Nerd Farmer Podcast

War Crimes and 4Chan Memes – #263

An Update from Gulf War III – #262

The 2026 Best Picture Power Rankings – Chase Hutchinson and Andrew Hammond – #261

A Dispatch from the US War on Iran – #260

Leaving the US and ICE in Minneapolis – Tom Rademacher, Teacher & Author – #259

The Gilded Age Then & Now – Professor Douglas Sackman, University of Puget Sound – #258

The Meaning of Ramadan — Amy Daraiseh — Best of Nerd Farmer

Black Deported Veterans – James L. Smith & Rob Young – #257

2026 Legislative Session – Sen Marko Liias, Chair Senate Transportation Committee – #256

Morally Motivated Online Mobs – Professor Nick Brody, University of Puget Sound – #255

Attacks on Philanthropy and Not-for-Profits – Cole Leiter, Americans Against Government Censorship – #254

Grokipedia and the Musk Disinformation System – Jason Wilson, The Guardian – #253

Republicans Have Shut the Government Down – Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland – #252

A Tacoma Audio Voters’ Guide – A Crossing Division Crossover – #251

Armenia and Azerbaijan: A Lasting Peace? – Sevinc Osmanqizi – #250

Community Natural Hazard Preparedness – Dave Clark, Factal – 249

Chris Langston, Proof – Tacoma Small Biz Series Vol. 6 – 248

“How to Stand Up to a Dictator” Bookclub – Halley Knigge & Trayton Otto – 247

A Peek Inside the School Board – Lisa Keating, Tacoma School Board Director – 246

A Crime Novel Kingpin — Jordan Harper, author of “She Rides Shotgun” — 245

Addressing Washington’s Housing Shortage – Senator Jessica Bateman – 244

AI and Data Privacy – Bill Fitzgerald, Privacy Activist – 243

Past, Present, and Future of Ukraine – Diana Kuprych, London School of Economics – 242

On the 2025 Washington State Legislative Session – Melissa Santos, Axios – 241

Radical Evangelicalism and the Second Trump Presidency – Tori Williams Douglass – 240

A 125% “Tariff on China” is a 125% Tax on You – Abdullah Al Bahrani, Northern Kentucky University – 239

The 2025 Housing Market – Marguerite Martin, Move to Tacoma – 238

Creating the Seattle Green Book – Amanda Williams, Denkyem Finance – 237

Previewing the 2025 Oscars – Chase Hutchinson and Andrew Hammond – 236

How the Middle East Sees the New US Administration – Willy Lowry, The National – 235

Fresh Imperial Ambitions – Zoltan Grossman, Evergreen State College – 234

The Consequences of Abandoning School Integration – Karin Chenoweth, Author – 233

Russia’s Global Position and the Second Trump Presidency – Jeff Hawn, London School of Economics – 232

The Exploitation of Foreign Fishermen on US Flagged Vessels – Cyrus Donato, International Transport Workers’ Federation — 231

The Future of Public Schools is on the Ballot – Anne Lutz Fernandez, author of “Schooled” – 230

The Civil War and Humanitarian Crisis in Sudan – Professor Sherifa Zuhur – 229

Tacoma Audio Voters’ Guide, Part I – Evelyn Lopez, Crossing Division and Nathe Lawver, Pierce County Labor Council – 228

Building Movement for Hourly Wage Workers and Tenants – Ty and Zev, Tacoma for All – 227

Running a Small Biz in Tacoma, Part 5 — Mario Amaya, Balcon X — 226

Running a Small Biz in Tacoma Series, Part 4 — Quincy Henry, Campfire Coffee — 225

Remembering Matt Driscoll

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

The Attempted Assassination of Donald Trump and the Political Fallout

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

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

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

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

Everything in Real Estate Just Changed — Jasmyn Jefferson, Designated Broker and Co-Owner of Windermere Abode Lakewood — #217

Muslims Around the World Are Fasting: A Ramadan Reflection – Jasmine El Shear – #216

Revolutions Take Generations – Nathan Perl-Rosenthal, University of Southern California – #215