All Episodes

Let’s Talk More About “No on Tacoma 1” Campaign Finance Issues (Oct. 27, 2023)

Let’s Talk About Local Election 2023 with Joe Lopez (Oct. 20, 2023)

Let’s Talk About More Trump Crimes! With Joe Lopez (August 11, 2023)

More About Black Justice with Carol Mitchell, Part 2 (June 26, 2023)

Let’s Talk About Black Justice with Carol Mitchell, Part 1 (May 24, 2023)

Let’s Talk About the Trials of Donald Trump with Joe Lopez (April 17, 2023)

Let’s Talk About a BIG Housing Plan with Governor Jay Inslee (March 2, 2023)

Let’s Talk with Tacoma City Councilmember John Hines About More Camping Ban Plans (Oct. 6, 2022)

The State Strikes Back–Let’s Talk Abortion Rights with Sen. Yasmin Trudeau (Dobbs, Part 2)(July 6, 2022)

Let’s Talk About the End of Abortion Rights and Dobbs with Shannon McMinimee (Dobbs, Part 1)(July 5, 2022)

Let’s Talk About Running for PCO with Justin Camarata and Anna Nepomuceno (May 11, 2022)

Let’s Talk About Tacoma Creates in South and East Tacoma! (April 25, 2022)

Let’s Talk About Pierce County’s Plan to End Homelessness with Councilmember Ryan Mello (March 30, 2022)

Let’s Talk About Pierce County’s Comprehensive Plan to End Homelessness (Feb 16, 2022)

Let’s Talk with Sharlett Mena About the 29th Legislative District (Jan. 22, 2022)

Let’s Talk About Becoming a Political Influencer on Social Media with Aaron T. Sherman (Dec. 20, 2021)

Let’s Talk About Tacoma’s Hidden Homelessness with Wellspring Family Services (Dec. 13, 2021)

Let’s Talk with Girmay Zahilay about Building the Bench (Nov. 10, 2021)

Let’s Talk About the Problems of Sheriff Ed Troyer (Oct. 27, 2021)

Let’s Talk About the 27th LD Senate Seat, Part 3: LaMont Green (Oct. 27, 2021)

Let’s Talk About the 27th LD Senate Seat, Part 2: Yasmin Trudeau (Oct. 25, 2021)

Let’s Talk About the 27th LD Senate Seat, Part 1: Desiree Wilkins Finch (Oct. 25, 2021)

Let’s Talk About Redistricting! Part 2: Maps and Bargains with Phil Gardner and Marty Campbell (Sept. 29, 2021)

Let’s Talk About Redistricting! Part 1: The Basics with Phil Gardner and Marty Campbell (Sept. 15, 2021)

Let’s Talk About Tacoma Arts Live and Theater Management with David Fischer (Aug. 18, 2021)

Let’s Talk About CRT in Local School Board Campaigns with Chase Hutchinson (July 13, 2021)

Let’s Talk About Pierce County Pride with Ryan Mello and Evan Koepfler (July 7, 2021)

Let’s Talk About Criminally Charging TPD Officers for the Death of Manny Ellis (May 28, 2021)

Let’s Talk About Women’s Health & Planned Parenthood with Chris Charbonneau (May 14, 2021)

Let’s Talk About Our Sheriff’s Accountability to the Community (May 10, 2021)

Let’s Talk About Tacoma’s Tideflats & Port Regulations with Melissa Malott (April 28, 2021)

Let’s Talk About Food Rescue and Sharing with David Thompson of Food is Free WA (April 14, 2021)

Let’s Talk About Zoning in Tacoma with Chris Karnes! (April 5, 2021)

Let’s Talk About Tacoma’s Project Peace with Corwin Scott & Capt. Shawn Stringer (April 2, 2021)

Let’s Talk About Why It Is So Hard to Make Change! (March 26, 2021)

DOTG Friday Forum – Breaking the Urban Bubble: Race & Transportation Policy in Pierce County and Tacoma (March 26, 2021)

Let’s Talk About Stopping Anti-Asian Hate (March 24, 2021)

Let’s Talk About Health Equity, Vaccines & Hate with Dr. Anthony Chen (March 19, 2021)

Part 2: Harm Reduction: Decisions and Consequences with Shannon McMinimee (March 3, 2021)

Let’s Talk About Harm Reduction: Decisions and Consequences with Shannon McMinimee (February 26, 2021)

DOTG Friday Forum – Can Street Safety be Anti-Racist? And How? (February 26, 2021)

Let’s Talk About Pierce County with Councilmember Ryan Mello! (February 19, 2021)

IWL Crossing: Follow Up On Returning to School (Really TPS???) (February 15, 2021)

Let’s Talk About the County with Pierce County Councilmember Jani Hitchen! (February 12, 2021)

Let’s Talk About Statewide Broadband Internet with Rep. Drew Hansen (February 4, 2021)

Let’s Talk About Tacoma Housing and Homelessness with John Hines & Erica Azcueta (January 29, 2021)

IWL Crossing: Tacoma School Schedules and Teacher Respect; WTF TPS?! (January 26, 2021)

Nerd Crossing: WTF Tacoma! Who’s in Charge Here? (January 24, 2021)

Let’s Talk About When There Is No Sidewalk: Amenities, Equity, and Gentrification with Dorian Waller (January 23, 2021)

DOTG Friday Forum — Where the Sidewalks End: Racist Urban Design and Crime Prevention (January 22, 2021)

Let’s Talk About the Tacoma Mutual Aid Collective (January 18, 2021)

Let’s Talk About Our Predictions for 2021 (mobs, impeachment, police reform, local elections) (Jan. 8, 2021)

Let’s Talk About Unionizing the News Tribune (Dec. 18, 2020)

Let’s Do a Wrap Up on Election Issues and TCPHD with Joe Lopez! (Dec. 11, 2020)

Let’s Talk About TPCHD, and the County’s Plan to Exit, with Derek Young (Dec. 4, 2020)

Let’s Talk About the President’s Post-Election Court Challenges with Joe Lopez! (Nov. 20, 2020)

Let’s Talk with Derek Young About Pierce County, COVID and What to Expect in 2021 (Nov. 13, 2020)

Let’s Talk About the Election!!! (Nov. 4, 2020)

Let’s Talk About the Pierce County Restaurant Rally, and the Wisdom Thereof, with Marty Campbell and Maddy Sanders (Oct. 30, 2020)

Let’s Argue About Election 2020! Disagreeing and Agreeing with Alex Hayes and Justin Camarata (Oct. 23, 2020)

Let’s Talk with Kamau Chege About the 2020 Census! (Oct. 3, 2020)

Nate Bowling Guest Hosts: Let’s Talk About Paid Political Endorsements with Sean Robinson and Evelyn Lopez (Sept. 19, 2020)

Let’s Talk with Beth Doglio About the 10th Congressional District! (Sept. 11, 2020)

Let’s Talk About Fossil Fuel Expansion in Tacoma: 350 Tacoma and Plans for More Crude Oil Tanks (August 28, 2020)

Let’s Talk (a little more) About Education and Back to School: Shannon McMinimee and the State’s Paramount Duty (August 22, 2020)

Let’s Talk About to School or Not to School: Adrienne Stuart and Tamara Jones, School Reopening Pro and Con (August 14, 2020)

Let’s Talk About that Primary: Crystal Fincher and Erik Hanberg on Races to Watch in 2020 (Aug. 5, 2020)

Let’s Talk About Racism & Campaigns: Desiree Wilkins Finch and Running as a Black Woman Candidate (July 29, 2020)

Let’s Talk About the Sheriff’s Campaign: John Cummings and Potential Impeachment Lists, Explained! (July 27, 2020)

Let’s Talk About Urban Agriculture: David Thompson and the Food is Free Tacoma Project (July 17, 2020)

Let’s Talk About Coronavirus & Tacoma: Chris Van Vechten and Tacoma Policing (Week 16, July 3, 2020)

Let’s Talk About Coronavirus & Tacoma: Christina Blocker and Barriers to Black Political Consultants (Week 15, June 26, 2020)

Let’s Talk About Coronavirus & Tacoma: Nick Federici and State Budget Forecasts (Week 14, June 22, 2020)

Let’s Talk About Coronavirus & Tacoma: Keith Blocker and Black Lives Matter (Week 13, June 12, 2020)

Let’s Talk About Coronavirus & Tacoma: Miriam Barnett, the YWCA and Domestic Violence (Week 12, June 5, 2020)

Let’s Talk About Coronavirus & Tacoma: Living with Disabilities During a Pandemic (Week 11, May 29, 2020)

Let’s Talk About Coronavirus & Tacoma: Gratitude Art and Amara (Week 10!, May 22, 2020)

Let’s Talk About Coronavirus & Tacoma: Campaign Filing Week–Who’s Running in 2020 (Week 9, May 18, 2020)

Let’s Talk About Coronavirus & Tacoma: Derek Young on Emergency Money and Reopening the County (Week 8, May 7, 2020)

Let’s Wrap Up on Age Friendly Cities: Downtown on the Go, Friday Forums 2020

Let’s Talk About Coronavirus & Tacoma: In the Garden on May Day! (Week 7, May 1, 2020)

Let’s Talk About Coronavirus & Tacoma: Politics in the Time of COVID 19 (Week 6, April 24, 2020)

Let’s Talk About Coronavirus & Tacoma: Eviction Moratorium! (Week 5, part 2, April 20, 2020)

Let’s Talk About Coronavirus & Tacoma: Celebrating Earth Day and Trees! (Week 5, part 1, April 16, 2020)

Let’s Talk About Coronavirus & Tacoma with Mayor Victoria Woodards and Pierce Conservation District’s Belinda Paterno, Week 4 (April 10, 2020)

Let’s Talk About Coronavirus and Tacoma: Gardening, Gleaning & Foraging, Week 3 (April 3, 2020)

Let’s Talk About Coronavirus and Tacoma with Marty Campbell, Week 2 (March 27, 2020)

Let’s Talk About Coronavirus and Tacoma, Week 1 (March 20, 2020)

Let’s Talk About: Post-Presidential Primary Podcast Plus Pandemic!

Let’s Talk About Mental Health in Tacoma and Pierce County!