Kyle Norris
Producer
About
Kyle Norris is a producer who contributes to KUOW’s daily show, SoundSide. He also reports for NPR’s arts and culture desk and “Life Kit” podcast.
Prior to working on SoundSide, he was an instructor at KUOW’s youth media program, RadioActive. There he taught audio journalism skills to teenagers who lacked access to journalism and arts programming in their communities.
Norris has worked in public radio for 20 years as a host, producer, and reporter. He got his start in broadcasting at Michigan Public (formerly Michigan Radio), where he worked for eight years as an on-air host and arts and culture reporter.
Stories
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Seattle Now: Give it up for Seattle's 'Lady A'
A David and Goliath fight has been playing out in the music world, between a platinum-selling country act and a Seattle blues singer who's fighting to keep the name she's performed under for more than 20 years.
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Seattle Now: No shoes, no shirt, no mask, no service
Most people seem to be cooperating with the Governor's mask order. But some people who aren't... really aren't. So whose job is it to enforce the state's mask rule? KUOW's Ashley Hiruko tells us how this story is playing out at one major retailer in Western Washington.
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Seattle Now: Police reform tested in Tacoma
Before George Floyd, there was Manny Ellis. He died in police custody in early March, his family wants answers and Washington's new police accountability law was supposed to help. So far, it hasn't.
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Seattle Now: Sober quarantine with GNR's Duff McKagan
The Seattle native and bass player for Guns N' Roses talks managing sobriety in a pandemic, trying to buy face masks and the future of rock and roll.
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Seattle Now: Too much information
Our instinct in a crisis is to talk to each other, but news changes by the hour. So what information can you trust?
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Half of the patients at this free, pop-up health clinic already have insurance
1,000 volunteers will help more than 3,000 patients at this four-day health clinic that takes over Seattle Center.
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What’s with Seattle bumper stickers these days?
On this episode a listener asks us to explore the patterns and messages of bumper stickers in the Pacific Northwest. But there’s a personal reason she wants to better understand Seattle’s bumper sticker culture.
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Finding love is hard. In Seattle it's even harder
What makes Seattle an especially challenging place to date?
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Have you noticed all the cotton fluff drifting in the air?
"What's up with all the white fluff in the air?" That was one listener's question we recently answered in our SoundsQs podcast.
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This musician helps keep an ancient language alive for Sephardic Jews
“Why there are so many Sephardic Jews in Seattle?” That’s the question we dove into on our latest episode of SoundQs, our podcast where you ask a question and KUOW explores the answer.
