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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Business
Bad credit? Higher car insurance?
Bad credit shouldn’t mean you pay higher insurance rates. At least that is what Washington State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is saying. Currently in the state, insurance companies can consider a person's credit score when determining risk. Kreidler says that disproportionately hurts poor individuals and people of color. He has introduced a new piece of legislation that would outlaw the practice. Melissa Santos is a political reporter and spoke with Commissioner Kreidler for her piece in Crosscut.
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Arts & Life
Seattle Now: Reinventing live music
Live music is a huge part of Seattle’s identity, but the pandemic put a stop to concerts indefinitely. Now we have an opportunity to reinvent the scene, and move on from the city's past.
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Seattle Now: Amazon's hiring spree
The pandemic has caused millions of people to lose their jobs but Amazon is hiring at historic levels. If you work in restaurants, retail, or the arts, you know the damage COVID has done. Amazon has no such concerns. On average, they’ve hired 1,400 workers every day of 2020 - growing their workforce to over one point two million people. Karen Weise is a New York Times reporter based here in Seattle and has been reporting on Amazon’s pandemic hiring spree.
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Seattle Now: How to have low stakes outdoor adventures
The dark rainy months are here, and this creates a new challenge in our pandemic lives.
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Seattle Now: An uncertain election and polarized politics in Mason county
Mason County is just South of Bremerton on the Kitsap Peninsula and it's one of the most purple areas in the state. KUOW’s Joshua McNichols visited when the results of the Presidential election remained uncertain but the country’s polarized politics became clearer than ever.
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Seattle Now: How to cope with election anxiety
Here we are on election day, but rarely in this country has it felt so loaded. Political divisions, the pandemic and above all the uncertainty of the future. So we called up Seattle therapist Roy Fisher to get some ideas about how to get through the election and whatever happens next.
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Bats: Busting the myths
Join me as I meet bats up close and in person and try to figure out the mystery behind these winged mammals.
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The great British birding show
Join Chris as he travels the English countryside with extreme birder Lee Evans.
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WILD BITES: What’s the longest migration in the animal kingdom?
The Arctic Tern can fly 60,000 miles in a year. Why do they travel so far?
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The tiniest farmer on earth
The secret and fascinating world of these miniature marvels.