Vivian McCall
Morning Edition Producer and Sunday Weekend Edition HostVivian McCall is a reporter, producer and host at KNKX. She joined the station after eight years as a reporter in her dearly missed Chicago, where she wrote for the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times and the public radio station WBEZ.
Vivian has an eye (and ear!) for a great story and a wonderful sense of humor. She enjoys producing stories about science, medicine and LGBTQ people. Originally from Texas, Vivian is a musician who performs as Pansy. She loves recording, photography, working with electronics and collecting dusty things.
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As mass shootings continue to occur around the country, many people are watching to see if Congress passes any new gun safety laws. Here in Washington state, there are already several gun safety laws in effect. Some came from the legislature and others came from citizens. Olympia correspondent Austin Jenkins joined KNKX Morning Edition host Kirsten Kendrick to provide an overview. -
The Seattle Police Department has stopped investigating new reports of sexual assaults with adult victims, according to an internal memo sent to Interim Police Chief Adrian Diaz. Reporters Ashley Hiruko from KUOW and Sydney Brownstone of the Seattle Times sat down with KNKX's Vivian McCall to explain why this is happening and what this means for victims.
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Members of Washington's Congressional delegation are reacting to yesterday's mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. Multiple elected leaders call for strengthening gun laws, both at the local and national level, to prevent another school shooting.
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Olympia correspondent Austin Jenkins discusses his reporting on cases where parents decide to send their children with developmental disabilities to out-of-state, therapeutic boarding schools after exhausting their options in Washington. He found these cases highlight institutional gaps in key support services for these families, a problem only made worse during the pandemic.
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A new Seattle Times investigation describes allegations of racism in the Tacoma Police Department a retired officer documented over two decades. Valencia Brooks, a Black woman, worked for the department for 30 years and filed 18 complaints.
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Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has been in office for four months. In that time, the issues that he campaigned on, have made the news. Namely, affordable housing, homelessness, policing and crime. KNKX's Kirsten Kendrick sat down with Harrell, for a quarterly check-in with the mayor.
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A leaked draft of a majority opinion written by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito suggests the Court could soon overturn Roe v. Wade. If that landmark 1973 decision is overturned, states could pass abortion bans. What would this mean in Washington state?
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Ahead of the Seattle Storm home opener, veteran player Sue Bird talked with KNKX’s Kirsten Kendrick about her decision to return for at least one more year. Kirsten also asked Bird about WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner, who's been detained in Russia since February. Listen to the latest installment in our series "Going Deep."
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Washington's elected insurance commissioner Mike Kriedler has apologized for using racial slurs in the presence of his employees and said he'll attend diversity training along with his senior staff. The apology comes after reporting from Olympia correspondent Austin Jenkins and the Seattle Times revealed a pattern of behavior that included the slurs and mistreatment of staff.
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A very important Nintendo game just turned 30 years old. "The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past" dropped in the U.S. on April 13th, 1992 and went on to become one of the company's first big titles for its Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
