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.
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Episodes
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These students protested racism and sexual violence. They say school officials responded with retaliation
In January, students at Olympia's River Ridge High School came together for a week-long protest. The high school’s Black Student Union, joined by allies, called for district administrators to address racial and sexual violence on campus. Now, the Black Student Union is considering filing a class action lawsuit against North Thurston Public Schools for alleged retaliation by school officials.
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'We did the jobs we knew how to do.' Revisiting Oso, 8 years later.
On March 8, 2014, a landslide rushing at 60 miles per hour swept over State Route 530. It engulfed more than 40 homes and remains the deadliest land
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Congress looks to fix supply chain kinks, including in the Northwest
The Pacific Northwest, like the rest of the world, is dealing with supply chain issues. A number of factors are making it more expensive and time-consuming to move products. But Congress says it might have a fix: A proposed law aimed at giving American producers a more competitive edge in the global market.
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This Coast Salish punk wants you to call her anything other than 'survivor'
When Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe set out to write her first memoir she was carrying on a family legacy of telling native stories. Her new book, Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk, weaves together her own life with the stories of her ancestors. But Red Paint is not just a story of generational trauma, it's about strength.
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More than books and mortar: Seattle Public Library's next chapter
Seattle Public Library's new Chief Librarian Tom Fay shares his vision for the future of the institution.
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What's behind those mysterious booms in Washington state?
On March 7 folks across Orcas Island heard a BOOM. Some locals said they saw a flash of light along with it. But the source of this sudden, loud noise has been a mystery to local law enforcement over the past month. And that's because it's hard to track something like a boom.
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After the flood: Whatcom County executive on disaster recovery
County governments are on the front lines addressing the thorniest challenges. Take Whatcom County, in northwest Washington. Last year, towns near the Nooksack river were devastated by winter flooding, while the county was navigating its response to the COVID-19 pandemic and homelessness rose to the highest level in more than a decade.
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Now hiring: 11 million jobs across the U.S.
The Department Labor reported in January that there were 11.3 million job openings in the United States. The labor market is flooded with "outstanding opportunities" for jobs across sectors. But workers aren't rushing to fill all of those vacancies.
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'This moment is kind of a glow up for nuclear weapons' and Washington is playing a major role
With more than 1100 warheads deployed on submarines based out of Naval Base Kitsap; Washington State has the third largest nuclear arsenal in the world, exceeded only by Russia and the rest of the United States. How worried should we be?
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'Be fearless in pursuit of your goals. Be courageous in the pursuit of what you know is right.'
Mickey Rowe is the author of “Fearlessly Different: An Autistic Actor's Journey to Broadway's Biggest Stage”. He sat down with KUOW's Zaki Hamid to talk about his experiences.
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Wolverines are back in Washington ... but are they here to stay?
Mount Rainier is not usually a winter trip. It’s common for over 60 feet of snow to fall on the mountain each winter. With that snow comes the threat of avalanches, hard to predict weather patterns, and, of course, just some really cold and uncomfortable days. But not for a wolverine. They need that snowy, cold weather, as well as a place that’s not jam packed with humans. And for the first time in over a century, they’re back.
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What do the Academy Awards represent?
Last night was the 94th annual Academy Awards. Where CODA took home best picture, Ariana DeBose made history as first openly queer woman of color, and first afro-latina, to win an academy award for acting - she took home best supporting actress for her role as Anita in West Side Story. And Will Smith won best actor for his role in King Richard. But - did the academy voters get it right?