing market is off to a temperate start with financial worries buzzing. But for a few winter is offering glimmers of bright spots Seattle Times business reporter Heidi Groover is here to help us with the forecast.
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Health
Navigating care in a Catholic hospital system
In Washington about half of hospitals are Catholic run due to mergers. And that can complicate access to things like abortion, gender affirming care, and death with dignity. A new bill would authorize public oversight of hospital mergers and whether they would impact access to care. Seattle Times reporter Nina Shapiro is here to talk about the bill and our local hospital network.
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Arts & Life
Seattle's got a new Poet-in-Chief
Seattle has a new Civic Poet. Since 2015, the position has helped foster a relationship between the city and its creatives and help bring poetry to the people. We’ll hear from Shin Yu Pai, Seattle’s new Civic Poet and host of KUOW’s The Blue Suit, about her new role.
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Law & Courts
Social housing, explained
Seattle needs many thousands of units of affordable housing right now and the need is only growing. Now voters in the city are being asked whether or not to approve social housing. A new-to-us idea that would create mixed income buildings... Well, eventually. Axios Seattle’s Melissa Santos is here to explain. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Make the show happen by making a gift to KUOW: https://www.kuow.org/donate/seattlenow And we want to hear from you! Follow us on Instagram at SeattleNowPod, or leave us feedback online: https://www.kuow.org/feedback
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Casual Friday with Kemi Adeyemi and Jodi-Ann Burey
This week, we say goodbye to the ‘Queen of the skies’ the Boeing 747, Seattle Public School students and educators push for more support for ethnic studies and attack of the fungi goes from silver screen to reality real quick with some stomach churning research. UW professor Kemi Adeyemi and author Jodi-Ann Burey are here to break down the week.
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Arts & Life
Downtown Seattle's identity crisis
Some people think downtown Seattle is dying or already dead, while others see it as a place that just needs a fresh start. Seattle Now producers Vaughan Jones and Brooklyn Jamerson-Flowers went on a mission to see what’s going on in Seattle’s urban core. You'll hear from people who live, work and enjoy our city center.
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Health
Seattle can do more for pedestrians
Here in Seattle walking and biking are an important part of city life. But pedestrian/vehicle collisions are on the rise in Washington state. We’ll talk with Urbanist senior editor Ryan Packer about the problem and what it might take to make things safer for walkers and cyclists.