Soundside

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If you headed to a public library in Seattle over the weekend, you may have found your local branch was closed. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A ruling by a King County judge over the sale of timber in Eastern King County points to the increased scrutiny the DNR faces over how it manages public lands. 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 omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former Congressman and King County Sheriff Dave Reichert has raised a substantial amount of cash and shows well in polling against Democratic frontrunner and state Attorney General Bob Ferguson in Washington's race for governor. But as Seattle Times’ Jim Brunner reports, Reichert may be lacking sizzle with the base heading into the state Republican Party’s convention next week. See omnystudio.com/...

Soundside host Libby Denkmann talks with Bill Porter aka "Red Pine" and filmmaker Ward Serril about the new film "Dancing with the Dead." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If the Tolt River Dam failed, it would be catastrophic for the roughly 2000 people that live in Carnation. Fortunately, the city has an alarm system that would alert residents of a dam failure so they could evacuate. Unfortunately, residents have unexpectedly and pointlessly heard that sound eight times in the last four years. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Soundside host Libby Denkmann talks election security with Jerry Cornfield of the WA State Standard and TrueMedia.org's Dr. Oren Etzioni. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The world’s first Amazon Go store in Seattle opened on Jan. 22, 2018. The New York Times called it “A Store of the Future,” where all customers had to do was pop an item in their cart and walk out. A little over six years in the future, developers for Amazon's “Just Walk Out” technology are facing layoffs, and the technology itself is being fazed out at 40 Amazon Fresh grocery stores. See omnystud...

Chili crunch is known for its punch, and now, a legal battle over the name has one local foodie fighting back against a culinary giant. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What could bring Republicans and Democrats together? An unlikely political duo from Washington state has teamed up in the name of data privacy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Across the city of Seattle this month, poems from local writers are on display at storefronts, libraries, and in office buildings. They're part of "Poetry in Place," a project from Seattle Civic Poet, Shin Yu Pai, which runs throughout April. 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 omnystudio....

The separation of Japanese American families during WWII is the focus of "Currents," a new operetta by local librettist AC Petersen and composer Jeremy Berdin. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

About 100 people were selected for a 10-month “Guaranteed Basic Income” pilot in King County that launched in the fall of 2022. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Soundside Editor Jed Kim headed up to upstate New York to be in the path of totality for the 2024 solar eclipse. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 Sig...

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.