Emil Moffatt
All Things Considered Host and ReporterEmil Moffatt joined KNKX in October 2022 as All Things Considered host/reporter. He came to the Puget Sound area from Atlanta where he covered the state legislature, the 2021 World Series and most recently, business and technology as a reporter for WABE. Contact him at emoffatt@knkx.org.
Emil has also worked for NPR member stations in Kentucky and Nashville after beginning his radio news career in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Right after college, he worked in sports broadcasting, calling play-by-play for minor league baseball games and as a studio producer for the Dallas Stars.
In his free time, Emil enjoys photography, live music, running and spending time in bookstores and coffee shops. He has a border collie lab named Valta.
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A former longtime history professor at the University of Washington, Quintard Taylor started the research website BlackPast.
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Over 60 years after Leo Lassen called his last baseball game in Seattle, fans still vividly remember his home run call, and his detailed re-creation of road games from inside a studio. -
Foot traffic in Seattle's Chinatown-International District hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic. Some say more transit options and events like the World Cup will help. -
In addition to performing with orchestras around the country, cellist Gabriel Cabezas, 32, has also backed stars such as Rufus Wainwright, Phoebe Bridgers and Taylor Swift. -
Amid heightened enforcement of federal immigration laws across the country, there are new projections as to the number of people in the state without authorization.
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Ben Danielson, a pediatrician and professor at the University of Washington co-authored the study which tracked proposed closures of youth detention centers from 2010 to 2023.
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Democratic Rep. Adam Smith, who represents Washington state's 9th District says Congress needs to take the lead on immigration reform and that recent U.S. strikes on Iran won't lead to peace. -
Filmmaker Ken Burns and co-director David Schmidt recently visited Seattle to preview their new sweeping, six-part documentary on the American Revolution. -
U.S. Representative Emily Randall, who represents Washington's sixth district, also holds the distinction of being the first queer Latina congresswoman in the country.
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'Rhapsody on a Theme by Joni' draws inspiration partially from Joni Mitchell. It will be performed by Demarre McGill starting Thursday at Benaroya Hall.
