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Connect with Kelly Koopmans

by Kelly Koopmans, KOMO

Each week, Emmy Award-winning journalist Kelly Koopmans sits down with the people shaping the Pacific Northwest. Everyone from neighbors, to leaders, to changemakers, and those whose stories deserve to be heard. Connect With Kelly Koopmans goes beyond the headlines for candid, thoughtful conversations about resilience, community, purpose, and the moments that connect us.

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Dick Morgan: Inside Executions

On the heels of the botched execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee and the suggestion of livestreaming the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan, on this week's epis

Oct 14
30 min

Kym Hilinski: Hope From Heartache

More than eight years after former WSU Quarterback Tyler Hilinski died by suicide, his family's mission to expand protections for student athlete mental health is as stro

Oct 7
22 min

Victoria’s Journey From Survival to Strength

In this powerful episode of Connect With Kelly Koopmans, Kelly sits down with the survivor of a brutal random attack on a trail at Tacoma's Point Defiance Park. Victoria

Sep 30
27 min

The Hazing Death of Sam Martinez, A Mother's Call To Action

Sam Martinez was a Washington State University freshman when he died from acute alcohol poisoning in November 2019.He had been attending a fraternity event at Alpha Tau O

Sep 23
26 min

Introducing 'Connect with Kelly Koopmans'

Every person has a story. Sometimes it begins with a headline. Sometimes it begins quietly, in a moment that changes everything. I’m Kelly Koopmans, and this is Connect

Sep 21
1 min