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
Sitting on a den of rattlesnakes
Rattlesnakes have long been persecuted, even killed for sport or having their entire dens burned. I head out with two wildlife biologists to look for rattlesnakes as they emerge from hibernation and learn about the important role these snakes play in our ecosystem.
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Environment
The rise and fall…and rise...of the island fox
20 years ago, foxes on Santa Cruz started dying at an alarming rate. Their numbers dropped to around one hundred animals. But nobody knew why. It was an ecological whodunnit that needed to be solved before the foxes disappeared forever.
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Stuck on St. Helens
Summertime is a great time to explore the mountains, and Washington has tons of breathtaking peaks to climb. But things can change quickly. Seattle Times reporter Melissa Hellmann tells us what she learned from a recent hike on Mount St. Helens.
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Environment
California’s condor: the dinosaur bird
We’ll meet a man who turned from crime to condors and a life mission to remove lead from this incredible bird’s ecosystem.
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Environment
Bears and diversity: a conversation with Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant
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Even the salmon have a bad commute here
A story from our friends at KUOW's The Wild podcast, about how the 2001 Nisqually quake gave salmon some better real estate along the city's waterfront. Hear more from The Wild: https://www.kuow.org/podcasts/thewild
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Salmon and the city
How a destructive earthquake opened up a surprising opportunity to do something good for one of the pacific northwest’s most important creatures, juvenile salmon.
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Environment
The brain of the raven
Being a “bird brain” is a complement if you’re talking about ravens. Their intelligence and ability to empathize and read emotions helps them survive but it’s their ability to manipulate others, and even plan for the future that allows them to really thrive in the wild.
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Environment
Saving the mountain caribou
This is a tough story to tell. In 2019 the last of the mountain caribou in the lower 48 states disappeared. Extinct. Deforestation threatens those that are left. Professional Wildlife tracker and photographer David Moskowitz takes us to the frigid mountains of British Columbia to learn about the ancient but fragile ecosystem these majestic reindeer call home.
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Environment
The Path of the Jaguar
Over 60% of Belize is in a natural, wild state, but development is threatening the movements of the jaguars. In this episode, I'll meet the people who are trying to help protect these jungle cats.