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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

  • Two years into SIFF's Cinerama's revival, is it working?

    In late 2023, Seattle International Film Festival took a big swing - reopening the Cinerama, bringing back the chocolate popcorn, and rebranding the building as SIFF Cinema Downtown. But how is it working out?  New reporting suggests that the restored theater hasn’t been meeting expectations, as the organization tries to find financial footing. We’ll hear from arts reporters Margo Vansynghel and Chase Hutchinson.

  • Tuesday Evening Headlines

    Mayor Harrell to sign executive orders on potential troop deployments, Starbucks lays off nearly 370 WA workers, and WA signature gatherers for GOP-backed initiatives say people are interfering with the process.

  • Seattle spent millions to shelter people in hotel rooms. Then it stopped filling them

    In the years following the pandemic, the city of Seattle leaned into a strategy to convert hotels into shelters. At one point, the Civic Hotel was full of residents. But later, many of the rooms sat empty, even though the City of Seattle was still paying the rent. KUOW investigative reporter Ashley Hiruko is here to tell us what happened.

  • Monday Evening Headlines

    Oregon and President Trump continue to fight over federal troop deployment, workers in Bremerton want pay during the government shutdown, and Yakima basin water is getting rationed. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.

  • Friday Evening Headlines

    National historic sites close in WA due to federal shutdown, Harrell and Wilson debate, and it's an event-palooza in Seattle this weekend.

  • Casual Friday with Geraldine DeRuiter and Jas Keimig

    This week… Starbucks is making major changes, including closing the ever-busy Reserve Roastery on Capitol Hill. We had ‘sliving’ in SLU this week… as in, a DJ set in South Lake Union that woke up the neighbors, by the person who coined the term sliving… by Paris Hilton, And it’s Fall in Seattle… Can we add some items to your autumn bucket list? Author Geraldine DeRuiter and Arts Reporter Jas Keimig are here to break down the week.

  • Thursday Evening Headlines

    Trump Administration cancels a hydrogen hub for the PNW, UW investigating after intruder disrupts a class with slurs, and a Christian fundamentalist group is suing Seattle.

  • After a 135-year run, Bartell Drugs closes for good

    Bartell Drugs has been on the decline for years and now it’s gone for good. The last three Bartell stores closed over the weekend.  We’ll talk about what this means for pharmacy-goers with Seattle Times business reporter Paul Roberts.

  • Wednesday Evening Headlines

    Seattle's Redfin and Zillow sued by the FTC, new AI platform led by Fred Hutch aims to speed up cancer breakthroughs, and Hanford's nuclear waste treatment plant is almost ready for prime time.

  • Portland prepares for federal troops on the street

    Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell and Attorney General Nick Brown are warning President Trump not to deploy federal troops here. They don’t want the situation that’s unfolding in Portland, where 200 National Guard troops have been authorized to deploy. Conrad Wilson with Oregon Public Broadcasting tells us what's happening in the Rose City.