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A national conversation through a local lens. Based in Tacoma Washington. Hosted by Nate Bowling, 2016 National Teacher of the Year Finalist, 2016 Washington State Teacher of the Year, 2014 Milken National Teaching Award, Co-Founder of Teachers United.

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A national conversation through a local lens. Based in Tacoma Washington. Hosted by Nate Bowling, 2016 National Teacher of the Year Finalist, 2016 Washington State Teacher of the Year, 2014 Milken National Teaching Award, Co-Founder of Teachers United.

    The Movies of 2024 – Chase Hutchinson, Film Critic – #223

    The Movies of 2024 – Chase Hutchinson, Film Critic – #223

    Chase Hutchinson is a Tacoma-based freelance journalist and movie critic. He came on the show to talk about the year in movies. For our conversation, we tried to focus on films not based on pre-existing...

    • 52 min
    The Attempted Assassination of Donald Trump and the Political Fallout

    The Attempted Assassination of Donald Trump and the Political Fallout

    In today’s irregular edition of the podcast, we discussed Saturday’s attempted assassination of former President Trump and the political fallout from it. I was joined in studio by Producer Doug and Evelyn Lopez, host of...

    • 45 min
    The (Worrying) State of the Sounders: On-the-field and Off — Dave & Carol, Hands-Free Footy — #221

    The (Worrying) State of the Sounders: On-the-field and Off — Dave & Carol, Hands-Free Footy — #221

    Dave and Carol are longtime Seattle Sounders season ticket holders and former hosts of the Hands-Free Footy podcast. They decided, for a host of reasons, this would be their last year with season tickets. I...

    • 50 min
    The Vibes Are Off, For Sure—But the US Economy is Doing Better Than You Think — Cameron Harwick, SUNY Brockport — #220

    The Vibes Are Off, For Sure—But the US Economy is Doing Better Than You Think — Cameron Harwick, SUNY Brockport — #220

    Cameron Harwick is a professor at State University of New York Brockport. He previously joined us in 2022 for a conversation about the causes and impacts of the inflationary crisis in 2022.  My goal in...

    • 52 min
    How Corporate Landlords are Driving Up Rents — Emmett O’Connell, Olympia Time — #219

    How Corporate Landlords are Driving Up Rents — Emmett O’Connell, Olympia Time — #219

    Emmett O’Connell is a recovering journalist, who writes the blog Olympia Time and hosts the podcast Olympia Standard. He recently published an article examining the hoovering up of homes by corporate and institutional landlords and...

    • 50 min
    Navigating the Moral Minefield of AI — Randy Girdner, Artist & Filmmaker — #218

    Navigating the Moral Minefield of AI — Randy Girdner, Artist & Filmmaker — #218

    In this episode, we are joined by Randy Girdner, an educator, filmmaker, and the comic artist creator of the web comic Maurice the Beaver.  This is a conversation about AI and my trepidation about its...

    • 41 min

Customer Reviews

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74 Ratings

74 Ratings

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Great stuff!

Extremely clear, informative and interesting podcast. Highly recommended!

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Propagandist?

When you have a 40 minute conversation with a bad reporter and neither of you stated that the State’s eye witnesses never saw how the incident starts, what else should you be called?

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Superb content! A+

I eagerly await the release of new episodes. This podcast is great and a so appreciate the conversations around complex issues impacting us all. Appreciate the hard work you put into this. Thank you!!

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