- 845
- Episodes
- 748
- Transcribed
- 986
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
- 975K
- YouTube views
About Seattle Now
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.
- Publisher
- KUOW News and Information
- Category
- news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 20 Sept 2023
- Latest episode
- 6 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
748 of 845 episodes have a transcript.
6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
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Inside a recent episode
Young people aren't using the city's free therapy
Published 6 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But how many actually wound up using it once the city started getting the service? Their goal was to reach between 2,200 and 4,400 kids. And in the time since Talkspace has been launched in Seattle schools, about 400 kids have actually used it or been connected with it. So they were far, far below their projections or their goals. Yeah, that's a big gap. What do we know about why that happened? We've talked to several youth, some counselors in Seattle schools, mental health professionals, and it seems like there were a few reasons. One is that this is not what kids initially asked for. What they had asked for was more mental health professionals in their schools that they could meet with in person who knew them, knew their community, and could relate to them on a personal level. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Seattle Now
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Jayati Ramakrishnan
- Rebecca Plevin
- Moe Clark
- Jamie Pedersen
- Hannah Sabio-Howell
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 974,705
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 681 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 305 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 89 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
- Quality
- 98
- Social presence
- 94
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 67
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