Seattle Now
Seattle Now is a daily news podcast for a curious city, from KUOW and the NPR Network. Seattle Now brings you quick, informal, and hyper-local news updates every weekday.
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Episodes
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Thursday Evening Headlines
Former SPD Chief Adrian Diaz sues Seattle, King County assessor faces resignation calls over restraining order, and we remember Northwest bluesman Bill Engelhart.
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Buy Now Pay Later (even at Costco), what could go wrong?
Herb Weisbaum aka“The ConsumerMan” gives us some insight into how Buy Now Pay Later works and how it can get consumers into trouble.
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Wednesday Evening Headlines
Cooling shelters open during mini heat wave, college grads are entering a workforce with fewer internships, and Spokane astronaut Anne McClain talks to students from space.
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A safe lot for RVs will become pickleball courts. It's complicated
More than a quarter of people living unhoused in the city are sleeping in a vehicle, and Seattle’s 72-hour parking law means that anyone stuck in one place is in a precarious position. An RV lot set up for people experiencing homelessness since 2023 is being reclaimed for a pickleball court complex… But as Seattle Times Homelessness Reporter Greg Kim explains, the development is more complicated than it seems.
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Tuesday Evening Headlines
Bartell Drugs gets a lifeline from CVS, townhouses are coming to a Seattle neighborhood near you, and Sonics legend Shawn Kemp pleads guilty over shooting incident.
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What's changed since we got the Strippers' Bill of Rights?
Seattle Times reporter Catalina Gaitán is here to talk about the successes, failures, and future possibilities of the so called Strippers' Bill of Rights.
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Digging up an underrated PNW delicacy
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Friday Evening Headlines
Arrests have been made in last week's Pioneer Square triple homicide, experts are expecting a challenging fire season in Washington state, and the Space Needle has a new upgrade, in the form of a giant glass elevator. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.
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Casual Friday with Andrew Walsh and Dr. Kirk Honda
This week… We got an idea of just how much the average person needs to make to afford rent in Seattle. After 125 years, the independently run U Bookstore is entering a partnership with Barnes and Noble. And if you’re waiting for the Light Rail to connect to the east side, keep waiting. Sound Transit officials say there’s been a delay, and you’ll have to wait until the beginning of next year. Too Beautiful to Live Co-Host Andrew Walsh and Psychology in Seattle Podcast Host Dr. Kirk Honda are here to break down the week.
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Thursday Evening Headlines
The Seattle School Board addresses its budget shortfall, hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans may face deportation, and we take a look at highlights from the legislation Governor Bob Ferguson has signed so far. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.
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Sharing recipes and building community: Recipes of the C-ID
We learn about a community cookbook called Recipes of the C-ID and bake one of recipes with co-creator Molly Nguyen.
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Wednesday Evening Headlines
ICE agents are arresting people outside of Seattle Immigration Court hearings, Microsoft executives are upset with Washington's new state taxes, and a local participant on singing show "The Voice" made it to the finals this week. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Patricia Murphy.
