Soundside
Get to know the PNW and each other. Soundside airs Monday through Thursday at 12 p.m. and 8 p.m. on KUOW. Listen to Soundside on Spotify, iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Additional Credits: Logo art is designed by Teo Popescu. Audio promotions are produced by Hans Twite. Community engagement led by Zaki Hamid. Our Director of New Content and Innovation is Brendan Sweeney.
Mission Statement:
Soundside believes establishing trust with our listeners involves taking the time to listen.
We know that building trust with a community takes work. It involves broadening conversations, making sure our show amplifies systemically excluded voices, and challenging narratives that normalize systemic racism.
We want Soundside to be a place where you can be part of the dialogue, learn something new about your own backyard, and meet your neighbors from the Peninsula to the Palouse.
Together, we’ll tell stories that connect us to our community — locally, nationally and globally. We’ll get to know the Pacific Northwest and each other.
What do you think Soundside should be covering? Where do you want to see us go next?
Leave us a voicemail! You might hear your call on-air: 206-221-3213
Share your thoughts directly with the team at soundside@kuow.org.
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Episodes
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Hear it again: A picture is worth a thousand words
This Thanksgiving week we’re revisiting some of our best stories of the year so far. Today, we’re looking back on our favorite segments about images and the stories they tell about us.
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Artists call Seattle's plan to tackle unwanted graffiti 'ethically tricky'
What's the difference between the mural we see outside of a light rail station and the graffiti across the street? What is public art and what is a nuisance? It’s a question Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell and the city are wrestling with through a proposed initiative.
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Do school levies put an unfair burden on rural districts?
Wahkiakum School District Superintendent Brent Freeman talks to Soundside to give us an update on the status of their lawsuit surrounding the way that schools are funded in Washington state.
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Hear it again: How technology is mapping the unheard conversations of the natural world
When you step into a forest, or walk along a beach, there's a lot to take in – the sound of waves crashing against the sand, birds chirping to each other in the trees. But there's a lot we don't hear, and thanks to new technology, researchers are closer than ever to translating our natural world.
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How these local chefs are celebrating Thanksgiving
Next week is Thanksgiving, so we're taking a few minutes to get in the mood.
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Lawsuits accuse Boeing of failing to protect workers from toxic chemicals
In 1980, Deborah Ulrich worked as a “floater” at Boeing’s now defunct Electronics Manufacturing Facility. Back then it was located on the east side of the Boeing Field. She had a variety of tasks - dipping soldering boards in industrial solvents to clean them, and touching up patterns on circuit boards, among other duties. She was also pregnant with her daughter, Marie Riley.
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As tech companies announce layoffs, the clock is ticking for immigrant workers
As the global economy begins to slow, companies are dialing down the risk factor, which means more layoffs. And many of those workers in the Puget Sound area are in the U.S. thanks to one document: an H-1B visa.
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What the potential end of the Indian Child Welfare Act could mean for tribal rights
Congress passed the Indian Child Welfare Act in 1978 to help remedy a long history of atrocities committed against Native American families. But now three states and several individuals are challenging the law in the United States Supreme Court, arguing it's unconstitutional. The challenge mostly hinges on a major question: whether tribal membership is a political designation or a racial identity.
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'The Wiz' brings Black joy to the 5th Avenue Theatre
KUOW arts & culture reporter Mike Davis takes us backstage at the 5th Ave Theatre and inside their production of “The Wiz.”
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What we learned from this year's elections
Political reporters can finally stop refreshing results from Clark counties, Nevada and Washington. Several races are still too close to call. But the big national picture of the midterms is starting to come into focus.
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New Seattle council district maps will reunify some neighborhoods, split others
Every ten years, political district maps are reshaped based on the latest census data. Since 2013, that includes new district maps for Seattle City Council members. Growth throughout the city wasn't even, and in the case of Magnolia, some district lines won't fall evenly over traditional neighborhood lines.
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What happens when a school levy fails?
In February of this year, the Kennewick School district, in Southeast Washington, ran a levy on the ballot in their county elections. That levy didn’t pass.