Matt Martin
Podcast Producer
About
Matt Martin is a podcast producer who has worked on many different show for KUOW. He pitched and created THE WILD with Chris Morgan, a rich and experiential podcast about ecology and conservation. Matt also produced the Seattle music history podcast Let the Kids Dance and the award-winning Ghost Herd. Before moving to the on-demand side of the station, Matt worked as a producer on The Record, KUOW's local news show. He has also worked as a general assignment reporter and host for public radio stations in upstate New York and rural Alaska. Matt got his start in media as an intern with StoryCorps and Aljazeera America.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English
Pronouns: he/him
Stories
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Environment
The Flight of the Scarlet Macaw
There are only 350 scarlet macaws left in the wild in Belize. They face the threats of poaching and habitat lose. But let us introduce you to the passionate people determined to save these colorful birds.
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Environment
The Wild Season 3: Welcome back to the adventure
New episodes start on April 6th.
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A landmark drug law decision
A ruling by the state Supreme Court last week opens up new possibilities for treating drug addiction. But in the short term it could cut some people off from badly needed help.
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Sawant email threats mystery solved
When District 3 Councilmember Kshama Sawant got threats from a city employee, sent from their city email address, you may have thought: 'There’s no way someone would actually do that.' And you'd be right. Seattle Times crime reporter Sara Jean Green has the story.
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Seattle Now: A phone for your grief
In a quiet corner of Priest Point Park in Olympia, there is a telephone hanging on a tree that has no dial tone. It cannot make calls, but it is there for anybody who needs it.
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Didn't we almost have it all
More than 5 million women have lost their jobs since the pandemic began. The number is shocking in itself, but Seattle writer Angela Garbes argues that women have lost far more than a place in the workforce.
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'The Adventures of Lil Big Fella'
A new comic book tells stories of Black boys and girls growing up in Seattle's South End. We talk with Chukundi Salisbury, creator of 'The Adventures of Lil Big Fella.'
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Remembering Hank Adams, 'the most important Indian'
He’s been called the most important Native American activist of his generation. But he preferred his historical archives to the spotlight, so most of us have never heard of the late Hank Adams.
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Seattle Now: Casual Thursday with Casey Martin and Zaki Hamid
Goodbye, 2020. It's been real. We’re taking all we can from a wild year in Seattle and welcoming a fresh start with KUOW’s Zaki Hamid and Casey Martin.
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Seattle Now: Limited medical care in rural COVID hotspots
Rural counties in Washington have become COVID hotspots. With fewer doctors, and limited ICU beds, rural hospitals are struggling to find backup when health care workers also get sick.