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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These Italian bears survived gladiators and Mussolini
Just two hours from Rome is one of the richest ecosystems in Europe, a little island of mountains that to this day is home to wolves, wild boar and bears.
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Animal psychology and how to stay safe in the wild
I don't look for trouble, but I've gotten in enough to share how to stay safe in the wild.
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A Siberian tiger named Bloody Mary
I travel to Russia to meet the man who captured on film the nearly invisible Siberian tigers.
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Leave it to beavers, seriously
I hang out in Seattle's backyard with some very eager beavers.
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Return of ze big bad wolf
It’s thought that the last wolf in Germany was shot 150 years ago. But nature had another idea.
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The first time I caught a grizzly bear
I was going to be graphic designer. Then a bear came along.
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How humans and cougars live together
This week, SoundQ's shares KUOW's newest podcast, The Wild. Host Chris Morgan tracks down a cougar den and tries to work out how we continue to coexist with cougars.
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Neighbor calls a biologist: ‘There’s a cougar in my backyard.’ And he says...
Our backyards are getting bigger, and the cougar’s front yard is getting smaller.
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The mysterious disappearance of the Ballard Locks sea lions
Years ago, sea lions treated the Ballard Locks like an all-you-can-eat salmon buffet. But most of those sea lions are gone now. What happened to those sea lions? The SoundQ's team investigates.
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Um, why does that boat get priority over Seattle drivers?
We'll look at why boats take priority over cars when it comes to opening drawbridges.