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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

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    Seattle Now: Smoke season

    It was a rough weekend in Seattle. The city was enshrouded in a massive cloud of smoke.

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    Seattle Now: Baby orca!

    It's been a tough week, but there's at least one piece of news to celebrate: Orca mom J35, or Tahlequah, had her calf.

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    Seattle Now: Covid goes to college

    Washington State University is seeing a huge Covid outbreak, even though classes are all online. What can we learn from how colleges are tackling this challenge? Trish talks with NPR higher education reporter Elissa Nadworny.

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    What it means to lose Black Panther

    People around the world are grieving the loss of the actor Chadwick Boseman, who died last week at 43. He’s most famous for playing T’Challa or Black Panther in 2018. Trish talks with Eula Scott Bynoe, cohost of Everything's on Fire with Eula and Jeannie, about what his life and legacy means to her.

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    Seattle Now: Nikki Blake Chafetz on justice for her nephew, Jacob Blake

    President Trump visits Kenosha, Wisconsin today, but he won’t be meeting with the family of Jacob Blake. The president says it’s because the family wanted lawyers there. Trish talks with Jacob Blake’s aunt, Nikki Blake Chafetz, about why her family is prepared to fight for justice.

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    Seattle Now: Pete Carroll shows up

    Seahawks coach Pete Carroll has coached football for 50 years. On Saturday, he decided it was time to go fully on the record for the mostly Black athletes who've made his career. Trish talks it over with The Athletic's Michael-Shawn Dugar.