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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Cheers to the bus driver! Seattle’s Nathan Vass turns his daily bus exchanges into a book
When you board a Metro bus that Nathan Vass is driving, he’ll make a point of saying hello to you and every other passenger who climbs aboard. He’ll then be on the intercom announcing every single stop, and in between he’ll talk with people sitting at the front of the bus. And when you step off the bus, he says goodbye.
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Soundside's "Weekend Warmup" - May 23-26
Jason Megatron Burrows is out this week, so event finder replacement Shane Mehling rattles through some of the best things to do this Memorial weekend.
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Deciding to See: The View from Nathan's Bus
Nathan is paying attention to everything happening around him from the conversations he’s having and the regulars who show up every day. And he’s written and compiled the stories of those interactions into a new book, “Deciding to See: The View from Nathan’s Bus.”
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A new book argues that foster care pushes kids towards prison and homelessness
The United States spends 30 billion dollars on foster care each year. Yet, according to author Claudia Rowe, the results have too often been damaging for the children in that system.
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A Seattle immigration attorney on ICE and your rights
An attorney with the Northwest Immigrant Right Project talks about ICE and your rights, regardless of a person's legal status.
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Governor Ferguson leaves most tax increases in place as he signs the budget into law
The weeks of wondering whether the Governor would make major changes to the Democrat-passed general fund and transportation budget are finally over. Yesterday afternoon, the Governor gave his approval to nearly all of the budget proposals.
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Why a gun that's been banned from WA's police academy is still being used by officers
Several law enforcement agencies across the country have decided to replace a popular model of pistol due to concerns about misfires. In some cases, when agencies choose to replace the guns, they aren’t being sent to a landfill, or a recycling center. Instead, they’re being sold to dealers, who may put them back in circulation to the public.
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After deadly climbing accident in North Cascades, here's what one local climbing expert thinks
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Negotiations stall on Columbia River Treaty
Rhetoric from the President about making Canada the 51st state and tariffs have put a wedge between the two countries. And the effects of this split are spiraling to how we manage natural resources that cross the border.
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Is Seattle's port empty?
Social media videos have been popping up claiming that Seattle’s port has no cargo ships docked. And Seattlites are pointing the finger at the continuous threat of new tariffs. But is that actually the case?
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Amid federal cuts, here's why UW's lab animals could be euthanized
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Soundside's "Weekend Warmup" - May 15-18
Soundside Producer Jason Megatron Burrows shares all the events worth doing this weekend, from SIFF to Saunter.