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00:26:59

Safe parking lots are trending, but can the Seattle...

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2024/02/20

Safe parking programs have gained traction in recent years – there are now an estimated dozen lots available across the state, many sponsored by churches. They’re responding to an often invisible problem: people who sleep in their vehicles, with nowhere to legally park and access a restroom. But identifying the need – and ramping up services – are two different challenges.

00:26:36

In 'vexing' trend, traffic fatalities in Washington...

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2024/02/16

Washington has reached a grim milestone again.Last month, the state’s Traffic Safety Commission told lawmakers that Washington had at least 800 traffic fatalities last year.We can only make Soundside because listeners support us. Make the show happen by making a gift to KUOW:https://www.kuow.org/donate/soundside

00:11:37

Movies like 'Barbie' bolstered theater attendance in...

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2024/02/16

Moviegoers are beginning to return to Seattle-area theaters. But with attendance still down from pre-pandemic numbers, movie theaters are getting creative with how they draw in new customers.

00:10:31

WA bill aims to make dancing in strip clubs safer....

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2024/02/16

Dancers say working in Washington strip clubs carries a lot of risks, from the physical danger of aggressive customers to the thin financial margins that put dancers at an increased risk of sex trafficking. To try and mitigate some of these issues, Washington legislators are considering SB 6105 – what some are calling the “strippers' bill of rights.”

00:33:11

How is Seattle's higher minimum wage affecting local...

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2024/02/15

Soundside host Libby Denkmann talks with Seattle Times food writer Jackie Varriano about Seattle's new minimum wage, and how it affects restaurant owners, employees, and customers.We can only make Soundside because listeners support us. Make the show happen by making a gift to KUOW: https://www.kuow.org/donate/soundside

00:18:49

What makes good romance writing? It's more than just...

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2024/02/15

We as humans love love. We need it, in fact, and we revisit it again and again in romantic stories. But what makes a great love story? What books can reach off the page and get us a little hit of that tingly, exhilarating, butterflies-in-the stomach feeling we crave?To find out, we went straight to the source: a romance author and a bookseller.We can only make Soundside because listeners support us. Make the show happen by making a gift to KUOW:https://www.kuow.org/donate/soundside

00:13:13

Rocky times leave homelessness philanthropy a...

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2024/02/14

00:24:40

Investigation finds utility's security light at fault...

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2024/02/13

In a report released last week, the Washington Department of Natural Resources says the initial sparks came from a security light mounted on an Inland Power and Light pole. Those sparks ignited nearby brush and the fire quickly raged out of control. The Gray Fire burned 10,000 acres last August, forcing thousands to evacuate and destroying hundreds of homes.

00:32:55

What the 737 Max crashes can tell us about where...

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2024/02/12

For many, it's unimaginable that within 6 years of two deadly crashes of its 737 Max 8 jets, Boeing finds itself in yet another very visible crisis. To others it's not actually too surprising. That's because some of the lessons that should have been learned in the wake of those tragedies appear to have gone unheeded.

00:17:12

Seattle Police is a 'good old boys club' where women...

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2024/02/10

00:19:14

Seattle Opera brings the 'uncomfortable truth' of...

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2024/02/09

"X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X," premiers on the West Coast at the Seattle Opera this month. Originally staged in 1985, the production was revitalized by a new production by the Metropolitan Opera in New York in 2023. Opening night is Saturday, Feb. 24.

00:27:02

New guidelines tied to Indigenous human remains leave...

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2024/02/08

The Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act was created over 30 years ago to establish a framework for museums and other institutions to return certain objects to tribes, like human remains and funerary objects. But critics say museums have taken too long to return many of those items. Under new regulations that went into effect this month, institutions must prepare to repatriate all human remains and funerary artifacts within 5 years.

00:26:40

Does playing soccer on artificial turf increase...

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2024/02/08

00:10:33

Did your Seattle rent just go up, by a lot? The...

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2024/02/08

Soundside producer Jason Burrows sits down with host Mike Davis to talk about Seattle's Economic Displacement Relocation Assistance program.We can only make Soundside because listeners support us. Make the show happen by making a gift to KUOW: https://www.kuow.org/donate/soundside

00:11:14

Hear it Again: The hunt is on for 'Monkeyshines' in...

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2024/02/08

Every Lunar New Year, a group of volunteer artists sneak through Tacoma in the dead of night. They hide thousands of colorful glass “floats” — 5- to 10-inch orbs, with an insignia stamped on the top.

00:12:04

One option for slowing climate change? Block out the sun

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2024/02/07

A once unthinkable solution to human caused climate change is gaining traction. And it's not more renewable energy sources or some bigger battery. No, some scientists are considering going right to the source, and blocking out a portion of the sun's rays.

00:17:16

Rock climbing could change to protect the wild — but...

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2024/02/07

What does it mean for land to be “wild?” It’s a question that federal land managers have thought about since the Wilderness Act of 1964, which defined wilderness as areas “...untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain.” Our national parks and public lands have visitor centers, fire lookouts, and other approved "installations" that help us enjoy the wild safely. But just what defines an installation has become the center of a recent debate between rock climbers and

00:16:22

Bremerton walks a fine line between encampment sweeps...

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2024/02/06

As homelessness grows around the region, communities are struggling to keep up with a spreading encampment crisis. In Bremerton, the largest city in Kitsap County, growing encampments have forced the city to reconcile with a lack of available shelter space throughout the county.

00:20:02

Teachers spoke out about a gravel yard near their...

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2024/02/05

Teachers at an elementary school in Snohomish County say a gravel yard next to their school is disrupting classes and is a health hazard to students. Mountain Loop Mine started using the lot last year and teachers at Fairmount Elementary, which is part of Mukilteo School District, said they’re now forced to leave the windows closed or use homemade air filtration systems in classroom. We can only make Soundside because listeners support us. Make the show happen by making a gift to

00:23:48

Four cases of rare fungus found in WA. Here's what...

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2024/02/05

Last month the first-ever local outbreak of Candida auris, a deadly fungus, was reported in Washington State. So far, four cases of infection from the fungus have been linked to Kindred Hospital in Seattle’s First Hill neighborhood. Cases of C. auris -- which was first identified in Japan in 2009 -- have risen throughout the United States since 2016.

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