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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Ira Glass reflects on fame, podcasting, and the future of public radio
This American Life's Ira Glass sits down with the show to talk the future of NPR, how fast to listen to podcasts, and his favorite public media icon.
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Is Seattle ready to pay up for a Seattle Center glow up?
Seattle Times reporter David Kroman joins Soundside to talk about Seattle Center, the issues that the public space faces, and the path forward.
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Front Page: SPD’s ICE policy, Wilson wants to fix the l8 bus, Seahawks demolish 49ers
At the start of every week we talk about the most fascinating stories in the news and what they say about the Pacific Northwest. We call it Front Page.
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Did you feel that? The science behind the Seahawks' "Shaheed Quake"
12s shook Lumen Field and rivaled 2011's Beast Quake as the Seahawks hosted the 49ers on Saturday.
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McClatchy News is experimenting with AI. Union reporters have questions
New policies instituted by publisher McClatchy Media have left reporters at the papers worried that the company is adopting artificial intelligence tools for efficiency’s sake, at the cost of accurate information.
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Soundside's "Weekend Warmup" - Jan 16-19
Your weekly look-ahead at all the events that are worth your weekend time, plus a big batch of events for Martin Luther King Jr Day!
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WA companies pay to emit greenhouse gases, where should that money go?
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"We're in a very dangerous moment": Pramila Jayapal talks ICE, Minnesota shooting
Tensions across the country remain high one week after an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis. U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal talked to Soundside about the events that unfolded this past week.
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A WA trans high school track champion and the reporter who followed her
We talked with runner Veronica Garcia and reporter Casey Parks about competing as a trans athlete amid questions of fairness, the scientific evidence available comparing the performance of cisgender and trans athletes and beyond.
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Cervical cancer screenings... without the speculum?
Many patients find cervical cancer screenings uncomfortable and, sometimes, painful. New health guidelines offer patients an alternative.
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Front Page: ICE Protests, the State Legislative session gets started, Protests in Iran, and Seahawks vs 49ers part 3
Every Monday on Soundside we catch you up on the top stories that are fascinating right now – and what they say about the Pacific Northwest.
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New year, new Washington laws, new legislative session
You like laws? We got some new ones in 2026. And taxes.