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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Seattle Mountain Rescue celebrates first home base in North Bend
For 75 years, Seattle Mountain Rescue has relied on a constellation of volunteers and a mixed bag of resources to help lost hikers and injured adventurers. As King County has exponentially grown, the demand for Mountain Rescue services has too. Now, for the first time, the non-profit will have a base of operations in North Bend.
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WA Secretary of Transportation on roads, bridges, and ferries
You may be hitting the road soon to enjoy some of the many beautiful parts of Washington State. But projects are underway throughout the state, including highway maintenance, reduced ferry services, and bridge repairs.
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Sound it Out: An update on expanded school oversight
Each week we ask for your thoughts about our stories — where they've succeeded and where they can improve. Today, we're revisiting a segment we aired on the state's expanded oversight over "nonpublic agencies."
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To prevent devastating wildfires, manage people — not just forests
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What exactly is happening in Russia right now?
Armed rebellion… aborted coup attempt… prelude to a civil war… however you label the events in Russia this weekend, they exposed deep divisions within the military forces Vladimir Putin has relied on to fight his war in Ukraine.
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How should park officials deal with traffic/visitors on Mount Rainier? Give your feedback
With crowning, snow covered peaks and sprawling subalpine meadows, it’s no wonder why about two million people visit Mount Rainier National Park every year. But a lot of those visitors are coming by car, and park officials say it’s time to get a handle on all that congestion; they’ve put together four options that the public can weigh in on until Monday.
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SoDo is home to the state’s most dangerous RR crossing. How can we make it safer?
Soundside host Libby Denkmann sits down with producer Jason Burrows to talk about the $2 million in federal funding being used to study the railroad crossing at South Holgate Street south of downtown Seattle.
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Rare and resilient: Sunflower sea stars found on Oregon Coast
Staff at the Oregon Coast Aquarium regularly search nearby Yaquina Bay for ocean life. On a recent voyage, they came across a big surprise – a group of 25 sunflower sea stars.
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'Wolf Play' explores an adoption narrative many experience in real life
In ACT Theater's Wolf Play, the audience watches as a Korean child is adopted, and then re-homed to another family. We watch as he experiences pain and confusion, and the grapples with the realities of adoption. That's not an experience that's unique to the theater.
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King County Metro creates a fast-track to bring back workers
King County Metro is struggling to hire and maintain the number of drivers and mechanics needed to take commuters where they need to go. And as people return to the office, and ridership creeps upwards, that need is becoming greater and greater. Now, the agency has announced one potential solution to this workforce shortage: They plan to rehire and fast-track workers who were let go for not complying with the county’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
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Gender pay gap remains stubbornly high 60 years after landmark legislation
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Yakima looks to 'Housing First' approach as homelessness grows
Solutions to homelessness are becoming more of a political issue – especially for a strategy known as “Permanent Supportive Housing,” or “Housing First.” This policy emphasizes getting people into housing as a first step toward solving more chronic issues like mental health or addiction. For decades this approach has had bipartisan support. But recent challenges from Republicans at the federal level are threatening the avenues for local programs to tap into national funds.