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In a study published Monday in the journal Nature Medicine, researchers at the University of Washington and at universities in Colorado and Georgia have found that electrical stimulation on the surface of the skin, targeting the spine, can improve strength, mobility, sensation and function in the bodies of people with long term spinal cord injuries. The novel therapy is breaking the limits that ma...

Summer is almost here, last weekend, temperatures climbed into the 80s throughout the Puget Sound area. And for many, warm temperatures mean trips to the beach and swims in Lake Washington. Heading out to swim this past weekend was extra sweet for some beachgoers: the community at Denny Blaine, a beach popular with Seattle’s queer community. It’s one of a handful of spots in the city where folks s...

Soundside host Libby Denkmann sits down with Mossback's Northwest host Knute Berger to talk about the Colfax, WA man who made "Stuntman" a profession - Yakima Canutt. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

KUOW Director of Community Engagement Zaki Hamid sat down with Soundside to talk about his experience speaking with students, faculty, and counter-protestors at the University of Washington about the pro-Palestine movement. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Good news is a shrinking rarity for Boeing these days. The latest: The Department of Justice announced Tuesday that Boeing has violated a settlement related to the deadly 737 Max 8 crashes in 2018 and 2019. The decision opens the door for potential prosecution and is the latest blow to fall for the company, which faces its most existential crisis in its 108 year history. We can only make Soundside...

New guidance from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends women should get a mammogram every other year starting at age 40 and continuing until age 74. With so much at stake, it’s important to stay in the know. Soundside spoke with Dr. Janie Lee, professor of Radiology at the University of Washington and the director of breast imaging services for the UW and Fred Hutch Cancer Center, to...

As juvenile crime rates surge in King County, there is little consensus over what is causing the trend or how to respond to it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Melinda French Gates says she is leaving the foundation that bears her name. She announced Monday she will depart the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to focus on other charitable ventures. The foundation headquartered in Seattle is the largest philanthropic organization in the world. This year, it plans to spend 8 and half billion dollars on causes ranging from education to water sanitation. The...

Over the weekend news broke that in addition to current Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson, two more people named "Bob Ferguson" would also be running for governor. By Monday's withdrawal deadline, the "Bob" party looked to be winding down: both of the newcomer Bob Fergusons dropped out of the governor's race. But some officials say the shenanigan reveals a broader problem in the state...

In the podcast "Lost Patients," journalists Will James, Sydney Brownstone ,and Esmy Jimenez explored why so many people with severe mental illness in Washington state are not getting the care they need. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A group of volunteer vigilantes are fighting crime in the dark of the night. Soundside producer Alec Cowan recently joined two heroes on patrol to hear more about the work local superheroes are doing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After four years of closed door negotiations, the Department of Energy, EPA, and WA Ecology released a revised plan to clean up 56 million gallons of nuclear waste at the Hanford site in Central Washington. Much of that waste will be turned into glass. 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 See o...

Like many school districts across the state and country, Seattle Public Schools is staring down a shaky financial future. The district is projecting a $105 million dollar budget shortfall next school year. Soundside host Libby Denkmann talks with SPS School Board President Liza Rankin about what these potential closures could mean for educators, families, and students. See omnystudio.com/listener...

In late April, the PTAs at Cascadia and Decatur Elementaries, two highly capable cohort schools, retained a lawyer and sent a letter to the district outlining concerns about the changes to the highly capable program. The letter alleges that SPS doesn’t have the resources to adequately implement the neighborhood school model. And so closing the cohort schools would be a violation of a state law – o...

She’s an Oscar nominee, a Golden Globe winner, and the pride of Mountlake Terrace High School. And now, Lily Gladstone has an executive producer credit for her work with "Bring Them Home" a new documentary screening at SIFF next week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Soundside host Libby Denkmann sits down with Dr. Joachim Moeyens of UW's DiRAC Institute to talk about the algorithm that has helped discover over 27,000 new asteroids in our solar system. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What started as an art fair made it big in 2001, when the Bellevue Arts Museum opened its brand-new building on the corner of 6th Street and Bellevue Way. But in the decades since opening its doors, BAM has struggled financially, and in recent reporting, the Seattle Times’ Margo Vansynghel found that a recent fundraiser was just one symptom of larger financial struggles. See omnystudio.com/listene...

Proposed federal legislation is bringing attention to an understudied and overlooked part of every woman's life — menopause. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Soundside host Libby Denkmann speaks with space & science journalist Jonathan O’Callaghan about Boeing's latest scrubbed Starliner mission, and what's next. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An historic shift to American drug policy is on the way. The United States Drug Enforcement Administration is poised to reclassify cannabis from a Schedule I drug to Schedule III. Weed’s longtime classification has put it at odds with laws in several states, including Washington. We can only make Soundside because listeners support us. Make the show happen by making a gift to KUOW: https://www.kuo...

Soundside heads to Hangar 30 at Magnuson Park for the 20th Anniversary of Rat City Roller Derby! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The city of Seattle issued warnings to two businesses about some very unique graffiti on their front windows. It's prompted the question: Who's responsible for graffiti cleanup? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Soundside revisits a story produced by RadioActive alum Avery Styer back in 2016. Eight years ago, Avery took us to a space in Capitol Hill that had a special spot in their life - Lambert House, a community center for LGBTQ+ youth. Since that original story, Avery has aged out of the youth programs Lambert House currently offers, but that doesn’t mean they’ve moved on. See omnystudio.com/listener...

In 2020, amid racial justice protests, King County Executive Dow Constantine vowed to close a newly-built youth detention facility in the next five years. A new county audit of the facility, called the Judge Patricia H. Clark Children and Family Justice Center, points out the complications of actually accomplishing Constantine’s goal. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week a Seattle federal court sentenced Changpeng Zhao -- founder and former CEO of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance -- to four months in prison. In contrast to the high-profile case of FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, who used his crypto exchange to defraud billions of dollars from its users, Zhao pled guilty to not doing more to prevent money laundering on his exchange. See omn...