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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How do we lower the political temperature in a divided nation?
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The race for WA Attorney General: Nick Brown
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The race for WA Attorney General: Manka Dhingra
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The race for WA Attorney General: Pete Serrano
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Producer picks: An architectural tour of Seattle
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UW will continue disinformation research as Stanford program falters
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The 1999 'Battle of Seattle,' as told by those who lived it
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Eviction or intervention? Debating Washington's eviction program as cases surge
The spike in evictions, and backlog of cases, in King County has prompted a debate over how well Washington state's plan is working to help tenants facing evictions
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Eviction cases are spiking. How tenants and housing providers are dealing with the backlog
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B.C. container port could threaten regional shorebirds and the miraculous mud they flock to
