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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Seattle Now: How to have low stakes outdoor adventures
The dark rainy months are here, and this creates a new challenge in our pandemic lives.
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Seattle Now: An uncertain election and polarized politics in Mason county
Mason County is just South of Bremerton on the Kitsap Peninsula and it's one of the most purple areas in the state. KUOW’s Joshua McNichols visited when the results of the Presidential election remained uncertain but the country’s polarized politics became clearer than ever.
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Seattle Now: How to cope with election anxiety
Here we are on election day, but rarely in this country has it felt so loaded. Political divisions, the pandemic and above all the uncertainty of the future. So we called up Seattle therapist Roy Fisher to get some ideas about how to get through the election and whatever happens next.
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Bats: Busting the myths
Join me as I meet bats up close and in person and try to figure out the mystery behind these winged mammals.
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The great British birding show
Join Chris as he travels the English countryside with extreme birder Lee Evans.
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WILD BITES: What’s the longest migration in the animal kingdom?
The Arctic Tern can fly 60,000 miles in a year. Why do they travel so far?
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The tiniest farmer on earth
The secret and fascinating world of these miniature marvels.
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WILD BITES: How does a sperm whale survive the crushing depths a mile underwater?
Meet the sperm whale, the true deep divers of the ocean.
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Seattle Now: The Pac-12 packs it in
It's official: no Purple Reign on Saturdays at Husky Stadium this fall, no Apple Cup. The pandemic pushed the Pac-12 conference to cancel all college sports until at least next year. Pac-12 Network broadcaster Elise Woodward explains the impact.
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Education
Seattle Now: What is school going to look like in the fall?
Seattle public schools stumbled with the shift to online learning when the pandemic shut down in-person learning in the spring. Will they be ready when the bell rings in the fall? KUOW education reporter Ann Dornfeld gives us an update.