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Seattle Now is KUOW's flagship daily news podcast. Seattle Now brings you quick headlines, smart analysis, and award-winning local news. New episodes every weekday morning and afternoon. Start and end your day with Seattle Now, from KUOW and the NPR Network.

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Episodes

  • Casual Friday with Geraldine DeRuiter and Phil Burton

    This week…  Sea lions are toasting the summer at Shilshole… and maybe overstaying their welcome, just a bit.  70,000 demonstrators in Seattle earned a gold star from SPD.  And would you rather live in a castle or missile silo? Both are for sale in our region if you’ve got at least a cool million.  Author Geraldine DeRuiter and comedian Phil Burton are here to break down the week.

  • Thursday Art Walking 101

    Our city is home to a dozen art walks and counting, including the longest-running art walk in the nation. Local artist and arts administratorTommy Gregory talks about the Pioneer Square Art Walk, which happens on the first Thursday of each month, and the Capitol Hill Art Walk, which happens on the second Thursday of each month.

  • Wednesday Evening Headlines

    Microsoft employees brace for mass layoffs, Seattle sues Trump over frozen public safety grants, and Seattle gets ready to celebrate Juneteenth.

  • Seattle hosts 750K soccer fans next year. Are we ready?

    The 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup is coming to Seattle.  The city now has less than a year before it welcomes hundreds of thousands of visitors.  There’s plenty of time for the city to meet some of its goals, before the players try to score theirs. Will it be a win-win for the city?  Seattle Now Sports Correspondent Vaughan Jones is here with a preview of what’s to come. 

  • Tuesday Evening Headlines

    Judge rules in favor of WA over medical research cuts, plans are underway to replace Seattle's Peace Park statue, and more gray whales are being stranded this year in WA.

  • A tiny handlebar sensor could make cycling safer in Seattle

    Seattle can be a dangerous place to ride your bike. On some roads, cars just get too close. And if you’re new to cycling here, how do you know which routes are safest? We talk with University of Washington PhD student Joe Breda, who's developed a handlebar sensor that's helping to map the region’s riskiest bike routes.

  • Monday Evening Headlines

    Cherry growers struggle as deportation threats keep workers away, glass recycling resumes in Seattle, and a recap of weekend protests. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Patricia Murphy.

  • Trump halts a landmark agreement meant to restore salmon

    The Columbia River is important to a lot of people and animals in the region. Its dams generate lots of clean energy while its Native fish, an important food source, are facing extinction. Two years ago President Biden crafted an agreement between the many invested parties, and last week President Trump cancelled it. We’ll learn more about what it all means with Lynda Mapes from the Seattle Times.

  • Saturday Special: Graduation season for mixed immigration status families, a lack of state funding closes a day center for disabled adults, and how improv helps with early-stage memory loss

    Today, we’re bringing you the best from the KUOW newsroom… KUOW Immigration Reporter Gustavo Sagrero re-visits a high school senior near Bellingham, whose dad came to the U.S. without authorization about 20 years ago and was deported earlier this year. A day health center for disabled adults in Snohomish County is closing this summer – it’s the last facility of its kind in the entire county. And a theater program in Washington state is helping people with early-stage memory loss let loose with improv.

  • Friday Evening Headlines

    Amazon sponsors Trump's military parade, WA sues low income housing providers for duping seniors, and Trump cancels an agreement meant to help salmon recovery.

  • Casual Friday with Danielle Marie Holland and Kennady Quille

    This week… Say goodbye to the Uncle Sam Billboard in southern Washington, now with new, or sort of new, ownership. Notable Seattle celebrities have been the target of home invasions over the past several months. And it’s raining men… Seattle is the most-male dominated major metro in the US. Author Danielle Marie Holland and KEXP DJ Kennady Quille are here to break down the week.

  • Thursday Evening Headlines

    WA sues over Trump's military deployment in CA, WA ferries will soon be back to full service, and a rare tree blooms in Seattle.