Soundside
Get to know the PNW and each other. Soundside airs Monday through Thursday at 12 p.m. and 8 p.m. on KUOW starting January 10. 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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Soundside's "Weekend Warmup" - June 6th-9th
Boats, Steel Pan Orchestras, Nerd Festivals, Fiber Fusion!! All this and MORE in Soundside's Weekend Warmup!
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How a Spokane woman became a hall of fame foosball player
Let’s talk foosball. You know, the table top game with the little soccer guys. Maybe you’re a hot shot at your local bar. You have a few tricks up your sleeve. And maybe they’ve even won you a couple beers over the years.
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An ex-Republican has rejoined the party to fight for the future of the GOP
Chris Vance was a Republican for 37 years. During that time he served as the chair for the Washington State Republican Party, a Metropolitan King County Councilmember and a state representative.
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Why a Vietnamese man was deported to South Sudan
Last month Pierce County resident Tuan Thanh Phan was deported. He wasn’t going to Vietnam, his birth country. Instead, he ended up on a flight to South Sudan. That was redirected to Djibouti.
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Those little red hummingbird feeders are driving the bird's evolution
Do you love watching hummingbirds buzz around your garden feeder? You're not alone. So many people are feeding these little enchanting, surprisingly aggressive birds that it's physically changing their anatomy.
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This Bellingham theater teaches improv to people with memory loss
If you've ever taken an improv class, you know they make you do some goofy stuff, like communicate with sounds, not words, and play out all kinds of unique situations. At The Upfront Theatre in Bellingham, an improv class was created especially for students who have early stage memory loss.
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Seattle City Councilmember Cathy Moore resigns
Cathy Moore is stepping down from the Seattle City Council. Why has Moore decided to step down after such a short tenure, and what does it mean for Seattle’s city council?
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How the black market is cashing in on the state's inability to track weed "from seed to sale."
The system designed to track legal cannabis "from seed to sale" is broken, and a new report shows it won't be fixed for a while.
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Memory loss is lonely; this improv class helps change that.
Kyle Norris shares the story of an Improv class that says “yes, and” to memory loss.
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The new food that has beekeepers "buzzing"
Bees are an important part of any working farm. But, unlike other livestock, there is one thing farmers haven’t been able to do for their bees: provide nutritious, human-made feed when flowers aren’t blooming. Until now.
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You may buy Nintendo's Switch 2, but you won’t own the games
Video Game writer Ryan DiVittorio joins Soundside to talk about Nintendo's upcoming Switch 2 launch, and the end of physical media in gaming.
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A Seattle woman dies during a heatwave and a new lawsuit blames oil companies
The day 65-year-old Julie Leon died was the hottest day ever recorded in Washington State history. Her death was officially ruled as hyperthermia, or overheating.