Alec Cowan
Senior Podcast Producer
About
Alec Cowan is a senior podcast producer at KUOW, where he works on Booming and other podcast projects.
Alec has worn many hats at KUOW. He helped launch Soundside and brought many eclectic stories to the program, from a late-night patrol with real life superheroes to the sewing machine sounds of an artisanal sail loft. Additionally, he was previously a producer for The Record with Bill Radke and the Primed podcast.
Before joining KUOW Alec worked in NPR's Story Lab, where he helped pilot the Louder Than a Riot podcast, about hip-hop and mass incarceration, and assisted in producing a story on volunteerism in Iraq for Rough Translation. Originally from Grand Junction, Colorado, his roots in the Northwest begin in Eugene, where he studied English and philosophy at the University of Oregon and worked as a news reporter for NPR member station KLCC. He is likely neglecting his saxophone, growing book collection, and expanding personal project list in favor of boosting his online Xbox ranking.
He's proud to be KUOW's unofficial "boat guy."
Location: Seattle
Languages Spoken: English
Pronouns: he/him/his
Podcasts
Stories
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Pharmacies are sick. Is there a cure?
Bartell Drugs, CVS, Walgreens, and independent pharmacies everywhere are struggling to stay afloat. So what’s making pharmacies sick... and is there a cure?
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Will AI collapse the career ladder?
It's graduation season. But it's a tough time to be looking for your first job. On today's episode, entry-level jobs are supposed to be the first rung of the career ladder. So why is that ladder breaking? And what can new grads do about it?
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Whiplash at the Port of Seattle
We visit the gateway to the Pacific to find out what the Port of Seattle really tells us about the chaotic state of international trade. And now that China and the US are trying to work things out, will trade bounce back?
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Remembering Kevin Diers
The Soundside team remembers our friend Kevin Diers.
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How a new option for fentanyl treatment is changing lives
Here in Seattle, Downtown Emergency Service Center, or DESC, has been trying a new method of administering buprenorphine to ease treatment and curb cravings -- and it’s showing some promising results.
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Hear It Again: 'The Adding Machine' asks if AI has a future in the theatre
Enjoy an archive presentation of our story from last October about the AI fueled "Adding Machine"
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The plan to boost Black homeownership
Across Seattle, less than half as many Black households own homes as white families. But there's a new law that could help turn that around by expanding the Covenant Home Ownership program. Joshua explains why Black homeownership has plummeted and what lawmakers are doing to boost it.
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After a state Supreme Court ruling, what's next for Spokane's camping ban?
The ruling struck down Proposition 1, a camping ban introduced by a citizen-led initiative that was overwhelmingly passed by Spokane voters in 2023.
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This author used ChatGPT as a mirror for her life — and for big tech, too
The book is part-memoir, part critique of how tech companies have positioned their products as “collaborators,” or even companions, in our lives.
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The White House killed this one of a kind report. The scientists behind it aren't giving up
Over two years, Phil worked at the White House and coordinated a massive team of authors and federal agencies. The team was ready to submit their first draft of the assessment in February this year, before they heard from the Trump administration that the whole project was being shut down.
