Soundside
Get to know the PNW and each other. Soundside airs Monday through Thursday at 12 p.m. and 8 p.m. on KUOW. Listen to Soundside on Spotify, iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Additional Credits: Logo art is designed by Teo Popescu. Audio promotions are produced by Hans Twite. Community engagement led by Zaki Hamid. Our Director of New Content and Innovation is Brendan Sweeney.
Mission Statement:
Soundside believes establishing trust with our listeners involves taking the time to listen.
We know that building trust with a community takes work. It involves broadening conversations, making sure our show amplifies systemically excluded voices, and challenging narratives that normalize systemic racism.
We want Soundside to be a place where you can be part of the dialogue, learn something new about your own backyard, and meet your neighbors from the Peninsula to the Palouse.
Together, we’ll tell stories that connect us to our community — locally, nationally and globally. We’ll get to know the Pacific Northwest and each other.
What do you think Soundside should be covering? Where do you want to see us go next?
Leave us a voicemail! You might hear your call on-air: 206-221-3213
Share your thoughts directly with the team at soundside@kuow.org.
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Episodes
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Silicon Valley Bank collapse: what the heck happened?
Friday’s collapse of Silicon Valley Bank is the second largest bank failure in United States history, right behind Seattle’s own Washington Mutual in 2008.
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Oscar nominee and celebrity hairstylist Camille Friend makes Hollywood 'hair story'
"Us," "Captain Marvel," "Guardians of the Galaxy," "The Hunger Games," "The Hateful Eight." They all have one thing in common: celebrity hairstylist Camille Friend.
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Seattle's new caste discrimination ban illuminates a complex civil rights discussion
When the Seattle City Council chose to ban caste discrimination in February, they delved into a complex civil rights issue, one that businesses and institutions across the country are increasingly grappling with, too.
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'A Thousand Splendid Suns' is a journey through three decades of Afghan life
Last month, the Seattle Opera hosted “Jashin: a celebration of Afghan arts," highlighting Afghan history, culture, and arts — topics that can be lost between constant news stories of war and violence. That show led to the opera's current production — the world premiere of "A Thousand Splendid Suns."
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No Spoilers: Talking ECCC and our love for cordyceps
Soundside host Libby Denkmann sits down with fellow KUOW nerds Dyer Oxley and Mike Davis to talk about Emerald City Comic Con, and how "The Last of Us" changed the video game adaptation landscape.
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How WA food banks are handling a hunger cliff
Emergency Benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — better known as SNAP — have ended. The change in federal law affects more than half a million households in Washington, representing a loss of about $95 million a month in food assistance.
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What can Seattle's 1970s 'Boeing Bust' teach us about recent tech layoffs?
Since the 1970s, whenever people in the Pacific Northwest lose their jobs en masse, Seattleites ask whether this is the next Boeing Bust. Looking to Seattle's economic past may offer some wisdom about what's ahead following recent tech layoffs.
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'Just one of many tragic stories': Uncovering the story of Chemawa Indian School
For 150 years, the federal government operated more than 400 boarding schools for Indigenous children who had been forcibly removed from their families. One example of the brutal legacy of these boarding schools lies in Oregon, in the unmarked grave of Charlie Fiester. Soundside caught up with KUOW investigative reporter Ashley Hiruko to talk about Charlie's story.
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Hear it again: Where the wild things grow — a visit to the new UW greenhouse
If you’re riding your bike down the Burke-Gilman Trail through the University of Washington campus, you’ll cruise by a long row of glass buildings. Over the last three years, the University of Washington has been moving its extensive plant collection from its Botany Greenhouse in Redmond to this new 20,000-foot greenhouse on campus.
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Need a little help getting through 'The Big Dark'? Soundside has your weekend covered
We're headed into the last leg of "The Big Dark" — that time of year when you just want to nestle inside, hang out on your couch, cling to our seasonal affective disorder lamps, and really not do much more than that. But we've almost made it through! You can sense spring if you know where to look. Why not get a head start on emerging back into everything the Pacific Northwest has to offer by checking out some local events?
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Searching for home. Seattle author publishes first book of short stories
This week, Seattle’s Ronit Plank is releasing a short-story collection, “Home is a Made Up Place.” Plank is known as a memoirist. Her first book, "When She Comes Back," documented her relationship with her mother, who left Plank as a child to join a cult.
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'They're not listening anymore.' Member of WA's government transparency committee steps down
Attorney Kathy George has resigned from the Washington legislature’s Sunshine Committee. The committee’s role is to monitor the state government’s transparency laws.