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
Protecting where the spirit bears roam
It all started when Ian McAllister spent two days in a flimsy basket, suspended from a tree, to protest logging.
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Environment
Wild coyotes live among us — is your cat on their menu?
Wild carnivores live among us. We may not know the exact number of coyotes here in Seattle but we should get used to them being here because they probably won't be leaving anytime soon.
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Environment
The hunt to find just one square inch of silence
I go deep into the Olympic National Forest to find the most elusive creature imaginable: silence.
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Environment
A harsh life among 'super over-caffeinated' penguins
I talk with two filmmakers who got up close and personal with Antarctic penguins.
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Environment
Bombs, guns and sea lions on the Columbia River
I take a journey up the Columbia River, where people, sea lions, orcas and salmon have a complicated relationship.
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Environment
The ‘ghost bears’ of Washington state
I explore the ideas and controversies behind reintroducing grizzly bears to the North Cascades.
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Environment
Chris Morgan sees a forest therapist
There’s a big part of us that still is wild, a bigger part than we might imagine in this crazy modern world we’ve built around ourselves.
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Environment
These Italian bears survived gladiators and Mussolini
Just two hours from Rome is one of the richest ecosystems in Europe, a little island of mountains that to this day is home to wolves, wild boar and bears.
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Environment
Animal psychology and how to stay safe in the wild
I don't look for trouble, but I've gotten in enough to share how to stay safe in the wild.
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Environment
A Siberian tiger named Bloody Mary
I travel to Russia to meet the man who captured on film the nearly invisible Siberian tigers.