Matt Martin
Podcast Producer
About
Matt Martin is a podcast producer who has worked on many different show for KUOW. He pitched and created THE WILD with Chris Morgan, a rich and experiential podcast about ecology and conservation. Matt also produced the Seattle music history podcast Let the Kids Dance and the award-winning Ghost Herd. Before moving to the on-demand side of the station, Matt worked as a producer on The Record, KUOW's local news show. He has also worked as a general assignment reporter and host for public radio stations in upstate New York and rural Alaska. Matt got his start in media as an intern with StoryCorps and Aljazeera America.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English
Pronouns: he/him
Stories
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Sawant email threats mystery solved
When District 3 Councilmember Kshama Sawant got threats from a city employee, sent from their city email address, you may have thought: 'There’s no way someone would actually do that.' And you'd be right. Seattle Times crime reporter Sara Jean Green has the story.
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Seattle Now: A phone for your grief
In a quiet corner of Priest Point Park in Olympia, there is a telephone hanging on a tree that has no dial tone. It cannot make calls, but it is there for anybody who needs it.
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Didn't we almost have it all
More than 5 million women have lost their jobs since the pandemic began. The number is shocking in itself, but Seattle writer Angela Garbes argues that women have lost far more than a place in the workforce.
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'The Adventures of Lil Big Fella'
A new comic book tells stories of Black boys and girls growing up in Seattle's South End. We talk with Chukundi Salisbury, creator of 'The Adventures of Lil Big Fella.'
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Remembering Hank Adams, 'the most important Indian'
He’s been called the most important Native American activist of his generation. But he preferred his historical archives to the spotlight, so most of us have never heard of the late Hank Adams.
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Seattle Now: Casual Thursday with Casey Martin and Zaki Hamid
Goodbye, 2020. It's been real. We’re taking all we can from a wild year in Seattle and welcoming a fresh start with KUOW’s Zaki Hamid and Casey Martin.
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Seattle Now: Limited medical care in rural COVID hotspots
Rural counties in Washington have become COVID hotspots. With fewer doctors, and limited ICU beds, rural hospitals are struggling to find backup when health care workers also get sick.
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Business
Bad credit? Higher car insurance?
Bad credit shouldn’t mean you pay higher insurance rates. At least that is what Washington State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is saying. Currently in the state, insurance companies can consider a person's credit score when determining risk. Kreidler says that disproportionately hurts poor individuals and people of color. He has introduced a new piece of legislation that would outlaw the practice. Melissa Santos is a political reporter and spoke with Commissioner Kreidler for her piece in Crosscut.
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Arts & Life
Seattle Now: Reinventing live music
Live music is a huge part of Seattle’s identity, but the pandemic put a stop to concerts indefinitely. Now we have an opportunity to reinvent the scene, and move on from the city's past.
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Seattle Now: Amazon's hiring spree
The pandemic has caused millions of people to lose their jobs but Amazon is hiring at historic levels. If you work in restaurants, retail, or the arts, you know the damage COVID has done. Amazon has no such concerns. On average, they’ve hired 1,400 workers every day of 2020 - growing their workforce to over one point two million people. Karen Weise is a New York Times reporter based here in Seattle and has been reporting on Amazon’s pandemic hiring spree.