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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.
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Oct 21, 2025 • 20min
How a Seattle psychologist helped find Travis Decker
This summer, state, local, and federal law enforcement spent more than a hundred days and almost 10 million dollars searching for Travis Decker. The Wenatchee man is accused of killing his 3 young daughters back in late May. We’ll talk about the search and what it took to find Decker’s remains. Read Kai’s reporting here. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed. Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at seattlenow@kuow.org, leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oct 20, 2025 • 10min
Monday Evening Headlines
9th Circuit rules that Trump can send troops into Portland, rural hospitals will be hit hard by Medicaid cuts, the Mariners are one win away from a World Series appearance. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Gustavo Sagrero. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed. Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at seattlenow@kuow.org, leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oct 20, 2025 • 11min
Hiring in medicine just got harder with $100K visa fee
It will now cost companies $100,000 to sponsor a worker on an H-1B visa. The change has prompted the UW Medical Center and Fred Hutch Cancer Center to pause H-1B visa hires. And that’s a big problem for healthcare where doctors and researchers are already in short supply. We’ll learn more from Seattle Times reporter Nina Shapiro.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oct 18, 2025 • 42min
Weekend Listen: Seattle City Council Position 9 candidates on taxes, surveillance, and 'stay out' zones
It’s election season. So today, we’re bringing you a candidate debate hosted by Soundside's Libby Denkmann. We’re looking at the candidates running for one of the citywide seats on Seattle City Council. 2026 will be a big year for the council – there’s a looming budget deficit, potential federal funding cuts, and the continuous threat of federal troops being sent to Seattle. Listen to debates and more from KUOW's Soundside here. The Soundside team includes Sarah Leibovitz, Jason Burrows, Hans Anderson, Gabrielle Healy, Maleeha Syed, and Jed Kim. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed. Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at seattlenow@kuow.org, leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oct 18, 2025 • 11min
Friday Evening Headlines
Thousands expected to protest in Seattle this weekend, mayoral candidates talk bike safety, and attorneys raise the alarm about unlawful ICE arrests. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Patricia Murphy. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed. Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at seattlenow@kuow.org, leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oct 17, 2025 • 25min
Casual Friday with Andy Hurst and Casey Martin
This week… The Mariners are inching closer to their first ever World Series appearance, but there’s still plenty of nerves. Half of Seattle's renters are moving apartments every two years. And which ice cream shop has the best banana split? If you’re brave enough to order one. KUOW Mariners Superfans Casey Martin and Andy Hurst are here to break down the week. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed. Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at seattlenow@kuow.org, leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oct 17, 2025 • 12min
Thursday Evening Headlines
Seattle City Attorney candidates square off, White River Bridge to reopen Friday, and President Trump might shut down UW’s Primate Research Center. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Patricia Murphy. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed. Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at seattlenow@kuow.org, leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oct 16, 2025 • 17min
You’re likely to survive an earthquake. Here’s what to do
At 10:16 this morning, you might want to DROP, COVER, and HOLD ON. It’s the Great Shakeout, a worldwide earthquake drill. While we won’t have much notice when a real earthquake happens, preparation is key to riding it out. Today we’re talking all about earthquakes in PNW. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed. Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at seattlenow@kuow.org, leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oct 15, 2025 • 15min
Wednesday Evening Headlines
Seattle City Council approves sales tax increase, Mariners return home for Game 3 of the ALCS, and we look at how the cost of housing is factoring into the Seattle mayor's race. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Patricia Murphy. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed. Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at seattlenow@kuow.org, leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oct 15, 2025 • 18min
The Mariners are approaching uncharted territory (the good kind)
Can you feel it? The city is buzzing with Mariners fever. The M's are closer to the World Series than they’ve been in a long time. We'll talk about how they got here and what this means with Seattle Now sports correspondent Vaughan Jones. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed. Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at seattlenow@kuow.org, leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.


