Kirsten Kendrick
Morning Edition HostKirsten Kendrick hosts Morning Edition on KNKX and the sports interview series "Going Deep," talking with folks tied to sports in our region about what drives them — as professionals and people.
Kirsten has been hosting Morning Edition on KNKX/KPLU since 2006. Kirsten fell in love with radio in college and has worked in news radio for more than 30 years. She is also a morning person and loves that she is a companion to listeners as they start their day.
Born in Ohio, Kirsten lived in Dallas and Miami before moving to the Pacific Northwest in 2000. She is active in the public radio host community and loves sports. She works with a boxing trainer and is a volunteer Little League umpire. Kirsten and her husband live in Seattle with their son and their dog, a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever.
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Who wins and who loses with the University of Washington leaving the Pac-12 Conference for the Big Ten?
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New updates following an investigation by KNKX that looked into allegations of abuse at the Redmond, Wash.-based soccer club, Crossfire Premier.
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Tuesday's Major League Baseball All-Star Game at T-Mobile Park will be a homecoming for Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Corbin Carroll.
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There's a lot of food at Seattle's Pike Place Market, but it’s also a place where the community comes together and people are fed, for free. Meet the chef behind Atrium Kitchen’s Nourished Neighborhood program.
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Washington lawmakers passed new laws on gun control, housing, abortion protections and criminal justice. But there is at least one issue the legislature left unresolved.
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If you watch the Seattle Mariners on Root Sports Northwest, then you're familiar with anchor and reporter Angie Mentink. But you may not be familiar with all the history she's made.
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The dust has settled after lawmakers in Olympia scrambled to meet this session’s legislative house of origin deadline last week.
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What do students think about the Seattle School District's lawsuit against social media companies? 17-year-old Noir Goldberg, an executive board member of the Seattle Student Union, joined KNKX to talk about this approach.
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The Seattle Seahawks are preparing for their wildcard playoff game against the San Francisco 49ers on Saturday. Seattle is the underdog but Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith said don't count them out.
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Former Seattle Seahawk Doug Baldwin talks to KNKX Morning Edition host Kirsten Kendrick about racial justice, second chances and giving back in part two of this interview for the KNKX "Going Deep" series.