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
Leave it to beavers, seriously
I hang out in Seattle's backyard with some very eager beavers.
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Environment
Return of ze big bad wolf
It’s thought that the last wolf in Germany was shot 150 years ago. But nature had another idea.
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Environment
The first time I caught a grizzly bear
I was going to be graphic designer. Then a bear came along.
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How humans and cougars live together
This week, SoundQ's shares KUOW's newest podcast, The Wild. Host Chris Morgan tracks down a cougar den and tries to work out how we continue to coexist with cougars.
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Environment
Neighbor calls a biologist: ‘There’s a cougar in my backyard.’ And he says...
Our backyards are getting bigger, and the cougar’s front yard is getting smaller.
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The mysterious disappearance of the Ballard Locks sea lions
Years ago, sea lions treated the Ballard Locks like an all-you-can-eat salmon buffet. But most of those sea lions are gone now. What happened to those sea lions? The SoundQ's team investigates.
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Arts & Life
Um, why does that boat get priority over Seattle drivers?
We'll look at why boats take priority over cars when it comes to opening drawbridges.
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Health
It may soon be legal to turn yourself into a pot plant when you die in Washington state
When the Washington state Legislature returns next week, a new way to dispose of human remains will be proposed: composting.
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Arts & Life
This man is 180 feet off the ground and full of holiday cheer
How do they get those holiday lights on the construction cranes?
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Government
Spooky campaign ads! Can’t we get rid of them?
Campaigns are spending record amounts of money on ads that border on the ghoulish.