Weekend Listen: PNW Bosnian community celebrates the World Cup, tiny forests are sprouting up in WA, and citizen scientists are counting pikas in the Columbia River Gorge. ^14.1%

KUOW - By Patricia Murphy - 6/27/2026, 12:00 PM

Appeal to Authority 27.6% - Availability Heuristic 20.2% - Hasty Generalization 20.2%

Today, we’re bringing you the best from newsrooms throughout the Northwest. Bosnia and Herzegovina fans celebrated as their national soccer team made history in Seattle this week. The country made it the furthest they’ve been in the World Cup. Northwest News Network contributor Grace Madigan has more about what it means... more

In loving memory of Seattle historian Paul Dorpat ^31.5%

KUOW - By Patricia Murphy, Brooklyn Jamerson-Flowers - 6/8/2026, 12:00 PM

Attempt to Sell a Product or Service 52.3% - Framing Effect 29% - Biased Writer Voice 21.5%

Seattle’s story is rich and historian Paul Dorpat was a big part of sharing it. We’ll take a look at his life and legacy with Seattle Times Now & Then co-columnist Clay Eals. Read Paul Dorpat's obituary by Jean Sherrard and Clay Eals here. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle... more

Weekend Listen: Aurora Avenue residents call for urgent gun violence measures, Longview rallies after paper mill disaster, students in Bothell are fighting for their SRO, and great blue herons find a home in Redmond ^48.7%

KUOW - By Patricia Murphy - 6/6/2026, 12:00 PM

Negativity Bias 42.9% - Biased Writer Voice 39.2% - Hasty Generalization 30.2%

Today, we’re bringing you the best from the KUOW Newsroom First, residents of North Seattle along Aurora Avenue are on edge, after a recent surge of gun violence in a neighborhood that has been a longtime hotspot for human trafficking. City officials say they’re working urgently to close streets and assign police patrols Next, the latest... more

After a pandemic spike, traffic deaths are trending down in WA ^46.8%

KUOW - By Patricia Murphy - 6/2/2026, 12:00 PM

Attempt to Sell a Product or Service 15.8% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 15.2% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 15.2%

Roads in Seattle and in Washington state can be dangerous places - for pedestrians, cyclists and other drivers. After peaking in 2023, traffic fatalities around the state are slowly trending down. We'll hear from the Washington Traffic Safety Commission about why, and where the state can go from here. more

UW Medicine is using actors to train doctors ^19.7%

KUOW Public Radio - By Patricia Murphy - 5/28/2026, 12:00 PM

Attempt to Sell a Product or Service 54.5% - Loss Aversion 22.8% - Appeal to Emotion 22.8%

Practicing medicine is not an exact science. It takes knowledge, but also bedside manner. At UW Medicine, neurology students train for both using actors from UW’s Drama Department. more

Laurelhurst, Seattle Children's agree to change helicopter landing policy ^52.3%

KUOW Public Radio - By Patricia Murphy, Jennie Cecil Moore - 5/11/2026, 12:00 PM

Post Hoc (False Cause) 41.6% - Status Quo Bias 37.7% - Recency Bias 26%

For decades, helicopters that transport kids to Seattle Children’s Hospital were required to land a mile away in some cases and make the rest of the journey by ambulance. That’s because some residents of the Laurelhurst neighborhood were concerned about noise. After a social media post reignited the controversy, the hospital and the... more

Weekend Listen: A crumbling levee in Snohomish County needs repairs, how our national wildland fire chief is thinking about fire season, and Brazilian birds are migrating to Tacoma ^27.1%

KUOW Public Radio - By Patricia Murphy - 5/9/2026, 12:00 PM

Biased Writer Voice 22.8% - Indoctrination 13.8% - Attempt to Sell a Product or Service 13.8%

Today, we’re bringing you the best from the KUOW Newsroom… First, officials in Snohomish County are seeking emergency permission to fix a crumbling levee near the city of Stanwood. Next, and this fire season is poised to be historic – not just because of the record-low snowpack and unprecedented spring heat. It will also be the first for... more

At SIFF, the show goes on, with fewer staff ^76.9%

KUOW Public Radio - By Patricia Murphy, Vaughan Jones - 5/6/2026, 12:00 PM

SIFF is more than just a local indie movie theater chain - its yearly festival brings hundreds of movies, big and small, to screens across the city. But even as SIFF the organization faces monetary challenges, the show must go on at SIFF the festival. We'll hear more about the state of SIFF and get some festival recommendations from arts... more

An audit could end King County's homelessness plan. Should it? ^54.4%

KUOW Public Radio - By Patricia Murphy, Brooklyn Jamerson-Flowers - 4/28/2026, 12:00 PM

Some city and county leaders are calling for an end to a regional effort to solve homelessness after an audit found overspending and weak financial controls. KUOW’s Amy Radil is here to help us understand what is going on with the King County Regional Homelessness Authority. Read more of Amy Radil’s reporting here and here and here. more

Weekend Listen: Trump canceled the National Nature Assessment. Scientists will publish it anyway, how UW Medicine is treating Latino farmworkers with Long Covid, and how Mayor Katie Wilson plans to fix the “L8” ^99.6%

KUOW Public Radio - By Patricia Murphy - 4/25/2026, 12:00 PM

Biased Writer Voice 31.6% - Primacy Effect 29.6% - False Dilemma 29.6%

Today, we’re bringing you the best from newsrooms across Washington… First, President Joe Biden announced an executive order that created the first-ever national assessment of nature, but President Donald Trump rescinded the effort on his first day in office. The team that had started the work – led by a professor at the University of... more