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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Worldcon celebrates Sci-Fi in Seattle for the first time since 1961
WorldCon 2025 takes place in Seattle this weekend for the first time since 1961! Home of the Hugo Awards, it’s the annual convention of the World Science Fiction Society. We’re talking to the Chair of the convention about what makes it tick, and why Seattle holds a special place in Science Fiction history.
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Why the power struggle between Alaska and Delta Airlines' is heating up at SeaTac
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The country's got kratom on the brain. What is it exactly?
The FDA in late July announced plans to crack down on 7-OH, which is naturally found in kratom. We wanted to know more about both of these substances, so we checked in with a research professor at the University of Washington for insight.
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'Hopefully this trend will continue': Seattle's seeing less homicides this year
So far in 2025, Seattle is on track for a decline in homicides for the second year in a row. Sara Jean Green tells us about her recent story in the Seattle Times about this decrease in lethal violence.
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Remembering the Legion of Boom era of the Seattle Seahawks
A new book from The Athletic's Michael-Shawn Dugar looks at the football team's glory years
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Republican candidates from WA find new political life with federal appointments
Two familiar Republican names from last year’s election are back in the news: Joe Kent and Pete Serrano.
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The Sound Transit CEO answers your questions
Dow Constantine talks with Soundside about all things Sound Transit, from expansion plans to persistent delays.
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The science behind cultivated salmon — and where you can try it
Cultivated salmon, or lab-grown salmon, has already hit restaurants in Portland and Austin.
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Soundside's "Weekend Warmup" - Aug 8-10
Cat Videos, a Whippy Show, and an Arts & Crafts Festival are all events you can learn about in this weekend's warmup!
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Making political decisions with the help of voter guides, pamphlets and... ChatGPT?
Today the University of Washington announced the results of a study looking at the potential influence artificial intelligence can have on our political decision making. It’s something that’s coming up a lot these days as AI becomes more prevalent, so we want to know what exactly this new study found - and if we should be worried about the results.
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Scientists finally solve the mystery of melting sea stars
For more than a decade, scientists studied the wasting disease but couldn’t figure out why it was happening. A new paper in Nature Ecology and Evolution details the likely culprit.
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Getting serious with Seattle’s fake news editor, The Needling’s Lex Vaughn
Soundside finds a way to make political satire unfunny