Scott Greenstone
Politics Reporter, Host of Sound Politics
About
Scott Greenstone covers PNW politics for KUOW, from Congress to county officials, and how decisions in the other Washington affect life here. He co-hosts Sound Politics with Libby Denkmann.
Greenstone came to KUOW in 2024, after working at KNKX and the Seattle Times. He produced and helped report "Outsiders," which was named a top 10 podcast of 2020 by TIME magazine. Greenstone has written everything from homelessness coverage to business news to movie reviews for newspapers and radio. He studied Journalism and Comparative Literature at the University of Oregon.
Before that, Greenstone was homeschooled, which is probably why he's like that.
Location: Seattle
Languages Spoken: English
Pronouns: he/him
Podcasts
Stories
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Tesla's direct car sales loophole survives in Washington state — for now
Two bills that would’ve ended a loophole benefitting Tesla died in the Washington State Legislature last week.
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Hundreds of federal workers apply for unemployment in Washington state amid Trump's purge
Amid a surge of federal firings nationwide, 362 federal workers have applied for unemployment in Washington state between Jan. 20, when President Trump took office, and Tuesday, according to a report released on Friday by Washington’s Employment Security Department.
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Firings and bad vibes hit PNW's federal workers
KUOW investigative reporter Ashley Hiruko joins Sound Politics Scott Greenstone and Libby Denkmann to discuss the potential impact of the firings, and what it’s like inside federal government buildings right now - from Seattle’s VA hospital to the National Labor Relations Board.
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'It's a terror campaign.' Federal workers in Seattle area describe snitching, secrecy under Trump
Federal workers in Seattle and across Washington state say they feel whiplash since Trump took office and issued a flurry of executive orders geared at cutting the federal government to “eliminate waste, bloat, and insularity.” KUOW spoke with 15 employees across seven agencies, most of whom agreed to speak on condition of anonymity for fear of getting fired.
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For your ears only: The politics of privacy
What do you have a right to? Your data? Your gender presentation? Your child’s health information? We talk through what the implications of privacy policies, and what lawmakers are proposing to do about it, on this week’s episode of Sound Politics.
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Drive a Tesla and have big feelings about it? KUOW wants to hear from you
KUOW wants to know what it's been like to drive a Tesla around the Seattle area during this time of sweeping and contentious political change. Get in touch with KUOW politics reporter Scott Greenstone via email at sgreenstone@kuow.org to share your experience.
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Washington state, UW join lawsuit over Trump order cutting funding for medical research
The University of Washington and Washington state are joining nearly two dozen states in suing the federal government over a change in funding from the National Institutes of Health.
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USAID in Seattle, Musk-opoly, and a chick off the old block
Politics right now it feels like everything is shifting all the time. KUOW Olympia correspondent Jeanie Lindsay joins the show for this grab bag episode on trickling federal changes, Tesla legislation, and a passed down painting.
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Washington’s Congressmembers have been sharing one 'ugly' painting for 50 years
Every new Congress, the painting known as “The Chick” goes to the newest member of the Washington delegation.
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Does Seattle love social housing enough to fund it?