Northwest Now

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Northwest Now episodes

  • Opportunity Knocks

    A PBS reality show help those living paycheck to paycheck with their finances. We talk to the local producers of "Opportunity Knocks."

    26 min
  • Brandon Bird

    Our discussion with newly-appointed CEO of the Northwest African American Museum Brandon Bird as we celebrate Black History Month.

    27 min
  • Germ & Worm

    Love to travel but concerned about exotic diseases? Then the "Germ & Worm" podcast, hosted by. two local doctors is for you.

    26 min
  • Tacoma-Pierce Economy 2025

    As Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House, he vows tariffs on some of our major trading partners. What impact will this have on our region that relies heavily on trade? that's our discussion for our annual look at the South Sound economy.

    27 min
  • J.M Simpson

    A discussion with a former educator who now uses his talented photographic eye to document the lives of the homeless population in Olympia.

    26 min
  • Puget Sound Revels

    For more than thirty years the Puget sound Revels theatre company has been producing their mid-winter celebration of culture - and this year, the focus is on an amazing and little known piece of African American history.

    27 min
  • Dark Tide

    magine growing up with a cousin only later to discover he became one of this country's most notorious serial killers? That's exactly what happened to Edna Cowell Martin - Ted Bundy's cousin - and author of Dark Tide.

    27 min
  • Community College Bachelor Degrees

    What if you could combine the practical knowledge of a technical education with the academic and intellectual expansion of a Bachelors degree? That's the reality now at many of the state's community and technical colleges.

    27 min
  • Makers On The Tide

    For more than fifty years two brothers hand-crafted some of the finest canoes ever built - and their story is the subject of a new film called "Makers on the Tide." The story of Tacoma's Willits Brothers on this edition of Northwest Now.

    27 min

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