Seattle Unplugged: What exactly is ‘Seattle culture’?

Trees? Water? Coffee? Tech?

In this episode of the “RadioActive” podcast, Phillip Zhou, Gavin Muhlfelder, and Alex Mengisteab go from neighborhood to neighborhood gathering stories about everything that makes the Emerald City unique.

[RadioActive Youth Media is KUOW’s radio journalism and audio storytelling program for young people. This story was entirely youth-produced, from the writing to the audio editing.]

Want more “Seattle Unplugged”? The teens behind this podcast made a new series with our friends at the Vera Project’s “Ground Zero Radio.” Join the “Seattle Unplugged” team as they dive deep into the Seattle coffee scene by interviewing coffee lovers, baristas, and try coffee made by… AI? Look for “Coffee and Conversations,” the new podcast from the team behind “Seattle Unplugged,” coming this December.

This podcast was produced in a RadioActive Youth Media introductory workshop for high school-age youth. Production assistance by Eva Solorio, Antonio Nevarez and Alayna Ly. Edited by Kelsey Kupferer.

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Support for KUOW’s RadioActive comes from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Discovery Center and BECU.