Soundside

The world’s first Amazon Go store in Seattle opened on Jan. 22, 2018. The New York Times called it “A Store of the Future,” where all customers had to do was pop an item in their cart and walk out. A little over six years in the future, developers for Amazon's “Just Walk Out” technology are facing layoffs, and the technology itself is being fazed out at 40 Amazon Fresh grocery stores.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chili crunch is known for its punch, and now, a legal battle over the name has one local foodie fighting back against a culinary giant.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What could bring Republicans and Democrats together? An unlikely political duo from Washington state has teamed up in the name of data privacy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Across the city of Seattle this month, poems from local writers are on display at storefronts, libraries, and in office buildings. They're part of "Poetry in Place," a project from Seattle Civic Poet, Shin Yu Pai, which runs throughout April. We can only make Soundside because listeners support us. Make the show happen by making a gift to KUOW:https://www.kuow.org/donate/soundsideSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The separation of Japanese American families during WWII is the focus of "Currents," a new operetta by local librettist AC Petersen and composer Jeremy Berdin.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

About 100 people were selected for a 10-month “Guaranteed Basic Income” pilot in King County that launched in the fall of 2022.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Soundside Editor Jed Kim headed up to upstate New York to be in the path of totality for the 2024 solar eclipse.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For a lot of people, our life-long significant other is a friend. And in a society that obsessed with finding a romantic soul mate, these platonic relationships are left in a gray area. It was after forging a strong platonic friendship that author Rhaina Cohen realized we often lack the words to talk about the variety of life-long best-friendships we can have. Cohen is the author of "The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center"See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A person is guaranteed certain rights when they come to the United States for work. They have a right to fair pay, to humane working conditions.But for fishermen, whose feet never touch solid ground, those rights don’t apply.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Soundside host Libby Denkmann talks with Seattle Times Project Homeless reporter Anna Patrick about the asylum seekers forced to camp at the Garfield HS tennis courts this week.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.