SoundQs

Seattleites worry a lot about disasters. Earthquakes, landslides, forest fires (or at least the smoke from them) ...Then there's the concern that a plane…

It's now been nine days that a J-pod orca mother has been carrying her dead calf on her head, refusing to let it sink.Kim Malcolm talks with Dr. Deborah…

“Why are Seattle drivers the worst?”That’s a question we get a lot from listeners.But when cities are ranked by number of accidents, speeding tickets, or…

Natasha Weled was told she would get back the security deposit she put down on a two-bedroom apartment in Bellevue. Instead she got a letter from a debt…

Natasha Weled was on guard.It was February, and she was moving out of her two-bedroom apartment in Bellevue, and the property manager had stood her up for…

Jean Bradbury lives in northeast Seattle. She’s an artist, and she loves swallowtail butterflies.“These guys are big—like we think of a monarch, maybe—big…

A catastrophe-focused crowd turned out last night for KUOW’s Disaster Night! — a quiz show about natural disasters (and disaster movies), at the Royal…

When the next major earthquake roils our region, University of Washington’s civil engineers and seismic experts will not be safe.That's because their…

If you don’t have air conditioning like most of Seattle, what’s the best way to cool your home? Home thermodynamics is top of mind for KUOW listener Adam…

Jackson Ludwig loves lakes.“Where I was from — Moscow, Idaho — there’s not a lot of lakes to swim. And so being here was like, ‘Oh my God, there’s all…