Transmission is a podcast about life at the heart of an epidemic. As the nation copes with the unfolding Coronavirus pandemic, hear what it’s like in the Pacific Northwest, at the vanguard of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Latest episodes
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32 min
New Podcast: The Walk Home
KNKX Public Radio and The Seattle Times want to share a new podcast: The Walk Home. Listen to the first episode here. To get new episodes as they come out, look for The Walk Home w…
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28 min
Episode 35: Turned Around
A year ago, Dr. Nick Mark worried he might not survive the pandemic. He's a critical-care doctor in Seattle who performs risky procedures, like intubations, on some of the sickest…
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29 min
Episode 35: Turned Around
A year ago, Dr. Nick Mark worried he might not survive the pandemic. He's a critical-care doctor in Seattle who performs risky procedures, like intubations, on some of the sickest…
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28 min
Episode 34: Silver Linings
Now that most students are back in school in the Northwest, there are a lot of feelings going around.
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28 min
Episode 34: Silver Linings
Now that most students are back in school in the Northwest, there are a lot of feelings going around. Many parents have watched their children struggle to learn from a screen. A lo…
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10 min
Episode 33: Coming Back to Life
On the day I meet 86-year-old Chris Swanson inside her room at Horizon House in Seattle’s First Hill neighborhood, it feels like a party.
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10 min
Episode 33: Coming Back to Life
On the day I meet 86-year-old Chris Swanson inside her room at Horizon House in Seattle’s First Hill neighborhood, it feels like a party. “Yay for family!” says Swanson with a smil…
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28 min
Episode 32: The Vaccine Hunters
When 65-year-old Bonnie McGuire was vaccinated earlier this year for COVID-19, a huge weight of worry disappeared in an instant.
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28 min
Episode 32: The Vaccine Hunters
When 65-year-old Bonnie McGuire was vaccinated earlier this year for COVID-19, a huge weight of worry disappeared in an instant. “I felt amazingly serene," she says. "It was a stra…
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37 min
Episode 31: The Long Winter
Emergencies do something to our brains. A few months after a catastrophe, people find themselves more irritable and less able to concentrate. Rates of depression and anxiety rise.…
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37 min
Episode 31: The Long Winter
Emergencies do something to our brains. A few months after a catastrophe, people find themselves more irritable and less able to concentrate. Rates of depression and anxiety rise.…
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12 min
Episode 30: Words Matter
Living during a global pandemic is inherently stressful. Stress can negatively impact how we make decisions.
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12 min
Episode 30: Words Matter
Living during a global pandemic is inherently stressful. Stress can negatively impact how we make decisions. “And so when people are feeling that stress, then cortisol floods their…
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15 min
Episode 29: The Slow Vaccine Rollout
It’s been about one month since the first coronavirus vaccine arrived in Washington state. Residents, some of them in tears, watched a nurse receive the first injection. This event…
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15 min
Episode 29: The Slow Vaccine Rollout
It’s been about one month since the first coronavirus vaccine arrived in Washington state. Residents, some of them in tears, watched a nurse receive the first injection. This event…
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8 min
Episode 28: Socially Distanced Santa
The beard is real. The suit is red. And he's separated from his guests by several feet and plexiglass. We meet Santas intent on creating memories, even in a pandemic. Note: This ep…
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8 min
Episode 28: Socially Distanced Santa
The beard is real. The suit is red. And he's separated from his guests by several feet and plexiglass. We meet Santas intent on creating memories, even in a pandemic. Note: This ep…
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35 min
Episode 27: Making the Rent
The coronavirus pandemic is testing our society’s safety net in ways we never imagined. There are millions of people across the country and thousands in Washington state who are un…
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35 min
Episode 27: Making the Rent
The coronavirus pandemic is testing our society’s safety net in ways we never imagined. There are millions of people across the country and thousands in Washington state who are un…
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Episode 26: The COVID College Experience
College, in the minds of many incoming freshmen, is about so much more than education. It’s supposed to be a formative experience that creates lifelong memories and lifelong friend…