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11:42

KUOW's Ashley Hiruko breaks down the latest with...

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2024/12/18

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has fired former Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz. The decision was announcedTuesday in a letter from the mayor to the Seattle City Council. Ashley Hiruko is a KUOW investigative reporter who has been covering news about former Chief Diaz for the past year. She joined Soundside's Libby Denkmann to give a little more insight into what’s happening at Seattle's Police Department. Thank you to the supporters of KUOW, you help make this show possible! If you want to help

23:05

Redmond poet Lena Khalaf Tuffaha talks about winning...

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2024/12/18

The light touch of tea glasses. Jasmine vines. Cigarette kisses. These are some of the images the Redmond-based poet, essayist, and translator Lena Khalaf Tuffaha conjures of Palestine in her most recent poetry collection, Something About Living. Last month, the collection earned Tuffaha the National Book Award for poetry. Through her poems, Tuffaha chronicles the legacy of violence and colonialism in Palestine’s history, while also bringing readers into a homeland that is rich with beauty,

2:23

Listening to the rhythm of snow melting in the...

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2024/12/18

What does the Northwest sound like to you? It’s a question we’ve asked local sound artists. And this week, we’ve been sharing some of their sound choices. Yesterday, Christopher DeLaurenti played a recording of the bygone squeak of a metro bus. Our next piece of tape comes from Gordon Hempton. Guest: Gordon Hempton, international acoustic ecologist and Emmy Award winning sound recordist See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

3:07

What does the NW sound like? Perhaps an old metro bus

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2024/12/18

What does the Northwest sound like to you? It’s a question we’re asking local sound artists. And, over the next week, we’ll be hearing some of those sounds. Yesterday, Perri Lynch Howard shared the sound of coyotes in the Methow Valley. Today’s sound has a bit more of a metropolitan flare. This sound originally appeared on a compilation called phongraphy.org 1 on and/OAR records Guest: Christopher DeLaurenti, Seattle born composer and phonographerSee omnystudio.com/listener

20:54

A grocery mega-merger just failed. Could it shape the...

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2024/12/18

Breakups are always hard. Especially when you’re two of the largest grocery mega-conglomerates in the country. Last week two judges – including a federal judge in Oregon and a superior court judge based in Seattle – officially blocked a merger between grocery chains Kroger and Albertsons. The companies had argued they needed to unite to compete with the likes of Wal-Mart. While an appeal is possible, Albertsons has backed out of the merger altogether and is now suing Kroger for

13:01

How incoming Congresswoman Emily Randall is planning...

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2024/12/17

Emily Randall has been a “person to watch” in Washington politics for a while now. Randall’s first electoral victory was in 2018, when she flipped a Republican held state house seat in the 26th district. Now, Randall is headed to congress. Last month, she won the election to become the US Representative-elect for Washington’s 6th district. That includes both peninsulas, most of Tacoma, and counties including Kitsap, Mason, and Grays Harbor. Randall is heading to the other

4:04

What is the quintessential NW sound? For Perri Lynch...

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2024/12/16

What does the Northwest sound like to you? Is it light drizzle on you window? The sound of waves pushing against rocky beaches or dry grass blowing in the Palouse. It’s a question that we’ve asked local sound artists in the area. And, over the next week, we’ll be hearing some of those sounds. Today, we take you to the Methow Valley. Guest: Perri Lynch Howard - Independent artist based in the Methow Valley Thank you to the supporters of KUOW, you help make this show possible! If

10:41

Upper Columbia River in WA designated a Superfund site

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2024/12/16

Washington State has a brand-new Superfund site: the Upper Columbia River.It’s the latest development in the federal government's attempts to force a Canadian company to pay for pollution that flowed down stream into U.S. waters. So what’s the next step for cleaning up the river? Well, it’s a long process, which Seattle-ites can see in their own backyard. Cleanup is also beginning on another Superfund site, the Duwamish Waterway, nearly a decade after the EPA released a plan

18:50

Could WA achieve universal healthcare? Our new...

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2024/12/16

For the first time in 24 years, Washington has a new state Insurance Commissioner stepping into the role. Patty Kuderer is currently a state senator representing the 48th district, whichcovers areas including Redmond, Bellevue, and Medina. She’ll become Washington’s 9th insurance commissioner in January. It’s a big job - Kuderer will be in charge of licensing and regulation for every insurance industry in the state, as well as handling consumer complaints, and lobbying the

3:29

Soundside's "Weekend Warmup" - Dec 13th-15th

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2024/12/13

Once again, thanks for listening to Soundside during our Winter Fundraising Drive! Here at Soundside, we work really hard to bring you the news, like our conversation with Seattle City Council President Sara Nelson, and shows like Sound Politics, but we also like to keep things fun! So, in that spirit, here’s somebody who loves fun: producer Jason Megatron Burrows with a few sneak peeks of things to keep you occupied this weekend… LINKS: Christmas Parade of Boats - Friday - South Lake

13:40

Seattle City Council President Sara Nelson responds...

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2024/12/12

Toxicity. Gaslighting. Undermining. These are some of the ways Seattle City Councilmember Tammy Morales has described the behavior of her colleagues since she announced her resignation last week. She’s vacating her position three years before her term ends. "When I raise the issues on the dais, I am met with this seething anger just for expressing my policy priorities or my perspective," Morales said. Morales’ resignation letter raised red flags about the inner workings of city hall, and

20:13

Spokane mayor fights plan to move nuclear waste...

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2024/12/12

Spokane mayor Lisa Brown is raising red flags about a plan to move liquid nuclear waste from Hanford through her city. She wrote a letter to the federal Department of Energy, the EPA, and Washington’s Department of Ecology asking those agencies to reconsider a plan for trucks filled with the waste to travel Eastbound I-90 out of Washington on their way to Utah and Texas. The 2,000 gallons set to be moved are just a tiny portion of the 56 million gallons sitting under the Hanford site, north of

31:40

Washington's longest-serving House speaker reflects...

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2024/12/11

Come January, when lawmakers sit down for the new legislative term in Olympia , there will be several new faces. More than a dozen legislators make up the new freshman class, and they’ll be facing what some have described as a ‘perfect storm’: the state is bracing for an anticipated 10 to 12 billion dollar budget gap. It’s been nearly 15 years since Washington faced a fiscal shortfall this significant. Back then, at the center of finding the cuts, and compromises, to deal

10:48

King County expands mobile crisis team

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2024/12/11

King County continues to ramp up its behavioral health services following the approval of a $1.25 billion by voters. With the latest development being the launch of an expanded and streamlined mobile crisis team-program last week. Guest: Taylor Blatchford, engagement reporter for the mental health project at the Seattle Times Relevant links: Seattle Times: King County expands mobile teams that bring care to people in crisis Thank you to the supporters of KUOW, you help make this show possible! If

16:41

An Oregon newspaper died. Then, A.I. technology stole...

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2024/12/10

Stories about the newspaper industry struggling - aren’t necessarily breaking news. Over the last 10 to 15 years, we’ve read and listened to plenty of coverage about the challenges news organizations are facing: corporate buyouts and layoffs, and the rise of social media misinformation. But now, there’s another challenge local news journalists have to watch out for - artificial intelligence. Ryan Haas is a news editor and podcast producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting. He recently

21:06

One year later: San Juan County assesses how the...

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2024/12/10

In fall of 2023, San Juan County transitioned to a 32-hour work week for county employees. It was meant to keep the county within its budget while staying conscious of the cost-of-living in San Juan. One year later, the county released a check-in report based on resident and employee feedback. So, how’s the new system working out? San Juan County Manager Jessica Hudson joined Soundside to give us insights into what the county discovered. Thank you to the supporters of KUOW, you help make this

18:15

Music, copyright, and A.I. — a cocktail for success...

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2024/12/09

Pianist Salo was a longtime member of a Seattle post-rock band called “Joy Wants Eternity.” Their music was instrumental -- and all of it was made close to ten years ago. The band went their separate and amicable ways in 2015. So, imagine Salo’s surprise when just this year, Joy Wants Eternity was listed as a collaborator on a new project: an album from a musician called the “Illusory Explainer. An album they didn’t actually collaborate on. Both the band and their fans were confused. If the group

28:10

Seattle City Council Member Tammy Morales explains...

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2024/12/09

Seattle City Council Member Tammy Morales is leaving her post. She announced last week she is resigning from the council. Morales has represented Seattle’s 2nd District, which includes Yesler Terrace, the CID, Beacon Hill, Rainier Valley and Rainier Beach, since 2019. Her last day in the seat will be January 6th. It’s a surprise decision considering Morales was re-elected to a four year term just last year. In a letter to her constituents, Morales leveled criticisms about at toxic environment on

23:48

Hear it again: What can twins teach us about human...

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2024/12/06

For '90s kids, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen were the dominant force in twin fiction. Over the years, other generations have been fascinated by characters like Wrigley's Doublemint Twins, or Hayley Mills and Lindsay Lohan in the 1961 and 1998 versions of the film "The Parent Trap," respectively. Twins are rich narrative terrain and raise questions about individuality. "They're a natural kind of hook for a bunch of questions about human life in general," said Helena de Bres, a professor at Wellesley

13:13

How wildfires may lead to higher rates of dementia

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2024/12/05

As a record number of baby boomers turn 65, the percentage of Americans living with some form of mental decline– severe enough to interfere with daily living – is expected to rise. What exactly leads to dementia is still something of a mystery - but lifestyle and environmental factors are known to contribute to a person’s risk of cognitive decline. A study published last week in the Journal of the American Medical Association Neurology identifies a new factor that may be impacting dementia risk:

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