Meet Me Here

Looking for a great place to stay on the Oregon coast? Maybe you just want to find a good restaurant and a show in downtown Seattle? It's likely you turn to social media for answers. But when you're actually exploring these places, does having a phone out all the time affect your experience, and everyone else's? How have phones and social media changed the recommendations we're getting and the experiences we're having?
On the next episode of Meet Me Here, travel expert Rick Steves and Seattle content creators Two Seattle Girls discuss how phones are changing the way we travel and experience culture.
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Meet Me Here listeners, if you still don't have any plans for this weekend, fear not. The Weekend Warmup is here to help with a whole bunch of ideas for fun things to do around the region this weekend.
HOST: Soundside producer Jason Megatron Burrows
LINKS:
Mariners vs Texas Rangers
Seattle Torrent vs Vancouver Goldeneyes
Seattle Sounders vs St Louis City SC
Indoor Plant Festival
Oddmall Emporium of the Weird: SPRUNG
Tilted Thunder Roller Derby
POP Cats Seattle 2026: Pacific Northwest’s Ultimate Cat Convention
International Children's Friendship Festival
Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival
RSD 2026 List | RECORD STORE DAY
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What do we do with our fear? Fear can paralyze us, befuddle us, lead us to inexplicably run up the stairs to escape a killer when the front door is right there. But in Stephen Graham Jones’ world(s), fear can empower and be used as a tool against that which caused it. We’ll ask Jones what it means to harness terror and become the terrible.
And… if you need some help filling the horror shaped void, here’s Stephen Graham Jones' and Katie’s Recommended If You Liked (RIYL):
Cliffhanger (1993)
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Read more about Stephen Graham Jones (and all the authors who stop by for a chat with our host Katie Campbell) at kuow.org/books.
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Meet Me Here listeners, if you still don't have any plans for this weekend, fear not. The Weekend Warmup is here to help with a whole bunch of ideas for fun things to do around the region this weekend.
HOST: Soundside producer Jason Megatron Burrows
LINKS:
Fin de Fest - Latin Film Festival
MARINERS vs Houston Astros
Seattle Cherry Blossom & Japanese Cultural Festival
Spring Fair | Washington State Fair Event Center
NW Model Hobby Expo
SDFF 2026 - Deaf Spotlight
WA State Toy Show
2026 Tea Festival - April 11th | Cascadia Tea Fest
iDiOM Theater - “All Our Tragic” 4 part series
Dungeons and Drag Queens Brunch Show
SIFF 2026 Annual Volunteer Meeting
Thank you to the supporters of KUOW, you help make this show possible! If you want to help out, go to kuow.org/donate/meet
Meet Me Here is a production of KUOW in Seattle, a proud member of the NPR Network.

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Xian Zhang says she never wanted to be a conductor. Instead, she says, “conducting chose me.”
Zhang is in her first season as Seattle Symphony’s music director. On this episode of “Meet Me Here,” she explains how her conducting teacher threw her into deep waters as a 20-year-old conservatory student in Beijing.
She also shares how she gets ready for conducting (“I prepare 300% mentally”), and advice for anyone who hasn’t experienced a symphony performance at Benaroya Hall.
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