Andy Hurst
Senior Producer, Seattle Now
About
Andy Hurst is a senior producer for Seattle Now, KUOW's daily news podcast. He produces in-depth interviews for the show, in addition to Seattle Now's evening episode, which highlights the top stories of the day from the KUOW newsroom. Andy has produced interviews on a wide array of topics, and he’s especially drawn to stories about public health, science, and arts & culture.
Andy has worked in public radio for more than 20 years. He was a producer for KUOW’s The Record, Weekday, and The Conversation. He was previously a member of the on-air team at KUOW, hosting middays and other dayparts.
He started his journalism career as the local host and producer for Weekend Edition at Northwest Public Broadcasting in Pullman, Washington. He’s a graduate of the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University.
Location: Seattle
Languages Spoken: English
Pronouns: he/him
Professional Affiliations: 2017 Kiplinger Fellow, Ohio State University
Podcasts
Stories
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Knute Berger: How the World's Fair created a rental crisis in Seattle
Emily Fox talks with Crosscut's Knute Berger about the rental crisis that affected Seattle in the early 1960's. In anticipation of visitors for the...
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Does hot spring weather mean a hotter summer? The answer may surprise you
Emily Fox talks with Washington state climatologist Nick Bond about what recent warm weather in the Puget Sound region means for temperatures, drought...
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'Real World' returns to Seattle, but this bar owner won't
Kim Malcolm talks with Seattle bar owner David Meinert about the Real World's return to Seattle, and why he won't let the MTV reality show film in his...
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Mount Rainier National Park enters online contest for historic preservation
Kim Malcolm talks with Laurie Ward about why Mount Rainier National Park is participating in an online contest to win grant money. Ward is executive...
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Civil trial begins for Dan Price, Seattle CEO who raised minimum salaries to $70K
Kim Malcolm talks with Puget Sound Business Journal editor-in-chief Emily Parkhurst about Dan Price, CEO of Ballard-based Gravity Payments. In 2015,...
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Tribal and state officials end stalemate over salmon fishing
Kim Malcolm talks with Stillaguamish Chairman Shawn Yanity about the agreement between tribal and state officials on this year's catch limits for Puget...
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'African Girl': Race and identity on stage at Northwest Folklife Festival
Naomi Wachira writes in one of her songs that she’s “trying to defy everything they said of us, we who have chocolate skin.” Those words in “African...
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Three picks for SIFF from Seattle filmmaker Megan Griffiths
Kim Malcolm talks with Seattle filmmaker Megan Griffiths about her picks for the Seattle International Film Festival. Griffiths recommends "Captain...
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New layoffs are Microsoft's 'last gasp' in the smartphone business
Kim Malcolm talks with Geekwire's Todd Bishop about why Microsoft is scaling back its smartphone business and laying off 1,850 employees.
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Why Bernie beat Hillary in Skagit and Island counties
Washington state’s presidential primary shows why Hillary Clinton is beating Bernie Sanders nationally, says one political analyst. The reason can be...