Kim Malcolm
Afternoon News Host
About
Kim is the local news host of KUOW's All Things Considered, airing from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. weekdays. Kim covers breaking and developing daily news, both local and regional, as part of NPR's afternoon drive time programming. She has covered the arts, municipal government, politics, and misinformation as part of KUOW's Stand with the Facts live event series, in partnership with the University of Washington's Center for an Informed Public. She really enjoys election night coverage, in spite of herself. Kim started out in broadcast journalism in Calgary at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, before working at NPR member station KERA in Dallas and then KUOW. Kim spends most winters waiting for baseball season to start.
Location: Seattle and the Eastside
Languages: English
Pronouns: she/her
Podcasts
Stories
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Seattle home prices are dropping, but not enough for most buyers
Kim Malcolm talks with Seattle Times reporter Mike Rosenberg about why the Seattle area is leading the nation in home price decreases.
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Federal climate report predicts huge economic toll on Pacific Northwest
Kim Malcolm talks with KUOW's environment reporter John Ryan about the economic toll of climate change in the Pacific Northwest.
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Can you guess the worst day of the week for Seattle traffic?
KUOW listener Richard Smith thought he knew the answer but wanted to be sure: What’s the worst day of the week for traffic?
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Task force urges help for salmon, ban on watching endangered orcas
Governor Jay Inslee’s task force on orcas says boosting the whales' salmon diet and giving them quiet, clean waters can save the southern resident killer whales from extinction.
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After Indonesia crash, authorities are investigating Boeing's 737 Max
Kim Malcolm talks with The Air Current editor-in-chief Jon Ostrower about why the Federal Aviation Administration is looking into potential design problems involving a flight control system on Boeing's 737 MAX.
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Orcas have been struggling for decades. Why have solutions been so hard to find?
Kim Malcolm talks with Dr. Deborah Giles about the challenges facing southern resident killer whales.
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Amazon's HQ2 (and 3) could mean big changes for Seattle's housing market
Kim Malcolm talks with Redfin chief economist Daryl Fairweather about how Amazon's big plans will affect Seattle's housing market.
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Rep. Pramila Jayapal on Trump, Sessions, and what's next for Democrats in Congress
Kim Malcolm talks with Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Seattle) about her priorities for the next two years, now that Democrats have taken control of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Why conspiracy theories spread so fast online after tragedies
Kim Malcolm talks with University of Washington assistant professor Kate Starbird about how conspiracy theories spread online, in the wake of tragedies.
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Anti-Semitic incidents are on the rise in the Northwest