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Seattle Now is KUOW's flagship daily news podcast. Seattle Now brings you quick headlines, smart analysis, and award-winning local news. New episodes every weekday morning and afternoon. Start and end your day with Seattle Now, from KUOW and the NPR Network.

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Episodes

  • The path to housing density is tangled in power lines

    Seattle is in dire need of more housing density. The city also wants to be climate conscious in a warming world. Right now, those two goals are at odds with one another in some instances and it’s slowing the development of necessary middle housing. We’ll talk more about that with Seattle Times reporter Greg Kim.

  • Wednesday Evening Headlines

    Mayor Wilson to expand tiny house villages, face mask ban for law enforcement likely to pass, and Starbucks is relocating some corporate employees to Nashville.

  • This Rainier Beach High School basketball player is already a millionaire

    Rainier Beach High School is the current home of the best boys high school basketball player in the country. It’s very exciting, but also raises questions about the future of high school athletics. We’ll hear more about Tyran Stokes and what his young career represents.

  • Tuesday Evening Headlines

    King County bans new immigration detention facilities, tech leaders line up for and against the millionaire's tax, and British Columbia adopts permanent daylight saving time.

  • AI companions can befriend teens and affect their development

    Young people are increasingly using AI companions. They can be useful, up to a point. AI companions are designed to keep young people engaged. We’ll talk about the risks and benefits with UW professors and co-directors of the Center for Digital Youth Dr. Katie Davis and Dr. Alexis Hiniker.

  • Monday Evening Headlines

    Local leaders react to war with Iran, WA's urban forestry program is on the chopping block, and the Seattle Torrent set attendance record for women's hockey.

  • "Adults in the Room" revisits the allegations that rocked Garfield HS in 1999

    In 1999 at Garfield High School, two seniors heard a rumor that a popular teacher had abused a student. After they told authorities, some teachers and students turned on them. But those rumors turned out to be true. KUOW’s Managing Editor Isolde Raftery is one of those students. We talk with her about new narrative podcast “Adults in the Room".

  • Weekend Listen: Transgender youth care under fire in western Washington, meeting a millionaire poised to pay Washington’s new tax, and taking a cold plunge at Golden Gardens

    Today, we’re bringing you the best from the KUOW Newsroom… First, the Trump administration’s effort to end trans youth’s access to gender-related medical care, and how that’s showing up here in western Washington. Next, a story about the proposed “millionaire’s tax” in Washington state. And finally, we’ll hear from some people at Golden Gardens who swear by the cold plunge… even during the coldest winter months.

  • Friday Evening Headlines

    Amazon is no longer the top employer in Seattle, Mayor Katie Wilson is asking city departments to find ways to slash their budgets, and a western Washington-born singer was just named one of Time Magazine's Women of the Year.  It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Ruby de Luna.

  • Casual Friday with Phyllis Fletcher and David Lewis

    This week… Drama in the state legislature as lawmakers discuss the proposed "millionaire's tax.” Some Mercer Island residents had to stop flushing their toilets for a day. And the McDonald’s golden arches may be making their way to Capitol Hill. KUOW Editor Phyllis Fletcher and Local Historian David Lewis are here to break down the week.

  • Thursday Evening Headlines

    Recreation areas could close this summer due to funding cuts, Bill Gates apologizes to foundation staffers, and Seattle Torrent Gold Medal winners return home.