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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This actor found freedom — and refuge — on the Seattle stage
As a young artist in Tehran, “Julia” Rahmanzaei's theater work repeatedly ran up against the strict rules of government monitors – who shut down several of her shows, including her master’s thesis and performance, which discussed limitations of physical performance for women actors.
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Federal funding expires on March 14th—and Senator Murray has a lot to say
Senator Patty Murray talks to Soundside about the looming expiration date for federal funding. Plus, she shares her concerns about the federal worker firings in our region and across the country.
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How Seattle is preparing for potential federal funding cuts
How much will Seattle change under the Trump administration? And what options does the city have to keep the policies it prioritizes? This week, Seattle city councilmember Alexis Merceredes Rinck will chair the first meeting of the council’s new Select Committee on Federal Administration and Policy Changes, which will attempt to answer those questions.
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Making history for the Mariners, Angie Mentink joins the broadcast booth
Angie Mentink is joining a roster of former players providing color commentary during Mariners' TV broadcasts, becoming the first woman in the club's history to have this regular gig, and she joins Soundside to talk about her road to this point.
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Far from loved ones, Washington’s Congolese community speaks out
In the last couple of months, a rebel militia called M23 has taken control of multiple cities in Eastern Congo. For those escaping conflict, being granted asylum is only the first step in building a new life.
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Washington Rep Marilyn Strickland on funding cuts, federal firings, and more
Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland speaks with Soundside host Libby Denkmann about the impacts of Trump Administration policies in her district.
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Hear it Again: Oscar winning costumer Paul Tazewell
On Sunday costumer Paul Tazewell won his first Oscar for his work on Wicked. He sat down with Soundside last month to discuss his design principles, and his ties to the arts community here in the Pacific Northwest.
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How Seattle's rap scene got its start
In the 1980s, Seattle's music scene was hooked on disco. That made room for a similar but modified version of the song's simple breakbeat by a group called The Sugarhill Gang, who quickly brought "rapping" to a nationwide audience.
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Should Washington curb rideshare surge pricing?
Surge pricing. When there is a lot of demand for rideshares, fares can double or triple their usual rate – or even more. But a first-of-its-kind bill is looking to slow the surge in Washington State. SB 5600 would cap surge pricing and make sure drivers get more of a share of those extra dollars.
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'Get used to it' - Department of Veterans Affairs announces 70,000 jobs will be cut
70,000. That’s the number of jobs the Veterans Affairs department will cut over the next six months. This comes from an internal VA memo leaked to the public this week. What will these cuts look like, and how will they impact the largest integrated healthcare system in the United States?
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Soundside's "Weekend Warmup" - 3/6-9
Soundside producer Jason Megatron Burrows is off to Emerald City Comic Con, but shares everything else exciting happening this weekend too!
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Can the artificial really be 'intelligent'? This researcher wants us to think bigger
In his new book, "What is Life?" Blaise Agüera y Arcas argues for a broadened definition of “intelligence,” to include things like single celled organisms and even basic tools. And he says humans’ development of technology -- most recently, AI -- is part of a long history of symbiotic relationships that have pushed our evolution forward.
