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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Afraid of clowns? There's a word for that
The creepy clowns story has finally made it to Seattle. This week a clown was seen walking around Green Lake at dusk. People described it as covered in...
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Let your kids eat dirt, it's good for them
Bill Radke speaks with University of British Columbia professor B. Brett Finlay about his book, "Let Them Eat Dirt." Finlay's research shows that parents don't need to fear germs as much as they do. Finlay says bubble wrapping kids to keep them clean denies them many good microbes that help keep them healthy.
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First rule of Feminist Fight Club: You must talk about it
It was a fight club – except without the fighting and without the men. Every month or so, a dozen of us – writers and creative types, producers and...
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Patients look for new treatment after pain center closures
Bill Radke speaks with Seattle Times health reporter JoNel Aleccia about the closure of eight locations of the Seattle Pain Center and how the former...
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Finding balance in life and comedy with cancer
Bill Radke speaks with comedian Quincy Jones. In July of 2015, Jones was diagnosed with cancer and given a year to live. He had one wish: to tape an...
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The Record: Wednesday, Sept 21, Full Show
Today on The Record, we'll help you understand: Understand how Amazon favors its own products on its website over products sold by other companies there...
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When Olympia was run by (musical) women
Bill Radke speaks with Len Balli about the history of punk music in Olympia. Balli is the curator of a new exhibit at the Washington State History...
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Oh F#@$! How to talk about profanity with your kids
Bill Radke speaks with Benjamin K. Bergen about his new book, "What the F." In the book, Bergen explains why we find profanity so shocking, but also so...
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Labor shows muscle in Seattle with vote on secure scheduling
Bill Radke speaks with Josh Feit about the behind the scenes politics of the City Council vote on a new secure scheduling law. Feit is the politics...
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The juicy history of apples in Washington state
Bill Radke speaks with food anthropologist Julia Harrison about how Washington state became the king of apple production in America.