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00:07:55

Get to know the Pacific Northwest with KUOW’s new...

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2024/03/25

We’ve tapped into the well-read minds of our KUOW editors, the Seattle Public Library staff, and other friends of KUOW to bring you our new book club.

00:09:46

How sweating manikins can help us prepare for a...

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2024/03/21

Put simply, humans are complicated – and our feedback is subjective. Put a jacket on someone and ask them if it's warm, cold, breezy or stuffy, and you'll get a range of largely unscientific answers. To get quality data – the kind that is valuable for companies – you need a sophisticated tool. A tool that can sweat.

00:20:38

Should mental health treatment be forced if someone...

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2024/03/21

A new podcast from KUOW and The Seattle Times sets out to explore why so many people with severe mental illnesses — who make up 7% of the state's population — go untreated in Washington. Episode 2 of Lost Patients focuses on "involuntary commitment," a legal mechanism that allows someone to be forced into medical treatment if they are deemed a danger to themselves, a danger to others, or are gravely disabled.

00:30:43

What have we learned in the decade since the...

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2024/03/20

This week marks the tenth anniversary of the Oso landslide. On March 22nd 2014, a wall of mud and debris rushing 60 miles an hour hit the neighborhood of Steelhead Haven, near the North Fork of the Stillaguamish river along Highway 530. 43 people were killed. It remains the deadliest landslide in US history.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

00:18:11

Boeing urges employees to 'speak up' about product...

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2024/03/20

Former Boeing Quality Manager John Barnett's recent death has renewed conversations about whistleblower safety and impact.

00:27:11

'Asking for the right to dream.' The view of Haiti’s...

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2024/03/19

The situation in Haiti, which is caught in the grip of a weeks-long outbreak of gang violence, is “90% chaos,” according to Pierre Stanley Baptiste, the managing director and co-founder of the co-working space Impact Hub Port-au-Prince. The Impact Hub is supported by Kay Tita, a Seattle-based social impact organization that supports Haitian entrepreneurs and small business owners.

00:26:19

As Congress pushes potential TikTok ban forward,...

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2024/03/18

Last week, the House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to force TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to sell the video sharing platform within 180 days. If that doesn’t happen, TikTok could be banned from U.S. app stores and web hosting platforms. Now the legislation heads to the Senate, and its future is far from clear.

00:23:01

How will Seattle's next comprehensive plan shape the...

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2024/03/18

Every 10 years, the city releases a comprehensive plan, which lays out the foundation for where and how it will grow. A new draft lays out the city's vision, but detractors say it doesn't add enough housing fast enough. 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

00:14:10

As school budget shortfalls continue, districts are...

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2024/03/14

Schools around the region are dealing with serious budget shortfalls. The Northshore School District says it’s $26 million in the red, and Seattle Public Schools is reporting a more than $100 million gap in funding. Making up that money is no easy task – and in many cases, the scarcity means cuts to programs students and parents hold dear, like AP and music classes.

00:14:15

Artists vs AI: Indie creators are noticing the...

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2024/03/14

Soundside Producer Jason Burrows shares his story from Emerald City Comic Con, where he talked to artists about their thoughts on Generative AI.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

00:17:49

Why the billions spent fixing Washington culverts may...

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2024/03/14

Washington state will spend an estimated $7.8 billion on restoring salmon habitat by 2030, according to a new Seattle Times report. But the potential outcome of all that spending is as murky as a stream full of silt.

00:18:01

Do doctors have a right to free speech, even when it...

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2024/03/13

John Stockton is a basketball legend. He’s the all time NBA leader in assists – feeding passes to Jazz teammates like Karl Malone. Their partnership is still revered by superfans of a certain age.Now, Stockton is assisting another group of people: doctors who felt persecuted by Washington state’s COVID speech policies. The Hall of Fame point guard, and Spokane resident, filed a lawsuit last week against the state Attorney General’s office. The filing itself says that quote: “the purpose of this

00:29:22

Washington's presidential primary results weren't...

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2024/03/13

The results of Tuesday's presidential primary elections in Washington and elsewhere were to be expected.

00:19:07

As Bitcoin surges to new heights, concern over its...

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2024/03/12

Earlier this year, the Department of Energy sought to do a survey on the total power usage of crypto operations throughout the country. But just last week, that plan was scrapped after legal pushback from those in the industry, leaving a big question mark about the impacts of crypto mining on electrical grids and greenhouse gas production.

00:12:43

Why do so many people with severe mental illnesses go...

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2024/03/12

Seven percent of Washingtonians live with a serious mental illness - that’s the second highest level in the nation, right behind Alabama. We see evidence of this on our streets – where the intertwined issues of substance abuse and mental illness are more visible every day. A new podcast from KUOW and The Seattle Times sets out to explore why so many people with severe mental illness go untreated in Washington state.

00:20:50

Libraries in Western Washington confront the...

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2024/03/12

Soundside host Libby Denkmann chats with Bellingham Public Library Director Rebecca Judd and Response Systems Manager for Whatcom County Health Malora Christensen about how the Library worked with the city and county to hire a full time mental health professional.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

00:15:50

Elon Musk relies on Microsoft research in lawsuit...

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2024/03/11

Soundside host Libby Denkmann sits down with Karen Weise from the New York Times to talk about Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI.

00:15:14

WA's 5th, a steady seat, sees change for the first...

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2024/03/11

Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers is retiring. When she leaves office early next year, it will wrap a two decade career in congress for the Republican.And for the 5th District of Washington State, that longevity is par for the course.Only four representatives have held the seat since World War II.This kind of open spot doesn’t come around all that often.And, plenty of Eastern Washington politicians are hungry for McMorris Rodgers’s soon-to-be-vacant seat. We can only make Soundside because

00:04:44

Lily Gladstone left the Oscars empty-handed. But her...

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2024/03/11

It wasn’t quite the Hollywood happy ending Lily Gladstone’s former teachers and classmates were hoping for when they packed into the auditorium of Mountlake Terrace High School to watch the 96th Academy Awards ceremony.

00:23:24

King County Council members push back on criticism...

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2024/03/08

The plight of a couple hundred asylum-seekers looking for shelter has been juggled among various community and religious organizations that are calling on elected officials to do more.

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