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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

  • Tuesday Evening Headlines

    WA Democrats’ ‘millionaires tax’ is here, PNW snowpack is in really bad shape, and Green River College ousts its president.

  • At long last, light rail will connect Seattle to the Eastside

    If you live or work on the Eastside, you’ve probably already saved the date: March 28th. That’s when light rail service will connect Seattle to the Eastside across I-90. KUOW growth and development reporter Joshua McNichols is here to dig into what this connection means. He’s co-host of the KUOW podcast, Booming.

  • Monday Evening Headlines

    Seattle officials respond to last week's gun violence near a school, Eddie Bauer might soon file for bankruptcy, and we're in for 6 more weeks of a pretty mild winter. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.

  • WA wants to unmask ICE agents. That might not hold up in court

    Washington state is moving to regulate how federal agents operate here. A bill to ban face coverings for law enforcement just passed out of the state senate. But how effective can it be? KUOW’s Amy Radil is here to break it down.

  • Weekend Listen: Washington made it harder for CPS to separate families. Critics say kids are less safe

    Today, we’re bringing you the best from the KUOW Newsroom… Removing a child from their home can be very harmful for them. And historically, child welfare workers were much more likely to take Black and Native American children away from their birth parents than other kids. So, over the last several years, Washington state made policy changes to keep more birth families together. But now, critics say those changes have gone too far and made children less safe, and they should be reversed. A note to listeners: This story discusses child abuse and death.

  • Friday Evening Headlines

    Seattle businesses join national shutdown to protest Trump Administration, snow conditions remain bleak at WA ski resorts, and could WA get an income tax?

  • Casual Friday with Phil Burton and Andrew Walsh

    This week… Seattle's grocery prices just went up.  A new all-ages music venue is coming to south Seattle.  And, you’ll be allowed to tap-to-pay on buses and trains soon. Andrew Walsh, co-host of the Too Beautiful to Live podcast and Comedian Phil Burton are here to break down the week.

  • Thursday Evening Headlines

    Jury rules against Seattle over CHOP killing, ban on police face coverings moves forward in WA legislature, and Costco faces lawsuit over $5 chickens.

  • Amazon just slashed its workforce, again

    Yesterday, Amazon cut its head count by sixteen thousand employees. KUOW’s AI and Economy reporter Monica Nickelsburg will explain what this means about the company’s future plans and how it might affect us here in Seattle.

  • Wednesday Evening Headlines

    Amazon slashes 16,000 jobs, Starbucks sales are up, and Tacoma Arts Live is closing its doors.

  • How to survive 'Revive I-5'

    If you’ve noticed more traffic in and around Seattle over the past couple of weeks, that’s not an accident. The Washington State Department of Transportation wants to “Revive I-5,” and that means two full years of lane closures and extra congestion around the city. We’ll hear more from UW Traffic Engineering Professor Yinhai Wang.

  • Tuesday Evening Headlines

    The Seattle area lost 13,000 jobs last year, some state lawmakers want to curb youth access to kratom, and Mariners broadcaster Rick Rizzs will retire after the 2026 season.