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Patricia Murphy

Host

About

Patricia Murphy is the host of Seattle Now, a daily news podcast.

Her interviews focus on experts and newsmakers. Previously, you could find Patricia on the beat reporting on military and veteran affairs, justice, and health.

In 2018 Patricia received a regional Edward R. Murrow award for a series about the motivations of young people who carry guns. In 2005 she received a national Edward R. Murrow award for her reporting on injection drug use.

Though her first job in news was throwing hard copies of the Sunday paper from her bike, Patricia also graduated from Emerson College with a B.S. in Communications.

Location: Seattle

Languages: English

Pronouns: she/her

Professional Affiliations: Dart Center, Ochberg Society for Trauma Journalism

Podcasts

Stories

  • Will light rail across Lake Washington make Redmond cool?

    The Crosslake Connection will finally open this Saturday.  That means for the first time, you’ll be able to take the light rail from Seattle to the Eastside. So, what will that new access mean for Redmond? We’ll talk about it with Andrew Villeneuve from the Northwest Progressive Institute.

  • How property taxes are affecting the Central District's Black homeowners

    The rising cost of property taxes is putting pressure on homeowners especially in historically Black neighborhoods like the Central District. Now a local research project is highlighting how it contributes to gentrification and displacement of Black homeowners.  We’ll talk about that with Wa Na Wari's CACE 21 project lead researcher Dr. Kristin McCowan.

  • Why did thousands of crows abandon their roost in Bothell?

    After roosting for years on the University of Washington Bothell campus, thousands of crows recently moved to Redmond.  Doug Wacker studied the birds at UW Bothell, and he’s since tracked down their new roost.

  • Friday Evening Headlines

    Flooding and landslides are impacting western Washington, King County could be next in line to limit where ICE can set up operations and Lime scooters will start chirping at riders who use them improperly. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Patricia Murphy.

  • Casual Friday with Jeff Shulman and Michael Wong

    This week… The Seattle Supersonics are dangerously close to a comeback. Mahjong is becoming a favorite social activity for Seattle's young people. And Washington state is making a stuffed marmot the face of a new anti-littering campaign. UW Marketing Professor Jeff Shulman and Asianverified creator Michael Wong are here to break down the week.

  • Thursday Evening Headlines

    Mayor Wilson partially pauses surveillance camera expansion, WA will not celebrate Cesar Chavez Day, and WA is suing the EPA over its climate policy.

  • Gas prices get Washingtonians down, while things look up for EVs

    Washington lawmakers passed a bill that might help the state increase sales of electric vehicles. It makes buying more brands of EVs easier – just as the federal government has eliminated incentives. We’ll talk about the new law and the landscape of EV ownership in Washington with Geekwire's Lisa Stiffler.

  • The greatest hits of the 2026 WA legislative session

    The Washington state legislative session is over… After just 60 days, 267 bills passed through the legislature and are headed for the Governor’s desk. Most importantly, the so-called “millionaire’s tax” that caused a stir every step of the way. KUOW State Government Reporter Sarah Mizes-Tan is here to talk about the tax, and what other bills made the cut.

  • A defaced mural becomes permanent at Bellevue College

    In 2020, a Bellevue College VP instructed someone to deface the artist description of a campus mural, that showed two Japanese American children in a U.S. Government incarceration camp during World War II. Now, Bellevue College is permanently installing the mural, by Seattle artist Erin Shigaki.

  • How a TikTok fixed a massive language error at the WA DOL

    Until very recently, Washington’s Department of Licensing self-service phone line used English in a Spanish accent when you pressed 2 for Spanish. It was like that for months. We’ll talk about what might have gone wrong and what it took to fix the issue with Responsible AI Washington's Ryan Burns.