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  • Mar 27, 2024 · 20 min

    Washington state lawmakers hit the reset button on rules to protect homes from wildfire

    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.

  • Mar 26, 2024 · 19 min

    Facing a $230 million deficit, Seattle mulls options to close the gap

    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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • Mar 26, 2024 · 8 min

    Hear it again: Documenting local hummingbirds

    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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • Mar 26, 2024 · 22 min

    Is Washington state's public records act losing its power?

    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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • Mar 25, 2024 · 14 min

    Could Boeing's leadership shakeup make more room for labor?

    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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • Mar 25, 2024 · 23 min

    How the 1976 election ushered in the American partisan divide

    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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • Mar 25, 2024 · 11 min

    10 female cops speak out about sexism, harassment within the Seattle Police Department

    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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • Mar 21, 2024 · 9 min

    How sweating manikins can help us prepare for a warming world

    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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • Mar 21, 2024 · 20 min

    Should mental health treatment be forced if someone needs care, but refuses it?

    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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • Mar 20, 2024 · 30 min

    What have we learned in the decade since the deadliest landslide in U.S. history?

    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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • Mar 19, 2024 · 27 min

    'Asking for the right to dream.' The view of Haiti’s gang crisis from Seattle

    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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • Mar 18, 2024 · 26 min

    As Congress pushes potential TikTok ban forward, users wonder what happens next

    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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.