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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Sometimes social activism has a 'dark underbelly'
Frances Lee recently asked to be excommunicated from the church of social justice. Lee, who is queer, trans and Chinese-American, was trying to point...
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I'd rather not talk about Trump. I just want to make an impact on Puerto Rico
Bill Radke speaks with Fernmarie Rodriguez about the impact of Hurricane Maria on her home island of Puerto Rico. Nearly two weeks after the hurricane...
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Washington state sues Purdue Pharma over opioid crisis
Bill Radke speaks with author and journalist Sam Quinones about why Washington state and the city of Seattle have filed lawsuits against Purdue Pharma...
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'North Korea knows better than to start a war'
Bill Radke, along with Livewire's Luke Burbank, speaks with author and journalist Blaine Harden about the recent war of words between President Donald...
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Embracing risk and suppressing fear in the mountains
“I love hearing a lawyer embracing risk.” Those affirmative words came from professional climbing guide Dallas Glass, speaking with climber Darrell...
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This Seattle startup will help you buy a house — but you'll have to share it with a stranger
Bill Radke speaks with Geekwire writer Monica Nickelsburg about a new Seattle based startup called Loftium which will help you buy a house — if you...
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Why we need to talk about childhood sexual abuse
There is a crisis that many of us would rather not face — childhood sexual abuse. According to Janice Palm, who works with adult survivors of sexual...
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'Good Booty': The history of sex in American music
Jeannie Yandel speaks with NPR music critic Ann Powers about her most recent book, "Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black and White, Body and Soul in American...
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Should Seattle apologize to Amazon?
Bill Radke speaks with Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant, Washington State GOP chair Susan Hutchison, and Geekwire editor and co-founder Todd...
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Does Amazon's second headquarters mean the boom party is over?
Bill Radke speaks with Geekwire editor Todd Bishop and Slate Magazine tech writer April Glaser about what it could mean for Seattle that Amazon will set...