How to make a portrait of someone you never knew

Laura LeMoon decided to create portraits of women and girls who were victimized by the Green River killer. She was moved to begin the project when she saw pink daisies in bloom, in the parking lot of a hotel where one of the girls was last seen. "It was almost like a glitch in the Matrix," she tol…

BONUS: Rewriting the classic fairytale script with Molly Olguín

Part of the fun of living in this literary era is seeing how modern authors take old concepts, sometimes even cliches, and make them new again. Seattle author and educator Molly Olguín is one of those authors. Her debut short-story collection “The Sea Gives Up the Dead” takes some classic elements…

What to do this weekend: Bull Riding, Indie Bookstores, and the Apple Blossom Festival!

Meet Me Here listeners, if you still don't have any plans for this weekend, fear not. The Weekend Warmup is here to help with a whole bunch of ideas for fun things to do around the region this weekend. HOST: Soundside producer Jason Megatron Burrows LINKS:  Seattle/King County Clinic at Seattle C…

From guidebooks to Tik Tok, what influences how you travel?

Looking for a great place to stay on the Oregon coast? Maybe you just want to find a good restaurant and a show in downtown Seattle? It's likely you turn to social media for answers. But when you're actually exploring these places, does having a phone out all the time affect your experience, and ev…

What's happening this weekend: Seattle Torrent , ODDMALL, and Record Store Day!

Meet Me Here listeners, if you still don't have any plans for this weekend, fear not. The Weekend Warmup is here to help with a whole bunch of ideas for fun things to do around the region this weekend. HOST: Soundside producer Jason Megatron Burrows LINKS:  Mariners vs Texas Rangers Seattle Torre…

Horror writer Stephen Graham Jones talks fear as a survival tool

What do we do with our fear? Fear can paralyze us, befuddle us, lead us to inexplicably run up the stairs to escape a killer when the front door is right there. But in Stephen Graham Jones’ world(s), fear can empower and be used as a tool against that which caused it. We’ll ask Jones what it means …

What You Could Be Doing This Weekend: Spring Fair, D&D, and the Mariners!

Meet Me Here listeners, if you still don't have any plans for this weekend, fear not. The Weekend Warmup is here to help with a whole bunch of ideas for fun things to do around the region this weekend. HOST: Soundside producer Jason Megatron Burrows LINKS:  Fin de Fest - Latin Film Festival MARIN…

Seattle Symphony music director got her big break when her mentor called in sick

Xian Zhang says she never wanted to be a conductor. Instead, she says, “conducting chose me.”  Zhang is in her first season as Seattle Symphony’s music director. On this episode of “Meet Me Here,” she explains how her conducting teacher threw her into deep waters as a 20-year-old conservatory stud…

BONUS: Terry Tempest Williams on her epic documentation of the Glorians

Environmental author Terry Tempest Williams captures not just the physical beauty of the natural world but she also invites the reader to deepen their spiritual understanding and connection with the environment. In her new book The Glorians, Visitations from the Holy Ordinary, Terry seeks to under…

What You Could Be Doing This Weekend: Daffodil Fest, SakuraCon, and Local Stand-up

Meet Me Here listeners, if you still don't have any plans for this weekend, fear not. The Weekend Warmup is here to help with a whole bunch of ideas for fun things to do around the region this weekend. HOST: Soundside producer Jason Megatron Burrows LINKS:  Norwescon Sakura-Con Seattle's Easter S…