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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After Alaska flight loses door plug at 16,000 feet, questions about Boeing Max planes linger
On Friday, 20 minutes after takeoff and at an elevation of 16,000 feet, a door plug on the side of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 ripped off midair. As oxygen masks dropped from the ceiling, some of the 171 passengers took videos on their phones of the gaping hole in the side of the jet. After quickly circling back to Portland, Ore., the plane landed safely. Now all the attention is on what could have happened aboard that Boeing 737 Max 9.
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UW researcher slows down hummingbirds to study them. What he found is amazing
Alejandro Rico-Guevara has dedicated his life to looking at Hummingbirds in ways other people can’t. What he’s learned changed the world’s understanding of hummingbirds and, at times, has been of great use to humans.
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What's behind a banner season for the UW Huskies? It could be a fan 'collective'
What's behind the Huskies' surprising position as a contender for the College Football National Championship? One of the reasons for their success may be thanks to a new gray area tactic that helps teams recruit and retain players: Fan “collectives.”
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In life and death, Tokitae the orca sparks a reckoning
In life, Tokitae the orca became a symbol to the humans who surrounded her; taking on a different meaning to each person. In her story "The Call of Tokitae", reporter Caitlin Gibson chronicles the orca's life and death through the people who knew her best.
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Celebrating the day ‘the sun turns around’ in the Pacific Northwest
Each December, tribes throughout the Pacific Northwest mark the winter solstice with what’s known as “Indian New Year.” The festivities include a feast commemorating the shortest day of the year, the return of longer days, and, eventually, springtime harvest.
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Tips for sorting online fact from fiction
Hoaxes, scams and bogus content are always lurking on the internet. But with a presidential election looming and social media companies pulling away from content moderation, 2024 is primed for a new level of nonsense. So how do you sort fact from fiction?
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2023 was a big year for new state laws. Will 2024 live up to that standard?
The 2024 legislative session kicks off Monday. What should Washingtonians expect?
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Which stories are going to be dominating your newsfeed in 2024? KUOW reporters sound off
Soundside reached out to reporters and editors at KUOW to share their predictions for what will dominate our newsfeeds, along with any resolutions they're making for 2024.
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Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda reflects on Seattle's past, and looks to King County's future
Few people have made as big an impact on Seattle politics in recent years as outgoing City Councilmember and incoming King County Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda.
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Soundside picks: beavers, twins, and a pilgrimage
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Producer picks: posthumous poetry, historical searches, and spring football
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Producer picks: the future of churches, and puppies, in Washington
The Soundside team is taking the week off to celebrate the holidays. So, as we end 2023, we're looking back at some of our favorite stories from the last year, and the hardworking producers who make Soundside are making the picks. Today, supervising producer Sarah Leibovitz shares some of her favorite pieces from the last year.