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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Health
What the medical field is watching as the state of emergency ends in Washington
Washington state's Covid-19 emergency order comes to an end this month. It's a signal that the state will be moving towards a business-as-usual approach to governing and managing the pandemic. But, at the same time, the pandemic isn’t over and business as usual has its own complications.
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Arts & Life
Hear it again: Anastacia-Reneé reflects on her time in Seattle
After more than a decade in Seattle, the former Seattle Civic Poet has left for New York.
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Government
WA recently expanded voting access for formerly incarcerated people. But barriers remain
Washington state now gives everyone convicted of a felony the right to vote when they leave prison. But some challenges remain for people who were once incarcerated when it comes to casting their ballots.
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Government
Sound It Out: Librarians and the ArriveCan App
Soundside revisits the story we aired last week about crossing the border into Canada and the help that local librarians give when navigating the ArriveCan app.
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Science
NASA is going back to the moon ... eventually
First it was a technical issue with the rocket's engines, then Hurricane Ian, but, NASA's Artemis mission will soon begin and eventually put someone on the moon for the first time in 50 years.
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Government
Is Canada about to ease requirements for crossing the border?
How two and a half years of changing restrictions and an app caused disruption to businesses and residents living along the border
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Government
A week without driving challenges motorists to learn about transportation inequity
City council members, state senators and transit CEOs from around Washington are taking to sidewalks and light rail stations to better understand what it's like to not have access to a car.
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Government
West Seattle residents reflect on 2.5 bridge-less years
The day is finally approaching that people in West Seattle -- and those who want to get to West Seattle -- have been waiting for. After more than two and a half years, the West Seattle bridge reopens this Sunday.
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Arts & Life
The untold history of migrant labor in the Pacific Northwest
Author and historian Megan Asaka tells the story of Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, and indigenous laborers in her book Seattle from the Margins: Exclusion, Erasure, and the Making of a Pacific Coast City.
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Environment
Steep terrain, high winds, and dry conditions make Bolt Creek Fire difficult to contain
The Bolt Creek Fire started early Saturday morning north of Skykomish. Tesidents who fled the path of the fire describe ash falling from the sky. Smoke blotting out the sun. Highway 2 is still closed between Gold Bar and Skykomish and an evacuation notice remains in place for Index.