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WA justices look at "historical tradition" for high...

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2025/01/22

The state supreme court is right now weighing the future of high-capacity gun magazine sales in Washington.Last week, the court heard arguments in Washington v. Gator’s Custom Guns. At issue is whether a 2022 law banning magazines with more than 10 rounds is constitutional.Complicating the matter is a recent U.S. Supreme Court cases that sets out a new originalist rule for restrictions on guns. Guest: Jake Goldstein Street, reporter at the Washington State Standard Relevant Links: Washington

11:17

Washington Attorney General sues Trump Administration

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2025/01/21

Twenty-four hours after returning to office, the Trump administration is already facing its first lawsuit from Washington state. State Attorney General Nick Brown says he has fileda challenge to President Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for the children of unauthorized immigrants. It was one of dozens of orders President Trump signed during his first day back in the big chair, ranging from renaming a mountain, to pulling the U.S. out of the Paris climate agreement. Guest:

24:05

What can you learn from dead birds? With enough...

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2025/01/17

The University of Washington's Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team, or COASST, is a network of nearly a thousand volunteers who walk beaches in Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and California. Those citizen scientists are counting dead birds and their work has been critical to understanding the effects of warming ocean waters on the marine ecosystem. Guests: Julia Parrish, Associate Dean at the University of Washington's College for the Environment and founder of COASST Carl Haynie, COASST

7:59

'Roll On, Kalakala' celebrates the beginning, and...

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2025/01/17

This month marks 10 years since the Kalakala was removed from the shores of Tacoma and demolished. The ferry, which looked a little like if the Titanic was mixed with a spaceship, was once the symbol of Seattle - a shiny, chrome vision of the future. While the Kalakala is gone, it’s far from forgotten. There’s even a song that follows the journey of the Kalakala: from its creation to its eventual demise. And the story of the song itself is filled with twists and turns. We sat down with

4:28

Soundside's "Weekend Warmup" - Jan 17th-20th

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2025/01/16

As we prepare for the holiday weekend, some folks are heading out of town, while others are looking locally for ways to celebrate the life & legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr… Producers Jason Megatron Burrows & Brooklyn Jamerson-Flowers are here with an early look at what's happening this weekend! LINKS: Monster Jam - Tacoma Dome - Tacoma, Fri-Sun Seattle Sister Cities Soup Sampling - Capitol Hill, Saturday The Aluminum Show - Olympia, Sunday NAAM | Annual Martin Luther King

14:45

Pacific Drive captures the creepy of the Olympic...

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2025/01/16

The game “Pacific Drive” came out last year from Seattle-based Ironwood Studios, and it made a BIG splash for the company. So much so that Hollywood is taking notice: “Saw” creator James Wan’s production company announced last month it has optioned Pacific Drive to develop it into a television series. The Pacific Northwest is home to some major power players in the videogame industry. But this is a big win for an indie game studio. The game pays homage to the our

17:38

The California wildfire insurance crisis

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2025/01/15

For over a week now, Los Angeles has been devastated by aggressive wildfire that areexpected to be the most costly in California’s history. While many have already seen their communities burned, we won’t know the full extent of the damage for weeks. Already, thousands of families are wondering how they are going to recover and rebuild. Central to that question is how much of the costs insurance will cover. And it comes as California is going through a home and renter’s insurance

16:58

New podcast explores why healthcare can cost "An Arm...

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2025/01/15

It’s as American as Apple Pie: You come home from the hospital - maybe it was an accidental slice with your kitchen knife, or maybe something more serious. And as you recover… you wait. For thousands of dollars in medical bills. It’s a problem that radio reporter Dan Weissman had long been familiar with, due to a pre-existing condition. Learning how to navigate the arcane system behind those bills has become a full time gig for Weissman. He’s the host of An Arm and a Leg, a

30:48

Can a river have rights? Everett is finding out

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2025/01/15

This past election, voters in Everett approved an initiative (24-03) that granted the Snohomish River watershed legally enforceable "rights." 24-03 is part of a broader legal trend called the “rights of nature" movement, an environmental legal theory gaining traction around the world in places like Ecuador, India, and Australia. Here in the United States, communities in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Florida have tried giving some bodies of water these extended legal designations -- like the right to

14:52

Contentious debate over the Comprehensive Plan comes...

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2025/01/14

The Seattle City Council is starting its year by taking on one of any city’s most controversial policy debates: growth. The Comprehensive Plan is now in front of the council. It dictates where and how Seattle can grow over the next two decades. Past comprehensive plans have concentrated growth in areas dubbed “Urban Villages” – places along major arterials, like Columbia City, Othello, Lake City, and Ballard. They largely kept neighborhoods with single family homes unchanged

35:19

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell on city budgets, the...

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2025/01/13

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell is running for re-election in 2025. He’s hoping to break the long running streak of single term mayors in Seattle like Mike McGinn, Ed Murray, and Jenny Durkin. The election is still nearly a year away, and in the meantime, the mayor will finish the last year of his term addressing a long list of issues: public safety, the future of downtown, and the implementation of a new comprehensive plan. The mayor sat down with Soundside host Libby Denkmann to discuss his

15:28

Dangerous highs from highly potent cannabis

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2025/01/13

Marijuana has been recreationally legal here in Washington since 2012, and it's become big business for the state. Last year sales topped $1 billion, and the state earned hundreds of millions in taxes on marijuana. As the drug’s popularity in the state has increased, so has its potency. As this episode's guest would say, it’s not your dad’s weed. Now, doctors are seeing more harmful, and sometimes fatal consequences from overuse of marijuana. KUOW online editor and producer Stephen

4:42

Soundside's "Weekend Warmup" - Jan 9th-13th

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2025/01/10

Our first week back after the holiday break has been jam-packed with all the news that’s fit to print… or read out loud into a microphone, whatever. Now that the weekend is nearly here, it’s time to sail away & relax a little… In that spirit, here’s our resident “Cruise Director,” Producer Jason Megatron Burrows live from the Lido Deck with everything exciting happening this weekend! EVENTS: Bridge to Bridge Fake Race at 14th Avenue NW Boat Ramp

14:10

Washington state sends firefighters, engines to help...

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2025/01/09

Five people have died and thousands of homes have burned in wildfires sweeping across the Los Angeles area. Five separate fires are burning in the county - the Palisades fire, Eaton fire, Hurst fire, Lidia and Sunset fires. The Palisades and Eaton Fires are some of the most destructive in the region’s history. Local resources are stretched thin – but some help is on the way from Washington. Dozens of engines and more than 100 firefighters from local agencies have committed to travel to

15:24

Washington sheriffs may face pressure between federal...

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2025/01/09

President Elect Donald Trump has promised mass deportations of undocumented immigrants on day one of his administration.Removing the approximately 11.7 million people living in the United States without authorization would take a massive operational effort -- and likely require cooperation from both state and local governments. Right now, most Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests in the U.S. happen because of a hand off from local law enforcement. But that kind of cooperation is restricted in

53:23

The Housing First Approach: A Documentary

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2025/01/08

As the Trump administration prepares to take office, a fight is brewing over the future of homelessness in America. For about a decade now, the federal government has pushed a strategy called Housing First. It's designed to get people off the streets and into permanent homes... even when they have serious problems with mental illness or substance use. Seattle was one of the earliest adopters of this approach, back in the nineties. But, over the past few years, a growing chorus of critics —

28:14

As ShotSpotter rolls out in Tacoma, feelings over...

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2025/01/08

In an effort to curb gun crime, Tacoma announced last year that it was turning to a tool called ShotSpotter. ShotSpotter is a form of Gun Detection Technology (GDT), which uses a series of acoustic microphone sensors to track loud bangs, booms, and pops in a designated area. Once those "dynamic events" are triggered, a human classifier verifies the sound was a gunshot and alerts local police. The entire process happens within 60 seconds or less. The idea is that it’s a faster and more accurate

11:33

A look into Amazon's "Return to Office" mandate

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2025/01/07

Amazon employees are back in the office five days a week, five years after Covid-19 shook up work as we know it; as the company’s so-called Return-To-Office policy took effect on Thursday, January 2nd. Amazon is the largest private employer to roll back its pandemic-era work from home policy. So, what will this mean for both employees AND local businesses in the hubs where Amazon resides? Monica Nicklesburg tackled this question for KUOW as the resident Labor & Economy Reporter,

21:02

A new book looks at how border closures divided lives...

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2025/01/07

It’s been five years since Covid 19 began spreading around the world from its origin in Wuhan, China. In that emergent time of the pandemic, there was widespread concern about clusters of the virus, in Italy, then Iran, then an outbreak at a nursing home in the Pacific Northwest. By March of 2020, an unprecedented international phenomenon took place: countries began closing their borders. When the World Closed its Doors by Laurie Trautman and Edward Alden looks at how this international effort

25:12

Democrats in Olympia plan for massive budget gap

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2025/01/06

Washington lawmakers are facing an estimated $12 billion dollar budget deficit as they prepare to go back to work next week.How to cover that gap is the big story heading into the session. Majority Democrats are already floating possibilities for new taxes to bridge the difference between spending and revenue. And while the budget is undoubtedly the biggest challenge – lawmakers are also expected to be tackling sticky issues like rent increase caps and education funding. Guest: Washington

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