Seattle Now
Seattle Now is a smart, daily news podcast for a curious city, from KUOW and the NPR Network. New episodes every weekday morning and evening.
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Episodes
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Thursday Evening Headlines
WA's legislature adjourns, racial disparities remain in SPD's use of force, and MacPherson's produce market is coming back. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.
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Seattle needs homes. Here's the latest plan
We need more places for people to live. A lot more. Mayor Bruce Harrell has a new vision to make it happen. It’s all laid out in his update to the city’s comprehensive plan released earlier this week. We dig into where he wants the growth to go with Seattle Times City Hall reporter David Kroman.
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Wednesday Evening Headlines
NTSB says Boeing isn't cooperating, UW wants people for long Covid clinical trials, and Seattle wants to become a "15 minute city." It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.
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Solving King County's fentanyl crisis will take patience
King County is devoting more resources to tackling a staggering opioid problem. Executive Dow Constantine says they’re taking a multi-pronged approach, centered around community-based and recovery-focused care. UW Medicine Research Professor Caleb Banta-Green is here to give us some perspective on the county’s new approach.
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Tuesday Evening Headlines
WA lawmakers pass three GOP-backed initiatives, Seattle's plan for future growth is unveiled, and part of the Columbia River could become a superfund site. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.
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What’s driving WA Dems to vote “uncommitted”
There’s a growing movement among Democrats in Washington State to vote “uncommitted” in the presidential primary, rather than cast a vote for President Joe Biden Seattle Times political reporter Jim Brunner explains what's behind the effort.
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Monday Evening Headlines
King County launches effort to prevent fentanyl deaths, WA Dems argue for voting uncommitted, and two South Sound newspapers will only print three days a week. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.
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The rise and fall of ecommerce giant Zulily
When you need new stuff, odds are you reach for your phone instead of your car keys. Buying things online is just a way of life for many of us. But the market is changing, and there have been local casualties. Seattle Times Business reporter Lauren Rosenblatt tells the story of Zulily… a local internet retail company that boomed, and busted. It points to the way ecommerce is changing.
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Friday Evening Headlines
Running Start expands in WA, Boeing wants to buy Spirit AeroSystems, and we go inside Emerald City Comicon. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.
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Casual Friday with Paige Browning and Casey Martin
This week… There was city council drama in both Seattle and Burien, both involving the region’s homeless population. Washingtonians have a tough pill to swallow as pharmacies in the state are closing at an alarming rate, leaving a hole in neighborhood ecosystems. And the new Mariners uniforms might draw more people to the games, for all the wrong reasons. Seattle Now Afternoon Host Paige Browning and KUOW Reporter Casey Martin are here to break down the week.
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Thursday Evening Headlines
WA to get a hate crime hotline, Tukwila schools face a fiscal crisis, and we remember Seattle scientist Estella Leopold. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.
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Seattle's short-lived Negro League baseball team
It’s the end of February: The last day of Black History Month, and the start of the Mariners Spring Training season. Seattle Now Sports Correspondent Vaughan Jones is here to tell a story that combines both baseball and Seattle’s Black history, the story of the Seattle Steelheads, a short-lived Negro League baseball team.