KBTC's Weekly Public Affairs Show - Friday at 7:30pm

Northwest Now is KBTC's weekly public affairs television show hosted by veteran journalist Tom Layson. Now in its 17th season, Northwest Now takes a closer look at the issues and people who are part of Western Washington. 

WATCH LIVE| Friday nights at 7:30pm on KBTC and the KBTC Livestream.  

STREAM | Available here and on-demand on the free PBS App.  

LISTEN | Listen here, download, or find episodes at Apple Podcasts.

ARCHIVE | Visit the Northwest Now Archive to explore episodes by year.

Explore the Northwest Now Collection  

Northwest Now Digital Extra | Northwest Now Digital First |Open Government | Saving the Salmon |Specials

Northwest Now Host - Tom Layson 

Tom Layson is KBTC's Managing Editor and worked in Yakima, Terre Haute, Louisville, Sacramento, Columbus, and New York-New Jersey. Tom anchored 13 hours of live coverage in the NY/NJ market during 9-11 - just one example of the many thousands of hours he’s been on set or in the field covering politics, natural disasters, courts and crime, economic development, personal finance and the environment the past 40 years. Tom grew up in the Maple Valley area and is a graduate of Pacific Lutheran University.

Racing Into the Past

Every summer more than a hundred vintage car owners, dozens of event volunteers and thousands of fans gather at Pacific Raceways in Kent over the course of a three-day weekend in July for the Pacific Northwest Historic race. This is the story of people overcoming differences and coming together to form a family - bound by common interests and a love for the traditionsof vintage racing.

7/3 America at 250 A discussion with the Daughters of The American Revolution (Tacoma Chapter) and the Spirit of 76 Living History Association, and a local historian about local celebrations.

7/10 Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release While there are many legendary musicians and bands from the Northwest, you may not know that many of the guitars that help make them sound so good are made here, too. A look at what goes into making these musical instruments.

7/17 The Lost Salmon A discussion with a local documentarian whose latest project took a deep dive into efforts to save threatened salmon populations up and down the entire west coast.

7/24 Home The Northwest is famous for being outspokenly progressive, and those values aren’t anything recent. A look at the Key Peninsula of Home that began as an anarchist community.

7/31 The Western Flyer It was a vessel that was first made famous in a John Steinbeck novel, and now it’s in a Western Washington boatyard being restored for its next adventure.