Soundside
Get to know the PNW and each other. Soundside airs Monday through Thursday at 12 p.m. and 8 p.m. on KUOW starting January 10. Listen to Soundside on Spotify, iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Additional Credits: Logo art is designed by Teo Popescu. Audio promotions are produced by Hans Twite. Community engagement led by Zaki Hamid. Our Director of New Content and Innovation is Brendan Sweeney.
Mission Statement:
Soundside believes establishing trust with our listeners involves taking the time to listen.
We know that building trust with a community takes work. It involves broadening conversations, making sure our show amplifies systemically excluded voices, and challenging narratives that normalize systemic racism.
We want Soundside to be a place where you can be part of the dialogue, learn something new about your own backyard, and meet your neighbors from the Peninsula to the Palouse.
Together, we’ll tell stories that connect us to our community — locally, nationally and globally. We’ll get to know the Pacific Northwest and each other.
What do you think Soundside should be covering? Where do you want to see us go next?
Leave us a voicemail! You might hear your call on-air: 206-221-3213
Share your thoughts directly with the team at soundside@kuow.org.
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Episodes
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Trump Administration opens half of national forest land for logging
Last week, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins sent a memo establishing an “emergency situation determination” covering more than 112 million national forest acres. That includes five national forests in Washington state. Rollins identified these acres as having either high wildfire risk or declining forest health – allowing timber harvesting to be fast-tracked through environmental regulations.
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Soundside's "Weekend Warmup" - April 17th-20th
Sci-Fi Conventions! Anime! Beer! National Parks! All that & MORE in this Weekend's Warmup!
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The biggest story of the baseball season is ... the bat?
The torpedo bat has been one of the biggest stories of the three week old MLB season. How does it work?
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Discovering the message of Houlme: how one Orcas Island chef has been nominated for the James Beard award seven times
Not a single eatery from Washington state has taken home the big prize in the past three years. If Chef Blackinton wins, it could change the fate of his restaurant, which is both nurtured and challenged by its remote location.
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One Seattle artist's journey to be seen as more than just "inspiration porn"
In a new short animated film called "View from the Floor", Mindie Lind and co-director Megan Griffiths explore Mindie’s life as an artist grappling with imposter syndrome.
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Has the U.S. reached a "constitutional crisis"?
The Trump Administration has made little effort to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States -- is the Administration ignoring a ruling from the highest court in the land? And where does that leave our constitutional democracy?
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Trump order aims to change our understanding of history
In an executive order called “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History,” President Trump criticizes Smithsonian exhibits that examine how race interacts with power and privilege. He claims they “portray American and Western values as inherently harmful and oppressive.”
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Why ER doctors are tuning into THE PITT
An Arm and A Leg's Dan Weissmann joins Soundside's Libby Denkmann to talk about the realities of our new favorite medical drama, THE PITT.
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KUOW Documentary: Fentanyl fuels a persistent ‘hot spot’ at Seattle’s 12th and Jackson. What will it take to fix it?
For years now, members of Seattle's political establishment have been trying to fix one particular street corner: 12th and Jackson, in Little Saigon. This corner is an example of what city leaders call "hot spots" — tiny sections of the city that are home to disproportionate amounts of crime and disorder.
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Local pride organizations see decline in funding
Thousands of people gather in the city throughout the month of June for Pride parties, themed events, and of course a huge parade celebrating and elevating the LGBTQIA+ community here in the Pacific Northwest. But this year, those events may look a little different. And that may be due to pressure from the other Washington.
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A conversation with the host of Sonic Boom: How Seattle Lost its Team
Soundside's Libby Denkmann sits down with the host of SONIC BOOM: How Seattle Lost its Team to talk about LOSING the Sonics, and the possibility of getting them BACK.
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Soundside's "Weekend Warmup" - April 10th-14th
Soundside producer Jason Megatron Burrows gives you all the wild & wacky events to fill your exciting weekend!
