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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: Nothing casual about it
Another week, another shot at making sense of what life is like now with KUOW's Liz Brazile and Ashley Hiruko.
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Seattle Now: The forgotten pandemic
Between the protests and social media black outs this week, it’s easy to forget there’s a pandemic going on. A hundred years ago, the U.S. lived through another pandemic — one that was also, in large part, forgotten.
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A former SPD chief reimagines policing
Seattle has been taking to the streets to demand changes to our system of policing. But we’ve been already been pursuing reform here for years, so what else could we be doing?
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Seattle Now: Trusting the police
Seattle has a long history of biased policing, which is why SPD has been under federal oversight since 2012. And despite reforms, the department still has a trust problem.
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Seattle Now: Seattle shows up for George Floyd
Seattle joins a national outpouring of grief with three days of protest, but peaceful demonstration gets upstaged by tear gas and clashes with the police.
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Seattle Now: 'I feel like Punxsutawney Phil'
Another week, another shot at making sense of what life is like now with KUOW producer Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong and writer Katie Anthony.
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Seattle Now: 'Scattered Canary' flies off with our money
While we had our eye on the pandemic, an international fraud ring stole hundreds of millions of dollars in fake unemployment claims. Now, the state is trying to sort out the mess and out-of-work Washingtonians are caught in the middle.
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Seattle Now: Covid, racism, and you
One side effect of the Covid Pandemic? An uptick in racist attacks against Asian Americans.
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Seattle Now: What IS contact tracing?
You’ve probably been hearing the words “contact tracing” a lot lately -- it's supposed to be the key to keeping Covid-19 under control. But what is it exactly?
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Seattle Now: Why your BBQ might look a little different today
We’re doing Memorial Day differently this year, no surprise. And if you’re barbecuing today, you might need to be flexible about what’s going on the grill thanks to the pandemic's impact on Washington's beef producers.
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Seattle Now: 'What IS Seafair?'
Another week, another shot at making sense of what life is like now with Bill Radke, host of KUOW's The Record and John Moe, host of The Hilarious World of Depression podcast.
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Seattle Now: Sober quarantine with GNR's Duff McKagan
The Seattle native and bass player for Guns N' Roses talks managing sobriety in a pandemic, trying to buy face masks and the future of rock and roll.