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
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Stuck on St. Helens
Summertime is a great time to explore the mountains, and Washington has tons of breathtaking peaks to climb. But things can change quickly. Seattle Times reporter Melissa Hellmann tells us what she learned from a recent hike on Mount St. Helens.
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It's hot
This weekend was hot, historically hot. We talk to Seattleites battling the heat and get an update from the National Weather Service.
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Dave & Dave and the midnight orca ride
A story about a man named Dave, another four guys named Dave, and two majestic killer whales taken from the Northwest.
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Casual Friday: 'Do I have to pull a busboy aside?'
A top Seattle chef's bad behavior catches up with him. Amazon realizes it could actually run out of warehouse workers. And murder hornets try to replace crows as nature's top local menace.
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Amazon's existential problem
Amazon's success has come from its obsessive focus on customers. But that focus is causing an existential problem for the company — and its huge force of hourly workers.
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Trans identity in the Old West
Our popular image of the American West is that the cowboys were the heroes, Native Americans were the villains, women were frail and treated like property and trans people didn't even exist. Except, of course they did.
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'We have to stop celebrating these frickin' chefs'
One of the city's biggest big-deal chefs is taking a step back after a Seattle Times investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct and harassment against him. We talk with Melissa Miranda, chef and owner of Beacon Hill's Musang about how the industry needs to change.
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When is the pandemic over?
Seattle is 70% vaccinated, the state is fully reopening in just a few weeks and Covid cases and deaths are at their lowest point locally in almost a year. Things are looking up. But when can we say the pandemic is finally over?
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Casual Friday: 'Alexa, rescue me from outer space'
One Washingtonian wins a quarter-million dollars in the state's first vaccine lottery, assuming they pick up the phone. Jeff Bezos surprises his brother with the gift of suborbital flight. And it's baby crow flight school season in Seattle again.
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A worker shortage could put the city's restaurants in the weeds
Seattle restaurants are weeks away from a green light to fully reopen for business... if they can find enough cooks, waitstaff and bartenders. We talk about the labor shortage that's hitting the city’s food scene with Seattle Times business writer Paul Roberts.