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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Producer picks: bat houses, go games, and the value of parasites
The Soundside team is taking some time off this Thanksgiving week. In the spirit of thankfulness, we're revisiting some of our favorite segments from over the last year, and the hardworking producers who make Soundside are making the picks.
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What does 'fare compliance' mean for light rail riders?
This week, Sound Transit fare ambassadors, those blue vested, yellow hatted transit employees, started issuing warnings to train riders who haven’t paid. It’s the first time in more than three years that Sound Transit is enforcing fares.
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Hundreds of Providence nurses take to the picket line in Everett
Hundreds of nurses at Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett went on the picket line Tuesday morning after authorizing a five day strike. The major sticking points are staffing levels and pay. The union and Providence have been in negotiations for months over a new contract for roughly 1300 nurses.
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OL Reign loses NWSL championship, Rapinoe injured in final game
The stage was set this Saturday, the OL Reign were vying for their first National Women’s Soccer League Championship against New York's Gotham FC. It was also the final professional game for the Reign's transcendent talent, retiring winger Megan Rapinoe, and then, less than five minutes into the match, Rapinoe left with an injury.
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One man’s mission to save the California redwoods by bringing them to the Pacific Northwest
Coast redwoods and giant sequoias are iconic trees that tower over Northern California’s forests, but scientists are wondering if these trees will survive through a rapidly changing climate. It's leading some to consider a potential solution: moving the trees to the Pacific Northwest.
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Hear it again: What's the story of Richland, Washington? It depends on who you ask.
How does a community define itself? And what happens when a community's foundational story intersects with a violent piece of American history? Those are questions director Irene Lusztig takes on in her new documentary "Richland" - about the community surrounding the Hanford Nuclear site in central Washington, which produced the plutonium used in the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki.
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Moms for Liberty pushes right-wing agenda in Washington state school board elections
Across the country, members of Moms for Liberty have increasingly confronted school administrators at board meetings and advocated against school curriculum including subjects like diversity, equity and inclusion, racism in the United States, and LGBTQ+ issues — including in Washington State.
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Is the third time a charm for a new Whatcom County Jail?
Whatcom County voters are looking at .2% sales tax increase on this November's ballot. A similar measure failed in 2015 and then again 2017. Now, county leaders hope a third time is the charm.
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Women priests are defying Catholic doctrine to follow their vocation
As Catholic bishops meet at the Vatican to discuss potential reforms, some progressives aren't waiting for the papal sign off.
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With Seattle homicides at record high, defund 'flip-flop' haunts City Council incumbent Dan Strauss
Seattle City Councilmember Dan Strauss is running for reelection this year. And his opponent, Fremont Chamber of Commerce Director Pete Hanning, is trying to paint him as a flip-flopper unworthy of the seat. The two are running in District 6, which runs from Phinney Ridge through Fremont and Ballard into West Magnolia.