Libby Denkmann

Sound Politics is a podcast about the candidates, policies, and perspectives shaping the Pacific Northwest.

As wildfires burst through, ranchers fight to protect their herds and homes

A new report from the U.S. Department of the Interior documents the atrocities carried out over the course of close to 150 years at U.S. maintained and supported Native American boarding schools.

There are now more dogs than children in Seattle, and with all those canines sharing space, things can get tense. Soundside spoke with two dog behavior experts about how we can co-exist a little better in this increasingly dog-centric city.

Here's what Seattle area voters should know about the 2024 Washington state ballot.

Tammy Morales wants Seattleites to know that her decision to leave the Seattle City Council has nothing to do with policy differences. She says her early departure in January is more about gaslighting, toxicity, and a lack of democratic process.

Sue Rahr’s interim role as Seattle Police Chief winds down this week as the city prepares to welcome Mayor Bruce Harrell’s nominee Shon Barnes, chief of police in Madison, WI, as the new head of the agency. Speaking with KUOW’s Soundside, Rahr said as she departs, she bl SPD is turning the corner on some of its biggest challenges after a “rough” several years.

Jan. 29 marks the beginning of the year of the snake, and it's an extra special Lunar New Year in Washington state, because this year, it's a state holiday for the first time.

Can Washington state hold off harvesting older forests in the face of a projected $12 billion budget deficit without impacting local governments and school districts that get money from those timber sales?

If you wanted to hear soul music in Seattle circa 1970, there was one local station that would never disappoint: KYAC. For Black History Month, producer Lauren Williams went back in time to 1970s Seattle to ask folks about what it was like to work at and listen to KYAC during its heyday.