Hans Anderson
Producer, Soundside
About
Hans Anderson is a producer on KUOW’s Soundside, where he covers a diverse range of topics from conflicts over how to use busy streets to how the open spaces of the Palouse inspire modern musical compositions. He primarily produces segments about politics, the arts, and transportation.
Location: Seattle
Languages Spoken: English
Pronouns: he/him
Podcasts
Stories
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Arts & Life
Searching for home. Seattle author publishes first book of short stories
This week, Seattle’s Ronit Plank is releasing a short-story collection, “Home is a Made Up Place.” Plank is known as a memoirist. Her first book, "When She Comes Back," documented her relationship with her mother, who left Plank as a child to join a cult.
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Health
Along WA-ID border, abortion laws create confusion for health care providers
Since Roe v. Wade was overturned last year, lawmakers in Olympia and Boise have been pursuing vastly different goals on abortion access. Many health care providers aren't sure what they can and can't do.
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Health
Siblings of people with disabilities find connections through Sibshops
Sibshops started in Seattle over 40 years ago. Today they take place across the United States and around the world.
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What is the social housing initiative? You asked, we have answers
Initiative 135 would create a publicly owned developer that builds and preserves affordable housing. KUOW’s Joshua McNichols recently reported on some of the arguments for and against I-135, which is the only item on the Feb. 14 ballot. We received a number of questions about the initiative. We looked into a few of those questions.
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Government
The challenges of designing safer Seattle streets
After "a particularly fatal year," Seattle is expected to receive $25.7 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation to prevent traffic fatalities.
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Dwindling worshippers, low attendance: behind the Archdiocese of Seattle's consolidation plans
The Archdiocese of Seattle, which covers Western Washington from the Canadian to Oregon border, announced last week a plan to consolidate churches into parish families that share a priest and buildings. A number of factors, including low mass attendance, are driving the decision.
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Arts & Life
Serenity, surprise, and delight: sharing the legacy of architect Minoru Yamasaki
Seattle-born Minoru Yamasaki was one of the most prominent American architects of the 20th Century, best known for designing the first World Trade Center. His granddaughter, Katie Yamasaki, is sharing his story with new generations of would-be architects in her new book, “Shapes, Lines and Light: My Grandfather’s American Journey."
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Education
Families push back on Bellevue Schools' consolidation plans
The Bellevue School District says low birth rates, pandemic trends, and the high cost of living are contributing to declining enrollment. That low enrollment has the district planning to close some of its schools, but parents wonder if more can be done to save them.
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Government
Barriers prevent rural communities from accessing climate funds
Federal grants to help communities prepare for the effects of climate change are a major portion of the 2021 infrastructure law, but requirements like a "local match" can be a big barrier to rural jurisdictions accessing those funds.
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Arts & Life
Remembering Jonathan Raban, a travel writer in name only
The Seattle -based author floated down the Mississippi, sailed Alaska's Inside Passage, and documented failed homesteads in Montana, all while writing about being an outsider trying to figure out new places.