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Everything is Fine in SWWA
by Everything is Fine in SWWA
Everything is Fine in SWWA is a political podcast where we recognize that everything is NOT AT ALL FINE and discuss what we can do about it.
Episodes
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73. Mains on Franklin, Part 5: The Declarations
Karissa explores the multitude of allegations against Jim Mains, the Holidays on Franklin homeowner, Executive Assistant of the Ed Lynch Estate, and local establishment darling. This is Part 5 of the series. Link to RAINN: As the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization and operator of...
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72. Mains on Franklin, Part 4: A Long Time Coming
Karissa explores the multitude of allegations against Jim Mains, the Holidays on Franklin homeowner, Executive Assistant of the Ed Lynch Estate, and local establishment darling. This is Part 4 of the series. Link to RAINN: As the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization and operator of...
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71. Local Elections 2026
Karissa deep dives even further into the Clark County Council District 1 race, touches on some other local elections, and goes on several side rants---including covering the intra-left drama between the Portland Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) chapter and Dusti Arab. You can become a…
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70. Interview with Dusti Arab, Candidate for Clark County Council, District 1
Karissa runs the gamut with Dusti Arab, candidate challenging incumbent Glen Yung for Clark County Council, District 1! Thanks to Dusti for coming on the show! You can learn more about Dusti's platform, make contact, and find out how you can help the campaign on Arab's website:...
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69. Mains on Franklin, Part 3: The Procurer
Karissa explores the recent resurfacing of allegations against Jim Mains, the Holidays on Franklin homeowner, Executive Assistant of the Ed Lynch Estate, and local establishment darling. This is Part 3 of the series. Link to RAINN: As the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization and...
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68. Mains on Franklin, Part 2: The Godfather
Karissa explores the recent resurfacing of allegations against Jim Mains, the Holidays on Franklin homeowner, Executive Assistant of the Ed Lynch Estate, and local establishment darling. This is Part 2 of the series. Link to RAINN: As the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization and...
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67. Let's Bring Earth's Greatest Enemy to Vancouver for Earth Day!
Karissa reads her article written for Current Affairs magazine, “The US War Machine is Earth’s Greatest Enemy”, and calls on listeners to bring this most important film to Vancouver for a showing! Calls to Action: -(Most important). Email [email protected] and request that they show Earth’s...
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66. Clark County Sheriff's Office Protects ICE from Community Scrutiny & the Clark County Council's Useless Immigration Statement
Karissa discusses a recent incident involving 3 Clark County women who observed and confronted ICE agents in our community and were threatened by the Clark County Sheriff's Office for felony stalking, as well as the Clark County Council's most recent discussion about their statement on federal...
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65. ICE and ICE Collaborators OUT of Clark County!
Karissa platforms the testimony of the people of Clark County speaking out about ICE and about the Clark County Council's complicity in allowing the FBI (who are full-blown ICE collaborators, with one quarter of the FBI assisting ICE with operations, protecting immigrant detention facilities,...
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64. Camp Bonneville, Part 5: FBI Full Operational Support for ICE and the NSPM-7 Directive
Karissa challenges Clark County Councilor Glen Yung’s statement to a constituent regarding his flip-flop vote on supporting the FBI’s continued illegal use of Clark County’s nearly 4,000 acre, mostly forested conservation property, Camp Bonneville---including his belief that the FBI should not be...
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63. Camp Bonneville, Part 4: Integrity, Openness, and Accountability
Karissa breaks down the last year or so of shenanigans re: Camp Bonneville by various actors in Clark County government and law enforcement, as well as the state of the cleanup---ending with the latest vote by the Clark County Council to flip-flop and bring the FBI back to Camp Bonneville against...
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62. Mains on Franklin, Part 1: An Establishment Darling
Karissa explores the recent resurfacing of allegations against Jim Mains, the Holidays on Franklin homeowner, Executive Assistant of the Ed Lynch Estate, and local establishment darling. This is Part 1 in the series. Music production and artistic rendition of MJ's "Man in the Mirror" by LT Page:...
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61. Why the Charter Matters with Leah Perkel and John Bower
Karissa sits down with John Bower, who is running for Clark County Charter Review Commission District 2, Position 1, and Leah Perkel, who is running for Charter Review Commission District 1, Position 3. They talk about why the Clark County charter matters, their individual platforms, and what...
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60. The Columbian Editorial Board Knifes Kim Harless Over PokeGate Complaint
Karissa explores the recent complaint lodged by random dude and related developments as Kim Harless' re-election campaign heats up. Let’s not just lay down and let the establishment railroad us, shall we? Let's make the Columbian Editorial Board's endorsements even more irrelevant by SHOWING UP…
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59. Interview with Vancouver City Councilmember Kim Harless
It's been a long time coming! Karissa and Phillip got a chance to sit down with Vancouver City Councilmember Kim Harless, who is running for re-election---with the primary election being THIS Tuesday, August 5th! We ran the gamut of topics, including the climate crisis and the environment…
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Time for a Big, Beautiful Call to Action
You likely watched in horror as Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill passed Congress just before the Fourth of July, with only 2 Republicans voting against it, and have been trying to wrap your mind around everything that’s in it since then. This is being called the largest EVER upward transfer of wealth...
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58. Expect to Self-Rescue with Jake Dailey, Iraq War Vet
Phillip and Karissa sat down with a special guest to talk about World War III for this episode! Who better to discuss the selling of another bullshit American war at this precipice in human history than an Iraq war veteran? Jake Dailey, who served as a combat medic in Iraq and currently lives in...
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57. Pinkwashing the Police: The QCN Pride Block Party Pivot
Karissa covers a controversial new decision made by Vancouver Pride Block Party organizers this year to hire the Vancouver Police Department for security, rather than using the combination of community defense and BIPOC private security used in previous years. We talk a little history, detail the...
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Action Alert for May 7th at 1pm Clark County Council
Hey guys! This little snip should explain everything. It's not exactly a podcast episode; rather, it's an urgent action alert. Here is the link to the free Patreon video clip version of the call to action:...
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56. The Betrayals of Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Part 2
56. The Betrayals of Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Part 2 Karissa and Phillip team up again to talk about the day they (and hundreds of others) met up in the flesh to join the protest at Congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez's Vancouver town hall at the Leupke Center.
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55. Where the Hell is Michelle? Belkot, the CTran Board, and the Backlash
Karissa returns solo from a long hiatus to talk about Clark County Councilor Michelle Belkot's recent rogue behavior at the CTran Board to stop light rail on the Interstate Bridge Replacement (IBR) project, her ouster by fellow councilmembers, and the backlash. Karissa also uncovers through hard...
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54. Interview with John Saulie-Rohman, Independent Candidate for the 3rd Congressional District
Karissa interviews John Saulie-Rohman, Independent Candidate for the 3rd Congressional District, spanning the spectrum of topics, from foreign policy and the US war machine, environment, abortion, LGBTQ+ rights, campaign financing, education, healthcare, economy, free speech, national debt, and...
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53. Joe Kent’s Sus Treasurer and a Promising Independent Candidate for the 3rd CD
Karissa uncovers some oddities around Joe Kent's FEC filings, rants about campaign finance, and briefly discusses the only anti-genocide candidate in the 3rd Congressional District race.
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52. Camp Bonneville, Part 3: The Biggest Lie and the Smokiest Gun
Karissa and Phillip dig into some of the evidence that proves that the FBI has not been a “good tenant” at Camp Bonneville---that they have routinely been violating the terms of their agreement for years, contaminating the property, detonating explosives, and putting law enforcement at risk, and...
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51. Camp Bonneville, Part 2: Assume Positive Intent
Karissa and Phillip continue the journey into the story of Camp Bonneville by diving into the current process that is underway to review the environmental cleanup by Clark County with the Camp Bonneville Community Advisory Group (CAG) and discussing misinformation provided by staff about CB today...
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50. Camp Bonneville, Part 1: The Army, the FBI, and the Dirty Transfer
50. Camp Bonneville, Part 1: The Army, the FBI, and the Dirty Transfer Karissa and Phillip join forces once again to talk about Camp Bonneville, an old 3,800-acre forested piece of Clark County property located 5 miles from the Vancouver city limits, bordering both sides of Lacamas Creek and…
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49. Power And Money, Part 7: Water, Water, Water (and Climate)
Karissa was fortunate enough to be joined by a panel of amazing experts and advocates who have been leading the charge against the Freight Rail Dependent Uses (FRDU) mining expansion and industrial railroad plan in Clark County that is STILL being supported by the majority of the Clark County...
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48. Scandal at Evergreen School District
Today, we cover the public outrage over budget cut proposals being made by the Evergreen School District. It was revealed at the last school board meeting that the overpaid district administrators were paid EVEN MORE in the form of supplemental contracts during the teacher’s strike at the…
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46. Kim Harless, Paying People for Their Work, and a Special Shoutout from the Railroad AB
This is a short episode with a special and urgent call-to-action asking listeners to support Kim Harless by taking some time to write or testify to the Charter Review Commission, demanding a charter amendment to make changes to the Salary Review Commission to RAISE THE PAY for Vancouver City...
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45. Rent Stabilization, Annette Cleveland's Corruption, and the Columbian's Complicity
TRIGGER WARNING: This intro includes public testimony about suicide and housing insecurity trauma. Speakers from intro (by order of appearance): Fatima Abarta (spoken through interpreter), Kerri Burnside, Monica Zazueta, and Boyd West. Karissa and Phillip come together again for a discussion…
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44. Housing Our Neighbors with Tiffani McCoy
Karissa talks with Tiffani of House Our Neighbors, the organization that spearheaded the social housing initiative in Seattle. We dug into the state of the housing crisis, the truth about the affordable housing solutions always offered by developers and decision makers which never seem to solve…
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43. The True Value of Farmland and the Future of Heritage Farm with Zorah Oppenheimer
Karissa had the pleasure of sitting down with Zorah Oppenheimer, who is Executive Director of Clark Conservation District and member of the Steering Committee for the Heritage Farm Sustainability Plan. Now, when you hear the word “sustainability” you probably envision we’re talking about...
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42. SWWA Interfaith Leaders for a Ceasefire in Gaza
Karissa is joined by a panel of interfaith leaders, including Shirin Elkoshairi, Dexter Kearny, and Zemirah Willow Higgins (all of SWWA) who have taken up the much-needed task of organizing for a ceasefire in Gaza IN VANCOUVER! Willow discusses how the Jewish community in SWWA and across the US…
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41. Interview with Pete Dubois of Clark County Composts
Here is a wonderful interview with Pete Dubois of Clark County Composts! We talked all things food waste and compost, including common misconceptions and all of the ways you can save your food waste from the landfill with little effort and without even having to have your own home composting...
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40. Thoughts on Palestine
Karissa shares her thoughts on Palestine. Journalists/groups recommended in the episode: Abby Martin/Media Roots Radio Rania Khalek Katie Halper Jewish Voice for Peace Great breakdown about Israel's lies thoroughly explored and released today by journalist Briahna Joy Gray:...
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39. Power and Money in Clark County, Part 6: Troubled Waters
(Part 6) A continued investigation into the recent shenanigans of the railroad baron, Eric Temple. This is an additional 3-parter of the "Power and Money in Clark County" series about a county-sanctioned planned environmental disaster (on the scale of thousands of acres) along OUR PUBLIC…
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38. Power and Money in Clark County, Part 5: Going Rogue
(Part 5) A continued investigation into the recent shenanigans of the railroad baron, Eric Temple. This is an additional 3-parter of the "Power and Money in Clark County" series about a county-sanctioned planned environmental disaster (on the scale of thousands of acres) along OUR PUBLIC…
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37. Power and Money in Clark County, Part 4: Railroad Gangsters
A continued investigation into the recent shenanigans of the railroad baron, Eric Temple. This is an additional 3-parter of the "Power and Money in Clark County" series about a county-sanctioned planned environmental disaster (on the scale of thousands of acres) along OUR PUBLIC RAILROAD, an...
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36. "Surfing the Apocalypse, Part 4: Climate Defiance, Priorities, & Final Thoughts
Karissa and Phillip wrap up their conversation about how we might go about surfing this shitty apocalypse by discussing a group called Climate Defiance, who are doing the great civil disobedience work that this moment calls for to save our collective futures. They lay out a framework of…
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Surfing the Apocalypse, Part 3: Biggest Emitters
For this episode, Karissa and Phillip look at the big picture of what and who the biggest greenhouse gas emitters are so that we can position ourselves to most effectively target our climate activism, which we will discuss further in Part 4 as we bring it back through the local lens. We discuss...
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34. Surfing the Apocalypse, Part 2: Deniers & Delayers/DON'T Visit Vancouver
Intro by NASA climate scientist Peter Kalmus. Shout out to LT Page, as always, for providing original music for the pod & for production assistance!
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33. Surfing the Apocalypse, Part 1: Facing Climate Reality
33. Surfing the Apocalypse, Part 1: Facing Climate Reality by Everything is Fine in SWWA
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Ep 32. Rey Reynolds Transphobia Case Finished & Another Columbian Failure
Karissa does a quick update and reflection on happy developments in the Rey Reynold's story, and what is coming up next for Everything is Fine in SWWA. More quality content coming up soon now that we've got more free time. Thank you so much for sticking around despite the inconsistent output from...
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31. A Convergence of Crises with Leah Perkel for Vancouver City Council
Phillip and Karissa had the pleasure of speaking with local dogged activist for all that is good, Leah Perkel, who is now taking the next step to advocate for Vancouver via a city council seat. We speak about her allyship with progressive indigenous millennial, Kim Harless, who won her election…
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30. The Betrayals of Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
Karissa and Phillip come clean with their thoughts about Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of the 3rd US Congressional District in light of several disturbing votes she has cast in Congress, including her vote for the Resolution Denouncing the Horrors of Socialism, the vote to “Unleash American…
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29. NATIONAL Hate Pastor Convention Headed to Vancouver + LCSD Trans Outing Policy Endangering Kids
Karissa sits down separately with two amazing LGBTQ+ advocates, David and Emily, to discuss two different local developments involving more queer targeting and hate speech. TRIGGER WARNING for the intro, as we play clips of hate speech from multiple Independent Fundamentalist Movement pastors who...
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28. Power and Money in Clark County, Pt. 3: Getting Back on Track
This is the third episode of the “Money and Power in Clark County” series, where Karissa and Phillip finally discuss the third candidate who was running against John Blom and Karen Bowerman for Clark County Council District 3, Jesse James. James, even though he ultimately didn’t win, is a shining...
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27. Power and Money in Clark County, Part 2: The Money Train
This is the second episode of the "Money and Power in Clark County" series, where Karissa and Phillip continue their conversation relating to the concrete batch plant saga by investigating how corporate interests have an obscene level of influence in our local government through the lens of the...
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26. Power and Money in Clark County, Part 1: The Railroad Baron
Today Phillip and Karissa partner together once again to discuss the saga of the concrete batch plant, which is the perfect case to use as a vehicle to evaluate our broken political system, detail by detail. In our previous episode, we talked about *what* happened, but in this series of episodes…
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25. The Concrete Batch Plant Saga with Jan Kelly
For this episode, Karissa and Phillip interviewed Jan Kelly about the story of the proposed concrete batch plant and her work with Friends of Central Vancouver, a group who formed to mobilize against it. Friends of Central Vancouver is holding a Fund Raising Event on April 12th from 5:30pm to...
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