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?
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New to the outdoors? These volunteers will teach you to explore safely
When the best laid plans go south, and you're stuck in the wild either lost or hurt, Seattle Mountain Rescue springs into action to get you home safe. The volunteer team covers a wide area from Seattle city proper to the Cascades, and after 70 years they're finally close to getting a new base of operations in North Bend. Additionally, a recent study from the Black Washingtonians Workgroup on Outdoor Recreation found fewer than 1.5% of State Parks visitors are Black. So how can Washington improve access to its famed outdoors?
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Major toothache: A look inside dental care in Washington
For years the Seattle King County Clinic provided free medical, eye and dental care for thousands of people. After taking a break in 2021, this was supposed to be the grand return. But after a scheduling mishap, the dental clinic has been canceled this year.
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It's the end of an era as Hale's Ales pulls their final pint
Hale's Ales founder Mike Hale sits down with Soundside host Libby Denkmann to talk the history of Hale's and why they're pulling the plug now.
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The Goodwill Games sought to pull politics from sports. So why did they end?
If you were around Seattle in 1990 — or watching Turner Broadcasting channels anywhere in America — you may remember the "Goodwill Games." The games faded out by 2001. What happened?
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What our poop tells us: Wastewater surveillance examines what most of us would prefer to flush and forget
You've probably taken part in one of the new frontiers of public health research: wastewater surveillance. All that's needed is a sample from down the drain: poop or pee. Our feces and urine are helpful indicators in detecting all sorts of outbreaks and infections. And wastewater surveillance can give scientists a preview of new viruses and disease variants, patterns of drug usage, and much more. Including potentially assessing the next pandemic.
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Adulting 101: Tap into your inner child
Throughout this pandemic many of us have dipped into nostalgia and tapped into childhood to cope. Borrowing from the past can be helpful, but it can also be really hard to go back there. That’s where inner child work comes in.
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'This was a positive way for Evangelicals to rebrand themselves' — the troubles of Matt Shea, Ukraine and international adoptions
Last month, former Washington state representative Matt Shea flew to Ukraine. There, he helped transport 63 children originally from Mariupol to Kazimierz Dolny, a small town in Poland. He says he was trying to bring those kids back to America to be adopted. Others say this move is representative of a larger issue in the adoption industry.
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In the Yakima Valley, tiny beetles are posing major problems for growers
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Who is the 'public' in public media? And how far has public radio come from its initial promise?
Public Radio was meant to serve as an amplifier and archive for everyone in the American public. But does it live up to its up to its initial promises?
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By any other name ... Washington moves to ban the word 'marijuana'
There are lots of nicknames for cannabis: pot, weed, grass, reefer madness. But now there’s one name state lawmakers think you should avoid: "marijuana."
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Northwest spring gardening tips, with Ciscoe Morris
It’s scheduled to be 73 and sunny today, and that means it’s the perfect time to get outside, look at those raised gardening beds and wonder… ‘what the heck am I supposed to do with these?’ Ciscoe Morris is here to help.
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'I do feel that level of burnout:' Why Washington's Rep. Jesse Johnson won't seek reelection
Since joining the state Legislature in 2020, State Representative Jesse Johnson has been outspoken on issues related to police accountability, education, and economic development in Washington.