Seattle Now
Seattle Now is KUOW's flagship daily news podcast. Seattle Now brings you quick headlines, smart analysis, and award-winning local news. New episodes every weekday morning and afternoon. Start and end your day with Seattle Now, from KUOW and the NPR Network.
Episodes
Lawmakers pull an all-nighter debating millionaire's tax, Seattle passes moratorium on ICE detention centers, and Starbucks closes more Seattle stores.
It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.
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Measles cases are on the rise. Washington state has had 26 confirmed cases this year. That’s more than double all of the cases in 2025.To find out what’s happening we’re joined by Dr. Helen Chu, infectious disease specialist with UW Medicine.
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SPD chief Shon Barnes says that officers who help ICE violate policy and will face consequences, the Cascades might get a blizzard, and the Washington Supreme Court will get its first justice of Middle Eastern descent.
It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.
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...In 2022, the city of Seattle began sending less-urgent 911 callers to speak with nurse navigators who decide the next steps.
The city says it’s going well and reduces strain on emergency rooms and ambulances.
Now, a wrongful death lawsuit is raising concerns about response times.
Seattle Times reporter Daniel Beekman’s been investigating. He'll talk about what he found. Read more here.
Today, we’re bringing you the best from the KUOW Newsroom…
First, two Haitian immigrants in Spokane tell their stories, and how they’re trying to move forward despite the controversy around their temporarily protected status.
Next, a new exhibition at the Burke Museum showcases the Coast Salish peoples and the art of weaving.
And finally, the City of Tacoma is doubling the number of public trash cans in the city ...
The millionaire's tax is on its way to passing, OpenAI expands footprint in Bellevue, and the 5th Avenue Theatre announces layoffs.
It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.
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This week…
Uber and Lyft drivers say there's too much competition on the road.
Washington and British Columbia are now in different time zones.
And the King County Library is throwing it back to the 90s by letting adults read for free pizza.
Drag Queen and Entrepreneur Chase Burns and Stranger News Editor Vivian McCall are here to break down the week.
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WA sues over Trump's new tariffs, measles are spreading in WA, and transit agencies share their game plan for the World Cup.
It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.
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Seattle is in dire need of more housing density.
The city also wants to be climate conscious in a warming world.
Right now, those two goals are at odds with one another in some instances and it’s slowing the development of necessary middle housing.
We’ll talk more about that with Seattle Times reporter Greg Kim.
Read his reporting here.
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Mayor Wilson to expand tiny house villages, face mask ban for law enforcement likely to pass, and Starbucks is relocating some corporate employees to Nashville.
It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.
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Rainier Beach High School is the current home of the best boys high school basketball player in the country.
It’s very exciting, but also raises questions about the future of high school athletics.
We’ll hear more about Tyran Stokes and what his young career represents.
Read Glenn Nelson's profile of Tyran Stokes in the South Seattle Emerald here.
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King County bans new immigration detention facilities, tech leaders line up for and against the millionaire's tax, and British Columbia adopts permanent daylight saving time.
It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.
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Young people are increasingly using AI companions.
They can be useful, up to a point.
AI companions are designed to keep young people engaged.
We’ll talk about the risks and benefits with UW professors and co-directors of the Center for Digital Youth Dr. Katie Davis and Dr. Alexis Hiniker.
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Local leaders react to war with Iran, WA's urban forestry program is on the chopping block, and the Seattle Torrent set attendance record for women's hockey.
It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.
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In 1999 at Garfield High School, two seniors heard a rumor that a popular teacher had abused a student. After they told authorities, some teachers and students turned on them. But those rumors turned out to be true. KUOW’s Managing Editor Isolde Raftery is one of those students. We talk with her about new narrative podcast “Adults in the Room".
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Today, we’re bringing you the best from the KUOW Newsroom…
First, the Trump administration’s effort to end trans youth’s access to gender-related medical care, and how that’s showing up here in western Washington.
Next, a story about the proposed “millionaire’s tax” in Washington state.
And finally, we’ll hear from some people at Golden Gardens who swear by the cold plunge&hell...
Amazon is no longer the top employer in Seattle, Mayor Katie Wilson is asking city departments to find ways to slash their budgets, and a western Washington-born singer was just named one of Time Magazine's Women of the Year.
It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Ruby de Luna.
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This week…
Drama in the state legislature as lawmakers discuss the proposed "millionaire's tax.”
Some Mercer Island residents had to stop flushing their toilets for a day.
And the McDonald’s golden arches may be making their way to Capitol Hill.
KUOW Editor Phyllis Fletcher and Local Historian David Lewis are here to break down the week.
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Recreation areas could close this summer due to funding cuts, Bill Gates apologizes to foundation staffers, and Seattle Torrent Gold Medal winners return home.
It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Ruby de Luna.
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Seattle is in earthquake country, and our most recent big reminder of that came 25 years ago this Saturday, when the Nisqually Earthquake shook the Puget Sound region.
Seattle’s historic Pioneer Square neighborhood was hard hit, and a lot changed as a result of it.
We'll explore how the neighborhood has grappled with its vulnerability to earthquakes while preserving its history.
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