Noel Gasca
Producer, Soundside
About
Noel is a producer for KUOW’s midday show Soundside.
Prior to joining Soundside, Noel worked as an online editor/producer with KUOW’s web team. She’s also a proud graduate of KUOW’s RadioActive program.
Noel is an alumna of Emerson College and has interned at NPR member stations WBUR in Boston and WAMU in Washington DC. Originally from Lake Stevens, Washington, Noel is elated to be back in the Pacific Northwest and covering the people and places that make up the state she calls home. Noel has reported on labor and education.
When she’s not working, Noel enjoys perusing Seattle’s used bookstores, discussing the lasting legacy of Selena Quintanilla’s music with anyone who will listen, and spending way too much time fixing up her island on Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English
Pronouns: she/her
Professional Affiliations: National Association of Hispanic Journalists, AIR
Podcasts
Stories
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Health Care
What do the graves around Northern State hospital tell us about the Lost Patients who lived there?
Soundside host Libby Denkmann talks with Northern State Hospital historian John Horne about some of the history surrounding the location & the gravestones he's found.
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Business
Boeing urges employees to 'speak up' about product safety. But what impact does a whistleblower really have?
Former Boeing Quality Manager John Barnett's recent death has renewed conversations about whistleblower safety and impact.
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Elections
Washington's presidential primary results weren't surprising. So, what's motivating voters?
The results of Tuesday's presidential primary elections in Washington and elsewhere were to be expected.
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Health
Why do so many people with severe mental illnesses go untreated in WA?
Seven percent of Washingtonians live with a serious mental illness - that’s the second highest level in the nation, right behind Alabama. We see evidence of this on our streets – where the intertwined issues of substance abuse and mental illness are more visible every day. A new podcast from KUOW and The Seattle Times sets out to explore why so many people with severe mental illness go untreated in Washington state.
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Arts & Life
Lily Gladstone left the Oscars empty-handed. But her former Mountlake Terrace classmates say it's just the beginning
It wasn’t quite the Hollywood happy ending Lily Gladstone’s former teachers and classmates were hoping for when they packed into the auditorium of Mountlake Terrace High School to watch the 96th Academy Awards ceremony.
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Arts & Life
In 'Thunder Song,' a Coast Salish punk creates her own form of medicine
If you read her award winning memoir, you may know Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe as a "Coast Salish punk." Now, LaPointe is back with a new essay collection, titled "Thunder Song: Essays". In it, LaPointe takes a raw, unflinching look the complexities of indigenous identity, the punk scene, and the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival.
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Business
Does Boeing have its eyes set on Wichita 2.0?
Boeing reportedly has its eye on a takeover. Or maybe we should call it a family reunion?
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Technology
Microsoft has learned to play ball with unions. Could it rub off on other tech companies?
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Education
What the controversy at a Washington charter school reveals about the politics of school choice
What do a former Seattle sports star, a Grammy-winning musician, and a school administrator have in common? They’re all at the center of a controversy surrounding a charter school in Des Moines, Washington: Why Not You Academy.
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Business
Boeing announces a 737 Max leadership shake-up. Will it be enough?
Boeing has announced a leadership shakeup on its 737 Max team: Ed Clark, the head of Boeing's 737 Max program, is leaving immediately. These changes come more than six weeks after a piece of the fuselage broke off mid-air on a Max 9 plane, leaving a gaping hole in the jet and terrifying passengers minutes after take-off from Portland.