Brooklyn Jamerson-Flowers
Producer, Seattle Now
About
Brooklyn is a podcast producer on Seattle Now, KUOW's weekday news podcast. She started podcasting as host, creator, and producer of We the (Black) People: An American History Podcast in 2020 and has been trying to uncover stories that aren't getting enough attention ever since.
Her first podcasting job was at Crosscut/KCTS 9 and she has a history degree from the University of Chicago.
Location: Seattle
Languages Spoken: English
Pronouns: she/her
Affiliations: Seattle Association of Black Journalists
Stories
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Environment
We live near volcanoes. Be aware.
Just in case you forgot, living in the Pacific Northwest means living near volcanoes. They are beautiful. They are also dangerous. And in Washington the month of May is actually volcano Awareness Month. Geologist Elizabeth Westby from the Cascades Volcano Observatory is here to talk about how to enjoy these uniquely Pacific Northwest wonders while also staying prepared for an eruption.
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How P-Patches foster Iu Mien community
Peas and greens are starting to come up in p-patches all around Seattle. And their growth marks a historic milestone - the 50th year of Seattle’s P Patch Community garden program. They’re in high demand. Hobby gardeners use the space for flowers, to experiment with what will grow in Seattle, and for some extra herbs for the salad… But for hundreds of Seattleites, these are small farms sustaining much of their family’s food supply. For the Iu Mien ethnic group, in particular, farming is a way of life. We’ll meet some of them at their garden plots.
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Environment
Do fishers have to lose to protect salmon?
Last week, the Wild Fish Conservancy won a lawsuit against the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that will soon halt salmon fishing in Southeast Alaska. Like with any issue, when there is a winner there are also losers and plenty of complications. We’ll get into it with the litigant, an Alaskan fisher, and a historian.
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A May Day look at worker power
It’s not just any Monday, today is May Day or International Workers’ Day. This year, the struggle for worker’s rights is making headlines across the country, and at big names in Seattle like Amazon and Starbucks. KUOW’s Labor and Economy reporter Monica Nickelsburg is here to talk about worker power right now, and what the future may hold.
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Government
On the ballot: Stabilizing King County's mental health crisis
King County has a big plan to make it easier for people in a mental health crisis to get care. But it hinges on voters approving a new tax to make it happen. Ballots are due tomorrow. KUOW public health reporter Eilis O’Neill is here to help suss out the proposal and explain the impact it could have for people in crisis.
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Health
WA State and the fight for reproductive rights
The US Department of Justice asked a federal appeals court to put a hold on a Texas court ruling over access to the abortion medication mifepristone Meanwhile here in Washington, lawmakers are hearing testimony on legislation that would create a pathway to distribute the more than 30 thousand dose stockpile we just purchased.
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Wing Luke exhibit strikes a chord in C-ID development debate
A new exhibit at the Wing Luke Museum looks at what happened to the neighborhoods that were disrupted to build I- 5. We’ll head over there with Leeching Tran who’s been in the CID for decades and talk to the writer and artist behind the exhibit Tessa Hulls. In a minute we'll hear about the history of development and displacement in the neighborhood and how some of the same themes are showing up again in the fight over a new Sound Transit light rail station.
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Environment
The bicoastal effort to bring Lolita home
For over 50 years, Lolita the Southern resident orca has lived in an oceanarium in Miami. For years, people have worked to bring her home, to no avail. But that changed on Thursday, when the Miami Seaquarium made its first public commitment to return Lolita home. Linda Robertson of the Miami Herald along with the leaders of the Whale Sanctuary and Sacred Seas Land Conservancy are here to tell us what has changed and what Lolita’s future might hold.
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Howard Schultz heads to the Senate
Starbucks's new CEO Laxman Narasimhan is at the helm, but it will be Howard Schultz on Wednesday answering a Senate panel's questions about the company's alleged union busting. KUOW’s labor and economy reporter Monica Nickelsburg is here to break it down.
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Politics
What's at stake in today's Sound Transit vote
The proposals for Sound Transit’s promised light rail expansion are coming in fast ahead of today’s board vote. Late yesterday, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell offered a substitute motion that would include stations North and South of the Chinatown International District that would serve the CID and Pioneer Square. Disruption is imminent with any expansion. But for the people who live in the C-ID it’s more complicated. Northwest Asian Weekly reporter, Mahlon Meyer is here to shed some light.