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00:26:38

Can $500 a month make a dent in Seattle-area poverty?

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2024/04/08

About 100 people were selected for a 10-month “Guaranteed Basic Income” pilot in King County that launched in the fall of 2022.

00:02:47

Audio Postcard: In the path of totality

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2024/04/08

Soundside Editor Jed Kim headed up to upstate New York to be in the path of totality for the 2024 solar eclipse.

00:21:25

Companion? Significant other? How we can understand...

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2024/04/05

For a lot of people, our life-long significant other is a friend. And in a society that obsessed with finding a romantic soul mate, these platonic relationships are left in a gray area. It was after forging a strong platonic friendship that author Rhaina Cohen realized we often lack the words to talk about the variety of life-long best-friendships we can have. Cohen is the author of "The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center"

00:16:35

US visa requirements leave foreign fishermen out at sea

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2024/04/04

A person is guaranteed certain rights when they come to the United States for work. They have a right to fair pay, to humane working conditions. But for fishermen, whose feet never touch solid ground, those rights don’t apply.

00:11:39

Asylum-seekers spend a night at a Seattle tennis...

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2024/04/04

Soundside host Libby Denkmann talks with Seattle Times Project Homeless reporter Anna Patrick about the asylum seekers forced to camp at the Garfield HS tennis courts this week.

00:24:55

Oregon just re-criminalized drug possession and use....

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2024/04/03

Three years after Oregon residents voted to decriminalize drugs, the state is walking back that policy. 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

00:27:03

Will Gov. Inslee's signature achievement live past...

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2024/04/02

Speaking with Soundside host Libby Denkmann, Gov. Jay Inslee said a GOP-backed initiative to overturn the Climate Commitment Act is an attempt by Republicans to allow unlimited pollution in Washington state.

00:21:57

How 'deinstitutionalization' changed the face of...

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2024/04/02

Soundside host Libby Denkmann talks with Seattle Times reporter Sydney Brownstone about "Deinstitutionalization," and how that effort in the 60's and 70's attempted to refocus mental health support with community care.

00:22:20

Why Burien is suing King County over the city's own...

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2024/04/01

The battle between the city of Burien and King County reflects a struggle places up and down the West Coast are experiencing: trying to understand how to regulate the rising number of visibly homeless people on their streets, and what can be done to support those people.

00:26:57

Fewer people are having kids. But what led them to...

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2024/04/01

Today, for many people of child-bearing age, the question of whether to have a kid comes down to the simple calculus: will having kids make you happy? Does reproducing add to your overall well-being?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

00:21:00

Washington workers who received pandemic pay are...

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2024/03/28

Last month, joblessness our state reached its highest levels since the Covid-19 pandemic – higher than the national average. And the first thing many do when they’ve lost a job is file for unemployment benefits. But Washington’s unemployment system itself is still reeling from the one-two punch of Covid.

00:17:18

Why one of the fiercest battles in city politics is...

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2024/03/28

Delivery App companies like UberEats, DoorDash, Instacart and Grubhub are waging a battle over a new Seattle gig worker minimum wage law that took effect in January. The fight is happening in the court of public opinion and in the halls of city government:

00:20:31

Washington state lawmakers hit the reset button on...

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2024/03/27

Six years ago, the state set out to create a building code to protect homes in high fire risk areas. That goal has remained elusive. 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

00:18:34

What do the graves around Northern State hospital...

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2024/03/27

Soundside host Libby Denkmann talks with Northern State Hospital historian John Horne about some of the history surrounding the location & the gravestones he's found.

00:19:32

Facing a $230 million deficit, Seattle mulls options...

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2024/03/26

Five new members of Seattle’s City Council said during their campaigns that they would like to audit the city budget for waste and redundancies --before raising or adding new taxes. But now, as a $230 million city budget deficit looms, the realities of a time-consuming and expensive audit process are leading those new councilmembers to back off the idea. That means they likely have to take a hard look at something they did not want to do: add new revenue through taxes.

00:08:50

Hear it again: Documenting local hummingbirds

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2024/03/26

Hear It Again - Soundside Producer Hans Anderson talks to Burke Museum Curator of Birds Alejandro Rico Guevera about the local hummingbird population, in a story that originally aired in January.

00:22:19

Is Washington state's public records act losing its...

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2024/03/26

Public records belong to the people. That was the argument made in 1972 that spurred the Washington Public Records Act into law, opening virtually every government document to the public. But that law — widely considered one of the strongest public records laws in the country — is losing some of its teeth as legislators pile on more exemptions, according to a report recently published by the Washington Coalition for Open Government.

00:14:34

Could Boeing's leadership shakeup make more room for...

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2024/03/25

Soundside host Libby Denkmann sits down with aviation industry consultant Scott Hamilton to discuss Boeing's latest leadership changes, and what they mean for the future of the company.

00:23:05

How the 1976 election ushered in the American...

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2024/03/25

To understand the presidential race today, you need go back to 1976 – at least that’s the case that Ben Bradford makes. Bradford is the host and creator of Landslide, a new podcast that looks back at the insurgent campaigns of Ronald Reagen and Jimmy Carter and how they shaped the political world we know today.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

10 female cops speak out about sexism, harassment...

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2024/03/25

From the outside, the Seattle Police Department might seem like a welcoming place for female officers in the male dominated field of law enforcement. But women in the force are starting to tell a different story about the department – one where they feel “pigeonholed” into specific roles and face harassment and sexism.

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