Patricia Murphy
Host
About
Patricia Murphy is the host of Seattle Now, a daily news podcast.
Her interviews focus on experts and newsmakers. Previously, you could find Patricia on the beat reporting on military and veteran affairs, justice, and health.
In 2018 Patricia received a regional Edward R. Murrow award for a series about the motivations of young people who carry guns. In 2005 she received a national Edward R. Murrow award for her reporting on injection drug use.
Though her first job in news was throwing hard copies of the Sunday paper from her bike, Patricia also graduated from Emerson College with a B.S. in Communications.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English
Pronouns: she/her
Professional Affiliations: Dart Center, Ochberg Society for Trauma Journalism
Podcasts
Stories
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Concrete strike slows the city's building boom
A concrete truckers strike is entering its third month and is slowing projects all around the city, including the reopening of the West Seattle Bridge. Seattle Times reporter Heidi Groover has details.
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Ending downtown homelessness?
There's a new vision to end homelessness downtown. If that sentence just made you roll your eyes, we get it. This is a big challenge — but the new approach includes some firsts for the city that might make a big difference. Seattle Times Project Homeless reporter Scott Greenstone explains.
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Peepin' birds
Trish heads to the Center for Urban Horticulture to get a lesson in Birding 101 from ecologist Olivia Sanderfoot. Follow us on Instagram @seattlenowpod
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Casual Friday with Rachel Belle and Terry Hollimon
The mask mandates are starting to lift, the proof of vaxx is going away and thousands of remote workers are getting the call to come back to the office. Time to find the work pants!
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How Washington fits into the West's megadrought
An attention-grabbing headline this week warned that the Western U.S. is seeing its worst megadrought in 1200 years. Washington has been mostly spared for now, but that doesn’t mean it won’t impact us eventually. Assistant State Climatologist Karin Bumbaco explains.
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Reconsidering the city's bike helmet law
Bicycling groups and doctors agree – helmets save lives. But this week the King County Board of Health is expected to repeal the helmet law because it's being disproportionately enforced. KUOW's Gracie Todd explains.
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The all-cash housing craze
As if buying a house in the Seattle area isn't hard enough already, enter the all-cash offer. These bids are often the ticket to buying a house in the region, and they're getting easier for people without existing wealth to access.
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Masks on, masks off
No trouble getting a hold of masks these days. Two years into the pandemic, they're giving them away for free at the drug store, just as we're rolling back the mask mandates. We talk with UW's Ali Mokdad about going maskless, and why you should probably hang on to them anyway.
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Casual Friday with Tan Vinh and Geraldine DeRuiter
This week, Washington is reconsidering its mask mandate, Amazon pay and housing prices are soaring and KUOW broke some Mazdas. Seattle Times food writer Tan Vinh and The Everywhereist's Geraldine DeRuiter break it all down.
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Seattle Now: Why is everything so expensive?
Prices for everything from gas to food to housing have skyrocketed in the last year. Seattle is being hit harder than the rest of the country — we had the second-highest inflation rate, behind Atlanta. So what's going on?