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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Focus shifts to safety as Washington prepares for the end of its statewide mask mandate
Washington state's mask mandate lifts in less than a month, on March 21st 2022. King County's vaccine mandate will end on March 1st. All of us are dealing with shifting policies around COVID safety. So let's turn to someone who can help us understand what’s changing and why.
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What’s in a nose? Smell training may help recovery from Covid-19 anosmia
Otolaryngologists treating Covid-19 patients with impaired smell are finding success with a whiff of intense odors like cloves, eucalyptus, rose, and lemon.
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Believing 'virtually anything that they want': The rise of the flat earth movement
The earth is round. Science has proved it. We, as a fact based news organization, feel comfortable stating that fact. But there are people who would disagree. Those people are called "flat earthers". A new book by reporter Kelly Weill documents the rise of the flat earth
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A new federal strategy for managing and preventing wildfires
Last month the Biden Administration announced a 10 year, $50 billion investment in renewed forest management practices. The funding will focus on "fireshed" zones throughout the Western United States, which are forests at a greater risk of conflagration with close proximity to communities. What does this new strategy mean for Washington's forests?
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Something wicked this way codes: The rise of the tech villain in pop culture
Movie villains are packing up their cloaks and picking up their sweatshirts.
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'The Wild West on the water.' Finding makeshift housing on Puget Sound
It isn't hard to notice a derelict boat -- their bilges are dirty, their engines are smoking, or their mast may be missing. But when searching for shelter, older and dingier boats can be a lifeline for many.
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Major projects at a standstill as concrete workers strike across King County
Since November 2021, over 300 concrete mixer truck drivers have been on strike. They work for six of the largest cement suppliers in the region and if the cement doesn't flow - the rest of the work on the job site can't happen. Now, contractors and local leaders are starting to sound the alarm about project delays.
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Lift prices are up, and so are temperatures. Could this be the end of the ski bum?
In her early 20s, author Heather Hansman spent her days working the lift, bartering with pizza, and hitting the slopes as much as possible. She lived as a textbook "ski bum," a grifter addicted to the adrenaline of a perfect swish through powder.
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Would you buy a house with your best friend?
Not your spouse, but a close friend or another couple. That's one way Washington residents want to navigate the state's housing market.
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Looking for diverse happily ever after stories? Turn to 'Radical Romance'
Romance fiction has not always done a great job of handing out those happy endings to everyone, especially to characters who don’t watch the image of the harlequin heroine you might have seen on romance fiction covers on your grandma’s bookshelf: blonde, willowy, white, straight and cis-gender. That inspired one local bookseller to launch the “Radical Romance” book group, which aims to highlight and celebrate romance fiction featuring characters of all races, orientations, beliefs, sizes, and abilities.
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How local farmers and elk are doing this winter
Areas across the Northwest have seen record-breaking snowfall this winter, shutting down mountain passes, destroying infrastructure, and impacting supply chains between eastern and western Washington. You’ve probably already heard about those problems. But one you may not have heard about: Roving gangs of elk.
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Seattleites support Ukraine in the 'Marathon No One Wants to Run'
Ukraine, and the rest of the world, are in a waiting game as Russia amasses troops along the country's borders. Here in Seattle, Ukrainians and Ukrainian Americans are trying to raise awareness about what’s happening.