Jason Burrows
Producer/Announcer
About
Jason M Burrows is part of the Production Team on Soundside, and takes on announcing duties when needed.
He got his start onboard the USS Abraham Lincoln volunteering for the ship's KRUZ-FM, then spent 15 years as the "Jack of all Trades" at 96.5 Jack-FM.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English
Pronouns: he/him
Professional Affiliations: Military Veterans in Journalism
Podcasts
Stories
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Sharing 'a life-sustaining energy,' exploring Seward Park with naturalist Ed Dominguez
Since 2011, Ed Dominguez has been working at Seward Park's Audubon Environmental Learning Center in one capacity or another, and has been the Lead Naturalist since 2018. After a pandemic induced year long hiatus, the center is back open, and Ed is leading groups of budding birders and long time nature lovers through the park.
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What can Seattle learn from Spokane's "Missing Middle Housing" solution?
The City of Spokane voted to allow “missing middle housing” across the city earlier this month. That means it’s now legal to build duplexes, triplexes, quads and townhomes in all residential areas. KUOW’s Joshua McNichols looked into how that happened, and what kind of competition that sets up for Seattle, which also has a housing shortage.
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The heat, the smoke, the pandemic, rising costs. It's not an easy time to make wine in the PNW.
In 2020, wineries in the Pacific Northwest had to rethink how they did business... Because of the pandemic, they couldn't keep their tasting rooms open. Wildfire smoke got into grapes and changed the way their wines tasted, and often not for the better. The supply chain wineries relied on started faltering. And, of course, our summers are getting hotter and drier. So, what does it look like to run a winery when so many elements you rely on are rapidly changing?
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Taking the temperature as Washington's primary races heat up
Washington’s primary election is happening right now. This vote will whittle down a big field of candidates for important jobs like – Secretary of State, all state House spots and half of the state Senate positions, congressional seats and a spot in the U.S. Senate. KUOW’s David Hyde is here to walk us through what’s going on.
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Is someone watching you vote?
Austin Jenkins brings us the latest on the "Guard The Vote" movement, led by an unsanctioned group of citizens ostensibly watching for voter fraud at the ballot box.
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Will Puget Sound-area office workers ever go back to the in-person grind?
The pandemic has changed how and where we work. Maybe permanently.
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D&D's "Radiant Citadel" changes the game for BIPOC players
If you’re a fan of the hit Netflix show Stranger Things, then you know that the fantasy tabletop-role playing game Dungeons & Dragons has come roaring back into the mainstream in the past few years… But for most of its existence, D&D has had a problem.
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On the Ballot: Moving King County elections to even years
The Metropolitan King County Council voted this week to change how we vote in King County. Here’s a hint: they want election years to be divisible by two. Voters will decide whether or not this change will be made this November, and Soundside invited Crosscut.com state politics reporter Joseph O’Sullivan and Political Science Professor Todd Donovan to discuss what this means for the county.
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Seattle Pride attendees on the end of Roe and what comes next
This weekend brought a mixture of emotions for the LGBTQ+ community in Seattle. For many, it was a return to in-person Pride celebrations - including the first Seattle Pride Parade in downtown Seattle since 2019. But there was a shadow over the festivities.
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Finally, Covid vaccines for the little ones
We've hit a new milestone in our fight against the pandemic. As of June 21, children under the age of five are finally able to receive a vaccination against Covid-19.