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Seattle Now is KUOW's flagship daily news podcast. Seattle Now brings you quick headlines, smart analysis, and award-winning local news. New episodes every weekday morning and afternoon. Start and end your day with Seattle Now, from KUOW and the NPR Network.

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Episodes

  • Weekend Listen: Trump canceled the National Nature Assessment. Scientists will publish it anyway, how UW Medicine is treating Latino farmworkers with Long Covid, and how Mayor Katie Wilson plans to fix the “L8”

    Today, we’re bringing you the best from newsrooms across Washington… First, President Joe Biden announced an executive order that created the first-ever national assessment of nature, but President Donald Trump rescinded the effort on his first day in office. The team that had started the work – led by a professor at the University of Washington – refused to give it up. Next, doctors at UW Medicine’s Long Covid Clinic are beginning to see patterns of how Long Covid is impacting various communities, including Latino farmworkers. And finally, you heard about it on Casual Friday - The notoriously late number 8 bus in Seattle is finally getting fixed.

  • Friday Evening Headlines

    Free pop-up health clinic sees high demand, credit rating agency puts Washington on notice, and your sewer bill could be going up.

  • Casual Friday with Vivian McCall and Vaughan Jones

    This week… Mayor Katie Wilson has a plan to fix Seattle's least reliable bus. Watch your tail… The city is ramping up its off-leash dog enforcement. And people got way too close to some sea lions hanging out in Ballard. Stranger Editor Vivian McCall and Seattle Now Producer Vaughan Jones are here to break down the week.

  • Thursday Evening Headlines

    Local officials call for homelessness agency to be dissolved, WA unveils climate action plan, and some campgrounds will close due to budget cuts.

  • Wednesday Evening Headlines

    Seattle unveils plan to speed up the Route 8 bus, advocates say salmon runs will keep declining without more funding, and Alaska Airlines says higher fares are here to stay.

  • Seattle's beacon of carpentry tries to resist the axe

    An iconic local carpentry program is facing the axe. The Wood Technology Center, a program of Seattle Central College, is the starting point for many of our region’s carpenters, contractors, and boat builders.  But budget issues plague community colleges across the state. And now, Wood Tech’s future is up in the air. We’ll hear from three graduates, including one who’s now teaching.

  • Tuesday Evening Headlines

    King County Council calls for Assessor John Arthur Wilson to resign, DOJ to investigate how UW handles antisemitism, and Microsoft steps back from carbon removal.

  • Seattle's free health clinic fills the gap for underinsured

    The annual Seattle/King County Health Clinic is expecting an increase in patients this year. This Thursday through Sunday at Seattle Center, people can get free medical, dental, and vision care -- no questions asked. Julia Colson is the clinic’s founder, and she talks with us about why demand is up this year.

  • Monday Evening Headlines

    King County is looking into a box of abandoned ballots found in Renton, Washington's grey wolf population went up in 2025, and we're in peak migration season for birds.

  • What's keeping Starbucks in Seattle? Not a latte

    Recent moves from Starbucks executives suggest the company is trying to uproot from its Seattle origins. Does it make more sense for them to stay or for them to go? Seattle Times business reporter Paul Roberts will spill the beans.

  • Weekend Listen: Where have all the diners gone? Examining Seattle’s “K-Shaped” economy

    Today, we’re bringing you the best from another KUOW podcast, Booming… The middle class economy is quintessentially American. It’s a whole range of businesses that cropped up to serve the growing middle class after World War II. Think coffee and apple pie at your neighborhood diner. Or back-to- school shopping at Sears. But companies that cater to the middle class are cratering under the weight of the affordability crisis. Why is the middle economy disappearing? And what does it mean for the businesses we love?