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
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Episodes
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The promises and pitfalls of ranked choice voting
Seattle voters will decide in November whether to adopt ranked choice voting, approval voting, or to keep the electoral system as is. These new voting methods would only apply to mayoral city council and city attorney elections.
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Exploring North America's first free-standing tsunami tower
If you spend any time driving along the coast of Washington, you’ll see Tsunami Escape Route signs leading the way to higher ground. Tokeland, WA is one of the communities in a tsunami risk zone, it's about 30 miles southwest of Aberdeen on the Washington Coast. It's ALSO home to a brand-new tsunami tower.
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SCOTUS decision on Bremerton football coach creates uncertainty around school prayer
This year, your student may walk into their classroom and see something new: their teacher leading a silent prayer. Right now, that's legal. That's due to a decision from the Supreme Court earlier this summer.
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What a new manufacturing act could mean for Washington state
Today, President Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act. It authorizes $250 billion dollars to subsidize domestic production of semiconductors, and fund research into new semiconductor technology. Supporters of the Act say it will help deal with those supply chain issues, and make the US more competitive against foreign manufacturers. But not everyone's so sure.
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Understanding how our brains work through the Neuroscience of You
According to Dr. Chantel Prat, "The point of the brain is to take in as much information in the world around the being that it's driving, and use this information to guide that being through life in a way that maximizes its success." But how individual brains work comes down to a fascinating combination of factors, with each person's experiences changing how they engage with the world.
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An update on the race in the 3rd Legislative District
Election workers are still processing and counting ballots from last week's primary election, and some of the early results we saw on election night have shifted. Right now one of the Washington Republicans who voted to impeach President Trump is staring down defeat.
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The books that bind us -- your favorite Washington books and authors
Summer is a great time to curl up in the park with a good book. It's also a time when we start to thaw a bit from our Seattle freeze and head out to explore everything Washington has to offer. From the Palouse to the Peninsula, we have a lot of landscapes to explore. Those landscapes -- and their histories -- have inspired many of our local authors. Today Soundside speaks with some of your favorite authors about what makes Washington a literary wonderland.
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Move over 'Sleepless in Seattle,' it's time for 'A Splash of Love '
A new summer flick has entered the canon of great Pacific Northwest love stories, and this one has orcas.
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Listen again: What federal reforestation plans mean for Washington state
Last Monday the Biden Administration announced plans to plant more than one billion trees across the western United States to restore forests damaged by climate change. Washington State is already facing a tree seed shortage, and our state's forest nursery is racing to ramp up production.
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Hazard pay is the latest casualty of the 'waning pandemic phase'
Seattle grocery store workers will soon see less money in their paychecks after the Seattle City Council voted to no longer require hazard pay. The move is part of a broader trend in Seattle; even as COVID continues to spread in the community, the city is moving away from some pandemic era policies that have helped people get by.
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Where the music has mattered for 50 years: KEXP's big anniversary
You’re listening to Soundside on 94.9 KUOW. But today, we’re talking about a different Seattle radio station.
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After two long years, contemporary dance looks for a comeback
Dance is an intimate artform. When the pandemic hit, and in person interaction dwindled, choreographers, dancers, and producers went in search of what they could do without a dance floor, a stage, or an audience.