Front Page - Tuesday Nov 3

Tort Liability

Native Birthing Center

In the 2026 fiscal year alone, the state paid out over $600 million in judgements, settlements and legal costs. It’s an issue that goes way beyond dollars on a spreadsheet – and gets to the heart of who should be held responsible when someone suffers harm? And how far should that responsibility go?

Plus: What a new Native-owned birthing center means for south Seattle.

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In the 2026 fiscal year alone, the state paid out over $600 million in judgements, settlements and legal costs.&nbsp;It&rsquo;s an issue that goes way beyond dollars on a spreadsheet &ndash; and gets to the heart of who should be held responsible when someone suffers harm? And how far should that responsibility go?
Plus: What a new Native-owned birthing center means for south Seattle.
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Soundside is a production of KUOW in Seattle, a proud member of the NPR Network.&nbsp;

Soundside leads the Puget Sound conversation with smart questions, lively debates, and direct access to the region's most influential voices. Timely, insightful, and unmistakably local, it's where the Pacific Northwest comes to dig into the news.

Soundside leads the Puget Sound conversation with smart questions, lively debates, and direct access to the region's most influential voices. Timely, insightful, and unmistakably local, it's where the Pacific Northwest comes to dig into the news.

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As WA faces ballooning liability costs, legislative clash brews

Front Page - Monday Nov 2

Mondays with the Mayor

Every month, Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson sits down with Soundside to discuss the latest news and answer your questions. This month: Housing policy, the budget, the search for a new Seattle police chief, and as always, your questions. 

Plus: Libby and David break down today’s top headlines.

Today on the show: Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson

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Soundside is a production of KUOW in Seattle, a proud member of the NPR Network. 

Every month, Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson sits down with Soundside to discuss the latest news and answer your questions. This month: Housing policy, the budget, the search for a new Seattle police chief, and as always, your questions.&nbsp;
Plus: Libby and David break down today&rsquo;s top headlines.
Today on the show: Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson
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Soundside is a production of KUOW in Seattle, a proud member of the NPR Network.&nbsp;

Seattle's mayor takes listener questions about the biggest issues facing the city.

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson on homelessness, grocery stores and the city budget

Front Page & Listener Responses to I-638

Spooky Stories part 1

Kitsap PUD

Spooky Stories part 2

Weekend Warmup!

Spooky Stories part 3 & Credits

Kitsap County relies on Puget Sound Energy for it's electricity. The private, investor owned utility is looking at a 30% rate increase over the next three years. So, the Kitsap PUD is asking voters whether they should consider leaving PSE to start their own electric utility.  

Plus: Libby and David read your responses to Initiative 638, the initiative banning trans girls from competing in K-12 sports. 

Guests

Fran Korten, Unplug PSE

Matt Steuerwalt, PSE

Angela Bennink, Kitsap PUD

Randy Hardy, former head of Bonneville Power Authority and Seattle City Light

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Kitsap County relies on Puget Sound Energy for it's electricity. The private, investor owned utility is looking at a 30% rate increase over the next three years. So, the Kitsap PUD is asking voters whether they should consider leaving PSE to start their own electric utility.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Plus: Libby and David read your responses to Initiative 638, the initiative banning trans girls from competing in K-12 sports.&nbsp;
Guests
Fran Korten, Unplug PSE
Matt Steuerwalt, PSE
Angela Bennink, Kitsap PUD
Randy Hardy, former head of Bonneville Power Authority and Seattle City Light
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As energy rates rise, Kitsap voters consider leaving PSE 

Front Page - Wednesday Oct 28

Ay Yi A-I!!

We are bombarded every day with headlines about the latest in artificial intelligence. 

There’s a battle between AI doomers: the people warning of the technology’s capability to end humanity, and the techno-optimists who see AI ushering in a post-disease, post-scarcity world.

As news consumers (and civilians!) most of us fall somewhere in the uneasy, confused middle. 

How should we separate the hype from reality?

We're trying to figure it out on our new monthly segment, Aye Yai AI.

What's behind the name? Throw up your hands and think Ai Yai Yai. 

Plus: Libby and David discuss potential closures at some Seattle elementary schools, affordable housing, and who is "hopping mad" over being included in an ad in favor of repealing the income tax. 

Guests
Destiny Muller, AI reporter at The Seattle Times
Chirag Shah, professor in the Information School at the University of Washington, where he studies how to build intelligent and responsible AI for information access, author of Raising AI: How Artificial Intelligence Is Shaping Us—and How We Shape It
Rolanda Fu, investor at Madrona, a venture capital group based in Seattle and Palo Alto

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Soundside is a production of KUOW in Seattle, a proud member of the NPR Network.

We are bombarded every day with headlines about the latest in artificial intelligence.&nbsp;
There&rsquo;s a battle between AI doomers: the people warning of the technology&rsquo;s capability to end humanity, and the techno-optimists who see AI ushering in a post-disease, post-scarcity world.
As news consumers (and civilians!) most of us fall somewhere in the uneasy, confused middle. How should we separate the hype from reality?
We're trying to figure it out on our new monthly segment, Aye Yai AI.
What's behind the name? Throw up your hands and think <a href="https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/where-did-phrase-aye-yai-yai-come">Ai Yai Yai.</a>&nbsp; Plus: Libby and David discuss potential closures at some Seattle elementary schools, affordable housing, and <a href="https://washingtonobserver.substack.com/p/using-gregoire-against-the-income">who is "hopping mad" over being included</a> in an ad in favor of repealing the income tax.&nbsp;
Guests
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<li>Destiny Muller, <a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/author/destiny-muller/">AI reporter at The Seattle Times</a></li>
<li>Chirag Shah, professor in the Information School at the University of Washington, where he studies how to build intelligent and responsible AI for information access, author of <a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/raising-ai-9798216452423/">Raising AI: How Artificial Intelligence Is Shaping Us&mdash;and How We Shape It</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.madrona.com/team-profiles/rolanda-fu/">Rolanda Fu</a>, investor at Madrona, a venture capital group based in Seattle and Palo Alto</li>
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What's behind the name? Throw up your hands and think "Ai Yai Yai". 

As WA faces ballooning liability costs, legislative clash brews

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