Clare McGrane
Senior Producer, Seattle Now & Seattle Eats
About
Clare produces and reports for Seattle Now, KUOW's daily news podcast. She takes listeners on field trips to vibrant places around the Puget Sound, breaks down complex stories shaping Seattleites' lives, and curates conversations about pop culture in the city. Clare is also the senior producer for Seattle Eats with Tan Vinh, leading the production team and appearing as an on-air co-host for the show's "Tip of the Week" segment. Clare has extensive experience reporting on health and technology, along with an eye for covering Seattle's queer community and the arts.
Previously, Clare was KUOW's emerging platforms producer, leading strategy and product development for digital audio channels. Before joining KUOW, she covered health technology at GeekWire. Clare is a University of Washington graduate with a dual degree in Journalism and Creative Writing. Outside of work, she is an avid rock-climber, reader, and gamer.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English, some French
Pronouns: she/her
Podcasts
Stories
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Environment
Why is Seattle losing trees?
Seattle has lost 255 acres of trees since 2016 according to a newly released canopy cover assessment by the city.
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Technology
Here come the EVs. Are we ready?
Governor Jay Inslee announced last week that Washington will follow California in banning sales of new gas-powered cars after 2035. But the charging station network for electric vehicles in the United States isn’t ready for prime time. The Biden administration wants to add 500,000 new charging stations by 2030. Washington state wants to be part of that revolution, but if you want or need to make a long-distance trip soon, you’ll face some challenges. We talked to Aaron Blank, who shared insights from his EV trip from LA to Seattle and back this summer. Then we reached out to Anna Lising, a senior policy advisor on energy to Governor Jay Inslee.
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Health
Why Harborview is turning away patients
Harborview Medical Center is turning away all non-urgent patients, and has been for more than a week. The hospital is at 130 percent of its capacity. One big reason: staffing, both at the hospital and in other parts of the healthcare system. Dr. Steve Mitchell, medical director of Harborview's emergency department, explains what's going on and how the hospital is adapting. We also hear from nurse Nicole Johnson on burnout among frontline healthcare workers.
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Arts & Life
Turning nuclear waste into art
Today we’re sharing an episode from KUOW’s new podcast, The Blue Suit. This week’s episode is about a local artist who was inspired by the clean up effort at Washington’s Hanford nuclear plant to create a new form of glass art. Subscribe to The Blue Suit in any podcast app to hear more episodes, or listen at kuow.org/podcasts/bluesuit
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Government
Spokane is building back better (than Seattle)
In news that will surprise no one, Seattle has a housing shortage. One solution is to get rid of single-family zoning and make it easier to build things like duplexes and triplexes. Seattle has rejected this idea a number of times, but all the way across the state, Spokane is embracing it. KUOW Joshua McNichols tells us how Spokane is approaching this issue differently, and what Seattle can learn from their experience.
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Arts & Life
Casual Friday with Vee Hua and Chase Burns
A Tacoma Farmers Market landed itself in the middle of a Mexican food
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Government
Seattle's plan to hire 500 police officers
Two years ago, the conversation in Seattle was all about defunding the Seattle Police Department, but things have changed. Mayor Bruce Harrell says SPD now has a staffing crisis. He’s proposing an ambitious plan to put millions into hiring 500 new police officers. KUOW reporter Amy Radil explains why the department has such a labor shortage and how Harrell's recruitment plan would work.
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Environment
Saving local forests, with help from big business
Earlier this month, a blockchain company based in Delaware struck the biggest carbon offset deal in history with the city of Issaquah. This kind of deal is a new frontier in both saving local forests and tackling climate change. We talked to Seattle Times environment reporter Lynda Mapes about how this all works back when the state of Washington announced they’re getting into this game. Today we’re revisiting that episode.
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Arts & Life
Casual Friday with Jas Keimig and Kemi Adeyemi
A video of students at Seattle Pacific University went viral this week. About 50 graduating seniors walked across the graduation stage and handed the school's interim president a pride flag before taking their diploma, a protest of the school's ban on hiring LGBTQ employees. Also this week: We discovered just how many
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Politics
This SPD video was 17 hours too late and false
Two years later, we’re still untangling the Seattle Police Department’s response to the 2020 racial justice protests. Carolyn Bick, a reporter for the South Seattle Emerald uncovered a mismatch of messaging. SPD published a video with information they knew to be false. The message in the video got picked up….nationally. Remember the so-called anarchist zone?