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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An expert guide to help deliver that Seattle 'wow' for your summer guests
"Soundside" host Libby Denkmann joins author Harriet Baskas at Kirke Park in Ballard to talk about her new book, "111 Places in Seattle That You Must Not Miss."
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A shuttered clinic raises questions about anti-racism work in the medical field
Earlier this year, Seattle Children's Hospital released an independent assessment of its anti-racism action plan, which has completed it's first phase. Among several challenges within the report was the still rocky relationship with the Odessa Brown Clinic in Seattle's Central District.
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How the retail rivalry between Amazon and Walmart forever changed the way we shop
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How the journey of one gun tells the story of many
Last November, a 14 year old boy shot and killed a fellow student at Ingraham high school in Seattle. The gun that student used traveled through the hands of multiple teenagers before it reached him, starting in an unsecured closet.
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When power is cheap, crypto moves in. The fallout in rural WA is complex
Take a drive along the Columbia River and you’re bound to see towering dams that produce the bulk of our state’s hydropower. That energy is a point of pride for many Washingtonians – it’s plentiful, clean, and renewable. If you have direct access to that power, your electric bill is probably pretty darn cheap. In recent years the promise of that dirt-cheap electricity has brought swarms of cryptocurrency miners to small towns throughout Central and Eastern Washington. At times, that’s led to some rather unneighborly feelings.
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Years before implosion, experts warned OceanGate CEO and federal government about submersible's dangers
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Red, white, and brisket: Your 4th of July BBQ questions answered
Barbecue on the 4th of July is a time honored tradition. It's as quintessential to the holiday as fireworks and red, white and blue.
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What does a new consulate in Seattle say about U.S.-India relations?
Seattle may never have an embassy row that compares to Washington D.C., but a new player is entering the city's diplomatic community: India.
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Elliott Bay Book Company turns the page on its first 50 years
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How a regional homelessness board became so dysfunctional
In May, the King County Regional Homelessness Authority’s Continuum of Care board made the news for its dysfunction. But some current and former members say problems have been there for years. Since 2021, 11 of the board’s 19 members have left.
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What does SCOTUS' ruling against affirmative action mean for WA?
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday overturned more than four decades of legal precedent by declaring affirmative action unconstitutional. What does it mean for Washington?
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WA Cares Fund: What You Need to Know
Soundside host Libby Denkmann sits down with WA Cares Fund director Ben Veghte to talk about how the long term care plan works, and what it means before the payroll tax to fund the plan starts on July 1st.