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?
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Episodes
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There's a seed shortage in WA. What does that mean for our beloved forests?
Nearly half of Washington state is forested. That's 22 million acres of douglas firs, red alders, western hemlock, and ponderosa pine, to name a few. But as wildfires grow in both size and regularity, do we have enough seeds for our forests to recover?
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The pandemic hit public transportation hard. Will Seattle transit be OK?
The pandemic has hit transit hard while commuters have worked remotely or avoided public transportation. Sound Transit has seen gains from fares plummet and claims that it’s due in part to passengers who don’t pay.
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'And I said Hey!' What a wonderful kind of day to talk about kids television
PBS’ Arthur has begun its 25th and final season. That's a good, long run. But do kids still need the same things from children’s media that they did back in 1997? Or do we need new shows to match a new age? What makes a delightful, educational and popular kids show?
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Washington lawmakers are considering criminalizing fertility fraud — but what exactly is that?
Consumer DNA testing kits like 23andMe or Ancestry have opened up a new world of information for children conceived using sperm or egg donors. This can bring knowledge about medical history or half siblings – connections that enrich donor-conceived children's lives. In some instances, though, the revelations are painful and open up new questions about truth and consent in fertility medicine.
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Tourism is booming in our small towns. But can locals afford to enjoy it?
This month we visited a few of our popular Washington tourist destinations. We wanted to know: how has the pandemic reshaped tourism? What changes has the pandemic, and tourism broadly, brought to some of our most beautiful places? Today, we break down what we learned and dive into one of the biggest themes we heard about: how booming tourism has made living in our small towns untenable.
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This is how you create a curriculum the Tulalip way
A curriculum created with tribes not just about them.
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When the Winter Olympics become a moral quandary: Soundside
What does it mean to be a good person? It's not a question you'd expect someone to be asking themselves when they're deciding whether or not to watch the Olympic Games. But this year, that question's feeling more relevant than ever.
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Could psychedelic mushrooms be used to treat depression in Washington?
Psilocybin, the active ingredient in “magic mushrooms” shows promise for treating depression and PTSD. A new bill in Olympia, if passed, would make this treatment available to Washingtonians under very specific circumstances.
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Who is Seattle's new Director of Housing?
Earlier this month, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell nominated Maiko Winkler-Chin to be the new Director of the city's Office of Housing. But who is she, and what does she plan to do in that position?
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My child has a better understanding of pronouns than me. What should I do?
The pandemic has take an emotional and mental toll on all of us – especially children and adolescents.
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Washington loves its public lands — perhaps a little too much
There are 19.8 million acres of public land here in Washington. That's larger than nearly 10 U.S. states. How did we end up with so much public land?
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Why Microsoft is diving into the metaverse... And what the metaverse even is
Microsoft's acquisition of videogame publisher Activision Blizzard is not quite a done deal, but we've got lots of questions about what this massive purchase could mean for one of our region's largest employers -- and our favorite games.