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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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    Checking the Covid risk meter

    Covid cases are creeping up in King County, and our testing infrastructure is getting worse at detecting them. Just how worried should we be?

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    POTUS in the PNW

    President Biden is headed to Seattle on Friday to talk about clean energy and the economy, but it’s hard to ignore the midterms just six months from now. We'll get some analysis of why the POTUS is in the PNW from NPR White House correspondent Tamara Keith.

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    Local research takes aim at 'Long Covid'

    Thanks to vaccines and better treatments, we’ve made it through the emergency phase of the pandemic. But people are still getting sick with so-called 'Long Covid,' with symptoms long after testing positive. Seattle Times reporter Elise Takahama spoke to some of them and looked into local research to help treat it.
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    Seattle Now: A Kraken fan's miraculous save

    The Seattle Kraken's debut season is almost over. For today's episode, we revisit a story of chance and quick thinking that started at the team's home opener and ends with a fan saving a man's life.

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    Casual Friday with Jas Keimig and Melanie McFarland

    This week we got all the weather. We heard a few theories on what makes you a real Seattleite. Plus the Space Needle is turning 60! We’re breaking down the week with Salon dot com TV critic Melanie McFarland and The Strangers' Jas Keimig.

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    Seattle Now: Is this the Mariners' big year?

    Baseball is back, and this year the Mariners have a lot to live up to. The team came closer to making the playoffs last season than any year since 2001. Is this the year they'll finally end their post-season drought?

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    Seattle Now: How's your mental health?

    Disasters like the Covid pandemic have a dramatic impact on our mental health. Two years after the pandemic started, we're still not out of the woods — but there's an opportunity to make changes for the better.

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    Saving trees, making moolah

    Washington's public lands aren't all protected from logging. In fact, the state makes a lot of money for schools, libraries and hospitals by cutting down trees. That's starting to change with a new plan to preserve forests and "lease" them to companies looking to offset their carbon footprints.
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    Casual Friday with Naomi Ishisaka and Tan Vinh

    This week a U.S. Amazon warehouse unionized for the first time in the company’s history. Alaska Airlines needs more pilots and a contract with the ones it has. And starting next year, job listings will come with salary ranges. Tan Vinh and Naomi Ishisaka from the Seattle Times break it all down.

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    Seattle music producer brings home the Grammys

    Seattle musicians had a couple of nominations but not many wins at last weekend’s Grammy Awards. One producer who did bring home some hardware is a UW artist in residence who just nabbed two more to add to his collection. Steve Rodby tells us about the award-winning projects he’s been working on.